SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AGREEMENT - Among - MOOG INC. as Borrower - And - THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO and HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION as Administrative Agent, Swingline Lender, an Issuing Bank and Arranger and MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS...
SECOND
AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AGREEMENT
-
Among -
as
Borrower
-
And -
THE
LENDERS PARTY HERETO
and
HSBC
BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as
Administrative Agent, Swingline Lender, an Issuing Bank and
Arranger
and
MANUFACTURERS
AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY
as
Syndication Agent
and
BANK
OF AMERICA, N.A.
as
Co-Documentation Agent
and
JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A.
as
Co-Documentation Agent
Dated:
as of October 25, 2006
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
PAGE
ARTICLE
I. DEFINITIONS
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2
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1.1
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Definitions
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2
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1.2
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Accounting
Terms
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29
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1.3
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Exchange
Rates; Currency Equivalents
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30
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1.4
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European
Economic and Monetary Union Provisions
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30
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1.5
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Unavailability
of Alternative Currency Loans
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32
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1.6
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Times
of Day
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32
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1.7
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Letters
of Credit Amounts
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32
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ARTICLE
II. THE CREDIT
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32
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2.1
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The
Revolving Credit
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32
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2.2
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The
Notes
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35
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2.3
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Swingline
Loans
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36
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2.4
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Letters
of Credit
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38
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2.5
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Funding
of Borrowings
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45
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2.6
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Interest
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46
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2.7
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Prepayments
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49
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2.8
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Use
of Proceeds
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50
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2.9
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Special
Provisions Governing Libor Loans - Increased Costs
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50
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2.10
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Required
Termination and Repayment of Libor Loans
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51
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2.11
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Taxes
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52
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2.12
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Commitment
Fee
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53
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2.13
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Revolving
Loan Commitment Termination and Reduction
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53
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2.14
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Payments
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53
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2.15
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Payments
with Respect to Defaulting Lenders
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54
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2.16
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Upfront
Fees
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54
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2.17
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Administrative
Agent Fees
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54
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2.18
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Substitution
of Lender
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55
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2.19
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Yield
Protection
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55
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2.20
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Changes
in Capital Adequacy Regulations
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56
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2.21
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Lender
Statements; Survival of Indemnity
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57
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ARTICLE
III. CONDITIONS TO THE CREDIT
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57
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3.1
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No
Default
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57
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3.2
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Representations
and Warranties
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58
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3.3
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Proceedings
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58
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3.4
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Closing
Conditions
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58
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3.5
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Conditions
to Subsequent Borrowing and Issuance
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60
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3.6
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Subsequent
Extensions of Credit
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61
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ARTICLE
IV. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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61
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4.1
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Corporate
Status
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62
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4.2
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Valid
and Binding Obligation
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62
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4.3
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No
Pending Litigation
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62
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4.4
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No
Consent or Filing
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62
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4.5
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No
Violations
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63
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4.6
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Financial
Statements
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63
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4.7
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No
Material Adverse Change
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63
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4.8
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Tax
Returns and Payments
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63
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4.9
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Title
to Properties, etc
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64
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4.10
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Lawful
Operations, etc
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64
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4.11
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Environmental
Matters
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65
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4.12
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Compliance
with ERISA
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65
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4.13
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Investment
Company Act, etc
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66
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4.14
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Insurance
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66
|
4.15
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Burdensome
Contracts; Labor Relations
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66
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4.16
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Liens
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67
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4.17
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Defaults
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67
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4.18
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Anti-Terrorism
Law Compliance
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67
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4.19
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Intellectual
Property
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67
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4.20
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Accuracy
of Information, etc
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68
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ARTICLE
V. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
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68
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5.1
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Payments
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68
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5.2
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Reporting
Requirements
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68
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5.3
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Books,
Records and Inspections
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71
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5.4
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Insurance
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72
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5.5
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Payment
of Taxes and Claims
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72
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5.6
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Corporate
Franchises
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73
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5.7
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Good
Repair
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73
|
5.8
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Compliance
with Law
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73
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5.9
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Compliance
with Environmental Laws
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73
|
5.10
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Certain
Subsidiaries to Become Guarantors
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74
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5.11
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Additional
Security; Further Assurances.
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75
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5.12
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Accounting;
Reserves; Tax Returns
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76
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5.13
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Liens
and Encumbrances
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76
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5.14
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Defaults
and Material Adverse Effects
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76
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5.15
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Further
Actions
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76
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ARTICLE
VI. FINANCIAL COVENANTS
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76
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6.1
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Consolidated
Net Worth
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77
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6.2
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Interest
Coverage Ratio
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77
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6.3
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Leverage
Ratio
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77
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6.4
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Consolidated
Capital Expenditures
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77
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ARTICLE
VII. NEGATIVE COVENANTS
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77
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7.1
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Indebtedness
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77
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7.2
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Encumbrances
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78
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7.3
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Investments
and Guaranty Obligations
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79
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7.4
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Restricted
Payments
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80
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7.5
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Limitation
on Certain Restrictive Agreements
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81
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7.6
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Material
Indebtedness Agreements
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81
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7.7
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Changes
in Business
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82
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7.8
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Consolidation,
Merger, Acquisitions, Asset Sales, etc
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82
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7.9
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Transactions
with Affiliates.
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83
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7.10
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Fiscal
Years, Fiscal Quarters
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84
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7.11
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Anti-Terrorism
Laws
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84
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ARTICLE
VIII. EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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84
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8.1
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Events
of Default
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84
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8.2
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Effects
of an Event of Default
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87
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8.3
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Remedies
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87
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8.4
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Application
of Certain Payments and Proceeds
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87
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ARTICLE
IX. EXPENSES
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88
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9.1
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Expenses
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88
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9.2
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Indemnification
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88
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ARTICLE
X. THE AGENTS AND ISSUING BANKS
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89
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10.1
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Appointment
and Authorization
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89
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10.2
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Waiver
of Liability of Administrative Agent
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90
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10.3
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Note
Holders
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91
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10.4
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Consultation
with Counsel
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91
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10.5
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Documents
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91
|
10.6
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Administrative
Agent and Affiliates
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91
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10.7
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Knowledge
of Default
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92
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10.8
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Enforcement
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92
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10.9
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Action
by Administrative Agent
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92
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10.10
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Notices,
Defaults, etc
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92
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10.11
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Indemnification
of Administrative Agent
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92
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10.12
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Successor
Administrative Agent
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93
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10.13
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Lenders’
Independent Investigation
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93
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10.14
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Amendments,
Consents
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94
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10.15
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Funding
by Administrative Agent
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94
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10.16
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Sharing
of Payments
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95
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10.17
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Payment
to Lenders
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95
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10.18
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Tax
Withholding Clause
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95
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10.19
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USA
Patriot Act
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96
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10.20
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Other
Agents
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97
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10.21
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Issuing
Banks
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97
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10.22
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Benefit
of Article X
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97
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ARTICLE
XI. MISCELLANEOUS
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97
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11.1
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Amendments
and Waivers
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97
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11.2
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Classified
Programs
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97
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11.3
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Delays
and Omissions
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98
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11.4
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Assignments/Participation
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98
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11.5
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Successors
and Assigns
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99
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11.6
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Notices
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99
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11.7
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Governing
Law
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100
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11.8
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Counterparts
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101
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11.9
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Titles
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101
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11.10
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Inconsistent
Provisions
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101
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11.11
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Course
of Dealing
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101
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11.12
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USA
Patriot Act Notification
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101
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11.13
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Judgment
Currency
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102
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11.14
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CONSENT
TO JURISDICTION
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102
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11.15
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JURY
TRIAL WAIVER
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102
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Exhibit
A - Replacement
Revolving Note
Exhibit
B - Alternative
Currency Note
Exhibit
C - Swingline
Note
Exhibit
D - Request
Certificate
Exhibit
E - Compliance
Certificate
Exhibit
F - Assignment
and Assumption
Schedule
1 - Pension
Plans
Schedule
2.1 - Lenders’
Commitments
Schedule
2.4 - Existing
Letters of Credit
Schedule
4.1 - Subsidiaries
Schedule
4.3 -
Pending
Litigation
Schedule
7.1 - Permitted
Indebtedness
Schedule
7.2 -
Permitted
Encumbrances
Schedule
7.3 -
Permitted
Guaranties
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WITNESSETH
SECOND
AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AGREEMENT
dated as
of October 25, 2006 (“Agreement”) among MOOG
INC.,
a New
York corporation with its principal place of business at Xxxxxxx Road and Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000 (“Borrower”), the several banks and
other financial institutions from time to time parties to this Agreement
(individually, a “Lender” and collectively, the “Lenders”) and HSBC
BANK USA,
NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
a bank
organized under the laws of the United States of America, with an office at
Commercial Banking Department, Xxx XXXX Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 as
Administrative Agent for the Lenders, Swingline Lender, an Issuing Bank and
as
the Arranger, and MANUFACTURERS
AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY
as
Syndication Agent, and BANK
OF AMERICA, N.A.
as a
Co-Documentation Agent and JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A.
as a
Co-Documentation Agent.
BACKGROUND
A. Borrower,
the Administrative Agent and most of the Lenders previously entered into an
Amended and Restated Loan Agreement dated as of March 3, 2003 as modified
through Modification No. 11 thereto dated as of August 15, 2006 (as so
modified, the “2003 Agreement”). The 2003 Agreement amended and restated a
Corporate Revolving and Term Loan Agreement dated as of November 30, 1998,
as amended through Amendment No. 4 thereto dated as of December 7,
2001 (as so amended, the “1998 Agreement”) to which Borrower, the Administrative
Agent and most of the Lenders were a party.
B. The
2003
Agreement provided for a $315,000,000 Revolving Loan Facility (“Initial
Revolving Loan Facility”) and a $75,000,000 Term Loan Facility (“Initial Term
Facility”) initially secured by liens on Borrower’s personal property assets,
100% of the stock of certain domestic subsidiaries and pledges of 65% of the
shares of stock of certain directly-owned foreign subsidiaries, a $12,900,000
mortgage on Borrower’s New York State real property, unlimited deeds of trust on
Borrower’s California and Utah real property, and a negative pledge from Moog
Europe Holdings y Cia Sociedad Commandataria and Moog
Holdings KG, each of which are entities formed to hold ownership interests
in certain of Borrower’s foreign subsidiaries. As a result of various
acquisitions since March 3, 2003, Borrower or certain new domestic
subsidiaries of Borrower acquired additional real property assets and mortgages
were granted to the Administrative Agent covering real estate in Xxxxxx, North
Carolina, Springfield, Pennsylvania, Orrville, Ohio, Blacksburg, Virginia (3
parcels) and Galax, Virginia.
C. The
guarantors under the 2003 Agreement were Moog FSC Ltd., a Virgin Islands
corporation, Xxxxxx Medical Inc., a Delaware corporation,
Flo-Tork, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Fundamental Technology
Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Moog Europe Holdings I LLC, a
New York limited liability company, and Moog Europe Holdings II LLC, a New
York limited liability company, each of which secured their guaranty with a
lien
on their personal property assets and, in some cases, their real property
assets.
D. Pursuant
to an Omnibus Assignment and Assumption Agreement dated as of the Closing Date
(as defined below) among Borrower, the lenders party to the 2003 Agreement
(“0000 Xxxxxxx”) and the Administrative Agent, the 2003 Lenders assigned to the
Administrative Agent the outstanding loans and other obligations under the
2003
Agreement, and as further described in Section 2.1(e) of this Agreement,
the Administrative Agent shall make a subsequent assignment of the Commitments
hereunder to the Lenders party hereto in the amounts set forth on
Schedule 2.1 to this Agreement; and
E. The
intention and desire of the parties hereto is that the loans and other
obligations of the borrower under the 2003 Agreement, and the rights, liens,
security interests, mortgages, deeds of trust, negative pledges and other
collateral security of the agent and the lenders thereunder shall hereafter
be
evidenced by this Agreement, the Assignment and Assumptions and the other Loan
Documents referred to in this Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE,
the
parties hereby agree that the 2003 Agreement is amended and restated hereby
and
agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I. DEFINITIONS
1.1 Definitions.
As used
in this Agreement, unless otherwise specified, the following terms shall have
the following respective meanings:
“ABR” or “Alternate
Base Rate”
-
for
any day, a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16
of
1%) equal to the greatest of (i) the Prime Rate, or (ii) the Federal
Funds Effective Rate from time to time in effect plus 0.5%. Any change in the
Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds
Effective Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of
such
change in the Prime Rate or Federal Funds Effective Rate,
respectively.
“ABR
Loan”
-
any
Loan for which interest is calculated based on the Alternate Base Rate plus
the
Applicable Margin determined from time to time.
“ABR
Option”
-
the
Rate Option in which interest is based upon the Alternate Base Rate plus the
Applicable Margin for the applicable Loan.
“Administrative
Agent”
-
HSBC
Bank as Administrative Agent for the Lenders, and any successor to HSBC
Bank as such Administrative Agent for the Lenders, and any replacements or
successors to HSBC Bank as provided in this Agreement.
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“Affiliate”
or
“Affiliates”
-
individually or collectively, any Person that directly or indirectly, through
one or more intermediaries, Controls, or is Controlled by, or is under Common
Control with the Person specified. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no individual
shall be considered an Affiliate of a Person solely by reason of such
individual’s position as an officer or director of such Person or of an
Affiliate of such Person.
“Agents”
-
collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent and the
Co-Documentation Agents.
“Agreement”
-
as
defined in the opening paragraph hereof, as the same may be amended from time
to
time in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Alternative
Currency”
-
with
respect to Alternative Currency Sublimits, Alternative Currency Loans or
Alternative Currency Letters of Credit, the following currencies: Euro, Pounds
Sterling and Japanese Yen in each case to the extent freely transferable and
convertible into Dollars.
“Alternative
Currency Facility”
-
has
the meaning specified in Section 2.1(b).
“Alternative
Currency Letter of Credit”
-
any
Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency.
“Alternative
Currency Loan”
or
“Alternative
Currency Loans”
-
individually and collectively, each Loan by a Lender to Borrower under
Section 2.1(b) of this Agreement.
“Alternative
Currency Note”
-
a
promissory note of the Borrower payable to the order of a Lender, in
substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto, evidencing the aggregate
indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from the Alternative
Currency Loans made by such Lender.
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“Alternative
Currency Sublimit”
-
with
respect to any Lender, the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on
Schedule 2.1 hereto under the caption “Amount of Alternative Currency
Sublimit” or, if such Lender has entered into one or more Assignments and
Assumptions, as set forth for such Lender in the records maintained by the
Administrative Agent as such Lender’s “Alternative Currency Sublimit,” as such
amount may be reduced at or prior to such time pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement. The Alternative Currency Sublimits of all the Lenders equal the
Dollar Equivalent of $75,000,000 in the aggregate as of the date
hereof.
“Anti-Terrorism
Laws”
-
any
Laws relating to terrorism or money laundering, including Executive Order No.
13224, the USA Patriot Act, the Laws comprising or implementing the Bank Secrecy
Act, and the Laws administered by the United States Treasury Department’s Office
of Foreign Asset Control (as any of the forgoing Laws may from time to time
be
amended, renewed, extended or replaced).
“Applicable
Commitment Fee Rate”
-
(i) initially, until changed in accordance with the following provisions,
the Applicable Commitment Fee Rate shall be 25 basis points; and
(ii) commencing with the fiscal quarter of Borrower ended on
December 30, 2006, and continuing with each fiscal quarter thereafter, the
Administrative Agent shall determine the Applicable Commitment Fee Rate in
accordance with the following matrix, based on the Leverage Ratio:
Level
|
Leverage
Ratio
|
Commitment
Fee
|
||
1
|
Greater
than 2.50 to 1.0
|
35bps
|
||
2
|
>
2.00 to 1.0 but ≤ 2.50 to 1.0
|
30bps
|
||
3
|
>
1.50 to 1.0 but ≤ 2.00 to 1.0
|
25bps
|
||
4
|
>
1.0 to 1.0 but ≤ 1.50 to 1.0
|
20bps
|
||
5
|
<1.0
to 1.0
|
17.5bps
|
Changes
in the Applicable Commitment Fee Rate shall become effective three (3) Business
Days immediately following the date of delivery by Borrower to the
Administrative Agent of a financial statement and a Compliance Certificate
required to be delivered pursuant to Sections 5.2(a), (b) and (c) of this
Agreement, and shall be based upon the Leverage Ratio in effect at the end
of
the financial period covered by such financial statement and Compliance
Certificate. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, during any period when
the Borrower has
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failed
to
deliver such a financial statement and Compliance Certificate when due, the
Applicable Commitment Fee Rate shall be applied at Level 1 above as of the
first Business Day after the date on which such financial statement and
Compliance Certificate were required to be delivered, regardless of the Leverage
Ratio at such time, until the date the required financial statement and
Compliance Certificate have been delivered. Any changes in the Applicable
Commitment Fee Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent in
accordance with the provisions set forth in this definition and the
Administrative Agent will promptly provide notice of such determinations to
the
Borrower and the Lenders. Any such determination by the Administrative Agent
shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
“Applicable
Currency”
-
as to
any particular payment or Loan, Dollars or the Alternative Currency in which
it
is denominated or is payable.
“Applicable
Lending Office”
-
with
respect to each Lender, such Lender’s Domestic Lending Office in the case of an
ABR Loan and such Lender’s Libor Lending Office in the case of a Libor
Loan.
“Applicable
Margin”
-
(i) initially, until changed in accordance with the following provisions,
the Applicable Margin shall be 0.0 basis points for ABR Loans and 100 basis
points for Libor Loans; (ii) commencing with the fiscal quarter of Borrower
ended on December 30, 2006, and continuing with each fiscal quarter thereafter,
the Administrative Agent shall determine the Applicable Margin in accordance
with the following matrix, based on the Leverage Ratio:
Level
|
Leverage Ratio
|
ABR
Option
|
Libor
Rate Option
|
|||
1
|
Greater
than 2.50
to 1.0
|
0%
|
150
bps
|
|||
2
|
>
2.00 to 1.0 but ≤ 2.50 to 1.0
|
0%
|
125
bps
|
|||
3
|
>
1.50 to 1.0 but ≤ 2.00
to 1.0
|
0%
|
100
bps
|
|||
4
|
>
1.0 to 1.0 but ≤ 1.50 to 1.0
|
0%
|
87.5
bps
|
|||
5
|
<
1.0 to 1.0
|
0%
|
75
bps
|
Changes
in the Applicable Margin shall become effective three (3) Business Days
immediately following the date of delivery by Borrower to the Administrative
Agent of a financial statement and a Compliance Certificate required to be
delivered pursuant to Sections 5.2(a), (b) and (c) of this Agreement, and
shall be based upon the Leverage Ratio in effect at the end of the
financial
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period
covered by such financial statement and Compliance Certificate. Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions, during any period when the Borrower has failed to
deliver such financial statement and Compliance Certificate when due, the
Applicable Margin shall be applied at Level 1 above as of the first
Business Day after the date on which such financial statement and Compliance
Certificate were required to be delivered, regardless of the Leverage Ratio
at
such time, until the date the required financial statement and Compliance
Certificate have been delivered. Any changes in the Applicable Margin shall
be
determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the provisions set
forth in this definition and the Administrative Agent will promptly provide
notice of such determinations to the Borrower and the Lenders. Any such
determination by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest
error.
“Applicable
Percentage”
-
with
respect to any Lender, at any time, the percentage of the Total Commitment
represented by such Lender’s Commitment. Each Lender’s initial Applicable
Percentage based on the Total Commitment as of the Closing Date is set forth
on
Schedule 2.1 to this Agreement. If the Commitments have terminated or
expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the Total
Commitment most recently in effect, giving effect to any
assignments.
“Arranger”
-
HSBC
Bank and any successor of HSBC Bank as the Arranger under this
Agreement.
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“Asset
Sale”
-
the
sale, lease, transfer or other disposition (including by means of sale and
lease-back transactions, and by means of mergers, consolidations, amalgamations
and liquidations of a corporation, partnership or limited liability company
of
the interests therein of Borrower or any Subsidiary) by Borrower or any
Subsidiary to any Person of any such Borrower’s or such Subsidiary’s respective
assets, provided that the term Asset Sale specifically excludes (i) any
sales, transfers or other dispositions of inventory, or obsolete, worn-out
or
excess furniture, fixtures, equipment or other property, real or personal,
tangible or intangible, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(ii) any actual or constructive total loss of property or the use thereof,
resulting from destruction, damage beyond repair or other rendition of such
property as permanently unfit for normal use from any casualty or similar
occurrence whatsoever; (iii) the destruction or damage of a portion of such
property from any casualty or similar occurrence whatsoever under circumstances
in which such damage cannot reasonably be expected to be repaired, or such
property cannot reasonably be expected to be restored to its condition
immediately prior to such destruction or damage, within ninety (90) days after
the occurrence of such destruction or damage or such longer reasonable time
period as determined under the Borrower’s plan of restoration or replacement for
such property established within a 90 day period after such occurrence
provided such plan is acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its reasonable
judgment; (iv) the condemnation, confiscation or seizure of, or requisition
of title to or use of any property; or (v) in the case of any unmovable
property located upon a leasehold, the termination or expiration of such
leasehold.
“Assigned
Dollar Value”
-
(i) in respect of any Loan denominated in Dollars, the amount thereof,
(ii) in respect of the undrawn or stated amount of any Alternative Currency
Letter of Credit, the Dollar Equivalent thereof determined as of a Valuation
Date with respect to such Letter of Credit (iii) in respect of Alternative
Currency Letter of Credit reimbursement obligations, the Dollar Equivalent
thereof determined as of the Valuation Date with respect to the payment made
by
the Issuing Bank giving rise thereto, and (iv) in respect of a Loan
denominated in an Alternative Currency, the Dollar Equivalent thereof as of
a
Valuation Date with respect to such Loan.
“Assignment
and
Assumption”
-
an
assignment and assumption agreement entered into by a Lender and an assignee
and
accepted by the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of
Exhibit F hereto with all blanks appropriately completed.
“Available
Amount”
-
(a)
with respect to any Letter of Credit issued in Dollars, the stated or face
amount of such Letter of Credit to the extent available at the time for drawing
(subject to presentment of all requisite documents) and (b) with respect to
any Alternative Currency Letter of Credit, the Assigned Dollar Value of the
stated or face amount of such Letter of Credit to the extent
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available
at the time for drawing (subject to presentment of all requisite documents),
in
either case as the same may be increased or decreased from time to time in
accordance with the terms of such Letter of Credit or Alternative Currency
Letter of Credit, as the case may be.
“Availability
Period”
-
the
period from the Closing Date to, but excluding, the earlier of the Revolving
Credit Maturity Date and the date of termination of the
Commitments.
“Borrower”
-
as
defined in the opening paragraph to this Agreement.
“Breakage
Fee”
-
an
amount determined by the applicable Lender at the time of a prepayment of a
Libor Loan to be equal to the sum of the costs, losses, expenses and penalties
incurred by such Lender as a result of such prepayment; any loss to any Lender
shall be deemed to be an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess,
if
any, of (i) the amount of interest which would have accrued on the principal
amount of such Libor Loan had such event not occurred, for the period from
the
date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor,
over (ii) the amount of interest which would accrue on such principal amount
for
such period at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid,
at
the commencement of such period for deposits of Dollars or the applicable
Alternative Currency of a comparable amount and period from other banks in
the
London Interbank Market. Any Lender’s calculation of any Breakage Fee shall be
conclusive absent manifest error.
“Business
Day”
-
(a) for all purposes other than as set forth in clause (b) below, any day
excluding Saturday, Sunday, and any day in which banks in New York, New York
are
authorized or required by law or governmental action to close, and (b) with
respect to Libor Loans, any day which is a Business Day described in clause
(a)
and which is also a day for trading by and between banks in U.S. dollar deposits
in the London Interbank Market.
“Capital
Lease”
-
as
applied to any Person means any lease of any property (whether real, personal
or
mixed) by that Person as lessee that, in conformity with GAAP, should be
accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that
Person.
“Capitalized
Lease Obligations”
-
all
obligations under Capital Leases of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, without
duplication, in each case taken at the amount thereof accounted for as
liabilities identified as “capital lease obligations” (or any similar words) on
a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and any Subsidiary prepared in
accordance with GAAP.
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“Change
in
Control”
-
if
(i) any Person or group (within the meaning of the Exchange Act and the rules
of
the SEC thereunder as in effect on the date hereof), except any Pension Plan
or
employee stock ownership plan of Borrower, becomes the owner directly or
indirectly of 30% or more of the aggregate voting power represented by the
Equity Interests of Borrower having the power to vote for the election of
directors generally; or (ii) a majority of the members of the Board of
Directors of Borrower are not Continuing Directors.
“Closing
Date”
-
October 25, 2006.
“Code”
-
the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“Collateral”
-
any
“Collateral” as defined in any Security Document, together with any other real
or personal property collateral covered by any Security Document.
“Commitment”
-
with
respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Revolving Loans,
to acquire participations in Letters of Credit, including Alternative Currency
Letters of Credit, to make or otherwise acquire participations in Alternative
Currency Loans and to acquire participations in Swingline Loans hereunder,
expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate amount of such
Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be
(i) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.13 of this Agreement
and (ii) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by
or to
such Lender pursuant to Section 11.4 of this Agreement. The initial amount
of
each Lender’s Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.1 to this Agreement, or in
the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed
its Commitment, as applicable.
“Commitment
Fee”
-
as
defined in Section 2.12 of this Agreement.
“Compliance
Certificate”
-
a
certificate executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower substantially
in
the form of Exhibit E hereto with all blanks appropriately
completed.
“Confidential
Information Materials”
-
the
collective reference to the confidential information material with respect
to
Borrower and the Revolving Credit distributed to the Lenders at the meeting
held
on September 11, 2006 at Borrower’s facility in East Aurora, New
York.
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“Consolidated”
or
“Consolidated
Basis”
-
the
consolidation of the accounts of any entity and its Subsidiaries in accordance
with GAAP, including principles of consolidation, consistent with those applied
in the preparation of the consolidated audited financial statements of
Borrower
delivered to the Lenders.
“Consolidated
Capital Expenditures”
-
for
any period, the aggregate of all expenditures of Borrower and all Subsidiaries
during such period determined on a Consolidated Basis that may properly be
classified as capital expenditures in conformity with GAAP, provided that such
term shall not include any such expenditure in connection with replacement
or
repair of assets to the extent that casualty insurance proceeds or the trade-in
value of other equipment were used for such expenditure.
“Consolidated
EBITDA”
- for
any period, an amount equal to (i) the sum of the amounts for such period
of (A) Consolidated Net Income, (B) Consolidated Interest Expense,
(C) provisions for taxes based on income, (D) total depreciation
expense, (E) total amortization expense, (F) other non-cash items
reducing Consolidated Net Income and (G) non-cash stock related expenses minus
(ii) other non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income for such
period. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this definition, for
purposes of computing the Leverage Ratio hereunder, or in connection with any
pro-forma calculation required by this Agreement, the term “Consolidated EBITDA”
shall be computed, on a consistent basis, to reflect purchases and acquisitions
by Permitted Acquisition or otherwise made by Borrower and the Subsidiaries
during the relevant period as if they occurred at the beginning of such period,
and Borrower, during the twelve (12) month period following the date of any
such
Permitted Acquisition may include in the calculation hereof the necessary
portion of the adjusted historical results of the entities acquired in
acquisitions that were achieved prior to the applicable date of the acquisition
for such time period as is necessary for Borrower to have figures on a trailing
four fiscal quarter basis from the date of determination with respect to such
acquired entities.
“Consolidated
Interest Expense”
- for
any period, as determined in accordance with GAAP, total interest expense
(including that portion attributable to Capital Leases in accordance with GAAP
and capitalized interest) of Borrower and all Subsidiaries on a Consolidated
Basis with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of Borrower and all
Subsidiaries, including all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges
owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing and
net
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costs
under Hedge Agreements entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, computed
(a) on a net basis after reduction for any interest income, and
(b) excluding amortization of discount and amortization of debt issuance
costs.
“Consolidated
Net Debt”
-
as of
any date of determination, the sum of (i) all Debt of Borrower and all
Subsidiaries, determined on a Consolidated Basis in accordance with GAAP
less
aggregate net cash balances of Borrower and all Subsidiaries and
(ii) letters of credit outstanding (other than that portion of letters of
credit outstanding representing the aggregate undrawn face amount of letters
of
credit which are trade letters of credit issued with respect to the purchase
and
sale of goods by Borrower or any Subsidiary).
“Consolidated
Net
Income”
-
for
any period, the net income (or loss) of Borrower and all Subsidiaries on a
Consolidated Basis for such period taken as a single accounting period
determined in conformity with GAAP.
“Consolidated
Net Worth”
-
as of
any date of determination, total shareholders’ equity of Borrower and all
Subsidiaries on a Consolidated Basis determined in conformity with GAAP,
adjusted to maintain the amounts of accumulated other comprehensive loss at
the
level in existence as of September 30, 2006.
“Consolidated
Total
Assets”
-
as at
any date of determination, all amounts that would, in conformity with GAAP,
be
set forth opposite the caption “total assets” (or a similar caption) on a
Consolidated balance sheet of Borrower and all Subsidiaries at such
date.
“Contingent
Obligation”
-
of a
Person means any agreement, undertaking or arrangement by which such Person
assumes, guaranties, endorses, contingently agrees to purchase or provide funds
for the payment of, or otherwise becomes or is contingently liable upon, the
obligation or liability of any other Person, or agrees to maintain the net
worth
or working capital or other financial condition of any other Person, or
otherwise assures any creditor of such other Person against loss, including,
without limitation, any comfort letter, operating agreement or take-or-pay
contract. The amount of any Contingent Obligation shall be equal to the amount
of the obligation that is so guarantied or supported that is actually
outstanding or otherwise due and payable from time to time, if a fixed and
determinable amount or if there is no fixed or determinable amount, either
(x)
if a maximum amount is guaranteed, the maximum amount or (y) if there is no
maximum amount, the amount of the obligation that is so guarantied or
supported.
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“Continuing
Director”
-
as of
any date of determination, any member of the Board of Directors of Borrower
who
(i) was a member of such Board of Directors on the date of this Agreement;
or (ii) was nominated for election or elected to such Board of Directors
with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were member
of
such Board of Directors at the time of such nomination or election.
“Control”,
“Controlling”,
“Controlled
by”,
and
“under
Common Control with”
-
the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to either (i) vote 20% or
more
of the Equity Interests having voting power for the election of directors,
or
persons performing similar functions, of a Person or (ii) direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether by contract or
otherwise; provided however,
no
Pension Plan or employee stock ownership plan of Borrower shall be considered
to
have Control of Borrower or any Subsidiary.
“Conversion
Date”
-
the
date on which an ABR Loan converts to a Libor Loan, the date on which a Libor
Loan converts to an ABR Loan, or the date on which a Libor Loan is continued
as
a new Libor Loan.
“Debt”
-
with
respect to any Person, any Indebtedness resulting from the borrowing of any
money or from any deferral of payment of the purchase price for the acquisition
or Capital Lease of any asset.
“Default”
-
any
of the events specified in Article VIII whether or not any requirement for
the
giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied.
“Defaulting
Lender”
-
any
Lender that (i) on any borrowing date fails to make available to the
Administrative Agent such Lender’s Loans required to be made to Borrower on such
borrowing date or (ii) shall not have made a payment to an Issuing Bank pursuant
to Section 2.4 of this Agreement or the Administrative Agent pursuant to
Section 2.1(d) or 2.3 of this Agreement. Once a Lender becomes a Defaulting
Lender, such Lender shall continue as a Defaulting Lender until such time as
such Defaulting Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent the amount
of
such Defaulting Lender’s Loans and/or to the Issuing Banks such payments
requested by such Issuing Banks together with all or other amounts required
to
be paid to the Administrative Agent and/or the Issuing Banks pursuant to this
Agreement.
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“Designated
Hedge Agreement”
-
any
Hedge Agreement to which Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a party and
as
to which a Lender or any of its Affiliates is a counterparty that, pursuant
to a
written instrument signed by the Administrative Agent, has been designated
as a
Designated Hedge Agreement so that the Borrower’s or Subsidiaries’
counterparty’s credit exposure thereunder will be entitled to share in the
benefits of any Guaranty and the Security Documents to the extent such Guaranty
and such Security Documents provide guarantees or security for creditors of
Borrower or any Subsidiary under Designated Hedge Agreements. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any Hedge Agreement relating to any Indebtedness of Borrower
under this Agreement shall be deemed to be a Designated Hedge Agreement without
the need for a written instrument signed by the Administrative
Agent.
“Directly-Owned
Foreign Subsidiary”
-
any
Foreign Subsidiary over which Borrower has direct Control.
“Disposal”
-
the
intentional or unintentional abandonment, discharge, deposit, injection,
dumping, spilling, leaking, storing, burning, terminal destruction or placing
of
any substance so that it or any of its constituents may enter the
Environment.
“Dollars”,
“U.S.
Dollars”
or
“$”
-
lawful money of the United States of America.
“Dollar
Equivalent”
-
on
any particular date, (i) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars,
such amount of Dollars, and (ii) with respect to any amount denominated in
an Alternative Currency, the amount of Dollars which could be purchased by
the
Administrative Agent with such amount of such currency in the applicable foreign
currency markets at the Spot Rate at or about 11:00 a.m. (Eastern time) on
such
date.
“Domestic
Lending Office”
-
with
respect to any Lender, the office of such Lender specified as its “Domestic
Lending Office” opposite its name on Schedule 2.1 hereto or in the
Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which it became a Lender, as the case
may
be, or such other office of such Lender as such Lender may from time to time
specify to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“Domestic
Subsidiary”
-
(i) any Subsidiary having any place of business located in the United
States of America, other than Moog Controls Corporation, an Ohio corporation
and
Moog Controls Corporation, a New
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York
corporation, or (ii) any Subsidiary that is a foreign sales corporation
(including, but not limited to, Moog FSC Ltd.).
“Environment”
-
any
water including, but not limited to, surface water and ground water or water
vapor; any land including land surface or subsurface; stream sediments; air;
fish; wildlife; plants; and all other natural resources or environmental
media.
“Environmental
Claim”
-
as
defined in Section 4.12(a) of this Agreement.
“Environmental
Laws”
-
all
foreign, federal, state, provincial and local environmental, land use, zoning,
health, chemical use, safety and sanitation laws, statutes, ordinances,
regulations, codes and rules relating to the protection of the Environment
and/or governing the use, storage, treatment, generation, transportation,
processing, handling, production or disposal of Hazardous Substances and the
policies, guidelines, procedures, interpretations, decisions, orders and
directives of any Governmental Authority with respect thereto.
“Environmental
Permits”
-
all
licenses, permits, approvals, authorizations, consents or registrations required
by any applicable Environmental Laws and all applicable judicial and
administrative orders in connection with ownership, lease, purchase, transfer,
closure, use and/or operation of Borrower’s property and/or as may be required
for the storage, treatment, generation, transportation, processing, handling,
production or disposal of Hazardous Substances.
“Environmental
Questionnaire”
-
a
questionnaire and all attachments thereto concerning: (i) activities and
conditions affecting the Environment at any property of a Person or
(ii) the enforcement or possible enforcement of any Environmental Law
against a Person.
“Equity
Interests”
-
shares of capital stock in a corporation, partnership interests in a
partnership, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial
interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person, and any
warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase
or
acquire any such equity interest.
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“ERISA”
-
the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended by the Multiemployer
Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1980, and as otherwise amended from time to
time.
“ERISA
Affiliate”
-
each
Subsidiary and any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that,
together with Borrower, is treated as a single employer under
Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or Section 4001(b)(1) of ERISA, or,
solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is
treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
“ERISA
Event”
-
(i)
any Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan (other than an event for
which the 30-day notice period is waived); (ii) the existence with respect
to
any Pension Plan of an “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in Section
412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (iii) the
filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of
an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to
any
Pension Plan; (iv) the incurrence by Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates
of
any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any
Pension Plan; (v) the receipt by Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC
or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate
any
Pension Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Pension Plan;
(vi) the incurrence by Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability
with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Pension Plan
or
Multiemployer Plan; or (vii) the receipt by Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate
of
any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability
or a
determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent
or
in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.
“Euro”
and
“EUR”-
the
single currency of the participating member states of the European
Union.
“Event
of
Default”
-
as
defined in Section 8.1 of this Agreement.
“Exchange
Act”
-
the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Executive
Order Xx. 00000”
-
xxx
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xx. 00000 on Terrorist Financing, effective September 24,
2001, as the same has been, or shall hereafter be, amended, renewed, extended
or
replaced.
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“Existing
Letters of Credit”
-
any
Letter of Credit issued by HSBC Bank under the 2003 Agreement and which is
outstanding on the Closing Date, as further described on
Schedule 2.4.
“Federal
Funds Effective Rate”
-
for
any day, the rate per annum (based on a year of 365 days and actual days elapsed
and rounded upward to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) announced by the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York (or any successor) on such day as being the weighted
average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions arranged by federal
funds brokers on the previous trading day, as computed and announced by such
Federal Reserve Bank (or any successor) in substantially the same manner as
such
Federal Reserve Bank computes and announces the weighted average it refers
to as
the “Federal Funds Effective Rate” as of the date of this Agreement;
provided,
if such
Federal Reserve Bank (or its successor) does not announce such rate on any
day,
the “Federal Funds Effective Rate” for such day shall be the Federal Funds
Effective Rate for the last day on which such rate was announced.
“Foreign
Lender”
-
any
Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United
States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia.
“Foreign
Subsidiary”
-
(i) any Subsidiary not having any place of business located in the United
States of America other than any Subsidiary that is a foreign sales corporation
(including, but not limited to, Moog FSC Ltd.) or (ii) Moog Controls
Corporation, an Ohio corporation.
“GAAP”
-
as of
the date of any determination, generally accepted accounting principles as
promulgated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board and/or the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants or any successor entity or entities
thereto, including, without limitation, any Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board established under the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002, and which are effective
as of such date of determination, consistently applied and maintained throughout
the relevant periods and from period to period.
“Governmental
Authority”
-
the
government of the United States of America, any other nation or any political
subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority,
instrumentality,
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xxxxxxxxxx
xxxx, xxxxx, xxxxxxx bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative,
judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or
pertaining to government.
“Guarantor”
or
“Guarantors”
-
individually or collectively, Moog FSC Ltd., a Virgin Islands corporation,
Xxxxxx Medical Inc., a Delaware corporation, Flo-Tork, Inc., a
Delaware corporation, Fundamental Technology Solutions, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, Moog Europe Holdings I LLC, a New York limited liability
company, Moog Europe Holdings II LLC, a New York limited liability company
and any other Subsidiary of Borrower which is required to deliver to the
Administrative Agent a Guaranty hereunder.
“Guaranty”
-
a
guaranty agreement in form and content reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders evidencing the obligation of a Person
to
guarantee payment of any Indebtedness and any other reimbursement, payment
or
performance obligations of another Person which arise under this Agreement
or
any other Loan Document.
“Hazardous
Substances”
-
without limitation, any explosives, radon, radioactive materials, asbestos,
urea
formaldehyde foam insulation, polychlorinated biphenyls, petroleum and petroleum
products, methane, hazardous materials, hazardous wastes, hazardous or toxic
substances and any other material defined as a hazardous substance in
Section 101(14) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation
and Liability Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. Section 9601(14).
“Hedge
Agreement”
-
an
interest rate swap, cap or collar agreement, or any arrangement similar to
any
of the foregoing between Borrower and any Lender relating to any Indebtedness
under this Agreement, each as providing for the transfer or mitigation of
interest rate risk either generally or under specific
contingencies.
“HSBC
Bank”
-
HSBC
Bank USA, National Association, and its successors and assigns.
“Indebtedness”
-
at a
particular date, without duplication, (i) all indebtedness of a Person for
borrowed money whether or not evidenced by a note, bond, debenture or other
debt
instrument, or for the deferred purchase price of property (excluding trade
accounts payable in the ordinary course of business), whether short term or
long
term, (ii) any indebtedness secured by a lien on a
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Person’s
assets whether or not such Person is primarily liable for repayment thereof,
(iii) the face amount of all letters of credit issued for the account of
such Person and, without duplication, all drafts drawn thereunder and not repaid
by such Person, (iv) Capitalized Lease Obligations; (v) all mandatory
redemption, repurchase or similar obligations with respect to any Equity
Interests of such Person, and (vi) Contingent Obligations with respect to
any of the foregoing to the extent (and only to the extent) that (A) any
such Contingent Obligation relates to other Indebtedness that is not
Consolidated Indebtedness of the Borrower and any Subsidiary and (B) the
other Indebtedness to which such Contingent Obligation relates is outstanding
and then only as to principal or like amounts actually borrowed, due, payable
or
drawn, as the case may be.
“Indemnified
Party”
-
as
defined in Section 9.2 of this Agreement.
“Interest
Period”
or
“Interest
Periods”
-
individually, and collectively, with respect to a Libor Loan, the one, two,
three or six month interest periods selected by the Borrower pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement to be applicable to specific Libor Loans from time
to
time or any such other periods of such other durations as the Borrower and
all
Lenders may agree shall be applicable to specific Libor Loans from time to
time;
provided,
however,
that
(i) no Interest Period may be selected that would end after the Revolving Credit
Maturity Date; (ii) if any Interest Period begins on a day for which there
is no
numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest
Period, such Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day of such calendar
month; (iii) if any Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is
not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall expire on the next succeeding
Business Day, and (iv) if any Interest Period would otherwise expire on a
day that is not a Business Day but is a day of the month after which no further
Business Day occurs in such month, such Interest Period shall expire on the
next
preceding Business Day.
“Interest
Coverage Ratio”
-
as of
any date of determination, the ratio as of the last day of any fiscal quarter
of
Borrower ending on the date of determination, of (i) Consolidated EBITDA
for the four consecutive fiscal quarters then ended to (ii) Consolidated
Interest Expense for such period.
“Issuing
Bank”
or
“Issuing
Banks”
-
individually, each of HSBC Bank and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania, and,
collectively, both of such entities, in their capacity as an issuer of Letters
of Credit under this Agreement, and any replacements or successors of any such
bank in such capacity as provided in Section 2.4(j) of this
Agreement.
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“Investment”
-
with
respect to any Person, any loan, advance or other extension of credit (other
than unsecured normal trade credit extended upon customary terms in the ordinary
course of such Person’s business) or capital contribution to, any purchase or
other acquisition of any security of or interest in, or any other investment
in,
any other Person.
“Japanese
Yen”
-
the
lawful currency of Japan.
“Law”
or
“Laws”
-
any
law, constitution, statute, regulation, rule, opinion, ruling, ordinance, order,
injunction, writ, decree, bond or judgment of any Governmental
Authority.
“LC
Disbursement” -
a
payment made by any Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit.
“LC
Exposure” -
at any
time, the sum of (i) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters
of
Credit at such time plus (ii) the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements
that
have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower at such time.
The
LC Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of
the
total LC Exposure at such time.
“Lenders”
-
the
Persons listed on Schedule 2.1 to this Agreement and any other Person that
shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption,
other
than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment
and Assumption. Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Lenders”
includes the Swingline Lender.
“Lenders’
Obligations”
-
as
defined in Section 8.2 of this Agreement.
“Letter
of Credit” -
any
letter of credit issued pursuant to this Agreement whether issued as a U.S.
Letter of Credit denominated in Dollars or in Alternative Currency, including,
without limitation, the Existing Letters of Credit.
“Letter
of Credit Commitment”
-
with
respect to an Issuing Bank, the amount set forth opposite such Issuing Bank’s
name on Schedule 2.1 hereto under the caption “Letter of Credit Commitment”
or, if an
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Issuing
Bank has entered into one or more Assignments and Assumptions, set forth for
such Issuing Bank in the register maintained by the Administrative Agent as
such
Issuing Bank’s “Letter of Credit Commitment,” as such amount may be reduced at
or prior to such time pursuant to Section 2.13.
“Letter
of Credit Facility”
-
at
any time, an amount equal to the amount of the Issuing Banks’ Letter of Credit
Commitment at such time, as such amount may be reduced at or prior to such
time
pursuant to Section 2.13 less the aggregate Available Amount under all
Letters of Credit including Existing Letters of Credit outstanding at such
time.
“Leverage
Ratio”
-
as of
any date of determination, the ratio of (i) Consolidated Net Debt of
Borrower as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of Borrower ending on the
date
of determination, to (ii) Consolidated EBITDA for the four consecutive
fiscal quarters then ended.
“Libor
Interest Determination Date”
-
a
Business Day that is two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of each
Interest Period during which the Libor Rate will be applicable.
“Libor
Lending Office”
-
with
respect to any Lender, the office of such Lender specified as its “Libor Lending
Office” opposite its name on Schedule 2.1 hereto or in the Assignment and
Assumption pursuant to which it became a Lender (or, if no such office is
specified, its Domestic Lending Office), or such other office of such Lender
as
such Lender may from time to time specify to the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent.
“Libor
Loan”
-
any
Loan on which interest is calculated based on the Libor Rate plus the Applicable
Margin.
“Libor
Rate”
-
for
any Libor Loan for any Interest Period therefor, either (a) the rate of
interest per annum determined by the Administrative Agent (rounded upward to
the
nearest 1/100 of 1%) appearing on, in the case of Dollars, the Telerate Page
3750 (or any successor page) and, in the case of an Alternative Currency, the
appropriate page of the Telerate screen which displays British Bankers
Association Interest Settlement Rates for deposits in such Alternative Currency
(or, in each case, (i) such other page or service as may replace such page
on such system or service for the purpose of displaying such rates and
(ii) if more than one rate
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appears
on such screen, the arithmetic mean for all such rates rounded upward to the
nearest 1/100 of 1%) as the London interbank offered rate for deposits in the
Applicable Currency at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time), on a Libor
Interest Determination Date, and in an amount approximately equal to the amount
of the Libor Loan and for a period approximately equal to such interest Period
or (b) if such rate is for any reason not available, the rate per annum
equal to the rate at which the Administrative Agent or its designee is offered
deposits in such currency at or about 11:00 a.m. (London time) on a Libor
Interest Determination Date, in the interbank market where the eurodollar and
Alternative Currency and exchange operations in respect of its Libor Loans
are
then being conducted for settlement in immediately available funds, for delivery
on the first day of such Interest Period for the number of days comprised
therein, and in an amount comparable to the amount of the Libor Loan to be
outstanding during such Interest Period, and in each case, adjusted for
applicable reserves, if any.
“Libor
Rate
Option”
-
the
Rate Option in which interest is based on the Libor Rate plus the Applicable
Margin for the applicable Loan.
“Lien”
-
any
mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, security interest,
lien, charge or encumbrance, or preference, priority or other security agreement
or preferential arrangement in respect of any asset of any kind or nature
whatsoever (including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement or any financing lease having substantially the same
economic effect as any of the foregoing).
“Loan”
or
“Loans”
-
individually and collectively, any Revolving Loan, whether such is an ABR Loan
or a Libor Loan, any Alternative Currency Loan, and any Swingline Loan under
the
Revolving Credit.
“Loan
Account”
-
an
account or accounts maintained with the Administrative Agent for the Borrower
into which the proceeds of a Revolving Loan denominated in Dollars shall be
initially deposited pursuant to Sections 2.1(c) and 2.5 of this
Agreement.
“Loan
Document”
-
this
Agreement and any other loan, guaranty, letter of credit or Collateral document
executed and delivered by Borrower, any Guarantor, or any Subsidiary or the
Lenders in connection with this Agreement including, without limitation, the
Notes, any Guaranty,
any Letter of Credit or any document in connection therewith, and the
Security
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Documents,
as any of the same may be amended, modified, renewed or replaced from time
to
time.
“Material
Adverse Effect”
-
an
effect, individually or in the aggregate, that (i) is materially adverse to
the business, assets, financial condition or results of operations of Borrower
and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (ii) does materially impair the
ability of the Borrower to perform their obligations under this Agreement,
or
any other Loan Documents, or (iii) materially impairs the rights and remedies
of
the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender, any Issuing Bank or any of
the
Lenders under the Loan Documents.
“Material
Indebtedness”
-
Indebtedness owing to a Person or Persons in a single transaction or related
transactions (other than the Loans and Letters of Credit), or obligations in
respect of one or more Hedge Agreements entered into with a Person, of the
Borrower and any Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount exceeding
$25,000,000. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the principal
amount of the obligations of any Person in respect of any Hedging Agreement
at
any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting
agreements) that such Person would be required to pay if such Hedge Agreement
were terminated at such time.
“Maximum
Limit”
-
the
maximum aggregate amount which the Borrower can borrow under the Revolving
Credit which is $600,000,000.
“Mortgages”
-
those
existing mortgages referenced in the Background section of this Agreement,
granted pursuant to the 1998 Agreement or 2003 Agreement and any mortgage
required to be granted by Borrower or any Subsidiary to the Administrative
Agent
pursuant to Section 5.11 of this Agreement.
“Multiemployer
Plan”
-
a
multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which the
Borrower, any Person under Common Control with the Borrower, or any Person
Controlled by the Borrower, has an obligation to contribute.
“Multiple
Employer Plan”
-
a
Pension Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA and described in Section 4063 of
ERISA with respect to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate could have
liability under Section 4064 or 4069 of ERISA in the event such Pension Plan
has
been or were to be terminated.
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“Net
Proceeds”
-
the
gross amount received less tax reserves established to cover estimated taxes
on
Asset Sales that are otherwise permitted under Section 7.8(b), payments
made on debt secured by Permitted Encumbrances in Asset Sales that are otherwise
permitted under Section 7.8(b) where payment of such debt is a condition to
such disposition, commissions, fees (including, without limitation the fees
and
expenses of attorneys, accountants, investment bankers, appraisers and
consultants), other closing costs (including, without limitation, costs of
title
insurance, surveys, recording fees and filing fees and transfer taxes),
underwriters’ discounts and similar expenses.
“Non-Material
Subsidiary”
-
any
Subsidiary that has, as of the date of determination, total assets equal to
less
than 5% of Consolidated Total Assets, based on the quarterly financial
statements of Borrower most recently delivered to the Lenders.
“Note”
or
“Notes”
-
individually, any, and collectively, all, of the Revolving Notes, Alternative
Currency Notes and the Swingline Note and any or all replacements and renewals
thereof.
“Operating
Lease”
-
as
applied to any Person, any lease of any property, whether real, personal or
mixed, by that Person as lessee that, in conformity with GAAP, is not accounted
for as a Capital Lease on the balance sheet of that Person.
“Overdue
Amounts”
-
as
defined in Section 2.6(c) of this Agreement.
“Participants”
-
as
defined in Section 11.4(b) of this Agreement.
“PBGC” - the
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any
successor entity performing similar functions.
“Pension
Plan”
-
any
pension plan as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA which is a single employer
plan as defined in Section 4001 of ERISA and subject to Title IV of
ERISA and which is (i) a plan maintained by Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate
for employees or former employees of Borrower or of any ERISA Affiliate,
(ii) a plan to which Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate
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contributes
or is required to contribute, (iii) a plan to which Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate was required to make contributions within the five (5) year period
preceding the date of this Agreement, or (iv) any other plan with respect
to which Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate has incurred or may incur liability,
including contingent liability, under Title IV of ERISA, to such plan or to
the PBGC. Each such Pension Plan to which Borrower is or may be obligated to
contribute as of the date of this Agreement is listed and identified on Schedule
1 to this Agreement.
“Permitted
Acquisitions”
-
as
set forth in Section 7.8 of this Agreement.
“Permitted
Dispositions”
-
as
defined in Section 7.8 of this Agreement.
“Permitted
Distributions”
-
as
defined in Section 7.4 of this Agreement.
“Permitted
Encumbrances”
-
as
defined in Section 7.2 of this Agreement.
“Permitted
Indebtedness”
-
as
defined in Section 7.1 of this Agreement.
“Permitted
Investments”
-
as
defined in Section 7.3 of this Agreement.
“Person”
-
any
natural person, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint
venture, trust, unincorporated association, Governmental Authority or other
entity, body, organization or group.
“Pounds
Sterling”
or
“£”
-
the
lawful currency of the United Kingdom.
“Prime
Rate”
-
the
rate of interest publicly announced by HSBC Bank from time to time as its prime
rate and as a base rate for calculating interest on certain loans. Each change
in the Prime
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Rate
shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced
as being effective. The Prime Rate may or may not be the most favorable rate
charged by HSBC Bank to its customers.
“Rate
Option”
or
“Rate
Options” -
individually, and collectively, the choice of applicable interest rates and
Interest Periods offered pursuant to this Agreement to establish the interest
to
be charged on certain portions of the unpaid principal borrowed hereunder from
time to time.
“Release”
-
has
the same meaning as given to that term in Section 101(22) of the
Comprehensive, Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980,
42 U.S.C. Section 9601, et. seq. and the regulations promulgated
thereunder.
“Replaced
Lender”
or
“Replacement
Lender”
-
as
defined in Section 2.18 of this Agreement.
“Reportable
Event”
-
any
event with regard to a Pension Plan described in Section 4043(c) of ERISA,
or in regulations issued thereunder.
“Request
Certificate”
-
a
certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto with all blanks
appropriately completed, and duly executed by Borrower.
“Required
Lenders”
-
at any
time, Lenders that together hold Revolving Credit Exposures and Unused
Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the total Revolving Credit
Exposures and Unused Commitments at such time; provided,
however,
if any
Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender at such time, there shall be excluded from
the determination of Required Lenders at such time (i) the aggregate
principal amount of Loans owing to such Lender (in its capacity as a Lender)
and
outstanding at such time, and (ii) the aggregate Commitment of such Lender
at
such time. For purposes of this definition, the aggregate principal amount
of
Swingline Loans owing to the Swingline Lender, the LC Disbursements owing to
the
Issuing Banks and the amount available to be drawn under each U.S. Letter of
Credit and each Alternative Currency Letter of Credit shall be considered to
be
owed to the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective
Commitments.
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“Responsible
Officer”
-
with
respect to a Person, its chief executive officer, its chief financial officer,
any member of the office of the chief financial officer, treasurer or assistant
treasurer.
“Restricted
Payment” -
any
dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property)
with respect to any Equity Interests in Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any
payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking
fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, defeasance,
retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such Equity
Interests in the Borrower or any option, warrant or other right to acquire
any
such Equity Interests in the Borrower.
“Revolving
Credit”
-
the
five-year revolving credit facility (including Revolving Loans, Alternative
Currency Loans, Swingline Loans and Letters of Credit) made available to the
Borrower by the Lenders as provided in Article II of this
Agreement.
“Revolving
Credit
Exposure”
-
with
respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of the outstanding principal amount
of such Lender’s Revolving Loans and Alternative Currency Loans, LC Exposure and
Swingline Exposure at such time.
“Revolving
Credit
Maturity Date”
-
October 25, 2011 which date may be shortened in accordance with
Section 8.2 of this Agreement.
“Revolving
Loan”
or
“Revolving
Loans”
-
individually and collectively, each Loan by any Lender to Borrower whether
initially made as an ABR Loan or a Libor Loan under Section 2.1 of this
Agreement or arising from Borrower’s request for a Loan to repay a Swingline
Loan under Section 2.3(c) of this Agreement, or arising from Automatically
Converted Loans under Section 2.1(d) of this Agreement, or arising from
Borrower’s request to reimburse an LC Disbursement under Section 2.4(f) of
this Agreement.
“Revolving
Note”
or
“Revolving
Notes”
-
the
promissory note or promissory notes of the Borrower substantially in the form
of
Exhibit A hereto with all blanks appropriately completed, and all
replacements and renewals thereof, evidencing the promise of the Borrower to
repay Revolving Loans under the Revolving Credit to the applicable
Lender.
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“SEC”
-
the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, any successor thereto and any analogous
Governmental Authority.
“Securities
Act”
-
the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Security
Documents”
-
any
security agreement, any UCC financing statement, any mortgage or deed of trust,
any assignment of leases and rents, any negative pledge agreement and any
amendment thereof or any other document pursuant to which any Lien is granted
or
perfected by Borrower or any Guarantor to the Administrative Agent as security
for the Indebtedness of the Borrower under this Agreement.
“Spot
Rate”
-
the
spot rate of exchange that appears on the Reuters World Currency Page applicable
to such currency (or such other page that may replace such page on such service
for the purpose of displaying the spot rate of exchange) for the purchase of
such currency with another currency at approximately 10:00 a.m. on the date
two Business Days prior to the date as of which the foreign exchange computation
is made; provided that
if there
shall at any time no longer exist such a page on such service, the Spot Rate
shall be determined by reference to another similar rate publishing service
reasonably selected by the Administrative Agent.
“Subordinated
Indenture”
-
the
Indenture dated as of January 10, 2005 between Borrower and JPMorgan Chase
Bank, N.A. as trustee (“Trustee”) as supplemented by that First Supplemental
Indenture dated as of September 12, 2005 between Borrower and the Trustee
as the same may, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, from time
to
time be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified or replaced,
pursuant to which Borrower issued 6-1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015
in
an aggregate principal amount of approximately $200,000,000.
“Subsidiary”
-
any
limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts
of which would be consolidated with those of Borrower in Borrower’s consolidated
financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance
with GAAP as of such date, as well as any corporation of which at least 50%
of
the voting stock is owned by any entity directly, or indirectly through one
or
more Subsidiaries.
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“Swingline
Exposure”
-
at
any time for all Lenders, the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans
outstanding at such time. The Swingline Exposure of any Lender at any time
shall
be its Applicable Percentage of the total Swingline Exposure at such
time.
“Swingline
Lender”
-
HSBC
Bank, in its capacity as lender of Swingline Loans hereunder, and any successor
to HSBC Bank, and the replacements or successors to HSBC Bank in such capacity,
as provided in this Agreement.
“Swingline
Loan”
-
a
Loan made pursuant to Section 2.3 of this Agreement.
“Swingline
Note”
-
a
promissory note of Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto
with all blanks appropriately completed, and all replacements and renewals
thereof evidencing the promise of the Borrower to repay Swingline Loans to
the
Swingline Lender.
“Taxes”
-
any
and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, charges
or
withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority.
“Total
Commitment”
-
the
aggregate amount of the Commitments of the Lenders, as such Commitments may
be
decreased pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. The amount of the Total
Commitment on the Closing Date is $600,000,000.
“Type”
-
when
used in reference to any Loan or borrowing, refers to whether the rate of
interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such borrowing, is determined
by reference to the Libor Rate or the Alternate Base Rate.
“Unused
Alternative Currency Sublimit”
-
as to
any Lender at any time, an amount in Dollars equal to (i) such Lender’s
Alternative Currency Sublimit minus (ii) the sum of (x) the aggregate
Assigned Dollar Value of all Alternative Currency Loans made by such Lender
(in
its capacity as a Lender) and outstanding at such time, plus (y) such
Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate Available Amount of all
Alternative Currency Letters of Credit outstanding at such time.
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“Unused
Commitment”
-
with
respect to any Lender at any time, (i) such Lender’s Commitment at such
time minus (ii) the sum of (x) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving
Loans and the Assigned Dollar Value of all Alternative Currency Loans, in each
instance made by such Lender (in its capacity as a Lender) and outstanding
at
such time, plus
(y) such
Lender’s Applicable Percentage of (1) the aggregate Available Amount of all
Letters of Credit, including, without limitation, Existing Letters of Credit,
outstanding at such time, (2) the aggregate principal amount of all LC
Disbursements made by the Issuing Banks and outstanding at such time, and
(3) the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans made by the
Swingline Lender and outstanding at such time.
“USA
Patriot Act”
-
the
Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to
Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Public Law 107-56, as the
same has been, or shall hereafter be, renewed, extended, amended or
replaced.
“U.S.
Letter of Credit”
-
a
Letter of Credit denominated in Dollars.
“Valuation
Date”
-
(a) with respect to any Loan, each of the following: (i) each date of
a borrowing of a Libor Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency,
(ii) each date of a continuation of a Libor Loan denominated in an
Alternative Currency, and (iii) such additional dates as the Administrative
Agent shall reasonably determine or the Required Lenders shall reasonably
require; and (b) with respect to any Letter of Credit, each of the
following: (i) each date of issuance of a Letter of Credit denominated in
an Alternative Currency, (ii) each date of an amendment of any such Letter
of Credit having the effect of increasing the amount thereof (solely with
respect to the increased amount), (iii) each date of any payment by an
Issuing Bank under any Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency,
and (iv) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent or an Issuing
Bank shall reasonably determine or the Required Lenders shall reasonably
require.
“Withdrawal
Liability”
-
liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial
withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part
I of
Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
1.2 Accounting
Terms.
(a) Generally.
All
accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be
construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios
and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this
Agreement shall
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be
prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, as in effect
from time to time, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing
Borrower’s audited financial statements previously provided to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders, except as otherwise specifically
prescribed herein.
(b) Changes
in GAAP.
If at
any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio
or requirement set forth in this Agreement, and either the Borrower or the
Required Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and
the
Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to
preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject
to
the approval of the Required Lenders); provided that,
until
so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in
accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the Borrower shall
provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial statements and
other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested
hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio
or
requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in
GAAP.
1.3 Exchange
Rates; Currency Equivalents.
(a) As
of each Valuation Date, the Administrative Agent or an Issuing Bank, as
applicable, shall determine the exchange rates to be used for calculating the
Dollar Equivalent of amounts denominated in Alternative Currencies by reference
to the Spot Rate. Such exchange rate becomes effective as of such Valuation
Date
and shall be the rate employed in converting any amounts between Applicable
Currencies until the next Valuation Date to occur. Except for purposes of
financial statements delivered by the Borrower hereunder or calculating
financial covenants hereunder or except as otherwise provided herein, the
applicable amount of any currency (other than Dollars) for purposes of the
Loan
Documents shall be such Dollar Equivalent amount as so determined by the
Administrative Agent.
(b) Wherever
in this Agreement in connection with an advance, conversion, continuation or
prepayment of a Libor Loan or Letter of Credit, an amount, such as a required
minimum or multiple amount, is expressed in Dollars, but such amount is
denominated in an Alternative Currency, such amount shall be the relevant
equivalent amount thereof in the Applicable Currency of such Dollar amount
(rounded to the nearest unit of such Alternative Currency, with 0.5 of a unit
being rounded upward), as determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance
with Section 1.3(a) above.
1.4 European
Economic and Monetary Union Provisions.
The
following shall be effective at and from the commencement of the third stage
of
the European Monetary Union (“EMU”) by the United Kingdom:
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(a) Redenomination
and Alternative Currencies.
Each
obligation under this Agreement which has been denominated in Pounds Sterling
shall be redenominated into the Euro in accordance with EMU legislation,
provided,
that if
and to the extent that any EMU legislation provides that following the
commencement of the third stage of EMU by the United Kingdom an account
denominated either in the Euro or in Pounds Sterling and payable within the
United Kingdom by crediting an account of the creditor can be paid by the debtor
either in Euro or in Pounds Sterling, each party to this Agreement shall be
entitled to pay or repay any such amount either in the Euro or in Pounds
Sterling. Any Alternative Currency Loan that would otherwise be denominated
in
Pounds Sterling shall be made in the Euro and except as provided in the
foregoing sentence, any amount payable by the Administrative Agent to the
Lenders under this Agreement shall be paid in Euro.
(b) Payments
by the Administrative Agent Generally.
With
respect to the payment of any amount denominated in Euro or in Pounds Sterling,
neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall be liable to the Borrower
or any Lender in any way whatsoever for any delay, or the consequences of any
delay, in the crediting to any account of any amount required by this Agreement
to be paid if such party shall have taken all relevant steps to achieve, on
the
date required by this Agreement, the payment of such amount in immediately
available, freely transferable, cleared funds (in Euro or, as the case may
be,
in Pounds Sterling) to the account with the bank which shall have specified
for
such purpose. As used herein, “all relevant steps” means all such steps as may
be prescribed from time to time by the regulations or operating procedures
of
such clearing or settlement system as the Administrative Agent may from time
to
time determine for the purpose of clearing or settling payments of the
Euro.
(c) Basis
of Accrual.
If the
basis of accrual of interest or fees expressed in this Agreement with respect
to
Pounds Sterling shall be inconsistent with any convention or practice in the
London Interbank Market for the basis of accrual of interest or fees in respect
of the Euro, such convention or practice shall replace such expressed basis
effective as of and from the commencement of the third stage of EMU by the
United Kingdom; provided,
that if
any Alternative Currency Loan is outstanding immediately prior to such date,
such replacement shall take effect, with respect to such Borrowing, at the
end
of the then current Interest Period.
(d) Rounding
and Other Consequential Changes.
Without
prejudice and in addition to any method of conversion or rounding prescribed
by
any EMU legislation and without prejudice to the respective liabilities for
indebtedness of the Borrower to the Lenders and the Lenders to the Borrower
under or pursuant to this Agreement:
(i) each
reference in this Agreement to a minimum amount (or an integral multiple
thereof) in Pounds Sterling shall be replaced by a reference to such
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reasonably
comparable and convenient amount (or an integral multiple thereof) in the Euro
as the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify; and
(ii) except
as
expressly provided in this Section 1.4, each provision of this Agreement shall
be subject to such reasonable changes of construction as the Administrative
Agent may from time to time specify to be necessary or appropriate to reflect
the introduction of or changeover to the Euro in the United
Kingdom.
1.5 Unavailability
of Alternative Currency Loans.
Notwithstanding any other provision herein, if any change in law shall make
it
unlawful for any Lender to make or maintain any Alternative Currency Loan or
to
give effect to its obligations as contemplated hereby with respect to any such
Loan or in the event that there shall occur any material adverse change in
national or international financial, political or economic conditions or
currency exchange rates or exchange controls which would in the opinion of
such
Lender make it impracticable for Loans to be denominated in either the Euro,
Pounds Sterling, or Japanese Yen, then, by written notice to the Borrower and
to
the Administrative Agent, such Lender may: (i) declare that such Loans will
not thereafter be made, whereupon any request for such an Alternative Currency
Loan shall be deemed a request for a Loan in Dollars unless such declaration
shall be subsequently withdrawn (the Lender agreeing to withdraw such
declaration promptly upon determining that the applicable event or condition
no
longer exists); and (ii) require that all outstanding Alternative Currency
Loans so affected be repaid.
1.6 Times
of Day.
Unless
otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references
to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
1.7 Letters
of Credit Amounts.
Unless
otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall
be deemed to be the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such
time; provided,
however,
that
with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any
letter of credit document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic
increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit
shall be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after
giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount
is in effect at such time.
ARTICLE
II. THE
CREDIT
2.1 The
Revolving Credit.
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(a) Revolving
Loans.
Each
Lender agrees, severally and not jointly, subject to the terms and conditions
and relying upon the representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement
and within the limits hereof, to make one or more Revolving Loans to the
Borrower, and Borrower may make a request for a Revolving Loan or Revolving
Loans from the Lenders, at any one time and from time to time, during the
Availability Period. The Borrower shall not at any time permit, and no Lender
shall have any obligation to permit, the aggregate outstanding principal amounts
of all Revolving Loans, Alternative Currency Loans, Swingline Loans and the
face
amount of outstanding Letters of Credit to exceed the Maximum Limit or any
such
Loan to exceed such Lender’s Unused Commitment, or the Dollar Equivalent of
$75,000,000 outstanding at any one time for all Alternative Currency Loans.
The
Revolving Loans may be repaid and reborrowed in accordance with the provisions
hereof.
(b) The
Alternative Currency Loans.
Each
Lender severally agrees, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth,
to
make Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency (“Alternative Currency Loans”)
to the Borrower from time to time on any Business Day during the Availability
Period in an amount for each such Loan not to exceed the Dollar Equivalent
of
such Lender’s Unused Alternative Currency Sublimit at such time; provided,
however,
that
the aggregate amount of all Alternative Currency Loans at any time outstanding
shall not at any time exceed the Dollar Equivalent of $75,000,000 (the
“Alternative Currency Facility”), and, provided,
further,
that
the aggregate amount of all outstanding Alternative Currency Loans shall in
no
event exceed the aggregate of the Unused Commitments of the Lenders at such
time. Each Alternative Currency Loan shall consist of Alternative Currency
advances made simultaneously by the Lenders ratably according to their
Alternative Currency Sublimits. Within the limits of each Lender’s Alternative
Currency Sublimit in effect from time to time, the Borrower may borrow, repay
and reborrow.
(c) Method
for Dollar Loans.
When
Borrower wants the Lenders to make a Revolving Loan denominated in Dollars
available, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent not later than
1:00 p.m. on the Business Day on which the Revolving Loan is to be funded
in the case of an ABR Loan, and in the case of a Libor Loan not later than
two (2) Business Days prior to the proposed commencement date of the
applicable Interest Period. In such notice, which may be by telephone, confirmed
immediately in writing, or telex or telecopier, by means of a Request
Certificate duly completed and executed, the Borrower shall specify (i) the
aggregate amount of the Revolving Loan to be made on a designated date which
shall be in a minimum amount of $2,000,000 and shall be in whole multiples
of
$1,000,000 for amounts in excess of such minimum amount; (ii) whether the
Revolving Loan shall be an ABR Loan or a Libor Loan, and if a Libor Loan the
applicable Interest Period, provided,
however,
such
Interest Period may in no event overlap more than seventeen (17) other
Interest Periods; and (iii) the proposed date on which the Revolving Loan
is to be funded which shall be a Business Day. Each Lender shall make available
to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 2.5 hereof, in
immediately available funds, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such Loan in
accordance with the respective Commitment of such Lender. As early as
practically possible on the date on
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which a Revolving Loan is made and upon fulfillment of the conditions set forth in Article III of this Agreement, the Administrative Agent will make the proceeds of the Revolving Loan available to the Borrower by a deposit to the applicable Loan Account.
(d) Method
for Alternative Currency Loans.
(i) When
Borrower wants the Lenders to make a Revolving Loan denominated in an
Alternative Currency available, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders not later than 11:00 a.m. on the third Business Day
prior to the date of the proposed borrowing. Each such notice (a “Notice of
Alternative Currency Borrowing”) may be by telephone, confirmed immediately in
writing, or telex or telecopier, specifying therein the (i) requested date
of
such Alternative Currency Loan, (ii) Applicable Currency, (iii) amount of
such Alternative Currency Loan (which requested Alternative Currency Loan (other
than, in the case of a continuation of a Libor Loan, a change in the Dollar
Equivalent thereof solely as a result of currency fluctuations)) shall be in
an
aggregate amount of the Applicable Alternative Currency which would purchase
approximately Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000) or an integral multiple of
One
Million Dollars ($1,000,000) in excess thereof based on the Spot Rate with
respect to such currency on the date of the applicable Notice of Alternative
Currency Borrowing or, if less, the then Dollar Equivalent amount of the
aggregate Unused Alternative Currency Sublimits, and (iv) initial Interest
Period for such Alternative Currency Loan (it being understood by the Borrower
and Lenders that all Alternative Currency Loans shall be Libor Loans). Each
Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent, in accordance with
Section 2.5 hereof, in same day funds in such Alternative Currency, such
Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such Alternative Currency Loan in accordance
with the respective Alternative Currency Sublimits of such Lender. After the
Administrative Agent’s receipt of funds from the Lenders and upon fulfillment of
the applicable conditions set forth in Article III, the Administrative Agent
will make such funds available to the Borrower by wire transfer to such account
as the Borrower shall have previously designated to the Administrative Agent
in
writing, which account must be in the name of Borrower or a Subsidiary and
in
London or the financial center of the country of the Applicable
Currency.
The
Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall not incur any liability to Borrower
in acting upon any notice referred to in Sections 2.1(c) or (d) or upon any
telephonic notice which the Administrative Agent believes in good faith to
have
been given by the Borrower by a duly authorized officer or other Person
authorized to borrow on behalf of Borrower or for otherwise acting in good
faith
hereunder.
(ii) Upon
the
occurrence and during the continuance of any Default or Event of Default, the
Administrative Agent may, and, in the case of the occurrence and continuance
of
a Default or Event or Default, shall at the direction of the Required Lenders,
terminate the Alternative Currency Facility by giving notice of such termination
to the Borrower, and each of the Lenders. Thereupon, (A) any and all then
outstanding Alternative Currency Loans shall automatically be converted into
Revolving Loans denominated in Dollars in an amount equal to the Dollar
Equivalent thereof (the “Automatically Converted Loans”), (B) no
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further
Alternative Currency Loans shall be permitted to be made and (C) the
Alternative Currency Sublimits of the Lenders shall be automatically terminated.
In addition, at such time the other Lenders shall purchase from the Lenders,
and
the Lenders shall sell and assign to the Lenders, Automatically Converted Loans
in an amount so that each and every Lender shall have a share of the total
Automatically Converted Loans equal to its Applicable Percentage of the Total
Commitment. The Administrative Agent shall specify the amounts required to
effect such purchases and sales among the Lenders. The Borrower hereby agrees
to
each such sale and assignment. Each Lender agrees to purchase its Applicable
Percentage of Automatically Converted Loans on (i) the Business Day on
which demand therefor is made; provided that
notice
of such demand is given not later than 11:00 a.m. on such Business Day, or
(ii) the first Business Day next succeeding such demand if notice of such
demand is given after such time. Upon any such assignment by a Lender to the
other Lenders of a portion of the Automatically Converted Loans, such Lender
represents and warrants to such other Lenders that such Lender is the legal
and
beneficial owner of the interest being assigned by it, but makes no other
representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any
of
the Automatically Converted Loans, any of the Loan Documents, Borrower or any
Guarantor (including, without limitation, as to the financial condition of
Borrower or any Guarantor). The occurrence of any event which results in the
existence of Automatically Converted Loans pursuant to the foregoing shall
be
deemed to constitute, for all purposes of this Agreement including
Section 2.7(a)(ii), an optional prepayment of all of the Alternative
Currency Loans so automatically converted into Automatically Converted Loans
before the last day of the Interest Period relating thereto.
(e) Existing
Indebtedness Assigned.
As of
the Closing Date, there are $155,864,556.50 revolving loans outstanding,
Existing Letters of Credit with a face amount of $11,338,730.50 outstanding
and
$22,500,000 of term loans outstanding under the 2003 Agreement (as defined
in
part A of the Background Section of this Agreement). Pursuant to an Omnibus
Assignment and Assumption Agreement dated as of the Closing Date, the lenders
under the 2003 Agreement have assigned to the Administrative Agent all of the
indebtedness under the 2003 Agreement effective as of the Closing Date. As
of
the Closing Date, such indebtedness under the 2003 Agreement is amended and
restated as Indebtedness hereunder, and the Administrative Agent hereby assigns
a portion of the Commitment to the Lenders such that, after giving effect to
such assignment, the Commitment of each Lender shall be as set forth on
Schedule 2.1. The terms and provisions of Exhibit F are hereby
incorporated by reference so that the foregoing assignment shall be subject
to
the terms and conditions of such Exhibit F.
2.2 The
Notes.
(a) The
Revolving Loans shall be evidenced by the Revolving Notes, with all blanks
appropriately completed, payable as provided therein to the Lenders. The
Revolving Note shall be inscribed by the holder thereof on the schedule attached
thereto and any continuation thereof with the date of the making of each
Revolving Loan, the amount of each Revolving Loan, the applicable Rate Options
and Interest Periods, all payments of principal, and the aggregate outstanding
principal balance thereof.
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(b) The
Alternative Currency Loans shall be evidenced by the Alternative Currency Notes,
with all blanks appropriately completed, payable as provided therein to the
Lenders. The Alternative Currency Notes shall be inscribed by the holder thereof
on the schedule attached thereto and any continuation thereof with the date
of
the making of each Alternative Currency Loan, the amount thereof and the
applicable Interest Periods, all payments of principal, and the aggregate
outstanding principal balance thereof.
(c) The
Swingline Loans shall be evidenced by the Swingline Note, with all blanks
appropriately completed, payable as provided therein to the Swingline Lender.
The Swingline Note shall be inscribed by the holder thereof on the schedule
attached thereto and any continuation thereof with the date of the making of
each Swingline Loan, the amount thereof and all payments of principal, and
the
aggregate principal balance thereof.
Any
such
inscription on the schedules to any Revolving Note, Alternative Currency Note
or
Swingline Note made by the holder thereof shall constitute prima facie evidence
of the accuracy of the information so recorded; provided,
however,
the
failure of any Lender or other holder to make any such inscription shall not
affect the obligations of the Borrower under any Revolving Note, Alternative
Currency Note or Swingline Note or this Agreement.
2.3 Swingline
Loans.
(a)
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swingline Lender
agrees to make Loans (“Swingline Loans”) to Borrower solely for the Swingline
Lender’s own account, from time to time during the Availability Period, up to an
aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding that will not result
in
(i) the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Swingline Loans exceeding
$10,000,000 or (ii) the sum of the aggregate Unused Commitments of the
Lenders at such time being exceeded; provided that
the
Swingline Lender shall not be required to make a Swingline Loan to refinance
an
outstanding Swingline Loan. The Swingline Lender shall not make any Swingline
Loan in the period commencing one Business Day after the Swingline Lender shall
have received written notice in accordance with Section 11.6 of this
Agreement from Administrative Agent or any Lender that one or more of the
conditions contained in Article III are not then satisfied or a Default or
an Event of Default exists and ending upon the satisfaction or waiver of such
condition(s) or cure or waiver of such Default or Event of Default. Swingline
Loans shall bear interest at the Prime Rate from time to time in effect. Each
outstanding Swingline Loan shall be payable on the Business Day following demand
therefor or automatically without demand on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date,
together with interest accrued thereon, and shall otherwise be subject to all
other terms and conditions applicable to all Revolving Loans, except that all
interest thereon shall be payable to the Swingline Lender solely for its own
account other than in the case of the purchase of a participation therein in
accordance with Section 2.3(c) of this Agreement. Within the foregoing limits
and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, Borrower may borrow,
repay and reborrow Swingline Loans.
(b) To
request a Swingline Loan, Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of
such
request by telephone (confirmed by telecopy), not later than
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1:00 p.m.
on the day of a proposed Swingline Loan. Each such notice shall be irrevocable
and shall specify the requested date (which shall be a Business Day) and amount
of the requested Swingline Loan. The Administrative Agent will promptly advise
the Swingline Lender of any such notice received from Borrower. The Swingline
Lender shall make each Swingline Loan available to Borrower by means of a credit
to the general deposit account of Borrower with the Swingline Lender (or, in
the
case of a Swingline Loan made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement
as provided in Section 2.4(f) of this Agreement, by remittance to such Issuing
Bank) by 3:00 p.m. on the requested date of such Swingline
Loan.
(c) At
any
time after making a Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender may request Borrower
to, and upon request by the Swingline Lender, Borrower shall, promptly request
a
Revolving Loan from all Lenders and apply the proceeds of such Revolving Loan
to
the repayment of any Swingline Loan owing by Borrower not later than the
Business Day following the Swingline Lender’s request. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, and upon the earlier to occur of (i) three (3) Business Days after
demand for payment is made by the Swingline Lender for a Swingline Loan, and
(ii) the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, if such Swingline Loan has not been
paid by Borrower, such Swingline Loan shall bear interest as an ABR Loan and
each Lender (other than the Swingline Lender) shall irrevocably and
unconditionally purchase from the Swingline Lender, without recourse or
warranty, an undivided interest and participation in such Swingline Loan in
an
amount equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loan and
promptly pay such amount to the Administrative Agent for the account of the
Swingline Lender by wire transfer of immediately available funds in the same
manner as provided in Section 2.5 of this Agreement with respect to Loans made
by such Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Swingline
Lender the amounts so received by it from the Lenders. Each Lender acknowledges
and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations in Swingline Loans
pursuant to this paragraph is absolute and unconditional and shall not be
affected by any circumstance whatsoever, shall be made without any offset,
abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever and such payment shall be made
by
the other Lenders whether or not an Event of Default or a Default is then
continuing or any other condition precedent set forth in Article III is then
met
and whether or not Borrower has then requested a Revolving Loan in such amount.
The Administrative Agent shall notify Borrower of any participations in any
Swingline Loan acquired pursuant to this paragraph, and thereafter payments
in
respect of such Swingline Loan shall be made to the Administrative Agent and
not
to the Swingline Lender. If any Lender fails to make available to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the Swingline Lender, any amounts due
to
the Swingline Lender from such Lender pursuant to this Section, the Swingline
Lender shall be entitled to recover such amount, together with interest thereon
at the Federal Funds Effective Rate for the first three (3) Business Days after
Defaulting Lender receives such notice and thereafter at the rate for ABR Loans,
in either case payable (i) on demand, (ii) by setoff against any payments made
to the Swingline Lender for the account of Defaulting Lender, or (iii) by
payment to the Swingline Lender by the Administrative Agent of amounts otherwise
payable to Defaulting Lender under this Agreement. The failure of any Lender
to
make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swingline
Lender its Applicable Percentage of any unpaid Swingline Loan shall not relieve
any other Lender of its obligation hereunder to make available to the
Administrative Agent for the
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account
of the Swingline Lender, its Applicable Percentage of any unpaid Swingline
Loan
on the date such payment is to be made, but no Lender shall be responsible
for
the failure of any other Lender to make available to the Administrative Agent
for the account of the Swingline Lender its Applicable Percentage of any unpaid
Swingline Loan.
2.4 Letters
of Credit.
(a) General.
Each
Issuing Bank agrees, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, to
issue
Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrower from time to time on any
Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until two (2) Business
Days
prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date (A) in an aggregate Available Amount
for all Letters of Credit, including, without limitation, Existing Letters
of
Credit, not to exceed at any time such Issuing Bank’s Letter of Credit
Commitment at such time, (B) with respect to Alternative Currency Letters of
Credit, in an Available Amount for each such Alternative Currency Letter of
Credit not to exceed an amount equal to the Unused Alternative Currency
Sublimits of the Lenders at such time, (C) in an Available Amount for each
such Letter of Credit not to exceed an amount equal to the Unused Commitments
of
the Lenders at such time. Within the limits of the Letter of Credit Facility,
and subject to the limits referred to herein, the Borrower may request the
issuance of Letters of Credit under this Section, repay any LC Disbursements
resulting from drawings under Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 2.4(f)
and request the issuance of additional Letters of Credit under
Section 2.4(c). The Existing Letters of Credit shall be deemed to be
Letters of Credit under this Agreement issued on the Closing Date. In the event
of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and
the
terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit application or other
agreement submitted by Borrower to, or entered into by Borrower with, an Issuing
Bank relating to any Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this
Agreement shall control.
(b) Letter
of Credit Fees.
An
Issuing Bank shall have the right to receive, solely for its own account, and
Borrower shall pay with respect to any Letter of Credit such Issuing Bank’s
reasonable and customary administrative, issuance, amendment, drawing and
negotiation charges in connection with letters of credit. For each day during
(i) the period beginning on the date of this Agreement and ending
December 31, 2006, (ii) each full calendar quarter thereafter during
the term of this Agreement and (iii) the period beginning on the first day
of the calendar quarter containing the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and ending
on the day before the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, the Borrower shall pay,
on
demand, following each such calendar quarter or other time period, to the
Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender participating in such
Letters of Credit a non-refundable letter of credit fee equal to such Lender’s
Applicable Percentage, on such day, of the product obtained by multiplying
(A) that portion of LC Exposure representing the aggregate
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undrawn
face amount of Letters of Credit on such day first by (B) the Applicable
Margin then in effect for Libor Loans for such day minus 1/4% and then by
(C) 1/360.
(c) Notice
of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain Conditions;
Reports.
(i) To
request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment, renewal or
extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the Borrower shall hand deliver
or telecopy (or transmit by electronic communication, if arrangements for doing
so have been approved by the particular Issuing Bank) to the appropriate Issuing
Bank and the Administrative Agent (at least three (3) Business Days in advance
of the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension for a Letter
of Credit) a notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or
identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended, renewed or extended, and
specifying the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (which shall
be
a Business Day), the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which
shall comply with paragraph (d) of this Section), the Available Amount of such
Letter of Credit, the Applicable Currency, the name and address of the
beneficiary thereof, the purpose for which such Letter of Credit is to be
issued, and such other information as shall be necessary to prepare, amend,
renew or extend such Letter of Credit. Such notice, to be effective, must be
received by an Issuing Bank not later than 2:00 p.m. or the time agreed
upon by such Issuing Bank and the Borrower on the last Business Day on which
such notice can be given under this Section 2.4(c). If requested by an Issuing
Bank, the Borrower also shall submit a letter of credit application on such
Issuing Bank’s standard form in connection with any request for a Letter of
Credit.
(ii) A
Letter
of Credit shall be issued, amended, renewed or extended only if, (x) after
giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (i) the LC
Exposure shall not exceed $75,000,000, (ii) the sum of the total Revolving
Credit Exposures shall not exceed the Total Commitment, and (iii) in the
case of Alternative Currency Letters of Credit, the Unused Alternative Currency
Sublimits shall not be exceeded, (y) as of the date of such issuance amendment,
renewal or extension, no order, judgment or decree of any court, arbitrator
or
Governmental Authority shall purport by its terms to enjoin or restrain any
Issuing Bank from issuing the Letter of Credit and no law, rule or regulation
applicable to such Issuing Bank and no request or directive (whether or not
having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction
over
such Issuing Bank shall prohibit or request that such Issuing Bank refrain
from
the issuance of letters of credit generally or the issuance of that Letter
of
Credit. Unless an Issuing Bank has been notified by the Administrative Agent
or
the Required Lenders in writing that a Default or an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, in which case an Issuing Bank shall have no
obligation to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit until such
notice is withdrawn by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders or
such
Default or Event of Default has been effectively waived in accordance with
the
provisions of this Agreement, an Issuing Bank shall, upon
fulfillment of the applicable conditions set forth in Article III, make
such Letter of Credit available to the Borrower as agreed between such Issuing
Bank and the Borrower in connection with such issuance, provided that any such
Alternative Currency Letter of Credit shall in any event be made available
to
the
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Borrower,
or as the Borrower may direct, in London or the financial center of the country
of the Applicable Currency.
(iii) Each
Issuing Bank shall furnish (i) to the Administrative Agent on the first
Business Day of each week a written report summarizing issuance and expiration
dates of Letters of Credit issued during the previous week and drawings during
such week under all Letters of Credit, (ii) to the Administrative Agent,
the Borrower, and each Lender on the first Business Day of each month a written
report summarizing issuance and expiration dates of Letters of Credit issued
during the preceding month and drawings during such month under all Letters
of
Credit, and (iii) to the Administrative Agent, the Borrower, and each
Lender on the first Business Day of each calendar quarter a written report
setting forth the average daily aggregate Available Amount during the preceding
calendar quarter of all Letters of Credit.
(iv) Notwithstanding
any other provisions of this Agreement if, after the Closing Date any change
in
law shall make it unlawful for an Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit
denominated in an Alternative Currency, then by prompt written notice thereof
to
the Borrower and to the Administrative Agent (which notice shall be withdrawn
whenever such circumstances no longer exist), such Issuing Bank may declare
that
Letters of Credit will not thereafter be issued by it in the affected
Alternative Currency or Alternative Currencies, whereupon the affected
Alternative Currency or Alternative Currencies shall be deemed (for the duration
of such declaration) not to constitute an Alternative Currency for purposes
of
the issuance of Letters of Credit by such Issuing Bank.
(d) Expiration
Date.
No
Letter
of Credit shall have an expiration date (including all rights of the Borrower
or
the beneficiary to require renewal) later than one (1) Business Day prior to
the
Revolving Credit Maturity Date. The foregoing notwithstanding, any standby
Letter of Credit may, by its terms, be renewable annually upon notice (a “Notice
of Renewal”) given to an Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent on or prior
to any date for notice of renewal set forth in such Letter of Credit (but in
any
event at least three (3) Business Days prior to the date of the proposed renewal
of such standby Letter of Credit) and upon fulfillment of the applicable
conditions set forth in Article III unless such Issuing Bank shall have
notified the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) on or prior
to
the date for notice of termination set forth in such Letter of Credit (but
in
any event at least thirty (30) Business Days prior to the date of automatic
renewal) of its election not to renew such standby Letter of Credit (a “Notice
of Termination”); provided that
the
terms of each standby Letter of Credit that is automatically renewable annually
shall not permit the expiration date (after giving effect to any renewal) of
such standby Letter of Credit in any event to be extended to a date later than
one (1) Business Day before the Revolving Credit Maturity Date. If either a
Notice of Renewal is not given by the Borrower or a Notice of Termination is
given by an Issuing Bank pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, such
standby Letter of Credit shall expire on the date on which it otherwise would
have been automatically renewed; provided,
however,
that
even in the absence of receipt of a Notice of Renewal, an Issuing Bank may,
in
its discretion unless instructed to the contrary by the
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Administrative
Agent or the Borrower, deem that a Notice of Renewal had been timely delivered
and, in such case, a Notice of Renewal shall be deemed to have been so delivered
for all purposes under this Agreement.
(e) Participations.
(i)
Immediately upon issuance by an Issuing Bank of any Letter of Credit in
accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.4(c) of this
Agreement, each Lender shall be deemed to have irrevocably and unconditionally
purchased and received from such Issuing Bank, without recourse or warranty,
an
undivided interest and participation equal to its Applicable Percentage of
such
Letter of Credit (including, without limitation, all obligations of the Borrower
with respect thereto) and any security therefor or guaranty pertaining
thereto.
(ii) In
the
event that an Issuing Bank makes any LC Disbursement and the Borrower shall
not
have repaid such amount to such Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.4(f) of
this Agreement, (a) if such payment relates to an Alternative Currency
Letter of Credit, automatically and with no further action required, the
obligation to reimburse the applicable payment shall be permanently converted
into an obligation to reimburse the Dollar Equivalent of such LC Disbursement,
and (b) such Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent
and each Lender of such failure, and each Lender shall promptly and
unconditionally pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Issuing
Bank the amount of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the unreimbursed
amount of any LC Disbursement in the same manner as provided in Section 2.5
of this Agreement with respect to Revolving Loans made by such Lender and the
Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to such Issuing Bank the amounts so
received by it from the Lenders.
(iii) If
any
Lender fails to make available to an Issuing Bank any amounts due to such
Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section 2.4(e), such Issuing Bank shall be
entitled to recover such amount, together with interest thereon, at the Federal
Funds Effective Rate for the first three (3) Business Days after Defaulting
Lender receives such notice and thereafter at the rate for ABR Loans, in either
case payable (i) on demand, (ii) by setoff against any payments made to such
Issuing Bank for the account of Defaulting Lender or (iii) by payment to such
Issuing Bank by the Administrative Agent of amounts otherwise payable to
Defaulting Lender under this Agreement. The failure of any Lender to make
available to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Issuing Bank
its
Applicable Percentage of the unreimbursed amount of any LC Disbursement shall
not relieve any other Lender of its obligation hereunder to make available
to
the Administrative Agent for the account of such Issuing Bank its Applicable
Percentage of the unreimbursed amount of any LC Disbursement on the date such
payment is to be made, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of
any
other Lender to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account
of
such Issuing Bank its Applicable Percentage of the unreimbursed amount of any
LC
Disbursement on the date such payment is to be made.
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(iv) Whenever
an Issuing Bank receives a payment on account of an LC Disbursement, including
any interest thereon, it shall promptly pay to each Lender which has funded
its
participating interest therein, in like funds as received an amount equal to
such Lender’s pro rata share thereof based on the amount funded.
(v) The
obligations of a Lender to make payments to the Administrative Agent for the
account of an Issuing Bank with respect to LC Disbursements shall be absolute,
unconditional and irrevocable, not subject to any counterclaim, set-off,
qualification or exception whatsoever and shall be made in accordance with
the
terms and conditions of this Agreement under all circumstances, whether or
not
an Event of Default or a Default is then continuing.
(vi) In
the
event any payment by Borrower received by the Administrative Agent with respect
to a Letter of Credit and distributed by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders
on account of their participations is thereafter set aside, avoided or recovered
from the Administrative Agent in connection with any receivership, liquidation,
reorganization or bankruptcy proceeding, each Lender which received such
distribution shall, upon demand by the Administrative Agent, contribute such
Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the amount set aside, avoided or recovered
together with interest at the rate required to be paid by the Administrative
Agent upon the amount required to be repaid by it.
(f) Reimbursement.
If an
Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement, the Borrower shall reimburse such
LC Disbursement by paying to the Administrative Agent for the account of such
Issuing Bank an amount in the Applicable Currency equal to such LC Disbursement
not later than 12:00 Noon on the date that such LC Disbursement is made, if
the Borrower shall have received notice by telephone or otherwise of such LC
Disbursement prior to 10:00 a.m. on such date, or, if such notice has not
been received by the Borrower prior to such time on such date, then not later
than 12:00 Noon on (i) the Business Day that the Borrower receives
such notice, if such notice is received prior to 10:00 a.m. on the day of
receipt, or (ii) the Business Day immediately following the day that the
Borrower receives such notice, if such notice is not received prior to such
time
on the day of receipt; provided that
the
Borrower may, subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request
in accordance with Section 2.1 or 2.3 of this Agreement that such payment
be financed with an ABR Loan or Swingline Loan in an equivalent amount and,
to
the extent so financed, the Borrower’s obligation to make such payment shall be
discharged and replaced by the resulting ABR Loan or Swingline
Loan.
(g) Obligations
Absolute.
The
Borrower’s obligations to reimburse LC Disbursements as provided in paragraph
(f) of this Section shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall
be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under
any
and all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of (i) any lack of
validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or this
Agreement,
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or
any
term or provision therein, (ii) any draft or other document presented under
a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect
or
any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect,
(iii) payment by an Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against
presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply strictly with
the
terms of such Letter of Credit so long as it complies in all material respects,
(iv) the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right which Borrower
or any Subsidiary may have at any time against the beneficiary named in a Letter
of Credit or any transferee of any Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom
any
such transferee may be acting), any Issuing Bank, any Lender, any other Person,
whether in connection with this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, the
transactions contemplated herein or any unrelated transaction (including any
underlying transactions between Borrower, any Subsidiary and the beneficiary
named in any Letter of Credit), (v) the occurrence of any Event of Default
or Default, or (vi) any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or
not
similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this
Section, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of
setoff against, the Borrower’s obligations hereunder. As among the Borrower, the
Issuing Banks and the Lenders, the Borrower assumes all risks of the acts and
omissions of, or misuse of the Letters of Credit by, the respective
beneficiaries of the Letters of Credit requested by it. In furtherance and
not
in limitation of the foregoing, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders shall not
be
responsible for (i) the form, validity, sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness
or
legal effect of any document submitted by any party in connection with the
application for and issuance of any Letter of Credit, even if it should in
fact
prove to be in any or all respect invalid, insufficient, inaccurate, fraudulent
or forged; (ii) the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring
or
assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights
or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may
prove
to be invalid or ineffective for any reason; (iii) failure of the beneficiary
of
a Letter of Credit to comply fully with conditions required in order to draw
upon such Letter of Credit so long as such beneficiary is in material compliance
with such conditions; (iv) errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in
transmission or delivery of any messages, by mail, cable, telegraph, telex
or
otherwise; (v) errors in interpretation of technical terms; (vi) misapplication
by the beneficiary of a Letter of Credit of the proceeds of any drawing under
such Letter of Credit; or (vii) any consequences arising from causes beyond
the
control of the Issuing Banks or the Lenders. In addition to amounts payable
as
elsewhere provided in this Section 2.4, Borrower hereby agrees to protect,
indemnify, pay and save the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and each
Lender harmless from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities,
damages, losses, posts, charges and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’
fees) arising from the claims of third parties against the Administrative Agent
or such Issuing Banks in respect of any Letter of Credit requested by the
Borrower. In furtherance and extension and not in limitation of the specific
provisions hereinabove set forth, any action taken or omitted by any Issuing
Bank or any Lender under or in connection with the Letters of Credit or any
related certificates, if taken or omitted in good faith, shall not put any
Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent or such Lender under any resulting
liability to Borrower or relieve Borrower of any of their obligations hereunder
to any Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent or any Lender. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.4(g), Borrower shall not
have any obligations to indemnify any Issuing Bank under this Section 2.4(g)
in
respect of any liability incurred by such Issuing Bank that is found in a final
judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have
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resulted
primarily from such Issuing Bank’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct,
unless such action or inaction on the part of such Issuing Bank which gave
rise
to the liability was taken at the request of Borrower or from the wrongful
failure to pay the Letter of Credit except if pursuant to an order from a
Governmental Authority (even if such order is later invalidated).
(h) Disbursement
Procedures.
Each
Issuing Bank shall, promptly following its receipt thereof, examine all
documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit.
Each Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the
Borrower by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of such demand for payment and
whether such Issuing Bank has made or will make an LC Disbursement thereunder;
provided that any failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not
relieve the Borrower of the Borrower’s obligation to reimburse any Issuing Bank
and the Lenders with respect to any such LC Disbursement.
(i) Interim
Interest.
If any
Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement, then regardless of the time of
Borrower’s receipt of notice of such LC Disbursement, unless the Borrower shall
reimburse such LC Disbursement in full on the date such LC Disbursement is
made,
the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including
the date such LC Disbursement is made to, but excluding, the date that Borrower
reimburses such LC Disbursement, at the rate per annum then applicable to ABR
Loans; provided that,
if the
Borrower fails to reimburse such LC Disbursement when due pursuant to
paragraph (f) of this Section, then the default interest rate set forth in
Section 2.6(e)(iii) of this Agreement shall apply. Interest accrued
pursuant to this paragraph shall be for the account of such Issuing Bank, except
that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Lender pursuant
to
paragraph (e)(ii) or (e)(iii) of this Section to reimburse such Issuing
Bank shall be for the account of such Lender to the extent of such
payment.
(j) Replacement
of an Issuing Bank.
An
Issuing Bank may be replaced at any time by written agreement among the
Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the replaced Issuing Bank and the successor
Issuing Bank. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such
replacement of any Issuing Bank. At the time any such replacement shall become
effective, the Borrower shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of
the
replaced Issuing Bank. From and after the effective date of any such
replacement, (i) the successor Issuing Bank shall have all the rights and
obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters
of
Credit to be issued thereafter and (ii) references herein to the term
“Issuing Bank” shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous
Issuing Bank, or to such successor and all previous Issuing Banks, as the
context shall require. After the replacement of an Issuing Bank hereunder,
the
replaced Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have
all
the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect
to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such replacement, but shall not
be
required to issue additional Letters of Credit.
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(k) Cash
Collateralization.
If any
Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, on the Business Day that the
Borrower receives notice from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders
(or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated, Lenders with LC Exposure
representing greater than fifty percent (50%) of the total LC Exposure)
demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph, the
Borrower shall deposit in an interest-bearing account with the Administrative
Agent, in the name of the Administrative Agent and for the benefit of the
Lenders, an amount in cash equal to the LC Exposure as of such date plus any
accrued and unpaid interest thereon; provided that
the
obligation to deposit such cash collateral shall become effective immediately,
and such deposit shall become immediately due and payable, without demand or
other notice of any kind, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with
respect to any of the Borrower described in Section 8.1(d) or (e) of this
Agreement. Such deposit shall be held by the Administrative Agent as Collateral
for the payment and performance of the obligations of the Borrower under this
Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control,
including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account. Other than
any
interest earned on the interest-bearing account or on any investment of such
deposits, which investments shall be made at the option and sole discretion
of
the Administrative Agent and at the Borrower’s risk and expense, such deposits
shall not bear interest. Interest or profits, if any, on such investments shall
accumulate in such account. Moneys in such account shall be applied by the
Administrative Agent to reimburse any Issuing Bank for LC Disbursements for
which it has not been reimbursed and, to the extent not so applied, shall be
held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Borrower
for
the LC Exposure at such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been
accelerated (but subject to the consent of Lenders with LC Exposure representing
greater than fifty percent (50%) of the total LC Exposure), be applied to
satisfy other obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement. If the Borrower
is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder as a result of
the
occurrence of an Event of Default, such amount (to the extent not applied as
aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower within three Business Days after
all Events of Default have been cured or waived.
2.5 Funding
of Borrowings.
(a)
Each
Lender shall fund its Applicable Percentage of each Loan to be made hereunder
on
the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds (in
the Applicable Currency) by (i) 2:00 p.m., in the case of Revolving Loans,
and (ii) 11:00 a.m. in the case of Alternative Currency Loans, to the
account most recently designated by the Administrative Agent for such purpose
by
notice to the Lenders; provided that
Swingline Loans shall be made as provided in Section 2.3 hereof. The
Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrower by promptly
crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to the Loan Account or, in
the
case of Alternative Currency Loans, such other account previously designated
to
the Administrative Agent in writing, which account must be in the name of the
Borrower or a Subsidiary and in London or the financial center of the country
of
the Applicable Currency; provided that
ABR
Loans made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in
Section 2.4(f) of this Agreement shall be remitted by the Administrative
Agent to the
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appropriate
Issuing Bank and that Loans made to repay Swingline Loans as provided in
Section 2.3 of this Agreement shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent
to the Swingline Lender and that Loans made to purchase the Applicable
Percentage of Automatically Converted Loans in Section 2.1(d) of this
Agreement shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the applicable
Lenders.
(b) Unless
the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender in accordance
with Section 10.15 of this Agreement that such Lender will not make available
to
the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such borrowing, the
Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available
on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in
reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding
amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the
applicable borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the Defaulting
Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent
forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each
day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower
to
but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in
the case of Defaulting Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate
and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking
industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in the case of the
Borrower, the interest rate applicable to ABR Loans. If a Defaulting Lender
pays
such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount, less any interest
paid to the Administrative Agent, shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included
in such borrowing.
Any
Defaulting Lender shall pay on demand to the Borrower the amount equal to the
excess of the interest actually paid by the Borrower to the Administrative
Agent
over the interest which would have otherwise been payable by the Borrower to
such Defaulting Lender had such Defaulting Lender funded its share of the
applicable borrowing, plus interest on such amount at the rate applicable to
ABR
Loans.
2.6 Interest.
(a) Rates.
(i) The
Revolving Notes shall bear interest, prior to maturity (whether by acceleration
or otherwise) on the balance of principal thereof from time to time unpaid,
payable in arrears on the first day of each month for interest accrued during
the preceding month in the case of ABR Loans and in the case of Libor Loans
payable in arrears on the last day of the applicable Interest Period, and in
the
case of an Interest Period in excess of three months also payable on the dates
that are successively three months after the commencement of such Interest
Period. The Revolving Loans shall bear interest in accordance with the Rate
Option selected by the Borrower pursuant to the terms hereof.
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(ii) The
Alternative Currency Notes shall bear interest, prior to maturity (whether
by
acceleration or otherwise) on the balance of principal thereof from time to
time
unpaid, payable in arrears on the last day of the applicable Interest Period,
and in the case of an Interest Period in excess of three months also payable
on
the dates that are successively three months after the commencement of such
Interest Period. The Alternative Currency Loans shall bear interest at a rate
of
interest in accordance with the Libor Rate Option, pursuant to the terms
hereof.
(iii) The
Swingline Note shall bear interest payable monthly in arrears on the first
day
of each month for interest accrued during the preceding month on the balance
of
principal from time to time unpaid.
(b) Rate
Options.
(i) Unless
the Borrower has selected a Libor Rate in accordance with the provisions of
this
Agreement, the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected the ABR Option to
apply
to any portion of a Revolving Note not subject to a Libor Rate, and such rate
shall continue in effect until the earlier of when a Libor Rate and Interest
Period are available and properly selected, or until the applicable Revolving
Note is paid in full.
Notice
by
the Borrower of the selection of a Libor Rate or Interest Period for any
Revolving Loan or Alternative Currency Loan, the amount subject thereto, and
the
applicable Interest Periods shall be irrevocable. Such notice may be given
to
the Administrative Agent by a duly completed Request Certificate executed by
the
Borrower.
(ii) The
Alternative Currency Notes shall bear interest at the Libor Rate for the
Interest Periods selected by the Borrower in accordance with the provisions
of
this Agreement.
(iii) The
Swingline Note shall bear interest at the rate of interest applicable to ABR
Loans and such rate shall continue until the Swingline Note is paid in
full.
(c) Default
Rate.
Upon
notice to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent of the occurrence of an
Event
of Default and during the continuance thereof and after maturity, whether by
acceleration or otherwise, the Revolving Notes, Alternative Currency Notes
and
Swingline Notes shall bear interest at a per annum rate equal to two percent
(2%) in excess of the otherwise applicable rate of interest thereon. Overdue
fees and other amounts payable by the Borrower under this Agreement other than
principal and interest (“Overdue Amounts”) shall also bear interest at a per
annum rate equal to two percent (2%) in excess of the rate of interest
applicable to ABR Loans while such sums remain unpaid. In no event shall the
rate of interest on the Revolving Notes,
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Alternative
Currency Notes or the rate of interest applicable to Overdue Amounts exceed
the
maximum rate of interest authorized by law.
(d) Computation
of Interest.
Interest on ABR Loans shall be calculated on the basis of a year of 365 days,
or
366 days during a leap year, for the actual number of days elapsed. Interest
on
Libor Loans shall be calculated on the basis of the actual number of days
elapsed in a year of 360 days, which will result in a higher effective annual
rate. If any of the Notes are not paid when due, whether because such Notes
become due on a Saturday, Sunday or bank holiday or for any other reason, the
Borrower will pay interest thereon at the aforesaid rate until the date of
actual receipt of payment by the holder of the Notes.
(e) Rate
Conversions and Continuations.
For any
Revolving Loan, the Borrower may elect to convert any portion of (i) an ABR
Loan to a Libor Loan, or (ii) a Libor Loan to an ABR Loan, or to continue
any Libor Loan or ABR Loan as a new loan of the same Type; provided,
however,
Libor
Loans may only be converted to ABR Loans or continued on the expiration date
of
the applicable Interest Period.
Subject
to the foregoing, with respect to a Revolving Loan, the Borrower may elect
to
convert any ABR Loan to a Libor Loan, or, to continue a Libor Loan as a new
Libor Loan, by Borrower giving irrevocable notice of such election to the
Administrative Agent by 1:00 p.m. at least two (2) Business Days prior to
the requested rate change date and, in the case of any Libor Loan, such
conversion or continuation shall take place on the last day of the applicable
Interest Period with respect to the Revolving Loan being so converted or
continued. Such notice may be given by a duly completed and executed Request
Certificate. Each such request to convert or continue shall include the
requested rate change date (which shall be a Business Day), the Rate Option
selected, and the amount to be converted or continued (which shall be in a
principal amount of $2,000,000 or more and in whole multiples of $1,000,000
in
the case of conversion to, or continuation as, a Libor Loan). If no Event of
Default or Default is then existing at such time, and the Borrower is in
compliance with the terms of this Agreement as evidenced by the Administrative
Agent’s receipt of a properly completed and executed Request Certificate, such
conversion or continuation shall be made on the requested rate change date,
subject to the foregoing limitations in connection with the conversion or
continuation of Libor Loans.
The
Administrative Agent shall not incur any liability to Borrower in acting upon
any telephonic notice which the Administrative Agent believes to have been
given
by a duly authorized officer or other designated representative of such
Borrower, and which is confirmed by delivery to the Administrative Agent from
the Borrower or the Borrower of a written or facsimile notice signed by Borrower
or the Borrower, or for otherwise acting in good faith hereunder.
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Notwithstanding
the foregoing, Alternative Currency Loans shall at all times be Libor Loans,
must comply with all provisions of this Agreement applicable to Libor Loans
and
may not be converted by the Borrower into ABR Loans.
2.7 Prepayments.
(a) Optional
Prepayments.
(i) ABR
Loans.
Borrower shall have the right to prepay at any time without premium all or
any
portion of the ABR Loans.
(ii) Libor Loans.
Borrower shall have the right to prepay without premium all or any portion
of
the Libor Loans on the expiration day of the applicable Interest Period. If
any
Libor Loan is prepaid at any other time, the applicable Borrower shall pay
to
the applicable Lender an amount equal to the Breakage Fee within 10 days of
notice thereof from the Lender, setting forth the amount of such Breakage
Fee.
All
prepayments of the Revolving Loans and Alternative Currency Loans shall be
subject to a minimum amount of $2,000,000, and incremental multiples of
$1,000,000 thereafter or the Dollar Equivalent thereof in the case of
Alternative Currency Loans.
(b) Mandatory
Prepayments.
(i) Net
Proceeds.
Borrower shall make a mandatory prepayment to the Administrative Agent for
the
account of the Lenders in accordance with their Applicable Percentages, promptly
upon receipt thereof, equal to all (100%) of the Net Proceeds received by the
Borrower or any Subsidiary from (1) insurance, condemnation and similar
recoveries in excess of $10,000,000 other than such recoveries that are promptly
applied in the ordinary course of business toward repair or replacement of
the
damaged property; and (2) the reversion of Pension Plan assets from an
over-funded Pension Plan, but only to the extent of such over-funding. Borrower
shall give to the Administrative Agent written notice of the occurrence of
an
event requiring a mandatory prepayment hereunder promptly, but not later than
within thirty (30) days after the occurrence of such an event.
(ii) Commitments
Exceeded.
If on
any date, the Revolving Credit Exposures of the Lenders exceed the Total
Commitment, or the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Lender exceeds such Lender’s
Commitment, or the aggregate principal amount of Swingline Loans exceeds the
Swingline Commitment, or the total LC Exposure exceeds the Letter of Credit
Commitment, then in each case the Borrower shall, upon
request
made by the Administrative Agent, prepay on such date the principal amount
of
Loans in an aggregate amount equal to such excess or, in the case where total
LC
Exposure exceeds the Letter of Credit
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Commitment,
pay to the Administrative Agent an amount in cash equal to such excess to be
held as security for the reimbursement obligations of the Borrower in respect
of
Letters of Credit pursuant to a cash collateral agreement to be entered into
in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, the
Borrower and the Issuing Banks.
If
the
Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower at any time that the Assigned Dollar
Value of the outstanding amount of all Loans and Letters of Credit denominated
in Alternative Currencies at such time exceeds an amount equal to 105% of the
Alternative Currency Sublimit then in effect, then, within two (2) Business
Days
after receipt of such notice, the Borrower shall prepay Loans in an aggregate
amount sufficient to reduce such outstanding amount as of such date of payment
to an amount not to exceed 100% of the Alternative Currency Sublimit then in
effect.
In
the
event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a repayment or
prepayment of an ABR Loan prior to the end of the Availability Period with
no
related Commitment reduction), the Borrower shall pay all accrued interest
on
the principal amount repaid or prepaid on the date of such repayment or
prepayment.
The
proceeds of any mandatory prepayments paid to or for the account of the Lenders
shall be applied by the Lender entitled thereto on the applicable Indebtedness
hereunder first to accrued interest, fees and expenses payable thereon and
then
to principal.
2.8 Use
of Proceeds.
Borrower covenants to the Lenders that Borrower will use the proceeds borrowed
under this Agreement to refinance the indebtedness under the 2003 Agreement;
for
Borrower’s ongoing working capital and business requirements including Permitted
Acquisitions; and no part of such proceeds will be used directly or indirectly
to purchase or carry Margin Stock, or to extend credit to others for the purpose
of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock, in violation of any of the
provisions of Regulations U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System. Borrower further covenants that Borrower is not engaged in
the
business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any
Margin Stock.
2.9 Special
Provisions Governing Libor Loans - Increased Costs.
(a) In
the
event that on any Libor Interest Determination Date, any Lender shall have
determined (which determination shall be final, conclusive and binding)
that:
(1) by
reason
of conditions in the London Interbank Market or of conditions affecting the
position of such Lender in such market occurring after the date hereof, adequate
fair means do not exist for establishing the Libor Rate, or
(2) by
reason
of (i) any applicable law or governmental rule, regulation, guideline or
order (or any written interpretation thereof and including any new law
or
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governmental
rule, regulation, guideline or order but excluding any of the foregoing relating
to Taxes referred to in Section 2.11 of this Agreement), or (ii) other
circumstances affecting the Lenders or the London Interbank Market or the
position of the Lenders in such market (such as, but not limited to, official
reserve requirements), the Libor Rate does not represent the effective pricing
to the Lenders for U.S. dollar deposits of comparable amounts for the relevant
period due to such increased costs; then, and in either such event, the Lenders
shall on such date (and in any event as soon as possible after being notified
of
a new Interest Period) give notice by telephone, confirmed in writing, to the
Borrower or the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of such
determination.
(b) Thereafter,
the Borrower shall pay to the applicable Lender upon written request therefor,
such additional amounts as such Lender shall reasonably determine to be required
to compensate such Lender for such increased costs. A certificate as to such
additional amounts submitted to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent by
a
Lender shall, absent manifest error, be final, conclusive and binding upon
the
Borrower and such Lender.
(c) In
lieu
of paying to a Lender such additional amounts as required by this
Section 2.9, the Borrower may exercise the following options:
(1) If
such
determination by a Lender relates only to a Libor Loan then being requested
by
the Borrower pursuant to the terms hereof, the applicable Borrower may, on
such
Libor Interest Determination Date by giving notice by telephone to such Lender,
withdraw such request; or
(2) The
Borrower may, by giving notice by telephone to a Lender require such Lender
to
make the Libor Loan then being requested in the form of an ABR Loan or to
convert its outstanding Libor Loan that is so affected into an ABR Loan at
the
end of the then current Interest Period.
2.10 Required
Termination and Repayment of Libor Loans. (a) In
the event a Lender shall have reasonably determined, at any time (which
determination shall be final, conclusive and binding but shall be made only
after consultation with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent), that the
making or continuation of any or all of the Libor Loans hereunder:
(1) has
become unlawful by compliance by Lender in good faith with any applicable law,
governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or
(2) would
cause Lender severe hardship as a result of a contingency occurring after the
date hereof which materially and adversely affects the London Interbank Market
(such as, but not limited to disruptions resulting from political or economic
events); then, and in either such event, such Lender shall on such date (and
in
any event as soon as possible after making such determination) give telephonic
notice to the Borrower and the
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Administrative
Agent, confirmed in writing, of such determination, identifying which of the
Libor Loans was so affected.
(b) The
Borrower then shall, upon the termination of the then current Interest Period
applicable to each Libor Loan so affected or, if earlier, when required by
law,
repay each such affected Libor Loan, together with all interest accrued
thereon.
(c) In
lieu
of the repayment to the applicable Lender required by Section 2.10(b) of
this Agreement, the Borrower may exercise the following options:
(1) If
the
determination by such Lender relates only to a Libor Loan then being requested
by Borrower pursuant to the terms hereof, the Borrower may, on such date by
giving notice by telephone to such Lender, withdraw such request;
or
(2) The
Borrower may, by Borrower giving notice by telephone to such Lender, require
the
Lender to make the Libor Loan then being requested in the form of an ABR Loan,
or to convert its outstanding Libor Loan or Loans that are so affected into
an
ABR Loan at the end of the then current Interest Period applicable to each
such
Libor Loan (or at such earlier time as repayment is otherwise required to be
made pursuant to the terms hereof). Such notice shall pertain only to the Libor
Loan outstanding or to be outstanding during each such affected Interest
Period.
2.11 Taxes.
If any
Taxes shall be payable, or ruled to be payable, by or to any Governmental
Authority, by, or in respect of any amount owing to, any Lender which has
complied with Section 10.18 of this Agreement, relating to any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including, but not limited to,
execution, delivery, performance, enforcement, or payment of principal or
interest of or under the Notes or the making of any Libor Loan), by reason
of
any now existing or hereafter enacted statute, rule, regulation or other
determination (excluding any Taxes imposed on or measured by the net income
of
any Lender), the Borrower will:
(a) pay
on
written request therefor all such Taxes, including interest and penalty, if
any,
(b) promptly
furnish the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with evidence of any such
payment, and
(c) indemnify
and hold the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and any holder or holders
of
the Notes harmless and indemnified against any liability or liabilities with
respect to or in connection with any such Taxes or the payment thereof or
resulting from any delay or omission to pay such Taxes.
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Without
prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of the Borrower under this
Agreement, the agreement and obligations of the Borrower contained in this
Section 2.11 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
2.12 Commitment
Fee.
For
each day during (i) the period beginning on the date of this Agreement and
ending December 31, 2006, (ii) each full calendar quarter thereafter
during the term of this Agreement and (iii) the period beginning on the
first day of the calendar quarter containing the Revolving Credit Maturity
Date
and ending on the day before the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, the Borrower
shall pay, on demand, following each such calendar quarter or other time period,
to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a fee equal to the
Applicable Commitment Fee Rate times
the
actual daily amount by which the Total Commitment on such day exceeds the sum
of
(x) the outstanding amount of Loans and (y) the outstanding amount of the
aggregate Dollar Equivalent of the total LC Exposure of the Lenders multiplied
by 1/360.
2.13 Revolving
Loan Commitment Termination and Reduction.
(a)
Unless previously terminated, the Commitment shall terminate on the Revolving
Credit Maturity Date.
(b) The
Borrower may, at any time by three (3) Business Days prior written notice from
the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, state the Borrower’s desire to reduce
the Maximum Limit to any amount which is not less than the aggregate of the
then
outstanding principal amount of Revolving Loans, Alternative Currency Loans,
Swingline Loans and the face amount of outstanding undrawn Letters of Credit,
if
any. Any reductions of the Maximum Limit shall not be reinstated at any future
date and any partial reduction shall be in the amount of $2,000,000 and in
incremental multiples of $1,000,000 thereafter. Two Business Days after receipt
of such reduction notice, the obligation of the Lenders to make Revolving Loans
or Alternative Currency Loans hereunder or purchase participations in Swingline
Loans or Alternative Currency Loans or Letters of Credit hereunder shall be
limited to the Maximum Limit as reduced pursuant to said notice.
Any such
reduction of the Commitment shall be accompanied by payment of any applicable
Breakage Fees.
2.14 Payments.
All
payments of interest, principal, fees and other expenses by the Borrower under
this Agreement unless otherwise specified shall be made (a) in lawful currency
of the United States of America or (b) in the case of amounts denominated
in an Alternative Currency, in such Alternative Currency, and in immediately
available funds without counterclaim or setoff and free and clear and without
reduction for any present or future income, stamp or other Taxes, deductions
or
withholdings, all of which shall be paid by the Borrower for its own account
except as otherwise provided in Section 10.18 of this Agreement. All
payments shall be made not later than 12:00 Noon on the due date at the
Administrative Agent’s office or such other
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office
designated by the Administrative Agent in the case of payments made in an
Alternative Currency. All payments (unless stated herein otherwise) shall be
applied first to the payment of all fees, expenses and other amounts due to
the
Lenders (excluding principal and interest), then to accrued interest, and the
balance on account of outstanding principal; provided,
however,
that
after a Default or an Event of Default, payments will be applied to the
obligations of Borrower to the Lenders as the applicable Lender determines
in
its sole discretion.
2.15 Payments
with Respect to Defaulting Lenders.
No
payments of principal, interest or fees delivered to the Administrative Agent
for the account of any Defaulting Lender shall be delivered by the
Administrative Agent to such Defaulting Lender. Instead, such payments shall,
for so long as such Defaulting Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender, be held
by
the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized
and
directed by all parties hereto to hold such funds in escrow and apply such
funds
as follows:
(a) First,
if
applicable, to any payments due to any Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.4(e)
of this Agreement or the Administrative Agent under Section 2.1(d),
Section 2.3 or Section 2.5 of this Agreement; and
(b) Second,
to
Loans required to be made by such Defaulting Lender on any borrowing date to
the
extent such Defaulting Lender fails to make such Loans; and
(c)
Third,
to the
payment of any amount due to the Borrower under Section 2.5(b) of this
Agreement.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, upon the termination of the Commitments and the payment and
performance of all of the Indebtedness and other obligations of the Borrower
under this Agreement (other than those owing to a Defaulting Lender), any funds
then held in escrow by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the preceding
sentence shall be distributed to each Defaulting Lender, pro rata in proportion
to amounts that would be due to each Defaulting Lender but for the fact that
it
is a Defaulting Lender.
2.16 Upfront
Fees.
Borrower shall pay to each of the Lenders on the Closing Date the upfront fees
in the amounts determined for each Lender in accordance with the term sheet
dated August 18, 2006 contained in the Confidential Information
Materials.
2.17 Administrative
Agent Fees.
The
Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for its own account the fees
in
the amounts and on the dates previously agreed to in writing by the Borrower
and
the Administrative Agent.
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2.18 Substitution
of Lender.
If (a)
the obligation of any Lender to make or maintain Libor Loans has been suspended
pursuant to Section 2.10 of this Agreement when not all Lenders’ obligations to
do so have been suspended, (b) any Lender has demanded compensation under
Sections 2.9 or 2.10 of this Agreement, or Yield Protection under
Section 2.19 of this Agreement or a payment for a change in Capital
Adequacy Regulations under Section 2.20 of this Agreement, in each case
when all Lenders have not done so, (c) any Lender is a Defaulting Lender or
(d) any payment of Taxes by the Borrower is required under
Section 2.11 hereof, the Borrower shall have the right, if no Default then
exists, to replace such Lender (a “Replaced Lender”) with one or more other
lenders (each, a “Replacement Lender”) reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent, provided that (i) at the time of any replacement pursuant
to this Section 2.18, each Replacement Lender shall enter into one or more
Assignment and Assumptions pursuant to which the Replacement Lender shall
acquire the Commitments and outstanding Loans and other obligations of the
Replaced Lender and, in connection therewith, shall pay to the Replaced Lender
in respect thereof an amount equal to the sum of (A) the amount of principal
of,
and all accrued interest on, all outstanding Loans of the Replaced Lender,
(B)
the amount of all accrued, but theretofore unpaid, fees and expenses, if
applicable, owing to the Replaced Lender hereunder and (C) the amount which
would be payable by the Borrower to the Replaced Lender pursuant to Section
2.7(a)(ii) of this Agreement, if any, if the Borrower prepaid at the time of
such replacement all of the Loans of such Replaced Lender outstanding at such
time and (ii) all obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the
other
Loan Documents then owing to the Replaced Lender (other than those specifically
described in clause (i) above in respect of which the assignment purchase price
has been, or is concurrently being, paid) shall be paid in full by the Borrower
to such Replaced Lender concurrently with such replacement. Upon the execution
of the respective Assignment and Assumption, the payment of amounts referred
to
in clauses (i) and (ii) above and, if so requested by the Replacement Lender,
delivery to the Replacement Lender of the appropriate Note or Notes executed
by
the Borrower, the Replacement Lender shall become a Lender hereunder and the
Replaced Lender shall cease to constitute a Lender hereunder. The provisions
of
this Agreement shall continue to govern the rights and obligations of a Replaced
Lender with respect to any Loans made or any other actions taken by such
Replaced Lender while it was a Lender. Nothing herein shall release any
Defaulting Lender from any obligation it may have to the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank, Swingline Lender or any other
Lender.
2.19 Yield
Protection.
If the
introduction of any change in, or change in the interpretation of, after the
date of this Agreement, any law or any governmental or quasi-governmental rule,
regulation, policy, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force
of
law), or any change or modification thereof,
(a) has
the
effect of changing the basis of taxation of payments to any Lender in respect
of
its Loans or other amounts due it hereunder (excluding income taxes
and
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franchise
taxes (imposed in lieu of income taxes) imposed on the Administrative Agent
or
any Lender as a result of a present or former connection between the
Administrative Agent or such Lender and the jurisdiction of the Governmental
Authority imposing such tax or any political subdivision or taxing authority
thereof or therein, other than any such connection arising solely from the
Administrative Agent or such Lender having executed, delivered or performed
its
obligations or received a payment under, or enforced, this Agreement or any
other Loan Document), or
(b) has
the
effect of increasing or deeming applicable any reserve, assessment, insurance
charge, special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits
with
or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender, or
(c) imposes
any other condition the result of which is to increase the cost to any Lender
of
making, funding or maintaining loans or reduces any amount receivable by any
Lender in connection with loans, or requires any Lender to make any payment
calculated by reference to the amount of loans held or interest received by
it
(excluding for such purpose “Taxes” as to which Section 2.11 shall apply),
by an amount reasonably deemed material by such Lender,
then,
within fifteen (15) days of demand by such Lender, the Borrower shall pay such
Lender that portion of such increased expense incurred or reduction in an amount
received which such Lender reasonably determines is attributable to making,
funding and maintaining its Loans or its Commitment.
2.20 Changes
in Capital Adequacy Regulations.
If a
Lender reasonably determines the amount of capital required or expected to
be
maintained by such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender is
increased as a result of a Change (as defined below), then, within fifteen
(15)
days of demand by such Lender, the Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount
necessary to compensate for any shortfall in the rate of return on the portion
of such increased capital which such Lender determines is attributable to this
Agreement, its Loans or its obligation to make Loans hereunder (after taking
into account such Lender’s policies as to capital adequacy). As used herein,
“Change” means (a) any change after the date of this Agreement in the Risk-Based
Capital Guidelines (as defined below) or (b) any adoption of or change in any
other law, governmental or quasi-governmental rule, regulation, policy,
guideline, interpretation, or directive (whether or not having the force of
law)
after the date of this Agreement which affects the amount of capital required
or
expected to be maintained by any Lender or any corporation controlling any
Lender. “Risk-Based Capital Guidelines” means (i) the risk-based capital
guidelines in effect in the United States of America on the date of this
Agreement, including transition rules, and (ii) the corresponding capital
regulations promulgated by regulatory authorities outside the United States
of
America implementing the July 1988 report of the Basel Committee on Banking
Regulation and Supervisory Practices Entitled “International Convergence of
Capital Measurements and Capital Standards,” including transition rules, and any
amendments to such regulations adopted prior to the date of this
Agreement.
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2.21 Lender
Statements; Survival of Indemnity.
To the
extent reasonably possible, each Lender shall designate an alternate office,
branch or Affiliate with respect to its Libor Loans to reduce any liability
of
Borrower to such Lender under Sections 2.9, 2.11, 2.19 and 2.20 of this
Agreement, so long as such designation is not disadvantageous to such Lender
in
any material respect. Each Lender shall deliver a written statement of such
Lender to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) as to the
amount due, if any, under Section 2.9, 2.11, 2.19 or 2.20 of this Agreement.
Such written statement shall set forth in reasonable detail the calculations
upon which such Lender determined such amount and shall state that amounts
determined in accordance with such procedures are being charged by such Lender
to other Borrower with credit facilities similar to this Agreement and credit
characteristics comparable to the Borrower as determined by such Lender and
shall be final, conclusive and binding on the Borrower in the absence of
manifest error. Determination of amounts payable under such sections in
connection with a Libor Loans shall be calculated as though each Lender funded
such Loans through the purchase of a deposit of the type and maturity
corresponding to the deposit used as a reference in determining the interest
rate applicable to such Loan, whether in fact that is the case or not. Unless
otherwise provided herein, the amount specified in the written statement of
any
Lender shall be payable on demand after receipt by the Borrower of such written
statement. The obligations of the Borrower under Sections 2.9, 2.19 and 2.20
of
this Agreement shall survive payment of the Indebtedness under this Agreement
and termination of this Agreement. The Borrower shall have no obligation to
compensate any Lender with respect to amounts provided in Sections 2.19 and
2.20
of this Agreement with respect to any period prior to the date which is ninety
(90) days prior to the date such Lender delivers its written statement hereunder
requesting compensation.
ARTICLE
III. CONDITIONS
TO THE CREDIT
The
Lenders’ agreement to lend, contained in this Agreement, shall be effective only
upon fulfillment of the following conditions at or prior to the date
specifically set forth herein.
3.1 No
Default.
(i)
There not existing at the time such Loan is to be made any Event of Default
or
Default and (ii) such Lender not reasonably believing that any Event of Default
or Default so exists or, if such Loan is made, will occur or exist.
3.2 Representations
and Warranties.
(i)
Each representation and warranty made in this Agreement being true and correct
in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement and, except to the
extent updated in a certificate executed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower
and received by each Lender before the time such Loan is to be made, as of
such
time, (ii) each other representation and warranty made to any Lender by or
on
behalf of the Borrower pursuant to any Loan Document before the
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time
such
Loan is to be made being true and correct in all material respects as of the
date thereof, (iii) each financial statement provided to any Lender by or on
behalf of the Borrower pursuant to any Loan Document before the time such Loan
is to be made having fairly presented the financial information it purports
to
reflect as of the date thereof and (iv) such Lender not reasonably believing
that (A) any such representation or warranty, except to the extent so updated,
was or is other than true and correct in all material respects as of any date
or
time of determination of the truth or correctness thereof, (B) any event or
condition the occurrence, non-occurrence, existence or non-existence of which
is
a subject of any such representation or warranty would have any Material Adverse
Effect or (C) any such financial statement did not so fairly present such
information as of the date thereof.
3.3 Proceedings.
Such
Lender being satisfied as to each corporate or other proceeding of the Borrower
or any Subsidiary in connection with any transaction contemplated by this
Agreement.
3.4 Closing
Conditions.
The
receipt by each Lender on the date of this Agreement, or the Swingline Lender
or
the Issuing Banks, as appropriate, unless otherwise indicated, of the following,
in form and substance satisfactory to each Lender:
(a) A
Revolving Loan Note payable to the order of such Lender, appropriately completed
and duly executed by the Borrower;
(b) A
request
for the Revolving Loan determined by the Administrative Agent to meet the
requirements for such a request set forth in Section 2.1 of this
Agreement;
(c) An
Alternative Currency Note payable to the order of each Lender appropriately
completed and duly executed by the Borrower;
(d) A
Swingline Note payable to the order of the Swingline Lender appropriately
completed and duly executed by the Borrower;
(e) An
Amended and Restated Continuing, Absolute and Unconditional Guaranty Agreement
in favor of the Administrative Agent appropriately completed and duly executed
by each Domestic Subsidiary, unlimited as to amount;
(f) (i)
An
Amended and Restated General Security Agreement in favor of the Administrative
Agent, appropriately completed and duly executed by Borrower and each Domestic
Subsidiary, covering, together with all other personal property and fixtures
of
such Person, all of the issued and outstanding shares of each class of stock
and
other ownership interests of Borrower in each Domestic Subsidiary and 65% of
the
issued and outstanding shares of each class of stock and other ownership
interests of Borrower in Moog Europe Holdings y
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Cia,
S.L.S. and each other Directly-Owned Foreign Subsidiary, together with each
agreement, instrument and other writing evidencing any security covered thereby,
and (ii) amended negative pledge agreements appropriately completed and duly
executed by Moog Europe Holdings y Cia Sociedad Commandataria and Moog Holding
GmbH KG, respectively, pledging not to make any sale, assignment, contribution,
transfer or other disposition of the stock or other ownership interests of
any
of their direct or indirect subsidiaries except as otherwise permitted under
this Agreement, and pledging not to consent to or permit the creation of any
Lien upon the stock or other ownership interests in any of their direct
subsidiaries or consent to or permit the creation of any Lien upon the stock
or
other ownership interests of any of their indirect subsidiaries;
(g) Amended
Patent, Trademark and Copyright Collateral Assignments and Security Agreements
in favor of the Administrative Agent, appropriately completed and duly executed
by the Borrower and each Domestic Subsidiary;
(h) Mortgage
Modification Agreements or Deed of Trust Modification Agreements and Modified
Assignments of Leases and Rents in favor of the Administrative Agent, as deemed
necessary by the Administrative Agent, appropriately completed and duly executed
by, as required, the Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary in order to continue
the existing liens on real property of the Borrower and certain Subsidiaries
on
the properties described in part B of the Background Section of this
Agreement;
(i) Satisfactory
updated title searches or title insurance policy endorsements to the existing
mortgagee’s title insurance policies issued to Administrative Agent in
connection with the 2003 Agreement relating to the real property covered by
the
Mortgages, Deeds of Trust and Assignments of Leases and Rents referred to in
Section 3.4(g);
(j) An
opinion of Xxxxxxx, Xxxx LLP, counsel to the Borrower, addressed to each Lender
and counsel to the Administrative Agent, and in form and content satisfactory
to
the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of the opinion issued in
connection with the 2003 Agreement, but to include such matters relative to
the
Subordinated Indenture as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably
require;
(k) Evidence
that each of the Borrower and all Domestic Subsidiaries are (i) in good standing
under the Law of the jurisdiction in which it is organized and (ii) duly
qualified and in good standing as a foreign Person of its type authorized to
do
business in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is necessary except
where the failure to so qualify would not have any Material Adverse
Effect;
(l) A
copy of
the certificate or articles of incorporation or organization, by-laws, operating
or partnership agreement or other charter, organizational or governing document
of each of the Borrower and all Domestic Subsidiaries certified by its
Secretary, or a Person having functions with respect to it similar to those
of
the Secretary of a corporation, to be complete and accurate;
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(m) Evidence
of the taking and the continuation in full force and effect of each corporate
or
other action of the Borrower or any other Person necessary to authorize the
obtaining of all Loans by the Borrower, the execution, delivery and performance
of each Loan Document by each Person other than any Lender and the imposition
or
creation of each security interest, mortgage and other lien and encumbrance
imposed or created pursuant to any Loan Document;
(n) Evidence
(i) that no asset subject to any mortgage, security interest or other lien
or
encumbrance pursuant to any Security Document is subject to any other security
interest, mortgage or other lien or encumbrance, except for Permitted
Encumbrances, and (ii) of the making of each recording and filing, and of the
taking of each other action, deemed necessary or desirable by the Administrative
Agent at the sole option of the Administrative Agent to perfect or otherwise
establish, preserve or protect the priority of any such security interest,
mortgage or other lien or encumbrance;
(o) Evidence
that each requirement contained in any Loan Document with respect to insurance
is being met;
(p) Each
additional agreement, instrument and other writing (including, but not limited
to, each agreement, instrument and other writing intended to be filed or
recorded with any Governmental Authority to perfect or otherwise establish,
preserve or protect the priority of any security interest, mortgage or other
lien or encumbrance created or imposed pursuant to any Loan Document;
and
(q) Receipt
by the Administrative Agent of an Omnibus Assignment Agreement in form and
content satisfactory to the Administrative Agent whereby each of the lenders
under the 2003 Agreement assigns to the Administrative Agent the indebtedness
owed to them by Borrower and endorses and delivers to the Administrative Agent
the notes evidencing such indebtedness.
Payment
of all costs and expenses incurred as of the Closing Date by the Administrative
Agent and payable pursuant to Section 9.1 of this Agreement.
3.5 Conditions
to Subsequent Borrowing and Issuance.
The
obligation of the appropriate Lender to make a Loan to Borrower or issue or
renew a Letter of Credit (collectively, “Issuance”) and the right of the
Borrower to request a Loan or Issuance after the date of this Agreement shall
each be subject to the further conditions that on the date of the making of
such
Loan or such Issuance:
(a) Each
of
the conditions listed in Section 3.4 shall have been satisfied or waived in
accordance with this Agreement.
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(b) The
following statements shall be true and the Administrative Agent shall have
received a Request Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower
dated
the date of such Loan or Issuance stating that:
(i) there
does not exist at the time such Loan or Issuance is to be made any Event of
Default, Default or Material Adverse Effect;
(ii) each
representation and warranty made in this Agreement and any Loan Document to
which the Borrower is a party and in any certificate, document or financial
or
other statement furnished at any time thereunder is true, correct and complete
in all material respects with the same effect as though such representations
and
warranties had been made as of the time such Loan or Issuance is to be made,
except to the extent any such representation and warranty relates solely to
an
earlier date, or to the extent any such representation and warranty has been
updated in a certificate executed by a Responsible Officer and received by
the
Administrative Agent before the time such Loan or Issuance is to be made;
and
(iii) the
incurrence of such Loan or Issuance is permitted by the terms of the
Subordinated Indenture and will constitute Senior Debt and Designated Senior
Debt under, and as defined in, the Subordinated Indenture.
(c) The
Administrative Agent shall have received such other approvals, opinions or
documents as the Administrative Agent may reasonably, in both time and scope,
request, and all legal matters incident to such Loan or Issuance shall be
satisfactory to counsel to the Administrative Agent.
3.6 Subsequent
Extensions of Credit.
Subsequent to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein, each request
to the Administrative Agent for a Revolving Loan, Alternative Currency Loan,
Swingline Loan or Letter of Credit after the date hereof shall constitute
confirmation by the Borrower of all the factual matters set forth in the form
of
Compliance Certificate as of the date of such request in the same manner as
if a
written Compliance Certificate had been delivered, and such factual matters
shall be true in all material respects on the date such Revolving Loan,
Swingline Loan, Alternative Currency Loan or Letter of Credit is made or issued.
No Revolving Loan, Swingline Loan, Alternative Currency Loan or Letter of Credit
shall be made if such certification is not made without
qualification.
ARTICLE
IV. REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
The
Borrower makes the following representations and warranties:
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4.1 Corporate
Status.
Borrower, each Guarantor and each other Subsidiary is a duly organized or formed
and validly existing corporation, partnership or limited liability company,
as
the case may be, and in good standing or in full force and effect under the
laws
of its jurisdiction of organization; has powers and authority to transact the
business in which it is engaged; is duly licensed or qualified and in good
standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of such business requires
such licensing or such qualification except where the failure to do so has
not
had or will not have a Material Adverse Effect; and has all necessary power
and
authority to enter into this Agreement and to execute, deliver and perform
this
Agreement, the Notes, the other Loan Documents and any other document executed
in connection with this Agreement to which it is a party, all of which have
been
duly authorized by all proper and necessary entity and shareholder action.
Schedule 4.1 hereto lists, as of the Closing Date, each Subsidiary and the
direct and indirect ownership interests of the Borrower therein.
4.2 Valid
and Binding Obligation.
This
Agreement, the Notes, the Loan Documents, and any other document executed in
connection herewith to which Borrower, any Guarantor or other Subsidiary is
a
party, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Borrower,
such Guarantor or other Subsidiary a party thereto, enforceable in accordance
with their respective terms, except as enforceability (i) may be limited by
state, provincial or federal bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
or other similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and
(ii) may be subject to equity principles in the event equitable remedies
are sought.
4.3 No
Pending Litigation.
Except
as set forth on Schedule 4.3 of this Agreement, there are not any actions,
suits, proceedings (whether or not purportedly on behalf of Borrower, any
Guarantor or any other Subsidiary) or investigations pending or, to the
knowledge of Borrower, such Guarantor or any other Subsidiary, threatened
against Borrower, such Guarantor or any Subsidiary or any basis therefore,
which, in any case or in the aggregate, have had or will have a Material Adverse
Effect, or which question the validity of this Agreement, the Notes, any other
Loan Documents, or any other documents required by this Agreement, or any action
taken or to be taken pursuant to any of the foregoing.
4.4 No
Consent or Filing.
No
consent, license, approval or authorization of, or registration, declaration
or
filing with, any court, Governmental Authority or other Person or entity is
required in connection with the valid execution, delivery or performance of
this
Agreement, the Notes, any other Loan Documents, or any other documents required
by this Agreement to which Borrower or any Subsidiary is a party, or in
connection with any of the transactions contemplated thereby other than the
filing of financing statements and the recording of mortgages or deeds of trust
on any Collateral which filings and recordings were made prior to the Closing
Date.
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4.5 No
Violations.
The
execution and delivery of, and to the best of Borrower’s knowledge, the
performance of, the Loan Documents, will not violate any term of its certificate
of incorporation, by-laws, or of any mortgage, borrowing agreement or other
material instrument or agreement pertaining to Indebtedness for borrowed money,
the violation of which has had or will have a Material Adverse Effect, and
will
not result in the creation of any Lien upon any properties or assets except
in
favor of Administrative Agent and the Lenders, except for such Lien that has
not
had or will not have a Material Adverse Effect. The execution, delivery, and
to
the best of Borrower’s knowledge, the performance of the other Loan Documents to
which each Guarantor or Subsidiary is a party will not violate any term of
its
certificate of incorporation, partnership, articles of association, operating
agreement or by-laws, or of any mortgage, borrowing agreement or other material
instrument or agreement pertaining to Indebtedness for borrowed money, the
violation of which has had or will have a Material Adverse Effect. To the best
of Borrower’s knowledge, neither Borrower, any Guarantor nor any Subsidiary is
in violation of any term of any other indenture, instrument or agreement to
which it is a party or by which it may be bound, the violation of which has
had
or will have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither Borrower, any Guarantor nor
any
Subsidiary is in violation of any order, writ, judgment, injunction or decree
of
any court of competent jurisdiction or, of any statute, rule or regulation
of
any competent governmental authority, the violation of which has had or will
have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.6 Financial
Statements.
Borrower has furnished to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders Borrower’s
quarterly report on Form 10-Q dated August 10, 2006 as filed with the
SEC (“Form 10-Q”) showing the financial condition of Borrower as of such date,
which document presents fairly the financial position of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries as of such date and the results of its operations and changes
in
its financial position for such period then ended and has been prepared in
conformity with GAAP applied on a basis consistent with that of similar periods
for preceding years.
4.7 No
Material Adverse Change.
Since
July 1, 2006, there has been no change in the financial or other condition,
business affairs or prospects of Borrower and Borrower’s Subsidiaries taken as a
whole, or their properties and assets considered as an entirety, except for
changes none of which, individually or in the aggregate, has had or will have,
a
Material Adverse Effect.
4.8 Tax
Returns and Payments.
The
Borrower and its Subsidiaries have filed all federal income tax returns. The
Borrower and its Subsidiaries have filed all other tax returns, domestic and
foreign, required to be filed by it and has paid all taxes and assessments
payable by it that have become due, other than those not yet delinquent and
except for those contested in good faith and except where the failure to so
file
has not had or will not have a Material Adverse Effect. The Borrower and its
Subsidiaries have
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established
on its books such charges, accruals and reserves in respect of taxes,
assessments, fees and other governmental charges for all fiscal periods as
are
required by GAAP. Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary knows of any proposed
assessment for additional federal, foreign or state taxes for any period, or
of
any basis therefor, which, individually or in the aggregate, taking into account
such charges, accruals and reserves in respect thereof as the Borrower and
any
Subsidiary has made, has had or will have a Material Adverse
Effect.
4.9 Title
to Properties,
etc.
The
Borrower and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title, in the case of
real property, and good title (or valid leaseholds, in the case of any leased
property), in the case of all other property, to all of its properties and
assets free and clear of Liens other than Permitted Encumbrances. The interests
of the Borrower and any Subsidiary in the properties reflected in the most
recent balance sheet referred to in Section 4.7, taken as a whole, were
sufficient, in the judgment of the Borrower, as of the date of such balance
sheet for purposes of the ownership and operation of the businesses conducted
by
the Borrower and any Subsidiary.
4.10 Lawful
Operations, etc.
The
Borrower and its Subsidiaries: (i) hold all necessary foreign, federal,
state, local and other governmental licenses, registrations, certifications,
permits and authorizations necessary to conduct its business, except to the
extent the failure to so hold has not and will not have a Material Adverse
Effect; and (ii) are in full compliance with all requirements imposed by
law, regulation or rule, whether foreign, federal, state or local, that are
applicable to it, its operations, or its properties and assets, including,
without limitation, applicable requirements of Environmental Laws, except for
any failure to obtain and maintain in effect, or noncompliance that,
individually or in the aggregate, has had or will have a Material Adverse
Effect.
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4.11 Environmental
Matters.(a)
The
Borrower and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all Environmental Laws,
except to the extent that any such failure to comply (together with any
resulting penalties, fines or forfeitures) have not had or will not have
a
Material Adverse Effect. All licenses, permits, registrations or approvals
required for the conduct of the business of the Borrower and any Subsidiary
under any Environmental Law have been secured and the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries are in substantial compliance therewith, except for such licenses,
permits, registrations or approvals the failure to secure or to comply therewith
has not had or will not have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Borrower
nor
any Subsidiary has received written notice, or otherwise knows, that it is
in
any respect in noncompliance with, breach of or default under any applicable
writ, order judgment, injunction, or decree to which the Borrower or such
Subsidiary is a party or that would affect the ability of the Borrower or such
Subsidiary to operate any real property and no event has occurred and is
continuing that, with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both,
would
constitute noncompliance, breach of or default thereunder, except in each such
case, such noncompliance, breaches or defaults, in the aggregate, have not
had
or will not have a Material Adverse Effect. There are no claims under any
Environmental Laws (“Environmental Claim”) pending or to the knowledge of
Borrower, threatened which have had or will have a Material Adverse Effect.
There are no facts, circumstances, conditions or occurrences on any real
property now or at any time owned, leased or operated by the Borrower or any
Subsidiary or on any property adjacent to any such real property, that are
known
by the Borrower or as to which the Borrower or any such Subsidiary has received
written notice, that could reasonably be expected: (i) to form the basis of
any Environmental Claim against the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any real
property of the Borrower or any Subsidiary; or (ii) to cause such real
property to be subject to any restrictions on the ownership, occupancy, use
or
transferability of such real property under any Environmental Law, except in
each such case, such Environmental Claims or restrictions that individually
or
in the aggregate have not had and will not have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(b) Hazardous
Substances have not at any time been (i) generated, used, treated or stored
on, or transported to and from any real property of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary or (ii) released on any such real property, in each case where
such occurrence or event is not in
compliance with Environmental Laws and has had or will have a Material Adverse
Effect.
4.12 Compliance
with ERISA.
Compliance by the Borrower with the provisions hereof and in the incurrence
of
the Indebtedness under this Agreement will not involve any prohibited
transaction within the meaning of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code. The
Borrower and their Subsidiaries (i) have fulfilled all obligations under
minimum funding standards of ERISA and the Code with respect to each Pension
Plan, (ii) have satisfied all respective contribution obligations in
respect of each Multiemployer Plan and each Multiple Employer Plan,
(iii) are in compliance with all other applicable provisions of ERISA and
the Code with respect to each Pension Plan, each
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Multiemployer
Plan and each Multiple Employer Plan, except to the extent failure to comply
has
not had, and will not have, a Material Adverse Effect and (iv) have not
incurred any liability under the Title IV of ERISA to the PBGC with respect
to any Pension Plan, any Multiemployer Plan, any Multiple Employer Plan, or
any
trust established thereunder. No Pension Plan or trust created thereunder has
been terminated. There has been no Reportable Event with respect to any Pension
Plan or trust created thereunder or with respect to any Multiemployer Plan
or
Multiple Employer Plan, which Reportable Event will or could result in the
termination of such Pension Plan, Multiemployer Plan or Multiple Employer Plan
and give rise to a material liability of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate
in
respect thereof. Neither Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate is at the date of
this
Agreement, or has been at any time within the two years preceding the date
of
this Agreement, an employer required to contribute to any Multiemployer Plan
or
Multiple Employer Plan, or a “contributing sponsor” (as such term is defined in
Section 4001 of ERISA) in any Multiemployer Plan or Multiple Employer Plan.
Neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has any contingent liability with
respect to any post-retirement “welfare benefit plan” (as such term is defined
in ERISA) except as has been disclosed in accordance with GAAP in the financial
statements delivered to the Lenders in accordance with this
Agreement.
4.13 Investment
Company Act, etc.
Neither
the Borrower nor any Subsidiary is subject to regulation with respect to the
creation or incurrence of Indebtedness under the Investment Company Act of
1940,
as amended, the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended, the Federal Power Act,
as
amended, the Energy Policy Act of 2005, as amended, or any applicable state
public utility law.
4.14 Insurance.
The
Borrower and its Subsidiaries maintain insurance coverage by such insurers
and
in such forms and amounts and against such risks as are generally consistent
with industry standards and in each case in compliance with the terms of the
Loan Documents.
4.15 Burdensome
Contracts; Labor Relations.
Neither
the Borrower nor any Subsidiary (a) is subject to any burdensome contract,
agreement, corporate restriction, judgment, decree or order, (b) is a party
to any labor dispute affecting any bargaining unit or other group of employees
generally, (c) is subject to any strike, slowdown, walk out or other concerted
interruptions of operations by employees of the Borrower or any Subsidiary,
whether or not relating to any labor contracts, (d) is subject to any
pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened, unfair labor practice
complaint, before the National Labor Relations Board, (e) is subject to any
pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened grievance or
arbitration proceeding arising out of or under any collective bargaining
agreement, (f) is subject to any significant pending or, to the knowledge
of the Borrower, threatened strike, labor dispute, slowdown or stoppage, or
(g) is, to the knowledge of the Borrower, involved or subject to any union
representation organizing or certification matter with respect to the employees
of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, except (with respect to any
matter
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specified
in any of the above clauses) for such matters as, individually or in the
aggregate, which have not had or will not have a Material Adverse
Effect.
4.16 Liens.
Once
executed and delivered, each of the Security Documents creates, as security
for
the Indebtedness of the Borrower to the Lenders or the obligations for the
Guarantors under their respective Guaranty, a valid and enforceable, and upon
making the filings and recordings referenced in the next sentence, perfected
Lien on all of the Collateral subject thereto from time to time, in favor of
the
Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, superior to and prior
to
the rights of all third persons and subject to no other Liens, except that
the
Collateral under the Security Documents may be subject to Permitted
Encumbrances. No filings or recordings are required under U.S. Law in order
to
perfect the Liens created under any Security Document except for filings or
recordings required in connection with any such Security Document that shall
have been made, or for which satisfactory arrangements have been made, upon
or
prior to the execution and delivery thereof. All recording, stamp, intangible
or
other similar taxes required to be paid by any Person under applicable legal
requirements or other laws applicable to the property encumbered by the Security
Documents in connection with the execution, delivery, recordation, filing,
registration, perfection or enforcement thereof have been paid.
4.17 Defaults.
No
Default or Event of Default exists as of the Closing Date hereunder, nor will
any Default or Event of Default begin to exist immediately after the execution
and delivery hereof.
4.18 Anti-Terrorism
Law Compliance.
Neither
the Borrower nor any Subsidiary is subject to or in violation of any law,
regulation, or list of any governmental agency (including, without limitation,
the U.S. Office of Foreign Asset Control list, Executive Order No. 13224 or
the USA Patriot Act) that prohibits or limits the conduct of business with
or
the receiving of funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of certain
Persons specified therein or that prohibits or limits any Lender or any Issuing
Bank from making any advance or extension of credit to Borrower or from
otherwise conducting business with Borrower.
4.19 Intellectual
Property.
Each of
the Borrower, the Guarantors and other Subsidiaries owns, or is licensed to
use,
all trademarks, tradenames, service marks, copyrights, technology, know-how
and
process necessary for the conduct of its business as currently conducted
(collectively, the “Intellectual Property”) except for those the failure to own
or license which has not had or will not have a Material Adverse Effect. No
claim has been asserted and is pending by any person challenging or questioning
the use by the Borrower, any Guarantor or any other Subsidiaries of any such
Intellectual Property or the validity or effectiveness of any such Intellectual
Property, nor does Borrower, any Guarantor or any other Subsidiaries know of
any
valid basis for any such claim, to
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the
knowledge of the Borrower the use of such Intellectual Property by the Borrower,
any Guarantors and any other Subsidiaries does not infringe on the rights of
any
Person, and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, no such Intellectual Property
of
the Borrower, any Guarantor and any other Subsidiaries has been infringed,
misappropriated or diluted by any other Person except for such claims,
infringements, misappropriation and dissolution that, in the aggregate, has
not
had or will not have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.20 Accuracy
of Information, etc.
No
statement or information contained in this Agreement, any other Loan Document,
the Confidential Information Materials or any other certificate furnished by
or
on behalf of Borrower or the Guarantors to the Administrative Agent or the
Lenders, or any of them, for use in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, contained as of
the
date such statement, information or certificate was so furnished (or, in the
case of the Confidential Information Materials, as of the date of this
Agreement), any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements contained herein or therein
not
misleading in any material respect. The financial statements contained in the
materials referenced above, in conformity with GAAP, require management to
make
estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities and disclosure of contingent liabilities at the date of the
financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during
the reporting periods. In addition, the projections and pro forma financial
information contained in the materials referenced above are not guarantees
of
future performance and are subject to factors, risks and uncertainties, the
impact or occurrence of which could cause actual results to differ materially
from the expected results described in the projections and pro forma financial
information. Certain of those factors, risks and uncertainties are referred
to
in Borrower’s Form 10-Q, filed on August 10, 2006.
ARTICLE
V. AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
During
the term of this Agreement, and so long thereafter as any Indebtedness of
Borrower to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders shall remain unpaid,
including any Indebtedness for fees and expenses, Borrower will and shall cause
each of its Subsidiaries to:
5.1 Payments.
Duly
and punctually pay the principal of, interest on, and all fees, expenses and
charges on, all Indebtedness incurred by Borrower pursuant to this Agreement
in
the manner set forth in this Agreement.
5.2 Reporting
Requirements.
Furnish
to the Administrative Agent:
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(a) Annual
Financial Statements. As soon as available and in any event within
ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of Borrower, (i) audited
Consolidated financial statements of Borrower and Borrower’s Subsidiaries as of
the end of such year, fairly presenting Borrower’s financial position, which
statements shall consist of a balance sheet and related statements of income,
stockholders’ equity, and cash flow covering the period of Borrower’s
immediately preceding fiscal year, in each case setting forth comparative
figures for the preceding fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and accompanied
by the opinion with respect to such Consolidated financial statements of
independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing
selected by Borrower and satisfactory to the Administrative Agent which opinion
shall be unqualified or shall be qualified only as to consistency and shall
(A) state that such accountants audited such financial statements in
accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, that such accountants
believe that such audit provides a reasonable basis for their opinion, and
that
in their opinion such Consolidated financial statements present fairly, in
all
material respects, the Consolidated financial position of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal year and the consolidated results
of
operations and cash
flows
for such fiscal year in conformity with GAAP, or (B) contain such
statements as are customarily included in unqualified (or qualified only as
to
consistency) reports of independent accountants in conformity with the
recommendations and requirements of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants (or any successor organization), and (ii) internally prepared
Consolidating financial statements of Borrower and Borrower’s Subsidiaries as of
the end of such year which statements shall consist of a balance sheet and
related statements of income covering the period of Borrower’s immediately
preceding fiscal year, all in reasonable detail.
(b) Quarterly
Financial Statements.
As soon
as available and in any event within forty-five (45) days after the close of
the
first three fiscal quarters in each fiscal year of Borrower, the unaudited
Consolidated balance sheets of Borrower and Borrower’s Consolidated Subsidiaries
as at the end of such quarterly period and the related unaudited Consolidated
statements of income and of cash flows for such quarterly period and/or for
the
fiscal year to date, and setting forth, in the case of such unaudited
Consolidated statements of income, comparative figures for the related periods
in the prior fiscal year, to be certified by a Responsible Officer of Borrower,
on behalf of Borrower, to be in accordance with the records of Borrower and
each
Subsidiary and to present fairly taken as a whole the results of the operations
of Borrower and all Subsidiaries for, as applicable, such fiscal quarter, and
the financial position of Borrower and all Subsidiaries as of the end of such
fiscal quarter, subject to changes
resulting from normal year-end audit adjustments.
(c) Officer’s
Compliance Certificates.
At the
time of the delivery of the financial statements provided for in
Sections 5.2(a) and (b), a certificate (“Compliance Certificate”), in
substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E, on behalf of Borrower
by a Responsible Officer to the effect that (i) no Default or Event of
Default exists or, if any Default or Event of Default does exist, specifying
the
nature and extent thereof and the actions the Borrower propose to take with
respect thereto, and (ii) the
representations and warranties of the Borrower are true and correct in all
material respects, except to the extent that any relate to an earlier specified
date, in which case, such representations shall be true and correct in all
material
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respects
as the date made, which certificate shall set forth the calculations required
to
establish compliance with the provisions of Sections 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 and
6.4.
(d) Annual
Budget.
Within
forty-five (45) days after the start of each fiscal year of Borrower, a
Consolidated budget for Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal year
consisting of a balance sheet and income statement, all in reasonable
detail.
(e) Notices.
Promptly, and in any event within three (3) Business Days after Borrower or
any
Subsidiary obtains knowledge thereof, notice of:
(i) the
occurrence of any event that constitutes a Default or Event of Default, which
notice shall specify the nature thereof, the period of existence thereof and
what action the Borrower proposes to take with respect thereto; or
(ii) the
commencement of, or any other material development concerning any litigation
or
governmental or regulatory proceeding pending against the Borrower or any
Subsidiary or the occurrence of any other event, if the same has had or will
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(f) ERISA.
Promptly, and in any event within ten (10) Business Days after Borrower or
any
Subsidiary knows of the occurrence of any of the following, the Borrower
will deliver to each of the Lenders a certificate by a Responsible Officer
setting forth the full details as to such occurrence and the action, if any,
that Borrower or such Subsidiary is required or proposes to take, together
with
any notices required or proposed to be given to or filed with or by Borrower
or
the Subsidiary, the PBGC, a Pension Plan participant or the Pension Plan
administrator with respect thereto (i) the occurrence of a Reportable Event
with respect to any Pension Plan; (ii) the institution of any steps by
Borrower, any Subsidiary, the PBGC or any other Person to terminate any Pension
Plan; (iii) the institution of any steps by Borrower or any Subsidiary to
withdraw from any Pension Plan; (iv) the institution of any steps by
Borrower or any Subsidiary to withdraw from any Multiemployer Plan or Multiple
Employer Plan, if such withdrawal could result in withdrawal liability (as
described in Part 1 of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA) in excess
of $25,000,000; (v) the occurrence of a non-exempt “prohibited transaction”
within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA in connection with any Pension
Plan; (vi) a determination that a Pension Plan has an unfunded current
liability exceeding $25,000,000; or (vii) the taking of any material action
by, or the threatening of the taking of any material action by, the Internal
Revenue Service, the Department of Labor or the PBGC with respect to any of
the
foregoing.
(g) Environmental
Matters.
Promptly upon, and in any event within ten (10) Business Days after, an officer
of Borrower or any Subsidiary obtaining knowledge thereof, notice
of
one or more of the following environmental matters to the extent any of the
following has had or will have a Material Adverse Effect: (i) any pending
or threatened Environmental Claim against the Borrower or any Subsidiary or
any
real property owned or operated by the Borrower or any Subsidiary; (ii) any
condition or occurrence on or arising from any real property owned or operated
by the Borrower or any Subsidiary that (A) results in
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noncompliance
by the Borrower or any Subsidiary with any applicable Environmental Law or
(B) would reasonably be expected to form the basis of an Environmental
Claim against the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any such real property;
(iii) any condition or occurrence on any real property owned, leased or
operated by the Borrower or any Subsidiary that could reasonably be expected
to
cause such real property to be subject to any restrictions on the ownership,
occupancy, use or transferability by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of such
real
property under any Environmental Law; and (iv) the taking of any removal or
remedial action in response to the actual or alleged presence of any Hazardous
Material on any real property owned, leased or operated by the Borrower or
any
Subsidiary as required by any Environmental Law or any governmental or other
administrative agency. All such notices shall describe in reasonable detail
the
nature of the Environmental Claim, Borrower’s or any Subsidiary’s response
thereto and the potential exposure in Dollars of the Borrower and any Subsidiary
with respect thereto.
(h) SEC
Reports and Registration Statements.
Promptly after transmission thereof or other filing with the SEC, copies of
all
registration statements and all annual or quarterly reports that Borrower or
any
of its Subsidiaries is required to file with the SEC on Form 10-K or 10-Q
or 8--K (or any successor forms).
(i) Annual,
Quarterly and Other Reports.
Promptly after transmission thereof to its stockholders, copies of each annual,
quarterly and other reports and all proxy statements that Borrower furnishes
to
its stockholders generally.
(j) Other
Notices.
Promptly after the transmission or receipt thereof, as applicable, copies of
all
material notices received or sent by Borrower or any Subsidiary to or from
a
holder of any Material Indebtedness or any trustee with respect
thereto.
(k) Other
Information.
Promptly, but in any event within ten (10) days after a request therefore,
such
other information or documents (financial or otherwise) related to the Borrower
or any Subsidiary as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably
request from time to time, subject to any applicable Law that restricts, or
any
applicable agreement with any Person other than all Subsidiaries and Affiliates
that in good faith restricts, the disclosure of such information.
5.3 Books,
Records and Inspections.
Upon
the reasonable prior request of the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders
and subject to (i) any applicable Law that restricts, or any applicable
agreement with any Person other than all Subsidiaries and Affiliates that in
good faith restricts, the disclosure of any information obtained pursuant to
such request and (ii) the maintenance of the confidentiality of any such
information by each Lender, promptly permit each officer, employee, accountant,
attorney and other agent of each Lender to, without unreasonably disrupting
the
business or operations of the Borrower or such Domestic Subsidiary,
(A) visit and inspect each of the premises of the Borrower and each
Domestic Subsidiary, (B) subject to, if reasonably requested by the
Borrower, the execution and delivery of a confidentiality agreement similar
to
those
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generally
used in significant corporate acquisitions and mergers, examine, audit, copy
and
extract each record of the Borrower and each Domestic Subsidiary and (C) discuss
the business, operations, assets, affairs and condition (financial or other)
of
the Borrower and each Domestic Subsidiary with each responsible officer of
the
Borrower and each Domestic Subsidiary and each independent accountant of the
Borrower and each Domestic Subsidiary.
5.4 Insurance.
(a) The
Borrower will, and will cause each Subsidiary to (i) maintain insurance
coverage by such insurers and in such forms and amounts and against such risks
as are generally consistent with industry standards, and (ii) forthwith
upon the Administrative Agent’s or any Lender’s written request, furnish to the
Administrative Agent or such Lender such information about such insurance as
the
Administrative Agent or such Lender may from time to time reasonably request,
which information shall be prepared in form and detail satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent or such Lender and certified by a Responsible
Officer.
(b) The
Borrower will, and will cause each of the Guarantors to, at all times keep
their
respective property that is subject to the Lien of any of the Loan Documents
insured in favor of the Administrative Agent, and all policies or certificates
(or certified copies thereof) with respect to each insurance (and any other
insurance maintained by the Borrower or any such Subsidiary shall be endorsed
to
the Administrative Agent’s reasonable satisfaction for the benefit of the
Administrative Agent (including, without limitation, by naming the
Administrative Agent as a lender’s loss payee and mortgagee (with respect to
Collateral) or, to the extent permitted by applicable law, as an additional
insured as its interests may appear). The Borrower shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent contemporaneously with the expiration or replacement of
any
policy of insurance required to be maintained by this Agreement a certificate
as
to the new or renewal policy. The Borrower shall advise the Administrative
Agent
promptly upon the cancellation, material reduction or material amendment of
any
policy. If requested to do so by the Administrative Agent at any time, the
Borrower shall deliver copies of all insurance policies maintained by the
Borrower as required by this Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall deliver
copies of any certificates of insurance to a Lender upon such Lender’s
reasonable request.
(c) If
the
Borrower or any Guarantor shall fail to maintain any insurance in accordance
with this Section, or if Borrower or any Guarantor shall fail to so endorse
and
deliver or deposit all endorsements or certificates with respect thereto, the
Administrative Agent shall have the right (but shall be under no obligation),
upon prior written notice to the Borrower to procure such insurance and the
Borrower agree to reimburse the Administrative Agent on demand for all costs
and
expenses of procuring such insurance.
5.5 Payment
of Taxes and Claims.
The
Borrower will pay and discharge, and will cause each Subsidiary to pay and
discharge, all taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed
upon it or upon its income or profits, or upon any properties belonging to
it,
prior to the date on which penalties attach thereto,
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and
all
lawful claims that, if unpaid, will become a Lien or charge upon any properties
of the Borrower or any Subsidiary; provided,
however,
that
neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary shall be required to pay any such tax,
assessment, charge, levy or claim that is being contested in good faith and
by
proper proceedings if it has maintained adequate reserves with respect thereto
in accordance with GAAP. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the
Borrower will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, pay in full all of its wage
obligations to its employees in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act
(29 U.S.C. Sections 206-207) and any comparable provisions of
applicable law, except where the failure to do so has not had and will not
have
a Material Adverse Effect.
5.6 Corporate
Franchises.
The
Borrower will do, and will cause each Subsidiary to do, or cause to be done,
all
things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate,
partnership or limited liability company existence, rights and authority;
provided,
however,
that
nothing in this Section shall be deemed to prohibit any transaction permitted
by
Section 7.8.
5.7 Good
Repair.
The
Borrower will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, ensure that its material
properties and equipment are used or useful in its business in whomsoever’s
possession they may be, are kept in good repair, working order and condition,
normal wear and tear expected, and that from time to time there are made in
such
properties and equipment all needful and proper repairs, renewals, replacements,
extensions, additions, betterments and improvements thereto, to the extent
and
in the manner customary for companies in similar businesses.
5.8 Compliance
with Law.
The
Borrower will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, comply with all applicable
statutes, regulations and orders of, and all applicable restrictions imposed
by,
all Governmental Authorities in respect of the conduct of its business and
the
ownership of its property, other than those the noncompliance with which has
not
had or will not have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.9 Compliance
with Environmental Laws.
Without
limitation of the covenants contained in Section 5.8:
(a) The
Borrower will comply, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply, with
all Environmental Laws applicable to the ownership, lease or use of all real
property now or hereafter owned, leased or operated by the Borrower or any
Subsidiary, and will promptly pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses
incurred in connection with such compliance, except to the extent that such
compliance with Environmental Laws is being contested in good faith and by
appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been established
to
the extent required by GAAP and except to the extent that failure to comply
with
such Environmental Laws, has not had, and will not have a Material Adverse
Effect.
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(b) The
Borrower will keep or cause to be kept, and will cause each Subsidiary to keep
or cause to be kept, all such real property free and clear of any Liens imposed
pursuant to such Environmental Laws other than Permitted Encumbrances or such
Liens that will not and have not had a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Neither
the Borrower nor any Subsidiary will generate, use, treat, store, release or
dispose of, or permit the generation, use, treatment, storage, release or
disposal of, Hazardous Materials on any real property now or hereafter owned,
leased or operated by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or transport or permit
the
transportation of Hazardous Substances to or from any such real property other
than in compliance with applicable Environmental Laws, except for such
noncompliance as has not had and will not have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(d) If
required to do so under any applicable order of any Governmental Authority,
the
Borrower will undertake, and cause each Subsidiary to undertake, any clean
up,
removal, remedial or other action necessary to remove and clean up any Hazardous
Substances from any real property owned, leased or operated by the Borrower
or
any Subsidiary in accordance with, in all material respects, such orders of
all
Governmental Authorities, except to the extent that such Borrower or such
Subsidiary is contesting such order in good faith and by appropriate proceedings
and for which adequate reserves have been established to the extent required
by
GAAP.
(e) At
the
written request of the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, which
request shall specify in reasonable detail the basis therefor, at any time
and
from time to time after the Lenders receive notice under Section 5.1(f) for
any
claimed violation of any Environmental Law involving potential expenditures
by
Borrower or any Subsidiary in excess of $25,000,000 in the aggregate for any
real property, the Borrower will provide, at Borrower’s sole cost and expense,
an environmental site assessment report concerning any such real property now
or
hereafter owned, leased or operated by Borrower or any Subsidiary, prepared
by
an environmental consulting firm reasonably acceptable to the Administrative
Agent, indicating the presence or absence of Hazardous Substances and the
potential cost of any removal or a remedial action in connection with any
Hazardous Substances on such real property. If the Borrower fails to provide
the
same within ninety (90) days after such request was made, the Administrative
Agent may order the same, and Borrower shall grant and hereby grants, to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders and their agents, access to such real
property and specifically grants the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and
their agents, access to such real property and specifically grants the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders and irrevocable non-exclusive license,
subject to the rights of tenants, to undertake such assessment, all at the
Borrower’s expense.
5.10 Certain
Subsidiaries to Become Guarantors.
In the
event that at any time after the Closing Date Borrower creates, holds, acquires
or at any time has any Subsidiary (other than Non-Material Subsidiaries and
Foreign Subsidiaries as to which Section 5.11(b) applies) that is not a
Guarantor, Borrower will immediately, but in any event within five (5) Business
Days, notify the Administrative Agent in writing of such event,
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identifying
the Subsidiary in question and referring specifically to the rights of the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders under this Section. Borrower will, within
fifteen (15) days following request therefor from the Administrative Agent
(who
may give such request on its own initiative or upon request by the Required
Lenders), cause such Subsidiary to deliver to the Administrative Agent, in
sufficient quantities for the Lenders, (i) a Guaranty duly executed by such
Subsidiary, and (ii) if such Subsidiary is a corporation, resolutions of the
Board of Directors of such Subsidiary, certified by the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of such Subsidiary as duly adopted and in full force and
effect, authorizing the execution and delivery of such Guaranty, or if such
Subsidiary is not a corporation, such other evidence of the authority of such
Subsidiary to execute such a Guaranty as the Administrative Agent may reasonably
request. If any Subsidiary is required to provide a Security Agreement, whether
pursuant to Section 5.11(a) or otherwise, such Subsidiary shall also be
subject to the requirements of this Section 5.10.
5.11 Additional
Security; Further Assurances.
(a) Additional
Security.
Subject
to subpart (b) below, if Borrower or any Guarantor acquires, owns or holds
any
personal property that is not at the time included in the Collateral, the
Borrower will promptly notify the Administrative Agent in writing of such event,
identifying the property or interests in question and referring specifically
to
the rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under this Section,
and
Borrower will cause such Subsidiary to, within 30 days following a request
by
the Administrative Agent (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent
shall deem reasonable under the circumstances), grant to the Administrative
Agent for the benefit of the Lenders a Lien on such personal property pursuant
to the terms of such security agreements, assignments or other documents as
the
Administrative Agent deems appropriate (collectively, the “Additional Security
Document”). Furthermore, the Borrower shall cause to be delivered to the
Administrative Agent such resolutions and other related documents as may be
reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent in connection with the
execution, delivery and recording of any such Additional Security Document,
all
of which documents shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory the
Administrative Agent.
(b) Foreign
Subsidiaries.
Notwithstanding anything in subpart (a) above or elsewhere in this Agreement
to
the contrary, Borrower shall not be required to pledge (or cause to be pledged)
more than 65% of the Equity Interests in any first tier Foreign Subsidiary
of
Borrower, or any of the equity interests in any other Foreign Subsidiary, or
to
cause any Foreign Subsidiary to become a Guarantor or execute and deliver a
Security Agreement, if to do so would subject Borrower to liability for any
potential additional United States income taxes by virtue of Section 956 of
the
Code, determined without regard to the availability of foreign tax
credits.
(c) Further
Assurances.
Borrower will, and will cause each Subsidiary, at the expense of Borrower,
to
make, execute, endorse, acknowledge, file and/or deliver to the Administrative
Agent from time to time such conveyances, financing statements,
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transfer
endorsements, powers of attorney, certificates, and other assurances or
instruments and take such further steps relating to any Collateral covered
by
any of the Loan Documents as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require.
If
at any time the Administrative Agent determines, based on applicable law, that
all applicable taxes (including, without limitation, mortgage recording taxes
or
similar charges) were not paid in connection with the recordation of any
mortgage or deed of trust, the Borrower shall promptly pay the same upon
demand.
5.12 Accounting;
Reserves; Tax Returns.
Cause
each of the Borrower and any Subsidiary at all times to (i) maintain a
system of accounting established and administered in material accordance with
GAAP, and (ii) file each tax return it is required to file except where the
failure to so file will not and has not had a Material Adverse
Effect.
5.13 Liens
and Encumbrances.
Promptly upon acquiring knowledge or reason to know in the ordinary course
of
its business that any asset of Borrower or any Subsidiary has or may become
subject to any Lien other than Permitted Encumbrances, provide to each Lender
a
certificate executed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower and specifying the
nature of such Lien and what action such Borrower has taken, is taking or
proposes to take with respect thereto.
5.14 Defaults
and Material Adverse Effects.
Promptly upon acquiring knowledge or reason to know in the ordinary course
of
its business of the occurrence or existence of (i) any Event of Default or
Default or (ii) any event or condition that has had or will have any
Material Adverse Effect, provide to each Lender a certificate executed by a
Responsible Officer and specifying the nature of such Event of Default, Default,
event or condition, the date of occurrence or period of existence thereof and
what action the Borrower has taken, is taking or proposes to take with respect
thereto.
5.15 Further
Actions.
Promptly upon the request of the Administrative Agent, execute and deliver
or
cause to be executed and delivered each writing, and take or cause to be taken
each other action, that the Administrative Agent shall deem necessary or
desirable at the sole option of the Administrative Agent to perfect or otherwise
preserve or protect the priority of any security interest, mortgage or other
lien or encumbrance imposed or created pursuant to any Loan Document or to
correct any error in any Loan Document.
ARTICLE
VI. FINANCIAL
COVENANTS
During
the term of this Agreement, and so long thereafter as any of the Indebtedness
of
the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, including any
Indebtedness for fees and expenses, shall remain unpaid, Borrower
will:
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6.1 Consolidated
Net Worth.
Assure
that at as of the end of each fiscal quarter of Borrower ending after the date
of this Agreement, the Consolidated Net Worth of Borrower is not less than
$550.0 million.
6.2 Interest
Coverage Ratio.
Assure
that as of the end of each fiscal quarter of Borrower ending after the date
of
this Agreement, the Interest Coverage Ratio is not less than 3.0 to
1.0.
6.3 Leverage
Ratio.
Assure
that as of the end of each fiscal quarter of Borrower ending after the date
of
this Agreement, the Leverage Ratio does not exceed 3.50 to 1.0.
6.4 Consolidated
Capital Expenditures.
Assure
that Consolidated Capital Expenditures of Borrower do not exceed $85,000,000
in
Borrower’s 2007 and 2008 fiscal years or exceed $90,000,000 in any one fiscal
year thereafter.
ARTICLE
VII. NEGATIVE
COVENANTS
During
the term of this Agreement and so long thereafter as any of the Indebtedness
of
the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, including any
Indebtedness for fees and expenses, shall remain unpaid:
7.1 Indebtedness.
The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, contract,
create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness of the Borrower or
any
Subsidiary, except for the following permitted indebtedness (collectively,
the
“Permitted Indebtedness”):
(a) Loan
Documents.
Indebtedness incurred under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and
under Hedge Agreements;
(b) Existing
Indebtedness.
Indebtedness of the Borrower and any Subsidiary including Foreign Subsidiaries
listed on Schedule 7.1 to this Agreement and existing
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on
the
Closing Date, and any refinancing, extension, renewal or refunding of any such
Indebtedness not involving an increase in the principal amount
thereof;
(c) Intercompany
Advances.
Advances or loans made in the ordinary course of business (including, without
limitation, in connection with a Permitted Acquisition) among the Borrower
and
any Subsidiary or among any Subsidiaries.
(d) Subordinated
Indebtedness.
The
existing unsecured Indebtedness of Borrower in connection with the notes
(including any replacement or exchange notes) issued pursuant to the
Subordinated Indenture, so long as payment of all of such Indebtedness shall
be
subordinated at all times to payment of the Indebtedness of the Borrower under
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
(e) Other
Indebtedness.
Other
secured or unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower to the extent not permitted
by
any of the foregoing clauses, provided that (i) no Default or Event of
Default shall then exist or immediately after incurring any of such Indebtedness
will exist, (ii) the Borrower and any Subsidiary shall be in compliance
with the financial covenants set forth in Sections 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3 both
immediately before and after giving pro forma effect to the incurrence of such
Indebtedness, and (iii) the aggregate principal amount of all such other
Indebtedness outstanding at any time shall not exceed $100,000,000.
7.2 Encumbrances.
The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume
or suffer to exist any Lien upon or with respect to any property or assets
of
any kind (real or personal, tangible or intangible) of any of the Borrower
or
any such Subsidiary whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or sell any such
property or assets subject to an understanding or agreement, contingent or
otherwise, to repurchase such property or assets (including sales of accounts
receivable or notes with or without recourse to Borrower or any Subsidiary,
other than for purposes of collection or delinquent accounts in the ordinary
course of business) or assign any right to receive income, or file or permit
the
filing of any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code or any
other
similar notice of Lien under any similar recording or notice statute, except
that the foregoing restrictions shall not apply to the following permitted
encumbrances (collectively, the “Permitted Encumbrances”):
(a) Existing
Liens, etc.
Liens
granted to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders pursuant
to
any Security Document and liens (i) in existence on the Closing Date that
are listed on Schedule 7.2, or (ii) arising out of the refinancing,
extension, renewal or refunding of any Indebtedness secured by any such Liens,
provided that
the
principal amount of the Indebtedness secured by such Liens is not increased
and
such Indebtedness is not secured by any additional assets; and
(b) Permitted
Indebtedness Liens.
Any
lien or liens hereafter existing on the assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary
to secure Permitted Indebtedness.
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(c) Pledges
or Deposits.
Any
pledge or deposit made by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course
of business in connection with any workers’ compensation, unemployment
insurance, social security or similar law or to secure the payment of any
Indebtedness, liability or obligation in connection with any letter of credit,
bid, tender, trade or government contract, lease, surety, appeal or performance
bond or law, or any similar Indebtedness or obligation not incurred in
connection with the borrowing of any money or the deferral of the payment of
the
purchase price or lease of any capital asset.
(d) Statutory
Liens.
Any
statutory lien (i) in favor of a Governmental Authority for any amount paid
to the Borrower or to any Subsidiary as a progress payment pursuant to a
government contract; (ii) securing the payment of any tax, fee, charge,
fine or penalty imposed by any Governmental Authority upon Borrower, any
Subsidiary or any of their assets, income and franchises but not yet required
to
be paid by Section 5.5 of this Agreement; or (iii) securing the
payment of any claim or demand of any materialman, mechanic, carrier,
warehouseman, garageman or landlord against Borrower or any Subsidiary but
not
yet required to be paid by Section 5.5 of this Agreement.
(e) Other
Liens.
Any
reservation, exception, encroachment, easement, right-of-way, covenant,
condition, restriction, lease or similar title exception or encumbrance
affecting the title to any real property of the Borrower or any Subsidiary
but
not interfering with the conduct of its business or operations.
7.3 Investments
and Guaranty Obligations.
The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly
or
indirectly, (i) make or commit to make any Investment or (ii) be or
become obligated under any guaranty other than a Guaranty, except for the
following permitted investments (collectively, the “Permitted
Investments”):
(a) Investments
by Borrower or any Subsidiary in cash and cash equivalents including any readily
marketable direct obligation of the United States, or with respect to a Foreign
Subsidiary, an obligation of the foreign country in which the principal place
of
business of such Foreign Subsidiary is located (“Foreign Country”) maturing
within one year after the date of acquisition thereof, any time deposit maturing
within one year after the date of acquisition thereof and issued by any banking
institution that is incorporated under any statute of the United States or
any
state thereof, or with respect to a Foreign Subsidiary incorporated under any
statute of the Foreign Country or any political subdivision thereof, and has
a
combined capital and surplus of not less than $100,000,000, any demand or
savings deposit with any such institution, any Dollar deposits in the London
Interbank Market with such banking institution or any subsidiary of any such
banking institution, and any commercial paper rated at least A-1 by Standard
& Poor’s Ratings Group or P-1 by Xxxxx’x Investor Services,
Inc.;
(b) to
the
extent not permitted by the foregoing, Investments existing as of the Closing
Date and described on Schedule 7.3 hereto;
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(c) Intercompany
advances or loans among the Borrower and any Subsidiary, or among any
Subsidiaries, made in the ordinary course of business (including, without
limitation, in connection with a Permitted Acquisition) or Contingent
Obligations incurred by a Subsidiary or by the Borrower, with respect to the
obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, entered into in the ordinary
course of business; and any other Investment (i) of Borrower or any
Subsidiary in any Subsidiary existing as of the Closing Date, (ii) of
Borrower in any Guarantor made after the Closing Date, (iii) of Borrower or
any Guarantor in any Guarantor made after the Closing Date.
(d) any
Investment made by the Borrower or any trustee in respect of the Moog Inc.
Supplemental Retirement Plan and the Moog Inc. Supplemental Retirement Plan
Trust, each as in effect on the date hereof or as may be amended from time
to
time; and
(e) any
other
Investments aggregating not more than $50,000,000 during the term of this
Agreement.
7.4 Restricted
Payments.
The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any of their respective Subsidiaries
to,
declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted
Payment, except for the following permitted distributions (collectively, the
“Permitted Distributions”):
(a) Borrower
or any Subsidiary may declare and pay or make distributions that are payable
solely in additional shares of its common stock (or warrants, options or other
rights to acquire additional shares of its common stock);
(b) (i) any
Subsidiary may declare and pay or make Restricted Payments to Borrower or any
Guarantor, and (ii) any Foreign Subsidiary may declare and pay or make
Restricted Payments to any other Foreign Subsidiary or to Borrower or any
Guarantor;
(c) Borrower
may make non-cash repurchases or redemptions of stock or other Equity Interests
in exchange for stock or stock options; and
(d) Borrower
or any Subsidiary may declare and pay or make cash dividends, or stock
repurchases on a pro rata basis with respect to its outstanding shares provided
such cash dividends and stock repurchases do not exceed a $30,000,000 base
amount for the term of this Agreement with such base amount to be supplemented
each year by twenty-five percent (25%) of Borrower’s Consolidated Net Income for
Borrower’s most recently completed fiscal year (collectively, the “Distribution
Amount”) with any undistributed portions of the Distribution Amount to be
carried forward each year until actually distributed; and provided further
that
(i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or
would result therefrom, (ii) the Borrower will be in compliance with the
financial covenants set forth in
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Sections 6.1,
6.2, 6.3 and 6.4 after giving pro forma effect to each such cash dividend and
stock repurchase.
7.5 Limitation
on Certain Restrictive Agreements.
The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, directly or
indirectly, enter into, incur or permit to exist or become effective, any
“negative pledge” covenant or other agreement, restriction or arrangement that
prohibits, restricts or imposes any condition upon (a) the ability of
Borrower or any Subsidiary to create, incur or suffer to exist any Lien upon
any
of its property or assets as security for Indebtedness, or (b) the ability
of any such Subsidiary to make dividends or distributions or any other interest
or participation in its profits owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or
pay
any Indebtedness owed to the Borrower or a Subsidiary, or to make loans or
advances to the Borrower or any other Subsidiaries, or transfer any of its
property or assets to the Borrower or any other Subsidiaries, except for such
restrictions existing under or by reason of (i) applicable law,
(ii) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (iii) customary
provisions restricting subletting or assignment of any lease governing a
leasehold interest, (iv) customary provisions restricting assignment of any
licensing agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business,
(v) customary provisions restricting the transfer or further encumbering of
assets subject to Liens permitted under Section 7.2, (vi) customary
restrictions affecting only a Subsidiary under any agreement or instrument
governing any of the Indebtedness of a Subsidiary permitted pursuant to
Section 7.1, (vii) restrictions affecting any Foreign Subsidiary under
any agreement or instrument governing any Indebtedness of such Foreign
Subsidiary permitted pursuant to Section 7.1, and customary restrictions
contained in “comfort” letters and guarantees of any such Indebtedness,
(viii) any document relating to Indebtedness secured by a Lien permitted by
Section 7.2, insofar as the provisions thereof limit grants of junior liens
on the assets securing such Indebtedness, (ix) restrictions contained in
the Subordinated Indenture relating to any Indebtedness permitted under
Section 7.1(c), and (x) any Operating Lease or Capital Lease, insofar
as the provisions thereof limit grants of a security interest in, or other
assignments of, the related leasehold interest to any other Person.
7.6 Material
Indebtedness Agreements.
(a) Amendments.
The
Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, amend, restate,
supplement or otherwise modify any Material Indebtedness without the prior
written consent of the Administrative Agent if any such amendment, restatement,
supplement or other modification would materially impact the rights or remedies
of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder.
(b) Prepayment
and Refinancings of Other Debt, etc.
After
the Closing Date, the Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary
to,
make (or give any notice in respect thereof) any voluntary or optional payment
or prepayment or redemption or acquisition for value of (including, without
limitation, by way of depositing with the trustee with respect thereto money
or
securities before due for the purpose of paying when due) or
exchange
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of, or refinance or refund, any Indebtedness of Borrower or its Subsidiaries that has an outstanding principal balance (or Capitalized Lease Obligation, in the case of a Capital Lease) greater than $25,000,000 (other than the Indebtedness and intercompany loans and advances among Borrower and its Subsidiaries); provided that Borrower or any Subsidiary may refinance or refund any such Indebtedness if the aggregate principal amount thereof (or Capitalized Lease Obligation, in the case of a Capital Lease) is not increased (other than in connection with the capitalization of interest) and the Borrower or any Subsidiary makes any such payment or prepayment or redemption or acquisition for value of (including, without limitation, by way of depositing with the trustee with respect thereto money or securities before due for the purpose of paying when due) with the proceeds of the sale of Equity Interests in Borrower.
7.7 Changes
in Business.
Neither
the Borrower nor any Subsidiary will engage in any business if, as a result,
the
general nature of the business, taken on a Consolidated Basis, which would
then
be engaged in by the Borrower and any Subsidiary, would be substantially changed
from the general nature of the business engaged in by the Borrower and any
Subsidiary on the Closing Date.
7.8 Consolidation,
Merger, Acquisitions, Asset Sales, etc.
The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, (1) wind up,
liquidate or dissolve its affairs, (2) enter into any transaction of merger
or consolidation, (3) make or otherwise effect any acquisition of all or
substantially all of the assets or Equity Interests of any other Person, or
assets constituting all or substantially all of a division or product line
of
any other Person, other than Permitted Acquisitions set forth in
Section 7.8(c), (4) sell or otherwise dispose of any of its property
or assets outside the ordinary course of business, or otherwise make or
otherwise effect any Asset Sale, or (5) agree to do any of the foregoing at
any future time, except the following shall be permitted (collectively, the
“Permitted Dispositions”):
(a) Certain
Intercompany Mergers.
If no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would
result therefrom, (i) the merger, consolidation or amalgamation of any
Domestic Subsidiary with or into Borrower, provided Borrower is the surviving
or
continuing or resulting corporation; (ii) the merger, consolidation or
amalgamation of any Domestic Subsidiary with or into any Guarantor, provided
that the surviving or continuing or resulting corporation is a Guarantor,
(iii) the merger, consolidation or amalgamation of any Foreign Subsidiary
with or into any other Foreign Subsidiary; (iv) any Asset Sale by Borrower
or any Guarantor to Borrower or any Guarantor, (v) any Asset Sale by any
Foreign Subsidiary to Borrower or any Guarantor; or (vi) any Asset Sale by
any Foreign Subsidiary to any other Foreign Subsidiary.
(b) Other
Dispositions.
If no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would
result therefrom, and no Material Adverse Effect has occurred or will result
therefrom, the Borrower or any Subsidiary may consummate any Asset Sale,
provided that: (i) the consideration for each such Asset Sale represents
fair value and any
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non-cash
consideration qualifies as a Permitted Investment hereunder and the aggregate
of
all such non-cash consideration does not exceed $30,000,000 over the term of
this Agreement; (ii) the cumulative aggregate value of the assets sold or
transferred does not exceed $50,000,000 in any one fiscal year (excluding for
purposes of computing such maximum amount (i) sales of inventory in the
ordinary course of business and conveyances of mere record title to any asset
to
a Governmental Authority to save taxes where Borrower or any Subsidiary has
an
option to require reconveyance of such property for a nominal price; and
(ii) the sale of equipment which is obsolete or worn-out and is replaced in
the ordinary course of business) for all such transactions completed during
any
fiscal year.
(c) Permitted
Acquisitions.
Any
acquisition by Borrower or any Subsidiary of all or substantially all of the
assets or stock of any other Person, or assets constituting all or substantially
all of a division or product line of any other Person so long as
(i) immediately prior to contracting for or consummating such acquisition
there does not exist, and there does not occur as a direct or indirect result
of
the consummation of such acquisition, (A) any Event of Default or Default,
and (B) immediately prior to contracting for or consummating such
acquisition Borrower is in compliance with Sections 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3 of
this Agreement (collectively, the “Financial Covenants”) and Borrower can
demonstrate based on pro-forma projections that Borrower will be in compliance
with the Financial Covenants upon and after consummation of such acquisition,
(ii) such acquisition is being completed on a non-hostile basis without
opposition from the board of directors, managers or equity owners of the target
entity, (iii) with respect to any assets or stock of any Person acquired
directly or indirectly pursuant to any such acquisition, there are no liens
thereon other than Permitted Encumbrances, and (iv) the aggregate purchase
price paid (whether by means of transfer of assets, assumption of liabilities
or
otherwise, other than the assumption of trade payables and accrued short-term
liabilities in the ordinary course of business) by Borrower and all Subsidiaries
in connection with such acquisition does not exceed $100,000,000 unless
specifically consented to by the Administrative Agent and the Required
Lenders.
7.9 Transactions
with Affiliates.The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, enter into any
transaction or series of transactions with any Affiliate (other than, in the
case of the Borrower, any Subsidiary, and in the case of a Subsidiary, the
Borrower or another Subsidiary) (each, an “Affiliate Transaction”), except for
transactions in the ordinary course of business upon fair and reasonable terms
no less favorable to the Borrower or any Subsidiary than would apply in a
comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person who is not an Affiliate, and
agreements and transactions with and payments to officers, directors and
shareholders that are either (i) entered into in the ordinary course of
business and not prohibited by any of the provisions of this Agreement or that
are expressly permitted by the provisions of this Agreement, or
(ii) entered into outside the ordinary course of business, approved by the
directors or shareholders of the Borrower, and not prohibited by any of the
provisions of this Agreement or in violation of any law, rule or
regulation.
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7.10 Fiscal
Years, Fiscal Quarters.
No
Borrower shall change its or any Subsidiary’s fiscal years or fiscal quarters
(other than the fiscal year or fiscal quarters of a Person that becomes a
Subsidiary, at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary, to conform to such
Borrower’s fiscal year and fiscal quarters).
7.11 Anti-Terrorism
Laws.
Neither
the Borrower nor any Subsidiary shall be subject to or in violation of any
law,
regulation, or list of any government agency (including without limitation,
the
U.S. Office of Foreign Asset Control list, Executive Order No. 13224 or the
USA Patriot Act) that prohibits or limits the conduct of business with or the
receiving of funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of certain Persons
specified therein or that prohibits or limits any Lender or any Issuing Bank
from making any advance or extension of credit to the Borrower or from otherwise
conducting business with the Borrower.
ARTICLE
VIII. EVENTS
OF DEFAULT
8.1 Events
of Default.
The
occurrence of any one or more of the following events shall constitute an event
of default (individually, “Event of Default”, or, collectively, “Events of
Default”):
(a) Nonpayment.
Nonpayment within three (3) Business Days of when due, whether by acceleration
or otherwise, of principal of, or interest on, the Notes, any fee, cost, expense
or premium provided for hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any other
Indebtedness owing hereunder.
(b) Negative
Covenants.
Default
by Borrower in the observance of any of the covenants or agreements by such
Borrower contained in Article VI or Article VII of this
Agreement.
(c) Other
Covenants.
Default
by Borrower in the observance of any of the covenants or agreements by Borrower
contained in this Agreement, other than in Article VI or Article VII
or Section 5.1 of this Agreement, which is not remedied within thirty (30)
days after notice thereof by the Administrative Agent to the
Borrower.
(d) Voluntary
Insolvency Proceedings.
If
Borrower or any Guarantor or any other Subsidiary (i) shall file a petition
or request for liquidation, reorganization, arrangement, adjudication as a
bankrupt, relief as a debtor or other relief under the bankruptcy, insolvency
or
similar laws of the United States of America or any state or territory thereof
or any foreign jurisdiction, now or hereafter in effect; (ii) shall make a
general assignment for the benefit of creditors; (iii) shall consent to the
appointment of a receiver or
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trustee
for Borrower or any Guarantor or any other Subsidiary or any of Borrower’s,
Guarantor’s or other Subsidiary’s assets including, without limitation, the
appointment of or taking possession by a “custodian” as defined in the federal
Bankruptcy Code; (iv) shall make any, or send notice of any intended, bulk
sale; or (v) shall execute a consent to any other type of insolvency
proceeding (under the federal Bankruptcy Code or otherwise or under the
insolvency laws of any other foreign jurisdiction) or any formal or informal
proceeding for the dissolution or liquidation of, or settlement of claims
against or winding up of affairs of, Borrower, Guarantor or any other
Subsidiary.
(e) Involuntary
Insolvency Proceedings.
The
appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or officer performing similar
functions for Borrower, any Guarantor or any other Subsidiary or any of
Borrower’s, any Guarantor’s or any other Subsidiary’s assets including, without
limitation, the appointment of or taking possession by a “custodian” as defined
in the federal Bankruptcy Code; or the filing against Borrower, any Guarantor
or
any other Subsidiary of a request or petition for liquidation, reorganization,
arrangement, adjudication as a bankrupt or other relief under the bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar laws of the United States of America or any state or
territory thereof or any foreign jurisdiction, now or hereafter in effect;
or
the institution against Borrower or any Guarantor or any other Subsidiary of
any
other type of insolvency proceeding (under the federal Bankruptcy Code or
otherwise) or of any formal or informal proceeding for the dissolution or
liquidation of, settlement of claims against or winding up of affairs of such
Borrower or Guarantor or other Subsidiary, and the failure to have such
appointment vacated or such petition or proceeding dismissed within sixty (60)
days after such appointment, filing or institution.
(f) Representations.
If any
certificate, written statement, representation, warranty or financial statement
furnished by or on behalf of Borrower or any Guarantor pursuant to or in
connection with this Agreement, or any Loan Document (including, without
limitation, representations and warranties contained herein) or as an inducement
to the Administrative Agent or any Lender to enter into this Agreement or any
other lending agreement with Borrower shall prove to have been false in any
material respect at the time as of which the facts therein set forth were
certified, or to have omitted any substantial contingent or unliquidated
liability or claim against Borrower or any Subsidiary or any
Guarantor.
(g) Other
Indebtedness and Agreements.
(i) Nonpayment by Borrower or any Guarantor or any other Subsidiary of any
Material Indebtedness owing by Borrower or such Guarantor or such other
Subsidiary when due, whether such Material Indebtedness shall become due by
scheduled maturity, by required prepayment, by acceleration, by demand or
otherwise, or (ii) failure to perform any material term, covenant or
agreement on its part to be performed under any agreement or instrument (other
than this Agreement) evidencing or securing or relating to any such Material
Indebtedness owing by Borrower or such Guarantor or such other Subsidiary,
when
required to be performed if the effect of such failure is to permit the holder
or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders to accelerate the
maturity of such Indebtedness,
or
(iii) any such Material Indebtedness of Borrower, any Guarantor or any
Subsidiary shall be declared due and payable, or shall be required to be
prepaid
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(other
than by a regularly scheduled prepayment or redemption, prior to the stated
maturity thereof); or (iv) without limitation of the foregoing, default in
any payment obligation under a Designated Hedge Agreement, and such default
shall continue after any applicable grace period in such Designated Hedge
Agreement or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto.
(h) Judgments.
If any
judgment or judgments in excess of $25,000,000 for any one such judgment or
all
judgments in the aggregate (other than any judgment for which it is fully
insured) against Borrower or any Guarantor or any other Subsidiary remains
unpaid, unstayed on appeal, undischarged, unbonded or undismissed for a period
of thirty (30) days
(or such
longer period, not in excess of sixty (60) days, during which enforcement
thereof and the filing of any judgment lien, is effectively stayed or
prohibited) from the entry thereof.
(i) Pension
Default.
Any
occurrence of a Reportable Event that constitutes grounds for the termination
of
any Pension Plan by the PBGC or for the appointment by an appropriate United
States district court of a trustee to administer any Pension Plan shall have
occurred and continued thirty (30) days after written notice thereof is
delivered to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent; or any other ERISA Event
occurs and gives rise to vested unfunded liabilities under any Pension Plan
that
have or will have a Material Adverse Effect; or Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate
or any Guarantor fails to pay to any Pension Plan any contribution which it
is
obligated to pay under the terms of such plan or any agreement, or which is
required to meet statutory minimum funding standards of Section 412 of the
Code and Section 303 of ERISA.
(j) Change
in Control.
If
there occurs a Change in Control.
(k) Challenge
to Agreements.
If
Borrower or any Guarantor shall challenge the validity and binding effect of
any
provision of any of the Loan Documents or shall state its intention to make
such
a challenge of any of the Loan Documents or any of the Security Documents shall
for any reason (except to the extent permitted by its express terms) cease
to be
perfected or lose the priority of the Lien granted thereunder or cease to be
effective.
(l) Guarantor
Default.
Any
Guaranty shall cease, for any reason, to be in full force and effect or any
Guarantor or the Borrower shall so assert in writing.
(m) Subordinated
Indenture.
If
(i) any Event of Default (as defined in the Subordinated Indenture) shall
occur under the Subordinated Indenture, (ii) this Agreement shall fail to
constitute the “Credit Agreement” or the Indebtedness under this Agreement shall
fail to constitute “Senior Debt” and “Designated Senior Debt” under, and as
defined in, the Subordinated Indenture, or (iii) if any Indebtedness other
than the Indebtedness under this Agreement is designated as “Designated Senior
Debt” under, and as defined in, the Subordinated Indenture.
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8.2 Effects
of an Event of Default.
(a) Upon
the
happening of one or more Events of Default (except a default under either
Section 8.1(d) or 8.1(e) of this Agreement), the Administrative Agent may
declare or shall do so if instructed by the Required Lenders, any commitments
of
the Lenders to lend money to the Borrower or issue Letters of Credit hereunder
(individually, the “Lender’s Obligations” and collectively, the “Lenders’
Obligations”) to be canceled and the principal of such Lender’s Note or Notes
then outstanding, and all reimbursement, cash collateralization and other
obligations of the Borrower (other than under any Designated Hedge Agreement)
to
be immediately due and payable and any Letters of Credit outstanding to be
terminated in accordance with their terms, together with all interest thereon
and fees and expenses accruing under this Agreement and under any Loan Document.
Upon such declaration, the Lenders’ Obligations shall be immediately canceled
and the Loans evidenced by each Lender’s Note or Notes shall become immediately
due and payable without presentation, demand or further notice of any kind
to
the Borrower.
(b) Upon
the
happening of one or more Events of Default under Section 8.1(d) or 8.1(e)
of this Agreement, the Lenders’ Obligations shall be canceled immediately,
automatically and without notice, and the Notes shall become immediately due
and
payable without presentation, demand or notice of any kind to
Borrower.
(c) No
termination of this Agreement will relieve or discharge Borrower of its duties,
obligations and covenants hereunder until all of the Indebtedness hereunder
has
been indefeasibly paid in full.
8.3 Remedies.
Upon
the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default or upon any
termination of this Agreement as a result of an Event of Default, then any
of
the Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall have all of their rights under
this Agreement or otherwise under law. In addition to, and without limitation
of, any rights of the Lenders under applicable law, if any Event of Default
occurs, any and all deposits (including all account balances, whether
provisional or final and whether or not collected or available) and any other
Indebtedness at any time held or owing by any Lender to or for the credit or
account of Borrower may be offset and applied toward the payment of the
Indebtedness of the Borrower.
8.4 Application
of Certain Payments and Proceeds.
All
payments and other amounts received by the Administrative Agent or any Lender
through the exercise of remedies hereunder or under the other Loan Documents
shall, unless otherwise required by the terms of the other Loan Documents or
by
applicable law, be applied as follows:
(i) first,
to
the payment of all expenses (to the extent not otherwise paid by the Borrower
or
any of the Guarantors) incurred by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
in
connection with the exercise of such remedies, including, without limitation,
all reasonable costs and expenses of collection, reasonable attorneys’ fee and
expenses, court costs and any foreclosure expenses;
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(ii) second,
to the payment pro rata of interest then accrued on the outstanding
Loans;
(iii) third,
to
the payment pro rata of any fees then accrued and payable to the Administrative
Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender under this Agreement in respect of the
Loans or the Letters of Credit;
(iv) fourth,
to the payment pro rata of (A) the principal balance then owing on the
outstanding Loans, (B) the amounts then due under Designated Hedge
Agreements to creditors of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, subject to
confirmation by the Administrative Agent of any calculations of termination
or
other payment amounts being made in accordance with normal industry practice,
and (C) the principal amount of the outstanding Letters of Credit (to be
held and applied by the Administrative Agent as security for the reimbursement
obligations in respect thereof);
(v) fifth,
to
the payment to the Lenders of any amounts then accrued and unpaid under
Sections 2.9, 2.10 and 2.11 of this Agreement, and if such proceeds are
insufficient to pay such amounts in full, to the payment of such amounts pro
rata;
(vi) sixth,
to
the payment pro rata of all other amounts owed by the Borrower to the
Administrative Agent, to any Issuing Bank or any Lender under this Agreement
or
any other Loan Document, and to any counterparties under Designated Hedge
Agreements of the Borrower and any Subsidiary, and if such proceeds are
insufficient to pay such amounts in full, to the payment of such amounts pro
rata; and
(viii) finally,
any remaining surplus after all of the Indebtedness has been paid in full,
to
the Borrower or to whomsoever shall be lawfully entitled thereto.
ARTICLE
IX. EXPENSES
9.1 Expenses.
The
Borrower shall reimburse the Administrative Agent promptly upon the
Administrative Agent’s request for any of the Administrative Agent’s reasonable
expenses, including counsel fees and expenses, incident to the negotiation,
documentation and administration of this Agreement, including any amendments
or
modifications thereto, and the documents in connection herewith and for
preservation of any of the Administrative Agent’s or any Lender’s rights under,
or enforcement of any provision of, this Agreement, the Notes, the Loan
Documents or any documents executed in connection therewith.
9.2 Indemnification.
Borrower shall indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent and each
Lender and each of their directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors
(each an “Indemnified Party”)
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from
and
against any and all claims, damages, liabilities and reasonable fees, expenses
and disbursements of counsel, demands, losses, costs, fines or liabilities
of
whatever kind or nature, including, without limitation, arising from personal
injury or property damage, in any way related to any environmental condition
on,
above, within, in the vicinity of, related to or affected by property owned
or
leased by Borrower or in connection with or arising out of any investigation,
litigation or proceeding arising out of, related to or in connection with this
Agreement or the Loans (other than litigation between Borrower and a Lender
in
which Borrower is the prevailing party), whether or not an Indemnified Party
is
a party to such investigation, litigation or proceeding except to the extent
such claim, damage, loss, liability or expense is found in a final judgment
by a
court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted primarily from such Indemnified
Party’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct. In addition to, and without
limiting the generality of, the foregoing, Borrower agrees to reimburse and
indemnify all Indemnified Parties on demand for any reasonable fees and expenses
of counsel which may be incurred in any action, claim or proceeding between
Borrower, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate and an Indemnified Party in which
such
Indemnified Party is successful. The obligations of the Borrower under this
indemnity shall survive any expiration or termination hereof, and shall apply
to
any and all such claims, expenses, demands, losses, costs, fines or liabilities
of whatever kind or nature, notwithstanding the payment of the Indebtedness
hereunder or under the Loan Documents with respect to acts and omissions
occurring before such payment. Borrower agrees not to institute or participate
in any proceeding seeking to establish a position contrary to the terms of
this
indemnification.
ARTICLE
X. THE
AGENTS
AND ISSUING BANKS
10.1 Appointment
and Authorization.
Each
Lender hereby irrevocably appoints HSBC Bank as Administrative Agent,
Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company as Syndication Agent, and Bank of
America, N.A. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Co-Documentation Agents, and
each
of the Administrative Agent, Syndication Agent and Co-Documentation Agents
accepts such appointment. Each Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes the Agents
to take such action as such agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers
hereunder as are delegated to such agent by the terms hereof, together with
such
powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Neither the Agents nor any of
their
directors, officers, attorneys or employees shall be liable for any action
taken
or omitted to be taken by such agent or them hereunder or in connection
herewith, except for such agent’s or their own gross negligence or willful
misconduct as determined in a final judgment by a court of competent
jurisdiction. The Administrative Agent (a) shall have no duties or
responsibilities except those expressly set forth in this Agreement and in
the
other Loan Documents, and shall not by reason of this Agreement or any other
Loan Documents be a trustee or fiduciary for any Lender; (b) shall not be
responsible to any Lender for any recitals, statements, representations or
warranties contained in this Agreement or in any of the other Loan Documents,
or
in any certificate or other document referred to or provided for in, or received
by any of them under, this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, or for the
value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or
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sufficiency
of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or any other document referred
to
or provided for herein or therein or for any failure by Borrower, or any other
Person to perform any of its obligations hereunder or thereunder; and (c) shall
not be responsible to any Lender for any action taken or omitted to be taken
by
it hereunder or under any other Loan Documents or under any other document
or
instrument referred to or provided for herein or therein or in connection
herewith or therewith, except in the event of such agent’s own gross negligence
or willful misconduct, as determined by a final judgment of a court of competent
jurisdiction. The Administrative Agent may employ agents and attorneys-in-fact
and shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any such agent
or attorneys-in-fact selected by it in good faith. In administering the Letters
of Credit, the Issuing Banks shall not be under any liability to any Lender,
except for such Issuing Bank’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct, as
determined in a final non-appealable decision of a court of competent
jurisdiction or as set forth in Section 2.4 of this Agreement.
10.2 Waiver
of Liability of Administrative Agent.
The
Administrative Agent shall not have any liability or, as the case may be, any
duty or obligation:
(a) To
Borrower on account for any failure of any Lender to perform, or the delay
of
any Lender in the performance of, any of its respective obligations under this
Agreement or any of the Loan Documents or any of the other documents in
connection herewith;
(b) To
any
Lender on account of any failure or delay in performance by Borrower or any
other Lender of any of their respective obligations under this Agreement or
any
of the Loan Documents or any of the other documents in connection
herewith;
(c) To
any
Lender to provide either initially or on a continuing basis any information
with
respect to Borrower or any of its Affiliates or Subsidiaries or its condition,
or for analyzing or assessing or omitting to analyze or assess the status,
creditworthiness or prospects of Borrower or any of the Affiliates of Borrower
or any Subsidiaries, provided,
however,
the
Administrative Agent shall promptly provide to each Lender a copy of the
documents delivered by Borrower to the Administrative Agent pursuant to
Section 5.2 of this Agreement;
(d) To
any
Lender to investigate whether or not any Default or Event of Default has
occurred (and the Agents may assume that, until Administrative Agent shall
have
actual knowledge or shall have received notice from any Lender or Borrower,
to
the contrary, no such Default or Event of Default has occurred);
(e) To
any
Lender to account for any sum or profit or any property of any kind received
by
any of the Agents or any Issuing Bank arising out of any present or future
banking or other relationship with Borrower or any of the Affiliates of Borrower
or any Subsidiaries, or with any other Person except the relationship
established pursuant to this Agreement or the Loan Documents;
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(f) To
any
Lender to disclose to any Person any information relating to Borrower or any
of
the Affiliates of Borrower or any Subsidiaries received by the Agents or any
Issuing Bank, if in any such party’s reasonable determination (such
determination to be conclusive), such disclosure would or might constitute
a
breach of any law or regulation or be otherwise actionable by suit against
such
agent or any Issuing Bank by Borrower or any other Person;
(g) To
take
any action or refrain from taking any action other than as expressly required
by
this Agreement and the Loan Documents; and
(h) To
commence any legal action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with
this Agreement or the Loan Documents until either of the Administrative Agent
or
the Issuing Banks, shall have been indemnified to the Administrative Agent’s or
the Issuing Banks’ satisfaction against any and all costs, claims and expenses
(including, but not limited to, attorneys’ fees and expenses) in respect of such
legal action or proceeding.
10.3 Note
Holders.
The
Administrative Agent may treat the payee of any Note as the holder thereof
until
written notice of transfer shall have been filed with it, signed by such payee
and in form satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
10.4 Consultation
with Counsel.
The
Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel selected by the
Administrative Agent and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered
in
good faith by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the opinion of such
counsel.
10.5 Documents.
The
Administrative Agent shall not be under any duty to examine into or pass upon
the validity, effectiveness, genuineness or value of any Loan Documents or
any
other documents furnished pursuant hereto or in connection herewith or the
value
of any Collateral obtained hereunder, and the Administrative Agent shall be
entitled to assume that the same are valid, effective and genuine and what
they
purport to be.
10.6 Administrative
Agent and Affiliates.
With
respect to the Loans, the Administrative Agent shall have the same rights and
powers hereunder as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it
were
not the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates
may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of
business with Borrower, any Guarantor or any other Subsidiary or any Affiliate
thereof including, without limitation, entering into any kind of Hedge Agreement
with respect to the Loans.
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10.7 Knowledge
of Default.
It is
expressly understood and agreed that the Administrative Agent and each Issuing
Bank shall be entitled to assume that no Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, unless the Administrative Agent or such Issuing
Bank
has been notified by a Lender in writing that such Lender believes that a
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and specifying the
nature thereof.
10.8 Enforcement.
In the
event any remedy may be exercised with respect to this Agreement or the Loan
Documents, the Administrative Agent shall have the sole right of enforcement
and
each Lender agrees that no Lender shall have any right individually to enforce
any provision of this Agreement or the Loan Documents, or make demand under
this
Agreement or the Loan Documents; provided,
that
any
Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent on behalf of such Issuing Bank may
make
demand upon Borrower as an Issuing Bank.
10.9 Action
by Administrative Agent.
So long
as the Administrative Agent shall be entitled, pursuant to Section 10.7 of
this Agreement, to assume that no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to use
its discretion with respect to exercising or refraining from exercising any
rights which may be vested in it by, or with respect to taking or refraining
from taking any action or actions which it may be able to take under or in
respect of, this Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall incur no liability
under or in respect of this Agreement by acting upon any notice, certificate,
warranty or other paper or instrument believed by it to be genuine or authentic
or to be signed by the proper party or parties, or with respect to anything
which it may do or refrain from doing in the reasonable exercise of its
judgment, or which may seem to it to be necessary or desirable in the
premises.
10.10 Notices,
Defaults, etc.
In the
event that the Administrative Agent shall have acquired actual knowledge of
any
Default or Event of Default, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify
the
Lenders and shall take such action and assert such rights under this Agreement
as the Required Lenders shall direct and the Administrative Agent shall inform
the other Lenders in writing of the action taken. The Administrative Agent
may
take such action and assert such rights as it deems to be advisable, in its
discretion, for the protection of the interests of the holders of the
Notes.
10.11 Indemnification
of Administrative Agent.
The
Lenders agree to indemnify the Administrative Agent (to the extent not
reimbursed by the Borrower), ratably according to their respective Applicable
Percentages from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses,
damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements
of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred
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by
or
asserted against the Administrative Agent in its capacity as the Administrative
Agent in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any Loan
Document or any action taken or omitted by the Administrative Agent with respect
to this Agreement or any Loan Document, provided no Lender shall be liable
for
any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties,
actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses (including attorney fees and
expenses) or disbursements resulting from the Administrative Agent’s gross
negligence or willful misconduct as determined in a final judgment by a court
of
competent jurisdiction or from any action taken or omitted by the Administrative
Agent in any capacity other than as the Administrative Agent under this
Agreement.
10.12 Successor
Administrative Agent.
The
Administrative Agent may resign as the Administrative Agent hereunder by giving
not fewer than thirty (30) days prior written notice to the Borrower and the
Lenders. If the Administrative Agent shall resign under this Agreement, then
either (a) the Required Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor
administrative agent for the Lenders (with the consent of the Borrower so long
as an Event of Default has not occurred and which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld), or (b) if a successor administrative agent shall not
be
so appointed and approved within the thirty (30) day period following the
Administrative Agent’s notice to the Lenders of its resignation, then the
Administrative Agent shall appoint a successor administrative agent who shall
serve as the Administrative Agent until such time as the Required Lenders
appoint a successor administrative agent. Upon its appointment, such successor
administrative agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties as the
Administrative Agent, and the term “Administrative Agent” shall mean such
successor effective upon its appointment, and the former Administrative Agent’s
rights, powers and duties as the Administrative Agent shall be terminated
without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former
Administrative Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement.
10.13 Lenders’
Independent Investigation.
Each
Lender, by its signature to this Agreement, acknowledges and agrees that the
Administrative Agent has made no representation or warranty, express or implied,
with respect to the creditworthiness, financial condition, or any other
condition of Borrower or with respect to the statements contained in any
information memorandum furnished in connection herewith or in any other oral
or
written communication between the Administrative Agent and such Lender. Each
Lender represents that it has made and shall continue to make its own
independent investigation of the creditworthiness, financial condition and
affairs of the Borrower in connection with the extension of credit hereunder,
and agrees that the Administrative Agent has no duty or responsibility, either
initially or on a continuing basis, to provide any Lender with any credit or
other information with respect thereto (other than such notices as may be
expressly required to be given by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders
hereunder), whether coming into its possession before the granting of the first
Loans hereunder or at any time or times thereafter.
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10.14 Amendments,
Consents.
No amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of any Loan
Document nor consent to any variance therefrom, shall be effective unless the
same shall be in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
or Required Lenders, as appropriate, and then such waiver or consent shall
be
effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which
given. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, unanimous consent of
the
Lenders shall be required with respect to (a) any increase in the Lenders’
Commitment hereunder or any part thereof, (b) the extension or postponement
of the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, the payment dates of interest thereunder,
or the payment of facility or other fees or amounts payable hereunder,
(c) any reduction in the rate of interest on the Revolving Notes or
Alternative Currency Notes, or in any amounts of principal or interest due
on
any Revolving Note or Alternative Currency Note, or the payment of facility
or
other fees hereunder or any change in the manner of pro rata application of
any
payments made by the Borrower to the Lenders hereunder, (d) any change in any
percentage voting requirement, voting rights, or the Required Lenders definition
in this Agreement, (e) the release of any material Collateral other than in
connection with a Permitted Disposition which the Administrative Agent alone
may
release, or (f) any amendment to this Section 10.14; provided, however,
only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be required for a waiver
involving (i) the applicability of any post-Event of Default interest rate
increase or the applicability of interest on Overdue Amounts as provided in
Section 2.6(c) of this Agreement, (ii) any reduction in the amount of
Net Proceeds required to be applied to prepay the Loans as provided in
Section 2.7(b) of this Agreement or (iii) any other amendment
hereunder or under the other Loan Documents which does not specifically require
unanimous consent of the Lenders. Notice of amendments or consents ratified
by
the Required Lenders hereunder shall immediately be forwarded by the
Administrative Agent to all Lenders. Each Lender or other holder of a Note
shall
be bound by any amendment, waiver or consent obtained as authorized by this
Section, regardless of its failure to agree thereto. A Defaulting Lender shall
not be entitled to give instructions to the Administrative Agent or to approve,
disapprove, consent to or vote on any matters relating to this Agreement and
the
other Loan Documents. All amendments, waivers and other modifications of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents may be made without regard to a
Defaulting Lender and, for purposes of the definition of “Required Lenders”, a
Defaulting Lender shall be deemed not to be a Lender and not to have any
Revolving Credit Exposures and Unused Commitments.
10.15 Funding
by Administrative Agent.
Unless
the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by any Lender
not
later than 4:00 p.m. on the day before the day on which Loans are requested
by
Borrower to be made that (or, if the request for a Loan is made by Borrower
on
the date such Loan is to be made, then not later than 2:00 p.m. on such day)
such Lender will not make its ratable share of such Loans, the Administrative
Agent may assume that such Lender will make its ratable share of the Loans,
and
in reliance upon such assumption the Administrative Agent may (but in no
circumstances shall be required to) make available to the applicable Borrower
a
corresponding amount. If and
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to
the
extent that any Lender fails to make such payment on such date, such Lender
shall pay such amount to the Administrative Agent on demand, together with
interest thereon, as set forth in Section 2.5(b) of this Agreement.
10.16 Sharing
of Payments.
If any
Lender obtains any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise
of any right of set-off, or otherwise) with respect to the Loans in excess
of
its pro rata share of such payments shared by all Lenders, such Lender shall
forthwith purchase from the other Lenders participation in the Loans made by
them as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess
payment ratably with each of them; provided,
however,
if all
or any portion of such excess payment is hereafter recovered from such
purchasing Lender, such purchase from the other Lenders shall be rescinded
and
each other 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 of any interest or other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Lender
in respect of the total amount recovered. Borrower agrees that any Lender
purchasing a participation from another Lender pursuant to this Section 10.16
may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, exercise all of its rights of
payment (including the right of set-off) with respect to such participation
as
fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of Borrower in the amount
of
such participation.
10.17 Payment
to Lenders.
Except
as otherwise set forth in Sections 2.3(c), 2.4(e), 2.15 and 10.15 of this
Agreement, promptly after receipt from Borrower of any principal or interest
payment on the Notes or any fees payable under, or in connection with, this
Agreement (other than fees payable to the Administrative Agent for the account
of the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute
to each Lender that Lender’s ratable share of the funds so received. If the
Administrative Agent fails to distribute collected funds received by 2:00 p.m.
on any Business Day prior to the end of the same Business Day, or to distribute
collected funds received after 2:00 p.m. on any Business Day by the end of
the
next Business Day, the funds shall bear interest until distributed at the
Federal Funds Effective Rate.
10.18 Tax
Withholding Clause.
Each
Foreign Lender (including any replacement or successor Lender hereunder) shall:
(a) at
least
five (5) Business Days before the date of the initial payment to be made by
Borrower under this Agreement to such Lender, deliver to the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent (i) two duly completed copies of United States Internal
Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI, or successor applicable form, as the
case
may be, certifying that it is entitled to receive under this Agreement without
deduction or withholding of any United States federal income taxes and (ii)
an
Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, or any successor applicable form,
certifying that it is entitled to an exemption from United States backup
withholding tax;
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(b) deliver
to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent two further copies of any such
form
or certification at least five (5) Business Days before the date that any such
form or certification expires or becomes obsolete and after the occurrence
of
any event requiring a change in the most recent form previously delivered by
it
to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower;
(c) obtain
such extensions of time for filing and complete such forms certifications as
may
reasonably be requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent;
and
(d) file
amendments to such forms as and when required unless an event (including,
without limitation, any change in treaty, law or regulation) has occurred after
the date such Person becomes a Lender hereunder which renders all such forms
inapplicable or which would prevent such Lender from duly completing and
delivering any such form with respect to it and such Lender so advises the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent; provided, however, that the Borrower
may
rely upon such forms provided to the Borrower for all periods prior to the
occurrence of such event. Furthermore, the Borrower shall not be required to
pay
any additional amounts to a Foreign Lender pursuant to Section 2.11, and shall
be permitted to reduce any payment required to be made to any Lender by any
present or future income, stamp or other Taxes, deductions or withholdings
(that
otherwise would not be permitted to reduce such payment pursuant to the
provisions of Section 2.14 of this Agreement), if such additional amounts
or present or future income, stamp or other Taxes, deductions or withholdings
would not have arisen or would not have been required to have been withheld,
but
for a failure by such Foreign Lender to comply with the provisions of this
Section 10.18.
10.19 USA
Patriot Act.
Each
Lender or assignee or participant of a Lender that is not organized under the
laws of the United States of America or a state thereof (and is not excepted
from the certification requirement contained in Section 313 of the USA
Patriot Act and the applicable regulations because it is both (a) an affiliate
of a depository institution or foreign bank that maintains a physical presence
in the United States or foreign country, and (b) subject to supervision by
a banking authority regulating such affiliated depository institution or foreign
bank) shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the certification, or, if
applicable, recertification, certifying that such Lender is not a “shell” and
certifying to other matters as required by Section 313 of the USA Patriot
Act and the applicable regulations: (i) within 10 days after the Closing
Date, and (ii) at such other times as re required under the USA Patriot
Act.
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10.20 Other
Agents.
Any Lender identified herein as a Syndication Agent, Co-Documentation Agent,
Arranger or any other corresponding title, other than “Administrative Agent”,
shall have no right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under
this Agreement or any other Loan Document except those applicable to all Lenders
as such. Each Lender acknowledges that it has not relied, and will not rely,
on
any Lender so identified in deciding to enter into this Agreement or in taking
or not taking any action hereunder.
10.21 Issuing
Banks.
Each
Lender acknowledges and agrees that the provisions of this Article X shall
apply to each Issuing Bank, in its capacity as issuer of any Letter of Credit,
in the same manner as such provisions are expressly stated to apply to the
Administrative Agent.
10.22 Benefit
of Article X.
The
provisions of this Article X are intended solely for the benefit of the Agents,
the Issuing Banks and the Lenders. The Borrower shall not be entitled to rely
on
any such provisions or assert any such provisions in a claim, or as a defense,
against the Agents or any Lender. The Borrower acknowledges and consents to
the
foregoing provisions of this Article X.
ARTICLE
XI. MISCELLANEOUS
11.1 Amendments
and Waivers.
This
Agreement is intended by the parties as the final, complete and exclusive
statement of the transactions evidenced by this Agreement. All prior or
contemporaneous promises, agreements and understandings, whether oral or
written, are deemed to be superseded by this Agreement, and no party is relying
on any promise, agreement or understanding not set forth in this Agreement.
No
modification, rescission, waiver, release or amendment of any provision of
this
Agreement shall be made except by a written agreement or as otherwise provided
in Section 10.14 of this Agreement, subscribed by authorized officers of
the Borrower or the Required Lenders (or all the Lenders, if applicable), and
the Administrative Agent.
11.2 Classified
Programs.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, no provision of this
Agreement shall operate to require the disclosure of any information relating
to
any classified program involving the United States Department of Defense in
contravention of any restriction described in Section 5.2(k) of this
Agreement or to require any party to any contract relating to any such
classified program to be performed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary to accept
performance by any other Person without any prior consent required under such
classified program.
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11.3 Delays
and Omissions.
No course of dealing and no delay or omission by the Lenders or the
Administrative Agent in exercising any right or remedy hereunder or with respect
to any Indebtedness of Borrower shall operate as a waiver thereof or of any
other right or remedy, and no single or partial exercise thereof shall preclude
any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or
remedy. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders may remedy any Event of Default
in any reasonable manner without waiving the Event of Default remedied and
without waiving any other prior or subsequent Event of Default by Borrower
and
shall be reimbursed for their expenses in so remedying such Event of Default.
All rights and remedies of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent hereunder
are cumulative.
11.4 Assignments/Participation.
(a) The
Borrower shall not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights pursuant
to
this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent,
and any such assignment or other transfer without such prior written consent
shall be void.
(b) Any
Lender may, in accordance with applicable law, at any time sell to one or more
banks or other entities (each, a “Participant”) participating interests in any
Revolving Loan or Alternative Currency Loan owing to such Lender, any Revolving
Note or Alternative Currency Note held by such Lender, any Commitment or
Alternative Currency Sublimit of such Lender or any other interest of such
Lender under the Loan Documents. In the event of any such sale by a Lender
of
participating interests to a Participant, such Lender’s obligations under the
Loan Documents shall remain unchanged, such Lender shall remain solely
responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations,
such Lender shall remain the holder of any such Revolving Loan or Alternative
Currency Loan or Revolving Note or Alternative Currency Note for all purposes
under the Loan Documents, all amounts payable by Borrower under this Agreement
shall be determined as if such Lender had not sold such participating interests,
and the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall continue to deal solely
and
directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and
obligations under the Loan Documents.
In no
event shall any Participant have any right to approve any amendment or waiver
of
any provision of any Loan Document, or any consent to any departure by Borrower
or any Guarantor therefrom, except to the extent that such amendment, waiver
or
consent would reduce the principal of, or interest on, the Loans or any fees
payable hereunder, or postpone the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, in each
case
to the extent subject to such participation.
(c) Any
Lender may, in the ordinary course of its business and in accordance with
applicable law, at any time assign to one or more banks, finance companies,
or
other financial institutions that are engaged in making, purchasing or otherwise
investing in commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business
(“Purchasers”) all or any part of its rights and obligations under the Loan
Documents. Such assignment shall be pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption.
The consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required prior to
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an
assignment becoming effective and, unless a Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing or such assignment is to a Lender or an Affiliate
of
a Lender, the consent of the Borrower shall also be required prior to an
assignment becoming effective. Each such assignment shall be in an amount not
less than the lesser of (i) $10,000,000, or (ii) the remaining amount of the
assigning Lender’s Commitment (calculated as at the date of such assignment).
Upon (i) delivery to the Administrative Agent of an Assignment and Assumption,
together with any consents required above, and (ii) payment of a $3,500 fee
to
the Administrative Agent for processing such assignment, such assignment shall
become effective on the effective date specified in such Assignment and
Assumption. On and after the effective date of such assignment, such Purchaser
shall for all purposes be a Lender to this Agreement and any other Loan Document
executed by the Lenders and shall have all the rights and obligations of a
Lender under the Loan Documents, to the same extent as if it were an original
party hereto, and no further consent or action by the Borrower, the Lenders
or
the Administrative Agent shall be required to release the transferor Lender,
and
the transferor Lender shall be released without any further action, with respect
to the Commitments, Alternative Currency Sublimit and Revolving Loans and
Alternative Currency Loans assigned to such Purchaser. Any assignment or
transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does
not
comply with this Section 11.4(c) shall be treated for purposes of this
Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and
obligations in accordance with Section 11.4(b) of this Agreement. Upon the
consummation of any assignment to a Purchaser pursuant to this
Section 11.4(c), the transferor Lender, the Administrative Agent and the
Borrower shall make appropriate arrangements so that replacement Revolving
Notes
and Alternative Currency Notes, if applicable, are issued to such transferor
Lender and new Revolving Notes and Alternative Currency Notes or, as
appropriate, replacement Revolving Notes and Alternative Currency Notes, are
issued to such Purchaser, in each case in principal amounts reflecting their
respective Commitments and Alternative Currency Sublimits, as adjusted pursuant
to such assignment.
(d) Any
Lender may at any time pledge or assign all or any portion of its rights under
the Loan Documents to any of the twelve (12) Federal Reserve Banks organized
under Section 4 of the Federal Reserve Act, 12 U.S.C. Section 341. No such
pledge or assignment or enforcement thereof shall release Lender from its
obligations under any of the Loan Documents.
11.5 Successors
and Assigns.
Borrower, Lenders, Administrative Agent, Syndication Agent and Co-Documentation
Agent as used herein shall include the legal representatives, successors and
assigns of those parties.
11.6 Notices.
Any
notice or demand to be given hereunder shall be in writing, unless otherwise
expressly provided herein and shall be deemed to have been given or made when
delivered by hand or facsimile, and one (1) Business Day after being delivered
to a courier for express delivery, to the address below, or three (3) Business
Days after being deposited in an official depository
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maintained
by the United States Post Office for the collection of mail, postage prepaid
and
by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, and addressed as
follows:
To
the Borrower -
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Xxxxxxx
Road and Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
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Attn:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Treasurer
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Facsimile
No.: 000-000-0000
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Telephone
No.: 000-000-0000
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With
a copy to -
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Xxxxxxx
Xxxx LLP
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(which
shall not
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M&T Plaza, Suite 2000
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constitute
notice)
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Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000-0000
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Attn:
Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Partner
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Facsimile
No.: 000-000-0000
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Telephone
No.: 000-000-0000
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To
the Administrative
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HSBC
Bank USA, National Association
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Agent-
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Commercial
Banking Department
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Xxx
XXXX Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
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Attn:
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx, First Vice President
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Facsimile
No.: 000-000-0000
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Telephone
No.: 000-000-0000
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With
a copy to -
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Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxx LLP
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(which
shall not
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3400
HSBC Center
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constitute
notice)
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Xxxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
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Attn:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Partner
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Facsimile
No.: 000-000-0000
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Telephone
No.: 000-000-0000
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Notices
and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished
by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the
Administrative Agent; provided that
the
foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to Article II unless otherwise
agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. The Administrative
Agent or the Borrower may in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other
communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to
procedures approved by it; provided that
approval
of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or
communications.
11.7 Governing
Law.
This Agreement, the transactions described herein and the obligations of the
Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall be construed under,
and
governed by, the internal laws of the State of New York without regard to
principles of conflicts of laws.
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11.8 Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the
Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower on separate counterparts,
each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all
such
counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Agreement.
11.9 Titles.
Titles
to the sections of this Agreement are solely for the convenience of the
Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower, and are not an aid in the
interpretation of this Agreement or any part thereof.
11.10 Inconsistent
Provisions.
The
terms of this Agreement and any related agreements, instruments or other
documents shall be cumulative except to the extent that they are specifically
inconsistent with each other, in which case the terms of this Agreement shall
prevail.
11.11 Course
of Dealing.
Without
limitation of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall
have
the right, but not the obligation, at all times to enforce the provisions of
this Agreement and all other documents executed in connection herewith in strict
accordance with their terms, notwithstanding any course of dealing or
performance by the Lenders or the Administrative Agent in refraining from so
doing at any time and notwithstanding any custom in the banking trade. Any
delay
or failure by the Lenders or the Administrative Agent at any time or times
in
enforcing its rights under such provisions in strict accordance with their
terms
shall not be construed as having created a course of dealing or performance
modifying or waiving the specific provisions of this Agreement.
11.12 USA
Patriot Act Notification.
Each
Lender hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the
USA
Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56), such Lender is
required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies Borrower,
which information includes the name and address of such Borrower and other
information that will allow such Lender to identify such Borrower in accordance
with the USA Patriot Act (collectively, the “Customer Identification
Materials”). Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent, and the
Administrative Agent acknowledges receipt from the Borrower of, the Customer
Identification Materials requested by the Administrative Agent to
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satisfy
the Administrative Agent’s regulatory requirements with respect thereto.
Borrower consents to the dissemination of such Customer Identification Materials
by the Administrative Agent to each Lender.
11.13 Judgment
Currency.
This is
a loan transaction in which the specification of Pounds Sterling, Euro, Japanese
Yen or Dollars is of the essence, and the Applicable Currency shall in each
instance be the currency of account and payment in all instances. A payment
obligation in one currency hereunder (the “Original Currency”) shall not be
discharged by an amount paid in another currency (the “Other Currency”), whether
pursuant to any judgment expressed in or converted into any Other Currency
or in
another place except to the extent that such tender or recovery results in
the
effective receipt by a lender, or the Administrative Agent of the full amount
of
the Original Currency payable to such party. If for the purpose of obtaining
judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder in the
Original Currency into the Other Currency, the rate of exchange that shall
be
the applicable Spot Rate. The obligation of the Borrower and the Guarantors
in
respect of any such sum due from it to the Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender
under any Loan Document (each an “Entitled Person”) shall, notwithstanding the
rate of exchange actually applied in rendering such judgment, be discharged
only
to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by such Entitled Person
of any sum adjudged to be due hereunder in the Other Currency such Entitled
Person may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase the Original
Currency with the amount of the judgment currency so adjudged to be due; and
the
Borrower, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, agrees
to indemnify such Entitled Person against, and to pay such Entitled Person
on
demand, in the Original Currency, the amount (if any) by which the sum
originally due to such Entitled Person in the Original Currency hereunder
exceeds the amount of the Other Currency so purchased.
11.14 CONSENT
TO JURISDICTION.
BORROWER, EACH OF THE AGENTS AND EACH LENDER, AGREES THAT ANY ACTION OR
PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE COMMENCED IN
THE
SUPREME COURT OF NEW YORK IN ERIE COUNTY, OR IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT
COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. BORROWER WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF
PROCESS AND AGREES THAT A SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT COMMENCING AN ACTION OR
PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT SHALL BE PROPERLY SERVED AND SHALL CONFER PERSONAL
JURISDICTION IF SERVED BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL TO THE BORROWER, AT
THE
ADDRESS SET FORTH AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS AGREEMENT, OR AS PROVIDED BY THE
LAWS
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR THE UNITED STATES.
11.15 JURY
TRIAL WAIVER.
BORROWER, EACH OF THE AGENTS AND EACH LENDER, HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY,
AND
INTENTIONALLY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY THEY MAY HAVE IN ANY ACTION
OR
PROCEEDING, IN LAW OR IN EQUITY, IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY LOAN
DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED HERETO. BORROWER REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS
THAT NEITHER ANY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE AGENTS OR ANY LENDER NOR THE AGENTS
NOR
ANY LENDER HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT THE AGENTS OR ANY
LENDER WILL NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THIS JURY TRIAL
WAIVER. BORROWER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE AGENTS AND THE LENDERS HAVE BEEN INDUCED
TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SECTION.
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[SIGNATURE
PAGES FOLLOW]
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
the
parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be signed by their duly authorized
officers all as of the 25th day of October, 2006.
MOOG
INC., as the Borrower
By:_______________________________
Name: Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxx
Title: Executive
Vice President
HSBC
BANK USA, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
as a Lender, the
Swingline
Lender and an Issuing Bank
By:______________________________
Name: Xxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
Title: First
Vice President
HSBC
BANK USA, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
as Administrative Agent
and
Arranger
By:______________________________
Name: Xxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
Title: First
Vice President
Signature
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MANUFACTURERS
AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY,
as Syndication Agent and as a Lender
By:______________________________________
Name: Xxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice
President
BANK
OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as
Co-Documentation Agent and as a Lender
By:___________________________________
Name: Xxxxxxx
X. X’Xxxxx
Title: Vice
President
JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as
Co-Documentation Agent and as a Lender
By:___________________________________
Name: Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice
President
Signature
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CITIZENS
BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA,
as
a Lender and as an Issuing Bank
By:___________________________________
Name:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Xx.
Title:
Senior Vice President
BANK
OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ
TRUST
COMPANY, as a Lender
By:___________________________________
Name:
Xxxxxxx Xxx
Title:
Vice President
SOCIETE
GENERALE, as a Lender
By:_________________________________
Name:
R.D. Xxxx Xxxxxx
Title:
Vice President
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, N.A., as a Lender
By:___________________________________
Name:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Title:
Vice President
PNC
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as
a Lender
By:_________________________________
Name:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title:
Vice President
Signature
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COMERICA
BANK, as a Lender
By:___________________________________
Name: Xxxxx
X. Xxxx
Title: Assistant
Vice President
NATIONAL
CITY BANK, as a Lender
By:___________________________________
Name: Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice
President
FIFTH
THIRD BANK, as a Lender
By:___________________________________
Name: Xxx
Xxxxxxxx
Title: Vice
President
NORTHERN
TRUST, as a Lender
By:____________________________________
Name: Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice
President
FIRST
NIAGARA BANK
By:____________________________________
Name: Xxxx
X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: First
Vice President
Signature
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EXHIBIT
A
REPLACEMENT
REVOLVING NOTE
Buffalo,
New York
$_____________
October
25, 2006
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED, the undersigned, MOOG
INC. (“Borrower”)
hereby unconditionally promises to pay, on or before October 25, 2011, to
the order of _____________________ (“Lender”) at the Administrative Agent’s
Commercial Banking Department’s office at Xxx XXXX Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx
00000, or at the holder’s option, at such other place as may be designated by
the holder, in lawful money of the United States of America, a principal sum
equal to the lesser of _____________________________________
($__________________) or the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Revolving
Loans made by Lender to the Borrower from time to time under a Second Amended
and Restated Loan Agreement, dated of as of October 25, 2006, among the
Borrower, HSBC Bank USA, National Association as administrative agent, for
itself, the Lender and other lending institutions and issuing banks now or
hereafter parties thereto, as the same may hereafter be amended, supplemented,
renewed, restated, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time (“Loan
Agreement”) as evidenced by the inscriptions made on the schedule attached
hereto, or any continuation thereof (“Schedule”). The Borrower further promises
to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount hereof from time to time at
the
rates and at such times as are specified in the Loan Agreement. All capitalized
terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
specified in the Loan Agreement.
The
Lender and each holder of this Note are authorized to inscribe on the Schedule,
the date of the making of each Revolving Loan, the amount of each Revolving
Loan, the applicable Rate Options and Interest Periods, all payments on account
of principal and the aggregate outstanding principal balance of this Note from
time to time unpaid. Each entry set forth on the Schedule shall be prima facie
evidence of the facts so set forth. No failure by the Lender or any holder
of
this Note to make, and no error in making, any inscriptions on the Schedule
shall affect Borrower’s obligation to repay the full principal amount loaned to
or for the account of Borrower, or the Borrower’s obligation to pay interest
thereon at the agreed upon rate.
If
any
payment on this Note becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business
Day,
the maturity thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day,
and
the Borrower will pay interest thereon at the then applicable rate until the
date of actual receipt of such installment by the holder of this
Note.
No
failure by the holder to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right or
power hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or
partial exercise by the holder of any right or powers hereunder preclude any
other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power.
The rights and remedies of the holder as herein specified
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are
cumulative and not exclusive of any other rights or remedies which the holder
may otherwise have.
No
modification, rescission, waiver, release or amendment of any provision of
this
Note shall be made except by a written agreement subscribed by a duly authorized
officer of the Borrower and the holder hereof.
Borrower
waives diligence, presentment, protest and demand, and also notice of protest,
demand, dishonor and nonpayment of this Note.
This
Note
evidences a borrowing under the Loan Agreement to which reference is hereby
made
with respect to interest rate options and periods, prepayments of principal
hereof prior to the maturity hereof upon the terms and conditions therein
specified, and rights of acceleration of the principal hereof on the occurrence
of certain events. The obligations of the Borrower under this Note, and the
obligations of the Guarantors under the Loan Documents, are secured by the
Collateral referred to in the Security Documents.
Borrower
agrees to pay on demand all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the holder
in enforcing this Note or in collecting the indebtedness evidenced hereby,
including, without limitation, if the holder retains counsel for any such
purpose, reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses.
This
Note
shall be construed under, and governed by, the internal laws of the State of
New
York without regard to principles of conflicts of laws.
MOOG
INC.
By:
____________________________________
Name:
Title:
A-2
SCHEDULE
LOANS
AND PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL
TYPE
OF LOAN
|
DATE
LOAN MADE, CON-TINED OR CONVERTED
|
AMOUNT
OF LOAN MADE, CONTINUED OR CONVERTED
|
INTEREST
PERIOD DATES
|
DUE
DATE
|
AMOUNT
OF PRINCIPAL PAID OR PREPAID
|
AGGREGATE
UNPAID PRINCIPAL BALANCE
|
NOTATION
MADE BY AND DATE
|
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EXHIBIT
B
ALTERNATIVE
CURRENCY NOTE
Dated:
October 25, 2006
$_______________
(Assigned
Dollar Value)
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED, the undersigned, MOOG
INC.,
a New
York corporation (“Borrower”), HEREBY PROMISES TO PAY to the order of
______________ ______________________ (the “Lender”) for the account of its
Applicable Lending Office (as defined in the Loan Agreement referred to below)
the aggregate principal amount of the Alternative Currency Loans (as defined
below) owing to the Lender by the Borrower on the Revolving Credit Maturity
Date
pursuant to a Second Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, dated as of
October 25, 2006 among the Borrower, HSBC Bank USA, National Association as
administrative agent, for itself, the Lender and other lending institutions
and
issuing banks now or hereafter parties thereto, as the same may hereafter be
amended, supplemented, renewed, restated, replaced or otherwise modified from
time to time (“Loan Agreement”). All capitalized terms used herein and not
otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings specified in the Loan
Agreement.
The
Borrower promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each
Alternative Currency Loan from the date of such Alternative Currency Loan until
such principal amount is paid in full, at such interest rates, and payable
at
such times, as are specified in the Loan Agreement.
The
Borrower acknowledges and agrees that each Alternative Currency Loan shall
be
repaid or prepaid, as the case may be, by the Borrower in the Alternative
Currency in which such Alternative Currency Loan was made, regardless of whether
the Dollar Equivalent thereof at the time of payment is less than, equal to
or
greater than the Alternative Currency Commitment of the Lender. Both principal
and interest are payable in the Alternative Currency in which each respective
Alternative Currency Loan evidenced hereby was made, to HSBC Bank USA, National
Association, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders, at Xxx XXXX Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Commercial Banking Department, in same
day funds customary for the settlement of international transactions in such
Alternative Currency. Each Alternative Currency Loan owing to the Lender by
the
Borrower and the maturity thereof, and all payments made on account of principal
thereof, shall be recorded by the Lender and, prior to any transfer hereof,
endorsed on the schedule attached hereto or any continuation thereof, which
is
part of this Note (“Schedule”).
This
promissory note is one of the Notes referred to in, and is entitled to the
benefits of, the Loan Agreement. The Loan Agreement, among other things,
(i) provides for the making of revolving loans denominated in an
Alternative Currency (the “Alternative Currency
B-1
Loans”)
by the Lender to the Borrower from time to time in an aggregate amount not
to
exceed at any time outstanding the Assigned Dollar Value of the Dollar amount
first above mentioned, the indebtedness of the Borrower resulting from each
such
Alternative Currency Loan being evidence by this Note, and (ii) contains
provisions for acceleration of the maturity hereof on the occurrence of certain
events and also for prepayments on account of principal hereof prior to the
maturity hereof upon the terms and conditions therein specified. The obligations
of the Borrower under this Note, and the obligations of the Guarantors under
the
Loan Documents, are secured by the Collateral referred to in the Security
Documents.
Borrower
agrees to pay on demand all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the holder
in enforcing this Note or in collecting the indebtedness evidenced hereby,
including, without limitation, if the holder retains counsel for any such
purpose, reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses.
This
Note
shall be construed under, and governed by, the internal laws of the State of
New
York without regard to principles of conflicts of laws.
MOOG
INC.
By:
____________________________________
Name:
Title:
B-2
ALTERNATIVE
CURRENCY LOANS
AND
PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL
DATE
|
AMOUNT
OF ALTERNATIVE LOAN*
|
AMOUNT
OF PRINCIPAL PAID OR PREPAID*
|
UNPAID
PRINCIPAL BALANCE*
|
NOTATION
MADE
BY
|
*Specify
Alternative Currency
X-0
XXXXXXX
X
XXXXXXXXX
XXXX
Xxxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx
$10,000,000.00
October
25, 2006
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED, the undersigned, MOOG
INC.,
a New
York business corporation having its principal place of business at Xxxxxxx
Road
and Seneca Street, East Aurora, New York 14052-0018 (“Borrower”) promises to
pay, ON
DEMAND,
to the
order of HSBC
BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
(“Lender”) at the banking office of the Administrative Agent (as defined in the
Loan Agreement, as hereinafter defined) at Xxx XXXX Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx
00000, in lawful money of the United States and in immediately available funds,
the lesser of (i) the principal amount of Ten
Million Dollars
($10,000,000)
or (ii)
the aggregate amount of all unpaid Swingline Loans made by Lender to Borrower
as
shown on the schedule on the reverse side of this Note or any continuation
schedule (“Schedule”) together with interest as provided in the next paragraph.
In this Note, any capitalized term not defined in this Note has the meaning
defined in a Second Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, dated as of
October 25, 2006, among the Borrower, HSBC Bank USA, National Association
as administrative agent, for itself, the Lender and other lending institutions
and issuing banks now or hereafter parties thereto, as the same may hereafter
be
amended, supplemented, renewed, restated, replaced or otherwise modified from
time to time (“Loan Agreement”).
From
and
including the date of this Note to but not including the date the outstanding
principal amount of this Note is paid in full, the Borrower shall pay to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the holder of this Note (“Holder”)
interest on such outstanding principal amount at a rate per year that shall
on
each day prior to demand be equal to the Prime Rate from time to time in effect.
After an unsatisfied demand for payment, this Note shall bear interest at a
per
annum rate of interest equal to 2% in excess of the Prime Rate from time to
time
in effect. In no event shall such interest be payable at a rate in excess of
the
maximum rate of interest permitted by applicable law. A payment of such interest
shall become due on the first day of each calendar month, beginning on
November 1, 2006 and on the date this Note is repaid in full. Interest
shall be calculated on the basis of a 365-day year or 366-day year, as
applicable, for the actual number of days elapsed.
The
Holder is authorized to inscribe on the Schedule the date of each Swingline
Loan
made hereunder, each repayment of principal and the aggregate unpaid principal
balance of this Note. Each entry set forth on the Schedule shall be prima facie
evidence of the facts so set forth. No failure by the Holder to make, and no
error by the Holder in making, any inscription on the Schedule shall affect
the
Borrower’s obligation to repay the full amount advanced on this Note to or for
the account of the Borrower, or Borrower’s obligation to pay interest thereon at
this agreed upon rate.
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If
any
payment on this Note becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business
Day,
the maturity thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day,
and
the Borrower will pay interest thereon at the then applicable rate until the
date of actual receipt of such installment by the holder of this
Note.
No
failure by the holder to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right or
power hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or
partial exercise by the holder of any right or powers hereunder preclude any
other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power.
The rights and remedies of the holder as herein specified are cumulative and
not
exclusive of any other rights or remedies which the holder may otherwise
have.
No
modification, rescission, waiver, release or amendment of any provision of
this
Note shall be made except by a written agreement subscribed by a duly authorized
officer of the Borrower and the holder hereof.
Borrower
waives diligence, presentment, protest and demand, and also notice of protest,
demand, dishonor and nonpayment of this Note.
This
Note
is the Swingline Note referred to in the Loan Agreement and is otherwise
entitled to the benefits of the Loan Agreement. The obligations of the Borrower
under this Note, and the obligations of the Guarantors under the Loan Documents,
are secured by the Collateral referred to in the Security
Documents.
Borrower
agrees to pay on demand all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the holder
in enforcing this Note or in collecting the indebtedness evidenced hereby,
including, without limitation, if the holder retains counsel for any such
purpose, reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses.
This
Note
shall be construed under, and governed by, the internal laws of the State of
New
York without regard to principles of conflicts of laws.
MOOG
INC.
By:
____________________________________
Name:
Title:
C-2
SCHEDULE
SWINGLINE
LOANS AND PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL
DATE
|
PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
|
AMOUNT
OF PRINCIPAL PAID OR REPAID
|
AGGREGATE
UNPAID PRINCIPAL BALANCE
|
INSCRIPTION
MADE BY
|
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EXHIBIT
D
REQUEST
CERTIFICATE
The
undersigned as Borrower hereby certifies to HSBC Bank USA, National Association,
in accordance with the terms of a Second Amended and Restated Loan Agreement,
dated as of October 25, 2006, among Moog Inc., HSBC Bank USA, National
Association as administrative agent, for itself, the Lenders and other lending
institutions and issuing banks now or hereafter parties thereto, as the same
may
hereafter be amended, supplemented, renewed, restated, replaced or otherwise
modified from time to time (“Loan Agreement”) that:
The
undersigned requests or has requested a:
(Check
One)
[
]
Revolving Loan
[
]
Alternative Currency Loan
to
be
made to Moog Inc. which will be a
(Check
One)
[
] new
loan
[
]
conversion
[
]
continuation
of
a
(Check
One)
[
] Libor
Loan (Only option for Alternative Currency Loan)
[
] ABR
Loan
to
a or
as a
(Check
One)
[
] Libor
Loan
[
] ABR
Loan
D-1
in
the
amount of $_____________ for an Interest Period, if applicable, of
(Check
One)
[
] one
month.
[
] two
months.
[
] three
months.
[
] six
months.
The
proposed loan/conversion/continuation is to be made on ____________, ____
.
The
undersigned certifies that as of the date hereof:
(i) there
does not exist any Event of Default, Default or Material Adverse Effect;
(ii) each
representation and warranty made in the Agreement and any Loan Document to
which
the Borrower is a party and in any certificate, document or financial or other
statement furnished at any time thereunder is true, correct and complete in
all
material respects with the same effect as though such representations and
warranties had been made on the date hereof, except to the extent any such
representation and warranty relates solely to an earlier date, or to the extent
any such representation and warranty has been updated in a certificate executed
by a Responsible Officer and received by the Administrative Agent before the
date hereof; and
(iii) the
incurrence of the Indebtedness requested in this certificate is permitted by
the
terms of the Subordinated Indenture (as defined in the Loan Agreement) and
will
constitute Senior Debt and Designated Senior Debt under, and as defined in,
the
Subordinated Indenture.
WITNESS
the
signature of the undersigned authorized signatory of the Borrower this ____
day
of _____________, ____.
MOOG
INC.
By:______________________________________
(Title)
D-2
EXHIBIT
E
COMPLIANCE
CERTIFICATE
The
undersigned hereby certifies to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, in
accordance with the terms of a Second Amended and Restated Loan Agreement,
dated
as of October 25, 2006, among Moog Inc., HSBC Bank USA, National
Association as administrative agent, for itself, the Lenders and other lending
institutions and issuing banks now or hereafter parties thereto, as the same
may
hereafter be amended, supplemented, renewed, restated, replaced or otherwise
modified from time to time (“Agreement”), that:
A. General
1. Capitalized
terms not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the
Agreement.
2. Borrower
has complied in all material respects with all the terms, covenants and
conditions to be performed or observed by it contained in the Agreement and
the
Loan Documents, there exists no Event of Default or Default under the Agreement
and there exists no Material Adverse Effect.
3. The
representations and warranties contained in the Agreement, in any Loan Document
to which the Borrower is a party and in any certificate, document or financial
or other statement furnished at any time thereunder are true, correct and
complete in all material respects with the same effect as though such
representations and warranties had been made on the date hereof, except to
the
extent that any such representation and warranty relates solely to an earlier
date (in which case such representation and warranty shall be true, correct
and
complete on and as of such earlier date).
4. The
Indebtedness under the Agreement constitutes Senior Debt and Designated Senior
Debt under, and as defined in, the Subordinated Indenture, and the Agreement
constitutes the “Credit Agreement” thereunder.
B. Financial
Covenants
1. As
of the
date hereof or, for such period as may be designated below, the computations,
ratios and calculations asset forth below, are true and correct:
(a) Covenant
6.1.
Minimum
Consolidated Net Worth
as
of
_______________, 20__:
Required
Amount $550.0
Million
E-1
(b) Covenant
6.2. Interest
Coverage Ratio.
(i) Consolidated
EBITDA
$_________
(ii) Consolidated
Capital Interest
Expense
$_________
(iii) Ratio
of
(i) to (ii) ___
to
1.0
Required
Ratio
3.0 to 1.0
(c) Covenant
6.3. Leverage
Ratio.
(i) Consolidated
Net Debt
$________
(ii) Consolidated
EBITDA $________
(iii) Ratio
of
(i) to (ii) ___
to
1.0
Required
Ratio
3.5 to 1.0
(d) Covenant
6.4.
Consolidated
Capital Expenditures.
Consolidated
Capital Expenditures $________
Required
Amount $________
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
the
undersigned, a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, has executed and delivered
this certificate on behalf of the Borrower on ___________, 20__.
MOOG
INC.
By_______________________________________
Name:___________________________________
Title:
___________________________________
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EXHIBIT
F
ASSIGNMENT
AND ASSUMPTION
Reference
is made to a Second Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, dated as of
October 25, 2006, among Moog Inc., HSBC Bank USA, National Association as
administrative agent, for itself, the Lenders and other lending institutions
and
issuing banks now or hereafter parties thereto, as the same may hereafter be
amended, supplemented, renewed, restated, replaced or otherwise modified from
time to time (“Loan Agreement”). Terms defined in the Loan Agreement are used
herein as defined therein.
The
Assignor identified on Schedule 1 hereto (“Assignor”) and the Assignees
identified on Schedule 1 hereto (each, an “Assignee”, and collectively, the
“Assignees”) agree as follows:
1. Assignor
hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the Assignees, without recourse to
Assignor, and each Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from
Assignor, without recourse to Assignor, as of the Effective Date (as defined
below), the interest described on Schedule 1 hereto (each, an “Assigned
Interest”, and collectively, the “Assigned Interests”) in and to Assignor’s
rights and obligations under the Loan Agreement with respect to those credit
facilities contained in the Loan Agreement as are set forth on Schedule 1
hereto (“Assigned Facility”) in a principal amount for each Assigned Facility as
set forth on Schedule 1 hereto.
2. Assignor
(i) represents and warrants that (A) it is legally authorized to enter
into this Assignment and Assumption, (B) as of the date hereof, its
Revolving Credit Commitment is $0 and its Alternative Currency Sublimit is
___,
and its Applicable Percentage is 0% and its Applicable Percentage of the
Alternative Currency Sublimit is ___, in each case after giving effect to the
assignment contemplated hereby, (ii) makes no representation or warranty,
express or implied and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements,
warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Loan Agreement,
any other Loan Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant
thereto, or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness,
sufficiency or value of the Loan Agreement, any other Loan Document or any
other
instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto or the attachment, perfection
or priority of any security interest or mortgage, other than that it has not
created any adverse claim upon the interest being assigned by it hereunder
and
that such interest is free and clear of any such adverse claim; and
(iii) makes no representation or warranty and assumes no, responsibility
with respect to the financial condition of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries or any other obligation or the performance or observance by the
Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any other Person primarily or secondarily
liable in respect of the Obligations under the Loan Agreement, any other Loan
Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or
thereto.
F-1
3. Each
of
the Assignees (i) represents and warrants that (A) it is duly and
legally authorized to enter into this Assignment and Assumption, (B) the
execution, delivery and performance of this Assignment and Assumption do not
conflict with any provision of law or of the charter or by-laws of such
Assignee, or of any agreement binding on such Assignee, and (C) all acts,
conditions and things required to be done and performed and to have occurred
prior to the execution, delivery and performance of this Assignment and
Assumption, and to render the same the legal, valid and binding obligation
of
such Assignee, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, have been
done and performed and have occurred in due and strict compliance with all
applicable laws; (ii) confirms that it has received a copy of the Loan
Agreement, together with copies of the financial statements delivered pursuant
to Section 5.2 thereof, if any, the other Loan Documents, and such other
documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit
analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption;
(iii) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon the
Assignor, the Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and
information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its
own
credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Agreement, any
other Loan Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant
hereto or thereto; (iv) appoints and authorizes the Agent to take such
action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers and discretion under
the Loan Agreement, the Notes or any other instrument or document furnished
pursuant hereto or thereto as are delegated to the Agent by the terms thereof,
together with such powers as are incidental thereto; (v) acknowledges that
it has made arrangements with the Assignor satisfactory to such Assignee with
respect to its pro rata share of letter of credit fees in respect of outstanding
Letters of Credit; and (vi) agrees that it will be bound by the provisions
of the Loan Agreement and will perform in accordance with its terms all the
obligations which by the terms of the Loan Agreement are required to be
performed by it as a Lender including, if it is organized under the laws of
a
jurisdiction outside the United States of America, its obligation pursuant
to
Section 9.18 of the Loan Agreement to deliver the forms prescribed by the
Internal Revenue Service of the United States certifying as to such Assignee’s
exemption from United States withholding taxes with respect to all payments
to
be made to such Assignee under the Loan Agreement, or such other documents
as
are necessary to indicate that all such payments are subject to such tax at
a
rate reduced by an applicable tax treaty.
4. On
the
Effective Date (as defined below), the Assignor shall return to the Borrower
the
Revolving Credit Note and the Alternative Currency Note payable to Assignor
which is being changed as the result of this Assignment and Assumption, stamped
“Replaced”.
5. The
effective date for this Assignment and Assumption shall be the Effective Date
of
the Assignment described in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Effective Date”).
Schedule 2.1 to the Loan Agreement shall thereupon be replaced by a new
Schedule 2.1 in the form annexed hereto.
6. From
and
after the Effective Date, the Agent shall make all payments in respect of the
Assigned Interests (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other
amounts) to the Assignees that accrue subsequent to the Effective Date. The
Assignor and the
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Assignees
shall make directly between themselves any appropriate adjustments in payments
for periods prior to the Effective Date by the Agent or with respect to the
making of this assignment.
7. From
and
after the Effective Date, (i) each of the Assignees shall be a party to the
Loan Agreement and, to the extent provided in this Assignment and Assumption,
have the rights and obligations of a Lender thereunder and under the Notes
and
shall be bound by the provisions thereof, and (ii) the Assignor shall, to
the extent provided in this Assignment and Assumption, relinquish its rights
and
be released from its obligations under the Loan Agreement. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, the Assignor shall retain its right
to be indemnified pursuant to Section 8.2 of the Loan Agreement with
respect to any claims or actions arising prior to the Effective
Date.
8. This
Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number of counterparts, all
of
which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument and any of
the
parties hereto may execute this Assignment and Assumption by signing any such
counterpart.
[SIGNATURE
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F-3
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
the
parties hereto have caused this Assignment and Assumption to be executed as
of
__________, 20__ by their respective duly authorized officers.
ASSIGNOR:
By:
________________________________
Name:
Title:
ASSIGNEE:
By:
________________________________
Name:
Title:
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SCHEDULE
1
to
Assignment
and Assumption
I. As
to the
Revolving Credit Facility in respect of which an interest is being
assigned:
Percentage
interest assigned: ________%
Assignee’s
Revolving Credit Commitment: $_______
Aggregate
outstanding principal amount of
Revolving
Loans assigned: $_______
Principal
amount of Revolving Note
payable
to Assignee: $_______
Principal
amount of Revolving Note
payable
to Assignor: $_______
II. As
to the
Alternative Currency Sublimit in respect of which an interest is being
assigned:
Percentage
interest assigned: ________%
Assignee’s
Alternative Currency Sublimit: $_______
Aggregate
outstanding principal amount of
Alternative
Currency Loans assigned: £_______
Euro________
Yen________
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Principal
amount of Alternative Currency
Note
payable to Assignee *: $_______
Principal
amount of Alternative Currency
Note
payable to Assignor *: $_______
*Assigned
Dollar Value
Effective
Date of Assignment ___________________,
200_
[NAME
OF ASSIGNOR], as Assignor [NAME
OF ASSIGNEE], as Assignee
By:___________________________ By:_____________________________
Title:__________________________ Name:___________________________
Dated:___________________,
200_ Dated:_______________________,
200_
Domestic
Lending Office: Libor
Lending Office:
_____________________________ ______________________________
_____________________________ ______________________________
_____________________________ ______________________________
Accepted
this ____ day of
_______________,
200_
MOOG INC.,
as Borrower
By:________________________________
Name:______________________________
Title:_______________________________
HSBC
BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as
Administrative Agent
By:_________________________________
Name:_______________________________
Title:________________________________
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SCHEDULE
1
PENSION
PLANS
1. The
Moog
Inc. Employees’ Retirement Plan; and
2. The
Flo-Tork, Inc. Defined Benefit Plan and Trust.
SCHEDULE
2.1
LENDERS’
COMMITMENTS
Lender
|
Commitment
(In
Millions)
|
Applicable
Percentage
|
||
HSBC
Bank USA, National Association
|
$85.0
|
14.1666666666667%
|
||
Manufacturers
and Traders Trust Company
|
$85.0
|
14.1666666666667%
|
||
Bank
of America, N.A.
|
$70.0
|
11.6666666666667%
|
||
JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A.
|
$70.0
|
11.6666666666667%
|
||
Citizens
Bank of Pennsylvania
|
$50.0
|
8.33333333333333%
|
||
Bank
of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Trust
Company
|
$35.0
|
5.83333333333333%
|
||
Societe
Generale
|
$35.0
|
5.83333333333333%
|
||
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A.
|
$30.0
|
5.00000000000000%
|
||
PNC
Bank, National Association
|
$25.0
|
4.16666666666667%
|
||
Comerica
Bank
|
$25.0
|
4.16666666666667%
|
||
National
City Bank
|
$25.0
|
4.16666666666667%
|
||
Fifth
Third Bank
|
$25.0
|
4.16666666666667%
|
||
Northern
Trust
|
$20.0
|
3.33333333333333%
|
||
First
Niagara Bank
|
$20.0
|
3.33333333333333%
|
||
TOTAL
|
$600.0
|
100%
|
Lender
|
Amount
of Alternative
Currency
Sublimit
(In
Millions)
|
Applicable
Percentage
|
||
HSBC
Bank USA, National Association
|
$10.625
|
14.1666666666667%
|
||
Manufacturers
and Traders Trust Company
|
$10.625
|
14.1666666666667%
|
||
Bank
of America, N.A.
|
$8.750
|
11.6666666666667%
|
||
JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A.
|
$8.750
|
11.6666666666667%
|
||
Citizens
Bank of Pennsylvania
|
$6.250
|
8.33333333333333%
|
||
Bank
of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Trust
Company
|
$4.375
|
5.83333333333333%
|
||
Societe
Generale
|
$4.375
|
5.83333333333333%
|
||
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A.
|
$3.750
|
5.00000000000000%
|
||
PNC
Bank, National Association
|
$3.125
|
4.16666666666667%
|
||
Comerica
Bank
|
$3.125
|
4.16666666666667%
|
||
National
City Bank
|
$3.125
|
4.16666666666667%
|
||
Fifth
Third Bank
|
$3.125
|
4.16666666666667%
|
||
Northern
Trust
|
$2.500
|
3.33333333333333%
|
||
First
Niagara Bank
|
$2.500
|
3.33333333333333%
|
||
TOTAL
|
$75.0
|
100%
|
-1-
Applicable
Lending Offices:
Lender
|
Domestic
Lending Office
|
Libor
Lending Office
|
HSBC
Bank USA, National
Association
|
Xxx
XXXX Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
|
Xxx
XXXX Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
|
Manufacturers
and Traders
Trust
Company
|
Xxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
00xx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
|
Xxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
00xx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
|
Bank
of America, N.A.
|
00
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
|
00
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
|
JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A.
|
00
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
00xx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
|
00
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
00xx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
|
Citizens
Bank of Pennsylvania
|
525
Xxxxxxx Penn Place
Room
153-2440
Xxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
|
000
Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
|
Bank
of Tokyo-
Mitsubishi
UFJ Trust
Company
|
0000
Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
|
0000
Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
|
Societe
Generale
|
0000
Xxxxxx xx Xxxxxxxx
00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
|
0000
Xxxxxx xx Xxxxxxxx
00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
|
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A.
|
0000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000
|
0000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000
|
PNC
Bank, National
Association
|
Two
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
00xx
Xxxxx
Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
|
Two
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
00xx
Xxxxx
Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
|
Comerica
Bank
|
Xxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
|
Xxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
|
National
City Bank
|
00
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
00xx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
|
00
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
00xx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
|
Fifth
Third Bank
|
000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
0xx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
|
000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
0xx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
|
Lender
|
Domestic
Lending Office
|
Libor
Lending Office
|
Northern
Trust
|
00
X. XxXxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
|
00
X. XxXxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
|
First
Niagara Bank
|
000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
000
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
|
000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
000
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
|
-2-
ISSUING
BANKS’ COMMITMENT
|
Issuing
Banks
|
Letter
of Credit
Commitment
|
|
HSBC
Bank USA, National Association and
Citizens
Bank of Pennsylvania
|
For
each Issuing Bank, $10,000,000 less the amount of Letters of Credit
issued
and outstanding by the other Issuing Bank
|
|
-3-
SCHEDULE
2.4
EXISTING
LETTERS OF CREDIT
Issuing
Bank - HSBC Bank USA, National Association
Letter
of Credit No.
|
Date
of
Issue
|
Current
Amount
|
Maturity
Date
|
Xxxxxxxxxxx
|
||||
XXX
XXX000000
|
06/12/02
|
$4,242,262.00
|
06/30/07
|
Liberty
Mutual Xxx.
|
||||
XXX
XXX000000
|
03/16/04
|
$776,968.00
|
03/01/07
|
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx
|
||||
XXX
XXX000000
|
03/16/04
|
$1,910,000.00
|
03/01/07
|
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx
|
||||
XXX
XXX000000
|
09/27/04
|
$536,733.00
|
09/24/07
|
Defense
Procurement Xxxxxx
|
||||
XXX
XXX000000
|
07/12/05
|
$1,542,915.00
|
08/15/07
|
XXXXX
|
||||
XXX
XXX000000
|
05/12/05
|
$126,000.00
|
12/31/06
|
The
Government of the Arab Republic of Xxxxx
|
||||
XXX
XXX000000
|
06/06/06
|
$379,701.00
|
06/15/07
|
Hermes
Ingenieros XX
|
||||
XXX
XXX000000
|
08/24/06
|
$749,977.50
|
10/01/07
|
The
Government of the Arab Republic of Xxxxx
|
||||
XXX
XXX000000
|
09/22/06
|
$1,074,174.00
|
10/05/07
|
HSBC
Australia
|
||||
Total
|
9
|
$11,338,730.50
|
SCHEDULE
4.1
SUBSIDIARIES
(i) Moog
AG,
incorporated in Switzerland, wholly-owned subsidiary with branch operation
in
Ireland
(ii) Moog
Australia Pty. Ltd., incorporated in Australia, wholly-owned
subsidiary
(iii) Moog
do
Brasil Controles Ltda., incorporated in Brazil, wholly-owned
subsidiary
(a)
|
Moog
de Argentina Srl, Incorporated in Argentina, wholly-owned subsidiary
of
Moog do Brasil Controles Ltda.
|
(iv) Moog
Controls Corporation, incorporated in Ohio, wholly-owned subsidiary with branch
operation in the Republic of the Philippines
(v) Moog
Controls Hong Kong Ltd., incorporated in Peoples Republic of China, wholly-owned
subsidiary
(a)
|
Moog
Motion Controls (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., incorporated in Peoples Republic
of
China, wholly-owned subsidiary of Moog Controls Hong Kong
Ltd.
|
(b)
|
Moog
Control System (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., incorporated in Peoples Republic
of
China, wholly-owned subsidiary of Moog Controls Hong Kong
Ltd.
|
(vi) Moog
Controls (India) Private Ltd., incorporated in India, wholly-owned
subsidiary
(vii) Moog
Controls Ltd., incorporated in the United Kingdom, wholly-owned
subsidiary
(a)
|
Moog
Xxxxxx X.X., incorporated in Sweden, wholly-owned subsidiary of Moog
Controls Ltd.
|
(b)
|
Moog
OY, incorporated in Finland, wholly-owned subsidiary of Moog Controls
Ltd.
|
(c)
|
Moog
Components Group Limited, incorporated in the United Kingdom, wholly-owned
subsidiary of Moog Controls Ltd.
|
(viii) Moog
Europe Holdings y Cia, S.C.S., incorporated in Spain, wholly-owned
subsidiary
(a)
|
Moog
Holding GmbH KG, a partnership organized in Germany, wholly-owned
subsidiary of Moog Europe Holdings y Cia,
S.C.S.
|
-1-
(1)
|
Moog
GmbH, incorporated in Germany, wholly-owned subsidiary of Moog Holding
GmbH KG
|
(1.a)
|
Moog
Italiana S.r.l., incorporated in Italy, wholly-owned subsidiary of
Moog
GmbH
|
(2)
|
Moog
Hydrolux Sarl, incorporated in Luxembourg, wholly-owned subsidiary
of Moog
Holding GmbH KG
|
(3)
|
Pro
Control AG, incorporated in Switzerland, wholly-owned subsidiary
of Moog
Holding GmbH KG
|
(4)
|
Moog
FCS BV, incorporated in the Netherlands, wholly-owned subsidiary
of Moog
Holding GmbH KG
|
(4.a)
|
Moog
FCS Limited, incorporated in the United Kingdom, wholly-owned subsidiary
of Moog FCS BV
|
(b)
|
Moog
Verwaltungs GmbH, incorporated in Germany, wholly-owned subsidiary
of Moog
Europe Holdings y Cia, S.C.S.
|
(c)
|
Moog
Ireland International Financial Services Centre Limited, incorporated
in
Ireland, wholly-owned subsidiary of Moog Europe Holdings y Cia,
S.C.S.
|
(d)
|
Focal
Technologies Corporation, incorporated in Canada, wholly-owned subsidiary
of Moog Europe Holdings y Cia,
S.C.S.
|
(ix) Moog
FSC
Ltd., incorporated in the Virgin Islands, wholly-owned subsidiary
(x) Moog
Holland Aircraft Services BV, incorporated in Holland, wholly-owned
subsidiary
(xi) Moog
Japan Ltd., incorporated in Japan, wholly-owned subsidiary
(xii) Moog
Korea Ltd., incorporated in South Korea, wholly-owned subsidiary
(xiii) Moog
Sarl, incorporated in France, wholly-owned subsidiary, 95% owned by Moog Inc.;
5% owned by Moog GmbH
(xiv) Moog
Singapore Pte. Ltd., incorporated in Singapore, wholly-owned
subsidiary
(a)
|
Moog
Motion Controls Private Limited, incorporated in India, wholly-owned
subsidiary of Moog Singapore Pte.
Ltd.
|
(xv) Xxxxxx
Medical Inc., incorporated in Delaware, wholly-owned subsidiary
-2-
(xvi) Flo-Tork
Inc., incorporated in Delaware, wholly-owned subsidiary
(xvii) Fundamental
Technology Solutions, Inc. incorporated in Delaware, wholly-owned
subsidiary.
(xviii) Moog
Europe Holdings I LLC, a New York limited liability company, wholly-owned
subsidiary
(xix) Moog
Europe Holdings II LLC, a New York limited liability company, wholly-owned
subsidiary.
-3-
SCHEDULE
4.3
PENDING
LITIGATION
NONE.
SCHEDULE
7.1
`
PERMITTED
INDEBTEDNESS
(Note
- Numbers Represent 9/30/06 Balances)
1. Existing
loans and advances from Borrower to Foreign Subsidiaries ($ equivalents)
*
-
Moog SCS (Spain)
|
$
|
8,139,543
|
||
-
Focal Technologies (Canada)
|
$
|
20,511,713
|
||
-
Moog India
|
$
|
667,755
|
||
-
Moog do Brasil
|
$
|
507,146
|
||
-
Moog Philippines
|
$
|
58,939,061
|
2.
|
Existing
Obligations Related to Building
|
Financing
($ equivalents)
-
Korin VIE (Germany)
|
$
|
5,168,000
|
||
-
Olorinus VIE (Germany)
|
$
|
320,000
|
||
-
LocaFit (Italy)
|
$
|
3,848,000
|
3.
|
Existing
Bank Facilities other than with the
Lenders
|
-
Moog GmbH
|
$
|
10,888,742
|
||
-
Moog Italiana S.r.l.
|
$
|
9,678,597
|
||
-
Moog Sarl
|
$
|
207,898
|
||
-
Moog Japan
|
$
|
5,500,085
|
||
-
Moog Australia Pty. Ltd.
|
$
|
119,159
|
||
-
Moog AG (Ireland)
|
$
|
402,317
|
||
-
Moog IFSC Ltd.
|
$
|
12,674,000
|
||
-
Moog Korea
|
$
|
2,113,048
|
||
-
Moog India Controls
|
$
|
33,326
|
4.
|
Xxxxxx
Medical Inc. Note to Seller
|
Re:
Purchase Price Holdback
|
$
|
12,000,000
|
5.
|
Certain
Foreign Subsidiaries discount customers’ promissory notes with
various
banks from time to time. The terms of such agreements provide that
the Foreign Subsidiary guarantee the promissory notes.
*
|
*
Certain
items listed hereon are listed solely for disclosure purposes and no inference
should be drawn that such items are not otherwise permitted by the terms of
the
Agreement.
SCHEDULE
7.2
PERMITTED
ENCUMBRANCES
(Note
- Numbers Represent 9/30/06 Balances)
Foreign
Liens
|
Lienholders
|
Amount
|
||
Moog
Germany (Buildings)
|
Korin
VIE
|
$5,168,000
|
||
Olorinus
VIE
|
$
320,000
|
|||
Moog
Italiana (Building)
|
LocaFit
|
$2,306,000
|
||
Moog
Korea (Building)
|
HSBC
Korea
|
$1,902,000
|
||
Moog
India (Sales Branch)
|
HDFC
Bank
|
$
1,000
|
||
Moog
India Controls
|
$
33,000
|
|||
Moog
Australia
|
ANZ
Bank
|
$
70,000
|
||
Liens
on assets of Foreign
|
Various
|
See
Item 3
|
||
Subsidiaries
of Schedule 7.1 securing various bank facilities--See Item 3 on Schedule
7.1
SCHEDULE
7.3
PERMITTED
INVESTMENTS AND GUARANTIES
(Note
- Numbers Represent 9/30/06 Balances excluding any
reserves)
1.
|
SimEx
Inc.
|
$1,000,000
|
2.
|
First
Wave Technologies
|
$
250,000
|
3.
|
FluidNet
|
$
600,000
|