AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
AMENDED
AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
AMENDED
AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT,
dated
as of September 13, 2005, among
TASTY BAKING COMPANY
a
Pennsylvania corporation (the “Company”),
the
direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company from time to time parties
hereto
(the “Subsidiary
Borrowers”
and
with the Company, collectively, the “Borrowers”),
the
several banks and other financial institutions from time to time parties
hereto
(the “Banks”)
and
PNC
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as
agent for the Banks hereunder (in such capacity, the “Agent”).
W
I T N E S S E T H:
A. The
Borrowers, the lenders from time to time party thereto and the Agent, entered
into that certain Credit Agreement dated as of January 31, 2002 (as amended
and modified prior to the date hereof, the “Existing
Credit Agreement”).
B. The
Borrowers have requested and the Lenders and the Agent have agreed to modify
and
amend the credit facilities established under the Existing Credit Agreement
and
to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement on the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and the agreements hereinafter
set
forth, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto hereby
agree
that, upon the Effective Date, the Existing Credit Agreement shall be and
is
hereby amended and restated to read in full as follows:
SECTION
1. DEFINITIONS
1.1 Defined
Terms
.
As used
in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
“Affiliate”:
as to
any Person, any other Person which, directly or indirectly, through one or
more
intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control
with,
such Person and any member, limited liability company manager, director,
officer
or employee of any such Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” shall
mean the power, directly or indirectly, either to (a) vote 10% or more of
the
securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or
managers of such Person or (b) direct or in effect cause the direction of
the
management and policies of such Person whether by contract or
otherwise.
“Agreement”:
this
Credit Agreement, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time
to
time.
“Anti-Terrorism
Statute”:
shall
mean any laws relating to terrorism or money laundering, including Executive
Order No. 13224 and the USA Patriot Act.
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“Applicable
Margin”:
for
any LIBOR Loan or Daily LIBOR Loan on any date, the percentage per annum
set
forth below opposite the Leverage Ratio shown on the last Compliance Certificate
delivered by the Borrowers to the Agent pursuant to subsection 5.2(b) prior
to
such date:
Applicable
Margin
|
||
Level
|
Leverage
Ratio
|
LIBOR
Loan/Daily LIBOR
|
I
|
Less
than 1.00 to 1.00
|
0.75%
|
II
|
Greater
than or equal to 1.00 to 1.00 but less than 2.00 to 1.00
|
1.00%
|
III
|
Greater
than or equal to 2.00 to 1.00
|
1.25%
|
;
provided, however, that (a) adjustments, if any, to the Applicable Margin
resulting from a change in the Leverage Ratio shall be effective five Business
Days after the Agent has received a Compliance Certificate, (b) in the
event that no Compliance Certificate has been delivered for a fiscal quarter
prior to the last date on which it can be delivered without violation of
subsection 5.2(b), the Applicable Margin from such date until such Compliance
Certificate is actually delivered shall be that applicable under Level III,
(c) in the event that the actual Leverage Ratio for any fiscal quarter is
subsequently determined to be greater than or less than that set forth in
the
Compliance Certificate for such fiscal quarter, the Applicable Margin shall
be
recalculated for the applicable period based upon such actual Leverage Ratio
and
(d) anything in this definition to the contrary notwithstanding, until
receipt by the Agent of the Compliance Certificate for the fiscal year ending
December 31, 2005, the Applicable Margin shall be that applicable under
Level III. Any additional interest on the Loans resulting from the operation
of
clause (c) above shall be payable by the Borrowers jointly and severally
to the
Banks within five (5) days after receipt of a written demand therefor from
the
Agent. The Applicable Margin for all Base Rate Loans shall be zero percent
(0%).
“Application”:
in
respect of each Letter of Credit issued by the Issuing Bank, an application,
in
such form as the Issuing Bank may specify from time to time, requesting issuance
of such Letter of Credit.
“Assignment
and Acceptance”:
an
assignment and acceptance entered into by a Bank and a Purchasing Bank, and
accepted by the Agent pursuant to Section 9.6 hereof, in the form of
Exhibit B
attached
hereto, or such other form as shall be approved by the Agent.
“Base
Rate”:
for
any day, a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100th
of
1%) equal to the greater of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day and
(b) the Federal Funds Open Rate in effect on such day plus one half of one
percent (0.5%). If for any reason the Agent shall have determined (which
determination shall be conclusive absent manifest
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error)
that it is unable to ascertain the Federal Funds Open Rate for any reason,
including the inability or failure of the Agent to obtain sufficient quotations
in accordance with the definition of such term, the Base Rate shall be
determined without regard to clause (b) of the first sentence of this
definition until the circumstances giving rise to such inability no longer
exist. Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the
Federal Funds Open Rate shall be effective on the effective date of such
change
in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Open Rate, as the case may
be.
“Base
Rate Loan”:
any
Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Base
Rate.
“Borrowers’
Representative”:
has
the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20.
“Borrowing
Date”:
any
Business Day on which a Loan is to be made at the request of the Borrowers’
Representative under this Agreement.
“Business
Day”:
a day
other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania are authorized or required by law to close and
with
respect to LIBOR Loans, such day shall also be a day on which banks are open
for
dealings in dollar deposits in the London Interbank Market.
“Capital
Expenditures”:
expenditures made or liabilities incurred for the acquisition of any fixed
assets or improvements, replacements, substitutions or additions thereto
which
have a useful life of more than one year, including Capital Lease Obligations,
which, in accordance with GAAP, would be classified as capital
expenditures.
“Capital
Lease”:
at any
time, a lease with respect to which the lessee is required to recognize the
acquisition of an asset and the incurrence of a liability in accordance with
GAAP.
“Capital
Lease Obligations”:
at any
time, the amount of the obligations under Capital Leases which would be shown
at
such time as a liability on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and
its
consolidated Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with GAAP.
“Capital
Stock”:
any
and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however
designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership
interests in a Person (other than a corporation) and any and all warrants
or
options to purchase any of the foregoing.
“Cash
Management Agreements”:
has
the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.3(i).
“Change
of Control”:
an
event or series of events by which (a) any “person” or “group” (as such terms
are defined in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934,
as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder), is or
becomes
the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under such Exchange
Act, except that a Person shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all
shares that any such Person has the
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right
to
acquire without condition, other than passage of time, whether such right
is
exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or
indirectly, of more than 20% of the total voting power of the then outstanding
Voting Stock of the Company, or (b) from and after the date hereof, individuals
who on the date hereof constitute the Board of Directors of the Company
(together with any new directors whose election by such Board of Directors
or
whose nomination for election by the shareholders of the Company was approved
by
a vote of a majority of the directors then still in office who were either
directors on the date hereof or whose election or nomination for election
was
previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of
the
Board of Directors of the Company then in office.
“Citizens
Loan Agreement”:
shall
mean that certain Loan Agreement among the Borrowers and Citizens Bank of
Pennsylvania dated as of the date hereof, pursuant to which Citizens Bank
of
Pennsylvania has agreed to make the Citizens Secured Term Loan and the Citizens
Unsecured Term Loan to the Borrowers.
“Citizens
Loan Documents”:
shall
mean, collectively, the Citizens Loan Agreement, the term notes evidencing
the
Citizens Secured Term Loan and the Citizens Unsecured Term Loan executed
in
connection with the Citizens Loan Agreement, the Hunting Park Mortgage and
all
other documents, instruments, agreements or certificates delivered in connection
therewith, in each case as amended, supplemented or modified from time to
time.
“Citizens
Secured Term Loan”:
shall
mean the term loan secured by the Hunting Park Mortgage to be loaned to the
Borrowers, if at all, by no later than December 31, 2005 in an aggregate
principal amount not to exceed $2,150,000.
“Citizens
Unsecured Term Loan”:
shall
mean the unsecured term loan to be made to the Borrowers in an aggregate
principal amount not to exceed $7,850,000 of which $5,300,000 shall be loaned
on
the Effective Date and the remainder of which shall be loaned to the Borrowers,
if at all, by no later than December 31, 2005.
“Code”:
the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“Commitments”:
the
Revolver Commitments and the Swing Line Commitments, as the context may
require.
“Commitment
Fees”:
those
certain fees payable to the Banks on the Revolver Facility as defined in
subsection 2.7(a).
“Commitment
Fee Rate”:
for
the Revolver Facility on any date, the percentage per annum set forth below
opposite the Leverage Ratio shown on the last Compliance Certificate delivered
by the Borrowers to the Agent pursuant to subsection 5.2(b) prior to such
date:
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Level
|
Leverage
Ratio
|
Revolver
Facility
|
I
|
Less
than 1.00 to 1.00
|
0.10%
|
II
|
Greater
than or equal to 1.00 to 1.00 but less than 2.00 to 1.00
|
0.175%
|
III
|
Greater
than or equal to 2.00 to 1.00
|
0.25%
|
;
provided,
however,
that,
(a) adjustments, if any, to the Commitment Fee Rate resulting from a change
in the Leverage Ratio shall be effective five Business Days after the Agent
has
received a Compliance Certificate, (b) in the event that no Compliance
Certificate has been delivered for a fiscal quarter prior to the last date
on
which it can be delivered without violation of subsection 5.2(b), the Commitment
Fee Rate from such date until such Compliance Certificate is actually delivered
shall be that applicable under Level III, (c) in the event that the actual
Leverage Ratio for any fiscal quarter is subsequently determined to be greater
than or less than that set forth in the Compliance Certificate for such fiscal
quarter, the Commitment Fee Rate shall be recalculated for the applicable
period
based upon such actual Leverage Ratio and (d) anything in this definition
to the contrary notwithstanding, until receipt by the Agent of the Compliance
Certificate for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2005, the Commitment
Fee Rate shall be that applicable under Level III. Any additional Commitment
Fee
that is due to the Banks resulting from the operation of clause (c) above
shall
be payable by the Borrowers jointly and severally within five (5) days after
receipt of a written demand therefor from the Agent.
“Commitment
Letter”:
the
letter, dated August 4, 2005, from the Agent to the Company relating to the
payment of certain fees and expenses in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to
time.
“Commitment
Percentage”:
at any
time, the percentage which a Bank’s Revolver Commitment constitutes of the
aggregate of the Revolver Commitments of all Banks at such time (or at any
time
after Revolver Commitments shall have expired or terminated, the percentage
which the amount of such Bank’s Revolver Exposure constitutes of the aggregate
amount of the Revolver Exposure of all Banks at such time).
“Commonly
Controlled Entity”:
an
entity, whether or not incorporated, which is under common control with the
Company within the meaning of Section 4001 of ERISA or is part of a group
which
includes the Company and which is treated as a single employer under Section
414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code.
“Compliance
Certificate”:
has
the meaning assigned to such term in subsection 5.2(b).
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“Contractual
Obligation”:
as to
any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or any provision
of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is
a
party or by which it or any of its property is bound.
“Daily
LIBOR Loan”:
any
Swing Line Loan bearing interest at the Daily LIBOR Rate.
“Daily
LIBOR Rate”:
the
rate per annum determined by the Agent by dividing (the resulting quotient
rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th
of 1%)
(x) the rate of interest published each Business Day in The Wall Street Journal
“Money Rates” listing (or in the event such rate is no longer available from
such source, from such other comparable publication as the Agent shall
reasonably determine) under the caption “London Interbank Offered Rates” for a
one month interest period by (y) one minus
the
percentage prescribed by the Federal Reserve for determining the maximum
reserve
requirements with respect to any eurocurrency funding by the Banks on such
day.
The rate of interest charged shall be adjusted as of each Business Day based
on
changes in the Daily LIBOR Rate without notice to the Borrowers, and shall
be
applicable to the then outstanding balance under the Swing Line Loans from
the
effective date of such change.
“Default”:
any of
the events specified in Section 7, whether or not any requirement for the
giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, or any other condition precedent
therein set forth, has been satisfied.
“Distribution”:
in
respect of any Person, (a) dividends or other distributions on Capital Stock
of
such Person (except distributions in Capital Stock of such Person); (b) the
redemption or acquisition of such Capital Stock or of warrants, rights or
other
options to purchase such Capital Stock (except when solely in exchange for
Capital Stock of such Person); and (c) any payment on account of, or the
setting
apart of any assets for a sinking or other analogous fund for, the purchase,
redemption, defeasance, retirement or other acquisition of any share of any
class of Capital Stock of such Person or any warrants or options to purchase
any
such Capital Stock.
“Dollars”
and
“$”:
dollars in lawful currency of the United States of America.
“EBITDA”:
for
any period of four (4) consecutive quarters, consolidated net income (excluding
extraordinary gains and losses), plus
the sum
of (a) income tax expense, (b) interest expense, (c) depreciation and
amortization, (d) non-cash pension charges, but only to the extent such non-cash
charges do not exceed twenty percent (20%) of the Tangible Net Worth as
determined as of the end of such period and (e) any other non-cash gains
to or
non-cash charges against net income acceptable to the Agent and the Required
Banks (which shall include a non-cash charge against net income in connection
with stock-based compensation), less
any
non-cash pension gains during such period, in each case to the extent deducted
in determining net income, as determined for the Company and its consolidated
Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.
“Effective
Date”:
has
the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.3.
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“Environmental
Laws”:
any
and all Federal, state, local or municipal laws, rules, orders, regulations,
statutes, ordinances, codes, decrees or binding requirements of any Governmental
Authority, or binding Requirement of Law regulating, relating to or imposing
liability or standards of conduct concerning protection of the environment,
as
now or may at any time hereafter be in effect.
“ERISA”:
the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to
time.
“Eurocurrency
Rate Reserve Percentage”:
the
maximum percentage (expressed as a decimal rounded upward to the nearest
1/100
of 1%) as determined by the Agent which is in effect during any relevant
period:
(i) as prescribed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
(or any successor) for determining the reserve requirements (including
supplemental, marginal and emergency reserve requirements) with respect to
eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities”) of a
member bank in such System; and (ii) to be maintained by a Bank as required
for reserve liquidity, special deposit, or a similar purpose by any governmental
or monetary authority of any country or political subdivision thereof (including
any central bank), against (A) any category of liabilities that includes
deposits by reference to which a LIBOR Rate is to be determined, or (B) any
category of extension of credit or other assets that includes Loans or Tranches
to which a LIBOR Rate applies.
“Event
of Default”:
any of
the events specified in Section 7, provided
that any
requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, or any
other
condition, has been satisfied.
“Executive
Order No. 13224”:
shall
mean the Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist Financing, effective
September 24, 2001, as the same has been, or shall hereafter be, renewed,
extended, amended or replaced.
“Existing
Letters of Credit”:
those
Letters of Credit described in Schedule 1.1 attached hereto and incorporated
herein by reference.
“Extensions
of Credit”:
the
collective reference to Loans made and Letters of Credit issued under this
Agreement.
“Federal
Funds Effective Rate”:
for
any day, the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds
transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal
funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day
which
is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for the day of such
transactions received by the Agent from three Federal funds brokers of
recognized standing selected by it.
“Federal
Funds Open Rate”
for
any
day shall mean the rate per annum determined by the Agent in accordance with
its
usual procedures (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest
error)
to be the “open” rate for federal funds transactions as of the opening of
business for federal funds transactions among members of the Federal Reserve
System arranged by federal funds brokers on such day, as quoted by Xxxxxx
Guybutler, any successor entity thereto, or any other broker selected by
the
Agent, as set forth on the applicable Telerate display
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page;
provided, however, that if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds
Open Rate for such day shall be the Open Rate on the immediately preceding
Business Day, or if no such rate shall be quoted by a federal funds broker
at
such time, such other rate as determined by the Agent in accordance with
its
usual procedures.
“Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio”:
for
any period, the ratio of (i) EBITDA minus capital expenditures incurred for
maintenance of equipment (but in no event less than $2,500,000 per four quarter
period) to (ii) the sum of interest expenses, income tax expenses, scheduled
principal payments (other than principal payments on the Revolver Facility),
dividend Distributions and Distributions made in connection with the repurchase
or redemption of Capital Stock, in each case as determined for the Company
and
its consolidated Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.
“GAAP”:
at any
time with respect to the determination of the character or amount of any
asset
or liability or item of income or expense, or any consolidation or other
accounting computation, generally accepted accounting principles as in effect
in
the United States on the date of, or at the end of the period covered by,
the
financial statements from which such asset, liability, item of income, or
item
of expense, is derived, or, in the case of any such computation, as in effect
on
the date when such computation is required to be determined, consistently
applied.
“Governmental
Acts”:
has
the meaning assigned to such term in subsection 2.8(j).
“Governmental
Authority”:
any
nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof and
any
entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative
functions of or pertaining to government.
“Guaranty
Obligation”:
as to
any Person, any guarantee of payment or performance by such Person of any
Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person, or any agreement to
provide financial assurance with respect to the financial condition, or the
payment of the obligations of, such other Person (including, without limitation,
purchase or repurchase agreements, reimbursement agreements with respect
to
letters of credit or acceptances, indemnity arrangements, grants of security
interests to support the obligations of another Person, keepwell agreements
and
take-or-pay or through-put arrangements) which has the effect of assuring
or
holding harmless any third Person against loss with respect to one or more
obligations of such third Person; provided,
however,
the
term Guaranty Obligation shall not include endorsements of instruments for
deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any
Guaranty Obligation of any Person shall be deemed to be the greater of (a)
an
amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation
in
respect of which such Guaranty Obligation is made and (b) the maximum amount
for
which such contingently liable Person may be liable pursuant to the terms
of the
instrument embodying such Guaranty Obligation, unless such primary obligation
and the maximum amount for which such contingently liable Person may be liable
are not stated or determinable, in which case the amount of such Guaranty
Obligation shall be such contingently liable Person’s maximum reasonably
anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the Company in
good
faith. Guaranty Obligations of any Person shall include the amount of any
future
“earn-out” or similar payments to be made to any
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other
Person in connection with a Permitted Acquisition to the extent such payments
are required under GAAP to be reflected as indebtedness on the financial
statements of the contingently liable Person.
“Hunting
Park Mortgage”:
shall
mean that certain mortgage granted by the Company in favor of Citizens Bank
of
Pennsylvania as security for the Citizens Secured Term Loan in accordance
with
the terms of the Citizens Loan Agreement.
“Hunting
Park Property”:
shall
mean the real property located at 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000.
“Increased
Commitment and Acceptance”:
shall
mean any Increased Commitment and Acceptance executed and delivered by a
Bank,
the Borrowers’ Representative and the Agent, substantially in the form of
Exhibit E
hereto,
as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Indebtedness”:
of any
Person at any date, without duplication:
(a) all
indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase
price of property or services (other than current trade liabilities incurred
in
the ordinary course of business and payable in accordance with customary
practices), including earn-outs and similar obligations,
(b) any
other
indebtedness which is evidenced by a note, bond, debenture or similar
instrument,
(c) all
Capital Lease Obligations of such Person,
(d) all
obligations of such Person in respect of outstanding letters of credit,
acceptances and similar obligations created for the account of such
Person,
(e) all
liabilities secured by any Lien on any property owned by such Person even
though
such Person has not assumed or otherwise become liable for the payment
thereof,
(f) net
liabilities of such Person under interest rate cap agreements, interest rate
swap agreements, foreign currency exchange agreements, netting agreements
and
other hedging agreements or arrangements (calculated on a basis satisfactory
to
the Agent and in accordance with accepted practice),
(g) withdrawal
liabilities of such Person or any Commonly Controlled Entity under a Plan,
and
(h) all
Guaranty Obligations of such Person with respect to liabilities of a type
described in any of clauses (a) through (g) of this definition.
The
Indebtedness of any Person shall include any Indebtedness of any partnership
in
which such Person is the general partner.
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“Insolvency”:
with
respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such Plan is insolvent
within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA.
“Insolvent”:
pertaining to a condition of Insolvency.
“Intellectual
Property”:
has
the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.16.
“Intercreditor
Agreement”:
shall
mean that certain Intercreditor Agreement dated as of the date hereof among
the
Borrowers’ Representative, the Agent (on behalf of the Banks) and Citizens Bank
of Pennsylvania substantially in the form of Exhibit G
hereto,
as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Interest
Payment Date”:
(a) as
to any Base Rate Loan, the last Business Day of each March, June, September
and
December while such Loan is outstanding, (b) as to any LIBOR Loan having
an
Interest Period of three months or less, the last day of such Interest Period,
and (c) as to any LIBOR Loan having an Interest Period longer than three
months,
the day which is (i) three months after the first day of such Interest Period
and (ii) the last day of such Interest Period.
“Interest
Period”:
with
respect to any LIBOR Loan:
(a) initially
the period commencing on the borrowing or continuation date, as the case
may be,
and ending one, two, three or six months thereafter, as selected by the
Borrowers in their Notice of Borrowing, given with respect thereto;
and
(b) thereafter,
each period commencing on the last day of the next preceding Interest Period
applicable to such LIBOR Loan and ending one, two, three or six months
thereafter, as selected by the Borrowers by irrevocable notice to the Agent
in a
Notice of Borrowing not less than three Business Days prior to the last day
of
the then current Interest Period with respect thereto;
provided,
that
the foregoing provisions relating to Interest Periods are subject to the
following:
(i) if
any
Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest
Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such
next
succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case
such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;
(ii) any
Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month
(or on
a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar
month
at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of
a
calendar month;
(iii) no
interest period shall extend beyond the Revolver Termination Date;
and
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(iv) the
Borrowers shall select Interest Periods so as not to require a payment or
prepayment of any LIBOR Loan during an Interest Period for such
Loan.
“Issuing
Bank”:
PNC
Bank, National Association, or such other Bank as designated by the Company
to
be the Issuing Bank and approved by the Required Banks, in its capacity as
issuer of any Letter of Credit.
“Joinder
and Assumption Agreement”:
a
Joinder and Assumption Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit D
hereto
pursuant to which a Subsidiary shall join this Agreement and other Loan
Documents, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
“Law”:
any
law (including common law), constitution, statute, treaty, regulation, rule,
ordinance, opinion, release, ruling, order, injunction, writ, decree or award
of
any Governmental Authority.
“Lending
Office”:
the
lending office(s) of the Banks set forth on Schedule I hereto or notice of
which
has been given to the Agent in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement.
“Letter
of Credit”:
has
the meaning assigned to that term in subsection 2.8(a).
“Letter
of Credit Coverage Requirement”:
with
respect to each Letter of Credit at any time, 102% of the maximum amount
available to be drawn thereunder at such time (determined without regard
to
whether any conditions to drawing could be met at such time).
“Letter
of Credit Fee”:
has
the meaning assigned to that term in subsection 2.8(b).
“Letter
of Credit Fee Rate”:
on any
date, the percentage per annum set forth below opposite the Leverage Ratio
shown
on the last Compliance Certificate delivered by the Borrowers to the Agent
pursuant to subsection 5.2(b) prior to such date:
Level
|
Leverage
Ratio
|
Letter
of Credit Fee Rate
|
I
|
Less
than 1.00 to 1.00
|
0.75%
|
II
|
Greater
than or equal to 1.00 to 1.00 but less than 2.00 to 1.00
|
1.00%
|
III
|
Greater
than or equal to 2.00 to 1.00
|
1.25%
|
;
provided,
however,
that
(a) adjustments, if any, to the Letter of Credit Fee Rate resulting from a
change in the Leverage Ratio shall be effective five Business Days after
the
Agent has received a Compliance Certificate, (b) in the event that no
Compliance Certificate has been delivered for a
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fiscal
quarter prior to the last date on which it can be delivered without violation
of
subsection 5.2(b), the Letter of Credit Fee Rate from such date until such
Compliance Certificate is actually delivered shall be that applicable under
Level III, (c) in the event that the actual Leverage Ratio for any fiscal
quarter is subsequently determined to be greater than or less than that set
forth in the Compliance Certificate for such fiscal quarter, the Letter of
Credit Fee Rate shall be recalculated for the applicable period based upon
such
actual Leverage Ratio and (d) anything in this definition to the contrary
notwithstanding, until receipt by the Agent of the Compliance Certificate
for
the fiscal year ending December 31, 2005, the Letter of Credit Fee Rate
shall be that applicable under Level III. Any additional fees on the Letters
of
Credit resulting from the operation of clause (c) above shall be payable
by the
Borrowers jointly and severally to the Banks within five (5) days after receipt
of a written demand therefor from the Agent.
“Letter
of Credit Obligations”:
at any
time, an amount equal to the sum of (a) 100% of the maximum amount available
to
be drawn under all Letters of Credit outstanding at such time (determined
without regard to whether any conditions to drawing could be met at such
time)
and (b) the aggregate amount of drawings under Letters of Credit which have
not
then been reimbursed pursuant to subsection 2.8(d)(i).
“Letter
of Credit Participant”:
in
respect of each Letter of Credit, each Bank (other than the Issuing Bank)
in its
capacity as the holder of a participating interest in such Letter of
Credit.
“Leverage
Ratio”
as
of
the last day of any fiscal quarter, the ratio of Total Senior Funded Debt
on
such date to (ii) EBITDA on such date.
“LIBOR
Loan”:
any
Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the LIBOR
Rate.
“LIBOR
Rate”:
with
respect to the Revolving Loans comprising any Tranche to which the LIBOR
Rate
applies for any Interest Period, the interest rate per annum determined by
the
Agent by dividing (the resulting quotient rounded upward to the nearest 1/100th
of 1% per annum) (i) the rate of interest determined by the Agent in
accordance with its usual procedures (which determination shall be conclusive
absent manifest error) to be the London interbank offered rate of interest
per
annum for Dollars quoted by the British Bankers’ Association set forth on
Moneyline Telerate (or appropriate successor, or if the British Bankers’
Association or its successor ceases to provide such quotes, a comparable
replacement determined by the Agent), display page 3750 (or such other display
page on the Moneyline Telerate service as may replace display page 3750)
at
approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) Business Days prior to the
first day of such Interest Period for an amount comparable to such Tranche
and
having a borrowing date and a maturity comparable to such Interest Period
by
(ii) a number equal to 1.00 minus the Eurocurrency Rate Reserve Percentage.
Such LIBOR Rate may also be expressed by the following formula:
LIBOR
Rate =
|
Average
of London interbank offered rates quoted by British Bankers’ Association
or appropriate successor as shown on Moneyline
Telerate
Service display page
3750
1.00
- Eurocurrency Rate Reserve Percentage
|
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The
LIBOR
Rate shall be adjusted with respect to any LIBOR Loan outstanding on the
effective date of any change in the Eurocurrency Rate Reserve Percentage
as of
such effective date. The Agent shall give prompt notice to the Borrowers
of the
LIBOR Rate as determined or adjusted in accordance herewith, which determination
shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
“Lien”:
any
mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance,
lien (statutory or other), charge or other security interest or any preference,
priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind
or
nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, any conditional sale or
other
title retention agreement and any Capital Lease having substantially the
same
economic effect as any of the foregoing).
“Loan
Documents”:
this
Agreement, the Notes, the Joinder and Assumption Agreements, the Intercreditor
Agreement and the Applications and all other documents, instruments, agreements
or certificates delivered in connection herewith, in each case, as the same
may
be supplemented or amended from time to time in accordance herewith or
therewith, and “Loan
Document”
shall
mean any of the Loan Documents.
“Loans”:
the
collective reference to the Revolving Loans and the Swing Line
Loans.
“Material
Adverse Effect”:
a
material adverse effect on (a) the business, operations, property or financial
condition of the Borrowers taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Company
and
the other Borrowers to perform their obligations under this Agreement, the
Notes
or any other Loan Document or (c) the validity or enforceability of this
Agreement, the Notes or any of the other Loan Documents or the rights or
remedies of the Agent or the Banks hereunder or thereunder.
“Materials
of Environmental Concern”:
any
gasoline or petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction thereof) or petroleum
products or any hazardous or toxic substances, materials or wastes, defined
or
regulated as such in or under any Environmental Law, including, without
limitation, asbestos, polychlorinated biphynels, and ureaformaldehyde
insulation.
“Xxxxx’x”:
Xxxxx’x Investors Services, Inc.
“Multiemployer
Plan”:
a Plan
which is a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of
ERISA.
“New
Bank”:
has
the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.6(j).
“New
Bank Joinder”:
any
New Bank Joinder executed and delivered by a financial institution desiring
to
become a Bank hereunder, the Borrowers’ Representative and the Agent,
substantially in the form of Exhibit F
hereto,
as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Notes”:
means
the Revolver Notes and the Swing Line Note.
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“Notice
of Borrowing”:
with
respect to a Loan of any Type, a notice from the Borrowers’ Representative in
respect of such Loan, in the form of Notice of Borrowing attached hereto
as
Exhibit C.
“Offered
Amount”:
has
the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.14(d).
“Participant”:
has
the meaning assigned to such term in subsection 9.6(f).
“PBGC”:
the
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle A of
Title IV of ERISA.
“Permitted
Acquisition”:
an
acquisition by a Borrower of all or substantially all of the stock or assets
of
a Person engaged in business substantially similar to the Company or another
Borrower or a business related to the manufacture or distribution of food
products; provided
that, at
the time that any definitive agreement is entered into in respect of such
acquisition, no Default or Event of Default shall exist or would exist if
such
acquisition were consummated on such date (assuming for purposes of the
covenants contained in Section 6.1 that pro forma
adjustments are made to the financial statements of the Company and its
Subsidiaries reflecting such acquisition); provided
further,
that, without the consent of the Required Banks, no such acquisition may
be made
if, after giving pro forma effect to such acquisition, (i) the Leverage Ratio
as
of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter preceding such acquisition (the
“Test
Date”)
would
be less than 2.25 to 1.0 and the aggregate consideration paid by the Borrowers
with respect to all Permitted Acquisitions (including the proposed acquisition)
(including earnouts, payments under non-compete arrangements and assumption
of
Indebtedness) (“Consideration”)
would
exceed $10,000,000 during the Revolver Commitment Period (the “Test
Period”),
or
(ii) the Leverage Ratio as of the Test Date would be less than 2.50 to 1.0,
but
greater than 2.25 to 1.0, and the Consideration during the Test Period would
exceed $5,000,000; and provided
further,
that if the Consideration to be paid by the Borrowers with respect to any
such
acquisition shall equal or exceed $5,000,000, then the Person to be acquired
shall have positive operating income for the twelve month period ending on
the
last day of the most recently completed fiscal quarter.
“Permitted
Investments”:
(a)
marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the
United
States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof or guaranteed
by the
United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof, in each
case
maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof;
(b) marketable
general obligations issued by any state of the United States of America or
any
political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof
maturing within six months from the date of acquisition, having one of the
two
highest ratings generally obtainable from either S&P or Xxxxx’x at the date
of acquisition;
(c) commercial
paper maturing no more than six months from the date of acquisition thereof
and,
at the time of acquisition, having a rating of A-1 (or the equivalent) or
higher
from S&P and P-1 (or the equivalent) or higher from Xxxxx’x;
(d) money
market mutual funds which make investments principally in securities of the
type
described in clauses (a) through (c) above in accordance with the
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regulations
of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Investment Company Act
of
1940, as amended; and
(e) fully
collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than 30 days
for
underlying securities of the type described in paragraphs (a) and (b) of
this
definition;
provided,
that,
in each
case, such obligations are payable in U.S. Dollars.
“Permitted
Liens”:
(a)
any
Liens for current taxes, assessments and other governmental charges not yet
due
and payable or being contested in good faith by any Borrower by appropriate
proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been established by the
Company
and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as reflected in its financial
statements;
(b) any
mechanic’s, landlord’s, materialman’s, carrier’s, warehousemen’s or similar
Liens for sums not yet due or being contested in good faith by the any Borrower
by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been established
by the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as reflected
in its
financial statements;
(c) existing
building restrictions, ordinances, privileges, rights of utility companies,
easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar encumbrances on
the
real property or fixtures of the Borrowers existing as of the date hereof
and
such Liens hereafter incurred in the ordinary course of business, which
individually or in the aggregate are not substantial in amount and which
do not
in any case materially detract from the value to the Borrowers of the property
subject thereto or interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of
the
Borrowers;
(d) Liens
(other than Liens imposed on any property of the Borrowers or any ERISA
Affiliate pursuant to ERISA or Section 412 of the Code) incurred or
deposits made in the ordinary course of business, including Liens in connection
with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social
security and Liens to secure performance of tenders, statutory obligations,
surety and appeal bonds, bids, leases that are not Capital Leases, performance
bonds, sales contracts and other similar obligations, in each case, not incurred
in connection with the obtaining of credit or the payment of a deferred purchase
price, and which do not, in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse
Effect;
(e) Purchase
Money Security Interests or Liens created pursuant to Capital Leases;
provided,
that
(x) such Liens shall be created simultaneously with the acquisition of the
property which is subject to such Lien, (y) such Liens do not at any time
encumber any property other than such property and (z) the Liens are not
modified to secure any Indebtedness other than that used to acquire such
property;
(f) Liens
existing on real property or equipment of a Subsidiary which Lien existed
at the
time of the acquisition of such Subsidiary;
(g) Liens
existing upon the date hereof as set forth in Schedule II
hereto;
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(h) judgment
and other similar Liens arising in connection with court proceedings, in
existence less than thirty (30) days after entry thereof or with respect
to
which execution has been stayed or the payment of which is covered in full
(subject to a customary deductible) by insurance maintained with responsible
insurance companies and the claims secured thereby are being actively contested
in good faith and by appropriate legal proceedings;
(i) Liens
in
favor of any governmental agency or authority for the purpose of financing,
through industrial revenue bonds or notes, the construction, acquisition
or
purchase of facilities, or machinery, equipment or other assets, or of any
air,
water or solid waste pollution control facilities to be used in connection
with
any such property;
(j) other
Liens incidental to the conduct of the Borrowers’ businesses conducted in the
ordinary course (including without limitation, Liens on goods securing trade
letters of credit issued in respect of importation of goods in the ordinary
course of business) or the ownership of any Borrower’s property and assets which
were not incurred in connection with the borrowing of money or the obtaining
of
advances or credit, except as provided herein, and which do not in the aggregate
materially detract from the value of such Borrower’s property or assets or
materially impair the use thereof in its business;
(k) the
Lien
evidenced by the Hunting Park Mortgage;
(l) Liens
in
favor of the Company or another Borrower on the assets of any Borrower;
and
(m) any
other
Liens permitted under the terms of this Agreement.
“Person”:
an
individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, business
trust,
joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture,
Governmental Authority or other entity of whatever nature.
“Plan”:
at a
particular time, any employee benefit plan which is covered by ERISA and
in
respect of which any Borrower or a Commonly Controlled Entity is (or, if
such
plan were terminated at such time, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed
to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
“Prime
Rate”:
the
rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by PNC Bank,
National Association as its prime rate in effect at its principal office
in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which rate may not be the lowest rate then being
charged by the Bank to commercial borrowers; each change in the Prime Rate
shall
be effective on the date such change is publicly announced as
effective.
“Principal
Office”:
the
main banking office of the Agent in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
“Properties”:
the
collective reference to the facilities and properties owned, leased or operated
by the Borrowers.
“Proposed
New Bank”:
has
the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.14(d).
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“Publication
500”:
has
the meaning assigned to such term in subsection 2.8(f).
“Purchase
Money Security Interest”:
Liens
upon tangible personal property securing loans to the Borrowers or deferred
payments by the Borrowers for the purchase of such tangible personal property,
in each case securing amounts which do not exceed the purchase price of the
property subject to such security interests.
“Purchasing
Bank”:
has
the meaning assigned to such term in subsection 9.6(b).
“Regulation
U”:
Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as from
time to time in effect, and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder
or thereof.
“Regulation
X”:
Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as from
time to time in effect, and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder
or thereof.
“Reimbursement
Obligation”:
in
respect of each Letter of Credit, the obligation of the Borrowers to reimburse
the Issuing Bank for all drawings made thereunder in accordance with subsection
2.8(d) and the Application related to such Letter of Credit for amounts drawn
under such Letter of Credit.
“Reorganization”:
with
respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such plan is in
reorganization within the meaning of Section 4241 of ERISA.
“Reportable
Event”:
any of
the events set forth in Section 4043(c)(1), (2), (4), (5), (6), (10) and
(13) of
ERISA.
“Requested
Increase”:
has
the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.14(d).
“Required
Banks”:
at any
time, those Banks holding (a) 66⅔% of the Revolver Commitments of all the Banks
or (b) in the event the Revolver Commitments shall have expired or been
terminated, 66⅔% of the Revolver Exposure of all the Banks; provided, that in
the event any of the Banks shall have failed to make a Revolving Loan or
purchase participations in Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans required
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, for so long as such failure continues
there shall be excluded from the determination of Required Banks the Revolver
Commitment and Revolver Exposure of such bank at such time.
“Requirement
of Law”:
as to
any Person, the Articles or Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws or other
organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law, treaty,
rule
or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental
Authority, in each case binding upon such Person or any of its property or
to
which such Person or any of its property is subject.
“Responsible
Officer”:
with
respect to any Borrower, the chief executive officer, president, vice president
- finance, treasurer or chief financial officer of such Borrower. Unless
otherwise qualified, all references to a “Responsible Officer” in this Agreement
shall refer to a Responsible Officer of the Borrowers’
Representative.
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“Revolver
Commitment”:
the
obligation of any Bank to make Revolving Loans, issue and/or acquire
participating interests in Letters of Credit and make or participate in Swing
Line Loans hereunder, in an aggregate amount at any one time outstanding
not to
exceed (a) as to any Bank which is an original signatory to this Agreement,
the
amount set forth opposite such Bank’s name on Schedule I hereto under the
caption “Revolver Commitment”, as the same may be changed from time to time in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or (b) as to any Bank which
is
not an original signatory to this Agreement but which becomes a Bank by
executing an Assignment and Acceptance or a New Bank Joinder, the Revolver
Commitment for such Bank set forth on Schedule I to such Assignment and
Acceptance or New Bank Joinder, as such amount may be changed from time to
time
in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. The aggregate amount
of the
Revolver Commitments on the date hereof is $35,000,000.
“Revolver
Commitment Period”:
the
period from and including the date hereof to but not including the Revolver
Termination Date.
“Revolver
Exposure”:
as to
any Bank at any date, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate amount
of
all Revolving Loans made by such Bank then outstanding, (b) such Bank’s
Commitment Percentage of the Letter of Credit Obligations then outstanding
and
(c) such Bank’s Commitment Percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Swing
Line Loans then outstanding.
“Revolver
Facility”:
the
revolving credit facility pursuant to which the Banks have committed to make
Revolving Loans, issue and/or acquire participating interests in Letters
of
Credit hereunder and make or participate in Swing Line Loans.
“Revolver
Notes”:
has
the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.6(b).
“Revolver
Termination Date”:
the
earlier of (a) September 12, 2010 and (b) the date the Revolver Commitments
are
terminated as provided herein.
“Revolving
Loans”:
has
the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.1(b).
“S&P”:
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies,
Inc.
“Single
Employer Plan”:
any
Plan which is covered by Title IV of ERISA, but which is not a Multiemployer
Plan.
“Subsidiary”:
as to
any Person, a corporation, partnership or other entity of which shares of
stock
or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock
or
such other ownership interests having such power only by reason of the happening
of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors or other
governing body of such entity are at the time owned, or the management of
which
is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise qualified, all
references to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” in this Agreement shall refer
to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of a Borrower.
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“Swing
Line Bank”:
PNC
Bank, National Association, and any successor thereto, or any other Bank
to
which the Swing Line Commitment is assigned.
“Swing
Line Commitment”:
the
obligation of the Swing Line Bank to make Swing Line Loans in an aggregate
amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite
the Swing Line Bank’s name on Schedule I hereto under the caption “Swing Line
Commitment”, as the same may be changed from time to time in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement and/or any applicable Assignment and
Acceptance.
“Swing
Line Conversion Date”:
has
the meaning assigned to such term in subsection 2.3(d).
“Swing
Line Loan”:
has
the meaning assigned to such term in subsection 2.3(a).
“Swing
Line Note”:
has
the meaning assigned to such term in subsection 2.3(c).
“Swing
Line Repayment Date”:
has
the meaning assigned to such term in subsection 2.3(b).
“Tangible
Net Worth”:
at any
time, the net book value of the Shareholders’ equity of the Company as would be
shown on a consolidated balance sheet at such time minus
all
assets which would be considered intangible under GAAP minus
any
additional paid in capital attributable to any stock based compensation
.
“Taxes”:
has
the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.17.
“Total
Senior Funded Debt”:
as of
the last day of any fiscal quarter, without duplication, the aggregate
consolidated long term and short term senior Indebtedness of the Company
and its
consolidated Subsidiaries.
“Tranche”:
the
collective reference to (a) LIBOR Loans whose Interest Periods begin on the
same
date and end on the same later date (whether or not such Loans originally
were
made on the same date), (b) Base Rate Loans and (c) Swing Line Loans bearing
interest at the Daily LIBOR Rate.
“Type”:
when
used in respect of any Loan, shall refer to the Rate by reference to which
interest on such Loan is determined. For purposes hereof, “Rate” shall include
the LIBOR Rate, the Base Rate and the Daily LIBOR Rate (in the case of Swing
Line Loans).
“USA
Patriot Act”:
shall
mean the Uniting Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required
to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Title III of Pub. L.,
107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001), as the same has been, or shall
hereafter be, renewed, extended, amended or replaced.
“Voting
Stock”:
Capital Stock of any class or classes of a Person the holders of which are
ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to elect a majority
of the
directors (or Persons performing similar functions).
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1.2 Other
Definitional Provisions
(a) Unless
otherwise specified therein, all terms defined in this Agreement shall have
the
defined meanings when used in the Notes, the other Loan Documents or any
certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or
thereto.
(b) As
used
herein and in the Notes and the other Loan Documents, and in any certificate
or
other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, accounting terms
relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries not defined in Section 1.1 and
accounting terms partly defined in Section 1.1, to the extent not defined,
shall
have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP.
(c) The
words
“hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this
Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular
provision of this Agreement, and Section, subsection, Schedule and Exhibit
references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.
(d) The
meanings given to terms defined in this Agreement shall be equally applicable
to
both the singular and plural forms of such terms.
SECTION
2. LOANS
AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS
2.1 The
Loans
(a) Revolver
Facility.
Subject
to the terms and conditions hereof including, without limitation, the conditions
at each Extension of Credit set forth in Section 4.2 hereof, each Bank severally
(and not jointly) agrees to make revolving credit loans under the Revolver
Facility (the “Revolving
Loans”)
to the
Borrowers on a joint and several basis from time to time during the Revolver
Commitment Period in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding
not to exceed the amount of such Bank’s Revolver Commitment minus the sum of
such Bank’s Commitment Percentage of (i) all Letter of Credit Obligations then
outstanding and (ii) the principal amount of all Swing Line Loans then
outstanding; provided,
that
after
giving effect to each such Revolving Loan, the aggregate Revolver Exposure
of
such Bank at such time shall not exceed such Bank’s Revolver Commitment. The
Revolver Commitments may be increased, reduced or terminated from time to
time
pursuant to Section 2.14. Within the foregoing limits, the Borrowers may
during
the Revolver Commitment Period borrow, repay and reborrow under the Revolver
Commitments, subject to and in accordance with the terms and limitations
hereof.
(b) The
Revolving Loans may from time to time be (A) LIBOR Loans, (B) Base
Rate Loans or (C) a combination thereof, as determined by the Borrowers and
notified to the Agent in accordance with Sections 2.4 and 2.5; provided,
that no
Loan shall be made as a LIBOR Loan after the date that is one month prior
to the
Revolver Termination Date.
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2.2 Procedure
for Revolving
Loans
(a) Except
as
otherwise provided herein, the Borrowers may from time to time prior to the
Revolver Termination Date request the Banks to make Revolving Loans by
delivering to the Agent, not later than 10:00 a.m., Philadelphia time,
(i) three (3) Business Days prior to the proposed Borrowing Date with
respect to the making of Loans to which the LIBOR Rate applies and (ii) the
Business Day of the proposed Borrowing Date with respect to the making of
a Loan
to which the Base Rate applies, of a duly completed Notice of Borrowing or
a
request by telephone immediately confirmed in writing, it being understood
that
the Agent may rely on the authority of any individual making such a telephonic
request without the necessity of receipt of such written confirmation. Each
Notice of Borrowing shall be irrevocable and shall specify (i) the proposed
Borrowing Date; (ii) the aggregate amount of the proposed Loans comprising
each Tranche, the amount of which shall be in integral multiples of $100,000
and
not less than $1,000,000 or, if less, the maximum amount under the Revolver
Commitment; (iii) whether the LIBOR Rate or the Base Rate shall apply to
the proposed Loans comprising the applicable Tranche; and (iv) in the case
of a
Tranche to which the LIBOR Rate applies, the Interest Period for the proposed
Loans comprising such Tranche.
(b) The
Agent
shall, promptly after receipt by it of a Notice of Borrowing pursuant to
this
Section 2.2, notify the Banks of its receipt of such Notice of Borrowing
specifying: (i) the proposed Borrowing Date and the time and method of
disbursement of the Loans requested thereby; (ii) the amount and Type of
each such Loan and the applicable Interest Period (if any); and (iii) the
apportionment among the Banks of such Loans as determined by the Agent in
accordance with Section 2.5. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof,
each Bank shall remit the principal amount of each Loan to the Agent at the
Principal Office prior to 2:00 p.m., Philadelphia time on the Borrowing Date
requested by the Borrowers in funds immediately available to the Agent. Such
borrowing will then be made available to the Borrowers by the Agent crediting
the account of the Company on the books of the office specified in subsection
9.2 with the aggregate of the amounts made available to the Agent by the
Banks
and in like funds as received by the Agent. Unless the Agent shall have received
notice from a Bank prior to the date of any borrowing that such Bank will
not
make available to the Agent such Bank’s portion of such borrowing, the Agent may
assume that such Bank has made such portion available in accordance with
this
subsection 2.2(b) and the Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make
available to the Borrowers on such date a corresponding amount. If and to
the
extent that any Bank shall not have made such Bank’s pro rata portion of such
borrowing available to the Agent, such Bank and the Borrowers (without prejudice
to the Borrowers’ rights against such Bank) severally agree to repay to the
Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount together with interest
thereon, for each day from the date such amount is made available to the
Borrowers until the date such amount is repaid to the Agent at (i) in the
case of the Borrowers, the interest rate applicable at the time to the Loans
comprising such borrowing and (ii) in the case of such Bank, the Federal
Funds Effective Rate, provided,
that,
if such Bank shall not pay such amount within three Business Days of such
Borrowing Date, the interest rate on such overdue amount shall, at the
expiration of such three Business Day period, be the rate per annum applicable
to Base Rate Loans. If such Bank shall repay to the Agent such corresponding
amount, such amount shall constitute such Bank’s Loan as part of such borrowing
for purposes of this Agreement.
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(c) If
in a
Notice of Borrowing no election as to the Type of Loan is specified in any
such
notice, then the requested Loan shall be a Base Rate Loan. If a LIBOR Loan
is
requested but no Interest Period with respect to such Loan is specified in
any
such notice, then the Borrowers shall be deemed to have selected an Interest
Period of one month’s duration.
2.3 Swing
Line Loans
(a) Subject
to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swing Line Bank may in its discretion
make swing line loans in Dollars (the “Swing
Line Loans”)
to the
Borrowers from time to time during the Revolver Commitment Period in an
aggregate outstanding principal amount up to the amount of the Swing Line
Commitment for periods not to exceed seven days as requested by the Borrowers
and agreed to by the Swing Line Bank; provided, that, no Swing Line Loan
shall
be made if, after giving effect to the making of such Swing Line Loan and
the
simultaneous application of the proceeds thereof, (x) the aggregate Revolver
Exposure of all the Banks would exceed the aggregate amount of the Revolver
Commitments of all of the Banks or (y) the aggregate amount of all Revolving
Loans made by a Bank plus such Bank’s Commitment Percentage of the amount of
Swing Line Loans and Letter of Credit Obligations then outstanding would
exceed
its Revolver Commitment. Within the foregoing limits, the Borrowers may during
the Revolver Commitment Period borrow, repay and reborrow under the Swing
Line
Commitment, subject to and in accordance with the terms and limitations hereof.
The interest rate for a Swing Line Loan shall be the Daily LIBOR Rate plus
the
Applicable Margin (or such rate that is mutually agreed to by the Borrower’
Representative and the Swing Line Bank in writing at the time the Swing Line
Loan is made) or, if the Cash Management Agreement (as defined in clause
(i)
below are in affect, at the rate determined in accordance with the Cash
Management Agreement.
(b) The
Borrowers may request a Swing Line Loan to be made on any Business Day. Each
request for a Swing Line Loan shall be in the form of a Notice of Borrowing
(or
a request by telephone immediately confirmed in writing, it being understood
that the Swing Line Bank may rely on the authority of any individual making
such
telephonic request without the necessity of receipt of such written
confirmation) and received by the Agent not later than 11:00 a.m.
(Philadelphia time) on the Business Day such Swing Line Loan is to be made,
specifying in each case (i) the amount to be borrowed, (ii) the requested
borrowing date, and (iii) the date such Swing Line Loan is to be repaid, if
applicable (the “Swing
Line Repayment Date”).
The
request for such Swing Line Loan shall be irrevocable. Provided that all
applicable conditions precedent contained herein have been satisfied, the
Swing
Line Bank shall, not later than 4:00 p.m., Philadelphia time, on the date
specified in the Borrowers’ request for such Swing Line Loan, make such Swing
Line Loan by crediting the Borrowers’ deposit account with the Swing Line
Bank.
(c) The
obligation of the Borrowers to repay the Swing Line Loans shall be evidenced
by
a promissory note of the Borrowers dated the date hereof, payable to the
order
of the Swing Line Bank in the principal amount of the Swing Line Commitment
and
substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2
(as
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Swing
Line Note”).
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(d) Swing
Line Loans and accrued interest thereon shall be repaid on the earlier of
(1)
the Revolver Termination Date, (2) the Swing Line Repayment Date for such
Swing
Line Loan or (3) the seventh day after the date such Swing Line Loan was
made
(any such date being the “Swing
Line Conversion Date”).
Unless the Borrowers shall have notified the Agent prior to 11:00 a.m.,
Philadelphia time, on such Swing Line Conversion Date that the Borrowers
intend
to repay such Swing Line Loan with funds other than the proceeds of a Revolving
Loan, the Borrowers shall be deemed to have given notice to the Agent requesting
the Banks to make Revolving Loans which shall earn interest at the Base Rate
in
effect on the Swing Line Conversion Date in an aggregate amount equal to
the
amount of such Swing Line Loan plus interest thereon, and subject to
satisfaction or waiver of the conditions specified in Section 4.2, the
Banks shall, on the Swing Line Conversion Date, make Revolving Loans, which
shall earn interest at the Base Rate, in an aggregate amount equal to the
amount
of such Swing Line Loan plus interest thereon, the proceeds of which shall
be
applied directly by the Agent to repay the Swing Line Bank for such Swing
Line
Loan plus accrued interest thereon; and provided, further, that if for any
reason the proceeds of such Revolving Loans are not received by the Swing
Line
Bank on the Swing Line Conversion Date in an aggregate amount equal to the
amount of such Swing Line Loan plus accrued interest, the Borrowers shall
reimburse the Swing Line Bank on the day immediately following the Swing
Line
Conversion Date, in same day funds, in an amount equal to the excess of the
amount of such Swing Line Loan over the aggregate amount of such Revolving
Loans, if any, received plus accrued interest thereon.
(e) In
the
event that the Borrowers shall fail to repay the Swing Line Bank as provided
in
this Section 2.3(e) in an amount equal to the amount required under
Section 2.3(d), the Agent shall promptly notify each Bank of the unpaid
amount of such Swing Line Loan and of such Bank’s respective participation
therein in an amount equal to such Bank’s pro rata share of such Swing Line Loan
(based on its Commitment Percentage). Each Bank shall make available to the
Agent for payment to the Swing Line Bank an amount equal to its respective
participation therein (including without limitation its pro rata share of
accrued but unpaid interest thereon), in same day funds, at the office of
the
Agent specified in such notice, not later than 11:00 a.m., Philadelphia
time, on the Business Day after the date the Agent notifies each Bank. In
the
event that any Bank fails to make available to the Agent the amount of such
Bank’s participation in such unpaid amount as provided herein, the Swing Line
Bank shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Bank together
with interest thereon at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Effective
Rate for each day during the period between the Swing Line Conversion Date
and
the date on which any Bank makes available its participation in such unpaid
amount. The failure of any Bank to make available to the Agent its pro rata
share of any such unpaid amount shall not relieve any other Bank of its
obligations hereunder to make available to the Agent its pro rata share of
such
unpaid amount on the Swing Line Conversion Date. The Agent shall distribute
to
each Bank which has paid all amounts payable by it under this Section 2.3(e)
with respect to the unpaid amount of any Swing Line Loan, such Bank’s pro rata
share of all payments received by the Agent from the Borrowers in repayment
of
such Swing Line Loan when such payments are received. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary herein, each Bank which has paid all amounts payable by it
under
this Section 2.3(e) shall have a direct right to repayment of such amounts
from
the Borrowers subject to the procedures for repaying Banks set forth in this
Section 2.3(e) and the provisions of Section 9.8.
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(f) In
the
event the Revolver Commitments are terminated in accordance with the terms
hereof, the Swing Line Commitment shall also be terminated automatically.
In the
event the Borrowers reduce the Revolver Commitment to less than the Swing
Line
Commitment, the Swing Line Commitment shall immediately be reduced to an
amount
equal to the Revolver Commitment. In the event the Borrowers reduce the Revolver
Commitment to less than the outstanding principal amount of the Swing Line
Loans, the Borrowers shall immediately repay the amount by which the outstanding
Swing Line Loans exceeds the Swing Line Commitment as so reduced plus accrued
interest thereon.
(g) At
no
time shall there be more than two outstanding Swing Line Loans. Each Swing
Line
Loan shall be in an original principal amount of $100,000 or a whole multiple
thereof.
(h) The
Borrowers shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay
the
Swing Line Loans, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty (but in
any
event subject to Section 2.18), upon prior written, facsimile or telephonic
notice to the Swing Line Bank given no later than 11:00 a.m., Philadelphia
time, on the date of any proposed prepayment. Each notice of prepayment shall
specify the Swing Line Loan to be prepaid and the amount to be prepaid (which
shall be in the principal amount of $100,000 or in integral amounts of $50,000
in excess thereof) , shall be irrevocable and shall commit the Borrowers
to
prepay such amount on such date, with accrued interest thereon and any amounts
owed under Section 2.18 hereof.
(i) In
addition to making Swing Line Loans pursuant to the foregoing provisions
of this
Section 2.3, without the requirement for a specific request from the Borrowers
pursuant to Section 2.3(b), the Swing Line Bank may make Swing Line Loans
to the
Borrowers in accordance with the provisions of the agreements between the
Borrowers and the Swing Line Bank relating to the Borrowers’ deposit, sweep and
other accounts at the Swing Line Bank and related arrangements and agreements
regarding the management and investment of the Borrowers’ cash assets as in
effect from time to time (the “Cash
Management Agreements”)
to the
extent of the daily aggregate net negative balance in the Borrowers’ accounts
which are subject to the provisions of the Cash Management Agreements. Swing
Line Loans made pursuant to this Section 2.3(i) in accordance with the
provisions of the Cash Management Agreements shall (i) be subject to the
limitations as to aggregate amount set forth in Section 2.3(a), (ii) not
be
subject to the limitations as to number or individual amount set forth in
Sections 2.3(g) or the repayment provisions of Section 2.3(d), (iii) be payable
by the Borrowers, both as to principal and interest, at the times set forth
in
the Cash Management Agreements (but in no event later than the Revolver
Termination Date), (iv) not be made at any time after the Swing Line Bank
has
notice of the occurrence of a Default or Event of Default, (v) if not repaid
by
the Borrowers in accordance with the provisions of the Cash Management
Agreements, be subject to each Bank’s obligation to purchase participating
interests therein pursuant to Section 2.3(e), and (vi) except as provided
in the
foregoing subsections (i) through (v), be subject to all of the terms and
conditions of this Section 2.3.
2.4 Conversion
and Continuation Options
.
The
Borrowers shall have the right at any time upon prior irrevocable notice
to the
Agent (i) not later than 10:00 a.m., Philadelphia time, one Business Day
prior to conversion, to convert any LIBOR Loan to a Base Rate Loan and (ii)
not
later than 10:00 a.m., Philadelphia time, three Business Days prior to
conversion or continuation to convert any Base Rate Loan
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into
a
LIBOR Loan or continue any LIBOR Loan as a LIBOR Loan for any additional
Interest Period, subject in each case to the following:
(a) a
LIBOR
Loan may not be converted at a time other than the last day of the Interest
Period applicable thereto;
(b) any
portion of a Loan maturing or required to be repaid in less than one month
may
not be converted into or continued as a LIBOR Loan;
(c) no
LIBOR
Loan may be continued as such and no Base Rate Loan may be converted to a
LIBOR
Loan when any Default has occurred and is continuing and the Agent or the
Required Banks have determined that such a continuation is not appropriate;
and
(d) any
portion of a LIBOR Loan that cannot be converted into or continued as a LIBOR
Loan by reason of subsection 2.4(b) or 2.4(c) or as to which the Borrowers
have
failed to give notice of conversion or continuation automatically shall be
converted to a Base Rate Loan on the last day of the Interest Period in effect
for such Loan.
Each
request by the Borrowers to convert or continue a Loan shall constitute a
representation and warranty that no Default shall have occurred and be
continuing. Accrued interest on a Loan (or portion thereof) being converted
shall be paid by the Borrowers at the time of conversion. In connection with
each such conversion or continuation requested by the Borrowers, the Borrowers
shall deliver to the Agent a Notice of Borrowing or shall make such request
by
telephone immediately confirmed in writing, it being understood that the
Agent
may rely on the authority of any individual making such telephonic request
without the necessity of receipt of such written confirmation.
2.5 Nature
of Banks’ Obligations with Respect to Loans
.
Each
Bank shall be obligated to participate in each request for Loans pursuant
to
Section 2.2 in accordance with its pro rata share (based on its Commitment
Percentage) of the applicable Facility. The obligations of each Bank hereunder
are several (and not joint). The failure of any Bank to perform its obligations
hereunder shall not affect the obligations of the Borrowers to any other
party
nor shall any other party be liable for the failure of any Bank to perform
its
obligations hereunder. The Banks shall have no obligation to make Revolving
Loans or Swing Line Loans hereunder on or after the Revolver Termination
Date.
2.6 Notes
(a) The
Revolving Loans made by each Bank shall be evidenced by a promissory note
of the
Borrowers, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1,
with
appropriate insertions as to payee, date and principal amount (each as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, a “Revolver
Note”),
payable to the order of such Bank and in a principal amount equal to the
amount
of the initial Revolver Commitment of such Bank. Each Bank is hereby authorized
to record the date, currency, Type and amount of each Revolving Loan made
by
such Bank, each continuation thereof, each conversion of all or a portion
thereof to another Type, the date and amount of each payment or prepayment
of
principal thereof and, in the case of LIBOR Loans, the length of each Interest
Period with respect thereto, on the schedule
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annexed
to and constituting a part of its Revolver Note, and any such recordation
shall
constitute prima facie
evidence
of the accuracy of the information so recorded in the absence of manifest
error,
provided,
that
the failure of any Bank to make such recordation (or any error in such
recordation) shall not affect the obligations of the Borrowers hereunder
or
under such Revolver Note. Each Revolver Note shall (a) be dated as of the
Effective Date, (b) be stated to mature on the Revolver Termination Date
and (c)
provide for the payment of interest in accordance with Sections 2.9 and
2.10.
(b) The
Swing
Line Loans shall be evidenced by the Swing Line Note, payable to the order
of
the Swing Line Bank and in a principal amount equal to the amount of the
Swing
Line Commitment. The Swing Line Bank is hereby authorized to record the date,
Type and amount of each Swing Line Loan made by such Bank and the date and
amount of each payment or prepayment of principal thereof on the schedule
annexed to and constituting a part of the Swing Line Note, and any such
recordation shall constitute prima facie
evidence
of the accuracy of the information so recorded in the absence of manifest
error,
provided,
that
the failure of the Swing Line Bank to make such recordation (or any error
in
such recordation) shall not affect the obligations of the Borrowers hereunder
or
under the Swing Line Note. The Swing Line Note shall (a) be dated as of the
Effective Date, and (b) be stated to mature on the Revolver Termination
Date.
2.7 Fees
(a) The
Borrowers jointly and severally agree to pay to the Agent for the account
of
each Bank, on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December
during the Revolver Commitment Period and on the date on which the Revolver
Commitments shall be permanently reduced or terminated as provided herein,
a
commitment fee (the “Commitment
Fee”)
at a
rate per annum equal to the applicable Commitment Fee Rate in effect from
time
to time on the average daily amount of the difference between (i) the Revolver
Commitment of such Bank and (ii) the Revolver Exposure of such Bank during
the
preceding quarter (or shorter period commencing with the date hereof or ending
with the Revolver Termination Date or the date on which such or Revolver
Commitments shall be terminated or reduced). All Commitment Fees shall be
computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 360
days
and shall be paid in Dollars. The Commitment Fees due to each Bank shall
commence to accrue on the date hereof, and shall cease to accrue on the Revolver
Termination Date. The Agent shall distribute the applicable Commitment Fees
among the Banks pro rata
in
accordance with their respective Commitment Percentages.
(b) The
Borrowers jointly and severally agree to pay the Agent, for its own account,
administrative and other fees at the times and in the amounts set forth in
the
Commitment Letter.
(c) The
foregoing fees shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds,
to the Agent for distribution, if and as appropriate, among the Banks. Once
paid, none of the foregoing fees shall be refundable under any
circumstances.
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2.8 Letter
of Credit Subfacility
(a) Letter
of Credit Requests and Availability.
In lieu
of the Loans under the Revolver Commitment, the Borrowers may request the
issuance of a letter of credit (each, a “Letter
of Credit”
and,
collectively, the “Letters
of Credit”)
by
delivering to the Issuing Bank a completed Application and agreement for
letters
of credit in such form and with such other certificates, documents and
information as the Issuing Bank may specify from time to time by no later
than
10:00 a.m., Philadelphia time, at least five (5) Business Days, or such shorter
period as may be agreed to by the Issuing Bank, in advance of the proposed
date
of issuance. Each Letter of Credit shall be denominated in Dollars. Subject
to
the terms and conditions hereof and in reliance on the agreements of the
other
applicable Banks set forth in this Section 2.8, the Issuing Bank will issue
one or more Letters of Credit, provided,
that
each Letter of Credit shall (A) have a maximum maturity of twelve (12)
months from the date of issuance, and (B) in no event expire later than
five (5) Business Days prior to the Revolver Termination Date, and provided further,
that in
no event shall (i) the amount of the Letter of Credit Obligations at any
one
time exceed the lesser of (x) $10,000,000, and (y) the aggregate Revolver
Commitments of all the Banks minus
the
aggregate amount of the Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans then outstanding
or
(ii) the sum of the aggregate amount of all Revolving Loans made by a Bank
plus
such Bank’s Commitment Percentage of the amount of Letter of Credit Obligations
and Swing Line Loans then outstanding exceed its Revolver Commitment. The
Issuing Bank shall not at any time be obligated to issue any Letter of Credit
hereunder if such issuance would conflict with, or cause the Issuing Bank
or any
Letter of Credit Participant to exceed any limits imposed by any applicable
Requirement of Law. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection 2.8,
the
Banks and the Borrowers hereby agree that the Issuing Bank may issue upon
the
Borrowers’ request, one or more Letter(s) of Credit which by its or their terms
may be extended for additional periods of up to one year each provided that
(i)
the initial expiration date (or any subsequent expiration date) of each such
Letter of Credit is not later than five (5) Business Days prior to the Revolver
Termination Date, and (ii) renewal of such Letters of Credit, at the Issuing
Bank’s discretion, shall be available upon written request from the Borrowers
to
the Issuing Bank at least thirty (30) days (or such other time period as
agreed
by the Borrowers and the Agent) before the date upon which notice of renewal
is
otherwise required.
(b) Letter
of Credit Fees.
The
Borrowers shall pay in Dollars (i) to the Agent for the ratable account of
the Banks a fee (the “Letter
of Credit Fee”)
computed at the Letter of Credit Fee Rate in effect from time to time and
(ii) to the Agent for the account of the Issuing Bank a fronting fee equal
to 0.125% per annum,
on the
daily average undrawn face amount of outstanding Letters of Credit (computed
in
each case on the basis of the actual number of days such Letters of Credit
are
outstanding in a year of 360 days), which amounts shall be payable quarterly
in
arrears commencing with the last Business Day of each March, June, September
and
December following the issuance of a Letter of Credit and on the Revolver
Termination Date. The Borrowers shall also pay to the Agent in Dollars for
the
sole account of the Issuing Bank, the Issuing Bank’s then in effect customary
fees and administrative expenses payable with respect to the Letters of Credit
as the Issuing Bank may generally charge or incur from time to time in
connection with the issuance, maintenance, modification (if any), assignment
or
transfer (if any), negotiation, and administration of Letters of Credit.
Once
paid, all of the above fees shall be nonrefundable under all circumstances.
The
Agent shall, promptly
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following
its receipt thereof, distribute to the Issuing Bank and the Banks all fees
and
commissions received by the Agent for their respective accounts pursuant
to this
subsection.
(c) Letter
of Credit Participation By Banks.
(i) The
Issuing Bank irrevocably grants to each Letter of Credit Participant, and,
to
induce the Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit hereunder, each Letter
of
Credit Participant irrevocably accepts and purchases from the Issuing Bank,
on
the terms and conditions hereinafter stated, for such Letter of Credit
Participant’s own account and risk, an undivided interest equal to such Letter
of Credit Participant’s Commitment Percentage in the Issuing Bank’s obligations
and rights under each Letter of Credit issued by the Issuing Bank hereunder
and
the amount of each draft paid by the Issuing Bank thereunder. Each Letter
of
Credit Participant unconditionally and irrevocably agrees with the Issuing
Bank
that, if a draft is paid under any Letter of Credit issued by the Issuing
Bank
for which the Issuing Bank is not reimbursed in full by the Borrowers in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such Letter of Credit Participant
shall pay to the Issuing Bank upon demand at the Issuing Bank’s address for
notices specified herein an amount equal to such Letter of Credit Participant’s
Commitment Percentage of the amount of such draft or any part thereof, which
is
not so reimbursed. Any action taken or omitted by the Issuing Bank under
or in
connection with a Letter of Credit, if taken or omitted in the absence of
gross
negligence or willful misconduct, shall not create for the Issuing Bank any
resulting liability to any Bank.
(ii) If
any
amount required to be paid by any Letter of Credit Participant to the Issuing
Bank pursuant to subsection 2.8(c)(i) in respect of any unreimbursed portion
of
any payment made by the Issuing Bank under any Letter of Credit is not paid
to
the Issuing Bank on the date such payment is due from such Letter of Credit
Participant, such Letter of Credit Participant shall pay to the Issuing Bank
on
demand an amount equal to the product of (x) such amount, times (y) the daily
average Federal Funds Effective Rate, as quoted by the Issuing Bank, during
the
period from and including the date such payment is required to the date on
which
such payment is immediately available to the Issuing Bank, times (z) a fraction
the numerator of which is the number of days that elapse during such period
and
the denominator of which is 360. A certificate of the Issuing Bank submitted
to
any Letter of Credit Participant with respect to any amounts owing under
this
subsection shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
(iii) Whenever,
at any time after the Issuing Bank has made payment under any Letter of Credit
and has received from any Letter of Credit Participant its pro rata
share of
such payment in accordance with subsection 2.8(c)(i), the Issuing Bank receives
any payment related to such Letter of Credit (whether directly from the
Borrowers or otherwise, including by way of set-off or proceeds of collateral
applied thereto by the Issuing Bank), or any payment of interest on account
thereof, the Issuing Bank will distribute to such Letter of Credit Participant
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its
pro rata
share
thereof; provided,
however,
that in
the event that any such payment received by the Issuing Bank shall be required
to be returned by the Issuing Bank, such Letter of Credit Participant shall
return to the Issuing Bank the portion thereof previously distributed by
the
Issuing Bank to it.
(d) Borrowers’
Reimbursement Obligation.
(i) Each
Borrower jointly and severally agrees to reimburse the Issuing Bank in respect
of a Letter of Credit on each date on which a draft presented under such
Letter
of Credit is paid by the Issuing Bank for the amount of (i) such draft so
paid
and (ii) any taxes, fees, charges or other costs or expenses incurred by
the Issuing Bank in connection with such payment. Each such payment shall
be
made to the Issuing Bank at its Principal Office in Dollars and in immediately
available funds.
(ii) Interest
shall be payable on any and all amounts remaining unpaid by the Borrowers
under
this subsection from the date such amounts become payable until payment in
full
(A) for the first three days at the per annum rate equal to the Base Rate
and
(B) thereafter, at the per annum rate equal to the Base Rate plus 2.0%, and
shall be payable on demand by the Issuing Bank.
(iii) Obligations
Absolute.
The
obligations of the Borrowers under this subsection 2.8 shall be joint and
several. The Borrowers (jointly and severally) and the Banks agree with the
Issuing Bank that the Issuing Bank shall not be responsible for, and the
Borrowers’ Reimbursement Obligations under subsection 2.8(d)(i) and the Banks’
obligations under Section 2.8(c) shall be absolute, unconditional and
irrevocable under all circumstances, and shall not be affected by, among
other
things (1) the form of, any lack of power or authority of any signer of or
the lack of, validity, enforceability, sufficiency, accuracy or genuineness
of
any document submitted by any party in connection with any Letter of Credit
otherwise complying with the terms of the Letter of Credit, or any fraud
or
alleged fraud in connection with any Letter of Credit or any obligation
underlying any Letter of Credit, in each case, even if the Issuing Bank shall
have been notified thereof except if and to the extent the Issuing Bank is
directed by a court order not to honor the draw in connection with which
any
such document has been submitted, (2) the validity or sufficiency of any
instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign
any
such Letter of Credit (but only to the extent such Letter of Credit is
transferable) 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,
(3) any
claim of the Borrowers against any beneficiary of such Letter of Credit,
or any
other party to which such Letter of Credit may be transferred (but only to
the
extent such Letter of Credit is transferable) except where such claim is
the
result of the failure to comply fully with any conditions required in order
to
draw upon such Letter of Credit, (4) any dispute between or among any Borrower
and any beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or any other party to which such
Letter of Credit may be transferred, (5) any claims whatsoever of any Borrower
against any beneficiary of such Letter of Credit or any such transferee,
(6) any
error, omission, interruption or delay in transmission, dispatch or delivery
of
any message or advice, however transmitted, in connection with any Letter
of
Credit, (7) any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document
required in order to make a drawing under any such Letter of Credit or of
the
proceeds thereof except where such loss or delay is the result of the failure
to
comply fully with the terms of the
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Letter
of
Credit, (8) errors in interpretation of technical terms, (9) the misapplication
by the beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit of the proceeds of any drawing
under such Letter of Credit, (10) any act or omission (including the failure
to
honor a presentation complying with the terms of such Letter of Credit as
a
result of Governmental Acts or otherwise) by the Issuing Bank in connection
with
a Letter of Credit, (11) any consequences arising from causes beyond the
control of the Issuing Bank, including any Governmental Acts, (12) any set-off,
counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which any Bank may have
against
the Issuing Bank, the Borrowers or any other Person for any reason whatsoever,
(13) the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right which the
Borrowers or any Bank may have at any time against a beneficiary or any
transferee of any Letter of Credit (or any Persons for whom any such transferee
may be acting), the Issuing Bank or any Bank or any other Person or, whether
in
connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated herein or any
unrelated transaction (including any underlying transaction between the
Borrowers and the beneficiary for which any Letter of Credit was procured),
(14)
any adverse change in the business, operations, properties, assets, condition
(financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Borrowers, (15) any breach of
this
Agreement or any other Loan Document by any of the Borrowers, (16) the
occurrence or continuance of an insolvency proceeding with respect to the
Borrowers, (17) the fact that an Event of Default or a Default shall have
occurred and be continuing and (18) the fact that the Revolver Termination
Date
shall have passed or this Agreement or the Revolver Commitments hereunder
shall
have been terminated, and none of the above shall affect or impair, or prevent
the vesting of, any of the Issuing Bank’s rights or powers hereunder, provided,
in each case, that a court of competent jurisdiction has not finally determined
that the reliance by the Issuing Bank on any of such documents, instruments
or
acts, or any such action by or omission of the Issuing Bank, constituted
gross
negligence or willful misconduct of the Issuing Bank.
Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Issuing Bank (i) may rely on
any
oral or other communication believed in good faith by the Issuing Bank to
have
been authorized or given by or on behalf of the Borrowers, (ii) may honor
any
presentation if the documents presented appear on their face to comply with
the
terms and conditions of relevant Letter of Credit, (iii) shall not be liable
to
the Borrowers for any consequential, punitive or special damages, or for
any
damages resulting from any change in the value of any property relating to
a
Letter of Credit, (iv) may honor a previously dishonored presentation under
a
Letter of Credit, whether such dishonor was pursuant to a court order, to
settle
or compromise any claim of wrongful dishonor, or otherwise, and shall be
entitled to reimbursement to the same extent as if such presentation had
initially been honored, together with any interest paid by the Issuing Bank,
(v)
may honor any drawing that is payable upon presentation of a statement from
an
advising bank advising negotiation or payment, upon receipt of such statement
(even if such statement indicates that a draft or other document is being
separately delivered), and shall not be liable for any failure of any such
draft
or other document to arrive, or to conform in any way with the relevant Letter
of Credit, and (vi) may pay any paying or negotiating bank claiming that
it
rightfully honored under the laws or practices of the place where such bank
is
located.
(e) Law
Governing Letters of Credit.
(i)
If any
draft shall be presented for payment to the Issuing Bank under any Letter
of
Credit, the Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Company of the date and
amount thereof. The responsibility of the Issuing
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Bank
to
the Borrowers in connection with any draft presented for payment under any
Letter of Credit shall, in addition to any payment obligation expressly provided
for in such Letter of Credit and any other obligation expressly imposed by
the
provisions of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, 1993
Revision, International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 500 (“Publication
500”)
or
such other law as the Borrowers and the Issuing Bank agree shall apply, be
limited to determining that the documents (including each draft) delivered
under
such Letter of Credit in connection with such presentment are in conformity
with
such Letter of Credit.
(ii) Each
Borrower agrees jointly and severally to be bound by the terms of each
Application and the Issuing Bank’s written regulations and customary practices
relating to letters of credit, though such interpretation may be different
from
such Borrower’s own. It is understood and agreed that, except in the case of
gross negligence or willful misconduct, the Issuing Bank and the Agent shall
not
be liable for any error, negligence and/or mistakes, whether of omission
or
commission, in following the Borrowers’ instructions or those contained in the
Letters of Credit or any modifications, amendments or supplements thereto.
To
the extent not otherwise inconsistent with this Agreement, the provisions
of
Publication 500 (or any other law as the Borrowers and the Issuing Bank agree
shall apply) are hereby made a part of this Agreement with respect to the
obligations in connection with each Letter of Credit.
(f) Indemnification
of Issuing Bank and Banks.
(i)
In
addition to amounts payable as provided in Section 9.5, the Borrowers
hereby agree to protect, indemnify, pay and save harmless the Issuing Bank
and
the Banks and each of their respective officers, directors, shareholders
and
employees harmless from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses,
damages, taxes, penalties, interest, judgments, costs and expenses (including
reasonable legal fees and costs, whether of internal or external counsel),
which
may be incurred by or awarded against any of them, and which arise out of
or in
connection with (a) any Letter of Credit, this Section 2.8, or the
preparation for a defense of any investigation, litigation, or proceeding
arising out of or in connection herewith or therewith (and irrespective of
who
may be the prevailing party); (b) any payment or action taken in connection
with
any Letter of Credit, including, without limitation, any action or proceeding
seeking to restrain any drawing under a Letter of Credit or to compel or
restrain any payment or any other action under a Letter of Credit or this
Agreement (and irrespective of who may be the prevailing party); (c) the
enforcement of this Section 2.8 or the collection or sale of any property
or
collateral; and (d) any Governmental Act or other cause beyond the Issuing
Bank’s reasonable control; except, in each case, to the extent such claim,
liability, loss, damage, tax, penalty, interest, judgment, cost or expense
is
found by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted
from the Issuing Bank’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(ii) Each
Bank
shall ratably in accordance with its Commitment Percentage, indemnify the
Issuing Bank, its affiliates and their respective directors, officers, agents
and employees (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrowers) against any
cost,
expense (including reasonable counsel fees and expenses), claim, demand,
action,
loss or liability (except any of the foregoing that results from the
indemnitees’ gross negligence or willful misconduct) that such indemnities may
suffer or incur in connection with this Section 2.8 or any action taken or
omitted by such indemnities hereunder.
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In
furtherance and extension and not in limitation of the specific provisions
set
forth above, any action taken or omitted by the Issuing Bank under or in
connection with the Letters of Credit issued by it or any documents and
certificates delivered thereunder, if taken or omitted in good faith, shall
not
create any liability of the Issuing Bank to the Borrowers or any
Bank.
2.9 Interest
Rates and Payment Dates
.
The
Borrowers shall pay interest in respect of the outstanding unpaid principal
amount of the Revolving Loans as selected by it from the Base Rate or LIBOR
Rate
set forth below applicable thereto, it being understood that, subject to
the
provisions of this Agreement, the Borrowers may select different interest
rates
and different Interest Periods to apply simultaneously to Revolving Loans
comprising different Tranches and may convert to or renew one or more applicable
interest rates with respect to all or any portion of Revolving Loans comprising
any Tranche, provided, that there shall not be at any one time outstanding
more
than ten (10) Tranches in the aggregate (including one Base Rate Tranche
and one
Swing Line Loan Tranche). If at any time the designated rate applicable to
any
Loan made by any Bank exceeds such Bank’s highest lawful rate, the rate of
interest on such Bank’s Loan shall be limited to such Bank’s highest lawful
rate.
(a) Subject
to the provisions of Section 2.10, each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest
(computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of
365
or 366 days, as the case may be) at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate
plus
the Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans.
(b) Subject
to the provisions of Section 2.10, (i)
each
LIBOR Loan shall bear interest at a rate per annum (computed on the basis
of the
actual number of days elapsed over a year of 360 days) equal to the LIBOR
Rate
for the Interest Period in effect for such LIBOR Loan plus the Applicable
Margin
and (ii)
each
Swing Line Loan shall bear interest at the rate provided in Section 2.3;
provided,
however,
if the
Swing Line Loan bears interest at the Daily LIBOR Rate, interest shall be
computed in accordance with clause (i) of this Section 2.9(b).
(c) Interest
on each Revolving Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment
Date
applicable to such Loan; provided,
that
(i) interest accruing on overdue amounts pursuant to Section 2.10 shall be
payable on demand as provided in such Section and (ii) accrued and unpaid
interest on such Loans shall be payable on the Revolver Termination Date.
Interest on each Swing Line Loan shall be payable on the day such Swing Line
Loan becomes due, including the Revolver Termination Date.
(d) As
soon
as practicable the Agent shall notify the Borrowers and the Banks of (i)
each
determination of a LIBOR Rate or Daily LIBOR Rate and (ii) the effective
date
and the amount of each change in the interest rate on a LIBOR Loan, Daily
LIBOR
Loan or Base Rate Loan. Each determination of an interest rate by the Agent,
pursuant to any provision of this Agreement (including this Section 2.9 and
Section 2.10) shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrowers and the Banks
in
the absence of clearly demonstrable error. At the request of the Borrowers,
the
Agent shall deliver to the Borrowers a statement showing the quotations used
by
it in determining any interest rate pursuant to subsections 2.9(a) and
(b).
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2.10 Default
Interest
.
Upon
the occurrence of and during the continuance of an Event of Default under
subsection 7.1(a) or (f), the outstanding principal amount of the Loans and,
to
the extent permitted by law, accrued and unpaid interest thereon and any
other
amount payable hereunder, shall bear interest from the date of such occurrence
at a rate per annum which is equal to two percent (2%) in excess of the Base
Rate (after as well as before judgment). Upon the occurrence of and during
the
continuance of an Event of Default other than under subsection 7.1(a) or
(f),
the outstanding principal amount of the Loans and, to the extent permitted
by
law, accrued and unpaid interest thereon and any other amounts payable
hereunder, shall bear interest from the date that the Agent (at its discretion
if not otherwise directed by the Required Banks or at the direction of the
Required Banks) shall send notice to the Company of the application of the
default rate at a rate per annum which is equal to two percent (2%) in excess
of
the Base Rate (after as well as before judgment).
2.11 Pro
Rata Treatment of Loans and Payments; Commitment Fees
(a) Except
as
required under Section 2.13 or as otherwise provided for Swing Line Loans,
each
borrowing by the Borrowers hereunder, each payment or prepayment of principal
of
the Loans, each payment of interest on such Loans, each payment of Commitment
Fees and Letter of Credit Fees, and each reduction of the Revolver Commitments,
shall be made pro rata
among
the Banks in accordance with their respective Commitment
Percentages.
(b) Except
as
provided in subsection 2.3, each borrowing of a Swing Line Loan, each payment
or
prepayment of principal of a Swing Line Loan, each payment of interest on
the
Swing Line Loans and each reduction of the Swing Line Commitment shall be
for
the sole account of the Swing Line Bank.
(c) Each
Bank
agrees that in computing such Bank’s portion of any borrowing to be made
hereunder, the Agent may, in its discretion, round each Bank’s percentage of
such borrowing to the next higher or lower whole Dollar amount.
2.12 Payments
(a) The
Borrowers shall make each payment (including principal of or interest on
any
borrowing or any fees or other amounts) hereunder not later than
11:00 a.m., Philadelphia time, on the date when due to the Agent at its
offices set forth in Section 9.2 for the ratable accounts of the Banks in
Dollars in immediately available funds. Such payments shall be made without
set-off or counterclaim of any kind. The Agent shall distribute to the Banks,
as
applicable, any payments received by the Agent promptly upon receipt in
immediately available funds. The Agent’s and each Bank’s statement of account,
ledger or other relevant record shall, in the absence of manifest error,
be
conclusive as the statement of the amount of principal of and interest on
the
Loans and other amounts owing under this Agreement.
(b) Whenever
any payment (including principal of or interest on any borrowing or any fees
or
other amounts) hereunder (other than payments on LIBOR Loans) shall become
due,
or otherwise would occur, on a day that is not a Business Day, such payment
may
be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall
in
such case be included in the computation of interest or fees, if applicable.
Whenever any payment (including
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principal
of or interest on any borrowing or any fees or other amounts) hereunder on
a
LIBOR Loan shall become due, or otherwise would occur, on a day that is not
a
Business Day, such payment may be made on the next succeeding Business Day
unless the result of such extension would be to extend such payment into
another
calendar month, in which event such payment shall be made on the immediately
preceding Business Day.
2.13 LIBOR
Rate Unascertainable; Illegality; Increased Costs; Deposits Not
Available
(a) The
Agent
shall have the rights specified in subsection 2.13(c) if on any date on which
a
LIBOR Rate or a Daily LIBOR Rate would otherwise be determined, the Agent
shall
have determined (which determination shall upon notice thereof to the Borrowers
be conclusive and binding on the Borrowers) that:
(i) adequate
and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining such LIBOR Rate or Daily
LIBOR Rate, or
(ii) a
contingency has occurred which materially and adversely affects the secondary
market for negotiable certificates of deposit maintained by dealers of
recognized standing relating to the London interbank LIBOR market relating
to
the LIBOR Rate or the Daily LIBOR Rate.
(b) The
Agent
shall have the rights specified in subsection 2.13(c) if at any time any
Bank
shall have determined (which determination shall upon notice thereof to the
Agent and the Borrowers be conclusive and binding on the Borrowers)
that:
(i) the
making, maintenance or funding of any Loan to which a LIBOR Rate or a Daily
LIBOR Rate applies has been made impracticable or unlawful by compliance
by such
Bank in good faith with any Law or any interpretation or application thereof
by
any Governmental Authority or with any request or directive of any such
Governmental Authority (whether or not having the force of Law), or
(ii) such
LIBOR Rate or Daily LIBOR Rate will not adequately and fairly reflect the
cost
to such Bank of the establishment or maintenance of any such Loan,
or
(iii) after
making all reasonable efforts, deposits of the relevant amount for the relevant
Interest Period for a Loan to which a LIBOR Rate or a Daily LIBOR Rate applies
are not available to such Bank in the London interbank market.
(c) In
the
case of any event specified in subsection 2.13(a) above, the Agent shall
promptly so notify the Banks and the Borrowers thereof, and in the case of
an
event specified in subsection 2.13(b) above, such Bank shall promptly so
notify
the Agent and endorse a certificate to such notice as to the specific
circumstances of such notice, and the Agent shall promptly send copies of
such
notice and certificate to the other Banks and the Borrowers. Upon such date
as
shall be specified in such notice (which shall not be earlier than the date
such
notice is given), the obligation of (A) the Banks, in the case of such
notice given by the Agent, or (B) such Bank, in the case of such notice
given by such Bank, to allow the Borrowers to select a
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Daily
LIBOR Rate, in the case of Swing Line Loans, or select, convert to or renew
a
LIBOR Rate shall be suspended until the Agent shall have later notified the
Borrowers, or such Bank shall have later notified the Agent, of the Agent’s or
such Bank’s, as the case may be, determination that the circumstances giving
rise to such previous determination no longer exist. If at any time the Agent
makes a determination under subsection 2.13(a) and the Borrowers have previously
notified the Agent of their selection of a Daily LIBOR Rate Loan, in the
case of
Swing Line Loans, or their selection, conversion to or renewal of a LIBOR
Rate
and such interest rate has not yet gone into effect, such notification shall
be
deemed to provide for selection of, conversion to or renewal of a Base Rate
Loan
to the extent permitted hereunder. If any Bank notifies the Agent of a
determination under subsection 2.13(b), the Borrowers shall, subject to the
Borrowers’ indemnification obligations under subsection 2.18 as to any Loan of
the Bank to which a LIBOR Rate or a Daily LIBOR Rate applies, on the date
specified in such notice either (i) as applicable, convert such Loan to the
Base Rate, or (ii) prepay such Loan in accordance with Section 2.15.
Absent due notice from the Borrowers of conversion or prepayment, such Loan
shall automatically be converted to the Base Rate upon such specified
date.
2.14 Termination,
Reduction and Increase of Commitments
(a) The
Revolver Commitments and the Swing Line Commitment shall be automatically
terminated on the Revolver Termination Date whereupon all Revolving Loans
and
Swing Line Loans and accrued interest thereon shall become due and payable
in
full.
(b) Upon
at
least five Business Days’ prior irrevocable written (including facsimile) notice
to the Agent, the Borrowers may at any time in whole permanently terminate,
or
from time to time in part permanently reduce, the Revolver Commitments;
provided,
however,
that
each partial reduction of the Revolver Commitments shall be in a minimum
principal amount $3,000,000 or in a whole multiple thereof, and (iii) the
Revolver Commitments may not be reduced or terminated if, after giving effect
thereto and to any prepayments of the Loans made on the effective date thereof
the Revolver Exposure at such time would exceed the aggregate amount of Revolver
Commitments at such time.
(c) Each
reduction in the Revolver Commitments hereunder shall be made ratably among
the
Banks in accordance with their respective Commitment Percentages. The Borrowers
shall pay to the Agent for the account of the Banks on the date of each
termination or reduction of the Revolver Commitments, the Commitment Fees
on the
amount of such Revolver Commitments so terminated or reduced accrued to the
date
of such termination or reduction.
(d) (i)The
Borrowers may at any time and from time to time, subject to the last sentence
hereof, request an increase in the Revolver Commitments by sending a written
notice thereof to all of the Banks and the Agent. Such notice shall specify
the
total amount of the increase requested by the Borrowers (the “Requested
Increase”);
provided that,
(i) the
Requested Increase shall be in an amount equal to at least $5,000,000 and
(ii)
the maximum aggregate increase of the Revolver Commitments shall be $10,000,000.
Upon receipt of such notice from the Borrower, the Agent shall promptly give
notice thereof to the Banks. Each Bank shall respond in writing to the Borrowers
(with a copy simultaneously sent to the Agent), within
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thirty
(30) days of receipt of a Requested Increase (or such shorter period as the
Agent and the Borrowers shall agree), stating the maximum amount, if any,
by
which such Bank is willing to increase its Revolver Commitment (the
“Offered
Amount”).
If
the total of the Offered Amounts for all of the Banks is greater than the
Requested Increase, the Requested Increase shall be allocated amongst the
offering Banks as determined by the Agent or, pro rata
based on
each Bank’s Commitment Percentage as in effect prior to any such increase. If
the total of the Offered Amount for all of the Banks is equal to or less
than
the Requested Increase (x) each Bank’s Revolver Commitment shall increase by its
Offered Amount and (y) the Borrowers may, subject to the consent of the Agent,
offer the difference, if any, to one or more new banks or other financial
institutions (each a “Proposed
New Bank”).
If
the Borrowers request that a Proposed New Bank join this Agreement and provide
a
Revolver Commitment hereunder, the Borrowers shall at least five (5) days
prior
to the date (or such other period as the Agent and the Borrowers shall agree)
on
which such Proposed New Bank proposes to join this Agreement notify the Agent
of
the name of the Proposed New Bank and the amount of its proposed Revolver
Commitment. Upon the consent of the Agent to a Proposed New Bank joining
this
Agreement (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed),
such
Proposed New Bank shall join this Agreement pursuant to the provisions of
subsection 9.6(j), including that its minimum Revolver Commitment be at least
$5,000,000 or such lesser amount as the Agent shall agree.
(ii) Any
Bank
that increases its Revolver Commitment shall execute and deliver an Increased
Commitment and Acceptance prior to the effective date of such increase. Any
Proposed New Bank shall execute and deliver a duly completed New Bank Joinder
to
the Agent at least five (5) days prior to the effective date of such Proposed
New Bank’s joinder hereto. Simultaneously with the execution and delivery of a
New Bank Joinder or an Increased Commitment and Acceptance, the Borrower
shall
deliver a new Revolver Note for the applicable Bank.
(iii) Following
any increase in the Revolver Commitments pursuant to this subsection 2.14(d),
the Agent shall send to the Banks and the Borrowers a revised Schedule I
setting forth each Bank’s new Commitment. Such Schedule shall replace the
existing Schedule I if no Bank objects thereto within ten (10) days of its
receipt thereof.
(iv) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this subsection 2.14(d), (x) the Borrowers may
not
request an increase in the Revolver Commitments if at the time of such request
a
Default or Event of Default shall exist and (y) no increase in the Revolver
Commitments (including by way of the addition of a Proposed New Bank) shall
become effective if on the date that such increase would become effective,
a
Default or Event of Default shall then exist or occur as a result
thereof.
2.15 Prepayment
of Loans
(a) The
Borrowers shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay
Loans, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty (but in any event
subject
to subsection 2.18), upon prior written, telecopy or telephonic notice to
the
Agent given, in the case of Base Rate Loans, no later than 11:00 am.,
Philadelphia time, one Business Day before any proposed prepayment, and in
the
case of LIBOR Loans, no later than 11:00 a.m., Philadelphia time, three Business
Days before any such proposed prepayment. In each case the
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notice
shall specify the date, amount of each such prepayment, whether the prepayment
is of LIBOR Loans or Base Rate Loans, or a combination thereof, and, if a
combination thereof, the amount allocable to each; provided,
however,
that
each such partial prepayment shall be in the principal amount of at least
(i) with respect to prepayments of Base Rate Loans, $1,000,000 or in whole
multiples of $100,000 in excess thereof, and (ii) with respect to
prepayments of Loans that bear interest at the LIBOR Rate, $1,000,000 or
in
whole multiples of $500,000 in excess thereof.
(b) On
the
date of any termination or reduction of the Revolver Commitments pursuant
to
Section 2.14, the Borrowers shall pay or prepay so much of the Loans as shall
be
necessary in order that the aggregate Revolver Exposure at such time would
not
exceed the aggregate amount of the Revolver Commitments at such
time.
(c) All
prepayment notices shall be irrevocable. The principal amount of the Loans
for
which a prepayment notice is given, together with interest on such principal
amount except with respect to Base Rate Loans and all fees, costs and expenses
payable in connection therewith, shall be due and payable on the date specified
in such prepayment notice as the date on which the proposed prepayment is
to be
made. If the Borrowers prepay a Revolver Loan, all outstanding Swing Line
Loans
shall (unless the Swing Line Bank shall otherwise agree) first be repaid
from
the proceeds thereof. If the Borrowers fail to specify the applicable Tranche
which the Borrowers are prepaying, the prepayment shall, subject to the
immediately prior sentence, be applied first to Base Rate Loans and then
to
LIBOR Loans, with payments applied to LIBOR Loans being applied in order
of next
maturing Interest Periods. Any prepayment hereunder shall be subject to the
Borrowers’ obligation to indemnify the Banks under
Section 2.18.
(d) Upon
receipt of any notice of prepayment, the Agent shall promptly notify each
Bank
thereof.
(e) Amounts
prepaid pursuant to this Section (other than subsection (b) hereof) may be
reborrowed, subject to the terms and conditions hereof.
2.16 Requirements
of Law
(a) In
the
event that any change in any Requirement of Law or in the interpretation,
or
application thereof or compliance by any Bank with any request or directive
(whether or not having the force of law) from any central bank or other
Governmental Authority made subsequent to the date hereof:
(i) shall
subject any Bank to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this
Agreement, any Note, any Letter of Credit, any Application or any LIBOR Loan
made by it or payments by the Borrowers of principal, interest, fees or other
amounts due from the Borrowers hereunder, or change the basis of taxation
of
payments to such Bank in respect thereof (except for taxes covered by Section
2.17 and changes in the rate of tax on the net income of such
Bank);
(ii) shall
impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory
loan
or similar requirement against assets held by, deposits or other liabilities
in
or for the account of, advances, loans, letters of credit or other extensions
of
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credit
by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any Bank or any Lending Office
of any
Bank which is not otherwise included in the determination of the interest
rate
on such LIBOR Loan hereunder; or
(iii) shall
impose on any Bank or any Lending Office of any Bank any other
condition;
and
the
result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Bank or its
Lending Office, by an amount which such Bank deems in its sole but reasonable
discretion to be material, of making, converting into, continuing or maintaining
LIBOR Loans, maintaining any commitment hereunder or issuing or participating
in
Letters of Credit or to reduce any amount receivable hereunder in respect
thereof then, in any such case, the Borrowers shall as promptly as practicable
pay such Bank, upon its demand, any additional amounts necessary to compensate
such Bank for such increased cost or reduced amount receivable. If any Bank
becomes entitled to claim any additional amounts pursuant to this subsection,
it
shall as promptly as practicable notify the Company, through the Agent, of
the
event by reason of which it has become so entitled. A certificate as to any
additional amounts payable pursuant to this subsection submitted by such
Bank,
through the Agent, to the Company shall be conclusive in the absence of clearly
demonstrable error. This covenant shall survive the termination of this
Agreement and the payment of the Notes and all other amounts payable
hereunder.
(b) In
the
event that any Bank shall have determined that any change in any Requirement
of
Law regarding capital adequacy or in the interpretation or application thereof
or compliance by such Bank or any corporation controlling such Bank with
any
request or directive regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the
force
of law) from any Governmental Authority made subsequent to the date hereof
does
or shall have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Bank’s or such
corporation’s capital as a consequence of its obligations hereunder or under any
Letter of Credit to a level below that which such Bank or such corporation
could
have achieved but for such change or compliance (taking into consideration
such
Bank’s or such corporation’s policies with respect to capital adequacy) by an
amount deemed by such Bank to be material, then from time to time, the Borrowers
shall as promptly as practicable pay such Bank, upon its demand, such additional
amount or amounts as will compensate such Bank for such reduction. If any
Bank
becomes entitled to claim any additional amounts pursuant to this subsection,
it
shall as promptly as practicable notify the Company, through the Agent, of
the
event by reason of which it has become so entitled. A certificate as to any
additional amounts payable pursuant to this subsection submitted by such
Bank,
through the Agent, to the Company shall be conclusive in the absence of clearly
demonstrable error. This covenant shall survive the termination of this
Agreement and the payment of the Notes and all other amounts payable
hereunder.
(c) Each
Bank
agrees that it will use reasonable efforts in order to avoid or to minimize,
as
the case may be, the payment by the Borrowers of any additional amount under
subsections 2.16(a) or (b); provided,
however,
that no
Bank shall be obligated to incur any expense, cost or other amount in connection
with utilizing such reasonable efforts.
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2.17 Taxes
(i) All
payments made by the Borrowers under this Agreement and the Notes shall be
made
free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account
of,
any present or future income, stamp or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties,
charges, fees, deductions or withholdings, now or hereafter imposed, levied,
collected, withheld or assessed by any Governmental Authority (excluding,
in the
case of the Agent and each Bank, net income taxes and franchise or gross
receipts taxes imposed on the Agent or such Bank, as the case may be, as
a
result of a present or former connection between the jurisdiction of the
government or taxing authority imposing such tax and the Agent or such Bank
(excluding a connection arising solely from the Agent or such Bank having
executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received a payment under,
or
enforced, this Agreement or the Notes)) (all such non-excluded taxes, levies,
imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions and withholdings being hereinafter
called “Taxes”).
If
any Taxes are required to be withheld from any amounts payable to the Agent
or
any Bank hereunder or under the Notes, the amounts so payable to the Agent
or
such Bank shall be increased to the extent necessary to yield to the Agent
or
such Bank (after payment of all Taxes) interest or any such other amounts
payable hereunder at the rates or in the amounts specified in this Agreement
and
the Notes. Whenever any Taxes are payable by the Borrowers, as promptly as
possible thereafter, the Borrowers shall send to the Agent for its own account
or for the account of such Bank, as the case may be, a certified copy of
an
original official receipt received by the Borrowers showing payment thereof.
If
the Borrowers fail to pay any Taxes when due to the appropriate taxing authority
or fail to remit to the Agent the required receipts or other required
documentary evidence, the Borrowers shall indemnify (subject to subsections
2.17(c) below) the Agent and the Banks for any incremental taxes, interest
or
penalties that may become payable by the Agent or any Bank as a result of
any
such failure. The agreements in this subsection shall survive the termination
of
this Agreement and the payment of the Notes and all other amounts payable
hereunder.
(ii) Each
Bank
that is not incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or
a
state thereof agrees that it will deliver to the Borrowers and the Agent
on or
prior to the Effective Date in the case of each initial Bank and on or prior
to
the effective date of the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it
becomes
a Bank in the case of each other Bank (i) two duly completed copies of United
States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or W-8BEN or successor applicable
form, as the case may be, and (ii) an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8 or
W-9
or successor applicable form. Each such Bank also agrees to deliver to the
Borrowers and the Agent two further copies of the said Form W-8ECI or W-BEN
and
Form W-8 or W-9, or successor applicable forms or other manner of certification,
as the case may be, on or before the date that any such form expires or becomes
obsolete or after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most
recent form previously delivered by it to the Borrowers, and such extensions
or
renewals thereof as may reasonably be requested by the Borrowers or the Agent,
unless in any such case an event (including, without limitation, any change
in
treaty, law or regulation) has occurred prior to the date on which any such
delivery would otherwise be required which renders all such forms inapplicable
or which would prevent such Bank from duly completing and delivering any
such
form with respect to it and such Bank so advises the Borrower and the Agent.
Each such Bank shall certify (i) in the case of a Form W-8ECI or W-BEN, that
it
is entitled to receive payments under this Agreement without deduction or
withholding of any United States federal income taxes and (ii) in the case
of a
Form
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W-8
or
W-9 or successor applicable form, that it is entitled to an exemption from
United States backup withholding tax. If any form provided by a Bank at the
time
such Bank first becomes a party to this Agreement indicates a United States
interest withholding tax rate in excess of zero, withholding tax at such
rate
shall be considered excluded from “Taxes” as defined in subsection 2.9(a). In
the event that any Bank receives a refund of any Taxes for which it has received
payment from the Borrowers under this Section 2.17, such Bank shall promptly
pay
the amount of such refund to the Borrowers without interest.
(iii) Notwithstanding
the foregoing subsections of this Section 2.17, the Borrowers shall not be
required to pay any additional amounts to any Bank in respect of United States
withholding tax pursuant to such subsections if (i) the obligation to pay
such
additional amounts would not have arisen but for a failure by such Bank to
comply with the requirements of subsection 2.17(b) or (ii) such Bank shall
not have furnished the Borrowers with such forms listed in subsection 2.17(b)
and shall not have taken such other steps as reasonably may be available
to it
under applicable tax laws and any applicable tax treaty or convention to
obtain
an exemption from, or reduction (to the lowest applicable rate) of, such
United
States withholding tax.
2.18 Indemnity
(a) The
Borrowers jointly and severally agree to indemnify each Bank and to hold
each
Bank harmless from any loss or expense, including, without limitation,
reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses which such Bank may sustain or incur as
a consequence of (i) default
by the Borrowers in payment when due of the principal amount of or interest
on
any LIBOR Loan or Swing Line Loan, (ii) default
by the Borrowers in making a borrowing of, conversion into or continuation
of
LIBOR Loans or Swing Line Loans after the Borrowers have given a notice
requesting the same in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement,
(iii)
default
by the Borrowers in making any prepayment after the Borrowers have given
a
notice thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or
(iv) the
making of a prepayment (whether voluntary, mandatory, as a result of
acceleration or otherwise) of LIBOR Loans or Swing Line Loans on a day which
is
not the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto (or, in the case
of
a Swing Line Loan on the date such Swing Line Loan is due), including, without
limitation, in each case, any such loss or expense arising from the reemployment
of funds obtained by it or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from
which such funds were obtained. A certificate as to any amounts that a Bank
is
entitled to receive under this Section 2.18 submitted by such Bank, through
the
Agent, to the Company shall be conclusive in the absence of clearly demonstrable
error and all such amounts shall be paid by the Borrowers promptly upon demand
by such Bank. This covenant shall survive the termination of this Agreement
and
the payment of the Notes and all other amounts payable hereunder.
(b) For
the
purpose of calculation of all amounts payable to a Bank under this subsection,
each Bank shall be deemed to have actually funded its relevant LIBOR Loan
or
Swing Line Loan through the purchase of a deposit bearing interest at the
LIBOR
Rate in an amount equal to the amount of that LIBOR Loan or Swing Line Loan,
as
the case may be, and having a maturity comparable to the relevant Interest
Period or applicable period for such Swing Line Loan; provided,
however,
that
each Bank may fund each of its LIBOR Loans, and the Swing Line Bank may fund
its
Swing Line Loans, in any manner it sees fit, and the foregoing
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assumptions
shall be utilized only for the calculation of amounts payable under this
subsection. This covenant shall survive the termination of this Agreement
and
the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
2.19 Intentionally
Omitted
2.20 Borrowers’
Representative
.
Each of
the Borrowers hereby appoints the Company as its non-exclusive representative,
and grants to the Company an irrevocable power of attorney to act as its
attorney-in-fact, with regard to all matters relating to this Agreement and
each
of the other Loan Documents, including, without limitation, execution and
delivery of any Notice of Borrowing, and amendments, supplements, waivers
or
other modifications hereto or thereto, receipt of any notices hereunder or
thereunder and receipt of service of process in connection herewith or therewith
and making all elections as to interest rates and interest payment dates.
(In
such capacity, the Company is herein referred to as the “Borrowers’
Representative.”) The Agent and the Banks shall be entitled to rely exclusively
on the Borrowers’ Representative’s authority so to act in each instance without
inquiry or investigation, and each of the Borrowers hereby agrees to indemnify
and hold harmless the Agent and the Banks for any losses, costs, delays,
errors,
claims, penalties or charges arising from or out of the Borrowers’
Representative’s actions pursuant to this Section 2.20 and the Agent’s and the
Banks’ reliance thereon and hereon. Notice from the Borrowers’ Representative
shall be deemed to be notice from all of the Borrowers and notice to the
Borrowers’ Representative shall be deemed to be notice to all of the Borrowers.
Nothing in this Section 2.20 shall vitiate or be held contrary to the Borrowers’
representations and covenants regarding the Loans or the net worth or solvency
of the Borrowers made herein or in any of the Loan Documents.
SECTION
3. REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
To
induce
the Agent and the Banks to enter into this Agreement and to make the Loans
and
issue or participate in the Letters of Credit, each of the Borrowers hereby
represents and warrants to the Agent and each Bank that:
3.1 Financial
Condition
(a) The
consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries
as
at December 25, 2004 and the related consolidated statements of income and
of
cash flows for the period ended on such date, copies of which have heretofore
been furnished to each Bank, present fairly the consolidated financial condition
of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at such date, and the
consolidated results of their operations and their consolidated cash flows
for
the period then ended. All such financial statements, including the related
schedules and notes thereto, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied
consistently throughout the periods involved. Neither the Company nor any
of its
consolidated Subsidiaries had, at the date of the most recent balance sheet
referred to above, any material Guaranty Obligation, liability for taxes,
or any
long-term lease or unusual forward or long-term commitment, including, without
limitation, any interest rate or foreign currency swap or exchange transaction,
which is required by GAAP to be but is not reflected in the foregoing statements
or in the notes thereto.
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(b) The
unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated
Subsidiaries as at June 25, 2005 and the related unaudited consolidated
statements of income and of cash flows for the six-month period ended on
such
date, certified by a Responsible Officer, copies of which have heretofore
been
furnished to each Bank, are complete and correct and present fairly the
consolidated financial condition of the Company and its consolidated
Subsidiaries as at such date, and the consolidated results of their operations
and their consolidated cash flows for the nine-month period then ended (subject
to normal year-end audit adjustments). All such financial statements, including
the related schedules and notes thereto, have been prepared in accordance
with
GAAP applied consistently throughout the periods involved. Neither the Company
nor any of its consolidated Subsidiaries had, at the date of the balance
sheet
referred to above, any material Guaranty Obligation, liability for taxes,
or any
long-term lease or unusual forward or long-term commitment, including, without
limitation, any interest rate or foreign currency swap or exchange transaction,
which is required by GAAP to be but is not reflected in the foregoing statements
or in the notes thereto.
3.2 No
Change
.
Except
as provided on Schedule 3.2, since December 25, 2004, there has been no
development or event nor any prospective development or event which has had
or
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
3.3 Corporate
Existence; Compliance with Law
.
Each of
the Borrowers and its Subsidiaries (a) is duly organized, validly existing
and
in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization,
(b) has
the corporate or other power and authority, and the legal right, to own and
operate its property, to lease the property it operates as lessee and to
conduct
the business in which it is currently engaged, (c) is duly qualified to transact
business and in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where its
ownership, lease or operation of property or the conduct of its business
requires such qualification, and (d) is in compliance with all Requirements
of
Law, in each case, except to the extent that its failure to have such power,
authority or legal right, to qualify to do business, or to comply therewith
could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
3.4 Corporate
Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations
.
Each of
the Borrowers has the corporate or other power, authority, and legal right
to
make, deliver and perform this Agreement, the Applications and each other
Loan
Document to which it is a party and to borrow hereunder and has taken all
necessary corporate or other action to authorize the Extensions of Credit
on the
terms and conditions of this Agreement and each other Loan Document to which
it
is a party and to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and each other Loan Document to which it is a party. No consent
or
authorization of, filing with or other act by or in respect of, any Governmental
Authority or any other Person (including stockholders and creditors of the
Borrowers) is required in connection with the Extensions of Credit hereunder
or
with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of
this
Agreement, the Notes, the Applications or any other Loan Document. This
Agreement has been and each other Loan Document to which it is a party will
be,
duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Borrower. This Agreement
constitutes and each other Loan Document when executed and delivered will
constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrowers party
thereto
enforceable against such Borrowers in accordance with their respective terms,
except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, fraudulent transfer, moratorium or similar laws affecting
the
enforcement of
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creditors’
rights generally and by general equitable principles (whether enforcement
is
sought by proceedings in equity or at law).
3.5 No
Legal Bar
.
The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Notes, the
Applications and the other Loan Documents by the Borrowers, the Extensions
of
Credit extended hereunder and the use of the proceeds thereof will not violate
any Requirement of Law or Contractual Obligation of any Borrower and will
not
result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any Lien on any properties
or revenues of any Borrower pursuant to any such Requirement of Law or
Contractual Obligation.
3.6 No
Material Litigation
.
Except
as provided on Schedule 3.2, no litigation, investigation or proceeding of
or
before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority is pending or, to the knowledge
of the Borrowers, threatened against any Borrower or against any of its or
their
respective properties or revenues (a) with respect to this Agreement, the
Notes,
the other Loan Documents or any of the transactions contemplated hereby,
or
(b) as to which there is a reasonable likelihood of an adverse
determination and which, if adversely determined, would have a Material Adverse
Effect.
3.7 No
Default
.
Neither
the Company nor any other Borrower is in default under or with respect to
any of
its Contractual Obligations in any respect which would have a Material Adverse
Effect. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing.
3.8 Taxes
.
Each of
the Borrowers has filed or caused to be filed all tax returns which, to its
knowledge, are required to be filed and has paid all taxes shown to be due
and
payable on said returns or on any assessments made against it or any of its
property and all other taxes, fees or other charges imposed on it or any
of its
property by any Governmental Authority (other than any the amount or validity
of
which are currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
and
with respect to which reserves, if any, in conformity with GAAP have been
provided on the books of the Borrowers); no tax Lien has been filed against
any
of the Borrowers, and, to the knowledge of each of the Borrowers, no claim
is
being asserted, with respect to any such tax, fee or other charges.
3.9 Federal
Regulations
.
No part
of the proceeds of any Loans will be used for “purchasing” or “carrying” any
“margin stock” within the respective meanings of each of the quoted terms under
Regulation U or for any purpose which violates the provisions of
Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. If
requested by any Bank or the Agent, the Borrowers will furnish to the Agent
and
each Bank a statement to the foregoing effect in conformity with the
requirements of FR Form U-l referred to in said Regulation U. No part of
the
proceeds of the Loans hereunder will be used for any purpose which violates,
or
which is inconsistent with, the provisions of Regulation X.
3.10 ERISA
.
Each
Plan (such representations in respect of any Multiemployer Plan being made
to
the best knowledge of each Borrower) has complied in all material respects
with
the applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code. No prohibited transaction
(as
defined in subsection 7.1(k)) or Reportable Event (other than the Reportable
Event resulting from the Amendment to the Company’s defined benefit pension
Plan, effective March 26, 2005, pursuant to which the Company ceased the
accrual
of benefits under such Plan) has occurred during the
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five-year
period prior to the date on which this representation is made or deemed made
with respect to any Single Employer Plan. The present value of all accrued
benefits under each Single Employer Plan of which any Borrower or a Commonly
Controlled Entity is a sponsor (based on those assumptions used to fund the
Plans), as calculated by such Borrower’s actuaries, did not, as of
January 1, 2001, exceed the value of the assets of the Plans allocable to
such benefits. Neither any Borrower nor any Commonly Controlled Entity has
had a
complete or partial withdrawal from any Multiemployer Plan and neither any
Borrower nor any Commonly Controlled Entity would become subject under ERISA
to
any liability if any Borrower or any such Commonly Controlled Entity were
to
withdraw completely from any Multiemployer Plan as of the valuation date
most
closely preceding the date this representation is made or deemed made. Such
Multiemployer Plans are neither in Reorganization as defined in Section 4241
of
ERISA nor Insolvent as defined in Section 4245 of ERISA. Neither any Borrower
nor any Commonly Controlled Entity has any or has received notice of any
liability under the Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Act of 1992. Neither
a
Reportable Event nor an “accumulated funding deficiency” within the meaning of
Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA has occurred during the
five-year period prior to the date on which this representation is made or
deemed made with respect to any Single Employer Plan or Multiemployer Plan.
No
termination of a Single Employer Plan has occurred, and no Lien on assets
of any
of the Borrowers or any Commonly Controlled Entity in favor of the PBGC or
a
Plan has arisen during such five-year period.
3.11 Investment
Company Act
.
None of
the Borrowers is an “investment company”, or a company “controlled” by an
“investment company”, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended.
3.12 Public
Utility Holding Company Act
.
No
Borrower is subject to regulation as a “holding company”, subject to regulation
as an “affiliate” of a “holding company”, or subject to regulation as a
“subsidiary company” of a “holding company”, in each case under the Public
Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended.
3.13 Environmental
Matters
.
Except
to the extent that all of the following would not reasonably be expected
to have
a Material Adverse Effect:
(a) The
Properties do not contain, and have not previously contained, in, on, or
under,
including, without limitation, the soil and groundwater thereunder, any
Materials of Environmental Concern in amounts or concentrations that constitute
or constituted a violation of, and reasonably could give rise to liability
to
the Borrowers under Environmental Laws.
(b) The
Properties and all operations and facilities at the Properties are in
substantial compliance, and have in the last five years been in substantial
compliance with all Environmental Laws, and there is no contamination at,
under
or about the Properties or violation of any Environmental Law with respect
to
the Properties or the business operated by any Borrower thereof which could
interfere with the continued operation of any of the Properties or impair
the
fair saleable value of any thereof. None of the Borrowers has assumed any
liability of any Person under Environmental Laws.
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(c) Neither
the Company nor any other Borrower nor any of their Subsidiaries has received
or
is aware of any claim, notice of violation, alleged violation, non-compliance,
investigation or advisory action or potential liability regarding environmental
matters or compliance of Environmental Law with regard to the Properties
which
has not been satisfactorily resolved by the Company or such other Borrower,
nor
is the Company nor any other Borrower aware or have reason to believe that
any
such action is being contemplated, considered or threatened.
(d) Materials
of Environmental Concern have not been generated, treated, stored, transported,
disposed of, at, on, from or under any of the Properties by any of the
Borrowers, nor have any Materials of Environmental Concern been transferred
by
any of the Borrowers from the Properties to any other location except in
either
case in the ordinary course of business of the Borrowers in substantial
compliance with all Environmental Laws and such that it would not reasonably
be
expected to give rise to liability to the Borrowers under any applicable
Environmental Law.
(e) There
are
no governmental, administrative actions or judicial proceedings pending or,
to
the best knowledge of each Borrower after reasonable inquiry, contemplated
or
threatened under any Environmental Laws to which the Company is or will be
named
as a party with respect to the Properties, nor are there any consent decrees
or
other decrees, consent orders, administrative orders or other orders, or
other
administrative or judicial requirements outstanding under any Environmental
Law
with respect to any of the Properties to the best knowledge of each Borrower
after reasonable inquiry.
(f) There
has
been no release or threat of release of Materials of Environmental Concern
at or
from the Properties, or arising from or related to the operation of the
Borrowers in connection with the Properties or otherwise in connection with
the
business operated by the Borrowers in violation of or in amounts or in a
manner
that could reasonably be expected to give rise to liability to the Borrowers
under any Environmental Law.
(g) To
the
best knowledge of the Borrowers after reasonable inquiry, each of the
representations and warranties set forth in paragraphs 3.13(a) through 3.13(f)
is true and correct with respect to each Property.
3.14 No
Material Misstatements
.
No
financial statement, exhibit or schedule furnished by or on behalf of any
Borrower to the Agent or any Bank in connection with the negotiation of this
Agreement, any Note or any other Loan Document contains any misstatement
of
fact, or omitted or omits to state any fact necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading under the circumstances under which they were made
or
given, where such misstatement or omission would be material to the interests
of
the Banks with respect to the performance of one or more Borrowers of its
or
their obligations hereunder or thereunder. Prior to the date hereof, the
Borrowers have disclosed to the Banks in writing any and all facts which
materially and adversely affect (to the extent the Borrowers can as of the
date
hereof reasonably foresee), the business, operations or financial condition
of
the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, and the ability of the
Borrowers to perform their obligations under this Agreement, the Notes and
the
other Loan Documents.
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3.15 Title
to Properties
.
The
Borrowers have good and marketable title to or valid leasehold interest in
all
material properties, assets and other rights which they purport to own or
lease,
respectively, or which are reflected as owned or leased on their respective
books and records, free and clear of all Liens and encumbrances except Permitted
Liens, and subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable leases,
except
for minor defects in title that do not interfere in any material respect
with
their ability to conduct their businesses as presently conducted. All leases
of
property are in full force and effect without the necessity for any consent
(which has not previously been obtained) upon consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby unless the failure to obtain or maintain such consent
would
not have a Material Adverse Effect.
3.16 Intellectual
Property
.
Each of
the Borrowers owns, or is licensed to use, all trademarks, tradenames,
copyrights, technology, know-how and processes necessary for the conduct
of its
business as currently conducted (the “Intellectual Property”), except for those
as to which the failure to own or license would not reasonably be expected
to
have a Material Adverse Effect. No claim has been asserted and is pending
by any
Person challenging or questioning the use of any such Intellectual Property,
nor
does such Borrower know of any valid basis for any such claim. The use of
such
Intellectual Property by the Borrowers does not infringe the rights of any
Person, except for such claims and infringements that, in the aggregate,
could
not have a Material Adverse Effect.
3.17 No
Burdensome Restrictions; List of Subsidiaries
.
No
Requirement of Law or Contractual Obligation of any of the Borrowers could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. All of the direct
or
indirect Subsidiaries of the Company are Borrowers under this
Agreement.
3.18 Solvency
.
Each of
the Borrowers is, and after receipt and application of the initial Loans
hereunder will be, solvent such that: (a) the fair value of its assets
(including without limitation the fair salable value of the goodwill and
other
intangible property of such Borrower) is greater than the total amount of
its
liabilities, including without limitation, Guaranty Obligations, (b) the
present
fair salable value of its assets (including without limitation the fair salable
value of the goodwill and other intangible property of such Borrower) is
not
less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability
on its
debts as they become absolute and matured, and (c) it is able to realize
upon its assets and pay its debts and other liabilities and commitments
(including Guaranty Obligations) as they mature in the normal course of
business; provided, that with respect to the obligations outstanding under
this
Agreement and any payments made with respect thereto, the common law right
of
and to contribution and subrogation among the Borrowers and any other rights
to
payment between and among any one or more of the Borrowers shall be taken
into
account in determining whether each Borrower is solvent. Each Borrower (a)
does
not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities
beyond its ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature, and (b) is
not
engaged in a business or transaction, or about to engage in a business or
transaction, for which its property would constitute unreasonably small capital
after giving due consideration to the prevailing practice and industry in
which
it is engaged; provided, that with respect to the obligations outstanding
under
this Agreement and any payments made with respect thereto, the common law
right
of and to contribution and subrogation among the Borrowers and any other
rights
to payment between and among any one or more of the Borrowers shall be taken
into
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account
in determining whether each Borrower is able to pay such debts and liabilities
as they mature or whether such Borrower’s property would constitute sufficient
capital.
3.19 Insurance
.
The
Borrowers currently maintain insurance which meets or exceeds the requirements
of Section 5.5 No notice has been given or claim made and no grounds exist
to
cancel or avoid any insurance policies or other bonds to which the Borrowers
are
a party or to reduce the coverage provided thereby or any replacements thereof.
Such policies and bonds or any replacements thereof provide adequate coverage
from reputable and financially sound insurers in amounts sufficient to insure
the assets and risks of the Borrowers in accordance with prudent business
practice in the industry of the Borrowers.
3.20 Anti-Terrorism
Laws
(a) General.
None of
the Borrowers nor any Subsidiary or Affiliate of any of the Borrowers is
in
violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law nor does any Borrower engage in or conspire
to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of
evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set
forth
in any Anti-Terrorism Law.
(b) Executive
Order No. 13224.
None of
the Borrowers nor any of their respective Subsidiaries, Affiliates or agents
acting or benefiting in any capacity in connection with the Loans made or
the
Letters of Credit issued hereunder or other transactions contemplated by
this
hereby, is any of the following (each a “Blocked
Person”):
(i) a
Person
that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions
of,
Executive Order No. 13224;
(ii) a
Person
owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, any Person that is
listed
in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions of, Executive
Order
No. 13224;
(iii) a
Person
with which any Bank is prohibited from dealing or otherwise engaging in any
transaction by any Anti-Terrorism Law;
(iv) a
Person
that commits, threatens or conspires to commit or supports “terrorism” as
defined in Executive Order No. 13224;
(v) a
Person
that is named as a “specially designated national” on the most current list
published by the U.S. Treasury Department Office of Foreign Asset Control
at its
official website or any replacement website or other replacement official
publication of such list, or
(vi) a
Person
who is an Affiliate of a Person listed above.
No
Borrower, nor to the knowledge any Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries, Affiliates
or agents acting in any capacity in connection with the Loans made or the
Letters of Credit issued hereunder or other transactions contemplated hereby
(i)
conducts any business with, or engages in making or receiving any contribution
of funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of any
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Blocked
Person, or (ii) deals in, or otherwise engages in any transaction relating
to,
any property or interests in property blocked pursuant to Executive Order
No.
13224.
SECTION
4. CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
4.1 Conditions
to Effectiveness
.
This
Agreement shall become effective upon, and the agreement of the Banks to
make
any additional Extension of Credit shall be subject to, the satisfaction
of each
of the following conditions precedent:
(a) Credit
Agreement and Notes.
The
Agent shall have received (i) this Agreement, (A) executed and delivered by
a duly authorized officer of each Borrower, with a counterpart for each Bank,
and (B) executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of each Bank,
(ii) for the account of each Bank, a Revolver Note and (iii) a Swing Line
Note for the account of the Swing Line Bank.
(b) Corporate
Proceedings; No Default.
The
Agent shall have received, with a counterpart for each Bank, a certificate
of
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of each Borrower dated as of the
Effective Date certifying (A) that attached thereto is a true and complete
copy of the resolutions, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent,
of the
Board of Directors or other governing body of such Borrower authorizing (i)
the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Notes and the
other
Loan Documents to which it is a party, and (ii) the Extensions of Credit
contemplated hereunder and that such resolutions attached thereto have not
been
amended, modified, revoked or rescinded and (B) as to the incumbency and
specimen signature of each officer executing any Loan Document on behalf
of a
Borrower and (C) that the representations contained in Section 3 are true
and
correct, that the Borrowers are in compliance with all covenants contained
herein and there exists no Default or Event of Default as of the Effective
Date
after giving effect to any additional Extension of Credit
hereunder.
(c) Corporate
Documents.
The
Agent shall have received, with a counterpart for each Bank, true and complete
copies of the articles or certificate of incorporation or other organizational
documents certified by the Secretary of State or similar official of the
state
of organization of each Borrower, and the by-laws of each Borrower, in each
case, certified as of the Effective Date as complete and correct copies thereof
by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such Borrower. The documents
and
certifications of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary contemplated in
this
subsection may be included within the certificate contemplated by subsection
4.1(b) above.
(d) Fees
and Expenses.
The
Agent shall have received (i) the closing fee and the fees required to be
paid
on the Effective Date pursuant to this Agreement and the Commitment Letter
and
(ii) all other fees and expenses due and payable hereunder on or before the
Effective Date (if then invoiced), including, without limitation, the reasonable
fees and expenses accrued through the Effective Date of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
& Xxxxxxxxx, LLP, counsel to the Agent in connection with the transactions
contemplated by the Loan Documents.
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(e) Legal
Opinion.
The
Agent shall have received the executed legal opinion of Xxxxxxxx Ronon Xxxxxxx
& Xxxxx, LLP, counsel to the Borrowers covering such matters as the Agent
may reasonably require.
(f) Insurance.
The
Agent shall have received Certificates of Insurance with respect to each
Borrower’s fire, casualty, liability and other insurance covering its respective
property and business.
(g) Good
Standing.
The
Agent shall have received certificates of good standing, subsistence and/or
status dated a recent date from the Secretary of State or appropriate taxing
or
other authorities in the jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of
each
Borrower and any other locations requested by the Agent.
(h) Citizens
Loan Documents.
The
Agent shall have received and reviewed to its satisfaction final forms of
the
Citizens Loan Documents which are in effect on the Effective Date.
4.2 Conditions
to Each Extension of Credit
.
The
agreement of each Bank to make any Extension of Credit requested to be made
by
it on any date (including, without limitation, the initial Extension of Credit
on or after the Effective Date) is subject to the satisfaction of the following
conditions precedent:
(a) Representations
and Warranties.
Each of
the representations and warranties made by each Borrower herein or which
are
contained in any certificate, document or financial or other statement furnished
at any time under or in connection herewith or therewith, shall be true and
correct in all material respects on and as of such date as if made on and
as of
such date.
(b) No
Default.
No
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on such
date
or after giving effect to the Extensions of Credit requested to be made on
such
date.
(c) Citizens
Loan Documents.
The
Citizens Loan Documents in effect at the time of such request for an Extension
of Credit, are in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent.
(d) Additional
Matters.
All
corporate and other proceedings, and all documents, instruments and other
legal
matters in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
and
the other Loan Documents shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the
Agent, and the Agent shall have received such other documents and legal opinions
in respect of any aspect or consequence of the transactions contemplated
hereby
or thereby as it shall reasonably request.
Each
request by the Borrowers for an Extension of Credit hereunder shall constitute
a
representation and warranty by the Borrowers as of the date of such Extension
of
Credit that the conditions contained in this Section 4.2 have been
satisfied.
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4.3 Effective
Date; Transitional Arrangements
(a) Subject
to the satisfaction of the conditions of Sections 4.1 and 4.2, this amendment
and restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement shall become effective on
such
date (the “Effective
Date”)
and at
such time as may be mutually agreeable to the parties following the execution
and delivery hereof (“Closing”)
at the
offices of the Agent’s counsel, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx, LLP, in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
(b) On
the
Effective Date, without the necessity of further action by any party: (i)
the
outstanding principal amount of the “364 Day Loans” and “Revolving Loans” (each
as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) owed to the Banks shall be
converted and continued, together with any additional Revolving Loan to be
made
on the Effective Date, as Revolving Loans as if made by the Banks pursuant
to
this Agreement in accordance with their respective Commitment Percentages
and
(iv) each Existing Letter of Credit shall continue in full force and effect
as a Letter of Credit issued under this Agreement for so long as such Letter
of
Credit remains outstanding or any draft thereunder has not been reimbursed,
and
all Loans shall be entitled to the security and subject to the provisions
set
forth in this Agreement. Each Bank agrees to participate in all such Letters
of
Credit in accordance with the terms of this Agreement as if each such Letter
of
Credit were issued hereunder.
(c) To
the
extent that a Bank’s Commitment Percentage has changed on the Effective Date,
the outstanding Revolving Loans (or portion thereof) owed to the Banks will
be
reallocated so as to be consistent with the Commitment Percentages as determined
as of the Effective Date. Unless waived by the Banks, the Borrowers agree
to
indemnify the Banks for all costs, charges, fees and expenses, including,
any
breakage fees as set forth in Section 2.17 hereof, incurred by any of the
Banks
in connection with such reallocation of the Revolving Loans.
(d) Except
as
otherwise provided herein, the Existing Credit Agreement and the promissory
notes issued thereunder shall be superseded by this Agreement, the Notes
and the
other Loan Documents and shall be of no further force or effect and such
promissory notes issued under the Existing Credit Agreement shall be surrendered
by the lenders party thereto to the Agent and returned to the Borrowers’
Representative. Notwithstanding the amendment and restatement of the Existing
Credit Agreement by this Agreement, the Borrowers shall continue to be liable
to
the Agent and those lenders party to the Existing Credit Agreement with respect
to agreements on the part of the Borrowers under the Existing Credit Agreement
to pay all principal, interest, fees and other amounts that have accrued
on or
before the date hereof and to indemnify and hold harmless the Agent and such
lenders from and against all claims, demands, liabilities, damages, losses,
costs, charges and expenses to which the Agent and such lenders may be subject
arising in connection with the Existing Credit Agreement and as to which
the
Borrowers have agreed under the Existing Credit Agreement to indemnify and
hold
harmless the Agent and such lenders. This Agreement is given as a substitution
of, and not as a payment of, the obligations of the Borrowers under the Existing
Credit Agreement and is not intended to constitute a novation of the Existing
Credit Agreement.
(e) All
interest and all commitment, facility and other fees and expenses owing or
accruing under or in respect of the Existing Credit Agreement shall be
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calculated
as of the Effective Date (prorated in the case of any fractional periods),
and
shall be paid on such date to the parties and in accordance with the method
specified in the Existing Credit Agreement, as if it were still in
effect.
SECTION
5. AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
Each
of
the Borrowers hereby agrees that, so long as any of the Commitments remain
in
effect, any Note or Letter of Credit remains outstanding and unpaid, or any
other amount is owing to any Bank or the Agent hereunder, such Borrower
shall:
5.1 Financial
Statements
.
Furnish
to each Bank:
(a) as
soon
as available, but in any event not later than 90 days after the close of
each
fiscal year of the Company, an audited consolidated balance sheet of the
Company
and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year, and
related
consolidated statements of income and retained earnings and changes in cash
flows of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such fiscal year,
all
in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a basis
consistently maintained throughout the period involved and with the prior
year
with such changes thereon as shall be approved by the Company’s independent
certified public accountants, such financial statements to be certified by
PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P. or other nationally recognized independent
certified public accountants selected by the Company and reasonably acceptable
to the Agent, without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception
arising out of the scope of the audit; such financial statements shall be
accompanied by a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Company stating
that the financial statements fairly present the financial condition of the
Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the date and for the periods
covered thereby; and
(b) as
soon
as available, but in any event not later than 45 days after the end of each
of
the first three quarterly periods of each fiscal year of the Company, unaudited
consolidated financial statements of the Company and its consolidated
Subsidiaries, including therein (i) a consolidated balance sheet of the Company
and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal quarter, (ii)
the
related consolidated statements of income and retained earnings of the Company
and its consolidated Subsidiaries, and (iii) the related consolidated statement
of changes in cash flows of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries
all
for the period from the beginning of such fiscal quarter to the end of such
fiscal quarter and the portion of the fiscal year through the end of such
quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative form the corresponding
figures for the like period of the preceding fiscal year; all in reasonable
detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a basis consistently
maintained throughout the period involved and with prior periods and accompanied
by a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Company stating that the
financial statements fairly present the financial condition of the Company
and
its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the date and for the periods covered
thereby
(subject to normal year-end audit adjustments).
5.2 Certificates;
Other Information
.
Furnish
to each Bank:
(a) concurrently
with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in subsection 5.1(a),
a certificate of the Company’s independent certified public accountants
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reporting
on such financial statements stating that in making the examination necessary
for certifying such financial statements no knowledge was obtained of any
Default or Event of Default, except as specifically indicated;
(b) concurrently
with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in subsections
5.1(a)
and 5.1(b), a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Company (each a
“Compliance
Certificate”)
showing in detail the calculations demonstrating compliance with the financial
covenants set forth in Section 6.1, together with a certificate of a
Responsible Officer of the Company stating that, to the best of his or her
knowledge, each of the Borrowers during such period has kept, observed,
performed and fulfilled each and every covenant and condition contained in
this
Agreement and in the Notes and the other Loan Documents to which it is a
party
and that such officer has obtained no knowledge of any Default or Event of
Default except as specifically indicated; if the Compliance Certificate shall
indicate that such officer has obtained knowledge of a Default or Event of
Default, such Compliance Certificate shall state what efforts the Borrowers
are
making to cure such Default or Event of Default; and
(c) promptly,
such forecasts, budgets and additional financial information as the Agent
or any
Bank may from time to time reasonably request.
5.3 Payment
of Obligations
.
Pay,
discharge or otherwise satisfy at or before maturity or before they become
delinquent, as the case may be, all its obligations of whatever nature
(including but not limited to all taxes, assessments and governmental charges
and levies upon them or upon any of their respective income, profits or property
prior to the date on which penalties attach thereto), except where the amount
or
validity thereof is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and reserves in conformity with GAAP with respect thereto have
been
provided on the books of the Company or its Subsidiaries, as the case may
be.
5.4 Maintenance
of Existence
.
Preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence
and
take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges and franchises
necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business; comply with
all
Contractual Obligations and Requirements of Law, except to the extent that
failure to comply therewith would not individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.5 Maintenance
of Insurance; Property
(a) Insure
its properties and assets against loss or damage by fire and such other
insurable hazards as such assets are commonly insured (including fire, extended
coverage, property damage, worker’s compensation, public liability and business
interruption insurance) and against other risks in such amounts as similar
properties and assets are insured by prudent companies in similar circumstances
carrying on similar businesses, and with reputable and financially sound
insurers, including self insurance to the extent customary. The Borrowers
shall
deliver, at the request of the Agent or any Bank, from time to time a summary
schedule indicating all insurance then in force with respect to the
Borrowers.
(b) Maintain
in good repair, working order and condition (ordinary wear and tear and casualty
excepted) in accordance with the general practice of other businesses
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of
similar character and size, all of those properties useful or necessary to
its
business, and, from time to time, each of the Company and its Subsidiaries
will
make or cause to be made all appropriate repairs, renewals or replacements
thereof.
5.6 Inspection
of Property; Books and Records; Discussions.
Keep
proper books of records and account in which full, true and correct entries
in
conformity with GAAP and all Requirements of Law shall be made of all dealings
and transactions in relation to its business and activities; and upon reasonable
notice permit representatives of any Bank to visit and inspect any of its
properties and examine and make abstracts from any of its books and records
during normal business hours and as often as may reasonably be desired and
to
discuss the business, operations, properties and financial and other condition
of the Company and its Subsidiaries with officers and employees of the Company
and its Subsidiaries.
5.7 Notices.
.Promptly
give notice to the Agent and each Bank of:
(a) the
occurrence of any Default or Event of Default;
(b) any
(i) default or event of default under any Contractual Obligation of any
Borrower or (ii) litigation, investigation or proceeding which may exist at
any time between any Borrower and any Governmental Authority, which in either
case, if not cured or if adversely determined, as the case may be, would
have a
Material Adverse Effect;
(c) any
litigation, investigation or proceeding affecting any Borrower which, if
adversely determined, would have a Material Adverse Effect;
(d) the
following events, as soon as possible and in any event within 30 days after
any
Borrower knows or has reason to know thereof: (i) the occurrence or
expected occurrence of any Reportable Event with respect to any Plan, a failure
to make any required contribution to a Plan, any Lien in favor of PBGC or
a Plan
or any withdrawal from, or the termination, Reorganization or Insolvency
of any
Multiemployer Plan or (ii) the institution of proceedings or the taking of
any other action by the PBGC or any Borrower or any Commonly Controlled Entity
or any Multiemployer Plan with respect to the withdrawal from, or the
terminating, Reorganization or Insolvency of, any Plan or (iii) an
assessment of liability under the Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Act
of
1992; and
(e) any
other
event which has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
Each
notice pursuant to this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a
Responsible Officer setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein
and stating what action the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries propose to take
with respect thereto.
5.8 Environmental
Laws
(a) Comply
with, and require compliance by all tenants and all subtenants, if any, in
all
material respects with all Environmental Laws and obtain and comply with
and
maintain, and require that all tenants and subtenants obtain and comply in
all
material respects with and maintain, any and all licenses, approvals,
registrations or permits required by
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Environmental
Laws, except in each case to the extent that failure to so comply or obtain
or
maintain such documents could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect;
(b) Comply
in
all material respects with all lawful and binding orders and directives of
all
Governmental Authorities respecting Environmental Laws; and
(c) Defend,
indemnify and hold harmless the Agent and the Banks, and their respective
employees, agents, officers, directors, successors and assigns from and against
any claims, demands, penalties, fines, liabilities, settlements, damages,
costs
and expenses of whatever kind or nature known or unknown, contingent or
otherwise, arising out of, or in any way relating to any violation of or
noncompliance with or liability under any Environmental Laws, or any orders,
requirements or demands of Governmental Authorities related thereto which
in
each case relate to or arise in connection with any Borrower, any Property
or
any activities relating to any other property or business of a Borrower or
the
enforcement of any rights provided herein or in the other Loan Documents,
including, without limitation, attorneys’ and consultants’ fees, response costs,
investigation and laboratory fees, court costs and litigation expenses, except
to the extent that any of the foregoing arise out of the gross negligence
or
willful misconduct of any of the foregoing enumerated parties. This indemnity
shall continue in full force and effect regardless of the termination of
this
Agreement and the payment of the Notes.
5.9 Notice
and Joinder of New Subsidiaries.
Notify
the Agent as soon as practicable of its ownership of any Subsidiary that
is not
a Borrower and cause such Subsidiary to execute and deliver to the Agent
a
Joinder and Assumption Agreement pursuant to which it shall, among other
things,
become a Borrower hereunder.
5.10 Use
of
Proceeds.
Use
the
proceeds of the Loans (i) for working capital and general corporate purposes
in
the ordinary course of business including to pay all or a portion of the
purchase price for Permitted Acquisitions and (ii) to repay Indebtedness
under
the Existing Credit Agreement.
5.11 Tax
Shelter Regulations.
None
of
the Borrowers intends to treat any Extension of Credit or other transactions
under this Agreement as being a “reportable transaction” (within the meaning of
Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4). In the event any of the Borrowers
determines to take any action inconsistent with such intention, such Borrower
will promptly (1)
notify
the Agent thereof, and (2)
deliver
to the Agent a duly completed copy of IRS Form 8886 or any successor form.
If
any Borrower so notifies the Agent, such Borrower acknowledges that one or
more
of the Banks may treat its Extensions of Credit as part of a transaction
that is
subject to Treasury Regulation Section 301.6112-1, and such Bank or Banks,
as
applicable, will maintain the lists and other records required by such Treasury
Regulation.
5.12 Anti-Terrorism
Laws.
The
Borrowers and their respective Subsidiaries, Affiliates and agents shall
not
(a) conduct
any business or engage in any transaction or dealing with any Blocked Person,
including the making of or receiving any contribution of funds, goods or
services to or for the benefit of any Blocked Person; (b) deal
in, or otherwise engage in any transaction relating to, any property or
interests in property blocked pursuant to Executive Order No. 13224; or
(c) engage
in or conspire to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has
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the
purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions
set forth in Executive Order No. 13224 or the USA Patriot Act. The Borrowers
shall deliver to the Banks any certification or other evidence reasonably
requested from time to time by any Bank, confirming the Borrowers’ compliance
with this Section 5.12.
SECTION
6. NEGATIVE
COVENANTS
Each
of
the Borrowers hereby agrees that, so long as any Commitments remain in effect,
any Note or Letter of Credit remains outstanding and unpaid, or any other
amount
is owing to any Bank or Agent hereunder, such Borrower shall not, directly
or
indirectly:
6.1 Financial
Condition Covenants
(a) Minimum
Tangible Net Worth.
Permit
the Tangible Net Worth of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries at
any
time to be less than the sum of (i) $38,500,000, plus (ii) on a cumulative
basis
any non-cash pension gains recorded during any fiscal quarter commencing
with
the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2005, minus (iii) on a cumulative
basis
any non-cash pension charges recorded for any fiscal quarter commencing with
the
fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2005, but only to the extent such charges
do
not exceed twenty percent (20%) of Tangible Net Worth as determined as of
the
last day of any such fiscal quarter plus (iv) on a cumulative basis fifty
percent (50%) of net income (or, in the case of a deficit, zero percent (0%))
for the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries in respect of each fiscal
quarter commencing with the Borrowers’ fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2005,
with each increase or decrease to be effective as of the last day of each
such
fiscal quarter.
(b) Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio.
Permit,
as of the end of any fiscal quarter, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio to be
less
than 1.25 to 1.00.
(c) Leverage
Ratio.
Permit,
as of the end of any fiscal quarter, the Leverage Ratio to exceed 3.00 to
1.00.
6.2 Limitation
on Liens
.
Create,
incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, assets
or
revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except for Permitted
Liens.
6.3 Limitations
on Fundamental Changes
.
Enter
into any merger, consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or
dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or convey, sell,
lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of, all or substantially all
of its
property, business or assets, except that:
(a) any
Subsidiary of the Company may be merged or consolidated with or into the
Company
(provided
that the
Company shall be the continuing or surviving corporation) or with or into
any
Borrower (provided
that
such Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving corporation or such surviving
or continuing corporation becomes a Borrower hereunder pursuant to Section
5.9);
and
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(b) any
Subsidiary of the Company may sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose
of any
or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to a
Borrower;
provided,
that
immediately after any such transaction referred to in paragraphs (a) and
(b)
above and after giving effect thereto, each of the Borrowers is in compliance
with this Agreement and no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred
and
be continuing or result from such transaction.
6.4 Limitation
on Indebtedness.
Create,
incur, assume or suffer to exist, directly or indirectly any Indebtedness
except
the following (“Permitted Indebtedness”): (a) the obligations of the Borrowers
to the Banks hereunder; (b) the Citizens Unsecured Term Loan; (c) the Citizens
Secured Term Loan, (d) Indebtedness secured by Permitted Liens to the extent
that any such Indebtedness secured by (i) Purchase Money Security Interests
does
not exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate, and (ii) Liens created pursuant to
Capital Leases (other than Liens existing or created pursuant to the Capital
Lease for the manufacturing facility located on the Hunting Park Property)
does
not exceed $5,500,000 in the aggregate; (c) Indebtedness existing on the
date
hereof and shown on Schedule 6.4; (d) current trade accounts payable incurred
in
the ordinary course of business; and (e) intercompany indebtedness to the
extent
permitted by Section 6.6.
6.5 Limitation
on Sale of Assets.
Convey,
sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its property,
business or assets (including, without limitation, receivables and leasehold
interests and Capital Stock or equity interests in any Subsidiary that is
or is
required to be a Borrower hereunder), whether now owned or hereafter acquired,
except:
(a) any
sale,
transfer or lease of assets which are no longer necessary or required in
the
conduct of the Borrowers’ business;
(b) transactions
involving the sale or lease of inventory in the ordinary course of
business;
(c) the
sale
or discount without recourse of accounts receivable arising in the ordinary
course of business in connection with the compromise or collection in the
ordinary course of business of such accounts receivable; and
(d) as
permitted by Section 6.3.
6.6 Transactions
with Affiliates.
Except
as
expressly permitted in this Agreement, directly or indirectly enter into
any
transaction or arrangement whatsoever (including without limitations any
purchase, sale, lease or exchange of property or the rendering of any service)
or make any payment to or otherwise deal with any Affiliate, except, as to
all
of the foregoing (i) in the ordinary course of and pursuant to the
reasonable requirements of such Borrower’s business and upon fair and reasonable
terms no less favorable to such Borrower than would be obtained in a comparable
arm’s length transaction with a Person not an Affiliate and
(ii) intercompany loans among the Borrowers in the ordinary course of and
pursuant to the reasonable requirements of such Borrowers’
business.
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6.7 Sale
and Leaseback.
Enter
into any arrangement with any Person providing for the leasing by such Borrower
of real or personal property which has been or is to be sold or transferred
by
such Borrower to such Person or to any other Person to whom funds have been
or
are to be advanced by such Person on the security of such property or rental
obligations thereof.
6.8 Limitation
on Acquisitions, Investments, Loans and Advances.
Purchase,
hold or acquire beneficially any stock, other securities or evidences of
indebtedness of, or all or a substantial amount of the assets of, make or
permit
to exist any loans or advances to, or make or permit to exist any investment
or
acquire any interest whatsoever in, any other Person, except:
(a) extensions
of trade credit to customers in the ordinary course of business;
(b) Permitted
Investments;
(c) Capital
Stock of any Borrower;
(d) loans
and
advances to or other investments in any Borrower;
(e) loans
and
advances to employees of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries for travel
and
entertainment expenses in the ordinary course of business; and
(f) Permitted
Acquisitions.
6.9 No
Negative Pledge.
Enter
into any agreement after the date hereof with any Person other than the Agent
on
behalf of the Banks pursuant to which any Borrower covenants or agrees to
a
prohibition upon creating, incurring, or suffering any Lien upon any of its
properties, assets or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired,
except
(a) the Citizens Loan Agreement and the Hunting Park Mortgage or (b) in
connection with a Capital Lease or Purchase Money Security Interest, in which
case such agreement shall be permitted but only with respect to the specific
asset or assets subject to such Capital Lease or Purchase Money Security
Interest.
6.10 Fiscal
Year.
Permit
the fiscal year of a Borrower to end on a day other than the last Saturday
of
December.
6.11 Limitation
on Conduct of Business.
Discontinue
any substantial part of their existing businesses or enter into any business
except for businesses in which the Borrowers are engaged on the date of this
Agreement and businesses related to the manufacture or distribution of food
products.
6.12 Capital
Expenditures.
Contract
for, purchase or make any expenditure or commitments for Capital Expenditures
in
an aggregate amount in excess of (a) $15,000,000 during any fiscal year or
(b)
$55,000,000 during the Revolver Commitment Period.
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SECTION
7. EVENTS
OF DEFAULT
7.1 Events
of Default.
If
any of the following events shall occur and be continuing:
(a) A
Borrower (i) shall fail to pay when due any principal on any Note or any
Reimbursement Obligation when due, or (ii) shall fail to pay any other
amount payable hereunder or thereunder (including without limitation any
interest or fees) within three (3) Business Days after the date due in
accordance with the terms thereof or hereof; or
(b) Any
representation or warranty made or deemed made by a Borrower herein or in
any
other Loan Document or which is contained in any certificate or financial
statement furnished at any time under or in connection with this Agreement
shall
prove to have been incorrect or misleading in any material respect on or
as of
the date made or deemed made; or
(c) A
Borrower shall default in the observance or performance of any agreement
contained in Section 5.9 and Section 6 of this Agreement; or
(d) A
Borrower shall default in the observance or performance of any other agreement
contained in this Agreement (other than as provided in subsections (a) through
(c) above) or any other Loan Document, and such default shall continue
unremedied (if it is capable of being remedied in such period) for a period
of
thirty (30) days after notice thereof; or
(e) a
default
or event of default shall exist under the Citizens Loan Documents;
or
(f) A
Borrower shall (i) default in the payment of any principal of or interest
on or
any other amount payable on any Indebtedness (other than the Notes) or in
the
payment of any Guaranty Obligation, beyond the period of grace, if any, provided
in the instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness or Guaranty
Obligation was created and the aggregate amount of such Indebtedness and/or
Guaranty Obligations in respect of which such default or defaults shall have
occurred is at least $2,000,000; or (ii) default in the observance or
performance of any other agreement or condition relating to any such
Indebtedness or Guaranty Obligation or contained in any instrument or agreement
evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event shall occur
or
condition exist, the effect of which default or other event or condition
is to
cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness or beneficiary
or
beneficiaries of such Guaranty Obligation (or a trustee or agent on behalf
of
such holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause, with the
giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to become due and payable
prior
to its stated maturity or such Guaranty Obligation to become payable, in
each
case, beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in the instrument or
agreement under which such Indebtedness or Guaranty Obligation was created
and
the aggregate amount of such Indebtedness and/or Guaranty Obligations in
respect
of which such default or defaults shall have occurred is at least $2,000,000;
or
(g) (i)
A
Borrower shall commence any case, proceeding or other action (A)
under
any existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating
to
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, seeking to have
an
order for relief
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entered
with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent,
or
seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding-up, liquidation,
dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or its debts,
or
(B)
seeking
appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for
it
or for all or any substantial part of its assets, or a Borrower shall make
a
general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or (ii)
there
shall be commenced against a Borrower any case, proceeding or other action
of a
nature referred to in clause (i) above which (A)
results
in the entry of an order for relief or any such adjudication or appointment
or
(B)
remains
undismissed, undischarged or unbonded for a period of 60 days; or (iii)
there
shall be commenced against a Borrower any case, proceeding or other action
seeking issuance of a warrant of attachment, execution, distraint or similar
process against all or any substantial part of its assets which results in
the
entry of an order for any such relief which shall not have been vacated,
discharged, satisfied, or stayed or bonded pending appeal within 60 days
from
the entry thereof; or (iv)
a
Borrower shall take any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent
to,
approval of, or acquiescence in, any of the acts set forth in clause (i),
(ii),
or (iii) above; or (v)
a
Borrower shall generally not, or shall be unable to, or shall admit in writing
its inability to, pay its debts as they generally become due; or
(h) One
or
more judgments or decrees shall be entered against a Borrower involving in
the
aggregate a liability of $5,000,000 or
more
and all such judgments or decrees shall not have been vacated, discharged,
settled, satisfied or paid, or stayed or bonded pending appeal, within 30
days
from the entry thereof; or
(i) Any
Change of Control shall occur; or
(j) Without
limiting the covenants and representations made herein relating to environmental
matters, any Borrower shall fail to (i) comply in all material respects with
all
Environmental Laws or obtain and comply with and maintain any and all licenses,
approvals, registrations or permits required by Environmental Laws except
to the
extent that failure to so comply or obtain or maintain such documents would
not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or (ii) comply
in all
material respects with all lawful and binding orders and directives of all
Governmental Authorities respecting Environmental Laws except, in each case,
(x)
if and to the extent such Borrower is contesting the application of any such
Environmental Laws in good faith in appropriate proceedings for which adequate
reserves have been established on its books or (y) if such Borrower is in
the
process of curing any such non-compliance as permitted by the provisions
of such
Environmental Laws or Governmental Authorities enforcing such Environmental
Laws; or
(k) Without
limiting the covenants and representations made herein relating ERISA matters
(i) any
Person shall engage in any “prohibited transaction” (as defined in Section 406
of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) involving any Plan, (ii) any
“accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA), whether
or not waived, shall exist with respect to any Plan or any Lien in favor
of the
PBGC or a Plan shall arise on the assets of the Company or any Commonly
Controlled Entity, (iii) a
Reportable Event shall occur with respect to, or proceedings shall commence
to
have a trustee appointed, or a trustee shall be appointed, to administer
or to
terminate, any Single Employer Plan, which Reportable Event or institution
of
proceedings or appointment of a trustee is, in the reasonable opinion of
the
Required Banks, likely to result in the termination of such Plan for purposes
of
Title IV of
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ERISA,
(iv) any
Single Employer Plan shall terminate for purposes of Title IV of ERISA,
(v) the
Company or any Commonly Controlled Entity shall, or in the reasonable opinion
of
the Required Banks is likely to, incur any liability in connection with a
withdrawal from, or the Insolvency or Reorganization of, a Multiemployer
Plan or
(vi) any
other event or condition shall occur or exist in regard to a Plan; and in
each
case in clauses (i) through (vi) above, such event or condition, together
with
all other such events or conditions, if any, could reasonably be expected
to
have a Material Adverse Effect; or
(l) the
Company shall cease to own, directly or indirectly, one hundred percent (100%)
of the legal and beneficial ownership of each other Borrower except pursuant
to
a transaction permitted under Section 6.3 or Section 6.5;
then,
and
in any such event, (A) if such event is an Event of Default specified in
clause
(i) or (ii) of paragraph (g) above with respect to a Borrower, automatically
the
Commitments (including without limitation the obligations of the Issuing
Bank to
issue Letters of Credit and the Banks to participate therein) shall immediately
terminate, and the Loans hereunder (with accrued interest thereon) and all
other
amounts owing under this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents
shall
automatically and immediately become due and payable (including, without
limitation, all Letter of Credit Obligations, whether or not the beneficiaries
of the then outstanding Letters of Credit shall have presented the documents
required thereunder), and (B) if such event is any other Event of Default,
with
the consent of the Required Banks, the Agent may, or upon the written request
of
the Required Banks, the Agent shall, (i) by notice to the Company declare
the
Commitments to be terminated forthwith, whereupon the Commitments and the
obligations of the Banks to make Loans, and the obligation of the Issuing
Bank
to issue Letters of Credit and of the Swing Line Bank to make Swing Line
Loans
and the Banks to participate in any Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans
thereafter issued shall immediately terminate; (ii) by notice of default
to the
Company, declare the Loans hereunder (with accrued interest thereon) and
all
other amounts owing under this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents
to be due and payable forthwith, whereupon the same shall immediately become
due
and payable (including, without limitation, all Letter of Credit Obligations,
whether or not the beneficiaries of the then outstanding Letters of Credit
shall
have presented the documents required thereunder); and/or (iii) by notice
to the
Company require the Borrowers to, and the Borrowers shall thereupon, deposit
in
a non-interest bearing account with the Agent, as cash collateral for their
obligations under this Agreement, the Notes and the Applications, an amount
equal to the Letter of Credit Coverage Requirement, and the Borrowers hereby
pledge to the Agent and the Banks, and grant to the Agent and the Banks a
security interest in, all such cash as security for such obligations. Amounts
held in such cash collateral account shall be applied by the Agent to the
payment of drafts drawn under such Letters of Credit, and the unused portion
thereof after all such Letters of Credit shall have expired or been fully
drawn
upon, if any, shall be applied to repay other obligations of the Borrowers
hereunder and under the Notes. After all such Letters of Credit shall have
expired or been fully drawn upon, all Reimbursement Obligations shall have
been
satisfied and all other obligations of the Borrowers hereunder and under
the
Notes shall have been paid in full, the balance, if any, in such cash collateral
account shall be returned to the Company. The Borrowers shall execute and
deliver to the Agent, for the account of the Issuing Bank and the Letter
of
Credit Participants, such further documents and instruments as the Agent
may
request to evidence the creation and perfection of the within security interest
in such cash
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collateral
account. Except as expressly provided above in this Section, presentment,
demand, protest and all other notices of any kind are hereby expressly
waived.
SECTION
8. THE
AGENT
8.1 Appointment.
Each
Bank
hereby irrevocably designates and appoints PNC Bank, National Association
as the
Agent of such Bank under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and
each
such Bank irrevocably authorizes PNC Bank, National Association, as the Agent
for such Bank, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of
this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform
such duties as are expressly delegated to the Agent by the terms of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other powers as
are
reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary
elsewhere in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the Agent shall
not
have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein
or
therein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Bank, and no implied covenants,
functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be
read
into this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or otherwise exist against
the
Agent. PNC Bank, National Association agrees to act as the Agent on behalf
of
the Banks to the extent provided in this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents.
8.2 Delegation
of Duties.
The
Agent
may execute any of its duties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents
by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to engage
and
pay for the advice and services of counsel concerning all matters pertaining
to
such duties. The Agent shall not be responsible to the Banks for the negligence
or misconduct of any agents or attorneys in-fact selected by it with reasonable
care.
8.3 Exculpatory
Provisions.
Neither
the Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents,
attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates shall be (a) liable for any action lawfully
taken or omitted to be taken by it or such Person under or in connection
with
this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (except for its or such Person’s own
gross negligence or willful misconduct) or (b) responsible in any manner
to any
of the Banks for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties
made by
a Borrower or any officer thereof contained in this Agreement, the other
Loan
Documents or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred
to
or provided for in, or received by the Agent under or in connection with,
this
Agreement or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability
or sufficiency of this Agreement, the Notes or the other Loan Documents or
for
any failure of the Borrowers (or any of them) to perform their obligations
hereunder or thereunder. The Agent shall not be under any obligation to any
Bank
to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of
the
agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents, or to inspect the properties, books or records of the Borrowers
(or
any of them).
8.4 Reliance
by Agent.
The
Agent
shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon
any
Note, writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter,
cablegram, telegram, facsimile, facsimile, telex or teletype message, statement,
order or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and
correct
and to have been signed,
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sent
or
made by the proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal
counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to one or more of the
Borrowers), independent accountants and other experts selected by such Agent.
The Agent may deem and treat the payee of any Note as the owner thereof for
all
purposes unless a written notice of assignment, negotiation or transfer thereof
shall have been filed with the Agent. The Agent shall be fully justified
in
failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or the other
Loan
Documents unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the
Required Banks as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to
its
satisfaction by the Banks against any and all liability and expense which
may be
incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action.
The
Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from
acting, under this Agreement, the Notes or the other Loan Documents in
accordance with a request of the Required Banks, and such request and any
action
taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Banks
and
all future holders of the Notes.
8.5 Notice
of Default.
The
Agent
shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any
Default
or Event of Default hereunder unless it has received notice from a Bank or
a
Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of
Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default”. In the event that
the Agent receives such a notice, the Agent shall promptly give notice thereof
to the Banks. The Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default
or
Event of Default as shall be reasonably directed by the Required Banks;
provided, that unless and until the Agent shall have received such directions,
it may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from
taking
such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall
deem
advisable in the best interests of the Banks.
8.6 Non-Reliance
on Agent and Other Banks.
Each
Bank
expressly acknowledges that neither the Agent nor any of its respective
officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates has
made
any representations or warranties to it and that no act by the Agent hereinafter
taken, including any review of the affairs of the Borrowers, shall be deemed
to
constitute any representation or warranty by the Agent to any Bank. Each
Bank
represents to the Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon
the
Agent or any other Bank, and based on such documents and information as it
has
deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the
business, operations, property, financial and other condition and
creditworthiness of the Borrowers and made its own decision to make its Loans
hereunder and enter into this Agreement and each other Loan Document to which
it
is a party. Each Bank also represents that it will, independently and without
reliance upon the Agent or any other Bank, and based on such documents and
information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its
own
credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action
under
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and to make such investigation
as
it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, operations, property,
financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Borrowers. Except
for
notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to
the
Banks by the Agent hereunder, the Agent shall not have any duty or
responsibility to provide any Bank with any credit or other information
concerning the business, operations, property, condition (financial or
otherwise), prospects or creditworthiness of the Borrowers which may come
into
the possession of the Agent or any of its officers, directors, employees,
agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates.
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8.7 Indemnification.
The
Banks
agree to indemnify the Agent in its capacity as such (to the extent not
reimbursed by the Borrowers and without limiting the obligation, if any,
of the
Borrowers to do so), ratably according to their respective Commitment
Percentages, from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses,
damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements
of any kind whatsoever which may at any time (including, without limitation,
at
any time following the payment of the Notes) be imposed on, incurred by or
asserted against the Agent in any way relating to or arising out of this
Agreement, the other Loan Documents, or any documents contemplated by or
referred to herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby
or any action taken or omitted by the Agent under or in connection with any
of
the foregoing; provided, that no Bank shall be liable for the payment of
any
portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions,
judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting solely from
the
Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. The agreements in this Section
8.7 shall survive the payment of the Notes and all other amounts payable
hereunder.
8.8 Agent
in Its Individual Capacity.
The
Agent
and its Affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from and generally
engage
in any kind of business with the Borrowers (or any of them) as though the
Agent
were not the Agent hereunder. With respect to its Loans made or renewed by
it
and any Note issued to it and with respect to any Letter of Credit issued
or
participated in by it, the Agent shall have the same rights and powers under
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as any Bank and may exercise
the
same as though it were not the Agent, and the terms “Bank” and “Banks” shall
include the Agent in its individual capacity.
8.9 Successor
Agent.
The
Agent
may resign as Agent upon 30 days’ notice to the Banks and the Borrowers. If the
Agent shall resign as Agent under this Agreement, then the Required Banks
shall
appoint from among the Banks a successor agent for the Banks, which appointment
shall be subject to the approval of the Borrowers (which approval shall not
be
unreasonably withheld and shall not be required if there shall then exist
a
Default or Event of Default) and such successor agent. If no successor agent
shall have been so appointed by the Required Banks and shall have accepted
such
appointment within 60 days after the retiring Agent’s giving of notice of
resignation then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Banks, appoint
an
interim successor agent. Any interim successor agent appointed under the
preceding sentence may be replaced at any time by a successor agent designated
by the Required Banks and subject to the approval of the Borrowers (which
approval shall not be unreasonably withheld and shall not be required if
there
shall then exist a Default or Event of Default). Any such successor agent
shall
succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Agent, and the term “Agent”
shall mean such successor agent effective upon its appointment, and the former
Agent’s rights, powers and duties as Agent shall be terminated, without any
other or further act or deed on the part of such former Agent or any of the
parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Notes. After any retiring
Agent’s resignation as Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.9 shall inure to
its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it
was
Agent under this Agreement.
8.10 Beneficiaries.
Except
as
expressly provided herein, the provisions of this Section 8 are solely for
the
benefit of the Agent and the Banks, and the Borrowers shall not have any
rights
to rely on or enforce any of the provisions hereof. In performing its functions
and duties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the Agent shall
act solely as agent
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of
the
Banks and does not assume and shall not be deemed to have assumed any obligation
toward or relationship of agency or trust with or for the
Borrowers.
SECTION
9. MISCELLANEOUS
9.1 Amendments
and Waivers.
Neither
this Agreement, any Note, any other Loan Document, nor any terms hereof or
thereof may be amended, supplemented or modified except in accordance with
the
provisions of this Section. With the written consent of the Required Banks,
the
Agent and the Borrowers may, from time to time, enter into written amendments
(including letter amendments), supplements or modifications hereto and to
the
Notes and the other Loan Documents for the purpose of adding any provisions
to
this Agreement, the Notes or any other Loan Document or changing in any manner
the rights of the Banks or of the Borrowers hereunder or thereunder or waiving,
on such terms and conditions as the Agent may specify in such instrument,
any of
the requirements of this Agreement, the Notes or any other Loan Document
or any
Default or Event of Default and its consequences; provided, however, that
no
such waiver and no such amendment, supplement or modification shall directly
or
indirectly (a) reduce the amount or extend the maturity of any Note or any
installment thereof, or reduce the rate of interest or extend the time of
payment of interest thereon, or reduce any fee payable to any Bank hereunder
or
extend the period for payment thereof, or change the duration or the amount
of
any Bank’s Commitment Percentage in each case without the consent of the Bank
affected thereby or (b) or amend, modify or waive any provision of this
Section or reduce the percentage specified in the definition of Required
Banks,
or consent to the assignment or transfer by the Borrowers of any of their
rights
and obligations under this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents,
in
each case without the written consent of all the Banks, or (c) amend, modify
or
waive any provision of Section 2.3 or any other provision affecting Swing
Line
Loans without the written consent of the then Swing Line Bank, or (d) amend,
modify or waive any provision of Section 2.8 or any other provisions affecting
Letters of Credit without the written consent of the Issuing Bank, or (e)
amend,
modify or waive any provision of Section 8 without the written consent of
the
then Agent. Any such waiver and any such amendment, supplement or modification
shall apply equally to each of the Banks and shall be binding upon the
Borrowers, the Banks, the Agent and all future holders of the Notes. In the
case
of any waiver, the Borrowers, the Banks and the Agent shall be restored to
their
former position and rights hereunder and under the outstanding Notes, and
any
Default or Event of Default waived shall be deemed to be cured and not
continuing; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default
or Event of Default, or impair any right consequent thereon.
9.2 Notices;
Lending Offices.
All
notices, requests and demands to or upon the respective parties hereto to
be
effective shall be in writing (including electronic transmission, facsimile
transmission or posting on a secured Web site), and, unless otherwise expressly
provided herein, shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when delivered
by hand, or three days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid,
or,
in the case of facsimile transmission notice, when sent during normal business
hours with electronic confirmation or otherwise when received, or in the
case of
electronic transmission, when received and in the case of posting on a secured
Web site, upon receipt of (i) notice of such posting and (ii) rights to access
such Web site, addressed as follows in the case of the Borrowers, and the
Agent,
the Swing Line Bank or the Issuing Bank, and as set forth in Schedule I in
the
case of the other
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parties
hereto, or to such other address as may be hereafter notified by the respective
parties hereto and any future holders of the Notes:
If
to the Borrowers, to the Borrowers’ Representative:
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Tasty
Baking Company
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0000
Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
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Attention:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx, Treasurer
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Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
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with
copies to:
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Tastykake
Investment Company
Xxxxx
000
000
Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
and
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Tasty
Baking Company
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0000
Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
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Attention:
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Esq.
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Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
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The
Agent, the Swing Line Bank or the Issuing Bank:
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PNC
Bank, National Association
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0000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000
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Xxxxxx,
XX 00000
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Attention:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, Xx.
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Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
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with
a copy to:
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PNC
Bank, National Association
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Agency
Services
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PNC
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx
Xxxxx
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000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
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Attention:
Xxxx Xxxxxx
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Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
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provided
that (a)
any notice, request or demand to or upon the Agent, the Issuing Bank or the
Banks pursuant to Sections 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.8, 2.14 and 2.15 or to or upon
the
Swing Line Bank, shall not be effective until received and (b) any notice
of a
Default or Event of Default hereunder shall be sent by facsimile or nationally
recognized overnight courier. Schedule I lists the Lending Offices of each
Bank.
Each Bank may change its Lending Office by written notice to the other parties
hereto.
9.3 No
Waiver; Cumulative Remedies.
No
failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of the Agent
or any
Bank, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder
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shall
operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of
any
right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege.
The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative
and
not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by
law.
9.4 Survival
of Representations and Warranties.
All
representations and warranties made hereunder and in any document, certificate
or statement delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall survive
the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan
Documents.
9.5 Payment
of Expenses and Taxes.
Each
of
the Borrowers jointly and severally agrees (a) to pay or reimburse the Agent
and
each of the Banks for all its out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in
connection with the development, preparation and execution of, and the
syndication of, this Agreement, the Notes, the other Loan Documents and any
other documents executed and delivered in connection herewith, and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including,
without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the
Agent, (b) to pay or reimburse the Agent and each of the Banks for all its
out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with any amendment,
supplement or modification to this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan
Documents and any other documents executed and delivered in connection
therewith, and the administration of the Revolver Facility, including without
limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel, (c) pay or
reimburse the Bank and each Agent for all its costs and expenses incurred
in
connection with the enforcement or preservation of any rights under this
Agreement, the Notes, the other Loan Documents and any such other documents,
including, without limitation, reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel
to
the Agent and to the several Banks, (d) to pay, indemnify, and hold each
Bank
and the Agent harmless from, any and all recording and filing fees and any
and
all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any delay in paying, stamp,
excise and other taxes, if any, which may be payable or determined to be
payable
in connection with the execution and delivery of, or consummation of any
of the
transactions contemplated by, or any amendment, supplement or modification
of,
or any waiver or consent under or in respect of, this Agreement, the Notes,
the
other Loan Documents and any such other documents, and (e) to pay, indemnify,
and hold each Bank and the Agent harmless from and against any and all other
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions (whether sounding
in contract, in tort or on any other ground), judgments, suits, costs, expenses
including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees or disbursements of
any kind or nature whatsoever with respect to the execution, delivery,
enforcement, performance and administration of or in any other way arising
out
of or relating to, this Agreement, the Notes, the other Loan Documents or
any
such other documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or
any
action taken by any Bank or the Agent with respect to the foregoing including,
without limitation, any of the foregoing relating to the use of proceeds
of the
Loans or the violation of, noncompliance with or liability under, any
Environmental Laws applicable to the operations of the Borrowers or their
Subsidiaries (all the foregoing, collectively, the “indemnified liabilities”),
provided, that the Borrowers shall have no obligation hereunder to the Agent
or
any Bank with respect to indemnified liabilities arising from the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of such person. The agreements in this Section
shall survive repayment of the Notes and all other amounts payable
hereunder.
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9.6 Successors
and Assigns.
(a) Whenever
in this Agreement any of the parties hereto is referred to, such reference
shall
be deemed to include the successors and permitted assigns of such party;
and all
covenants, promises and agreements by or on behalf of a Borrower, the Agent
or
the Banks that are contained in this Agreement shall bind and inure to the
benefit of their respective successors and assigns. The Borrowers may not
assign
or transfer any of their rights or obligations under this Agreement or the
other
Loan Documents without the prior written consent of each Bank.
(b) Each
Bank
may, in accordance with applicable law, sell to any Bank or Affiliate thereof
and, with the consent of the Company (which consent will not be required
if an
Event of Default has occurred or is continuing) and the Agent (which consents
shall not be unreasonably withheld), to one or more banks or other financial
institutions (each, a “Purchasing
Bank”)
all or
any part of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement, the
Notes and the other Loan Documents (including all or a portion of its Revolver
Commitment and Swing Line Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it
and
the Notes held by it); provided,
however,
that
(i) so long as the Commitments are in effect, such assignment shall be in
an
amount not less than the lesser of all such Bank’s interests, rights and
obligations under this Agreement or $5,000,000 (or such lesser amount as
the
Company and the Agent shall agree in their reasonable discretion), (ii) the
parties to each such assignment shall execute and deliver to the Agent and
the
Company for its acceptance an Assignment and Acceptance, together with the
Notes
subject to such assignment and a processing and recordation fee of $3,000,
(iii)
unless otherwise agreed by the Agent and the Company in their reasonable
discretion and provided no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing
such
assignment shall be of all or the same pro rata
portion
of all of such assigning Bank’s Revolver Commitment hereunder and (iv) the Swing
Line Commitment and all outstanding Swing Line Loans may only be assigned
in
their entirety to a Bank then having a Revolver Commitment. Upon acceptance
and
recording pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section 9.6, from and after the
effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, which effective
date
shall be at least five Business Days after the execution thereof, (A) such
Purchasing Bank shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest
assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations
of a
Bank under this Agreement and (B) the assigning Bank thereunder shall, to
the
extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, be released
from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment
and
Acceptance covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning Bank’s rights
and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, such Bank
shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the
benefits of Sections 2.13, 2.16, 2.17, 2.18, 5.8(c) and 9.5 (to the extent
that
such Bank’s entitlement to such benefits arose out of such Bank’s position as a
Bank prior to the applicable assignment). Such Assignment and Acceptance
shall
be deemed to amend this Agreement to the extent, and only to the extent,
necessary to reflect the addition of such Purchasing Bank and the resulting
amounts and percentages held by the Banks arising from the purchase by such
Purchasing Bank of all or a portion of the rights and obligations of such
assigning Bank under this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Section 9.6, the consent of the Company
shall not be required for any assignment which occurs at any time when an
Event
of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
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(c) By
executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the assigning Bank
thereunder and the Purchasing Bank thereunder shall be deemed to confirm
to and
agree with each other and the other parties hereto as follows: (i) such
assigning Bank warrants that it is the legal and beneficial owner of the
interest being assigned thereby, free and clear of any adverse claim and
that
its Revolver Commitment and Swing Line Commitment, and the outstanding balances
of its Loans, without giving effect to assignments thereof which have not
become
effective, are as set forth in such Assignment and Acceptance, (ii) except
as
set forth in (i) above, such assigning Bank makes no representation or warranty
and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties
or
representations made in or in connection with this Agreement or the other
Loan
Documents, or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness,
sufficiency or value of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any other
instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto, or the financial
condition of the Borrowers or the performance or observance by the Borrowers
of
any of its or their obligations under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents
or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto;
(iii)
such Purchasing Bank represents and warrants that it is legally authorized
to
enter into such Assignment and Acceptance; (iv) such Purchasing Bank confirms
that it has received a copy of this Agreement, together with copies of the
most
recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.1 and such other
documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit
analysis and decision to enter into such Assignment and Acceptance; (v) such
Purchasing Bank will independently and without reliance upon the Agent, such
assigning Bank or any other Bank and based on such documents and information
as
it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions
in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents; (vi) such Purchasing Bank appoints and authorizes the Agent to
take
such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents as are delegated to the Agent by the
terms hereof or thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental
thereto; and (vii) such Purchasing Bank agrees that it will perform in
accordance with their terms all the obligations which by the terms of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents are required to be performed by it
as a
Bank including, if it is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside
the
United States, its obligation pursuant to Section 2.17 to deliver the forms
prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service of the United States certifying
as to
the Purchasing Bank’s exemption from United States withholding taxes with
respect to all payments to be made to the Purchasing Bank under this
Agreement.
(d) The
Agent
shall maintain at one of its offices in Pennsylvania a copy of each Assignment
and Acceptance and the names and addresses of the Banks, and the Revolver
Commitments and Swing Line Commitments of, and principal amount of the Loans
owing to, each Bank pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time. Such
information maintained by the Agent shall be conclusive in the absence of
manifest error and the Borrowers, the Agent and the Banks may treat each
Person
whose name is recorded pursuant to the terms hereof as a Bank hereunder for
all
purposes of this Agreement.
(e) Upon
its
receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning
Bank and a Purchasing Bank (and in the case of a Purchasing Bank that is
not
then a Bank or an Affiliate thereof, by the Company and the Agent) together
with
the Note or Notes subject to such assignment and the processing and recordation
fee referred to in
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paragraph
(b) above, the Agent shall promptly (i) accept such Assignment and
Acceptance, (ii) record the information contained therein and (iii) give
notice
thereof to the Banks. Within five Business Days after receipt of notice,
the
Borrowers shall execute and deliver to the Agent, in exchange for the surrender
of the original Note(s) (A) with respect to the assignment of Loans of any
Bank,
a new Note to the order of such Purchasing Bank in an amount equal to the
amount
of each applicable commitment assumed and (B) if the assigning Bank has retained
a Revolver Commitment, a new Note or Notes to the order of such assignor
in the
amount equal to each applicable Revolver Commitment retained by it. Such
new
Notes shall be in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal
amount of such surrendered Note(s); such new Notes shall be dated the date
of
the surrendered Notes which they replace and shall otherwise be in substantially
the form of Exhibit A-1,
or, in
the case of the Swing Line Bank only, Exhibit A-2
hereto,
as applicable. Canceled Notes shall be returned to the Company.
(f) Each
Bank
may without the consent of the Company or the Agent sell participations to
one
or more banks or other entities (each a “Participant”)
in any
Loan owing to such Bank, any Note held by such Bank, any Revolver Commitment
and
Swing Line Commitment of such Bank or any other interest of such Bank hereunder
and under the other Loan Documents, provided,
however,
that
(i) such Bank’s obligations under this Agreement to the other parties to this
Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Bank shall remain solely responsible
to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, (iii)
such
Bank shall remain the holder of any such Note for all purposes under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (iv) the Borrowers, the Banks and
the
Agent shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Bank in connection
with such Bank’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, (v) in any proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code such Bank shall
be,
to the extent permitted by law, the sole representative with respect to the
obligations held in the name of such Bank, whether for its own account or
for
the account of any Participant and , (vi) such Bank shall retain the sole
right
to approve, without the consent of any Participant, any amendment, modification
or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or the Note or Notes held by
such
Bank or any other Loan Document, other than any such amendment, modification
or
waiver with respect to any Loan or Revolver Commitment or Swing Line Commitment
in which such Participant has an interest that changes the principal amount
of
any Loans or Revolver Commitment or Swing Line Commitment, forgives principal,
interest or fees or reduces the interest rate or fees payable with respect
to
any such Loan or Commitment, postpones any date fixed for any regularly
scheduled payment of principal of, or interest or fees on, any such Loan
or
releases any guarantor of such Loan.
(g) If
amounts outstanding under this Agreement and the Notes are due or unpaid,
or
shall have been declared or shall have become due and payable upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default, each Participant shall be deemed to have
the
right of set-off in respect of its participating interest in amounts owing
under
this Agreement and any Note to the same extent as if the amount of its
participating interest were owing directly to it as a Bank under this Agreement
or any Note, provided
that in
purchasing such participation such Participant shall be deemed to have agreed
to
share with the Banks the proceeds thereof as provided in Section 9.8. The
Borrowers also agree that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits
of
Sections 2.13, 2.16, 2.17, 2.18, 5.8(c) and 9.5 with respect to its
participation in the Revolver Commitments and Swing Line Commitments and
the
Loans outstanding from time to time; provided,
that no
Participant shall be entitled to receive any greater amount pursuant to such
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Sections
than the assigning Bank would have been entitled to receive in respect of
the
amount of the participation transferred by such assigning Bank to such
Participant had no such transfer occurred.
(h) If
any
Participant of a Bank is organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other
than
the United States or any state thereof, the assigning Bank, concurrently
with
the sale of a participating interest to such Participant, shall cause such
Participant (i) to represent to the assigning Bank (for the benefit of the
assigning Bank, the other Banks, the Agent and the Borrowers) that under
applicable law and treaties no taxes will be required to be withheld by the
Agent, the Borrowers or the assigning Bank with respect to any payments to
be
made to such Participant in respect of its participation in the Loans and
(ii)
to agree (for the benefit of the assigning Bank, the other Banks, the Agent
and
the Borrowers) that it will deliver the tax forms and other documents required
to be delivered pursuant to subsection 2.17 and comply from time to time
with
all applicable U.S. laws and regulations with respect to withholding tax
exemptions.
(i) Any
Bank
may at any time assign all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement
and
the Notes issued to it to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided
that no
such assignment shall release a Bank from any of its obligations
hereunder.
(j) Upon
the
effective date of a New Bank Joinder, each bank or other financial institution
becoming a party to this Agreement pursuant to subsection 2.14(d) hereof
(each a
“New
Bank”)
shall
be a party hereto and shall be one of the Banks hereunder for all purposes.
On
the effective date of such joinder and/or any increase in the Revolver
Commitment of any existing Bank pursuant to subsection 2.14(d), the Borrowers
shall repay all outstanding Revolving Loans (together with any amounts due
under
Section 2.18 as a result of such payment) and reborrow a like amount of
Revolving Loans from the Banks, including each New Bank, according to their
new
Commitment Percentages.
9.7 Disclosure
of Information.
Unless
otherwise consented to by the Company in writing, each of the Banks and the
Agent agrees to use reasonable precautions to keep confidential, in accordance
with its customary procedures for handling confidential information of the
same
nature and in accordance with safe and sound banking practices, any non-public
information supplied to it by the Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement; provided
that nothing herein shall limit the disclosure of any such information (a)
to
the extent required by statute, rule, regulation or judicial process, (b)
to
counsel for any Bank or the Agent, (c) to bank examiners, auditors or
accountants, (d) to the Agent or any other Bank, (e) in connection with any
litigation to which any one or more of the Banks or the Agent is a party
and (f)
to any Participant or Purchasing Bank (or prospective Participant or Purchasing
Bank) so long as such Participant or Purchasing Bank (or prospective Participant
or Purchasing Bank) agrees to comply with the requirements of this section.
If
the Agent or any of the Banks believes it is obligated to disclose with respect
to the Borrowers any non-public information and is not precluded by law or
judicial order from doing so, it shall give notice thereof to the Borrowers
as
far in advance of the anticipated disclosure as is reasonably practicable
under
the circumstances in order to allow the Borrowers the opportunity to seek
an
appropriate protective order, should they so desire. Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, the information subject to this Section 9.7 shall
not
include, and the Agent and each Bank may disclose without limitation of any
kind, any information with respect to the “tax treatment” and “tax structure”
(in each case, within the
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meaning
of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4) of the transactions contemplated
hereby
and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses)
that
are provided to the Agent or such Bank relating to such tax treatment tax
structure; provided that with respect to any document or similar item that
in
either case contains information concerning the tax treatment or tax structure
of the transaction as well as other information, this sentence shall only
apply
to such portions of the document or similar item that relate to the tax
treatment or tax structure of the Loans, Letters of Credit and transactions
contemplated hereby.
9.8 Adjustments;
Set-off.
(a) If
any
Bank (a “benefited
Bank”)
shall
at any time receive any payment of all or part of its Loans or the Reimbursement
Obligations owing to it, or interest thereon, or receive any collateral in
respect thereof (whether voluntarily or involuntarily, by set-off, pursuant
to
events or proceedings of the nature referred to in subsection 7.1(f), or
otherwise), in a greater proportion than its Commitment Percentage of any
such
payment to or collateral received by any other Bank, if any, in respect of
such
other Bank’s Loans or the Reimbursement Obligations owing to it, or interest
thereon, such benefited Bank shall purchase for cash from the other Banks
such
portion of each such other Bank’s Loans owing to it, or shall provide such other
Banks with the benefits of any such collateral, or the proceeds thereof,
as
shall be necessary to cause such benefited Bank to share the excess payment
or
benefits of such collateral or proceeds ratably with each of the Banks;
provided, however, that if all or any portion of such excess payment or benefits
is thereafter recovered from such benefited Bank, such purchase shall be
rescinded, and the purchase price and benefits returned, to the extent of
such
recovery, but without interest unless the benefited Bank is required to pay
interest thereon, in which case each Bank returning funds to the benefited
Bank
shall pay its pro rata share of such interest. Each of the Borrowers, jointly
and severally agrees that each Bank so purchasing a portion of another Bank’s
Loans may exercise all rights of payment (including, without limitation,
rights
of set-off) with respect to such portion as fully as if such Bank were the
direct holder of such portion.
(b) In
addition to any rights and remedies of the Banks provided by law, upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Bank shall
have the right, without prior notice to the Borrowers (or any of them), any
such
notice being expressly waived by the Borrowers to the extent permitted by
applicable law, upon any amount becoming due and payable by the Borrowers
hereunder or under the Notes (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration
or
otherwise) to set-off and appropriate and apply against such amount any and
all
deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any
currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency,
in
each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or
unmatured, at any time held or owing by such Bank to or for the credit or
the
account of one or more Borrowers. Each Bank agrees promptly to notify the
Company and the Agent after any such set-off and application made by such
Bank,
provided
that the
failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off
and
application.
9.9 Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement
on any
number of separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together
shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. A set of the copies
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of
this
Agreement signed by all the parties shall be lodged with the Company, on
behalf
of the Borrowers, and each of the Banks.
9.10 Severability.
Any
provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent
of
such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining
provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision
in any
other jurisdiction.
9.11 Integration.
This
Agreement and the other Loan Documents represent the agreement of the parties
hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, and there are no promises,
undertakings, representations or warranties by the Agent or any Bank relative
to
the subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or
in
the other Loan Documents.
9.12 GOVERNING
LAW.
THIS
AGREEMENT AND THE NOTES AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER
THIS
AGREEMENT AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED
IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA WITHOUT REGARD
TO
CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES.
9.13 Submission
To Jurisdiction; Waivers.
Each
of
the Borrowers hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:
(a) submits
for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to
this
Agreement or the Notes, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment
in
respect thereof, to the non-exclusive general jurisdiction of the Courts
of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the courts of the United States of America
for the
Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and appellate courts from any
thereof;
(b) consents
that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives
any
objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action
or
proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought
in an
inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;
(c) agrees
that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected
by
mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially
similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to the Company at its address set
forth
in Section 9.2 or at such other address of which the Agent shall have been
notified pursuant thereto;
(d) agrees
that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in
any
other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to xxx in any other
jurisdiction; and
(e) waives,
to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim
or
recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section any
special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.
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9.14 Acknowledgments.
.
Each of
Borrowers hereby acknowledges that:
(a) it
has
been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this
Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents;
(b) neither
the Agent nor any Bank has any fiduciary relationship to the Borrowers (or
any
of them) and the relationship hereunder between the Agent and Banks, on the
one
hand, and the Borrowers, on the other hand, is solely that of debtor and
creditor; and
(c) no
joint
venture exists among the Banks or among the Borrowers (or any of them) and
the
Banks.
9.15 No
Right of Contribution.
On
and
after the occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder, no Borrower shall
seek or
be entitled to any reimbursement from any other Borrower, or be subrogated
to
any rights of the Banks against the Borrowers, in respect of any payments
made
pursuant to the Loan Documents, until all amounts owing to the Banks hereunder
and under the Notes are paid in full.
9.16 WAIVERS
OF JURY TRIAL.
EACH
OF
THE BORROWERS, THE AGENT AND THE BANKS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY
WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS
AGREEMENT, THE NOTES OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY MANDATORY
COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, by their officers thereunto duly
authorized, have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above
written.
TASTY
BAKING COMPANY
By: /s/
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx
X.
Xxxxxxxxx
Senior
Vice President
TASTYKAKE
INVESTMENT COMPANY
By:
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
X.
Xxxxxxxxxx
Treasurer
TBC
FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
By:
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
X.
Xxxxxxxxxx
Treasurer
TASTY
BAKING OXFORD, INC.
By:
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
X.
Xxxxxxxxxx
Treasurer
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PNC
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as
a
Bank, as Swing Line Bank, as Issuing Bank and as Agent
By:
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, Xx.
Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxxx, Xx.
Senior
Vice President
CITIZENS
BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA, as
a
Bank
By:
/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxx
Senior
Vice President
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SCHEDULE
I
BANKS
AND COMMITMENT INFORMATION
Bank
and Lending Office(s)
|
Commitments
|
|
Revolver
|
Swing
Line*
|
|
PNC
Bank, National Association
|
$19,687,500
|
$10,000,000
|
0000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000
|
||
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000
|
||
Attn:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
|
||
Telecopy:
(000) 000-0000
|
||
Citizens
Bank of Pennsylvania
|
$15,312,500
|
0
|
0000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
|
||
Xxxxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
|
||
Xxxx
X. Xxxxxxxxx
|
||
Telecopy:
(000) 000-0000
|
||
Commitments
|
$35,000,000
|
$10,000,000
|
*Swing
Line Commitment is a sublimit of the Revolver Commitment
Schedule
1-1
SCHEDULE
II
PERMITTED
LIENS
None.
SCHEDULE
1.1
EXISTING
LETTERS OF CREDIT
L/C
No.
|
Face
Amount
|
Expiry
Date
|
Beneficiary
|
LC#
245987
|
$925,000.00
|
Expiry
Date 6/30/06
|
Atlantic
Mutual Insurance Co.
|
LC#
245988
|
$1,200,000.00
|
Expiry
Date 6/30/06
|
Pacific
Employers Insurance Co.
|
LC#
259881
|
$1,350,000.00
|
Expiry
Date 6/30/06
|
Companion
Insurance Company
|
SCHEDULE
3.2
No
Change.
Except
as
disclosed in the Company’s 2004 Form 10K for the fiscal year ending December 25,
2004 with respect to the class-action litigation discussed in Item
3. Legal Proceedings
and
Footnote no. 7 Commitments
and Contingencies,
the
Company has not experienced any development or event nor any prospective
development or event which has had or could reasonably be expected to have
a
Material Adverse Effect as defined in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
dated September 13, 2005.
SCHEDULE
6.4
OTHER
PERMITTED INDEBTEDNESS
None.
AMENDED
AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
among
TASTY
BAKING COMPANY
and
Its
Subsidiaries,
as
Borrowers,
The
Several Lenders From Time to Time
Parties
Hereto
and
PNC
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as
Agent
Dated
as of September 13, 2005
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SECTION
1. DEFINITIONS
|
1
|
|
1.1
|
Defined
Terms
|
1
|
1.2
|
Other
Definitional Provisions
|
20
|
SECTION
2. LOANS AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS
|
20
|
|
2.1
|
The
Loans
|
20
|
2.2
|
Procedure
for Revolving Loans
|
21
|
2.3
|
Swing
Line Loans
|
22
|
2.4
|
Conversion
and Continuation Options
|
24
|
2.5
|
Nature
of Banks’ Obligations with Respect to Loans
|
25
|
2.6
|
Notes
|
25
|
2.7
|
Fees
|
26
|
2.8
|
Letter
of Credit Subfacility
|
27
|
2.9
|
Interest
Rates and Payment Dates
|
32
|
2.10
|
Default
Interest
|
33
|
2.11
|
Pro
Rata Treatment of Loans and Payments; Commitment Fees
|
33
|
2.12
|
Payments
|
33
|
2.13
|
LIBOR
Rate Unascertainable; Illegality; Increased Costs; Deposits
Not
Available
|
34
|
2.14
|
Termination,
Reduction and Increase of Commitments
|
35
|
2.15
|
Prepayment
of Loans
|
36
|
2.16
|
Requirements
of Law
|
37
|
2.17
|
Taxes
|
39
|
2.18
|
Indemnity
|
40
|
2.19
|
Intentionally
Omitted
|
41
|
2.20
|
Borrowers’
Representative
|
41
|
SECTION
3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
|
41
|
|
3.1
|
Financial
Condition
|
41
|
3.2
|
No
Change
|
42
|
3.3
|
Corporate
Existence; Compliance with Law
|
42
|
3.4
|
Corporate
Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations
|
42
|
3.5
|
No
Legal Bar
|
43
|
3.6
|
No
Material Litigation
|
43
|
3.7
|
No
Default
|
43
|
3.8
|
Taxes
|
43
|
3.9
|
Federal
Regulations
|
43
|
3.10
|
ERISA
|
43
|
3.11
|
Investment
Company Act
|
44
|
i
3.12
|
Public
Utility Holding Company Act
|
44
|
3.13
|
Environmental
Matters
|
44
|
3.14
|
No
Material Misstatements
|
45
|
3.15
|
Title
to Properties
|
46
|
3.16
|
Intellectual
Property
|
46
|
3.17
|
No
Burdensome Restrictions; List of Subsidiaries
|
46
|
3.18
|
Solvency
|
46
|
3.19
|
Insurance
|
47
|
3.20
|
Anti-Terrorism
Laws
|
47
|
SECTION
4. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
|
48
|
|
4.1
|
Conditions
to Effectiveness
|
48
|
4.2
|
Conditions
to Each Extension of Credit
|
49
|
4.3
|
Effective
Date; Transitional Arrangements
|
50
|
SECTION
5. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
|
51
|
|
5.1
|
Financial
Statements
|
51
|
5.2
|
Certificates;
Other Information
|
51
|
5.3
|
Payment
of Obligations
|
52
|
5.4
|
Maintenance
of Existence
|
52
|
5.5
|
Maintenance
of Insurance; Property
|
52
|
5.6
|
Inspection
of Property; Books and Records; Discussions
|
53
|
5.7
|
Notices
|
53
|
5.8
|
Environmental
Laws
|
53
|
5.9
|
Notice
and Joinder of New Subsidiaries
|
54
|
5.10
|
Use
of Proceeds
|
54
|
5.11
|
Tax
Shelter Regulations
|
54
|
5.12
|
Anti-Terrorism
Laws
|
54
|
SECTION
6. NEGATIVE COVENANTS
|
55
|
|
6.1
|
Financial
Condition Covenants
|
55
|
6.2
|
Limitation
on Liens
|
55
|
6.3
|
Limitations
on Fundamental Changes
|
55
|
6.4
|
Limitation
on Indebtedness
|
56
|
6.5
|
Limitation
on Sale of Assets
|
56
|
6.6
|
Transactions
with Affiliates
|
56
|
6.7
|
Sale
and Leaseback
|
57
|
6.8
|
Limitation
on Acquisitions, Investments, Loans and Advances
|
57
|
6.9
|
No
Negative Pledge
|
57
|
6.10
|
Fiscal
Year
|
57
|
6.11
|
Limitation
on Conduct of Business
|
57
|
6.12
|
Capital
Expenditures
|
57
|
SECTION
7. EVENTS OF DEFAULT
|
58
|
|
7.1
|
Events
of Default
|
58
|
ii
SECTION
8. THE AGENT
|
61
|
|
8.1
|
Appointment
|
61
|
8.2
|
Delegation
of Duties
|
61
|
8.3
|
Exculpatory
Provisions
|
61
|
8.4
|
Reliance
by Agent
|
61
|
8.5
|
Notice
of Default
|
62
|
8.6
|
Non
Reliance on Agent and Other Banks
|
62
|
8.7
|
Indemnification
|
63
|
8.8
|
Agent
in Its Individual Capacity
|
63
|
8.9
|
Successor
Agent
|
63
|
8.10
|
Beneficiaries
|
63
|
SECTION
9. MISCELLANEOUS
|
64
|
|
9.1
|
Amendments
and Waivers
|
64
|
9.2
|
Notices;
Lending Offices
|
64
|
9.3
|
No
Waiver; Cumulative Remedies
|
65
|
9.4
|
Survival
of Representations and Warranties
|
66
|
9.5
|
Payment
of Expenses and Taxes
|
66
|
9.6
|
Successors
and Assigns
|
67
|
9.7
|
Disclosure
of Information
|
70
|
9.8
|
Adjustments;
Set off
|
71
|
9.9
|
Counterparts
|
71
|
9.10
|
Severability
|
72
|
9.11
|
Integration
|
72
|
9.12
|
GOVERNING
LAW
|
72
|
9.13
|
Submission
To Jurisdiction; Waivers
|
72
|
9.14
|
Acknowledgments
|
73
|
9.15
|
No
Right of Contribution
|
73
|
9.16
|
WAIVERS
OF JURY TRIAL
|
73
|
iii
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE
I
|
Bank
and Commitment Information
|
SCHEDULE
II
|
Existing
Liens
|
SCHEDULE
1.1
|
Existing
Letters of Credit
|
SCHEDULE
3.2
|
No
Change
|
SCHEDULE
6.4
|
Existing
Indebtedness
|
EXHIBITS
|
|
EXHIBIT
A-1
|
Form
of Revolver Note
|
EXHIBIT
A-2
|
Form
of Swing Line Note
|
EXHIBIT
B
|
Form
of Assignment and Acceptance Agreement
|
EXHIBIT
C
|
Form
of Notice of Borrowing
|
EXHIBIT
D
|
Form
of Joinder and Assumption Agreement
|
EXHIBIT
E
|
Form
of Increased Commitment and Acceptance
|
EXHIBIT
F
|
Form
of New Bank Joinder
|
EXHIBIT
G
|
Form
of Intercreditor Agreement
|
iv
REVOLVER
NOTE
$19,687,500
|
September
13, 2005
|
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED, TASTY BAKING COMPANY, and its direct and indirect subsidiaries
party
hereto listed on the signature page hereof (collectively, the “Borrowers”),
hereby unconditionally, jointly and severally, promise to pay to the order
of
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (the “Bank”) at the office of PNC BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION (the “Agent”) located at 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000, on
the Revolver Termination Date in immediately available funds NINETEEN MILLION
SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY-SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($19,687,500), or
such
lesser amount as may be advanced for the benefit of the Borrowers hereunder
prior to the Revolver Termination Date. In addition, the Borrowers shall
make
principal payments on this Note, to the extent required under the Credit
Agreement (as defined below), on the dates specified in the Credit Agreement
and
in the amounts determined in accordance with the provisions thereof. The
Borrowers further agree to pay interest accrued on the unpaid principal amount
outstanding hereunder from time to time from the date hereof at such office
at
the rates and on the dates specified in the Credit Agreement, together with
all
other costs, fees and expenses as provided in the Credit Agreement.
The
holder of this Note is authorized to endorse on Schedule 1 annexed hereto
and
made a part hereof, or on a continuation thereof which shall be attached
hereto
and made a part hereof, the respective date, Type and amount of each Revolving
Loan made by the Bank to the Borrowers, each continuation thereof, each
conversion of all or a portion thereof to another Type, the date and amount
of
each payment and prepayment of the principal hereof and interest hereon and
the
respective dates thereof, and, in the case of LIBOR Loans, the length of
each
Interest Period with respect thereto, or to otherwise record such information
on
its internal records, and any such endorsement or recordation shall constitute
prima
facie
evidence
of the accuracy of the information so endorsed or recorded; provided,
however,
that the
failure to make any such endorsement (or any error in such endorsement or
recordation) shall not affect the obligations of the Borrowers to make payments
of principal, interest and other amounts outstanding in accordance with the
terms of this Note and the Credit Agreement.
Capitalized
terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings given in the
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of September 13, 2005, among
the
Borrowers, the Agent, and the Banks party thereto (as it may be amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement”). This Note is one of the Revolver Notes referred to in, evidences
indebtedness incurred under, and is entitled to the benefits of, the Credit
Agreement. The Credit Agreement, among other things, contains provisions
for
acceleration of the maturity hereof upon the happening of certain events,
for
optional or mandatory prepayments of the principal hereof prior to the maturity
thereof, for a higher rate of interest hereunder on amounts past due and
for the
amendment or waiver of certain provisions of the Credit Agreement.
1
Upon
the
occurrence of any one or more of the Events of Default specified in the Credit
Agreement, all amounts then remaining unpaid on this Note shall become, or
may
be declared to be, immediately due and payable, all as provided
therein.
All
parties now and hereafter liable with respect to this Note, whether maker,
principal, surety, guarantor, endorser or otherwise, hereby waive presentment,
demand, protest and notice of any kind. No failure to exercise, and no delay
in
exercising, any rights hereunder on the part of the holder hereof shall operate
as a waiver of such rights.
Each
of
the Borrowers acknowledges that it has read and understood all the provisions
of
this Note and has been advised by counsel as necessary or
appropriate.
[Signature
Page to Follow]
2
WITNESS
the due
execution hereof as a document under seal, as of the date first written above,
with the intent to be legally bound hereby.
TASTY
BAKING COMPANY
By:
/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx
X.
Xxxxxxxxx
Senior
Vice President
TASTYKAKE
INVESTMENT COMPANY
By:
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
X.
Xxxxxxxxxx
Treasurer
TBC
FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
By:
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
X.
Xxxxxxxxxx
Treasurer
TASTY
BAKING OXFORD, INC.
By:
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
X.
Xxxxxxxxxx
Treasurer
3
Schedule
1
Loans,
Conversions and Payments
Schedule
1
Loans,
Conversions and Payments
Payments
|
|||||||
Date
|
Amount
of
Loan
|
Interest
Rate
|
Interest
Period
|
Principal
|
Interest
|
Unpaid
Balance
of
Note
|
Name
of
Person
Making
Notation
|
4
REVOLVER
NOTE
$15,312,500
|
September
13, 2005
|
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED, TASTY BAKING COMPANY, and its direct and indirect subsidiaries
party
hereto listed on the signature page hereof (collectively, the “Borrowers”),
hereby unconditionally, jointly and severally, promise to pay to the order
of
CITIZENS BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA (the “Bank”) at the office of PNC BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION (the “Agent”) located at 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000, on
the Revolver Termination Date in immediately available funds FIFTEEN MILLION
THREE HUNDRED TWELVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($15,312,500), or such
lesser
amount as may be advanced for the benefit of the Borrowers hereunder prior
to
the Revolver Termination Date. In addition, the Borrowers shall make principal
payments on this Note, to the extent required under the Credit Agreement
(as
defined below), on the dates specified in the Credit Agreement and in the
amounts determined in accordance with the provisions thereof. The Borrowers
further agree to pay interest accrued on the unpaid principal amount outstanding
hereunder from time to time from the date hereof at such office at the rates
and
on the dates specified in the Credit Agreement, together with all other costs,
fees and expenses as provided in the Credit Agreement.
The
holder of this Note is authorized to endorse on Schedule 1 annexed hereto
and
made a part hereof, or on a continuation thereof which shall be attached
hereto
and made a part hereof, the respective date, Type and amount of each Revolving
Loan made by the Bank to the Borrowers, each continuation thereof, each
conversion of all or a portion thereof to another Type, the date and amount
of
each payment and prepayment of the principal hereof and interest hereon and
the
respective dates thereof, and, in the case of LIBOR Loans, the length of
each
Interest Period with respect thereto, or to otherwise record such information
on
its internal records, and any such endorsement or recordation shall constitute
prima
facie
evidence
of the accuracy of the information so endorsed or recorded; provided,
however,
that the
failure to make any such endorsement (or any error in such endorsement or
recordation) shall not affect the obligations of the Borrowers to make payments
of principal, interest and other amounts outstanding in accordance with the
terms of this Note and the Credit Agreement.
Capitalized
terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings given in the
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of September 13, 2005, among
the
Borrowers, the Agent, and the Banks party thereto (as it may be amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement”). This Note is one of the Revolver Notes referred to in, evidences
indebtedness incurred under, and is entitled to the benefits of, the Credit
Agreement. The Credit Agreement, among other things, contains provisions
for
acceleration of the maturity hereof upon the happening of certain events,
for
optional or mandatory prepayments of the principal hereof prior to the maturity
thereof, for a higher rate of interest hereunder on amounts past due and
for the
amendment or waiver of certain provisions of the Credit Agreement.
1
Upon
the
occurrence of any one or more of the Events of Default specified in the Credit
Agreement, all amounts then remaining unpaid on this Note shall become, or
may
be declared to be, immediately due and payable, all as provided
therein.
All
parties now and hereafter liable with respect to this Note, whether maker,
principal, surety, guarantor, endorser or otherwise, hereby waive presentment,
demand, protest and notice of any kind. No failure to exercise, and no delay
in
exercising, any rights hereunder on the part of the holder hereof shall operate
as a waiver of such rights.
Each
of
the Borrowers acknowledges that it has read and understood all the provisions
of
this Note and has been advised by counsel as necessary or
appropriate.
[Signature
Page to Follow]
2
WITNESS
the due
execution hereof as a document under seal, as of the date first written above,
with the intent to be legally bound hereby.
TASTY
BAKING COMPANY
By:
/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx
X.
Xxxxxxxxx
Senior
Vice President
TASTYKAKE
INVESTMENT COMPANY
By:
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
X.
Xxxxxxxxxx
Treasurer
TBC
FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
By:
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
X.
Xxxxxxxxxx
Treasurer
TASTY
BAKING OXFORD, INC.
By:
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
X.
Xxxxxxxxxx
Treasurer
3
Schedule
1
Loans,
Conversions and Payments
Schedule
1
Loans,
Conversions and Payments
Payments
|
|||||||
Date
|
Amount
of
Loan
|
Interest
Rate
|
Interest
Period
|
Principal
|
Interest
|
Unpaid
Balance
of
Note
|
Name
of
Person
Making
Notation
|
4
SWING
LINE NOTE
$10,000,000
|
September
13, 2005
|
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED, TASTY BAKING COMPANY, and its direct and indirect subsidiaries
party
hereto listed on the signature page hereof (collectively, the “Borrowers”),
hereby unconditionally, jointly and severally, promise to pay to the order
of
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (the “Swing Line Bank”) at the office of PNC
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (the “Agent”) located at 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000, in Dollars, the aggregate unpaid principal amount
of all
Swing Line Loans made by the Swing Line Bank to the Borrowers in accordance
with
the terms of the Credit Agreement (as defined below), in immediately available
funds, and to pay interest from the date hereof on such principal amount
from
time to time outstanding, in like funds, at said office, at the rates per
annum
and payable on the dates specified in the Credit Agreement.
The
holder of this Note is authorized to endorse on Schedule I annexed hereto
and
made a part hereof, or on a continuation thereof which shall be attached
hereto
and made a part hereof, the respective date and amount of each Swing Line
Loan
made by the Swing Line Bank to the Borrowers and all payments and prepayments
of
the principal hereof and interest hereon and the respective dates thereof,
or to
otherwise record such information on its internal records, and any such
endorsement or recordation shall constitute prima
facie
evidence
of the accuracy of the information so endorsed or recorded; provided,
however,
that the
failure to make any such endorsement or recordation (or any error in such
endorsement or recordation) shall not affect the obligations of the Borrower
to
make payments of principal, interest and other amounts outstanding in accordance
with the terms of this Note and the Credit Agreement.
Capitalized
terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings given in the
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of September 13, 2005,
among the
Borrowers, the Agent, the Swing Line Bank, and the Banks party thereto,
and (as
it may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time
to
time, the “Credit Agreement”). This Note is the Swing Line Note referred to in,
evidences indebtedness incurred under, and is entitled to the benefits
of, the
Credit Agreement. The Credit Agreement, among other things, contains provisions
for acceleration of the maturity hereof upon the happening of certain events,
for optional or mandatory prepayments of the principal hereof prior to
the
maturity thereof, for a higher rate of interest hereunder on amounts past
due
and for the amendment or waiver of certain provisions of the Credit
Agreement.
Upon
the
occurrence of any one or more of the Events of Default specified in the
Credit
Agreement, all amounts then remaining unpaid on this Note shall become,
or may
be declared to be, immediately due and payable, all as provided
therein.
All
parties now and hereafter liable with respect to this Note, whether maker,
principal, surety, guarantor, endorser or otherwise, hereby waive presentment,
demand, protest and notice of any kind. No failure to exercise, and no
delay in
exercising, any rights hereunder on the part of the holder hereof shall
operate
as a waiver of such rights.
1
Each
of
the Borrowers acknowledges that it has read and understood all the provisions
of
this Note and has been advised by counsel as necessary or
appropriate.
[Signature
Page to Follow]
2
WITNESS
the due
execution hereof as a document under seal, as of the date first written
above,
with the intent to be legally bound hereby.
TASTY
BAKING COMPANY
By:
/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx
X.
Xxxxxxxxx
Senior
Vice President
TASTYKAKE
INVESTMENT COMPANY
By:
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
X.
Xxxxxxxxxx
Treasurer
TBC
FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
By:
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
X.
Xxxxxxxxxx
Treasurer
TASTY
BAKING OXFORD, INC.
By:
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
X.
Xxxxxxxxxx
Treasurer
3
Schedule
1
Loans,
Conversions and Payments
Schedule
1
Loans,
Conversions and Payments
Payments
|
|||||||
Date
|
Amount
of
Loan
|
Interest
Rate
|
Interest
Period
|
Principal
|
Interest
|
Unpaid
Balance
of
Note
|
Name
of
Person
Making
Notation
|
4
INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT
Dated
September 13, 2005
TASTY
BAKING COMPANY, as Borrowers’ Representative
and
PNC
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Agent
and
CITIZENS
BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA
INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT
Intercreditor
Agreement dated as of September 13, 2005 among CITIZENS BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA
(“CITIZENS”), PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Agent for the Banks under the
Credit Agreement (as such terms are hereinafter defined) (in such capacity
, the
“Agent”), and TASTY BAKING COMPANY, on behalf of the Borrowers (as hereinafter
defined), as the Borrowers’ Representative (as defined in the Credit Agreement
referred to below) (the “Borrowers’ Representative”).
BACKGROUND
A. Pursuant
to an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement of even date herewith (the “Credit
Agreement”) among the Borrowers’ Representative and its subsidiaries party
thereto (collectively, the “Borrowers”), the several banks and other financial
institutions parties thereto (the “Banks”) and the Agent, the Banks have
extended to Borrowers certain unsecured revolving credit facilities in the
aggregate maximum principal amount of $35,000,000 (the “Banks Commitment
Amount”) evidenced by notes issued by the Borrowers to the Banks. The Credit
Agreement, such notes and all documents and instruments executed in connection
therewith are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Banks Credit
Agreements.”
B. Pursuant
to a Loan Agreement of even date herewith (the “Loan Agreement”) between
Citizens and the Borrowers, Citizens has agreed to make (i) an unsecured
term
loan in the principal amount equal to $5,300,000 on the date hereof (the
“Initial Term Loan”), (ii) an unsecured term loan in the maximum principal
amount of $2,550,000 on or before the Funding Expiration Date (as defined
in the
Loan Agreement) (the “Secondary Term Loan” and, together with the Initial Term
Loan, the “Unsecured Term Loans”) and (iii) a secured mortgage term loan in the
maximum principal amount of $2,150,000 on or before the Funding Expiration
Date
and secured by the Mortgage (as hereinafter defined) (the “Secured Term Loan”
and, together with the Unsecured Term Loans, the “Citizens Loans”). The Loan
Agreement and all notes, documents and instruments executed in connection
therewith are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Citizens Credit
Agreements”.
C. In
anticipation of entering into the foregoing credit facilities, Citizens and
the
Agent, on behalf of the Banks, desire to coordinate and provide for the
application of any amounts received from the Borrowers following a Foreclosure
Event (as hereinafter defined), and the parties hereto have agreed to enter
into
this Intercreditor Agreement.
AGREEMENT
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and intending to be legally bound
hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS
In
addition to the other terms defined in the Background recitals, the following
terms shall have the meanings set forth:
“Banks
Obligations”
means
all principal of and interest on and all other fees due from the Borrowers
under
any of the Banks Credit Agreements.
“Citizens
Obligations”
means
all principal and interest and all other fees due from the Borrowers under
any
of the Citizens Credit Agreements.
“Credit
Documents”
means,
collectively, the Banks Credit Agreements and the Citizens Credit
Agreements.
“Event
of Default”
means
either (i) an Event of Default (as defined in any of the Banks Credit
Agreements) or (ii) an Event of Default (as defined in any of the Citizens
Credit Agreements).
“Foreclosure
Event”
shall
mean the determination by either Lender to enforce its remedies against the
Borrowers and their respective assets either by enforcing its security interests
or liens on such assets, by seeking a judgment against the Borrowers or
otherwise, following the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event
of
Default.
“Lenders”
means
collectively, and “Lender”
means
individually the Agent and Citizens, and their respective successors and
permitted assigns.
“Mortgage”
means
the mortgage granted to Citizens by the Borrower owning the Hunting Park
Property (as defined in the Loan Agreement) as security for the Secured Term
Loan.
“Obligations”
means
collectively the Banks Obligations and the Citizens Obligations.
2. |
NOTICE
OF FORECLOSURE EVENT; APPLICATION OF
PROCEEDS
|
A. Each
Lender shall notify the other Lender promptly of the occurrence of a Foreclosure
Event with respect to Obligations held by it, or, in the case of the Agent,
by
the Banks.
B. In
the
event that a Lender has notified the other Lender that a Foreclosure Event
has
occurred and either Lender shall thereafter obtain payment of any amounts
owing
to it or, in the case of the Agent, to the Banks, on or in respect of any
Obligations through exercise of
a
right
of set-off, banker’s lien or counterclaim, from any realization (whether through
enforcement of security interests or other liens, attachment or otherwise)
on
any assets of the Borrowers, or otherwise, such amounts shall be applied
in the
order set forth below (to the extent permitted by applicable law):
i. To
the
payment of all costs, expenses, liabilities and advances made or incurred
by
such Lender in connection with obtaining such payment (including reasonable
fees
of counsel).
ii. The
remainder of such proceeds, if any, after the application of proceeds in
accordance with the preceding clause i, realized from the Hunting Park Property,
pursuant to Citizens’ enforcement of the Mortgage, to the payment of the
Citizens Obligations attributable to the Secured Term Loan.
iii. The
remainder of such proceeds, if any, after the application of proceeds in
accordance with the preceding clauses i and ii, to the payment to the
Lenders of the outstanding principal amount of Obligations which remain unpaid
at such date, pro rata
between
the Lenders in accordance with the outstanding principal amount of such
Obligations on such date.
iv. The
remainder of such proceeds, if any, after the application of proceeds in
accordance with the preceding clauses i, ii and iii, to the payment to the
Lenders of all other Obligations outstanding on such date, including, without
limitation, interest, premium, if any, and fees, pro rata
between
the Lenders in accordance with the outstanding amount of such
Obligations.
v. The
remainder of such proceeds, if any, after the application of proceeds in
accordance with the preceding clauses i, ii, iii and iv and payment in full
of all Obligations, to the payment to the Borrowers, its successors or assigns,
or otherwise as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if a Lender triggers a Foreclosure Event (the “Foreclosing
Lender”) and the other Lender thereafter fails promptly to trigger a Foreclosure
Event and enforce its rights and remedies against the Borrowers and their
respective assets, as applicable, any proceeds obtained by the Foreclosing
Lender may be applied by the Foreclosing Lender solely to the Obligations
owed
to it.
3. |
MODIFICATION
OF LOAN DOCUMENTS AND ASSIGNMENT OF
OBLIGATIONS
|
The
Lenders agree between themselves (but not with, or for the benefit of the
Borrowers) that:
A. Anything
contained in any Credit Document to the contrary notwithstanding, each Lender
agrees that it will not agree or consent to any amendment or modification
of any
Credit Documents to which it is party which would (i) alter the scheduled
maturity of the repayment of any amounts payable, or which might become payable,
by or on behalf of the Borrowers under such Credit Documents, (ii) increase
the
Banks Commitment
Amount,
or the Citizens Loans, as applicable, or (iii) grant security for the Banks
Obligations or additional security for any of the Citizens Obligations, in
each
case without first obtaining the written consent of the other Lender to such
amendment or modification or increase. Each Lender shall promptly notify
the
other Lender of any amendment to the Credit Documents and provide the other
Lender with copies thereof.
B. Each
Lender agrees that it will not assign or otherwise transfer any Obligation
or
any right in respect thereof, except where its assignee or transferee expressly
agrees with the other Lender for the benefit of the other Lender by an
instrument in form and substance satisfactory to the other Lender, to be
bound
by and comply with the provisions of this Agreement and of the agreement
under
which such Obligation was created. Nothing herein shall limit either Lender’s,
or in the case of the Agent, any Bank’s right to participate interests in its
Obligations or any Bank’s right to assign all or any portion of the Obligations
due to it under the terms of the Credit Agreement subject in any case to
the
terms of this Agreement. The terms and provisions of this Agreement shall
be
binding upon each Lender’s successors and assigns, including any assignee of a
Bank under the Credit Agreement.
4. MISCELLANEOUS.
A. Each
Lender acknowledges and agrees that it has made and shall continue to make
its
own independent investigation of the creditworthiness, financial condition
and
affairs of the Borrowers and related entities in connection with the making
and
continuance of its extensions of credit, and that based upon such documents
and
information as it has deemed and may deem appropriate, it has made and shall
continue to make its own decisions regarding extensions of credit made or
to be
made by it and actions taken or to be taken by it with respect
thereto.
B. This
Agreement is solely for the benefit of the Lenders and their respective
successors and assigns, and neither the Borrowers nor their respective
successors or assigns, or any other person, shall have any right, benefit,
priority or interest under, or because of the existence of, this
Agreement.
C. All
notices, requests and demands will be given to or made upon the respective
parties hereto at their respective addresses specified on the signature page
of
this Agreement, or as to any party, at such other address as may be designated
by it in a written notice to all other parties. Written notice may be delivered
by hand or by recognized overnight delivery service, sent by certified mail,
return receipt requested, or by facsimile transmission, and unless otherwise
specified herein, notice shall be deemed effective when delivered if delivered
by hand or by recognized overnight delivery service or sent by facsimile
transmission, and five (5) days following the date such notice is duly deposited
in the mail if sent by mail.
D. This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken
together shall constitute one and the same instrument, and any party hereto
may
execute this Agreement by signing any such counterpart.
E. This
Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws
of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Agreement to be
duly
executed as of the date first above written.
CITIZENS
BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA
By:
Name:
Title:
Address
for Notices to PNC:
Two
Commerce Square
0000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000-0000
Attention:
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
PNC
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as
Agent
By:
Name:
Title:
Address
for Notices to Agent
Agency
Services
PNC
Firstside Center
000
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, 0xx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention:
Xxxx Xxxxxx
with
a
copy to:
0000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Mail
Stop
F4-F074-02-1
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, Xx.
TASTY
BAKING COMPANY,
as the
Borrowers’ Representative
By:
/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx
X.
Xxxxxxxxx
Senior
Vice President
Address
for Notices to Borrower:
0000
Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000-0000
Attention:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx