EXHIBIT 10.1
[EXECUTION COPY]
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CORNELL COMPANIES, INC.
(formerly known as Cornell Corrections, Inc.)
and
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS
ATLANTIC FINANCIAL GROUP, LTD.
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FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of July 21, 2000
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ING (U.S.) CAPITAL LLC,
as Administrative Agent
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Syndication Agent
SUNTRUST EQUITABLE SECURITIES CORPORATION,
as Documentation Agent
and Co-Arranger
ING BARINGS LLC,
as Lead Arranger and Bookrunner
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
This Table of Contents is not part of the Agreement to which it is
attached but is inserted for convenience of reference only.
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SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING MATTERS................................1
1.01 Certain Defined Terms............................................1
1.02 Accounting Terms and Determinations.............................20
1.03 Classes and Types of Loans......................................21
SECTION 2. COMMITMENTS, LOANS, NOTES AND PREPAYMENTS........................21
2.01 Loans...........................................................21
2.02 Borrowings of Loans.............................................22
2.03 Changes of Commitments..........................................22
2.04 Commitment Fee..................................................23
2.05 Lending Offices.................................................23
2.06 Several Obligations; Remedies Independent.......................23
2.07 Notes...........................................................24
2.08 Optional Prepayments and Conversions or Continuations of Loans..24
2.09 Mandatory Prepayments...........................................24
2.10 Letters of Credit...............................................27
SECTION 3. PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST...............................30
3.01 Repayment of Loans..............................................30
3.02 Interest........................................................31
SECTION 4. PAYMENTS; PRO RATA TREATMENT; COMPUTATIONS; ETC..................32
4.01 Payments........................................................32
4.02 Pro Rata Treatment..............................................33
4.03 Computations....................................................33
4.04 Minimum Amounts.................................................33
4.05 Certain Notices.................................................33
4.06 Non-Receipt of Funds by the Administrative Agent................34
4.07 Sharing of Payments, Etc........................................34
SECTION 5. YIELD PROTECTION, ETC............................................35
5.01 Additional Costs................................................35
5.02 Limitation on Types of Loans....................................38
5.03 Illegality......................................................38
5.04 Treatment of Eurodollar Loans...................................38
5.05 Compensation....................................................39
5.06 Substitution of Lenders.........................................39
5.07 Additional Costs in Respect of Letters of Credit................39
SECTION 6. GUARANTEE........................................................40
6.01 The Guarantee...................................................40
6.02 Obligations Unconditional.......................................40
6.03 Reinstatement...................................................41
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6.04 Subrogation.....................................................41
6.05 Remedies........................................................41
6.06 Instrument for the Payment of Money.............................41
6.07 Continuing Guarantee............................................41
6.08 Rights of Contribution..........................................41
6.09 General Limitation on Guarantee Obligations.....................42
SECTION 7. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.............................................42
7.01 Effectiveness of Fourth Amendment and Restatement...............42
7.02 Capital Expenditures; Eligible Acquisitions.....................44
7.03 Synthetic Lease Loans...........................................47
7.04 Initial and Subsequent Extensions of Credit.....................47
SECTION 8. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES...................................47
8.01 Corporate Existence.............................................47
8.02 Financial Condition.............................................47
8.03 Litigation......................................................48
8.04 No Breach.......................................................48
8.05 Action..........................................................48
8.06 Approvals.......................................................48
8.07 Use of Credit...................................................48
8.08 ERISA...........................................................48
8.09 Taxes...........................................................49
8.10 Investment Company Act..........................................49
8.11 Public Utility Holding Company Act..............................49
8.12 Material Agreements and Liens...................................49
8.13 Environmental Matters...........................................49
8.14 Capitalization..................................................51
8.15 Subsidiaries, Etc...............................................51
8.16 Title to Assets.................................................52
8.17 True and Complete Disclosure....................................52
8.18 Real Property...................................................52
SECTION 9. COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY.........................................52
9.01 Financial Statements; Etc.......................................52
9.02 Litigation......................................................55
9.03 Existence, Etc..................................................55
9.04 Insurance.......................................................56
9.05 Prohibition of Fundamental Changes..............................57
9.06 Limitation on Liens.............................................58
9.07 Indebtedness....................................................59
9.08 Investments.....................................................59
9.09 Dividend Payments...............................................60
9.10 EBITDA Ratio I..................................................60
9.11 EBITDA Ratio II.................................................60
9.12 Net Worth.......................................................61
9.13 Interest Coverage Ratio.........................................61
9.14 Fixed Charges Ratio.............................................62
9.15 Capital Expenditures............................................62
9.16 The Xxxxxxx Xxx Group, L.P......................................62
9.17 Sale Lease-back Transactions....................................62
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9.18 Discount of Accounts............................................63
9.19 Interest Rate Protection Agreements.............................63
9.20 Lines of Business...............................................63
9.21 Transactions with Affiliates....................................63
9.22 Use of Proceeds.................................................63
9.23 Certain Obligations Respecting Subsidiaries.....................64
9.24 Modifications of Certain Documents..............................64
9.25 Post-closing Real Property......................................64
SECTION 10. THE LESSOR; EXERCISE OF REMEDIES UNDER LEASE....................65
10.01 Covenants of Lessor.............................................65
10.02 Lessor Obligations Nonrecourse; Payment from Certain Lease
Obligations and Certain Proceeds of Leased Property Only........66
10.03 Exercise of Remedies Under the Lease............................67
SECTION 11. EVENTS OF DEFAULT...............................................68
11.01 Events of Default...............................................68
11.02 Lease-Related Events of Default.................................71
SECTION 12. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT........................................73
12.01 Appointment, Powers and Immunities..............................73
12.02 Reliance by Agent...............................................73
12.03 Defaults........................................................73
12.04 Rights as a Lender..............................................73
12.05 Indemnification.................................................74
12.06 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders..........74
12.07 Failure to Act..................................................74
12.08 Resignation or Removal of Administrative Agent..................74
12.09 Consents under Other Basic Documents............................75
SECTION 13. MISCELLANEOUS...................................................75
13.01 Waiver..........................................................75
13.02 Notices.........................................................75
13.03 Expenses, Etc...................................................76
13.04 Amendments, Etc.................................................76
13.05 Successors and Assigns; Obligations under Operative Documents...77
13.06 Assignments and Participations..................................77
13.07 Survival........................................................79
13.08 Captions........................................................79
13.09 Counterparts....................................................79
13.10 Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction.......................79
13.11 Waiver of Jury Trial............................................79
13.12 Confidentiality.................................................79
SCHEDULE I - Material Agreements and Liens
SCHEDULE II - Environmental Matters
SCHEDULE III - Subsidiaries and Investments
SCHEDULE IV - Real Property
SCHEDULE V - Capital Stock, Equity Rights and Registration Rights
SCHEDULE VI - Existing Property, Indebtedness and Liabilities of The
Xxxxxxx Xxx Group, L.P.
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SCHEDULE VII - Loans to Xxxxx Xxxxxxx and Xxxxxx Xxxxx
EXHIBIT A-1 - Form of Company Note
EXHIBIT A-2 - Form of Lessor Note
EXHIBIT B-1 - Form of Opinion of Texas Counsel to the Obligors
EXHIBIT B-2 - Form of Opinion of New York Counsel to ING
EXHIBIT C-1 - Form of Existing Security Agreement
EXHIBIT C-2 - Form of Amendment to Security Agreement
EXHIBIT D - Form of Confidentiality Agreement
EXHIBIT E - Form of Assignment Agreement
EXHIBIT F - Form of Master Agreement
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FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of July 21,
2000 (as further amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, this
"AGREEMENT") among: CORNELL COMPANIES, INC. (formerly known as Cornell
Corrections, Inc.), a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the
laws of the State of Delaware (the "COMPANY"); each of the Subsidiaries of the
Company identified under the caption "SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS" on the signature
pages hereto (individually, a "SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR" and, collectively, the
"SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS"; and the Subsidiary Guarantors collectively with the
Company, the "OBLIGORS"); ATLANTIC FINANCIAL GROUP, LTD., a Texas limited
partnership (the "LESSOR"); each of the lenders that is a signatory hereto
identified under the caption "LENDERS" on the signature pages hereto or that,
pursuant to SECTION 13.06(B) hereof, shall become a "Lender" hereunder
(individually, a "LENDER" and, collectively, the "LENDERS"); and ING (U.S.)
CAPITAL LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as agent for the Lenders (in
such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the
"ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT").
The Company, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders are parties to
a Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December 3, 1998 (as
amended and in effect immediately prior to the date hereof, the "THIRD AMENDED
AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT"), and the Company, the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders wish to amend and restate the Third Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement in its entirety, and the Lessor wishes to become a party to this
Agreement. Accordingly, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Lessor, the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders agree that, subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement is
hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING MATTERS.
1.01 CERTAIN DEFINED TERMS. As used herein, the following terms
shall have the following meanings (all terms defined in this SECTION 1.01 or in
other provisions of this Agreement in the singular to have the same meanings
when used in the plural and VICE VERSA):
"A COLLATERAL CONTRIBUTION" shall have the meaning given to that
term in clause (d) of the definition of "Synthetic Lease Financing" in this
SECTION 1.01.
"A LENDER" shall have the meaning given to that term in clause (b)
of the definition of "Synthetic Lease Financing" in this SECTION 1.01.
"A PERCENTAGE" shall have the meaning given to that term in the
Master Agreement.
"AFFILIATE" shall mean any Person that directly or indirectly
controls, or is under common control with, or is controlled by, the Company and,
if such Person is an individual, any member of the immediate family (including
parents, spouse, children and siblings) of such individual and any trust whose
principal beneficiary is such individual or one or more members of such
immediate family and any Person who is controlled by any such member or trust.
As used in this definition, "CONTROL" (including, with its correlative meanings,
"CONTROLLED BY" and "UNDER COMMON CONTROL WITH") shall mean possession, directly
or indirectly, of power to direct or cause the direction of management or
policies (whether through ownership of securities or partnership or other
ownership interests, by contract or otherwise). Notwithstanding the foregoing,
(a) no individual shall be an Affiliate solely by reason of his or her being a
director, officer or employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (b)
none of the Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of the Company shall be Affiliates and (c)
neither the Administrative Agent, the Lessor, nor any of the Lenders shall be an
Affiliate.
"APPLICABLE LENDING OFFICE" shall mean, for each Lender and for each
Type of Loan, the "Lending Office" of such Lender (or of an affiliate of such
Lender) designated for such Type of Loan on the signature pages hereof or such
other office of such Lender (or of an affiliate of such Lender) as such Lender
may from time to time specify to the Administrative Agent and the Company as the
office by which its Loans of such Type are to be made and maintained.
"APPLICABLE MARGIN" shall mean 2.00% for Base Rate Loans and 3.00%
for Eurodollar Loans; PROVIDED that if EBITDAR Ratio II as at the last day of
any fiscal quarter of the Company after the first six months from the Closing
Date shall fall within any of the ranges set forth in Schedule A below then,
subject to the delivery to the Administrative Agent of a certificate of a senior
financial officer of the Company demonstrating such fact, the "Applicable
Margin" shall be reduced to the applicable percentage set forth in Schedule A
below opposite such range (where "X" is EBITDAR Ratio II) as of the fifth
Business Day following delivery of such certificate through the fifth Business
Day following the date of delivery of such a certificate with respect to the
next succeeding fiscal quarter (except that notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Applicable Margin shall not as a consequence of this PROVISO be reduced at any
time (i) prior to the six-month anniversary of the Closing Date, or (ii) during
which a Default shall have occurred and be continuing):
Schedule A
APPLICABLE MARGIN APPLICABLE MARGIN FOR
FOR LOANS THAT ARE LOANS THAT ARE
EBITDAR RATIO II BASE RATE LOANS EURODOLLAR LOANS
X > 4.00 2.00% 3.00%
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4.00 > X > 3.50 1.75% 2.75%
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3.50 > X > 3.00 1.50% 2.50%
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3.00 > X > 2.50 1.25% 2.25%
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X < 2.50 1.00% 2.00%
"B AND C COLLATERAL CONTRIBUTION" shall have the meaning given to
that term in clause (e) of the definition of "Synthetic Lease Financing" in this
SECTION 1.01.
"B LOAN" shall have the meaning given to that term in the Master
Agreement.
"BANKRUPTCY CODE" shall mean the Federal Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as
amended from time to time.
"BASE RATE" shall mean, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the
higher of (a) the Federal Funds Rate for such day plus 1/2 of 1% and (b) the
Prime Rate for such day. Each change in any interest rate provided for herein
based upon the Base Rate resulting from a change in the Base Rate shall take
effect at the time of such change in the Base Rate.
"BASE RATE LOANS" shall mean Loans that bear interest at rates based
upon the Base Rate.
"BASIC DOCUMENTS" shall mean, collectively, this Agreement, the
Notes, the Guaranty Agreement, the Security Documents and the Letter of Credit
Documents.
"BUILDINGS" shall have the meaning given to that term in the Master
Lease.
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"BUSINESS DAY" shall mean (a) any day on which commercial banks are
not authorized or required to close in New York City or Houston, Texas and (b)
if such day relates to a borrowing of, a payment or prepayment of principal of
or interest on, a Conversion of or into, or an Interest Period for, a Eurodollar
Loan or a notice by the Company with respect to any such borrowing, payment,
prepayment, Conversion or Interest Period, any day on which dealings in Dollar
deposits are carried out in the London interbank market.
"CAPITAL EXPENDITURES" shall mean, for any period, expenditures
(including, without limitation, the aggregate amount of Capital Lease
Obligations incurred during such period) made by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to acquire or construct fixed assets, plant, furniture, fixtures
and equipment (including renewals, improvements and replacements thereof, but
excluding repairs made in the ordinary course of business) during such period
computed in accordance with GAAP.
"CAPITAL LEASE OBLIGATIONS" shall mean, for any Person, all
obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under a lease of (or
other agreement conveying the right to use) Property to the extent such
obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease
on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and, for purposes of this
Agreement, the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount
thereof, determined in accordance with GAAP.
"CASUALTY EVENT" shall mean, with respect to any Property of any
Person, any loss of or damage to, or any condemnation or other taking of, such
Property for which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries receives insurance
proceeds, or proceeds of a condemnation award or other compensation.
"CHANGE OF CONTROL" means the occurrence of any of the following:
(a) if any person (as such term is used in section 13(d) and section
14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act as in effect on the Closing Date)
or related persons constituting a group (as such term is used in Rule
13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act) become the "beneficial owners"
(as such term is used in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act as
in effect on the Closing Date), directly or indirectly, of more than forty
percent (40%) of the issued and outstanding common stock or the total
voting power of the Company; or
(b) the failure of Initial Directors to constitute a majority of the
board of directors of the Company.
"CLOSING DATE" shall mean the date hereof.
"CODE" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from
time to time.
"COLLATERAL ACCOUNT" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 4.1 of the Security Agreement.
"COLLATERAL SHARING DOCUMENTATION" shall mean the Intercreditor and
Collateral Agency Agreement, dated as of July 15, 1998, among ING, as Collateral
Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent and the holders of the Senior
Notes, as the same shall be modified and supplemented and in effect from time to
time.
"COLLATERAL SHARING DOCUMENTATION AMENDMENT" shall mean an amendment
or other modification to the Collateral Sharing Documentation, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, providing that, irrespective
of the respective priorities of the Liens of the Administrative Agent, the
Lenders and the holders of the Senior Notes in the Property of the Company and
its Subsidiaries,
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(x) subject to the A Collateral Contribution, the Liens of the
Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the holders of the Senior Notes and the
A Lenders in such Property shall, as between the Administrative Agent, the
Lenders, the holders of the Senior Notes and the A Lenders, rank PARI
passu, and
(y) subject to the B and C Collateral Contribution, the Liens of the
Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the holders of the Senior Notes and the
B Lenders, and the interest of the Lessor, in such Property shall, as
between the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the holders of the Senior
Notes, the B Lenders and the Lessor, rank PARI PASSU.
"COMMITMENTS" shall mean the Revolving Credit Commitments and the
Synthetic Lease Loan Commitments.
"COMPLETION DATE" shall have the meaning given to that term in the
Master Agreement.
"CONSTRUCTION" shall have the meaning given to that term in the
Master Agreement.
"CONSTRUCTION AGENCY AGREEMENT" shall have the meaning given to that
term in the Master Agreement.
"CONSTRUCTION FAILURE PAYMENT" shall have the meaning given to that
term in the Master Agreement.
"CONSTRUCTION LAND INTEREST" shall have the meaning given to that
term in the Master Agreement.
"CONSTRUCTION TERM" shall have the meaning given to that term in the
Master Agreement.
"CONSTRUCTION TERM EXPIRATION DATE" shall have the meaning given to
that term in the Master Agreement.
"CONTINUE", "CONTINUATION" and "CONTINUED" shall refer to the
continuation pursuant to SECTION 2.08 hereof of a Eurodollar Loan from one
Interest Period to the next Interest Period.
"CONVERT", "CONVERSION" and "CONVERTED" shall refer to a conversion
pursuant to SECTION 2.08 hereof of one Type of Loan into another Type of Loan,
which may be accompanied by the transfer by a Lender (at its sole discretion) of
a Loan from one Applicable Lending Office to another.
"CORRECTIONAL AND DETENTION FACILITY CONTRACT" shall mean any
contract with a municipal, state or federal government, or agency,
instrumentality or political subdivision thereof, relating to the management by
the Company or its Subsidiaries of a correctional and/or detention facility or
to other related lines of business, as amended or modified from time to time.
"DEBT SERVICE" shall mean, for any period, the sum, for the Company
and its Subsidiaries (determined on a consolidated basis without duplication in
accordance with GAAP), of the following: (a) all payments of principal of
Indebtedness (including, without limitation, the principal component of any
payments in respect of Capital Lease Obligations) scheduled to be made during
such period PLUS (b) all Interest Expense for such period.
"DEFAULT" shall mean an Event of Default or an event that with
notice or lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default.
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"DISPOSITION" shall mean any sale, assignment, transfer or other
disposition of any Property, other than any disposition in connection with a
Municipal Transaction (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) by the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries to any other Person excluding any sale, assignment,
transfer or other disposition of any Property sold or disposed of in the
ordinary course of business and on commercially reasonable terms.
"DIVIDEND PAYMENT" shall mean dividends (in cash, Property or
obligations) on, or other payments or distributions on account of, or the
setting apart of money for a sinking or other analogous fund for, or the
purchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition of, any shares of any
class of stock of the Company or of any warrants, options or other rights to
acquire the same (or to make any payments to any Person, such as "phantom stock"
payments, where the amount thereof is calculated with reference to the fair
market or equity value of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), but excluding
dividends payable solely in shares of common stock of the Company.
"DOLLARS" and "$" shall mean lawful money of the United States of
America.
"EBITDAR" means, for any period, the sum of the following for the
Company and its Subsidiaries (determined without duplication in accordance with
GAAP):
(a) net income for such period, LESS extraordinary gains for such
period to the extent included in net income for such period, PLUS
(b) Interest Expense for such period, PLUS
(c) provisions for federal, state, local and foreign income taxes
(other than taxes on extraordinary gains), whether paid or deferred, made
during such period, to the extent deducted in determining net income for
such period, PLUS
(d) the aggregate amount of depreciation and amortization expense
for such period, to the extent deducted in determining net income for such
period, PLUS
(e) the aggregate amount of (i) accretion expense with respect to
options or rights to acquire the Company's common stock and (ii) any
write-off of expenses arising in connection with the Loans, in each case
to the extent deducted in determining net income for such period, PLUS
(f) the net income of any Person that is accounted for by the equity
method of accounting, but only to the extent of dividends paid to the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, PLUS
(g) the aggregate amount of non-cash expense for such period
associated with the closure and post-closure reserves of a plant or
facility owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, PLUS
(h) the aggregate amount of all other non-cash expenses for such
period, to the extent not specifically described above in this definition,
PLUS
(i) the aggregate amount of Rent Expense for such period; PLUS
(j) the aggregate amount of Pre-opening Expenses and Start-up
Expenses for such period;
PROVIDED, that with respect to:
(i) any Eligible Acquisition made during such period, "EBITDAR"
shall include the actual EBITDAR attributable to the business acquired in
such Eligible Acquisition for the 12 month period
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ending on the last day of such period, including, if necessary, EBITDAR
prior to consummation of such Eligible Acquisition so that it represents
the equivalent of 12 months of EBITDAR (and may reflect Pro Forma
Adjustments); and
(ii) any Eligible New Contract entered into by the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries during such period, "EBITDAR" shall include the
following:
(x) if the Company or such Subsidiary has provided services
pursuant to such Eligible New Contract for less than three calendar
months after the end of the Start-up Period, an amount equal to the
estimated "EBITDAR" attributable to the operations resulting from
such Eligible New Contract (and may reflect Pro Forma Adjustments)
for the 12-month period beginning on the date on which the Company
or such Subsidiary began providing services pursuant to such
Eligible New Contract, or
(y) if the Company or such Subsidiary has provided services
pursuant to such Eligible New Contract for three calendar months or
more after the end of the Start-up Period, an amount equal to actual
EBITDAR attributable to the operations resulting from such Eligible
New Contract for each complete month that has elapsed since the date
three months after the end of the Start-up Period (such amount to be
annualized so that it represents the equivalent of 12 months of
EBITDAR).
"EBITDAR RATIO I" shall mean, at any date, the ratio of the
following:
(a) all Indebtedness of the Obligors on such date (other than the B
Guarantee and any Subordinated Notes), to
(b) EBITDAR for the period of 12 consecutive months ending on or
most recently ended prior to such date.
"EBITDAR RATIO II" shall mean, at any date, the ratio of the
following:
(a) all Indebtedness of the Obligors on such date, to
(b) EBITDAR for the period of 12 consecutive months ending on or
most recently ended prior to such date.
"ELIGIBLE ACQUISITION" shall mean any acquisition by any Obligor
(regardless of the structure of the transaction) of the capital stock of, or all
or substantially all of the assets of, any Person (or of a line of business or
business segment of any Person) that was, immediately prior to such acquisition,
engaged primarily in the business of operating correctional and/or detention
facilities, juvenile facilities, pre-release facilities and substance abuse
rehabilitation facilities or related lines of business.
"ELIGIBLE NEW CONTRACT" shall mean any acquired (or to be acquired)
Correctional and Detention Facility Contract, a newly executed Correctional and
Detention Facility Contract, an amendment to an existing Correctional and
Detention Facility Contract or an expansion under an existing Correctional and
Detention Facility Contract.
"ENVIRONMENTAL CLAIM" shall mean, with respect to any Person, any
written or oral notice, claim, demand or other communication (collectively, a
"CLAIM") by any other Person alleging or asserting such Person's liability for
investigatory costs, cleanup costs, governmental response costs, damages to
natural resources or other Property, personal injuries, fines or penalties
arising out of, based on or resulting from (i) the presence, or Release
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into the environment, of any Hazardous Material at any location, whether or not
owned by such Person, or (ii) circumstances forming the basis of any violation,
or alleged violation, of any Environmental Law. The term "Environmental Claim"
shall include, without limitation, any claim by any governmental authority for
enforcement, cleanup, removal, response, remedial or other actions or damages
pursuant to any applicable Environmental Law, and any claim by any third party
seeking damages, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation or
injunctive relief resulting from the presence of Hazardous Materials or arising
from alleged injury or threat of injury to health, safety or the environment.
"ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS" shall mean any and all applicable, currently
published and enforceable Federal, state, local and foreign laws, codes, rules
or regulations, and any orders, decrees, judgments or injunctions binding upon
Obligors, relating to the regulation or protection of human health, worker
safety and protection or the environment or to emissions, discharges, releases
or threatened releases of Hazardous Materials into the indoor or outdoor
environment, including, without limitation, ambient air, soil, surface water,
ground water, wetlands, land or subsurface strata, or otherwise relating to the
manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal,
transport or handling of Hazardous Materials.
"EQUITY ISSUANCE" shall mean (a) any issuance or sale by the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries after the date of the Third Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement of (i) any capital stock, (ii) any warrants or options
exercisable in respect of capital stock (other than any warrants or options
issued to directors, officers or employees of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries pursuant to the Incentive Compensation Plan and any capital stock
of the Company issued upon the exercise of such warrants or options or (iii) any
other security or instrument representing an equity interest (or the right to
obtain any equity interest) in the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (b) the
receipt by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries after the date of the Third
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement of any capital contribution (whether or
not evidenced by any equity security issued by the recipient of such
contribution); PROVIDED that Equity Issuance shall not include (A) any such
issuance or sale by any Subsidiary of the Company to the Company or any Wholly
Owned Subsidiary of the Company, or (B) any capital contribution by the Company
or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company to any Subsidiary of the Company.
"EQUITY RIGHTS" shall mean, with respect to any Person, any
subscriptions, options, warrants, commitments, preemptive rights or agreements
of any kind (including, without limitation, any stockholders' or voting trust
agreements) for the issuance, sale, registration or voting of, or securities
convertible into, any additional shares of capital stock of any class, or
partnership or other ownership interests of any type in, such Person.
"ERISA" shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended from time to time.
"ERISA AFFILIATE" shall mean any corporation or trade or business
that is a member of any group of organizations (i) described in Section 414(b)
or (c) of the Code of which the Company is a member and (ii) solely for purposes
of potential liability under Section 302(c)(11) of ERISA and Section 412(c)(11)
of the Code and the lien created under Section 302(f) of ERISA and Section
412(n) of the Code, described in Section 414(m) or (o) of the Code of which the
Company is a member.
"EURODOLLAR LOANS" shall mean Loans that bear interest at rates
based on rates referred to in the definition of "Eurodollar Rate" in this
SECTION 1.01.
"EURODOLLAR RATE" shall mean, with respect to any Eurodollar Loan
for any Interest Period therefor, the rate per annum (rounded upwards, if
necessary, to the nearest 1/16 of 1%), reported, at 11:00 a.m. (London time) on
the date two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, on
Telerate Access Service Page 3750 (British Bankers Association Settlement Rate)
as the London Interbank Offered Rate for Dollar deposits having a term
comparable to such Interest Period and in an amount equal to or greater than
$1,000,000.
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"EVENT OF DEFAULT" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
SECTION 11.01 hereof.
"EXCESS CASH FLOW" shall mean, for any period, the excess of:
(a) the sum of the following (without duplication): (i) EBITDAR for
such period (calculated without reference to the PROVISO at the end of the
definition thereof in SECTION 1.01 hereof), PLUS (ii) proceeds of business
interruption or similar insurance received during such period, PLUS (iii)
decreases in Working Capital of the Obligors for such period, PLUS (iv)
all tax refunds received by the Obligors in cash during such period, OVER
(b) the sum of the following (without duplication): (i) Debt Service
for such period, PLUS (ii) Rent Expense for such period, PLUS (iii)
Capital Expenditures made during such period, PLUS (iv) increases in
Working Capital of the Obligors for such period, plus (v) the aggregate
amount of cash taxes actually paid by the Obligors during such period.
For purposes of this definition of "Excess Cash Flow," "WORKING CAPITAL" shall
have the meaning given to that term by GAAP, PROVIDED that Working Capital shall
not include any Loans or any current maturities of any long-term debt.
"FEDERAL FUNDS RATE" shall mean, for any day, the rate per annum
(rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) equal to the
weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with
members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such
day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day
next succeeding such day, PROVIDED that (a) if the day for which such rate is to
be determined is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall
be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so
published on the next succeeding Business Day and (b) if such rate is not so
published for any Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such Business Day
shall be the average of quotations for such day on transactions, received by the
Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates) from three federal funds brokers
of recognized standing selected by it.
"FF&E LEASE" shall mean the Lease Agreement dated as of November 23,
1999, among the Company and certain of its Subsidiaries, as Lessees, and First
Security Bank, National Association, as Owner Trustee, as Lessor, as the same
may be modified and supplemented and in effect from time to time, and any other
transaction entered into by the Obligors that is a lease of furniture, fixtures
and equipment.
"FIXED CHARGES RATIO" shall mean, as at any date, the ratio of:
(a) the sum of (i) EBITDAR for the period of 12-consecutive months
ending on or most recently ended prior to such date, MINUS (ii) Capital
Expenditures made by the Company and its Subsidiaries during such period
pursuant to SECTION 9.15(A) hereof, MINUS (iii) taxes paid in cash during
such period, TO
(b) Debt Service for such period.
"FUNDING PARTIES" shall have the meaning given to that term in the
Master Agreement.
"FUTURE SYNTHETIC LEASE FINANCING" shall mean one or more Synthetic
Lease Financings entered into after the date of this Agreement.
"GAAP" shall mean generally accepted accounting principles applied
on a basis consistent with those that, in accordance with the last sentence of
SECTION 1.02(A) hereof, are to be used in making the calculations for purposes
of determining compliance with this Agreement.
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"GUARANTEE" shall mean a guarantee, an endorsement, a contingent
agreement to purchase or to furnish funds for the payment or maintenance of, or
otherwise to be or become contingently liable under or with respect to, the
Indebtedness, other obligations, net worth, working capital or earnings of any
Person, or a guarantee of the payment of dividends or other distributions upon
the stock or equity interests of any Person, or an agreement to purchase, sell
or lease (as lessee or lessor) Property, products, materials, supplies or
services primarily for the purpose of enabling a debtor to make payment of such
debtor's obligations or an agreement to assure a creditor against loss, and
including, without limitation, causing a bank or other financial institution to
issue a letter of credit or other similar instrument for the benefit of another
Person, but excluding endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary
course of business. The terms "GUARANTEE" and "GUARANTEED" used as a verb shall
have a correlative meaning.
"GUARANTY AGREEMENT" shall have the meaning given to that term in
the Master Agreement.
"HAZARDOUS MATERIAL" shall mean, collectively, (a) any petroleum or
petroleum products, flammable materials, explosives, radioactive materials,
asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, and polychlorinated biphenyls
("PCB'S") and (b) any chemicals or other materials or substances that are
defined as or included in the definition of "hazardous substances", "hazardous
wastes", "hazardous materials", "extremely hazardous wastes", "restricted
hazardous wastes", "toxic substances", "toxic pollutants", or any similar
denomination intended to classify substances by reason of toxicity,
carcinogenicity, ignitability, corrosivity or reactivity; but shall not include
naturally occurring materials existing in background conditions.
"IMPERMISSIBLE QUALIFICATION" shall mean any qualification,
exception or other statement in any opinion or certification of any independent
public accounts which either (a) is of a "going concern" or similar nature; or
(b) relates to the limited scope of examination of matters relevant to the
financial statements referred to in such opinion or certification not
customarily contained in a report of independent public accountants.
"INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN" shall mean a plan established by the
Company for the benefit of certain of its employees, or any other written
agreement to which the Company is a party, providing for the issuance to
employees of warrants or options in respect of the Company's capital stock,
PROVIDED that (a) the aggregate amount of capital stock that such warrants and
options would represent if exercised cannot exceed 20% of aggregate amount of
the Company's capital stock that would then be outstanding and (b) all other
terms and conditions of such plan or other written agreement shall be
satisfactory to the Majority Lenders.
"INDEBTEDNESS" shall mean, for any Person: (a) obligations created,
issued or incurred by such Person for borrowed money (whether by loan, the
issuance and sale of debt securities or the sale of Property to another Person
subject to an understanding or agreement, contingent or otherwise, to repurchase
such Property from such Person); (b) obligations of such Person to pay the
deferred purchase or acquisition price of Property or services, other than trade
accounts payable (other than for borrowed money) arising, and accrued expenses
incurred, in the ordinary course of business so long as such trade accounts
payable are payable within 90 days of the date the respective goods are
delivered or the respective services are rendered; (c) Indebtedness of others
secured by a Lien on the Property of such Person, whether or not the respective
indebtedness so secured has been assumed by such Person; (d) obligations of such
Person in respect of letters of credit or similar instruments issued or accepted
by banks and other financial institutions for account of such Person; (e)
Capital Lease Obligations of such Person and, in the case of the Company, the
assumed principal component of the lease obligations under the FF&E Lease (net
of the amount of unamortized gain under the FF&E Lease); and (f) Indebtedness of
others Guaranteed by such Person. For the avoidance of doubt, the Synthetic
Lease Loans and the B Loans, together with the principal components of each
Future Synthetic Lease Financing, shall constitute "Indebtedness."
"ING" shall mean ING (U.S.) Capital LLC.
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"INITIAL DIRECTORS" shall mean (i) a member of the board of
directors of the Company as of the Closing Date and (ii) a member of the board
of directors of the Company nominated by the vote of at least sixty percent
(60%) of the members of the board of directors of the Company as of the Closing
Date.
"INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO" shall mean, as of any date, the ratio of
(a) EBITDAR for the period of 12 consecutive months ending on or most recently
ended prior to such date to (b) Interest Expense for such period.
"INTEREST EXPENSE" shall mean, for any period, the sum, for the
Company and its Subsidiaries (determined on a consolidated basis without
duplication in accordance with GAAP), of the following: (a) all interest in
respect of Indebtedness (including, without limitation, the interest component
of any payments in respect of Capital Lease Obligations) accrued or capitalized
during such period (whether or not actually paid during such period), PLUS (b)
the net amount payable (or MINUS the net amount receivable) under Interest Rate
Protection Agreements during such period (whether or not actually paid or
received during such period), MINUS (c) direct reimbursements received by an
Obligor during such period by a party to a Correctional and Detention Facility
Agreement, to the extent that such reimbursements relate to interest expense of
the Company or one of its Subsidiaries, PLUS (d) the interest component of any
payments in respect of the 1998 Synthetic Lease Financing and any Future
Synthetic Lease Financing accrued or capitalized during such period (whether or
not actually paid during such period).
"INTEREST PERIOD" shall mean, with respect to any Eurodollar Loan,
each period commencing on the date such Eurodollar Loan is made or Converted
from a Base Rate Loan or the last day of the immediately preceding Interest
Period for such Loan and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the
first, second, third or sixth month thereafter, as the Company may select as
provided in SECTION 4.05 hereof (or such longer period as may be requested by
the Company and agreed to by all of the Lenders), except that each Interest
Period that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on any
day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the appropriate
subsequent calendar month) shall end on the last Business Day of the appropriate
subsequent calendar month. Notwithstanding the foregoing: (i) if any Interest
Period for any Revolving Credit Loan would otherwise end after the Revolving
Credit Commitment Termination Date, such Interest Period shall not be available;
(ii) if any Interest Period for any Synthetic Lease Loan would end after the
Synthetic Lease Loan Principal Payment Date, such Interest Period shall not be
available; (iii) no Interest Period may commence before and end after any
Revolving Credit Commitment Reduction Date unless, after giving effect thereto,
the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Credit Loans having Interest Periods
that end after such Revolving Credit Commitment Reduction Date shall be equal to
or less than the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Credit Loans scheduled
be outstanding after giving effect to the payments of principal required to be
made on such Revolving Credit Commitment Reduction Date, and (iv) each Interest
Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall end on
the next succeeding Business Day (or, if such next succeeding Business Day falls
in the next succeeding calendar month, on the next preceding Business Day).
"INTEREST RATE PROTECTION AGREEMENT" shall mean, for any Person, an
interest rate swap, cap or collar agreement or similar arrangement between such
Person and one or more financial institutions providing for the transfer or
mitigation of interest risks either generally or under specific contingencies.
"INVESTMENT" shall mean, for any Person: (a) the acquisition
(whether for cash, Property, services or securities or otherwise) of capital
stock, bonds, notes, debentures, partnership or other ownership interests or
other securities of any other Person or any agreement to make any such
acquisition (including, without limitation, any "short sale" or any sale of any
securities at a time when such securities are not owned by the Person entering
into such sale); (b) the making of any deposit with, or advance, loan or other
extension of credit to, any other Person (including the purchase of Property
from another Person subject to an understanding or agreement, contingent or
otherwise, to resell such Property to such Person), but excluding any such
advance, loan or extension of credit having a term not exceeding 90 days
representing the purchase price of inventory or supplies sold by such Person in
the ordinary course of business); (c) the entering into of any Guarantee of, or
other contingent obligation with
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respect to, Indebtedness or other liability of any other Person and (without
duplication) any amount committed to be advanced, lent or extended to such
Person; or (d) the entering into of any Interest Rate Protection Agreement.
"LAND" shall have the meaning given to that term in the Master
Agreement.
"LEASE" shall have the meaning given to that term in the Master
Agreement.
"LEASE-RELATED EVENT OF DEFAULT" shall have the meaning given to
that term in SECTION 11.02 hereof.
"LEASE BALANCE" shall have the meaning given to that term in the
Master Agreement.
"LEASED PROPERTY" shall have the meaning given to that term in the
Master Agreement.
"LEASED PROPERTY BALANCE" shall have the meaning given to that term
in the Master Agreement.
"LESSEE" shall have the meaning given to that term in the Master
Agreement.
"LETTER OF CREDIT" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
SECTION 2.10 hereof.
"LETTER OF CREDIT DOCUMENTS" shall mean, with respect to any Letter
of Credit, collectively, any application therefor, any other agreements,
instruments, guarantees or other documents (whether general in application or
applicable only to such Letter of Credit) governing or providing for (a) the
rights and obligations of the parties concerned or at risk with respect to such
Letter of Credit or (b) any collateral security for any of such obligations,
each as the same may be modified and supplemented and in effect from time to
time.
"LETTER OF CREDIT INTEREST" shall mean, for each Revolving Credit
Lender, such Lender's participation interest (or, in the case of the Letter of
Credit Issuer, its retained interest) in the Letter of Credit Issuer's liability
under Letters of Credit and such Lender's rights and interests in Reimbursement
Obligations and fees, interest and other amounts payable in connection with
Letters of Credit and Reimbursement Obligations.
"LETTER OF CREDIT ISSUER" shall mean ING as the issuer of Letters of
Credit under SECTION 2.10 hereof, together with its successors in such capacity.
"LETTER OF CREDIT LIABILITY" shall mean, without duplication, at any
time and in respect of any Letter of Credit, the sum of (a) the undrawn face
amount of such Letter of Credit, PLUS (b) the aggregate unpaid principal amount
of all Reimbursement Obligations of the Company at such time due and payable in
respect of all drawings made under such Letter of Credit. For purposes of this
Agreement, a Revolving Credit Lender (other than the Letter of Credit Issuer)
shall be deemed to hold a Letter of Credit Liability in an amount equal to its
participation interest in the related Letter of Credit under SECTION 2.10
hereof, and the Letter of Credit Issuer shall be deemed to hold a Letter of
Credit Liability in an amount equal to its retained interest in the related
Letter of Credit after giving effect to the acquisition by the Revolving Credit
Lenders other than the Letter of Credit Issuer of their participation interests
under said SECTION 2.10.
"LIEN" shall mean, with respect to any Property, any mortgage, lien,
pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such
Property. For purposes of this Agreement and the other Basic Documents, a Person
shall be deemed to own subject to a Lien any Property that it has acquired or
holds subject to the interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale
agreement, capital lease or other title retention agreement (other than an
operating lease) relating to such Property.
"LOAN AGREEMENT" shall have the meaning given to that term in the
Master Agreement.
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"LOANS" shall mean, collectively, Revolving Credit Loans and
Synthetic Lease Loans.
"MAJORITY LENDERS" shall mean Lenders holding at least 51% of the
sum of the following:
(a) the Revolving Credit Commitments (or, if the Revolving Credit
Commitments shall have terminated or expired, at least 51% of the
aggregate unpaid principal amount of Revolving Credit Loans), PLUS
(b) the Synthetic Lease Loan Commitments (or, if the Synthetic Lease
Loan Commitments shall have terminated or expired, at least 51% of the
aggregate unpaid principal amount of Synthetic Lease Loans).
"MAJORITY REVOLVING CREDIT LENDERS" shall mean Revolving Credit
Lenders holding at least 51% of the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit
Commitments (or, if the Revolving Credit Commitments shall have terminated or
expired, at least 51% of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of Revolving
Credit Loans).
"MAJORITY SYNTHETIC LEASE A LENDERS" shall mean Synthetic Lease Loan
Lenders holding at least 51% of the Synthetic Lease Loan Commitments (or, if the
Synthetic Lease Loan Commitments shall have terminated or expired, at least 51%
of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of Synthetic Lease Loans).
"MAJORITY SYNTHETIC LEASE B LENDERS" shall mean the "Required
Lenders," as that term is defined in the Master Agreement.
"MAJORITY SYNTHETIC LEASE A AND B LENDERS" shall mean Synthetic
Lease Loan Lenders and holders of B Loans holding at least 51% of the Synthetic
Lease Loan Commitments and "B Loan Commitments" (as defined in the Master
Agreement), or, if the Synthetic Lease Loan Commitments and the "B Loan
Commitments" shall have terminated or expired, at least 51% of the aggregate
unpaid principal amount of Synthetic Lease Loans and B Loans).
"MAJORITY SYNTHETIC LEASE LENDERS" shall mean the "Required Funding
Parties," as that term is defined in the Master Agreement.
"MARGIN STOCK" shall mean "margin stock" within the meaning of
Regulations U and X.
"MASTER AGREEMENT" shall mean the Amended and Restated Master
Agreement, dated as of July 21, 2000, among the Company, the Subsidiary
Guarantors, the Lessor, certain lenders and ING, as Administrative Agent, as the
same shall be modified and supplemented and in effect from time to time.
"MASTER AGREEMENT EVENT OF DEFAULT" shall mean any "Event of
Default" as that term is defined in the Master Agreement.
"MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT" shall mean a material adverse effect on
(a) the Property, business, operations, financial condition, prospects,
liabilities or capitalization of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a
whole, (b) the ability of any Obligor to perform its obligations under any of
the Basic Documents to which it is a party or any of the Operative Documents to
which it is a party, (c) the validity or enforceability of any of the Basic
Documents or any of the Operative Documents, (d) the rights and remedies of the
Lenders and the Administrative Agent under any of the Basic Documents or any of
the Operative Documents or (e) the timely payment of the principal of or
interest on the Loans, Reimbursement Obligations or other amounts payable in
connection therewith.
"MONTHLY DATE" shall mean the last Business Day of each calendar
month.
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"MORTGAGE" shall mean, in connection with any interest in real
property (whether a fee or a leasehold estate) acquired by any Obligor, an
Indenture or Instrument of Mortgage, Deed of Trust, Assignment of Rents,
Security Agreement and Fixture Filing executed by such Obligor in favor of the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders (or, if applicable, in favor of a Trustee,
for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders), in each case in
form and substance satisfactory to the Majority Lenders and covering such
interest in real property, as said instrument shall be modified and supplemented
and in effect from time to time.
"MULTIEMPLOYER PLAN" shall mean a multiemployer plan defined as such
in Section 3(37) of ERISA to which contributions have been made by the Company
or any ERISA Affiliate and that is covered by Title IV of ERISA.
"MUNICIPAL TRANSACTION" shall mean a transaction:
(a) in which the Company or one or more of its Subsidiaries
transfers one or more correctional and/or detention facilities (a
"Transferred Facility") to a Person that is not a Subsidiary or Affiliate
of the Company and that is created exclusively for purposes of
consummating such transaction (an "SPV") for a consideration consisting of
cash (a "Municipal Transaction Transfer");
(b) in which such SPV incurs Indebtedness; and
(c) in which the Company and such SPV enter into a management
agreement, lease or similar arrangement pursuant to which the Company
agrees to manage or lease-back such Transferred Facility;
PROVIDED that:
(i) the Company shall have furnished to each of the Lenders copies
of all of the documentation for such transaction;
(ii) the Majority Lenders shall have approved such transaction
(PROVIDED that the Lenders shall not condition their approval on the
payment of a fee, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld); and
(iii) the Company shall have complied with its obligations under
Section 2.09(f) with respect to such transaction.
"NET AVAILABLE PROCEEDS" shall mean:
(i) in the case of any Disposition or any Municipal Transaction
Transfer, the amount of Net Cash Payments received in connection with such
Disposition or such Municipal Transaction Transfer;
(ii) in the case of any Casualty Event, the aggregate amount of
proceeds of insurance, condemnation awards and other compensation received
by the Company and its Subsidiaries in respect of such Casualty Event net
of (A) reasonable expenses incurred by the Company and its Subsidiaries in
connection therewith and (B) contractually required repayments of
Indebtedness and any income and transfer taxes payable by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries in respect of such Casualty Event;
(iii) in the case of any incurrence of Indebtedness, the aggregate
amount of all cash received by the Company and its Subsidiaries in respect
of such incurrence net of fees and expenses incurred by Company and its
Subsidiaries in connection therewith; and
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(iv) in the case of any Equity Issuance, the aggregate amount of
all cash received by the Company and its Subsidiaries in respect of such
Equity Issuance net of fees and expenses incurred by the Company and its
Subsidiaries in connection therewith.
"NET CASH PAYMENTS" shall mean, with respect to any Disposition or
any Municipal Transaction Transfer, the aggregate amount of all cash payments,
and the fair market value of any non-cash consideration, received by the Company
and its Subsidiaries directly or indirectly in connection with such Disposition
or any Municipal Transaction Transfer; PROVIDED that (a) Net Cash Payments shall
be net of (i) the amount of any legal, title and recording tax expenses,
commissions and other fees and expenses paid by the Company and its Subsidiaries
in connection with such Disposition or such Municipal Transaction Transfer, (ii)
any federal, state, local and foreign taxes estimated to be payable by the
Company and its Subsidiaries as a result of such Disposition or such Municipal
Transaction Transfer (but only to the extent that such estimated taxes are in
fact paid to the relevant Federal, state or local governmental authority within
three months of the date of such Disposition or such Municipal Transaction
Transfer) and (iii) any required deposits or hold backs (until such time as such
required deposit or hold back is released), (b) Net Cash Payments shall be net
of any repayments by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of Indebtedness to
the extent that (i) such Indebtedness is secured by a Lien on the Property that
is the subject of such Disposition or such Municipal Transaction Transfer and
(ii) the transferee of (or holder of a Lien on) such Property requires that such
Indebtedness be repaid as a condition to the purchase of such Property and (c)
Net Cash Payments shall exclude the amount of any reasonable reserves
established by the Company or such Subsidiary, in accordance with GAAP, against
any liabilities retained by the Company or its Subsidiaries, which liabilities
are associated with the Property that is the subject of such Disposition or such
Municipal Transaction Transfer (but only during such period as such reserves are
actually maintained), including (without limitation) any indemnification
obligations, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities, workers'
compensation liabilities, liabilities associated with retiree benefits,
liabilities relating to environmental matters and liabilities relating to any
Guarantee of Indebtedness secured by a Lien on such Property.
"NET WORTH" shall mean, as at any date for any Person, the sum for
such Person and its Subsidiaries (determined on a consolidated basis without
duplication in accordance with GAAP), of the following:
(a) the amount of capital stock; PLUS
(b) the amount of surplus and retained earnings (or, in the case
of a surplus or retained earnings deficit, MINUS the amount of
such deficit); PLUS
(c) any warrant accretion expense (as that term is used in GAAP)
or any original issue discount accretion expense (as such term
is used in GAAP) arising after the date of the Third Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement; PLUS
(d) the value ascribed to any warrants issued to a Lender and the
cumulative effect of any change in the valuation of such
warrants;
PROVIDED that any predecessor basis adjustment required under GAAP shall be
disregarded in calculating "Net Worth."
"1998 SYNTHETIC LEASE FINANCING" shall mean a Synthetic Lease
Financing in which (a) the A Lenders (as that term is defined in the definition
of "Synthetic Lease Financing" in this SECTION 1.01) are the Synthetic Lease
Lenders hereunder, and (b) the B Guarantee and the C Investment (as those terms
are defined in the definition of "Synthetic Lease Financing" in this SECTION
1.01) are not secured by the Collateral for the Loans and the Senior Notes, as
modified and increased as of the date hereof.
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"NOTES" shall mean the promissory notes provided for by SECTION
2.07(A) hereof and all promissory notes delivered in substitution or exchange
therefor, in each case as the same shall be modified and supplemented and in
effect from time to time.
"OPERATIVE DOCUMENTS" shall have the meaning given to that term in
the Master Agreement.
"PBGC" shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any
entity succeeding to any or all of its functions under ERISA.
"PERMITTED INVESTMENTS" shall mean: (a) direct obligations of the
United States of America, or of any agency thereof, or obligations guaranteed as
to principal and interest by the United States of America, or of any agency
thereof, in either case maturing not more than 90 days from the date of
acquisition thereof; (b) certificates of deposit issued by any Lender or by any
bank or trust company organized under the laws of the United States of America
or any state thereof and having capital, surplus and undivided profits of at
least $500,000,000, maturing not more than 90 days from the date of acquisition
thereof; (c) commercial paper rated A-1 or better or P-1 by Standard & Poor's
Corporation or Xxxxx'x Investors Services, Inc., respectively, maturing not more
than six months from the date of acquisition thereof; (d) commercial paper of
any Lender (or any Affiliate thereof located in the United States of America)
that is rated A-1 or better or P-1 by Standard and Poor's Corporation or Xxxxx'x
Investors Services, Inc., respectively, maturing not more than six months from
the date of acquisition thereof; (e) repurchase agreements entered into with any
Lender or with any bank or trust company satisfying the conditions of clause (b)
hereof that is secured by any obligation of the type described in clauses (a)
through (d) of this definition; and (f) money market funds acceptable to the
Majority Lenders.
"PERSON" shall mean any individual, corporation, company, voluntary
association, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization or
government (or any agency, instrumentality or political subdivision thereof).
"PLAN" shall mean an employee benefit or other plan established or
maintained by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate and that is covered by Title IV
of ERISA, other than a Multiemployer Plan.
"POST-DEFAULT RATE" shall mean, in respect of any principal of any
Loan, any Reimbursement Obligation or any other amount under this Agreement, any
Note or any other Basic Document that is not paid when due (whether at stated
maturity, by acceleration, by optional or mandatory prepayment or otherwise), a
rate per annum during the period from and including the due date to but
excluding the date on which such amount is paid in full equal to 2% PLUS the
Base Rate as in effect from time to time PLUS the Applicable Margin for Base
Rate Loans (PROVIDED that, with respect to principal of a Eurodollar Loan, the
"Post-Default Rate" for such principal shall be, for the period from and
including such due date to but excluding the last day of such Interest Period,
2% PLUS the interest rate for such Loan as provided in SECTION 3.02 hereof and,
thereafter, the rate provided for above in this definition).
"POTENTIAL LEASE-RELATED EVENT OF DEFAULT" shall mean any "Potential
Event of Default" as defined in the Master Agreement.
"PRE-OPENING EXPENSES" shall mean operating expenses attributable to
the operations of an Eligible New Contract (including, but not limited to,
salaries and wages, fringe benefits, training costs, supplies, and professional
fees) incurred prior to the date on which the Company began providing services
pursuant to such Eligible New Contract, but only to the extent that such
expenses have been reviewed and approved by the Administrative Agent and are
determined in accordance with GAAP.
"PRIME RATE" shall mean the arithmetic average of the rates of
interest publicly announced by The Chase Manhattan Bank, Citibank, N.A. and
Xxxxxx Guaranty Trust Company of New York (or their respective
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successors) as their respective prime commercial lending rates (or, as to any
such bank that does not announce such a rate, such bank's "base" or other rate
reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent to be the equivalent rate
announced by such bank), EXCEPT THAT, if any such bank shall, for any period,
cease to announce publicly its prime commercial lending (or equivalent) rate,
the Administrative Agent shall, during such period, reasonably determine the
"prime rate" based upon the commercial lending (or equivalent) rates announced
publicly by the other such banks.
"PRO FORMA ADJUSTMENTS" shall mean reasonable adjustments for (a)
non-recurring or extraordinary expenses, (b) operating efficiencies, (c) census
levels and (d) per diem rates that have been reviewed and consented to by the
Administrative Agent.
"PROPERTY" shall mean any right or interest in or to property of any
kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or
intangible.
"QUARTERLY DATES" shall mean the last Business Day of March, June,
September and December in each year, the first of which shall be the first such
day after the date of this Agreement.
"REGULATIONS A, D, U AND X" shall mean, respectively, Regulations A,
D, U and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any
successor), as the same may be modified and supplemented and in effect from time
to time.
"REGULATORY CHANGE" shall mean, with respect to any Lender, any
change after the date of this Agreement in Federal, state or foreign law or
regulations (including, without limitation, Regulation D) or the adoption or
making after the date of this Agreement of any interpretation, directive or
request applying to a class of banks including such Lender of or under any
Federal, state or foreign law or regulations (whether or not having the force of
law and whether or not failure to comply therewith would be unlawful) by any
court or governmental or monetary authority charged with the interpretation or
administration thereof.
"REIMBURSEMENT OBLIGATIONS" shall mean, at any time, the obligations
of the Company then outstanding, or that may thereafter arise in respect of all
Letters of Credit then outstanding, to reimburse amounts paid by the Letter of
Credit Issuer in respect of any drawings under a Letter of Credit.
"RELEASE" shall mean any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping,
injection, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration into
the indoor or outdoor environment, including, without limitation, the movement
of Hazardous Materials through ambient air, soil, surface water, ground water,
wetlands, land or subsurface strata.
"RELEASE DATE" shall have the meaning given to that term in the
Master Agreement.
"RELEVANT CONTRACT" shall have the meaning set forth in SECTION
7.02(A)(II) hereof.
"RELEVANT TRANSACTION" shall have the meaning set forth in SECTION
7.02(A) hereof.
"RENT EXPENSE" shall mean, for any period:
(a) the aggregate amount of rent payments made by the Obligors
during such period in respect of any Synthetic Lease Financing (including,
without limitation, the 1998 Synthetic Lease Financing); and
(b) the aggregate amount of rent payments minus the amount of
amortized gain made by the Obligors during such period in respect of the
FF&E Lease.
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For the avoidance of doubt, the parties agree that any other rent payments
(including rent payments in respect of any Municipal Transaction) shall not
constitute "Rent Expense" for purposes of this Agreement.
"RESTRICTED ACCOUNT" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
SECTION 2.09(G) hereof.
"REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENT" shall mean, for each Revolving Credit
Lender, the obligation of such Lender to make Loans in an aggregate principal
amount at any one time outstanding up to but not exceeding the amount set forth
opposite the name of such Lender on the signature pages hereof under the caption
"Revolving Credit Commitment" (as the same may be reduced from time to time
pursuant to SECTION 2.03 hereof). The original aggregate principal amount of the
Revolving Credit Commitments is $75,000,000.
"REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENT PERCENTAGE" shall mean, with respect to
any Lender, the ratio of (a) the amount of the Revolving Credit Commitment of
such Lender to (b) the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments of
all of the Lenders."
"REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENT REDUCTION DATES" shall mean, each
January 24, each April 24, each July 24 and each October 24 in each year,
commencing with January 24, 2002 (or if any such day is not a Business Day, the
next succeeding Business Day.
"REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENT TERMINATION DATE" shall mean the fifth
anniversary of the Closing Date.
"REVOLVING CREDIT LENDERS" shall mean (a) on the date hereof,
Lenders having Revolving Credit Commitments on the signature pages hereof, and
(b) thereafter, Lenders from time to time holding Revolving Credit Loans and
Revolving Credit Commitments after giving effect to any assignments thereof
permitted by SECTION 13.06(B) hereof.
"REVOLVING CREDIT LOANS" shall mean the revolving credit loans
provided for by SECTION 2.01(A) hereof, which may be Base Rate Loans and/or
Eurodollar Loans.
"SECURITY AGREEMENT" shall mean the Security Agreement dated as of
March 14, 1995, as amended, between each Obligor and the Administrative Agent,
as amended by the Security Agreement Amendment, and as the same shall be further
modified and supplemented and in effect from time to time.
"SECURITY AGREEMENT AMENDMENT" shall mean an Amendment to the
Security Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto.
"SECURITY DOCUMENTS" shall mean, collectively, the Security
Agreement, any Mortgage and all Uniform Commercial Code financing statements
required by this Agreement, the Security Agreement or any Mortgage to be filed
with respect to the security interests in personal Property and fixtures created
pursuant to the Security Agreement or any Mortgage.
"SENIOR NOTES" shall mean, collectively, the following:
(a) promissory notes of the Company, in an aggregate principal
amount not to exceed $50,000,000, secured by a Lien upon substantially all
of the Property of the Company and its Subsidiaries (the "1998 SENIOR
NOTES"); and
(b) additional Indebtedness of the Company, in an aggregate
principal amount not to exceed $10,000,000, which may be secured by a Lien
upon substantially all of the Property of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, with terms and conditions, and pursuant to documentation,
either (i) substantially similar
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to the terms and conditions of, and the documentation for, the 1998 Senior
Notes or (ii) otherwise satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
"SENIOR NOTES DOCUMENTATION" shall mean any note purchase agreement,
promissory note or other document or instrument evidencing or governing the
Senior Notes.
"START-UP EXPENSES" shall mean operating expenses attributable to
the operations of an Eligible New Contract incurred during the Start-up Period
therefor, net of the revenues recognized under such Eligible New Contract during
the Start-up Period, but only to the extent that such expenses have been
reviewed and approved by the Administrative Agent.
"START-UP PERIOD" shall mean, with respect to any Eligible New
Contract, the period of time, not to exceed six months, commencing on the date
the Company began providing service pursuant to such Eligible New Contract until
the last day of the month in which 90% of the maximum occupancy under such
Eligible New Contract was reached and are determined in accordance with GAAP.
"SUBORDINATED BRIDGE" shall mean Indebtedness of the Obligors under
the Subordinated Bridge Loan Agreement dated as of October 14, 1999 between the
Obligors, the Lenders referred to therein and ING as agent for said Lenders.
"SUBORDINATED NOTES" shall mean Indebtedness of the Company
(including the 2000 Subordinated Notes), in an aggregate principal amount not to
exceed $50,000,000, which is not secured by any Property of the Company or any
Subsidiary Guarantor but which may be Guaranteed by each of the Subsidiaries of
the Company, and which is subordinated to the prior payment in full of the
principal of and interest on the Loans, on terms and conditions (including
subordination terms), and pursuant to documentation, that is (i) on market terms
at the time it is entered into and (ii) is otherwise satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent.
"SUBORDINATED NOTES DOCUMENTATION" shall mean any note purchase
agreement, promissory note or other document or instrument evidencing or
governing the Subordinated Notes.
"SUBSEQUENT SYNTHETIC LEASE FUNDING DATE" shall mean each
"Subsequent Funding Date" as defined in the Master Agreement.
"SUBSIDIARY" shall mean, with respect to any Person, any
corporation, partnership or other entity of which at least a majority of the
securities or other ownership interests having by the terms thereof ordinary
voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other persons
performing similar functions of such corporation, partnership or other entity
(irrespective of whether or not at the time securities or other ownership
interests of any other class or classes of such corporation, partnership or
other entity shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of
any contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by
such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one
or more Subsidiaries of such Person.
"SYNTHETIC LEASE CLOSING DATE" shall mean a "Closing Date" as
defined in the Master Agreement.
"SYNTHETIC LEASE FINANCING" shall mean transactions consisting of
the following (provided that any such transaction need not include the matters
described in clause (e) below):
(a) the Company or one of its Subsidiaries enters into a lease (as
lessee) of real Property and improvements (to be used for a correctional
and/or detention facility) with another Person (the "LESSOR");
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(b) pursuant to a loan agreement (the "LOAN AGREEMENT"), the Lessor
borrows money from one or more lenders denominated "A Lenders" (the "A
LENDERS") and one or more lenders denominated "B Lenders" (the "B
Lenders");
(c) the Lessor (or another Person, which may be an Affiliate of the
Lessor) makes an investment (the "C INVESTMENT") to pay a portion of the
cost of such real Property and improvements;
(d) the Company and its Subsidiaries enter into a Guarantee of the
Lessor's obligations to the A Lenders under the Loan Agreement (the "A
GUARANTEE"), and, as provided in the Collateral Sharing Documentation
Amendment:
(x) the A Guarantee is secured by Liens on substantially all
of the collateral for the Loans, Reimbursement Obligations and the
Senior Notes, and
(y) the Loans, Reimbursement Obligations and the other
obligations of the Company hereunder and under the other Basic
Documents, together with the Senior Notes, are secured by Liens in
any collateral securing the Lessor's obligations to the A Lenders
under the Loan Agreement (the "A COLLATERAL CONTRIBUTION"); and
(e) the Company and its Subsidiaries enter into a Guarantee of the
Lessor's obligations to the B Lenders under the Loan Agreement (the "B
GUARANTEE"), and, as provided in the Collateral Sharing Documentation
Amendment:
(x) the B Guarantee and the C Investment is secured by Liens
on substantially all of the collateral for the Loans and the Senior
Notes, and
(y) the Loans, Reimbursement Obligations and the other
obligations of the Company hereunder and under the other Basic
Documents, together with the Senior Notes, are secured by Liens in
any collateral securing the Lessor's obligations to the B Lenders
under the Loan Agreement or securing the C Investment (the "B AND C
COLLATERAL CONTRIBUTION").
"SYNTHETIC LEASE DOCUMENTATION" shall mean any master agreement,
lease agreement, loan agreement or other document or instrument evidencing or
governing any Synthetic Lease Financing.
"SYNTHETIC LEASE LOAN COMMITMENT" shall mean, for each Synthetic
Lease Loan Lender, the obligation of such Lender to make Synthetic Lease Loans
in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding up to but not
exceeding the amount set forth opposite the name of such Lender on the signature
pages hereof under the caption "Synthetic Lease Loan Commitment" (as the same
may be reduced from time to time pursuant to SECTION 2.03 hereof). The original
aggregate principal amount of the Synthetic Lease Loan Commitments is
$81,389,954.67.
"SYNTHETIC LEASE LOAN COMMITMENT TERMINATION DATE" shall mean the
fifth anniversary from the Closing Date.
"SYNTHETIC LEASE LOAN LENDERS" shall mean (a) on the date hereof,
Lenders having Synthetic Lease Loan Commitments on the signature pages hereof,
and (b) thereafter, Lenders from time to time holding Synthetic Lease Loans and
Synthetic Lease Loan Commitments after giving effect to any assignments thereof
permitted by SECTION 13.06(B) hereof.
"SYNTHETIC LEASE LOAN PRINCIPAL PAYMENT DATE" shall mean the Lease
Termination Date (as that term is defined in the Master Agreement).
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"SYNTHETIC LEASE LOANS" shall mean the loans provided for by SECTION
2.01(B) hereof, which may be Base Rate Loans and/or Eurodollar Loans.
"2000 SUBORDINATED NOTES" shall mean Indebtedness evidenced by the
2000 Subordinated Notes Documents.
"2000 SUBORDINATED NOTES DOCUMENTS" shall mean, collectively, (a)
the Note and Equity Purchase Agreement dated as of July 21 2000, among the
Company, its Subsidiaries listed on Annex B thereto, American Capital
Strategies, Ltd., a Delaware corporation and Teachers Insurance and Annuity
Association, a New York corporation, (b) the Note Documents (as that term is
defined in said Note and Equity Purchase Agreement) and (c) the 2000
Subordination Agreement.
"2000 SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT" shall mean the Subordination
Agreement dated as of July 21, 2000 among the holders of the 2000 Subordinated
Notes, the Obligors, the Administrative Agent and the agent under the Master
Agreement, as the same may be modified and supplemented and in effect from time
to time.
"TYPE" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in SECTION 1.03
hereof.
"USE PERMIT" shall mean any permit issued by a municipal, state or
federal government, or agency, instrumentality or subdivision thereof, that is
required for the operation by the Company or its Subsidiaries of any
correctional or detention facility.
"WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY" shall mean, with respect to any Person,
any corporation, partnership or other entity of which all of the equity
securities or other ownership interests (other than, in the case of a
corporation, directors' qualifying shares) are directly or indirectly owned or
controlled by such Person or one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such
Person or by such Person and one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such
Person.
1.02 ACCOUNTING TERMS AND DETERMINATIONS.
(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all accounting
terms used herein shall be interpreted, and all financial statements and
certificates and reports as to financial matters required to be delivered
to the Lenders hereunder shall (unless otherwise disclosed to the Lenders
in writing at the time of delivery thereof in the manner described in
subsection (b) below) be prepared, in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles applied on a basis consistent with those used in the
preparation of the latest financial statements furnished to the Lenders
hereunder (which, prior to the delivery of the first financial statements
under SECTION 9.01 hereof, shall mean the audited financial statements as
at December 31, 1999 referred to in SECTION 8.02 hereof). All calculations
made for the purposes of determining compliance with this Agreement shall
(except as otherwise expressly provided herein) be made by application of
generally accepted accounting principles applied on a basis consistent
with those used in the preparation of the latest annual or quarterly
financial statements furnished to the Lenders pursuant to SECTION 9.01
hereof (or, prior to the delivery of the first financial statements under
SECTION 9.01 hereof, used in the preparation of the audited financial
statements as at December 31, 1999 referred to in SECTION 8.02 hereof)
unless (i) the Company shall have objected to determining such compliance
on such basis at the time of delivery of such financial statements or (ii)
the Majority Lenders shall so object in writing within 30 days after
delivery of such financial statements, in either of which events such
calculations shall be made on a basis consistent with those used in the
preparation of the latest financial statements as to which such objection
shall not have been made (which, if objection is made in respect of the
first financial statements delivered under SECTION 9.01 hereof, shall mean
the audited financial statements referred to in SECTION 8.02 hereof).
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(b) The Company shall deliver to the Lenders at the same time as the
delivery of any annual or quarterly financial statement under SECTION 9.01
hereof (i) a description in reasonable detail of any material variation
between the application of accounting principles employed in the
preparation of such statement and the application of accounting principles
employed in the preparation of the next preceding annual or quarterly
financial statements as to which no objection has been made in accordance
with the last sentence of subsection (a) above and (ii) reasonable
estimates of the difference between such statements arising as a
consequence thereof.
(c) To enable the ready and consistent determination of compliance
with the covenants set forth in SECTION 9 hereof, the Company will not
change the last day of its fiscal year from December 31 of each year, or
the last days of the first three fiscal quarters in each of its fiscal
years from March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year,
respectively.
1.03 CLASSES AND TYPES OF LOANS. Loans hereunder are distinguished
by "Type". The "Type" of a Loan refers to whether such Loan is a Base Rate Loan
or a Eurodollar Loan, each of which constitutes a Type. Loans and Commitments
may also be distinguished by "Class." The "Class" of a Loan or Commitment refers
to whether such Loan is a Revolving Credit Loan or a Synthetic Lease Loan, each
of which constitutes a Class. Loans may be identified by both Type and Class.
SECTION 2. COMMITMENTS, LOANS, NOTES AND PREPAYMENTS.
2.01 LOANS.
(A) REVOLVING CREDIT LOANS MADE TO CORNELL. Each Revolving Credit
Lender severally agrees, on the terms and conditions of this Agreement, to
make loans to the Company in Dollars during the period from and including
the Closing Date to but not including the Revolving Credit Commitment
Termination Date in an aggregate principal amount at any one time
outstanding up to but not exceeding the amount of the Revolving Credit
Commitment of such Lender as in effect from time to time. Subject to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement, during such period the Company may
borrow, repay and reborrow the amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments
by means of Base Rate Loans and Eurodollar Loans and may Convert Loans of
one Type into Loans of the other Type (as provided in SECTION 2.08 hereof)
or Continue Eurodollar Loans from one Interest Period to the next Interest
Period (as provided in SECTION 2.08 hereof), PROVIDED that in no event
shall the aggregate principal amount of all Loans, together with the
aggregate amount of all Letter of Credit Liabilities, exceed the aggregate
amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments as in effect from time to time.
(B) SYNTHETIC LEASE LOANS MADE TO THE LESSOR. Each Synthetic Lease
Loan Lender severally agrees, on the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, to make loans to the Lessor in Dollars during the period from
and including the Closing Date but not including the Synthetic Lease Loan
Commitment Termination Date in an aggregate principal amount up to but not
exceeding the amount of the Synthetic Lease Loan Commitment of such
Synthetic Lease Loan Lender as in effect from time to time. Each Synthetic
Lease Loan shall be made on each Synthetic Lease Closing Date and on each
Subsequent Synthetic Lease Funding Date and in the amounts required under
SECTION 2.2 of the Master Agreement. Each Synthetic Lease Loan made by a
Synthetic Lease Loan Lender on any date shall be in an amount equal to
such Synthetic Lease Loan Lender's pro rata share of the A Percentage of
the aggregate amount to be funded by the Funding Parties on such date, and
the duration of the respective Interest Periods for each such Synthetic
Lease Loan shall be the same as the duration of the respective "Rent
Periods" (as that term is defined in the Master Agreement) for the B Loan
that corresponds to such Synthetic Lease Loan. Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, the Company may Convert Synthetic Lease
Loans
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of one Type into Loans of the other Type (as provided in Section 2.08
hereof) or Continue Eurodollar Loans from one Interest Period to the next
Interest Period (as provided in SECTION 2.08 hereof).
(C) LIMIT ON EURODOLLAR LOANS. No more than six separate Interest
Periods in respect of Eurodollar Loans from each Lender may be outstanding
at any one time.
2.02 BORROWINGS OF LOANS. The Company shall give the Administrative
Agent notice of each borrowing hereunder as provided in SECTION 4.05 hereof. Not
later than 1:00 p.m. New York time on the date specified for each borrowing of
Loans hereunder, each Lender shall make available the amount of the Loan or
Loans to be made by it on such date to the Administrative Agent, at account
number 066 297 311 (ABA No. 000000000) maintained by the Administrative Agent
with The Chase Manhattan Bank, in immediately available funds, for account of
the Company or the Lessor (as the case may be). The amount so received by the
Administrative Agent in respect of Revolving Credit Loans shall, subject to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement, be made available to the Company by
depositing the same, in immediately available funds, in an account of the
Company maintained with a bank in New York City, Houston, Texas or San
Francisco, California, designated by the Company. The amount so received by the
Administrative Agent in respect of Synthetic Lease Loans shall, subject to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement, be made available to, or on behalf of,
the Lessor as provided in the Master Agreement.
2.03 CHANGES OF COMMITMENTS.
(a) The aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments shall
be automatically reduced on each Revolving Credit Commitment Reduction
Date set forth below to the amount (subject to reduction pursuant to
paragraph (d) below) set forth opposite such Revolving Credit Commitment
Reduction Date:
REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENT
REDUCTION DATE FALLING REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENTS
ON OR NEAREST TO REDUCED TO THE FOLLOWING AMOUNTS
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January 24, 2002 $72,321,428.63
April 24, 2002 $69,642,857.25
July 24, 2002 $66,964,285.88
October 24, 2002 $64,285,714.50
January 24, 2003 $61,607,143.13
April 24, 2003 $58,928,571.75
July 24, 2003 $56,250,000.38
October 24, 2003 $53,571,429.00
January 24, 2004 $50,892,857.63
April 24, 2004 $48,214,286.25
July 24, 2004 $45,535,714.88
October 24, 2004 $42,857,143.50
January 24, 2005 $40,178,572.13
April 24, 2005 $37,500,000.75
The aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments shall be
automatically reduced to zero on the Revolving Credit Commitment
Termination Date.
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(b) the aggregate amount of the Synthetic Lease Loan Commitments
shall automatically be reduced to zero on the Synthetic Lease Loan
Commitment Termination Date.
(c) The Company shall have the right at any time or from time to
time (i) so long as no Revolving Credit Loans or Letter of Credit
Liabilities are outstanding, to terminate the Revolving Credit
Commitments, and (ii) to reduce the aggregate unused amount of the
Revolving Credit Commitments (for which purpose use of the Revolving
Credit Commitments shall be deemed to include the aggregate amount of
Letter of Credit Liabilities); PROVIDED that (x) the Company shall give
notice of each such termination or reduction as provided in SECTION 4.05
hereof and (y) each partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount at
least equal to (x) in the case of Base Rate Loans, $25,000 (or a larger
multiple of $25,000), and (y) in the case of Eurodollar Loans, $250,000
(or a larger multiple of $25,000).
(d) Each reduction (a "Non-scheduled Reduction") in the aggregate
amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to paragraph (c)
above, or pursuant to SECTION 2.09 hereof, on any date shall result in an
automatic and simultaneous reduction, in an amount equal to the amount of
such Non-scheduled Reduction, in the maximum amount of the Revolving
Credit Commitments (as set forth in paragraph (a) above) for each
Revolving Credit Commitment Reduction Date occurring after such date.
(e) The Commitments of any Class once terminated or reduced may not
be reinstated.
2.04 COMMITMENT FEE.
(a) The Company shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the
account of each Revolving Credit Lender, a commitment fee on the daily
average unused amount of such Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment (for
which purpose the aggregate amount of any Letter of Credit Liabilities
shall be deemed to be a pro rata (based on the Revolving Credit
Commitments) use of each Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment), for the
period from and including the date of this Agreement to (but not
including) the date such Commitment is reduced to zero, at a rate per
annum equal to 0.5%. Accrued commitment fees shall be payable on each
Monthly Date and on the date the Revolving Credit Commitments are reduced
to zero.
(b) The Company shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the
account of each Synthetic Lease Loan Lender, a commitment fee on the daily
average unused amount of such Lender's Synthetic Lease Loan Commitment,
for the period from and including the date of this Agreement to (but not
including) the date such Commitment is reduced to zero, at a rate per
annum equal to 0.5%. Accrued commitment fees shall be payable on each
Quarterly Date and on the date the Synthetic Lease Loan Commitments are
reduced to zero.
2.05 LENDING OFFICES. The Loans of each Type made by each Lender
shall be made and maintained at such Lender's Applicable Lending Office for
Loans of such Type.
2.06 SEVERAL OBLIGATIONS; REMEDIES INDEPENDENT. The failure of any
Lender to make any Loan to be made by it on the date specified therefor shall
not relieve any other Lender of its obligation to make its Loan on such date,
but neither any Lender nor the Administrative Agent shall be responsible for the
failure of any other Lender to make a Loan to be made by such other Lender, and
no Lender shall have any obligation to the Administrative Agent or any other
Lender for the failure by such Lender to make any Loan required to be made by
such Lender. The amounts payable by the Company at any time hereunder and under
the Notes to each Lender shall be a separate and independent debt and each
Lender shall be entitled to protect and enforce its rights arising out of this
Agreement and the Notes, and it shall not be necessary for any other Lender or
the Administrative Agent to consent to, or be joined as an additional party in,
any proceedings for such purposes.
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2.07 NOTES.
(a) (i) The Revolving Credit Loans made by each Lender shall be
evidenced by a single promissory note of the Company substantially in the
form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, dated the date hereof, payable to such Lender
in a principal amount equal to the amount of its Revolving Credit
Commitment as originally in effect and otherwise duly completed.
(ii) The Synthetic Lease Loans made by each Lender shall be
evidenced by a single promissory note of the Lessor substantially in
the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto, dated the date hereof, payable to
such Lender in a principal amount equal to the amount of its
Synthetic Lease Loan Commitment as originally in effect and
otherwise duly completed.
(b) The date, amount, Type, interest rate and duration of Interest
Period (if applicable) of each Loan made by each Lender to the Company or
the Lessor (as the case may be), and each payment made on account of the
principal thereof, shall be recorded by such Lender on its books and,
prior to any transfer of the Note evidencing the Loans held by it,
endorsed by such Lender on the schedule attached to such Note or any
continuation thereof; PROVIDED that the failure of such Lender to make any
such recordation or endorsement shall not affect the obligations of the
Company or the Lessor (as the case may be) to make a payment when due of
any amount owing hereunder or under such Note in respect of the Loans to
be evidenced by such Note.
(c) No Lender shall be entitled to have its Notes subdivided, by
exchange for promissory notes of lesser denominations or otherwise, except
in connection with a permitted assignment of all or any portion of such
Lender's relevant Commitment, Loans and Notes pursuant to SECTION 13.06(B)
hereof.
2.08 OPTIONAL PREPAYMENTS AND CONVERSIONS OR CONTINUATIONS OF LOANS.
(a) Subject to SECTION 4.04 hereof, the Company shall have the right
to prepay Revolving Credit Loans, or to Convert Loans of one Type into
Loans of another Type or to Continue Eurodollar Loans, at any time or from
time to time, PROVIDED that the Company shall give the Administrative
Agent notice of each such prepayment, Conversion or Continuation as
provided in SECTION 4.05 hereof (and, upon the date specified in any such
notice of prepayment, the amount to be prepaid shall become due and
payable hereunder). Notwithstanding the foregoing, and without limiting
the rights and remedies of the Lenders under SECTION 11 hereof, in the
event that any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the
Administrative Agent may (and at the request of the Majority Lenders
shall) suspend the right of the Company to Convert any Base Rate Loan into
a Eurodollar Loan, or to Continue any Loan as a Eurodollar Loan, in which
event all Loans shall be Converted (on the last day(s) of the respective
Interest Periods therefor) or Continued, as the case may be, as Base Rate
Loans.
(b) Except in conjunction with a payment by a Lessee of the Lease
Balance, a Construction Failure Payment or a Leased Property Balance
pursuant to the terms of the Lease or the Construction Agency Agreement,
the Lessor shall not have the right to prepay Synthetic Lease Loans.
2.09 MANDATORY PREPAYMENTS.
(a) SALE OF ASSETS. Without limiting the obligation of the Company
to obtain the consent of the Majority Lenders pursuant to SECTION 9.05
hereof to any Disposition not otherwise permitted hereunder, in the event
that the Net Available Proceeds of any Disposition (herein, the "CURRENT
DISPOSITION"), and of all prior Dispositions as to which a prepayment has
not yet been made under this SECTION 2.09(A), shall exceed $500,000 then,
no later than five Business Days prior to the occurrence of the Current
Disposition, the Company will deliver to the Lenders a statement,
certified by the chief financial officer of the Company, in
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form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of
the amount of the Net Available Proceeds of the Current Disposition and of
all such prior Dispositions and will prepay the Revolving Credit Loans
(and/or provide cover for Letter of Credit Liabilities as specified in
clause (g) below) in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of the Net
Available Proceeds of the Current Disposition and such prior Dispositions.
(b) DEBT ISSUANCE. Without limiting the obligation of the Company to
obtain the consent of the Majority Lenders pursuant to SECTION 9.07 hereof
to the incurrence of any Indebtedness not otherwise permitted hereunder,
upon the receipt by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of the proceeds
of any Indebtedness incurred after the date of the Third Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement (other than Indebtedness described in clause
(d), (e), (f) or (g) of SECTION 9.07 hereof), the Company shall prepay the
Revolving Credit Loans (and/or provide cover for Letter of Credit
Liabilities as specified in clause (g) below), and, subject to SECTION
2.09(F), in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of the Net Available
Proceeds thereof.
(c) EQUITY ISSUANCE. Upon any Equity Issuance, the Company shall
prepay the Revolving Credit Loans (and/or provide cover for Letter of
Credit Liabilities as specified in clause (f) below) in an aggregate
amount equal to 50% of the Net Available Proceeds thereof, PROVIDED that
(1) if the chief financial officer of the Company certifies to
the Administrative Agent that, without effecting an Equity Issuance,
the Company will not be able to pay principal of or interest on the
Loans when due, all Net Available Proceeds of such Equity Issuance
shall be applied directly by the Person making the equity investment
to the payment of such principal and/or interest;
(2) if the Majority Lenders shall have expressly approved an
Investment or other acquisition by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries (which approval may be withheld by the Majority Lenders
in their sole discretion) that was proposed by the Company to the
Lenders and the written materials furnished to the Lenders
describing such Investment or other acquisition described in
reasonable detail an Equity Issuance that would be used to finance
such Investment or acquisition, none of the Net Available Proceeds
of such Equity Issuance shall be required to be applied to the
prepayment of the Revolving Credit Loans or the reduction of the
Revolving Credit Commitments; and
(3) the Company shall not be required to prepay any Revolving
Credit Loan if (x) the obligation to make such Loan was subject to
SECTION 7.02 and (y) such Loan was used to finance Capital
Expenditures for the construction of fixed assets, plant, furniture,
fixtures and equipment and such construction has not substantially
been completed on the date of such Equity Issuance.
(d) CASUALTY EVENTS. Not later than 60 days following the receipt by
any Obligor of the proceeds of insurance, condemnation award or other
compensation in respect of any Casualty Event affecting any Property
(other than any Leased Property) of any such Obligor (or upon such earlier
date as the Obligor shall have determined not to repair or replace the
Property affected by such Casualty Event), or upon the receipt by any
Obligor of the proceeds of any key-man life insurance policy, the Company
shall prepay the Revolving Credit Loans (and/or provide cover for Letter
of Credit Liabilities as specified in clause (f) below) in an aggregate
amount, if any, equal to 100% of the Net Available Proceeds of such
Casualty Event not theretofore applied to the repair or replacement of
such Property or 100% of the proceeds of the key-man life insurance
policy, as applicable. Nothing in this clause (d) shall be deemed to limit
any obligation of any Obligor pursuant to any of the Security Documents to
remit to a collateral or similar account (including, without limitation,
the Collateral Account) maintained by the Administrative Agent
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pursuant to any of the Security Documents the proceeds of insurance,
condemnation award or other compensation received in respect of any
Casualty Event.
(e) EXCESS CASH FLOW. Not later than the date 90 days after the end
of each fiscal year, commencing with the fiscal year commencing on January
1, 2000, the Company shall prepay the Revolving Credit Loans (and/or
provide cover for Letter of Credit Liabilities as specified in clause (f)
below) in an aggregate amount equal to 60% of Excess Cash Flow for such
fiscal year (computed on the basis of the financial statements provided to
the Administrative Agent pursuant to SECTION 9.01(D) hereof).
(f) MUNICIPAL TRANSACTION. Upon receipt by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries of any Net Available Proceeds of any Municipal Transaction
Transfer:
(i) the Company shall (subject to clause (h) below) prepay the
Revolving Credit Loans (and/or provide cover for Letter of Credit
Liabilities as specified in clause (g) below) in an aggregate amount
equal to the Net Available Proceeds of such Municipal Transaction
Transfer;
(ii) the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments
shall be reduced by an amount equal to the amount of the required
prepayment of Revolving Credit Loans provided for in the foregoing
clause (f)(i), provided that the aggregate Revolving Credit
Commitments shall not, as a result of this SECTION 2.09(F)(II) be
reduced to less than $45,000,000; and
(iii) any such Net Available Proceeds in excess of the amount of
the required prepayment described in the foregoing clause (f)(i) and
the amount of any required prepayment of the 1998 Senior Notes as a
result of such Municipal Transaction Transfer, shall be deposited
into an interest-bearing account (at a bank designated by the
Administrative Agent), subject to the Lien of the Security
Agreement) to be used solely for the purposes hereinafter described
(the "RESTRICTED ACCOUNT") (it being acknowledged and agreed that
such Lien on the Restricted Account shall not secure any Synthetic
Lease Financing or any interest thereon).
Amounts in the Restricted Account shall be released only in the following
circumstances:
(x) Upon the request of the Company, amounts in the Restricted
Account may be released to the Company for the purpose of financing an
Eligible Acquisition or an Eligible New Contract, PROVIDED that the
applicable conditions precedent in SECTION 7.02 hereof shall have been met
as if the amount to be released from the Restricted Account was a
Revolving Credit Loan being made to finance such Eligible Acquisition or
such Eligible New Contract.
(y) Upon the request of the Company, amounts in the Restricted
Account may be applied to the prepayment of Revolving Credit Loans, any
prepayment of the 1998 Senior Notes required as a result of such
prepayment of Revolving Credit Loans, and any prepayment of any other
Indebtedness (other than the Subordinated Notes) so long as (i) all
Letters of Credit have been terminated and there are no outstanding Letter
of Credit Liabilities, Revolving Credit Loans or Synthetic Lease Loans and
(ii) no Default shall be continuing.
(z) After the payment in full of principal of and interest on the
Revolving Credit Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder, and the
termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments, any balance in the
Restricted Account shall be remitted to or on the order of the Company.
(g) COVER FOR LETTER OF CREDIT LIABILITIES. In the event that the
Company shall be required pursuant to this SECTION 2.09 to provide cover
for Letter of Credit Liabilities, the Company shall effect the same by
paying to the Administrative Agent immediately available funds in an
amount equal to the
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required amount, which funds shall be retained by the Administrative Agent
in the Collateral Account (as provided therein as collateral security in
the first instance for Letter of Credit Liabilities) until such time as
the Letter of Credit shall have been terminated and all of the Letter of
Credit Liabilities paid in full.
(h) RATABLE PREPAYMENT OF SENIOR NOTES. For purposes of SECTION
2.09(A) and SECTION 2.09(F) hereof, if the Company is required, pursuant
to the Senior Notes Documentation, to make an offer to prepay 1998 Senior
Notes as a result of a Disposition or a Municipal Transaction Transfer,
the amount of Net Available Proceeds required to prepay Revolving Credit
Loans (and/or to provide cover for Letter of Credit Liabilities) with
respect to such Disposition shall be reduced by an amount equal to the
product of the following:
(a) the Net Available Proceeds otherwise required to prepay
Revolving Credit Loans (and/or to provide cover for Letter of Credit
Liabilities), MULTIPLIED BY
(b) the quotient of (x) the outstanding principal amount of 1998
Senior Notes at such time, DIVIDED BY (y) the sum of the outstanding
principal amount of the 1998 Senior Notes at such time plus the
outstanding principal amount of Revolving Credit Loans and Letter of
Credit Liabilities at such time.
2.10 LETTERS OF CREDIT. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, and subject to the prior consent of the Letter of Credit Issuer,
Revolving Credit Commitments may be utilized, upon the request of the Company,
in addition to the Revolving Credit Loans provided for by SECTION 2.01(A)
hereof, by the issuance by the Letter of Credit Issuer of letters of credit
(collectively, "LETTERS OF CREDIT") for account of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries (as specified by the Company), PROVIDED that in no event shall the
aggregate amount of all Letter of Credit Liabilities exceed the lesser of (i)
$15,000,000 and (ii) together with the aggregate principal amount of the
Revolving Credit Loans, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments
as in effect from time to time. The following additional provisions shall apply
to Letters of Credit:
(a) The Company shall give the Administrative Agent at least three
Business Days' irrevocable prior notice (effective upon receipt)
specifying the Business Day (which shall be no later than 30 days
preceding the Revolving Credit Commitment Termination Date) each Letter of
Credit is to be issued and the account party or parties therefor and
describing in reasonable detail the proposed terms of such Letter of
Credit (including the beneficiary thereof) and the nature of the
transactions or obligations proposed to be supported thereby (including
whether such Letter of Credit is to be a commercial letter of credit or a
standby letter of credit). Upon receipt of any such notice, the
Administrative Agent shall advise the Letter of Credit Issuer of the
contents thereof.
(b) On each day during the period commencing with the issuance by
the Letter of Credit Issuer of any Letter of Credit and until such Letter
of Credit shall have expired or been terminated, the Revolving Credit
Commitment of each Lender shall be deemed to be utilized for all purposes
of this Agreement in an amount equal to such Lender's Revolving Credit
Commitment Percentage of the then undrawn face amount of such Letter of
Credit. Each Revolving Credit Lender (other than the Letter of Credit
Issuer) agrees that, upon the issuance of any Letter of Credit hereunder,
it shall automatically acquire a participation in the Letter of Credit
Issuer's liability under such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to such
Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of such liability, and
each Revolving Credit Lender (other than the Letter of Credit Issuer)
thereby shall absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably assume, as
primary obligor and not as surety, and shall be unconditionally obligated
to the Letter of Credit Issuer to pay and discharge when due, its
Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the Letter of Credit Issuer's
liability under such Letter of Credit.
(c) Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any
demand for payment under such Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit
Issuer shall promptly notify the Company (through the Administrative
Agent) of the amount to be paid by the Letter of Credit Issuer as a result
of such demand
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and the date on which payment is to be made by the Letter of Credit Issuer
to such beneficiary in respect of such demand. Notwithstanding the
identity of the account party of any Letter of Credit, the Company hereby
unconditionally agrees to pay and reimburse the Administrative Agent for
account of the Letter of Credit Issuer for the amount of each demand for
payment under such Letter of Credit at or prior to the date on which
payment is to be made by the Letter of Credit Issuer to the beneficiary
thereunder, without presentment, demand, protest or other formalities of
any kind.
(d) Forthwith upon its receipt of a notice referred to in clause (c)
of this SECTION 2.10, the Company shall advise the Administrative Agent
whether or not the Company intends to borrow hereunder to finance its
obligation to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer for the amount of the
related demand for payment and, if it does, submit a notice of such
borrowing as provided in SECTION 4.05 hereof. In the event that the
Company fails to so advise the Administrative Agent, or if the Company
fails to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer for a payment under a
Letter of Credit by the date of such payment, the Administrative Agent
shall give each Revolving Credit Lender prompt notice of the amount of the
demand for payment, specifying such Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment
Percentage of the amount of the related demand for payment.
(e) Each Revolving Credit Lender (other than the Letter of Credit
Issuer) shall pay to the Administrative Agent for account of the Letter of
Credit Issuer at the Principal Office in Dollars and in immediately
available funds, the amount of such Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment
Percentage of any payment under a Letter of Credit upon notice by the
Letter of Credit Issuer (through the Administrative Agent) to such Lender
requesting such payment and specifying such amount. Each such Revolving
Credit Lender's obligation to make such payment to the Administrative
Agent for account of the Letter of Credit Issuer under this clause (e),
and the Letter of Credit Issuer's right to receive the same, shall be
absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance
whatsoever, including, without limitation, the failure of any other Lender
to make its payment under this clause (e), the financial condition of the
Company (or any other account party), the existence of any Default or the
termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments. Each such payment to the
Letter of Credit Issuer shall be made without any offset, abatement,
withholding or reduction whatsoever. If any Lender shall default in its
obligation to make any such payment to the Administrative Agent for
account of the Letter of Credit Issuer, for so long as such default shall
continue the Administrative Agent may at the request of the Letter of
Credit Issuer withhold from any payments received by the Administrative
Agent under this Agreement or any Note for account of such Lender the
amount so in default and, to the extent so withheld, pay the same to the
Letter of Credit Issuer in satisfaction of such defaulted obligation.
(f) Upon the making of each payment by a Revolving Credit Lender to
the Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to clause (e) above in respect of any
Letter of Credit, such Lender shall, automatically and without any further
action on the part of the Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit
Issuer or such Lender, acquire (i) a participation in an amount equal to
such payment in the Reimbursement Obligation owing to the Letter of Credit
by the Company hereunder and under the Letter of Credit Documents relating
to such Letter of Credit and (ii) a participation in a percentage equal to
such Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage in any interest or
other amounts payable by the Company hereunder and under such Letter of
Credit Documents in respect of such Reimbursement Obligation (other than
the commissions, charges, costs and expenses payable to the Letter of
Credit pursuant to clause (g) of this SECTION 2.10). Upon receipt by the
Letter of Credit Issuer from or for account of the Company of any payment
in respect of any Reimbursement Obligation or any such interest or other
amount (including by way of setoff or application of proceeds of any
collateral security) the Letter of Credit Issuer shall promptly pay to the
Administrative Agent for account of each Lender entitled thereto, such
Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of such payment, each such
payment by the Letter of Credit Issuer to be made in the same money and
funds in which received by the Letter of Credit Issuer. In the event any
payment received by the Letter of Credit Issuer and so paid to the
Revolving Credit Lenders hereunder is
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rescinded or must otherwise be returned by the Letter of Credit Issuer,
each Revolving Credit Lender shall, upon the request of the Letter of
Credit Issuer (through the Administrative Agent), repay to the Letter of
Credit Issuer (through the Administrative Agent) the amount of such
payment paid to such Lender, with interest at the rate specified in clause
(j) of this SECTION 2.10.
(g) The Company shall pay to the Administrative Agent for account of
each Revolving Credit Lender (ratably in accordance with their respective
Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages) a letter of credit fee in respect
of each Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the Applicable Margin for
Revolving Credit Loans that are Eurodollar Loans per annum of the daily
average undrawn face amount of such Letter of Credit for the period from
and including the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit (i) in the
case of a Letter of Credit that expires in accordance with its terms, to
and including such expiration date and (ii) in the case of a Letter of
Credit that is drawn in full or is otherwise terminated other than on the
stated expiration date of such Letter of Credit, to but excluding the date
such Letter of Credit is drawn in full or is terminated (such fee to be
non-refundable, to be paid in arrears on each Monthly Date and on the
Revolving Credit Commitment Termination Date and to be calculated for any
day after giving effect to any payments made under such Letter of Credit
on such day). In addition, the Company shall pay to the Administrative
Agent for account of the Letter of Credit Issuer a fronting fee in respect
of each Letter of Credit in an amount equal to 1/4 of 1% per annum of the
daily average undrawn face amount of such Letter of Credit for the period
from and including the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit (i) in
the case of a Letter of Credit that expires in accordance with its terms,
to and including such expiration date and (ii) in the case of a Letter of
Credit that is drawn in full or is otherwise terminated other than on the
stated expiration date of such Letter of Credit, to but excluding the date
such Letter of Credit is drawn in full or is terminated (such fee to be
non-refundable, to be paid in arrears on each Monthly Date and on the
Revolving Credit Commitment Termination Date and to be calculated for any
day after giving effect to any payments made under such Letter of Credit
on such day) plus all commissions, charges, costs and expenses in the
amounts customarily charged by the Letter of Credit Issuer from time to
time in like circumstances with respect to the issuance of each Letter of
Credit and drawings and other transactions relating thereto.
(h) Promptly following the end of each calendar month, the Letter of
Credit Issuer shall deliver (through the Administrative Agent) to each
Revolving Credit Lender and the Company a notice describing the aggregate
amount of all Letters of Credit outstanding at the end of such month. Upon
the request of any Lender from time to time, the Letter of Credit Issuer
shall deliver any other information reasonably requested by such Lender
with respect to each Letter of Credit then outstanding.
(i) The issuance by the Letter of Credit Issuer of each Letter of
Credit shall, in addition to the conditions precedent set forth in SECTION
7 hereof, be subject to the conditions precedent that (i) such Letter of
Credit shall be in such form, contain such terms and support such
transactions as shall be satisfactory to the Letter of Credit Issuer
consistent with its then current practices and procedures with respect to
letters of credit of the same type and (ii) the Company shall have
executed and delivered such applications, agreements and other instruments
relating to such Letter of Credit as the Letter of Credit Issuer shall
have reasonably requested consistent with its then current practices and
procedures with respect to letters of credit of the same type, PROVIDED
that in the event of any conflict between any such application, agreement
or other instrument and the provisions of this Agreement or any Security
Document, the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents
shall control.
(j) To the extent that any Revolving Credit Lender shall fail to pay
any amount required to be paid pursuant to clause (e) or (f) of this
SECTION 2.10 on the due date therefor, such Lender shall pay interest to
the Letter of Credit Issuer (through the Administrative Agent) on such
amount from and including such due date to but excluding the date such
payment is made, PROVIDED that if such Lender shall fail to make such
payment to the Letter of Credit Issuer within three Business Days of such
due date, then,
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retroactively to the due date, such Lender shall be obligated to pay
interest on such amount at the Post-Default Rate.
(k) The issuance by the Letter of Credit Issuer of any modification
or supplement to any Letter of Credit hereunder shall be subject to the
same conditions applicable under this SECTION 2.10 to the issuance of new
Letters of Credit, and no such modification or supplement shall be issued
hereunder unless either (i) the respective Letter of Credit affected
thereby would have complied with such conditions had it originally been
issued hereunder in such modified or supplemented form or (ii) each
Revolving Credit Lender shall have consented thereto.
The Company hereby indemnifies and holds harmless each Revolving Credit Lender
and the Administrative Agent from and against any and all claims and damages,
losses, liabilities, costs or expenses that such Lender or the Administrative
Agent may incur (or that may be claimed against such Lender or the
Administrative Agent by any Person whatsoever) by reason of or in connection
with the execution and delivery or transfer of or payment or refusal to pay by
the Letter of Credit Issuer under any Letter of Credit; PROVIDED that the
Company shall not be required to indemnify any Lender or the Administrative
Agent for any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs or expenses to the
extent, but only to the extent, caused by (x) the willful misconduct or gross
negligence of the Letter of Credit Issuer in determining whether a request
presented under any Letter of Credit complied with the terms of such Letter of
Credit or (y) in the case of the Letter of Credit Issuer, such Lender's failure
to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it of a request
strictly complying with the terms and conditions of such Letter of Credit.
Nothing in this SECTION 2.10 is intended to limit the other obligations of the
Company, any Lender or the Administrative Agent under this Agreement.
SECTION 3. PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST.
3.01 REPAYMENT OF LOANS.
(a) The Company hereby promises to pay to the Administrative Agent
for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender:
(i) on each Revolving Credit Commitment Reduction Date, an amount
equal to the excess (if any) of (x) the entire outstanding principal of
such Lender's Revolving Credit Loans outstanding plus such Lender's Letter
of Credit Liabilities over (y) the Revolving Credit Commitment of such
Lender as reduced pursuant to SECTION 2.03(A) hereof on such Revolving
Credit Commitment Reduction Date, and
(ii) the entire outstanding principal of such Lender's Revolving
Credit Loans outstanding, and each Revolving Credit Loan shall mature, on
the Revolving Credit Commitment Termination Date.
(b) The Lessor hereby agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for
the account of each Synthetic Lease Loan Lender the entire outstanding
principal amount of such Synthetic Lease Loan Lender's Synthetic Lease
Loans, and each Synthetic Lease Loan shall mature, on the Synthetic Lease
Loan Principal Payment Date.
3.02 INTEREST.
(a) The Company hereby promises to pay to the Administrative Agent
for account of each Lender interest on the unpaid principal amount of each
Revolving Credit Loan made by such Lender for the period from and
including the date of such Revolving Credit Loan to but excluding the date
such Revolving Credit Loan shall be paid in full, at the following rates
per annum:
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(i) during such periods as such Loan is a Base Rate Loan, the Base
Rate (as in effect from time to time) PLUS the Applicable Margin;
(ii) during such periods as such Loan is a Eurodollar Loan, for each
Interest Period relating thereto, the Eurodollar Rate for such Loan for
such Interest Period PLUS the Applicable Margin.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company hereby promises to pay to the
Administrative Agent for account of each Lender interest at the applicable
Post-Default Rate on any principal of any Revolving Credit Loan made by
such Lender, on any Reimbursement Obligation held by such Lender, and on
any other amount payable by the Company hereunder or under the Notes held
by such Lender to or for account of such Lender, that shall not be paid in
full when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration, by mandatory
prepayment or otherwise), for the period from and including the due date
thereof to but excluding the date the same is paid in full. Accrued
interest on each Loan shall be payable (i) in the case of a Base Rate
Loan, monthly on the Monthly Dates, (ii) in the case of a Eurodollar Loan,
on the last day of each Interest Period therefor and, if such Interest
Period is longer than three months, at three-month intervals following the
first day of such Interest Period, and (iii) in the case of any Loan, upon
the payment or prepayment thereof or the Conversion of such Loan to a Loan
of another Type (but only on the principal amount so paid, prepaid or
Converted), except that interest payable at the Post-Default Rate shall be
payable from time to time on demand. Promptly after the determination of
any interest rate provided for herein or any change therein, the
Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Lenders to which
such interest is payable and to the Company.
(b) The Lessor hereby promises to pay to the Administrative Agent
for account of each Synthetic Lease Loan Lender interest on the unpaid
principal amount of each Synthetic Lease Loan made by such Lender for the
period from and including the date of such Loan to but excluding the date
such Loan shall be paid in full, at the following rates per annum:
(i) during such periods as such Loan is a Base Rate Loan, the Base
Rate (as in effect from time to time) PLUS the Applicable Margin PLUS 1/4
of 1%;
(ii) during such periods as such Loan is a Eurodollar Loan, for each
Interest Period relating thereto, the Eurodollar Rate for such Loan for
such Interest Period PLUS the Applicable Margin PLUS 1/4 of 1%.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Lessor hereby promises to pay to the
Administrative Agent for account of each Synthetic Lease Loan Lender
interest at the applicable Post-Default Rate on any principal of any
Synthetic Lease Loan made by such Lender and on any other amount payable
by the Lessor hereunder or under the Notes held by such Lender to or for
account of such Lender, that shall not be paid in full when due (whether
at stated maturity, by acceleration, by mandatory prepayment or
otherwise), for the period from and including the due date thereof to but
excluding the date the same is paid in full. Accrued interest on each
Synthetic Lease Loan shall be payable (i) in the case of a Base Rate Loan,
monthly on the Monthly Dates, (ii) in the case of a Eurodollar Loan, on
the last day of each Interest Period therefor and, if such Interest Period
is longer than three months, at three-month intervals following the first
day of such Interest Period, and (iii) in the case of any Loan, upon the
payment or prepayment thereof or the Conversion of such Loan to a Loan of
another Type (but only on the principal amount so paid, prepaid or
Converted), except that interest payable at the Post-Default Rate shall be
payable from time to time on demand. Promptly after the determination of
any interest rate provided for herein or any change therein, the
Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Lenders to which
such interest is payable and to the Lessor.
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(c) Interest accruing on each Synthetic Lease Loan with respect to
any Leased Property during the Construction Term of such Leased Property,
and for the period from the Completion Date for such Leased Property to
the 120th day after such Completion Date, shall, subject to the
limitations set forth in SECTION 2.3(C) of the Master Agreement, be added
to the principal amount of such Synthetic Lease Loan from time to time.
Following the date each Synthetic Lease Loan is made (or in the case of
Synthetic Lease Loans with respect to a Construction Land Interest, the
Construction Term Expiration Date), interest on such Loan shall be payable
in arrears as provided in SECTION 3.02(B) hereof.
SECTION 4. PAYMENTS; PRO RATA TREATMENT; COMPUTATIONS; ETC.
4.01 PAYMENTS.
(a) Except to the extent otherwise provided herein, all payments of
principal, interest, Reimbursement Obligations and other amounts to be
made by the Company or the Lessor under this Agreement and the Notes, and,
except to the extent otherwise provided therein, all payments to be made
by the Obligors under any other Basic Document, shall be made in Dollars,
in immediately available funds, without deduction, set-off or
counterclaim, to the Administrative Agent at account number 066 297 311
(ABA No. 000000000) maintained by the Administrative Agent with The Chase
Manhattan Bank, not later than 2:00 p.m. New York time on the date on
which such payment shall become due (each such payment made after such
time on such due date to be deemed to have been made on the next
succeeding Business Day).
(b) Any Lender for whose account any such payment is to be made may
(but shall not be obligated to) debit the amount of any such payment that
is not made by such time to any ordinary deposit account of the Company
with such Lender (with notice to the Company and the Administrative
Agent).
(c) The Company shall, at the time of making each payment under this
Agreement or any Note for account of any Lender, specify to the
Administrative Agent (which shall so notify the intended recipient(s)
thereof) the Loans, Reimbursement Obligations or other amounts payable by
the Company or the Lessor hereunder to which such payment is to be applied
(and in the event that the Company fails to so specify, or if an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, the Administrative Agent may
distribute such payment to the Lenders for application in such manner as
it or the Majority Lenders, subject to SECTION 4.02 hereof, may determine
to be appropriate).
(d) Each payment received by the Administrative Agent under this
Agreement or any Note for account of any Lender shall be paid by the
Administrative Agent promptly to such Lender, in immediately available
funds, for account of such Lender's Applicable Lending Office for the Loan
or other obligation in respect of which such payment is made.
(e) If the due date of any payment under this Agreement or any Note
would otherwise fall on a day that is not a Business Day, such date shall
be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and interest shall be
payable for any principal so extended for the period of such extension.
4.02 PRO RATA TREATMENT. Except to the extent otherwise provided
herein: (a) each borrowing of Loans of either Class from the Lenders under
SECTION 2.01 hereof shall be made from the Lenders holding Commitments of such
Class, and each termination or reduction of the amount of the Revolving Credit
Commitments under SECTION 2.03 hereof, shall be applied to the respective
Commitments of such Class of the Lenders ratably in accordance with the amounts
of their respective Commitments of such Class, (b) each payment of a commitment
fee under SECTION 2.04 hereof in respect of Commitments of either Class shall be
made for account of the Lenders pro rata according to the amounts of their
respective Commitments of such Class; (c) the making, Conversion and
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Continuation of Loans of a particular Type of either Class (other than
Conversions provided for by SECTION 5.04 hereof) shall be made pro rata among
the Lenders according to the amounts of their respective Commitments of such
Class (in the case of making of Loans) or their respective Loans of such Class
(in the case of Conversions and Continuations of Loans) and the then current
Interest Period for each Loan of such Class and such Type shall be coterminous;
(d) each payment or prepayment of principal of Loans of either Class shall be
made for account of the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the respective
unpaid principal amounts of the Loans of such Class held by them; and (e) each
payment of interest on Loans of either Class shall be made for the account of
the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the amounts of interest on Loans of such
Class then due and payable to the Lenders.
4.03 COMPUTATIONS. Except as otherwise provided herein, interest on
Loans and Reimbursement Obligations and commitment fees shall be computed on the
basis of a year of 360 days and actual days elapsed (including the first day but
excluding the last day) occurring in the period for which payable.
4.04 MINIMUM AMOUNTS. Except for mandatory prepayments made pursuant
to SECTION 2.09 hereof and Conversions or prepayments made pursuant to SECTION
5.04 hereof, each borrowing, Conversion and partial prepayment of principal of
Loans shall be in an aggregate amount at least equal to $500,000 (or $3,000,000
in the case of Eurodollar Loans) or a larger multiple of $500,000 (borrowings,
Conversions or prepayments of or into Loans of different Types or, in the case
of Eurodollar Loans, having different Interest Periods at the same time
hereunder to be deemed separate borrowings, Conversions and prepayments for
purposes of the foregoing, one for each Type or Interest Period).
4.05 CERTAIN NOTICES. Notices by the Company to the Administrative
Agent of terminations or reductions of the Commitments, of borrowings,
Conversions, Continuations and optional prepayments of Loans, of Types of Loans
and of the duration of Interest Periods shall be irrevocable and shall be
effective only if received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m.
New York time on the number of Business Days prior to the date of the relevant
termination, reduction, borrowing, Conversion, Continuation or prepayment or the
first day of such Interest Period specified below:
NUMBER OF
BUSINESS DAYS
NOTICE PRIOR NOTICE
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Termination or reduction of Commitments 3
Borrowing or prepayment of, or
Conversions into, Base Rate Loans Same day
Borrowing or prepayment of,
Conversions into, Continuations as, or
duration of Interest Period for,
Eurodollar Loans 3
Each such notice of termination or reduction shall specify the amount of the
Commitments to be terminated or reduced. Each such notice of borrowing,
Conversion, Continuation or optional prepayment shall specify the amount
(subject to SECTION 4.04 hereof), Type and Class of each Loan to be borrowed,
Converted, Continued or prepaid (and, in the case of a Conversion, the Type of
Loan to result from such Conversion) and the date of borrowing, Conversion,
Continuation or optional prepayment (which shall be a Business Day). Each such
notice of the duration of an Interest Period shall specify the Loans to which
such Interest Period is to relate. The Administrative Agent shall promptly
notify the Lenders of the contents of each such notice. In the event that the
Company fails to select the Type of Loan, or the duration of any Interest Period
for any Eurodollar Loan, within the time period and otherwise as provided in
this SECTION 4.05, such Loan (if outstanding as a Eurodollar Loan) will be
automatically
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Converted into a Base Rate Loan on the last day of the then current Interest
Period for such Loan or (if outstanding as a Base Rate Loan) will remain as, or
(if not then outstanding) will be made as, a Base Rate Loan.
4.06 NON-RECEIPT OF FUNDS BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT. Unless the
Administrative Agent shall have been notified by a Lender, the Company or the
Lessor (the "PAYOR") prior to the date on which the Payor is to make payment to
the Administrative Agent of (in the case of a Lender) the proceeds of a Loan to
be made by such Lender hereunder or (in the case of the Company or the Lessor) a
payment to the Administrative Agent for account of one or more of the Lenders
hereunder (such payment being herein called the "REQUIRED PAYMENT"), which
notice shall be effective upon receipt, that the Payor does not intend to make
the Required Payment to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may
assume that the Required Payment has been made and may, in reliance upon such
assumption (but shall not be required to), make the amount thereof available to
the intended recipient(s) on such date; and, if the Payor has not in fact made
the Required Payment to the Administrative Agent, the recipient(s) of such
payment shall, on demand, repay to the Administrative Agent the amount so made
available together with interest thereon in respect of each day during the
period commencing on the date (the "ADVANCE DATE") such amount was so made
available by the Administrative Agent until the date the Administrative Agent
recovers such amount at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate for
such day and, if such recipient(s) shall fail promptly to make such payment, the
Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such amount, on demand, from
the Payor, together with interest as aforesaid, PROVIDED that if neither the
recipient(s) nor the Payor shall return the Required Payment to the
Administrative Agent within three Business Days of the Advance Date, then,
retroactively to the Advance Date, the Payor and the recipient(s) shall each be
obligated to pay interest on the Required Payment as follows:
(i) if the Required Payment shall represent a payment to be made by
the Company to the Lenders, the Company and the recipient(s) shall each be
obligated retroactively to the Advance Date to pay interest in respect of
the Required Payment at the Post-Default Rate (and, in case the
recipient(s) shall return the Required Payment to the Administrative
Agent, without limiting the obligation of the Company under SECTION 3.02
hereof to pay interest to such recipient(s) at the Post-Default Rate in
respect of the Required Payment) and
(ii) if the Required Payment shall represent proceeds of a Loan to
be made by the Lenders to the Company, the Payor and the Company shall
each be obligated retroactively to the Advance Date to pay interest in
respect of the Required Payment at the rate of interest provided for such
Required Payment pursuant to SECTION 3.02 hereof (and, in case the Company
shall return the Required Payment to the Administrative Agent, without
limiting any claim the Company may have against the Payor in respect of
the Required Payment).
4.07 SHARING OF PAYMENTS, ETC.
(a) The Company agrees that, in addition to (and without limitation
of) any right of set-off, banker's lien or counterclaim a Lender may
otherwise have, each Lender shall be entitled, at its option, to offset
balances held by it for account of the Company at any of its offices, in
Dollars or in any other currency, against any principal of or interest on
any of such Lender's Loans, Reimbursement Obligations or any other amount
payable to such Lender hereunder, that is not paid when due (regardless of
whether such balances are then due to the Company), in which case it shall
promptly notify the Company and the Administrative Agent thereof, PROVIDED
that such Lender's failure to give such notice shall not affect the
validity thereof.
(b) If any Lender shall obtain from any Obligor or the Lessor
payment of any principal of or interest on any Loan of either Class or
Letter of Credit Liability owing to it or payment of any other amount
under this Agreement or any other Basic Document through the exercise of
any right of set-off, banker's lien or counterclaim or similar right or
otherwise (other than from the Administrative Agent as
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provided herein), and, as a result of such payment, such Lender shall have
received a greater percentage of the principal of or interest on the Loans
of such Class, Letter of Credit Liabilities or such other amounts then due
hereunder or thereunder by such Obligor or the Lessor to such Lender than
the percentage received by any other Lender, it shall promptly purchase
from such other Lenders participations in (or, if and to the extent
specified by such Lender, direct interests in) the Loans of such Class,
Letter of Credit Liabilities or such other amounts, respectively, owing to
such other Lenders (or in interest due thereon, as the case may be) in
such amounts, and make such other adjustments from time to time as shall
be equitable, to the end that all the Lenders shall share the benefit of
such excess payment (net of any expenses that may be incurred by such
Lender in obtaining or preserving such excess payment) pro rata in
accordance with the unpaid principal of and/or interest on the Loans of
such Class, Letter of Credit Liabilities or such other amounts,
respectively, owing to each of the Lenders. To such end all the Lenders
shall make appropriate adjustments among themselves (by the resale of
participations sold or otherwise) if such payment is rescinded or must
otherwise be restored.
(c) The Company agrees that any Lender so purchasing such a
participation (or direct interest) may exercise all rights of set-off,
banker's lien, counterclaim or similar rights with respect to such
participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct holder of Loans or
other amounts (as the case may be) owing to such Lender in the amount of
such participation.
(d) Nothing contained herein shall require any Lender to exercise
any such right or shall affect the right of any Lender to exercise, and
retain the benefits of exercising, any such right with respect to any
other indebtedness or obligation of any Obligor. If, under any applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, any Lender receives a secured
claim in lieu of a set-off to which this SECTION 4.07 applies, such Lender
shall, to the extent practicable, exercise its rights in respect of such
secured claim in a manner consistent with the rights of the Lenders
entitled under this SECTION 4.07 to share in the benefits of any recovery
on such secured claim.
SECTION 5. YIELD PROTECTION, ETC.
5.01 ADDITIONAL COSTS.
(a) The Company shall pay directly to each Lender from time to time
such amounts as such Lender may determine to be necessary to compensate
such Lender for any costs actually incurred by such Lender that such
Lender determines are attributable to its making or maintaining of any
Eurodollar Loans or its obligation to make any Eurodollar Loans hereunder,
or any reduction in any amount receivable by such Lender hereunder in
respect of any of such Loans or such obligation (such increases in costs
and reductions in amounts receivable being herein called "ADDITIONAL
COSTS"), resulting from any Regulatory Change that:
(i) shall subject any Lender (or its Applicable Lending Office
for any of such Loans) to any tax, duty or other charge in respect
of such Loans or its Notes or changes the basis of taxation of any
amounts payable to such Lender under this Agreement or its Notes in
respect of any of such Loans (excluding (A) franchise taxes imposed
on it or (B) changes in the rate of tax on the overall net income of
such Lender or of such Applicable Lending Office, in each case, by
the jurisdiction in which such Lender has its principal office or
such Applicable Lending Office); or
(ii) imposes or modifies any reserve, special deposit or similar
requirements (other than, in the case of any Lender for any period
as to which the Company is required to pay any amount under
paragraph (e) below, the reserves and "Eurocurrency liabilities"
under Regulation D referred to therein) relating to any extensions
of credit or other assets of, or any deposits with or other
liabilities of, such Lender (including, without limitation, any of
such Loans or any deposits
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referred to in the definition of "Eurodollar Rate" in SECTION 1.01
hereof), or any commitment of such Lender (including, without
limitation, the Commitments of such Lender hereunder); or
(iii) imposes any other condition affecting this Agreement or its
Notes (or any of such extensions of credit or liabilities) or its
Commitments.
If any Lender requests compensation from the Company under this SECTION 5.01(A),
the Company may, by notice to such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative
Agent), suspend the obligation of such Lender thereafter to make or Continue
Eurodollar Loans, or to Convert Base Rate Loans into Eurodollar Loans, until the
Regulatory Change giving rise to such request ceases to be in effect (in which
case the provisions of SECTION 5.04 hereof shall be applicable), PROVIDED that
such suspension shall not affect the right of such Lender to receive the
compensation so requested.
(b) Without limiting the effect of the provisions of paragraph (a)
of this SECTION 5.01, in the event that, by reason of any Regulatory
Change, any Lender either (i) incurs Additional Costs based on or measured
by the excess above a specified level of the amount of a category of
deposits or other liabilities of such Lender that includes deposits by
reference to which the interest rate on Eurodollar Loans is determined as
provided in this Agreement or a category of extensions of credit or other
assets of such Lender that includes Eurodollar Loans or (ii) becomes
subject to restrictions on the amount of such a category of liabilities or
assets that it may hold, then, if such Lender so elects by notice to the
Company (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), the obligation of such
Lender to make or Continue, or to Convert Base Rate Loans into, Eurodollar
Loans hereunder shall be suspended until such Regulatory Change ceases to
be in effect (in which case the provisions of SECTION 5.04 hereof shall be
applicable).
(c) Without limiting the effect of the foregoing provisions of this
SECTION 5.01 (but without duplication), the Company shall pay directly to
each Lender from time to time on request such amounts as such Lender may
determine to be necessary to compensate such Lender (or, without
duplication, the bank holding company of which such Lender is a
subsidiary) for any costs actually incurred by such Lender that it
determines are attributable to the maintenance by such Lender (or any
Applicable Lending Office or such bank holding company), pursuant to any
law or regulation or any interpretation, directive or request (whether or
not having the force of law and whether or not failure to comply therewith
would be unlawful) of any court or governmental or monetary authority (i)
following any Regulatory Change or (ii) implementing any risk-based
capital guideline or other requirement (whether or not having the force of
law and whether or not the failure to comply therewith would be unlawful)
heretofore or hereafter issued by any government or governmental or
supervisory authority implementing at the national level the Basle Accord
(including, without limitation, the Final Risk-Based Capital Guidelines of
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (12 C.F.R. Part 208,
Appendix A; 00 X.X.X. Xxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx X) and the Final Risk-Based
Capital Guidelines of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (12
C.F.R. Part 3, Appendix A)), of capital in respect of its Commitments or
Loans (such compensation to include, without limitation, an amount equal
to any reduction of the rate of return on assets or equity of such Lender
(or any Applicable Lending Office or such bank holding company) to a level
below that which such Lender (or any Applicable Lending Office or such
bank holding company) could have achieved but for such law, regulation,
interpretation, directive or request). For purposes of this SECTION
5.01(C) and SECTION 5.06 hereof, "BASLE ACCORD" shall mean the proposals
for risk-based capital framework described by the Basle Committee on
Banking Regulations and Supervisory Practices in its paper entitled
"International Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital Standards"
dated July 1988, as amended, modified and supplemented and in effect from
time to time or any replacement thereof.
(d) Each Lender shall notify the Company of any event occurring
after the date of this Agreement entitling such Lender to compensation
under paragraph (a) or (c) of this SECTION 5.01 as promptly as
practicable, but in any event within 45 days, after such Lender obtains
actual knowledge
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thereof; PROVIDED that (i) if any Lender fails to give such notice within
45 days after it obtains actual knowledge of such an event, such Lender
shall, with respect to compensation payable pursuant to this SECTION 5.01
in respect of any costs resulting from such event, only be entitled to
payment under this SECTION 5.01 for costs incurred from and after the date
45 days prior to the date that such Lender does give such notice and (ii)
each Lender will designate a different Applicable Lending Office for the
Loans of such Lender affected by such event if such designation will avoid
the need for, or reduce the amount of, such compensation and will not, in
the sole opinion of such Lender, be disadvantageous to such Lender, except
that such Lender shall have no obligation to designate an Applicable
Lending Office located in the United States of America. Each Lender will
furnish to the Company a certificate setting forth the basis and amount of
each request by such Lender for compensation under paragraph (a) or (c) of
this SECTION 5.01. Determinations and allocations by any Lender for
purposes of this SECTION 5.01 of the effect of any Regulatory Change
pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b) of this SECTION 5.01, or of the effect of
capital maintained pursuant to paragraph (c) of this SECTION 5.01, on its
costs or rate of return of maintaining Loans or its obligation to make
Loans, or on amounts receivable by it in respect of Loans, and of the
amounts required to compensate such Lender under this SECTION 5.01, shall
be conclusive, absent demonstrable error, PROVIDED that such
determinations and allocations are made and attributed on a reasonable
basis.
(e) Without limiting the effect of the foregoing, the Company shall
pay to each Lender on the last day of each Interest Period so long as such
Lender is maintaining reserves against "Eurocurrency liabilities" under
Regulation D (or, unless the provisions of paragraph (b) above are
applicable, so long as such Lender is, by reason of any Regulatory Change,
maintaining reserves against any other category of liabilities which
includes deposits by reference to which the interest rate on Eurodollar
Loans is determined as provided in this Agreement or against any category
of extensions of credit or other assets of such Lender (which includes any
Eurodollar Loans)) an additional amount (determined by such Lender and
notified to the Company through the Administrative Agent) equal to the
product of the following for each Eurodollar Loan for each day during such
Interest Period:
(i) the principal amount of such Eurodollar Loan outstanding on
such day; and
(ii) the remainder of (x) the fraction the numerator of which is
the rate (expressed as a decimal) at which interest accrues on such
Eurodollar Loan for such Interest Period as provided in this
Agreement (less the Applicable Margin) and the denominator of which
is one MINUS the effective rate (expressed as a decimal) at which
such reserve requirements are imposed on such Lender on such day
MINUS (y) such numerator; and
(iii) 1/360.
(f) Notwithstanding anything in this SECTION 5.01 to the contrary,
to the extent that any Lender does not charge all of its customers who are
similarly situated to the Company in respect of any Additional Costs or
other cost or compensation referred to this SECTION 5.01, such Lender
shall not charge the Company for such Additional Cost or other cost or
compensation.
5.02 LIMITATION ON TYPES OF LOANS. Anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, if, on or prior to the determination of any Eurodollar Rate for
any Interest Period:
(a) the Administrative Agent determines, which determination shall
be conclusive, that quotations of interest rates for the relevant deposits
referred to in the definition of "Eurodollar Rate" in SECTION 1.01 hereof
are not being provided in the relevant amounts or for the relevant
maturities for purposes of determining rates of interest for Eurodollar
Loans as provided herein; or
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(b) if the Majority Lenders determine, which determination shall be
conclusive, and notify (or notifies, as the case may be) the
Administrative Agent that the relevant rates of interest referred to in
the definition of "Eurodollar Rate" in SECTION 1.01 hereof upon the basis
of which the rate of interest for Eurodollar Loans for such Interest
Period is to be determined do not adequately cover the cost to such
Lenders of making or maintaining Eurodollar Loans for such Interest
Period;
then the Administrative Agent shall give the Company and each Lender prompt
notice thereof and, so long as such condition remains in effect, the Lenders
shall be under no obligation to make additional Eurodollar Loans, to Continue
Eurodollar Loans or to Convert Base Rate Loans into Eurodollar Loans, and the
Company shall, on the last day(s) of the then current Interest Period(s) for the
outstanding Eurodollar Loans, either prepay such Loans or Convert such Loans
into Base Rate Loans in accordance with SECTION 2.08 hereof.
5.03 ILLEGALITY. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, in the event that it becomes unlawful for any Lender or its
Applicable Lending Office to honor its obligation to make or maintain Eurodollar
Loans hereunder, then such Lender shall promptly notify the Company thereof
(with a copy to the Administrative Agent) and such Lender's obligation to make
or Continue, or to Convert Base Rate Loans into, Eurodollar Loans shall be
suspended until such time as such Lender may again make and maintain Eurodollar
Loans (in which case the provisions of SECTION 5.04 hereof shall be applicable).
5.04 TREATMENT OF EURODOLLAR LOANS. If the obligation of any Lender
to make Eurodollar Loans or to Continue, or to Convert Base Rate Loans into,
Eurodollar Loans shall be suspended pursuant to SECTION 5.01 or 5.03 hereof,
such Lender's Eurodollar Loans shall be automatically Converted into Base Rate
Loans on the last day(s) of the then current Interest Period(s) for Eurodollar
Loans (or, in the case of a Conversion required by SECTION 5.01(B) or 5.03
hereof, on such earlier date as such Lender may specify to the Company with a
copy to the Administrative Agent) and, unless and until such Lender gives notice
as provided below that the circumstances specified in SECTION 5.01 or 5.03
hereof that gave rise to such Conversion no longer exist:
(a) to the extent that such Lender's Eurodollar Loans have been so
Converted, all payments and prepayments of principal that would otherwise
be applied to such Lender's Eurodollar Loans shall be applied instead to
its Base Rate Loans; and
(b) all Loans that would otherwise be made or Continued by such
Lender as Eurodollar Loans shall be made or Continued instead as Base Rate
Loans, and all Loans of such Lender that would otherwise be Converted into
Eurodollar Loans shall be Converted instead into (or shall remain as) Base
Rate Loans.
If such Lender gives notice to the Company with a copy to the Administrative
Agent that the circumstances specified in SECTION 5.01 or 5.03 hereof that gave
rise to the Conversion of such Lender's Eurodollar Loans pursuant to this
SECTION 5.04 no longer exist (which such Lender agrees to do promptly upon such
circumstances ceasing to exist) at a time when Eurodollar Loans made by other
Lenders are outstanding, such Lender's Base Rate Loans shall be automatically
Converted, on the first day(s) of the next succeeding Interest Period(s) for
such outstanding Eurodollar Loans, to the extent necessary so that, after giving
effect thereto, all Loans held by the Lenders holding Eurodollar Loans and by
such Lender are held pro rata (as to principal amounts, Types and Interest
Periods) in accordance with their respective Commitments.
5.05 COMPENSATION. The Company shall pay to the Administrative Agent
for account of each Lender, upon the request of such Lender through the
Administrative Agent, such amount or amounts as shall be sufficient (in the
reasonable opinion of such Lender) to compensate it for any loss, cost or
expense actually incurred that such Lender determines is attributable to:
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(a) any payment, mandatory or optional prepayment or Conversion of a
Eurodollar Loan made by such Lender for any reason (including, without
limitation, the acceleration of the Loans pursuant to SECTION 10 hereof)
on a date other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan; or
(b) any failure by the Company for any reason (including, without
limitation, the failure of any of the conditions precedent specified in
SECTION 7 hereof to be satisfied) to borrow a Eurodollar Loan from such
Lender on the date for such borrowing specified in the relevant notice of
borrowing given pursuant to SECTION 2.02 hereof.
Without limiting the effect of the preceding sentence, such compensation shall
include an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest
that otherwise would have accrued on the principal amount so paid, prepaid,
Converted or not borrowed (other than the portion thereof consisting of the
Applicable Margin) for the period from the date of such payment, prepayment,
Conversion or failure to borrow to the last day of the then current Interest
Period for such Loan (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, the Interest
Period for such Loan that would have commenced on the date specified for such
borrowing) at the applicable rate of interest for such Loan provided for herein
over (ii) the amount of interest that otherwise would have accrued on such
principal amount at a rate per annum equal to the interest component of the
amount such Lender would have bid in the London interbank market for Dollar
deposits of leading banks in amounts comparable to such principal amount and
with maturities comparable to such period (as reasonably determined by such
Lender).
5.06 SUBSTITUTION OF LENDERS. In the event that the Company becomes
obligated to pay additional amounts to any Lender pursuant to SECTION 5.01
hereof, then (unless such Lender has theretofore taken steps to remove or cure,
and has removed or cured, the conditions creating the cause for such obligation
to pay such additional amounts), then the Company may, so long as no Default
shall be continuing, within 60 days after the demand by such Lender for such
additional amounts, designate another bank which is acceptable to the
Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders (such other bank being herein
called a "REPLACEMENT LENDER") to purchase all of the Loans of such Lender and
all of such Lender's rights and obligations hereunder (without recourse to or
warranty by, or expense to, such Lender) for a purchase price equal to the
outstanding principal amount of such Lender's Loans plus any accrued but unpaid
interest thereon and any accrued but unpaid fees in respect of such Lender's
Commitments and any other amounts then payable to such Lender hereunder, and to
assume all of the obligations of such Lender hereunder (except for such rights
as survive the repayment of the Loans) and, upon such purchase such Lender shall
no longer be a party hereto or have any rights hereunder (except for those that
survive repayment of the Loans) and shall be released from all of its
obligations hereunder, and the Replacement Lender shall succeed to the rights
and obligations of such Lender hereunder.
5.07 ADDITIONAL COSTS IN RESPECT OF LETTERS OF CREDIT. Without
limiting the obligations of the Company under SECTION 5.01 hereof (but without
duplication), if as a result of any Regulatory Change or any risk-based capital
guideline or other requirement heretofore or hereafter issued by any government
or governmental or supervisory authority implementing at the national level the
Basle Accord there shall be imposed, modified or deemed applicable any tax,
reserve, special deposit, capital adequacy or similar requirement against or
with respect to or measured by reference to Letters of Credit issued or to be
issued hereunder and the result shall be to increase the cost to any Lender or
Lenders of issuing (or purchasing participations in) or maintaining its
obligation hereunder to issue (or purchase participations in) any Letter of
Credit hereunder or reduce any amount receivable by any Lender hereunder in
respect of any Letter of Credit (which increases in cost, or reductions in
amount receivable, shall be the result of such Lender's or Lenders' reasonable
allocation of the aggregate of such increases or reductions resulting from such
event), then, upon demand by such Lender or Lenders (through the Administrative
Agent), the Company shall pay immediately to the Administrative Agent for
account of such Lender or Lenders, from time to time as specified by such Lender
or Lenders (through the Administrative Agent), such additional amounts as shall
be sufficient to compensate such Lender or Lender (through the Administrative
Agent) for such increased costs or reductions in amount. A statement as to such
increased costs or reductions in amount incurred by
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any such Lender or Lender, submitted by such Lender or Lenders to the Company
shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error as to the amount thereof.
SECTION 6. GUARANTEE.
6.01 THE GUARANTEE. The Subsidiary Guarantors hereby jointly and
severally guarantee to each Lender and the Administrative Agent and their
respective successors and assigns the prompt payment in full when due (whether
at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the principal of and
interest on the Revolving Credit Loans made by the Revolving Credit Lenders to,
and the Notes held by each Revolving Credit Lender of, the Company and all other
amounts from time to time owing to the Lenders or the Administrative Agent by
the Company under this Agreement, the Notes or the Guaranty Agreement and by any
Obligor under any of the other Basic Documents, in each case strictly in
accordance with the terms thereof (such obligations being herein collectively
called the "GUARANTEED OBLIGATIONS"). The Subsidiary Guarantors hereby further
jointly and severally agree that if the Company shall fail to pay in full when
due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) any of the
Guaranteed Obligations, the Subsidiary Guarantors will promptly pay the same,
without any demand or notice whatsoever, and that in the case of any extension
of time of payment or renewal of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, the same
will be promptly paid in full when due (whether at extended maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of such extension or
renewal.
6.02 OBLIGATIONS UNCONDITIONAL. The obligations of the Subsidiary
Guarantors under SECTION 6.01 hereof are absolute and unconditional, joint and
several, irrespective of the value, genuineness, validity, regularity or
enforceability of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement, the Notes
or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein or therein, or any
substitution, release or exchange of any other guarantee of or security for any
of the Guaranteed Obligations, and, to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, irrespective of any other circumstance whatsoever that might
otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or
guarantor, it being the intent of this SECTION 6.02 that the obligations of the
Subsidiary Guarantors hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional, joint and
several, under any and all circumstances. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, it is agreed that the occurrence of any one or more of the following
shall not alter or impair the liability of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereunder
which shall remain absolute and unconditional as described above:
(i) at any time or from time to time, without notice to the
Subsidiary Guarantors, the time for any performance of or compliance with
any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be extended, or such performance
or compliance shall be waived;
(ii) any of the acts mentioned in any of the provisions of this
Agreement or the Notes or any other agreement or instrument referred to
herein or therein shall be done or omitted;
(iii) the maturity of any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be
accelerated, or any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be modified,
supplemented or amended in any respect, or any right under this Agreement
or the Notes or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein or
therein shall be waived or any other guarantee of any of the Guaranteed
Obligations or any security therefor shall be released or exchanged in
whole or in part or otherwise dealt with; or
(iv) any lien or security interest granted to, or in favor of, the
Administrative Agent or any Lender or Lenders as security for any of the
Guaranteed Obligations shall fail to be perfected.
The Subsidiary Guarantors hereby expressly waive diligence, presentment, demand
of payment, protest and all notices whatsoever, and any requirement that the
Administrative Agent or any Lender exhaust any right, power or remedy or proceed
against the Company under this Agreement or the Notes or any other agreement or
instrument
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referred to herein or therein, or against any other Person under any other
guarantee of, or security for, any of the Guaranteed Obligations.
6.03 REINSTATEMENT. The obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors
under this SECTION 6 shall be automatically reinstated if and to the extent that
for any reason any payment by or on behalf of the Company in respect of the
Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must be otherwise restored by any holder
of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, whether as a result of any proceedings in
bankruptcy or reorganization or otherwise and the Subsidiary Guarantors jointly
and severally agree that they will indemnify the Administrative Agent and each
Lender on demand for all reasonable costs and expenses (including, without
limitation, fees of counsel) incurred by the Administrative Agent or such Lender
in connection with such rescission or restoration, including any such costs and
expenses incurred in defending against any claim alleging that such payment
constituted a preference, fraudulent transfer or similar payment under any
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law.
6.04 SUBROGATION. The Subsidiary Guarantors hereby jointly and
severally agree that until the payment and satisfaction in full of all
Guaranteed Obligations and the expiration and termination of the Commitments of
the Lenders under this Agreement they shall not exercise any right or remedy
arising by reason of any performance by them of their guarantee in SECTION 6.01
hereof, whether by subrogation or otherwise, against the Company or any other
guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any security for any of the
Guaranteed Obligations.
6.05 REMEDIES. The Subsidiary Guarantors jointly and severally agree
that, as between the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Lenders, the obligations of
the Company under this Agreement and the Notes may be declared to be forthwith
due and payable as provided in SECTION 11 hereof (and shall be deemed to have
become automatically due and payable in the circumstances provided in said
SECTION 11) for purposes of SECTION 6.01 hereof notwithstanding any stay,
injunction or other prohibition preventing such declaration (or such obligations
from becoming automatically due and payable) as against the Company and that, in
the event of such declaration (or such obligations being deemed to have become
automatically due and payable), such obligations (whether or not due and payable
by the Company) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Subsidiary
Guarantors for purposes of said SECTION 6.01.
6.06 INSTRUMENT FOR THE PAYMENT OF MONEY. Each Guarantor hereby
acknowledges that the guarantee in this SECTION 6 constitutes an instrument for
the payment of money, and consents and agrees that any Lender or the
Administrative Agent, at its sole option, in the event of a dispute by such
Guarantor in the payment of any moneys due hereunder, shall have the right to
bring motion-action under New York CPLR SECTION 3213.
6.07 CONTINUING GUARANTEE. The guarantee in this SECTION 6 is a
continuing guarantee, and shall apply to all Guaranteed Obligations whenever
arising.
6.08 RIGHTS OF CONTRIBUTION. The Subsidiary Guarantors hereby agree,
as between themselves, that if any Subsidiary Guarantor shall become an Excess
Funding Guarantor (as defined below) by reason of the payment by such Subsidiary
Guarantor of any Guaranteed Obligations, each other Subsidiary Guarantor shall,
on demand of such Excess Funding Guarantor (but subject to the next sentence),
pay to such Excess Funding Guarantor an amount equal to such Subsidiary
Guarantor's Pro Rata Share (as defined below and determined, for this purpose,
without reference to the Properties, debts and liabilities of such Excess
Funding Guarantor) of the Excess Payment (as defined below) in respect of such
Guaranteed Obligations. The payment obligation of a Subsidiary Guarantor to any
Excess Funding Guarantor under this SECTION 6.08 shall be subordinate and
subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of the obligations of
such Subsidiary Guarantor under the other provisions of this SECTION 6 and such
Excess Funding Guarantor shall not exercise any right or remedy with respect to
such excess until payment and satisfaction in full of all of such obligations.
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For purposes of this SECTION 6.08, (i) "EXCESS FUNDING GUARANTOR"
shall mean, in respect of any Guaranteed Obligations, a Subsidiary Guarantor
that has paid an amount in excess of its Pro Rata Share of such Guaranteed
Obligations, (ii) "EXCESS PAYMENT" shall mean, in respect of any Guaranteed
Obligations, the amount paid by an Excess Funding Guarantor in excess of its Pro
Rata Share of such Guaranteed Obligations and (iii) "PRO RATA SHARE" shall mean,
for any Subsidiary Guarantor, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of (x) the
amount by which the aggregate present fair saleable value of all Properties of
such Subsidiary Guarantor (excluding any shares of stock of any other Subsidiary
Guarantor) exceeds the amount of all the debts and liabilities of such
Subsidiary Guarantor (including contingent, subordinated, unmatured and
unliquidated liabilities, but excluding the obligations of such Subsidiary
Guarantor hereunder and any obligations of any other Subsidiary Guarantor that
have been Guaranteed by such Subsidiary Guarantor) to (y) the amount by which
the aggregate fair saleable value of all Properties of the Company and all of
the Subsidiary Guarantors exceeds the amount of all the debts and liabilities
(including contingent, subordinated, unmatured and unliquidated liabilities, but
excluding the obligations of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors
hereunder) of the Company and all of the Subsidiary Guarantors, all as of the
Closing Date. If any Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder
subsequent to the Closing Date, then for purposes of this SECTION 6.08 such
subsequent Subsidiary Guarantor shall be deemed to have been a Subsidiary
Guarantor as of the Closing Date and the aggregate present fair saleable value
of the Properties, and the amount of the debts and liabilities, of such
Subsidiary Guarantor as of the Closing Date shall be deemed to be equal to such
value and amount on the date such Subsidiary Guarantor becomes a Subsidiary
Guarantor hereunder.
6.09 GENERAL LIMITATION ON GUARANTEE OBLIGATIONS. In any action or
proceeding involving any state corporate law, or any state or Federal
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other law affecting the rights of
creditors generally, if the obligations of any Subsidiary Guarantor under
SECTION 6.01 hereof would otherwise, taking into account the provisions of
SECTION 6.08 hereof, be held or determined to be void, invalid or unenforceable,
or subordinated to the claims of any other creditors, on account of the amount
of its liability under said SECTION 6.01, then, notwithstanding any other
PROVISION hereof to the contrary, the amount of such liability shall, without
any further action by such Subsidiary Guarantor, any Lender, the Administrative
Agent or any other Person, be automatically limited and reduced to the highest
amount that is valid and enforceable and not subordinated to the claims of other
creditors as determined in such action or proceeding.
SECTION 7. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.
7.01 EFFECTIVENESS OF FOURTH AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT. The
effectiveness of the amendment and restatement of the Third Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement is subject to the conditions precedent that the Administrative
Agent shall have received the following, each of which shall be satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent in form and substance:
(a) CORPORATE DOCUMENTS. Certified copies of the charter and by-laws
(or equivalent documents) of each Obligor and of all corporate authority
for each Obligor (including, without limitation, board of director
resolutions and evidence of the incumbency of officers) with respect to
the execution, delivery and performance of such of the Basic Documents and
the Operative Documents to which such Obligor is intended to be a party
and each other document to be delivered by such Obligor from time to time
in connection herewith and the extensions of credit hereunder (and the
Administrative Agent and each Lender may conclusively rely on such
certificate until it receives notice in writing from such Obligor to the
contrary).
(b) OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE. A certificate of a senior officer of the
Company, dated the date hereof, to the effect set forth in the first
sentence of SECTION 7.04 hereof.
(c) OPINIONS OF TEXAS COUNSEL TO THE OBLIGORS. An opinion, dated the
Closing Date, of Xxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP, counsel to the Obligors,
substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1 hereto (and each
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Obligor hereby instructs such counsel to deliver such opinion to the
Lenders and the Administrative Agent).
(d) OPINIONS OF NEW YORK COUNSEL TO ING. An opinion, dated the
Closing Date, of Xxxxx, Xxxxx & Xxxxx, special New York counsel to ING,
substantially in the form of Exhibit B-2 hereto.
(e) NOTES. The Notes duly completed and executed.
(f) SECURITY AGREEMENT AMENDMENT. The Security Agreement Amendment,
duly executed and delivered by the Administrative Agent and the Obligors.
(g) MASTER LEASE CONDITIONS. Evidence that each of the conditions
precedent set forth in Article III of the Master Agreement shall have been
duly satisfied.
(h) REPAYMENT OF SUBORDINATED BRIDGE. Evidence that the principal of
and interest on, and all other amounts owing in respect of, the
Subordinated Bridge shall have been (or shall be simultaneously) paid in
full.
(i) 2000 SUBORDINATED NOTES. Evidence that the 2000 Subordinated
Notes Documents shall have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
the Company and that the promissory notes evidencing the 2000 Subordinated
Notes shall have been issued at par, and the Administrative Agent shall
have received copies of each of the 2000 Subordinated Notes Documents
certified by a senior officer of the Company. In addition, the
Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of a senior
financial officer of the Company to the effect that the Company shall have
received net cash proceeds (prior to the payment of any transaction
expenses) from the issuance of the 2000 Subordinated Notes in an aggregate
amount at least equal to $40,000,000.
(j) INSURANCE. Certificates of insurance evidencing the existence of
all insurance required to be maintained by the Company pursuant to SECTION
9.04 hereof and the designation of the Administrative Agent as the loss
payee or additional named insured, as the case may be, thereunder to the
extent required by said SECTION 9.04, such certificates to be in such form
and contain such information as is specified in said SECTION 9.04. In
addition, the Company shall have delivered a certificate of the chief
financial officer of the Company setting forth the insurance obtained by
it in accordance with the requirements of SECTION 9.04 and stating that
such insurance is in full force and effect and that all premiums then due
and payable thereon have been paid.
(k) REPAYMENT OTHER DOCUMENTS. Such other documents as the
Administrative Agent or any Lender or special New York counsel to ING may
reasonably request.
The effectiveness of the amendment and restatement of the Third Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement and the obligation of any Lender to make an extension
of credit hereunder is also subject to the payment by the Company of such fees
and other consideration as the Company shall have agreed to pay or deliver to
any Lender or an affiliate thereof or the Administrative Agent in connection
herewith, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of
Xxxxx, Xxxxx & Xxxxx, special New York counsel to ING in connection with the
negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery of this Fourth Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement and the Notes and the other Basic Documents required
in connection herewith and the extensions of credit hereunder (to the extent
that statements for such fees and expenses have been delivered to the Company).
7.02 CAPITAL EXPENDITURES; ELIGIBLE ACQUISITIONS. The obligation of
any Revolving Credit Lender to make any Revolving Credit Loan the proceeds of
which will be used to make (x) an Eligible Acquisition or (y) Capital
Expenditures in respect of an Eligible New Contract (in each case, the "RELEVANT
TRANSACTION" for
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such borrowing) is subject to the further conditions precedent that the
Administrative Agent shall have received the following, each of which shall be
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (and to the extent specified below, to
the Majority Revolving Credit Lenders) in form and substance:
(a) COMMON INFORMATION. With respect to any Relevant Transaction:
(i) CFO CERTIFICATE. A certificate of the chief financial
officer of the Company (in such detail as the Administrative Agent
may request) as to the good faith estimated amount of the
consideration to be paid in connection with such Relevant
Transaction.
(ii) RELEVANT CORRECTIONAL AND/OR DETENTION FACILITY
Contracts. True and complete copies of the fully executed
Correctional and Detention Facility Contract or Contracts (including
all amendments thereto) to which such Relevant Transaction relates
(the "RELEVANT CONTRACT" for such Relevant Transaction), together
with a certificate of a senior officer of the Company to the effect
that (x) all conditions to the effectiveness of the Relevant
Contract for such borrowing shall have been met or waived; PROVIDED
THAT any condition in such Relevant Contract that, if not met, could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect shall not
be waived by any Person without the consent of the Administrative
Agent and the Majority Revolving Credit Lenders and (y) such
Relevant Contract does not contain any provision permitting the
other party to such Relevant Contract to terminate, cancel or
otherwise modify such Relevant Contract upon the occurrence of any
change in control (or similar event) with respect to any Obligor.
Further, any condition in such Relevant Contract requiring the
satisfaction of any Person shall be deemed for purposes of this
SECTION 7.02(A) to require the satisfaction of the Administrative
Agent and the Majority Revolving Credit Lenders if the failure to
meet such condition could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(iii) USE PERMITS. A certificate of a senior officer of the
Company to the effect that (x) attached thereto are true and
complete copies of each Use Permit required in connection with such
Relevant Transaction for such borrowing and that each such Use
Permit is in full force and effect, or (y) no Use Permits are so
required.
(iv) CORPORATE AUTHORIZATIONS. Evidence to the reasonable
satisfaction of the Administrative Agent that such Relevant
Transaction for such borrowing shall have been duly approved by the
board of directors of each relevant Obligor and that the Relevant
Contract therefor shall have been duly executed and delivered by the
parties thereto and shall be in full force and effect. In addition,
the Administrative Agent shall have received copies of all written
information provided to the board of directors of any Obligor in
connection with such Relevant Transaction at the same time such
information was provided to such board of directors.
(v) FINANCIAL AND COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE. A certificate
from the chief financial officer of the Company with respect to such
Relevant Transaction
(A) providing the PRO FORMA consolidated statements of
income, cash flow and balance sheet of the Company,
(B) to the effect that immediately prior to such
Relevant Transaction, and after giving effect thereto, (x)
no Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (y)
each of the representations and warranties set forth in
SECTION 8 hereof, and by each Obligor in each of the other
Basic Documents to which it is a party, shall be true and
complete, and
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(C) providing PRO FORMA financial projections (which may
reflect Pro Forma Adjustments) demonstrating or showing (x)
the sources and uses of funds in such Relevant Transaction,
(y) compliance with all financial covenants set forth in
SECTION 9 hereof after giving effect to such Relevant
Transaction and for the four consecutive fiscal quarters
after consummation of such Relevant Transaction and (z) the
Capital Expenditures to be incurred by the Company and its
Subsidiaries in connection with such Relevant Transaction
for the period beginning from the date on which such
Relevant Transaction is consummated and ending on the
Revolving Credit Commitment Termination Date.
(vi) GOVERNMENTAL CONSENT AND APPROVALS. A certificate of a
senior officer of the Company to the effect that (i) any municipal,
state or federal government (or agency, instrumentality or political
subdivision thereof) that is a party to the Relevant Contract for
such borrowing, and any such governmental entity granting a Use
Permit in connection with such Relevant Contract, does not object to
the financing of such Relevant Transaction with such borrowing on
the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the other
Basic Documents, including (without limitation) the granting of
security interests and pledges of stock by the Obligors under the
Security Agreement and the guarantees provided the Subsidiary
Guarantors in SECTION 6 hereof and (ii) all necessary licenses,
permits and governmental and third-party consents and approvals
relating to such Relevant Transaction have been obtained and remain
in full force and effect.
(vii) ANALYSES. To the extent completed by or on behalf of
any Obligor, any demographic, industry, competitive or other
analysis performed by any industry consultant, and the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be named as beneficiaries
of such report.
(viii) INSURANCE. Evidence to the satisfaction of the
Administrative Agent that, after giving effect to the transactions
contemplated by such borrowing, the insurance program of the
Obligors, insofar as it relates to such Relevant Transaction for
such Revolving Credit Loans, adequately protects the interests of
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and is comparable in all
material respects with insurance carried by responsible owners and
operators of Properties similar to those of the Obligors, including
(without limitation) that the Administrative Agent shall have been
named as loss payee and additional insured under any additional
insurance policies (or with respect to any additional insurance
acquired under existing insurance policies) acquired in connection
with such Relevant Transaction.
(ix) ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEY AND QUESTIONNAIRE. If requested
by the Administrative Agent, an environmental audit and/or review of
any real property to be acquired or leased by any Obligor in
connection with such Relevant Transaction, with the results and
methodology thereof reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent and performed by an engineer acceptable the Administrative
Agent and the Company. In addition, if requested by the Majority
Revolving Credit Lenders (through the Administrative Agent), the
Company shall have completed (and delivered to each Revolving Credit
Lender) an environmental risk questionnaire in a form provided to
the Company by the Administrative Agent (and containing such
inquiries with respect to environmental matters as shall have been
requested by any Lender, through the Administrative Agent, to be
included in such questionnaire), and the responses to such
questionnaire (and the underlying facts and circumstances shown
thereby) shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
each Revolving Credit Lender.
(x) ADVERSE LITIGATION OR PROCEEDING. A certificate from the
secretary of the Company, to the effect that (and the Administrative
Agent shall be satisfied in its good faith
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judgment that) no litigation or proceeding shall exist or, to such
officer's knowledge be threatened, with respect to consummation of
such Relevant Transaction or that could have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(xi) TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS. A true and complete copy of the
fully executed transaction documents relating to such Relevant
Transaction (or unsigned drafts thereof that conform in all material
respects with the fully executed purchase agreement).
(xii) SECURITY INTEREST. Evidence to the satisfaction of the
Administrative Agent that the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the
Lenders) has a perfected security interest in the assets (including
stock) related to such Relevant Transaction.
(xiii) OTHER DOCUMENTS. Such other documents as the
Administrative Agent or any Revolving Credit Lender or special New
York counsel to ING may reasonably request, and such other
information regarding the financial condition, operations, business
or prospects of the Obligors insofar as its relates to such
Revolving Credit Loans and the Relevant Transaction related thereto.
(b) ELIGIBLE ACQUISITION INFORMATION. With respect to any Relevant
Transaction that is an Eligible Acquisition:
(i) LENDER APPROVAL. If the consideration to be paid for
such Eligible Acquisition will exceed $20,000,000, the approval of
the Majority Revolving Credit Lenders of such Eligible Acquisition,
such approval not to be unreasonably withheld.
(ii) POSITIVE EBITDAR. Evidence to the satisfaction of the
Administrative Agent that the EBITDAR of the business to be acquired
in such Eligible Acquisition (based on actual results with Pro Forma
Adjustments) for the period of 12 consecutive months most recently
preceding the proposed date of such Eligible Acquisition is greater
than $1.
(iii) MAXIMUM CONSIDERATION. Evidence to the satisfaction of
the Administrative Agent that the consideration to be paid for such
Eligible Acquisition (including any Indebtedness assumed) will not
exceed the product of (x) EBITDAR with respect to the business to be
acquired in such Eligible Acquisition (based on actual results with
Pro Forma Adjustments) for the 12 month period ending on the
proposed date of consummation of such Eligible Acquisition and (y)
six.
(c) ELIGIBLE NEW CONTRACT INFORMATION. With respect to any Relevant
Transaction that is an Eligible New Contract:
(i) Evidence to the satisfaction of the Administrative Agent
that the aggregate Revolving Credit Loans that would be used to
finance Capital Expenditures in connection with such Eligible New
Contract would not exceed the projected EBITDAR for such Eligible
New Contract for the period beginning on the date on which such
Eligible New Contract is entered into and ending on the earlier of
(x) the last day of the original term of such Eligible New Contract
(including any stated renewal options) and (y) the fifth anniversary
of such Eligible New Contract.
(ii) If the principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans
to finance such Capital Expenditure would exceed $15,000,000, the
Majority Revolving Credit Lenders shall have approved such Capital
Expenditure, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld.
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7.03 SYNTHETIC LEASE LOANS. The obligation of any Synthetic Lease
Lender to make any Synthetic Lease Loan is subject to the further conditions
precedent that the conditions precedent set forth in SECTIONS 3.1 and 3.4 of the
Master Agreement shall have satisfied with respect to the borrowing of such
Synthetic Lease Loans.
7.04 INITIAL AND SUBSEQUENT EXTENSIONS OF CREDIT. The obligation of
any Lender to make any Loan or otherwise extend credit to the Company upon the
occasion of each borrowing or other extension of credit hereunder is subject to
the further conditions precedent that, both immediately prior to the making of
such Loan or other extension of credit and also after giving effect thereto and
to the intended use thereof: (a) no Default shall have occurred and be
continuing; and (b) the representations and warranties made by the Company in
SECTION 8 hereof, and by each Obligor in each of the other Basic Documents to
which it is a party, shall be true and complete on and as of the date of the
making of such Loan or other extension of credit with the same force and effect
as if made on and as of such date (or, if any such representation or warranty is
expressly stated to have been made as of a specific date, as of such specific
date).
SECTION 8. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. Each Obligor, represents
and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that:
8.01 CORPORATE EXISTENCE. Each Obligor: (a) is a corporation,
partnership or other entity duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization; (b) has all
requisite corporate or other power, and has all material governmental licenses,
authorizations, consents and approvals necessary to own its assets and carry on
its business as now being or as proposed to be conducted; and (c) is qualified
to do business and is in good standing in all jurisdictions in which the nature
of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary and where
failure so to qualify could reasonably be expected to (either individually or in
the aggregate) have a Material Adverse Effect.
8.02 FINANCIAL CONDITION. The Obligors have heretofore furnished to
each of the Lenders the consolidated and consolidating balance sheets of the
Company and its Subsidiaries as at December 31, 1999 and the related
consolidated and consolidating statements of income, retained earnings and cash
flow of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended on said date,
with the opinion thereon (in the case of said consolidated balance sheet and
statements) of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP, and the unaudited consolidated and
consolidating balance sheets of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at March 31,
2000 and the related consolidated and consolidating statements of income and
retained earnings of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the three-month period
ended on such date. All such financial statements are complete and correct and
fairly present the consolidated financial condition of the Obligors, and (in the
case of said consolidating financial statements) the respective unconsolidated
financial condition of the Obligors, as at said dates and the consolidated and
unconsolidated results of their operations for the fiscal year and three-month
period ended on said dates (subject, in the case of such financial statements as
at March 31, 2000, to normal year-end audit adjustments), all in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles and practices applied on a consistent
basis, except as otherwise indicated in the notes thereto. None of the Obligors
has on the date hereof any material contingent liabilities, liabilities for
taxes, unusual forward or long-term commitments or unrealized or anticipated
losses from any unfavorable commitments, in each case, of a type required to be
reflected in a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, except as
referred to or reflected or provided for in said balance sheets as at said
dates. Since December 31, 1999, there has been no material adverse change in the
consolidated financial condition, operations, business or prospects taken as a
whole of the Obligors from that set forth in said financial statements as at
said date.
8.03 LITIGATION. There are no legal or arbitral proceedings, or any
proceedings by or before any governmental or regulatory authority or agency, now
pending or (to the knowledge of the Company) threatened against any Obligor
that, if adversely determined could be reasonably expected to (either
individually or in the aggregate) have a Material Adverse Effect.
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8.04 NO BREACH. None of the execution and delivery of this Agreement
and the Notes and the other Basic Documents and the Operative Documents, the
consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated or compliance
with the terms and provisions hereof and thereof will conflict with or result in
a breach of, or require any consent under, the charter or by-laws of any
Obligor, or any applicable law or regulation, or any order, writ, injunction or
decree of any court or governmental authority or agency, or any agreement or
instrument to which any Obligor is a party or by which any of them or any of
their Property is bound or to which any of them is subject, or constitute a
default under any such agreement or instrument, or (except for the Liens created
pursuant to the Security Documents) result in the creation or imposition of any
Lien upon any Property of the Obligors pursuant to the terms of any such
agreement or instrument.
8.05 ACTION. Each Obligor has all necessary power, authority and
legal right to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under each of the
Basic Documents and each of the Operative Documents to which it is a party; the
execution, delivery and performance by each Obligor of each of the Basic
Documents and each of the Operative Documents to which it is a party have been
duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on its part (including,
without limitation, any required shareholder approvals); and this Agreement has
been duly and validly executed and delivered by each Obligor and constitutes,
and each of the Notes and the other Basic Documents and Operative Documents to
which it is a party when executed and delivered by such Obligor (in the case of
the Notes, for value) will constitute, its legal, valid and binding obligation,
enforceable against each Obligor in accordance with its terms, except as such
enforceability may be limited by (a) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or similar laws of general applicability affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights and (b) the application of general principles of equity
(regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law).
8.06 APPROVALS. No authorizations, approvals or consents of, and no
filings or registrations with, any governmental or regulatory authority or
agency, or any securities exchange, are necessary for the execution, delivery or
performance by any Obligor of the Basic Documents or the Operative Documents to
which it is a party or for the legality, validity or enforceability hereof or
thereof, except for filings and recordings in respect of the Liens created
pursuant to the Security Documents.
8.07 USE OF CREDIT. None of the Obligors is engaged principally, or
as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the
purpose, whether immediate, incidental or ultimate, of buying or carrying Margin
Stock, and no part of the proceeds of any extension of credit hereunder will be
used to buy or carry any Margin Stock.
8.08 ERISA. Each Plan, and, to the knowledge of each Obligor, each
Multiemployer Plan, is in compliance in all material respects with, and has been
administered in all material respects in compliance with, the applicable
provisions of ERISA, the Code and any other Federal or State law, and no event
or condition has occurred and is continuing as to which any Obligor would be
under an obligation to furnish a report to the Lenders under SECTION 9.01(H)
hereof.
8.09 TAXES. The Obligors are members of an affiliated group of
corporations filing consolidated returns for Federal income tax purposes, of
which the Company is the "common parent" (within the meaning of Section 1504 of
the Code) of such group. Each Obligor has filed (either directly, or indirectly
through the Company) all Federal income tax returns and all other material tax
returns that are required to be filed by them and have paid (either directly, or
indirectly through Company) all taxes due pursuant to such returns or pursuant
to any assessment received by any Obligor, except for any taxes being contested
by an Obligor in good faith by proper proceedings as to which no Liens have been
created on any Property of any Obligor. The charges, accruals and reserves on
the books of the Obligors in respect of taxes and other governmental charges
are, in the opinion of the Obligors, adequate. The Company has not given or been
requested to give a waiver of the statute of limitations relating to the payment
of Federal, state, local and foreign taxes or other impositions.
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8.10 INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT. None of the Obligors is an "investment
company", or a company "controlled" by an "investment company", within the
meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
8.11 PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT. None of the Obligors is a
"holding company", or an "affiliate" of a "holding company" or a "subsidiary
company" of a "holding company", within the meaning of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended.
8.12 MATERIAL AGREEMENTS AND LIENS.
(a) Part A of Schedule I hereto is a complete and correct list, as
of the date of this Agreement, of each credit agreement, loan agreement,
indenture, purchase agreement, guarantee, letter of credit or other
arrangement providing for or otherwise relating to any Indebtedness or any
extension of credit (or commitment for any extension of credit) to, or
guarantee by, any Obligor, and the aggregate principal or face amount
outstanding or that may become outstanding under each such arrangement is
correctly described in Part A of said Schedule I.
(b) Part B of Schedule I hereto is a complete and correct list, as
of the date of this Agreement, of each Lien securing Indebtedness of any
Person and covering any Obligor, and the aggregate Indebtedness secured
(or that may be secured) by each such Lien and the Property covered by
each such Lien is correctly described in Part B of said Schedule I.
8.13 ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS. Each Obligor has obtained all
environmental, health and safety permits, licenses and other authorizations
required under all applicable Environmental Laws to carry on its business as now
being or as currently proposed to be conducted, except to the extent failure to
have any such permit, license or authorization would not (either individually or
in the aggregate) have a Material Adverse Effect. Each of such permits, licenses
and authorizations is in full force and effect and each of the Obligors is in
compliance with the terms and conditions thereof, and is also in compliance with
all other limitations, restrictions, conditions, standards, prohibitions,
requirements, obligations, schedules and timetables contained in any applicable
Environmental Law, except to the extent failure to comply therewith would not
(either individually or in the aggregate) have a Material Adverse Effect.
In addition, except as set forth in Schedule II hereto:
(a) No notice, notification, demand, request for information,
citation, summons or order has been issued to any Obligor or about which
any Obligor has otherwise become aware, no complaint has been filed
against any Obligor or about which any Obligor has otherwise become aware,
no penalty has been assessed against any Obligor or about which any
Obligor has otherwise become aware and no investigation or review is
pending or, to the knowledge of any Obligor, threatened by any
governmental authority or other entity with respect to any alleged failure
by any Obligor to have any environmental, health or safety permit, license
or other authorization required under any Environmental Law in connection
with the conduct of the business of any Obligor or with respect to any
generation, treatment, storage, recycling, transportation, discharge or
disposal, or any Release of any Hazardous Materials generated by any
Obligor, which has either not been resolved to the satisfaction of the
issuing authority or which would not individually or in the aggregate have
a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) None of the Obligors owns, operates or leases a treatment,
storage or disposal facility requiring a permit under the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended, or under any comparable
state or local statute; and
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(i) no polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are or have been
present at any site or facility now or previously owned, operated or
leased by any Obligor;
(ii) no asbestos or asbestos-containing materials that are
friable or bear a reasonable chance of becoming friable are or have
been present at any site or facility now or previously owned,
operated or leased by any Obligor;
(iii) there are no underground storage tanks for Hazardous
Materials, active or abandoned, at any site or facility now or
previously owned, operated or leased by any Obligor that are not in
material compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, and
there are no surface impoundments for Hazardous Materials, active or
abandoned at any site or facility now or previously owned, operated
or leased by any Obligor;
(iv) no Hazardous Materials have been Released at, on or
under any site or facility now or previously owned, operated or
leased by any Obligor in a reportable quantity established by any
applicable Environmental Law; and
(v) no Hazardous Materials have been otherwise Released at,
on or under any site or facility now or previously owned, operated
or leased by any Obligor that would (either individually or in the
aggregate) have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) None of the Obligors has transported or arranged for the
transportation of any Hazardous Material to any location that is listed on
the National Priorities List ("NPL") under the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended ("CERCLA"),
listed for possible inclusion on the NPL by the Environmental Protection
Agency in the Comprehensive Environmental Response and Liability
Information System, as provided for by 40 X.X.X.xx. 300.5 ("CERCLIS"), or
on any similar state or local list or that is the subject of Federal,
state or local enforcement actions or other investigations that may lead
to Environmental Claims against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
which individually or in the aggregate would have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(d) No Hazardous Material generated by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries has been recycled, treated, stored, disposed of or Released
by any Obligor at any facility which is subject to an Environmental Claim
which would reasonably be expected individually or in the aggregate to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(e) No oral or written notification of a Release of a Hazardous
Material has been filed by or on behalf of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries and no site or facility now or previously owned, operated or
leased by any Obligor is listed or to the knowledge of any Obligor (upon
due investigation) proposed for listing on the NPL, CERCLIS or any similar
state list of sites requiring investigation or clean-up, in each case,
which has either not been resolved to the satisfaction of the issuing
authority or which would not individually or in the aggregate have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(f) No Liens have arisen under or pursuant to any Environmental Laws
on any site or facility owned, operated or leased by any Obligor, and no
government action has been taken or is in process that could subject any
such site or facility to such Liens and none of the Obligors would be
required to place any notice or restriction relating to the presence of
Hazardous Materials at any site or facility owned by it in any deed to the
real property on which such site or facility is located.
(g) All investigations, studies, audits, tests, reviews or other
analyses conducted by or that are in the possession of any Obligor
relating to environmental matters at or affecting any site or facility now
or previously owned, operated or leased by the any Obligor and that reveal
facts, circumstances or conditions
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that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect
have been made available to the Lenders.
8.14 CAPITALIZATION. Schedule V hereto correctly sets forth the
number of shares of authorized capital stock of the Company, the class of such
shares, the number of each such class outstanding and the par value thereof. All
of such outstanding shares are duly and validly issued and outstanding, and (to
the Company's knowledge) each of which shares is fully paid and nonassessable.
Schedule V hereto correctly sets forth, as of the date hereof, the names of the
Persons owning 5% or more of any class of such capital stock, the class or
classes of such capital stock owned by each such Person and percentage of the
total number of shares of such class owned by each such Person. As of the date
hereof, (x) except for those set forth in Schedule V hereto, there are no
outstanding Equity Rights with respect to the Company and (y) except for those
set forth in Schedule V hereto, there are no outstanding obligations of any
Obligor to repurchase, redeem, or otherwise acquire any shares of capital stock
of any Obligor to make payments to any Person, such as "phantom stock" payments,
where the amount thereof is calculated with reference to the fair market value
or equity value of any Obligor.
8.15 SUBSIDIARIES, ETC.
(a) Set forth in Part A of Schedule III hereto is a complete and
correct list, as of the date hereof, of all of the Subsidiaries of the
Company, together with, for each such Subsidiary, (i) the jurisdiction of
organization of such Subsidiary, (ii) each Person holding ownership
interests in such Subsidiary and (iii) the nature of the ownership
interests held by each such Person and the percentage of ownership of such
Subsidiary represented by such ownership interests. Except as disclosed in
Part A of Schedule III hereto, (x) each of the Company and its
Subsidiaries owns, free and clear of Liens (other than Liens created
pursuant to the Security Documents), and has the unencumbered right to
vote, all outstanding ownership interests in each Person shown to be held
by it in Part A of Schedule III hereto, (y) all of the issued and
outstanding capital stock of each such Person organized as a corporation
is validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and (z) there are no
outstanding Equity Rights with respect to such Person.
(b) Set forth in Part B of Schedule III hereto is a complete and
correct list, as of the date of this Agreement, of all Investments (other
than Investments disclosed in Part A of said Schedule III hereto) held by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in any Person (other than
Investments which are Permitted Investments or deposits maintained with
banks in the ordinary course of business) and, for each such Investment,
(x) the identity of the Person or Persons holding such Investment and (y)
the nature of such Investment. Except as disclosed in Part B of Schedule
III hereto, each of the Company and its Subsidiaries owns, free and clear
of all Liens (other than Liens created pursuant to the Security
Documents), all such Investments.
8.16 TITLE TO ASSETS. Each Obligor owns and has on the date hereof,
and will own and have on the Closing Date, good and marketable title or valid
and subsisting leaseholds (subject only to Liens permitted by SECTION 9.06
hereof) to the Properties shown to be owned in the most recent financial
statements referred to in SECTION 8.02 hereof (other than Properties disposed of
in the ordinary course of business or otherwise permitted to be disposed of
pursuant to SECTION 9.05 hereof). Each Obligor (a) owns and has on the date
hereof (and will own and have on the Closing Date), good and marketable title
to, or has on the date hereof (and will have on the Closing Date) a valid and
subsisting leasehold estate in, and (b) enjoys on the date hereof (and will
enjoy on the Closing Date), peaceful and undisturbed possession of, all
Properties (subject only to Liens permitted by SECTION 9.06 hereof) that are
necessary for the operation and conduct of its businesses.
8.17 TRUE AND COMPLETE DISCLOSURE. The information (other than
projections), reports, financial statements, exhibits and schedules furnished in
writing by or on behalf of the Obligors to the Administrative Agent or any
Lender in connection with the negotiation, preparation or delivery of this
Agreement and the other Basic Documents or included herein or therein or
delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, when taken as a
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whole do not contain any untrue statement of material fact or omit to state any
material fact necessary to make the statements herein or therein, in light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. All projections
furnished by or on behalf of the Obligors in writing to the Administrative Agent
or any Lender for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby were prepared by the Company in good faith
based on assumptions determined to be reasonable by the Company under the then
existing facts and circumstances. All written information furnished after the
date hereof by any Obligor to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in
connection with this Agreement and the other Basic Documents and the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will be true, complete and accurate
in every material respect, or (in the case of projections) based on reasonable
assumptions, on the date, and under the facts and circumstances, as of which
such information is stated or certified. There is no fact actually known to any
Obligor that could have a Material Adverse Effect that has not been disclosed
herein, in the other Basic Documents or in a report, financial statement,
exhibit, schedule, disclosure letter or other writing furnished to the Lenders
for use in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
8.18 REAL PROPERTY. Set forth on Schedule IV hereto is a list, as of
the Closing Date, of all of the real property interests held by the Company and
its Subsidiaries, indicating in each case whether the respective Property is
owned or leased and the location of the respective Property.
SECTION 9. COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY. The Company covenants and
agrees with the Lenders and the Administrative Agent that, so long as any
Commitment, Loan or Letter of Credit Liability is outstanding and until payment
in full of all amounts payable by the Company hereunder:
9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS; ETC. The Company shall deliver to each of
the Lenders (in such form as shall be satisfactory to the Administrative Agent):
(a) no later than January 15 of each year, a budget (on a monthly
basis) for the Company and its Subsidiaries for such year (including
consolidating and consolidated statements of income, cash flow and balance
sheets prepared in accordance with GAAP); and promptly after any material
revision to such budget, such budget as so revised;
(b) as soon as available and in any event within 30 days after the
end of each month, consolidated and consolidating statements of income and
retained earnings of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such month and
for the period from the beginning of the respective fiscal year to the end
of such month, and the related consolidated balance sheets of the Company
and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such month, setting forth in each
case in comparative form the corresponding consolidated and consolidating
figures provided in the budget required under SECTION 9.01(A) hereof for
such period, accompanied by a certificate of a senior financial officer of
the Company, which certificate shall state that said consolidated
financial statements fairly present the consolidated financial condition
and results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and said
consolidating financial statements fairly present the respective
individual unconsolidated financial condition and results of operations of
the Company and of each of its Subsidiaries, in each case in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied, as at
the end of, and for, such month (subject to normal year-end audit
adjustments with the absence of footnotes);
(c) as soon as available and in any event within 45 days after the
end of each quarterly fiscal period of each fiscal year of the Company,
(i) a statement of occupancy rates at each of the facilities owned or
maintained by the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such
period, and a statement of occupancy revenues and the direct costs of
occupancy for each Correctional and Detention Facility Contract for such
period and for the period from the beginning of the respective fiscal year
to the end of such fiscal quarter, in each case setting forth in
comparative form the corresponding figures for the corresponding periods
in the budget required under SECTION 9.01(A) hereof (ii) an analysis of
the chief
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financial officer of the financial condition of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, on a consolidated and consolidating basis, as of the end of
such period, including (without limitation) a reconciliation to the budget
required under SECTION 9.01(A) hereof;
(d) as soon as available and in any event within 90 days after the
end of each fiscal year of the Company, consolidated and consolidating
statements of income and retained earnings, and a consolidated statement
of cash flow, of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal year and
the related consolidated and consolidating balance sheets of the Company
and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year, setting forth in
each case in comparative form the corresponding consolidated and
consolidating figures for the preceding fiscal year, and accompanied (i)
in the case of said consolidated statements and balance sheet of the
Company, by an opinion thereon of independent certified public accountants
of recognized national standing (which opinion shall not contain any
Impermissible Qualification), which opinion shall state that said
consolidated financial statements fairly present the consolidated
financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as at the end of, and for, such fiscal year in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles, and by a management letter
or similar letter submitted to the Company by such accountants and (ii) in
the case of said consolidating statements and balance sheets, by a
certificate of a senior financial officer of the Company, which
certificate shall state that said consolidating financial statements
fairly present the respective individual unconsolidated financial
condition and results of operations of the Company and of each of its
Subsidiaries, in each case in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, consistently applied, as at the end of, and for,
such fiscal year;
(e) promptly upon their becoming available, copies of all
registration statements and regular periodic reports, if any, that the
Company shall have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or
any governmental agency substituted therefor) or any national securities
exchange;
(f) to the extent not previously furnished to the Lenders or the
Administrative Agent in such capacity, promptly upon the mailing thereof
to the shareholders of the Company generally, copies of all financial
statements, reports and proxy statements so mailed;
(g) without duplication of any provision of subsection (d) above,
promptly after the receipt by the Company thereof, copies of each report
submitted to any Obligor by independent accountants in connection with any
annual, interim or special audit of the books of any Obligor made by such
accountants, or any management letters or similar documents submitted to
any Obligor by such accountants;
(h) as soon as possible, and in any event within ten days after the
Company knows or has reason to believe that any of the events or
conditions specified below with respect to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan
has occurred or exists, a statement signed by a senior financial officer
of the Company setting forth details respecting such event or condition
and the action, if any, that the Company or its ERISA Affiliate proposes
to take with respect thereto (and a copy of any report or notice required
to be filed with or given to PBGC by the Company or an ERISA Affiliate
with respect to such event or condition):
(i) any reportable event, as defined in Section 4043(b) of
ERISA and the regulations issued thereunder, with respect to a Plan,
as to which PBGC has not by regulation waived the requirement of
Section 4043(a) of ERISA that it be notified within 30 days of the
occurrence of such event (PROVIDED that a failure to meet the
minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302
of ERISA, including, without limitation, the failure to make on or
before its due date a required installment under Section 412(m) of
the Code or Section 302(e) of ERISA, shall be a reportable event
regardless of the issuance of any waivers in accordance with
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Section 412(d) of the Code); and any request for a waiver under
Section 412(d) of the Code for any Plan;
(ii) the distribution under Section 4041 of ERISA of a
notice of intent to terminate any Plan or any action taken by the
Company or an ERISA Affiliate to terminate any Plan;
(iii) the institution by PBGC of proceedings under Section
4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a
trustee to administer, any Plan, or the receipt by the Company or
any ERISA Affiliate of a notice from a Multiemployer Plan that such
action has been taken by PBGC with respect to such Multiemployer
Plan;
(iv) the complete or partial withdrawal from a Multiemployer
Plan by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate that results in liability
under Section 4201 or 4204 of ERISA (including the obligation to
satisfy secondary liability as a result of a purchaser default) or
the receipt by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate of notice from a
Multiemployer Plan that it is in reorganization or insolvency
pursuant to Section 4241 or 4245 of ERISA or that it intends to
terminate or has terminated under Section 4041A of ERISA;
(v) the institution of a proceeding by a fiduciary of any
Multiemployer Plan against the Company or any ERISA Affiliate to
enforce Section 515 of ERISA, which proceeding is not dismissed
within 30 days; and
(vi) the adoption of an amendment to any Plan that, pursuant
to Section 401(a)(29) of the Code or Section 307 of ERISA, would
result in the loss of tax-exempt status of the trust of which such
Plan is a part if the Company or an ERISA Affiliate fails to timely
provide security to the Plan in accordance with the provisions of
said Sections;
(i) without prejudice as to whether an Event of Default has
occurred, promptly after the Company knows or has reason to believe that
any Default has occurred, a notice of such Default describing the same in
reasonable detail and, together with such notice or as soon thereafter as
possible, a description of the action that the Company has taken or
proposes to take with respect thereto;
(j) promptly after the termination or expiration of any Correctional
and Detention Facility Agreement, PRO FORMA financial projections prepared
by the Company demonstrating that after giving effect to such termination
or expiration (and any replacement Correctional and Detention Facility
Agreement therefor) the Company will be in compliance with its obligations
under SECTIONS 9.10, 9.11, 9.12, 9.13, 9.14 and 9.15 hereof for the period
commencing on the date of such termination and ending on the Commitment
Termination Date; and
(k) from time to time such other information regarding the financial
condition, operations, business or prospects of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, any Plan or Multiemployer
Plan and any reports or other information required to be filed under
ERISA) available to the Company, as any Lender or the Administrative Agent
may reasonably request.
The Company will furnish to each Lender, at the time it furnishes each set of
financial statements pursuant to paragraph (a), (b) or (c) above, a certificate
of a senior financial officer of the Company to the effect that no Default has
occurred and is continuing (or, if any Default has occurred and is continuing,
describing the same in reasonable detail and describing the action that the
Company has taken or proposes to take with respect thereto). In addition, at the
time the Company furnishes to each Lender the financial statements required
pursuant to paragraph (c) above, the Company shall furnish to each Lender a
certificate of a senior financial officer setting forth in reasonable detail the
computations necessary to determine whether the Company is in compliance with
SECTIONS 9.10, 9.11, 9.12,
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9.13, 9.14 and 9.15 hereof as of the date as of which such financial statements
have been provided. Further, upon the request of any Lender, at the time the
Company furnishes the financial statements required pursuant to paragraph (b)
above, the Company shall furnish to such Lender a certificate of a senior
financial officer setting forth in reasonable detail the computations necessary
to determine whether the Company is in compliance with SECTIONS 9.10, 9.11,
9.12, 9.13, 9.14 and 9.15 hereof as of date as of which such financial
statements have been provided.
9.02 LITIGATION. The Company will promptly give to each Lender
notice of all legal or arbitral proceedings, and of all proceedings by or before
any governmental or regulatory authority or agency, and any material development
in respect of such legal or other proceedings, affecting the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries, except proceedings that, if adversely determined, would not
(either individually or in the aggregate) have a Material Adverse Effect.
9.03 EXISTENCE, ETC. The Company will, and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries to:
(a) preserve and maintain its legal existence and all of its
material rights, privileges, licenses and franchises;
(b) comply with the requirements of all applicable laws, rules,
regulations and orders of governmental or regulatory authorities if
failure to comply with such requirements could be reasonably expected to
(either individually or in the aggregate) have a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) pay and discharge all taxes, assessments and governmental
charges or levies imposed on it or on its income or profits or on any of
its Property prior to the date on which penalties attach thereto, except
for any such tax, assessment, charge or levy the payment of which is being
contested in good faith and by proper proceedings and against which
adequate reserves are being maintained;
(d) maintain all of its Properties necessary to the conduct of its
business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear
excepted;
(e) keep adequate records and books of account, in which complete
entries will be made in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles consistently applied; and
(f) upon notice to the Company, permit representatives of any Lender
or the Administrative Agent, during normal business hours, to examine,
copy and make extracts from its books and records, to inspect any of its
Properties, and to discuss its business and affairs with its officers, all
to the extent reasonably requested by such Lender or the Administrative
Agent (as the case may be).
9.04 INSURANCE. The Company will, and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, maintain insurance with financially sound and reputable
insurance companies, and with respect to Property and risks of a character
usually maintained by corporations of comparable size engaged in the same or
similar business and similarly situated, against loss, damage and liability of
the kinds and in the amounts customarily maintained by such corporations. The
Company will in any event maintain (with respect to itself and each of its
Subsidiaries):
(1) CASUALTY INSURANCE -- insurance against loss or damage covering
all of the tangible real and personal Property and improvements of the
Company and each of its Subsidiaries by reason of any Peril (as defined
below) in such amounts (subject to such reasonable and customary
deductibles as shall be satisfactory to the Majority Lenders) as shall be
reasonable and customary and sufficient to avoid the insured named therein
from becoming a co-insurer of any loss under such policy but in any event
in an amount (i) in the case of fixed assets and equipment (including,
without limitation, vehicles), at least equal to 100% of the actual
replacement cost of such assets, subject to deductibles as aforesaid and
(ii) in the case of inventory, not less than the fair market value
thereof, subject to deductibles as aforesaid, PROVIDED that
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insurance in respect of Perils consisting of floods shall not be required
to be obtained except upon 30 days' prior notice from the Administrative
Agent.
(2) AUTOMOBILE LIABILITY INSURANCE FOR BODILY INJURY AND PROPERTY
DAMAGE -- insurance against liability for bodily injury and property
damage in respect of all vehicles (whether owned, hired or rented by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries) at any time located at, or used in
connection with, its Properties or operations in such amounts as are then
customary for vehicles used in connection with similar Properties and
businesses, but in any event to the extent required by applicable law.
(3) COMPREHENSIVE GENERAL LIABILITY INSURANCE -- insurance against
claims for bodily injury, death or Property damage occurring on, in or
about the Properties (and adjoining streets, sidewalks and waterways) of
the Company and its Subsidiaries, in such amounts as are then customary
for Property similar in use in the jurisdictions where such Properties are
located.
(4) WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE -- workers' compensation
insurance (including, without limitation, Employers' Liability Insurance)
to the extent required by applicable law.
(5) BUSINESS INTERRUPTION INSURANCE -- insurance against loss of
operating income (up to an aggregate amount equal to $20,000,000 and
subject to a deductible, or self-insured amount, not in excess of
$100,000) by reason of any Peril.
(6) PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY INSURANCE -- professional liability
insurance in an amount equal to at least $10,000,000.
Such insurance shall be written by financially responsible companies selected by
the Company and (except for automobile insurance) having an A.M. Best rating of
"A" or better and being in a financial size category of VII or larger (or, with
respect to professional liability insurance only, an equivalent rating by a
European equivalent of A.M. Best), or by other companies acceptable to the
Majority Lenders, and (other than for workers' compensation) shall name the
Administrative Agent as loss payee (to the extent covering risk of loss or
damage to tangible property) and as an additional named insured as its interests
may appear (to the extent covering any other risk). Each policy referred to in
this SECTION 9.04 shall provide that it will not be canceled or reduced, or
allowed to lapse without renewal, except after not less than 30 days' notice to
the Administrative Agent and shall also provide that the interests of the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall not be invalidated by any act or
negligence of the Company or any Person having an interest in any Property
covered by the Mortgage nor by occupancy or use of any such Property for
purposes more hazardous than permitted by such policy nor by any foreclosure or
other proceedings relating to such Property. The Company will advise the
Administrative Agent promptly of any significant policy cancellation (other than
any such cancellation in connection with the replacement thereof), reduction or
amendment.
On or before the Closing Date, the Company will deliver to the
Administrative Agent certificates of insurance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent evidencing the existence of all insurance required to be
maintained by the Company hereunder setting forth the respective coverages,
limits of liability, carrier, policy number and period of coverage and showing
that such insurance will remain in effect through the December 31 falling at
least six months after the date hereof, subject only to the payment of premiums
as they become due. Thereafter, the Company will maintain all insurance required
to be maintained by the Company hereunder through the December 31 of each
subsequent calendar year as long as any Loans or Commitments are outstanding
under this Agreement, subject only to the payment of premiums as they become due
and the availability of such coverage. In addition, the Company will not modify
any of the provisions of any policy with respect to professional liability
insurance without delivering the original copy of the endorsement reflecting
such modification to the Administrative Agent accompanied by a written report of
Summit Global Partners, or any other firm of independent insurance brokers of
nationally recognized standing, stating that, in their opinion, such policy (as
so modified) adequately
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protects the interests of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, is in
compliance with the provisions of this SECTION 9.04, and is comparable in all
respects with insurance carried by responsible owners and operators of
businesses similar to those of the Company and its Subsidiaries. The Company
will not obtain or carry separate insurance concurrent in form or contributing
in the event of loss with that required by this SECTION 9.04 unless the
Administrative Agent is the named insured thereunder, with loss payable as
provided herein. The Company will immediately notify the Administrative Agent
whenever any such separate insurance is obtained and shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent the certificates evidencing the same.
Without limiting the obligations of the Company under the foregoing
provisions of this SECTION 9.04, in the event the Company shall fail to maintain
in full force and effect insurance as required by the foregoing provisions of
this SECTION 9.04, then the Administrative Agent may (upon notice to the
Company), but shall have no obligation so to do, procure insurance covering the
interests of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent in such amounts and
against such risks as the Administrative Agent (or the Majority Lenders) shall
deem appropriate, and the Company shall reimburse the Administrative Agent in
respect of any premiums paid by the Administrative Agent in respect thereof.
For purposes hereof, the term "PERIL" shall mean, collectively,
fire, lightning, flood, windstorm, hail, explosion, riot and civil commotion,
vandalism and malicious mischief, damage from aircraft, vehicles and smoke and
all other perils covered by the "all-risk" endorsement then in use in the
jurisdictions where the Properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries are
located.
9.05 PROHIBITION OF FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES. The Company will not, nor
will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any transaction of merger
or consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or
suffer any liquidation or dissolution). The Company will not, nor will it permit
any of its Subsidiaries to, acquire any business or Property from, or capital
stock of, or be a party to any acquisition of, any Person except for (w)
purchases of inventory and other Property to be sold or used in the ordinary
course of business, (x) Investments permitted under SECTION 9.08 hereof, (y)
Capital Expenditures permitted under SECTION 9.15 hereof and (z) other
acquisitions so long as the aggregate consideration paid by the Obligors for all
such acquisitions does not exceed $250,000. The Company will not, nor will it
permit any of its Subsidiaries to, convey, sell, lease, transfer or otherwise
dispose of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, any part of its
business or Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired (including,
without limitation, receivables and leasehold interests, but excluding (i)
obsolete or worn-out Property, tools or equipment no longer used or useful in
its business, or any inventory or other Property sold or disposed of in the
ordinary course of business and on ordinary business terms (so long as the
aggregate fair market value of all such Property disposed of shall not exceed
(x) $3,000,000 and (y) $1,000,000 in any year), (ii) the granting of Liens to
secure the Senior Notes, the 1998 Synthetic Lease Financing and any Future
Synthetic Lease Financing, (iii) Municipal Transaction Transfers so long as (x)
the aggregate consideration received by the Obligors in connection with any
Municipal Transaction Transfer is not less than the depreciated book value of
the Property that is the subject of such Municipal Transaction Transfer, and (y)
the aggregate Net Available Proceeds of all Municipal Transaction Transfers does
not exceed $175,000,000, (iv) sale lease-back transactions that the Obligors are
permitted to enter into pursuant to SECTION 9.17 hereof, and (v) other
dispositions so long as the aggregate fair market value of all Property so
disposed of does not exceed $250,000).
9.06 LIMITATION ON LIENS. The Company will not, nor will it permit
any of its Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien
upon any of its Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except
(without duplication):
(a) Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents or the
Operative Documents;
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(b) Liens in existence on the date hereof and listed in Part B of
Schedule I hereto (excluding, however, following the making of the initial
Loans hereunder, Liens securing Indebtedness to be repaid with the
proceeds of such Loans, as indicated on said Schedule I);
(c) Liens imposed by any governmental authority for taxes,
assessments or charges not yet due or that are being contested in good
faith and by appropriate proceedings if adequate reserves with respect
thereto are maintained on the books of the Company or the affected
Subsidiaries, as the case may be, in accordance with GAAP;
(d) carriers', warehousemen's, mechanics', materialmen's,
repairmen's or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business
that are not overdue for a period of more than 30 days or that are being
contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and Liens securing
judgments but only to the extent for an amount and for a period not
resulting in an Event of Default under SECTION 11.01(H) hereof;
(e) pledges or deposits under worker's compensation, unemployment
insurance and other social security legislation;
(f) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts
(other than for Indebtedness), leases, statutory obligations, surety and
appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature
incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(g) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar
encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business and encumbrances
consisting of zoning restrictions, easements, licenses, restrictions on
the use of Property or minor imperfections in title thereto that, in the
aggregate, are not material in amount, and that do not in any case
materially detract from the value of the Property subject thereto or
interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries;
(h) Liens upon real and/or tangible personal Property acquired after
the date hereof (by purchase, construction or otherwise) by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries, each of which Liens either (A) existed on such
Property before the time of its acquisition and was not created in
anticipation thereof or (B) was created solely for the purpose of securing
Indebtedness representing, or incurred to finance, refinance or refund,
the cost (including the cost of construction) of such Property; PROVIDED
that (i) no such Lien shall extend to or cover any Property of the Company
or such Subsidiary other than the Property so acquired and improvements
thereon and (ii) the principal amount of Indebtedness secured by any such
Lien shall at no time exceed 80% of the fair market value (as determined
in good faith by a senior financial officer of the Company) of such
Property at the time it was acquired (by purchase, construction or
otherwise);
(i) Liens on the Property of a designated subsidiary securing
Indebtedness permitted pursuant to SECTION 9.07(E) hereof;
(j) Liens securing the Senior Notes that are PARI PASSU with the
Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the
Security Documents; and
(k) Liens securing any Future Synthetic Lease Financing that are
PARI PASSU with the Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders under the Security Documents.
9.07 INDEBTEDNESS. The Company will not, nor will it permit any of
its Subsidiaries to, create, incur or suffer to exist any Indebtedness except
(without duplication):
(a) Indebtedness to the Lenders hereunder;
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(b) Indebtedness outstanding on the date hereof and listed in Part A
of Schedule I hereto;
(c) Indebtedness of Subsidiaries of the Company to the Company or to
other Subsidiaries of the Company;
(d) Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries secured by
Liens permitted under SECTION 9.06(H) hereof up to but not exceeding
$1,000,000 at any one time outstanding;
(e) Indebtedness of one or more newly-created Subsidiaries of the
Company that the Company requests be permitted to incur Indebtedness under
this SECTION 9.07(E), and the Majority Lenders agree shall be permitted to
incur Indebtedness under this SECTION 9.07(E) (PROVIDED that the Lenders
shall not condition their agreement on the payment of a fee), in an
aggregate principal amount not to exceed $30,000,000 at any one time
outstanding;
(f) Indebtedness consisting of the Senior Notes, any Subordinated
Notes, the 1998 Synthetic Lease Financing and any Future Synthetic Lease
Financing; and
(g) additional Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries
(including, without limitation, Capital Lease Obligations) up to but not
exceeding $2,000,000 at any one time outstanding.
9.08 INVESTMENTS. The Company will not, nor will it permit any of
its Subsidiaries to, make or permit to remain outstanding any Investments
except:
(a) the loans identified in Part B of Schedule III hereto, with the
terms and conditions set forth on Part B of Schedule III hereto, provided
that the aggregate principal amount of such loans, together with accrued
interest thereon, does not exceed $1,300,000;
(b) operating deposit accounts with banks;
(c) Permitted Investments;
(d) Investments by the Company and its Subsidiaries in capital stock
of Subsidiaries of the Company to the extent outstanding on the date of
the financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries referred to
in SECTION 8.02 hereof and advances by the Company and its Subsidiaries to
Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business or in
connection with a Relevant Transaction financed with Loans;
(e) Interest Rate Protection Agreements required to be maintained
under SECTION 9.18 hereof;
(f) additional Investments up to but not exceeding $200,000 in the
aggregate;
(g) existing and future Investments comprised of stocks, bonds and
notes of existing or former account debtors of the Obligors if such
Investment was received pursuant to the consummation of a bankruptcy plan
of reorganization or similar proceedings of such account debtor; and
(h) loans or advances by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to
employees in the ordinary course of business in an aggregate amount any
one time outstanding not to exceed $250,000.
9.09 DIVIDEND PAYMENTS. The Company will not, nor will it permit any
of its Subsidiaries to, declare or make any Dividend Payment at any time;
PROVIDED that the Company may (i) repurchase shares of its capital stock so long
as the aggregate amount paid by the Company for all such repurchases does not
exceed
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$2,500,000 in any fiscal year of the Company and $7,500,000, in the aggregate
and (ii) declare or make stock splits which do not decrease the percentage
ownership of any Person in any class of the capital stock of the Company.
9.10 EBITDAR RATIO I. The Company will not permit the EBITDAR Ratio
I with respect to any period ending on a date that falls within any period set
forth below under the column entitled "Period" to exceed the applicable ratio
set forth under the caption "Ratio" opposite such period:
PERIOD RATIO
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Closing Date through and
including March 31, 2001 3.75 to 1
April 1, 2001 through and
including December 31, 2001 3.50 to 1
January 1, 2002 through and
including June 30, 2002 3.25 to 1
July 1, 2002 through and
including December 31, 2002 3.00 to 1
January 1, 2003 through and
including June 30, 2003 2.75 to 1
July 1, 2003 through and
including June 30, 2004 2.50 to 1
July 1, 2004 and all times thereafter 2.25 to 1
9.11 EBITDAR RATIO II. The Company will not permit the EBITDAR Ratio
II with respect to any period ending on a date that falls within any period set
forth below under the column entitled "Period" to exceed the applicable ratio
set forth under the caption "Ratio" opposite such period:
PERIOD RATIO
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Closing Date through and
including March 31, 2001 5.00 to 1
April 1, 2001 through and
including September 30, 2001 4.50 to 1
October 1, 2001 through and
including March 31, 2002 4.25 to 1
April 1, 2002 through and
including September 30, 2002 4.00 to 1
October 1, 2002 through and
including March 31, 2003 3.75 to 1
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PERIOD RATIO
------ -----
April 1, 2003 through and
including June 30, 2004 3.50 to 1
July 1, 2004 and all times thereafter 3.25 to 1
9.12 NET WORTH. The Company will not permit its Net Worth, as at the
last day of any fiscal quarter of the Company (a "CALCULATION DATE") to be less
than the sum of the following:
(a) $90,000,000, PLUS
(b) an amount equal to 50% of the aggregate net income of the
Company and its Subsidiaries (determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP) for each fiscal quarter of the Company for which
such net income is a positive number, commencing with the fiscal quarter
ending on September 30, 2000 and ending with the fiscal quarter ending on
the Calculation date, PLUS
(c) an amount equal to the aggregate Net Available Proceeds received
in respect of Equity Issuances during the period commencing on July 1,
2000 and ending on the last day of such fiscal quarter.
9.13 INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO. The Company will not permit the
Interest Coverage Ratio with respect to any period ending on a date that falls
within any period set forth below under the column entitled "Period" to be less
than the applicable ratio set forth under the caption "Ratio" opposite such
period:
PERIOD RATIO
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Closing Date through and
including March 31, 2003 2.00 to 1
April 1, 2003 through and
including December 31, 2003 2.25 to 1
January 1, 2004 through and
including June 30, 2004 2.50 to 1
July 1, 2004 and all times thereafter 2.75 to 1
9.14 FIXED CHARGES RATIO. The Company will not permit the Fixed
Charges Ratio with respect to any period ending on a date that falls within any
period set forth below under the column entitled "Period" to be less than the
applicable ratio set forth under the caption "Ratio" opposite such period:
PERIOD RATIO
------ -----
Closing Date through and
including March 31, 2001 1.55 to 1
April 1, 2001 through and
including June 30, 2003 1.60 to 1
July 1, 2003 and all times thereafter 1.50 to 1
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9.15 CAPITAL EXPENDITURES. The Company will not, and will not permit
any of its Subsidiaries to, make any Capital Expenditures at any time, except
for the following:
(a) maintenance Capital Expenditures in an aggregate amount in any
year not to exceed an amount equal to 3% of the total revenues of the
Company and its Subsidiaries for such year; and
(b) Capital Expenditures made in connection with Eligible
Acquisitions and Eligible New Contracts as described pursuant to SECTION
7.02 (A) (V) (C) (Z) hereof.
9.16 THE XXXXXXX XXX GROUP, L.P. The Xxxxxxx Xxx Group, L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership, shall not hold or acquire any Property and shall
not incur any Indebtedness or other liabilities in addition to those in
existence as of the date hereof, which are correctly set forth on Schedule VI
hereto.
9.17 SALE LEASE-BACK TRANSACTIONS. Except for Municipal
Transactions, the Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries
to, enter into any arrangement with any Person whereby the Company or such
Subsidiary shall sell or otherwise transfer any of its Property, whether now
owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such Property or
similar Property for substantially the same use or uses as the Property sold or
transferred UNLESS the following conditions are satisfied:
(a) the consideration received by the Company or such Subsidiary in
connection with such transfer is at least equal to the fair market value
of the Property so transferred (as reasonably determined by the board of
directors of the Company),
(b) all of the net proceeds received by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries in connection with any such transaction are used by the
Company, within 12 months of the receipt thereof, to either (i) acquire
other Property in compliance with the term of this Agreement and/or (ii)
repay or prepay Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
(other than any Subordinated Notes), and
(c) the aggregate consideration received by the Obligors in
connection with all such sale lease-back transactions entered into after
the date of this Agreement shall not exceed $20,000,000.
9.18 DISCOUNT OF ACCOUNTS. The Company will not, and will not permit
any of its Subsidiaries to, sell (with or without recourse) or discount any of
their accounts receivable.
9.19 INTEREST RATE PROTECTION AGREEMENTS. The Company will, at all
times after the first date on which any of the following shall occur (a) the
aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness of the Obligors that bears
interest at a fixed rate until its maturity is an amount less than 30% of the
aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness of the Obligors on such date, or
(b) the three-month London interbank offered rate for amounts in excess of
$1,000,000 shall be greater than 9% per annum for at least 15 consecutive days,
or (c) any Event of Default shall have occurred, obtain and thereafter maintain
in full force and effect one or more Interest Rate Protection Agreements with
any Lender (or an affiliate of any Lender), that effectively enables the Company
(in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), as at any date, to
protect itself against fluctuations in interest rates.
9.20 LINES OF BUSINESS. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries will engage to any substantial extent in any line or lines of
business activity other than the business of operating correctional and/or
detention facilities, juvenile facilities, pre-release facilities and substance
abuse rehabilitation facilities and related lines of business.
9.21 TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES. Except as expressly permitted by
this Agreement, the Company will not, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries
to, directly or indirectly: (a) make any Investment in an
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Affiliate; (b) transfer, sell, lease, assign or otherwise dispose of any
Property to an Affiliate; (c) merge into or consolidate with or purchase or
acquire Property from an Affiliate; or (d) enter into any other transaction
directly or indirectly with or for the benefit of an Affiliate (including,
without limitation, Guarantees and assumptions of obligations of an Affiliate);
PROVIDED that (x) any Affiliate who is an individual may serve as a director,
officer or employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and receive
reasonable compensation for his or her services in such capacity and (y) the
Company and its Subsidiaries may enter into transactions (other than extensions
of credit by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to an Affiliate or the
payment of management or similar fees by the Company or a Subsidiary to an
Affiliate) providing for the leasing of Property, the rendering or receipt of
services or the purchase or sale of inventory and other Property in the ordinary
course of business if the monetary or business consideration arising therefrom
would be substantially as advantageous to the Company and its Subsidiaries as
the monetary or business consideration that would obtain in a comparable
transaction with a Person not an Affiliate.
9.22 USE OF PROCEEDS.
(a) The Company will use the proceeds of the Revolving Credit Loans
solely:
(i) to finance ongoing working capital purposes;
(ii) to make principal and interest payments on Loans;
(iii) to finance acquisitions, the expansion of existing
facilities, the acquisition of new contracts, and other
Capital Expenditures, in each case subject to the terms
hereof; and
(iii) to refinance the Subordinated Bridge;
PROVIDED that neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have
any responsibility as to the use of any of such proceeds.
(b) The Lessor will use the proceeds of the Synthetic Lease Loans
solely to acquire Land and Buildings and fund Construction; PROVIDED that
neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have any
responsibility as to the use of any of such proceeds.
9.23 CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS RESPECTING SUBSIDIARIES.
(a) The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to,
take such action from time to time as shall be necessary to ensure that
each of its Subsidiaries is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary.
(b) In the event that any additional shares of capital stock shall
be issued by any Subsidiary of the Company, the respective Obligor agrees
forthwith to deliver to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Security
Agreement the certificates evidencing such shares of stock, accompanied by
undated stock powers executed in blank and to take such other action as
the Administrative Agent shall request to perfect the security interest
created therein pursuant to the Security Agreement.
(c) The Company will take such action, and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries to take such action, from time to time as shall be necessary
to ensure that all Subsidiaries of the Company are Subsidiary Guarantors
and, thereby, "Obligors" hereunder. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, in the event that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall
form or acquire any new Subsidiary, the Company or the respective
Subsidiary will cause such new Subsidiary to become a "Subsidiary
Guarantor" (and, thereby, an "Obligor") hereunder pursuant to a written
instrument in form
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and substance satisfactory to each Lender and the Administrative Agent,
and to deliver such proof of corporate action, incumbency of officers,
opinions of counsel and other documents as any Lender or the
Administrative Agent shall have requested.
9.24 MODIFICATIONS OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS. No Obligor will consent to
any material modification, supplement or waiver of any of the provisions of any
Correctional and Detention Facility Contract or any of the provisions of the
2000 Subordinated Notes Documentation (except to the extent permitted by Section
2.11 of the 2000 Subordination Agreement) or any other Subordinated Notes
Documentation.
9.25 POST-CLOSING REAL PROPERTY. If any Obligor acquires any
interest in real property (whether in fee or a leasehold estate, but excluding
any Leased Properties) after the date of this Agreement, such Obligor shall
notify the Administrative Agent and shall do the following:
(a) upon the request of the Administrative Agent and the Majority
Lenders at any time thereafter, do the following:
(i) furnish to the Administrative Agent one or more
Mortgages covering such interest in real property (and, if
such property is a leasehold estate, appropriate estoppel
certificates from the respective landlords thereof), and
(ii) furnish to the Administrative Agent evidence to
the satisfaction of the Administrative Agent that the such
real property is not subject to any Lien (other than Liens
permitted under SECTION 9.06 HEREOF); and
(b) during the continuance of any Default, do each of the following:
(i) obtain one or more mortgagee policies of title
insurance on forms of and issued by one or more title
companies satisfactory to each Lender (the "TITLE COMPANIES"),
insuring the validity and priority of the Liens created under
such Mortgage(s) for and in amounts satisfactory to each
Lender, subject only to such exceptions as are satisfactory to
the Majority Lenders;
(ii) furnish to the Administrative Agent as-built
surveys of recent date of such real property, showing such
matters as may be required by any Lender, which surveys shall
be in form and content acceptable to the Majority Lenders, and
certified to the Administrative Agent and to each Lender and
the Title Companies, and shall have been prepared by a
registered surveyor acceptable to the Majority Lenders; and
(iii) furnish to the Administrative Agent certified
copies of unconditional certificates of occupancy (or, if it
is not the practice to issue certificates of occupancy in the
jurisdiction in which the facilities to be covered by such
Mortgage(s) are located, then such other evidence reasonably
satisfactory to the Majority Lenders) permitting the fully
functioning operation and occupancy of each such facility and
of such other permits necessary for the use and operation of
each such facility issued by the respective governmental
authorities having jurisdiction over each such facility. In
addition, the Company shall have paid to the Title Companies
all expenses and premiums of the Title Companies in connection
with the issuance of such policies and in addition shall have
paid to the Title Companies an amount equal to the recording
and stamp
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taxes payable in connection with recording such Mortgage in
the appropriate county land office(s).
9.26 PREPAYMENT OF 2000 SUBORDINATED DEBT. Neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries shall purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire for
value, or set apart any money for a sinking, defeasance or other analogous fund
for, the purchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition of, or make any
voluntary payment or prepayment of the principal of or interest on, or any other
amount owing in respect of, any Subordinated Notes, except for regularly
scheduled payments of principal and interest in respect thereof required
pursuant to the instruments evidencing such Subordinated Notes; provided that
any such prepayments may be made so long as (i) all Letters of Credit have been
terminated and there are no outstanding Letter of Credit Liabilities, Revolving
Credit Loans or Synthetic Lease Loans and (ii) no Default shall be continuing.
9.27 POST-CLOSING SEARCHES. By no later than the 60th day after the
Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Administrative Agent
copies of Uniform Commercial Code search results, and United States tax lien
search results, each as of a recent date, with respect to each of the Obligors
in each of the respective jurisdictions set forth in Annex 6 to the Security
Agreement (as amended by the Security Agreement Amendment).
SECTION 10. THE LESSOR; EXERCISE OF REMEDIES UNDER LEASE.
10.01 COVENANTS OF LESSOR. So long as any Synthetic Lease Loan
Lender's Synthetic Lease Loan Commitment remains in effect, any Synthetic Lease
Loan remains outstanding and unpaid or any other amount is owing to any
Synthetic Lease Loan Lender with respect to its Funding Party Balances (as that
term is defined in the Master Agreement), subject to SECTION 10.02 hereof, the
Lessor will promptly pay all amounts payable by it under this Agreement and the
Notes issued by it in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof and shall
duly perform each of its obligations under this Agreement and the Notes. The
Lessor agrees to provide to the Administrative Agent a copy of each estoppel
certificate that the Lessor proposes to deliver pursuant to SECTION 17.13 of the
Lease at least five days prior to such delivery and to make any corrections
thereto reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent prior to such delivery.
The Lessor shall keep each Leased Property owned by it free and clear of all
Lessor Liens (as that term is defined in the Master Agreement). The Lessor shall
not reject any sale of any Leased Property pursuant to Section 14.6 of the Lease
unless all of the related Synthetic Lease Loans have been paid in full or the
Synthetic Lease Loan Lenders consent to such rejection. In the event that the
Synthetic Lease Loan Lenders reject any sale of any Leased Property pursuant to
Section 14.6 of the Lease, the Lessor agrees to take such action as the
Synthetic Lease Lenders request to effect a sale or other disposition of such
Leased Property, PROVIDED that (i) the Lessor shall not be required to expend
its own funds in connection therewith or take any action that would, in the
Lessor's reasonable judgment, expose the Lessor to expense, liability, loss or
damage unless the Synthetic Lease Lenders provide to the Lessor an indemnity,
in a form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Lessor, for such liability,
or expense, or unless and until the Synthetic Lease Lenders advance to the
Lessor an amount that is sufficient, in the Lessor's reasonable judgment, to
cover such liability, expense, loss or damage (excluding the Lessor's PRO RATA
share thereof, if any), (ii) Lessor shall not be required to undertake any
action that would be a violation of Applicable Law (as that term is defined in
the Master Agreement) and (iii) the Lessor shall not be required to under take
any such action that would cause the Lessor to violate, or be in default under,
any of its other agreements or contracts; provided that such other agreements or
contracts do not preclude any Synthetic Lease Lender from exercising any of its
remedies expressly set forth in the Operative Documents. In the event that the
Construction Administrative Agent returns any Leased Property to the Lessor
pursuant to Section 5.3(a) of the Construction Agency Agreement, unless all of
the related Synthetic Lease Loans are paid in full, the Lessor agrees to take
such action as the Synthetic Lease Lenders request to complete the Construction,
or to effect a sale or other disposition, of such Leased Property, PROVIDED that
(i) the Lessor shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection
therewith or take any action that would, in the Lessor's reasonable judgment,
expose the Lessor to expense, liability, loss or damage unless the Synthetic
Lease Lenders provide to the Lessor an indemnity,
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in a form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Lessor, for such liability,
or expense, or unless and until the Synthetic Lease Lenders advance to the
Lessor an amount that is sufficient, in the Lessor's reasonable judgment, to
cover such liability, expense, loss or damage (excluding the Lessor's PRO RATA
share thereof, if any), (ii) Lessor shall not be required to undertake any
action that would be a violation of Applicable Law (as that term is defined in
the Master Agreement) and (iii) the Lessor shall not be required to under take
any such action that would cause the Lessor to violate, or be in default under,
any of its other agreements or contracts; provided that such other agreements or
contracts do not preclude any Synthetic Lease Lender from exercising any of its
remedies expressly set forth in the Operative Documents. During the Construction
Term for each Leased Property, the Lessor agrees to assume liability for, and to
indemnify, protect, defend, save and hold harmless the Administrative Agent and
each Synthetic Lease Loan Lender, on an After-Tax Basis (as that term is defined
in the Master Agreement) from and against, any and all Claims (as that term is
defined in the Master Agreement) that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted
or threatened to be asserted against the Administrative Agent or any Synthetic
Lease Loan Lender, in any way relating to or arising out of the circumstances
set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) of the first sentence of Section 3.3 of
the Construction Agency Agreement, PROVIDED that the Lessor shall only be
obligated pursuant to this sentence to the extent that the Lessor receives
payment from the Construction Administrative Agent (as defined in the Master
Agreement) or any other Person with respect to such Claim.
10.02 LESSOR OBLIGATIONS NONRECOURSE; PAYMENT FROM CERTAIN LEASE
OBLIGATIONS AND CERTAIN PROCEEDS OF LEASED PROPERTY ONLY. All payments to be
made by the Lessor in respect of the Synthetic Lease Loans, the Notes and this
Agreement shall be made only from certain payments received under the Lease, the
Guaranty Agreement and the Construction Agency Agreement and certain proceeds of
the Leased Properties and only to the extent that the Lessor or the
Administrative Agent shall have received sufficient payments from such sources
to make payments in respect of the Synthetic Lease Loans in accordance with
Section 3 of the Loan Agreement. Each Synthetic Lease Loan Lender agrees that it
will look solely to such sources of payments to the extent available for
distribution to such Synthetic Lease Loan Lender as herein provided and that
neither the Lessor nor the Administrative Agent is or shall be personally liable
to any Synthetic Lease Loan Lender for any amount payable hereunder or under any
Note. Nothing in this Agreement, the Notes, any other Basic Document or any
Operative Document shall be construed as creating any liability (other than for
willful misconduct, gross negligence, misrepresentation or breach of contract
(other than the failure to make payments in respect of the Synthetic Lease
Loans)) of the Lessor individually to pay any sum or to perform any covenant,
either express or implied, in this Agreement, the Notes, any other Basic
Documents or any Operative Document (all such liability, if any, being expressly
waived by each Synthetic Lease Loan Lender) and that each Synthetic Lease Loan
Lender, on behalf of itself and its successors and assigns, agrees in the case
of any liability of the Lessor hereunder or thereunder (except for such
liability attributable to its willful misconduct, gross negligence,
misrepresentation or breach of contract (other than the failure to make payments
in respect of the Synthetic Lease Loans)) that it will look solely to those
certain payments received under the Lease, the Guaranty Agreement (as that term
is defined in the Master Agreement) and the Construction Agency Agreement and
those certain proceeds of the Leased Properties, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
Lessor in its individual capacity shall in any event be liable with respect to
(i) the removal of Lessor's Liens (as that term is defined in the Master
Agreement) or involving its gross negligence, willful misconduct,
misrepresentation or breach of contract (other than the failure to make payments
in respect of the Synthetic Lease Loans) or (ii) failure to turn over payments
the Lessor has received in accordance with Section 3 of the Loan Agreement; and
PROVIDED FURTHER that the foregoing exculpation of the Lessor shall not be
deemed to be exculpations of the Company, any Lessee or any other Person.
10.03 EXERCISE OF REMEDIES UNDER THE LEASE.
(a) MASTER AGREEMENT EVENT OF DEFAULT. With respect to any Potential
Event of Default (as that term is defined in the Master Agreement) as to
which notice thereof by the Lessor to a Lessee or the Company is a
requirement to cause such Potential Event of Default to become a Master
Agreement Event of Default, the Lessor agrees to give such notice to such
Lessee or the Company promptly upon receipt of a written request by any
Synthetic Lease Loan Lender or the Administrative Agent. The Lessor shall
not,
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without the prior written consent of the Majority Synthetic Lease Lenders,
waive any such Master Agreement Event of Default.
(b) ACCELERATION OF LEASE BALANCE. When a Master Agreement Event of
Default exists, the Lessor, upon the direction of the Majority Synthetic
Lease Lenders, shall exercise remedies under Article XIII of the Lease to
demand payment in full of the Lease Balance by the Lessees (the
"ACCELERATION"). Following the Acceleration, the Lessor shall consult with
the Synthetic Lease Loan Lenders regarding actions to be taken in response
to such Master Agreement Event of Default. The Lessor:
(i) shall not, without the prior written consent of the
Majority Synthetic Lease B Lenders, and
(ii) shall (subject to the provisions of this SECTION 10.03),
if so directed by the Majority Synthetic Lease B Lenders,
do any of the following: commence eviction or foreclosure proceedings, or
file a lawsuit against any Lessee under the Lease, or sell the Leased
Properties, or exercise other remedies against the Lessee under the
Operative Documents in respect of such Master Agreement Event of Default;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any payments received by the Lessor shall (subject
to the provisions of the Collateral Sharing Documentation) be distributed
in accordance with Section 3 of the Loan Agreement. Notwithstanding any
such consent, direction or approval by the Majority Synthetic Lease B
Lenders of any such action or omission, the Lessor shall not have any
obligation to follow such direction if the same would, in the Lessor's
reasonable judgment, require the Lessor to expend its own funds or expose
the Lessor to expense, unless Synthetic Lease Lenders and B Lenders
provide to the Lessor an indemnity, in form and substance reasonably
acceptable to the Lessor, for such liability, loss or damage or unless and
until the Synthetic Lease Loan Lenders advance to the Lessor an amount
which is sufficient, in the Lessor's reasonable judgment, to cover such
liability, expense, loss or damage (excluding the Lessor's pro rata share
thereof, if any). Notwithstanding the foregoing, on and after the related
Release Date (and any application otherwise required under Section 3 of
the Loan Agreement has been made): the Synthetic Lease Loan Lenders shall
have no rights to such Leased Property or any proceeds thereof; the
Synthetic Lease Loan Lenders shall have no rights to direct or give
consent to any actions with respect to such Leased Property and the
proceeds thereof; the Lessor shall have absolute discretion (but in all
events subject to the terms of the Operative Documents) with respect to
such exercise of remedies with respect to such Leased Property, and the
proceeds thereof, including, without limitation, any foreclosure or sale
of such Leased Property; and the Lessor shall have no liability to the
Synthetic Lease Loan Lenders with respect to the Lessor's actions or
failure to take any action with respect to such Leased Property.
SECTION 11. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
11.01 EVENTS OF DEFAULT. If one or more of the following events
(herein called "EVENTS OF DEFAULT") shall occur and be continuing:
(a) The Company shall: (i) default in the payment of any principal
of any Loan or any Reimbursement Obligation when due (whether at stated
maturity or at mandatory or optional prepayment); or (ii) default in the
payment of any interest on any Loan, any fee or any other amount payable
by it hereunder or under any other Basic Document when due and such
default shall have continued unremedied for one Business Day; or
(b) The Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall default in the
payment when due of any principal of or interest on any of its other
Indebtedness aggregating $1,000,000 or more, or in the payment when due of
any amount under any Interest Rate Protection Agreement; or any event
specified in any note,
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agreement, indenture or other document evidencing or relating to any such
Indebtedness or any event specified in any Interest Rate Protection
Agreement shall occur if the effect of such event is to cause, or (with
the giving of any notice or the lapse of time or both) to permit the
holder or holders of such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of
such holder or holders) to cause, such Indebtedness to become due, or to
be prepaid in full (whether by redemption, purchase, offer to purchase or
otherwise), prior to its stated maturity or, in the case of an Interest
Rate Protection Agreement, to permit the payments owing under such
Interest Rate Protection Agreement to be liquidated; or the Company shall
be obligated to pay any "Recourse Deficiency Amount" (as that term is
defined in the Master Agreement) in respect of the 1998 Synthetic Lease
Financing (or any substantially similar payment in respect of any Future
Synthetic Lease Financing); or any "Loan Event of Default" (as that term
is defined in the Loan Agreement) shall be continuing; or
(c) Any representation, warranty or certification made or deemed
made herein or in any other Basic Document (or in any modification or
supplement hereto or thereto) by any Obligor, or any certificate furnished
to any Lender or the Administrative Agent pursuant to the provisions
hereof or thereof, shall prove to have been false or misleading as of the
time made or furnished in any material respect; or
(d) The Company shall default in the performance of any of its
obligations under any of SECTIONS 9.01(J), 9.05, 9.06, 9.07, 9.08, 9.09,
9.10, 9.11, 9.12, 9.13, 9.14, 9.15, 9.17, 9.18, 9.19, 9.20, 9.22, 9.26 or
9.27 hereof; or any Obligor shall default in the performance of any of its
obligations under SECTION 4.2 or 5.2 of the Security Agreement; or "Event
of Default" under any Mortgage; or any Obligor shall default in the
performance of any of its other obligations in this Agreement or any other
Basic Document and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of
thirty or more days after notice thereof to the Company by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender (through the Administrative Agent); or
(e) The Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall admit in writing
its inability to, or be generally unable to, pay its debts as such debts
become due; or
(f) The Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall (i) apply for or
consent to the appointment of, or the taking of possession by, a receiver,
custodian, trustee, examiner or liquidator of itself or of all or a
substantial part of its Property, (ii) make a general assignment for the
benefit of its creditors, (iii) commence a voluntary case under the
Bankruptcy Code, (iv) file a petition seeking to take advantage of any
other law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation,
dissolution, arrangement or winding-up, or composition or readjustment of
debts, (v) fail to controvert in a timely and appropriate manner, or
acquiesce in writing to, any petition filed against it in an involuntary
case under the Bankruptcy Code or (vi) take any corporate action for the
purpose of effecting any of the foregoing; or
(g) A proceeding or case shall be commenced, without the application
or consent of such of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as is
affected thereby, in any court of competent jurisdiction, seeking (i) the
reorganization, liquidation, dissolution, arrangement or winding-up, or
the composition or readjustment of the debts of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, (ii) the appointment of a receiver, custodian, trustee,
examiner, liquidator or the like of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
or of all or any substantial part of its Property, or (iii) similar relief
in respect of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any law
relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding-up, or
composition or adjustment of debts, and such proceeding or case shall
continue undismissed, or an order, judgment or decree approving or
ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered and continue unstayed and
in effect, for a period of 60 or more days; or an order for relief against
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall be entered in an involuntary
case under the Bankruptcy Code; or
(h) A final judgment or judgments for the payment of money in an
amount in excess of $100,000 shall be rendered by one or more courts,
administrative tribunals or other bodies having jurisdiction against
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the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and the same shall not be
discharged (or provision shall not be made for such discharge), or a stay
of execution thereof shall not be procured, within 30 days from the date
of entry thereof and the Company or such Subsidiary (as the case may be)
shall not, within said period of 30 days, or such longer period during
which execution of the same shall have been stayed, appeal therefrom and
cause the execution thereof to be stayed during such appeal; or
(i) An event or condition specified in SECTION 9.01(I) hereof shall
occur or exist with respect to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan and, as a
result of such event or condition, together with all other such events or
conditions, the Company or any ERISA Affiliate shall incur or in the
opinion of the Majority Lenders shall be reasonably likely to incur a
liability to a Plan, a Multiemployer Plan or PBGC (or any combination of
the foregoing) that, in the determination of the Majority Lenders, would
(either individually or in the aggregate) have a Material Adverse Effect;
or
(j) A reasonable basis shall exist for the assertion against the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any predecessor in interest of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, of (or there shall have
been asserted against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) an
Environmental Claim that, in the judgment of the Majority Lenders is
reasonably likely to be determined adversely to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, and the amount thereof (either individually or in the
aggregate) is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect (insofar
as such amount is payable by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries but
after deducting any portion thereof that is reasonably expected to be paid
by other creditworthy Persons jointly and severally liable therefor); or
(k) The Liens created by the Security Documents shall at any time
not constitute a valid and perfected Lien on the collateral stated to be
covered thereby (to the extent perfection by filing, registration,
recordation or possession is required herein or therein) in favor of the
Administrative Agent, free and clear of all other Liens (other than Liens
permitted under SECTION 9.06 hereof or under the respective Security
Documents), or, except for expiration in accordance with its terms, any of
the Security Documents shall for whatever reason be terminated or cease to
be in full force and effect, or the enforceability thereof shall be
contested by any Obligor; or
(l) Any of the following:
(i) 15 Business Days shall have elapsed after any material
Correctional and Detention Facility Contract shall have been
terminated and shall not have been renewed on substantially the same
terms or terms more favorable to the Obligors (unless during such 15
Business Day period the Company shall have demonstrated to the
satisfaction of the Administrative Agent and each Lender that such
termination will not have a Material Adverse Effect); or
(ii) the payment terms of any material Correctional and
Detention Facility Contract shall be modified or any other terms of
any material Correctional and Detention Facility Contract shall be
modified in any respect which the Majority Lenders determine could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or
(iii) any Obligor shall default in the performance of any
of its material obligations under any material Correctional and
Detention Facility Contract; or
(iv) any party to any Correctional and Detention Facility
Contract (other than an Obligor) shall default in the performance of
any of its material obligations thereunder; or
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(v) an event or condition of the type described in SECTION
10(F) or 10(G) shall occur or exist with respect to any party to any
material Correctional and Detention Facility Contract (other than an
Obligor); or
(vi) any relevant legislature or administrative body shall
fail to appropriate any material amount of funds in respect of any
material Correctional and Detention Facility Contract
(for purposes of this clause (l) and the following clause (m), a
Correctional and Detention Facility Contract shall be deemed to be
"material" if the failure of the Obligors to receive the amounts stated to
be due and owing thereunder could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect); or
(m) Any Use Permit relating to a material Correctional and Detention
Facility Agreement shall be revoked, withdrawn or otherwise terminated; or
any Use Permit relating to a material Correctional and Detention Facility
Agreement shall be modified, amended or supplemented in a way which the
Majority Lenders determine could have a Material Adverse Effect; or
(n) There shall have occurred a Change in Control;
THEREUPON: (1) in the case of an Event of Default other than one referred to in
clause (f) or (g) of this SECTION 11.01 with respect to any Obligor, (A) the
Administrative Agent may and, upon request of the Majority Lenders shall, by
notice to the Company, terminate the Commitments and they shall thereupon
terminate, and (B) the Administrative Agent may and, upon request of the
Majority Lenders shall by notice to the Company, declare the principal amount
then outstanding of, and the accrued interest on, the Loans, the Reimbursement
Obligations and all other amounts payable by the Obligors hereunder and under
the Notes to be forthwith due and payable, whereupon such amounts shall be
immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other
formalities of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by each
Obligor; and (2) in the case of the occurrence of an Event of Default referred
to in clause (f) or (g) of this SECTION 11 with respect to any Obligor, the
Commitments shall automatically be terminated and the principal amount then
outstanding of, and the accrued interest on, the Loans, the Reimbursement
Obligations and all other amounts payable by the Obligors hereunder and under
the Notes shall automatically become immediately due and payable without
presentment, demand, protest or other formalities of any kind, all of which are
hereby expressly waived by each Obligor.
In addition, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event
of Default (if the Administrative Agent has declared the principal amount then
outstanding of, and accrued interest on, the Loans and all other amounts payable
by the Company hereunder and under the Notes to be due and payable), the Company
agrees that it shall, if requested by the Administrative Agent or the Majority
Lenders through the Administrative Agent (and, in the case of any Event of
Default referred to in clause (f) or (g) of this SECTION 11.01 with respect to
any Obligor, forthwith, without any demand or the taking of any other action by
the Administrative Agent or the Lenders) provide cover for the Letter of Credit
Liabilities by paying to the Administrative Agent immediately available funds in
an amount equal to the then aggregate undrawn face amount of all Letters of
Credit, which funds shall be held by the Administrative Agent in the Collateral
Account as collateral security in the first instance for the Letter of Credit
Liabilities and be subject to withdrawal only as therein provided.
11.02 LEASE-RELATED EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
(a) LEASE-RELATED EVENTS OF DEFAULT. Each of the following events
shall constitute a Lease-related Event of Default (whether any such event
shall be voluntary or involuntary or come about or be effected by
operation of law or pursuant to or in compliance with any judgment, decree
or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any Governmental
Authority) and each such Lease-related Event of Default shall continue so
long as, but only as long as, it shall not have been remedied:
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(i) Lessor shall fail to distribute in accordance with the
provisions of Section 3 of the Loan Agreement any amount received by
the Lessor pursuant to the Lease or the Master Agreement within two
Business Days of receipt thereof if and to the extent that the
Administrative Agent or the Synthetic Lease Loan Lenders are
entitled to such amount or a portion thereof; or
(ii) the Lessor shall fail to pay to the Administrative Agent,
within two Business Days of the Lessor's receipt thereof, any amount
which a Lessee is required, pursuant to the Operative Documents, to
pay to the Administrative Agent but erroneously pays to the Lessor;
or
(iii) failure by the Lessor to perform in any material respect
any other covenant or condition herein or in any other Operative
Document to which the Lessor is a party, which failure shall
continue unremedied for 30 days after receipt by the Lessor of
written notice thereof from the Administrative Agent or any
Synthetic Lease Loan Lender; or
(iv) any representation or warranty of the Lessor contained in
any Operative Document or in any certificate required to be
delivered thereunder shall prove to have been incorrect in a
material respect when made and shall not have been cured within
thirty days of receipt by the Lessor of written notice thereof from
the Administrative Agent or any Synthetic Lease Loan Lender; or
(v) the Lessor or the General Partner (as that term is defined
in the Master Agreement) shall become bankrupt or make an assignment
for the benefit of creditors or consent to the appointment of a
trustee or receiver; or a trustee or a receiver shall be appointed
for the Lessor or the General Partner or for substantially all of
its property without its consent and shall not be dismissed or
stayed within a period of sixty days; or bankruptcy, reorganization
or insolvency proceedings shall be instituted by or against the
Lessor or the General Partner and, if instituted against the Lessor
or the General Partner, shall not be dismissed or stayed for a
period of 60 days; or
(vi) any "Event of Default" (as that term is defined in the
Master Agreement) shall occur and be continuing.
(b) REMEDIES.
(i) Upon the occurrence of a Lease-related Event of Default,
(a) if such event is a Lease-related Event of Default
specified in clause (v) of SECTION 11.02(A) hereof with
respect to the Lessor, automatically the Synthetic Lease
Loan Commitments shall terminate and the outstanding
principal of, and accrued interest on, the Synthetic Lease
Loans shall be immediately due and payable, and
(b) if such event is any other Lease-related Event of
Default, upon written request of the Majority Synthetic
Lease A and B Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by
notice of default to the Lessor, declare the Synthetic Lease
Loan Commitments of the Synthetic Lease Loan Lenders to be
terminated forthwith and the outstanding principal of, and
accrued interest on, the Synthetic Lease Loans to be
immediately due and payable, whereupon the Synthetic Lease
Loan Commitments of the Synthetic Lease Loan Lenders shall
immediately terminate and the outstanding principal of, and
accrued interest on, the Synthetic Lease Loans shall become
immediately due and payable.
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(ii) When a Lease-related Event of Default exists, the
Administrative Agent may, and upon the written instructions of the
Majority Synthetic Lease B Lenders shall, exercise any or all of the
rights and powers and pursue any and all of the remedies available
to it hereunder, under the Notes, or any provision of law. When a
Lease-related Event of Default exists, the Administrative Agent may,
and upon the written instructions of the Majority Synthetic Lease B
Lenders shall, have the right to exercise all rights of the Lessor
under the Lease pursuant to the terms and in the manner provided for
in the Mortgages and the Assignments of Lease and Rents.
(iii) Except as expressly provided above, no remedy under
this SECTION 11.02(B) is intended to be exclusive, but each shall be
cumulative and in addition to any other remedy provided under this
SECTION 11.02(B) or under the other Operative Documents or otherwise
available at law or in equity. The exercise by the Administrative
Agent or any Synthetic Lease Loan Lender of any one or more of such
remedies shall not preclude the simultaneous or later exercise of
any other remedy or remedies. No express or implied waiver by the
Administrative Agent or any Synthetic Lease Loan Lender of any
Lease-related Event of Default shall in any way be, or be construed
to be, a waiver of any future or subsequent Lease-related Event of
Default. The failure or delay of the Administrative Agent or any
Synthetic Lease Loan Lender in exercising any rights granted it
hereunder upon any occurrence of any of the contingencies set forth
herein shall not constitute a waiver of any such right upon the
continuation or recurrence of any such contingencies or similar
contingencies and any single or partial exercise of any particular
right by the Administrative Agent or any Synthetic Lease Loan Lender
shall not exhaust the same or constitute a waiver of any other right
provided herein.
SECTION 12. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT.
12.01 APPOINTMENT, POWERS AND IMMUNITIES. Each Lender hereby
irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as its agent
hereunder and under the other Basic Documents with such powers as are
specifically delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of this
Agreement and of the other Basic Documents, together with such other powers as
are reasonably incidental thereto. The Administrative Agent (which term as used
in this sentence and in SECTION 12.05 and the first sentence of SECTION 12.06
hereof shall include reference to its affiliates and its own and its affiliates'
officers, directors, employees and agents): (a) shall have no duties or
responsibilities except those expressly set forth in this Agreement and in the
other Basic Documents, and shall not by reason of this Agreement or any other
Basic Document be a trustee for any Lender; (b) shall not be responsible to the
Lenders for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties contained in
this Agreement or in any other Basic Document, or in any certificate or other
document referred to or provided for in, or received by any of them under, this
Agreement or any other Basic Document, or for the value, validity,
effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement, any
Note or any other Basic Document or any other document referred to or provided
for herein or therein or for any failure by the Company or any other Person to
perform any of its obligations hereunder or thereunder; (c) shall not be
required to initiate or conduct any litigation or collection proceedings
hereunder or under any other Basic Document; and (d) shall not be responsible
for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it hereunder or under any other
Basic Document or under any other document or instrument referred to or provided
for herein or therein or in connection herewith or therewith, except for its own
gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent may employ
agents and attorneys-in-fact and shall not be responsible for the negligence or
misconduct of any such agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it in good faith.
The Administrative Agent may deem and treat the payee of any Note as the holder
thereof for all purposes hereof unless and until a notice of the assignment or
transfer thereof shall have been filed with the Administrative Agent, together
with the consent of the Company to such assignment or transfer (to the extent
provided in SECTION 13.06(B) hereof).
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12.02 RELIANCE BY AGENT. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled
to rely upon any certification, notice or other communication (including,
without limitation, any thereof by telephone, telecopy, telex, telegram or
cable) believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent
by or on behalf of the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements
of legal counsel, independent accountants and other experts selected by the
Administrative Agent. As to any matters not expressly provided for by this
Agreement or any other Basic Document, the Administrative Agent shall in all
cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, hereunder or
thereunder in accordance with instructions given by the Majority Lenders or, if
provided herein, in accordance with the instructions given all of the Lenders,
and such instructions of such Lenders and any action taken or failure to act
pursuant thereto shall be binding on all of the Lenders.
12.03 DEFAULTS. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have
knowledge or notice of the occurrence of a Default unless the Administrative
Agent has received notice from a Lender or the Company specifying such Default
and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default". In the event that the
Administrative Agent receives such a notice of the occurrence of a Default, the
Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice thereof to the Lenders. The
Administrative Agent shall (subject to SECTION 12.07 hereof) take such action
with respect to such Default as shall be directed by the Majority Lenders,
PROVIDED that, unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have received
such directions, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to)
take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such
Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interest of the Lenders except to
the extent that this Agreement expressly requires that such action be taken, or
not be taken, only with the consent or upon the authorization of the Majority
Lenders or all of the Lenders.
12.04 RIGHTS AS A LENDER. With respect to its Commitments and the
Loans made by it, ING (and any successor acting as Administrative Agent) in its
capacity as a Lender hereunder shall have the same rights and powers hereunder
as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not acting as
the Administrative Agent, and the term "Lender" or "Lenders" shall, unless the
context otherwise indicates, include the Administrative Agent in its individual
capacity. ING (and any successor acting as Administrative Agent) and its
affiliates may (without having to account therefor to any Lender) accept
deposits from, lend money to, make investments in and generally engage in any
kind of banking, trust or other business with the Obligors (and any of their
Subsidiaries or Affiliates) as if it were not acting as the Administrative
Agent, and ING and its affiliates may accept fees and other consideration from
the Obligors for services in connection with this Agreement or otherwise without
having to account for the same to the Lenders.
12.05 INDEMNIFICATION. The Lenders agree to indemnify the
Administrative Agent (to the extent not reimbursed under SECTION 13.03 hereof,
but without limiting the obligations of the Company under said SECTION 13.03,
and including in any event any payments under any indemnity that the
Administrative Agent is required to issue to any bank referred to in Section
4.02 of the Security Agreement to which remittances in respect of Accounts, as
defined therein, are to be made) ratably in accordance with their respective
Commitments, for any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages,
penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any
kind and nature whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted
against the Administrative Agent (including by any Lender) arising out of or by
reason of any investigation in or in any way relating to or arising out of this
Agreement or any other Basic Document or any other documents contemplated by or
referred to herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby
(including, without limitation, the costs and expenses that the Company is
obligated to pay under SECTION 13.03 hereof, but excluding, unless a Default has
occurred and is continuing, normal administrative costs and expenses incident to
the performance of its agency duties hereunder) or the enforcement of any of the
terms hereof or thereof or of any such other documents, PROVIDED that no Lender
shall be liable for any of the foregoing to the extent they arise from the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of the party to be indemnified.
12.06 NON-RELIANCE ON ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND OTHER LENDERS. Each
Lender agrees that it has, independently and without reliance on the
Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and
information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis of the
Company and its
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Subsidiaries and decision to enter into this Agreement and that it will,
independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other
Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate
at the time, continue to make its own analysis and decisions in taking or not
taking action under this Agreement or under any other Basic Document. The
Administrative Agent shall not be required to keep itself informed as to the
performance or observance by any Obligor of this Agreement or any of the other
Basic Documents or any other document referred to or provided for herein or
therein or to inspect the Properties or books of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries. Except for notices, reports and other documents and information
expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent
hereunder or under the Security Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not
have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other
information concerning the affairs, financial condition or business of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or any of their affiliates) that may come
into the possession of the Administrative Agent or any of its affiliates.
12.07 FAILURE TO ACT. Except for action expressly required of the
Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Basic Documents, the
Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully justified in failing or
refusing to act hereunder and thereunder unless it shall receive further
assurances to its satisfaction from the Lenders of their indemnification
obligations under SECTION 12.05 hereof against any and all liability and expense
that may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such
action.
12.08 RESIGNATION OR REMOVAL OF ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT. Subject to the
appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided
below, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by giving notice thereof
to the Lenders and the Company, and the Administrative Agent may be removed at
any time with or without cause by the Majority Lenders. Upon any such
resignation or removal, the Majority Lenders shall have the right to appoint a
successor Administrative Agent. If no successor Administrative Agent shall have
been so appointed by the Majority Lenders and shall have accepted such
appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent's giving of
notice of resignation or the Majority Lenders' removal of the retiring
Administrative Agent, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of
the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent, that shall be a financial
institution that has an office in New York, New York. Upon the acceptance of any
appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative
Agent, such successor Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become
vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring
Administrative Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties
and obligations hereunder. After any retiring Administrative Agent's resignation
or removal hereunder as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this SECTION 12
shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or
omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as the Administrative Agent. The
Administrative Agent may at any time assign all of its rights and obligations
hereunder to any affiliate of the Administrative Agent by notice to the Company
and each Lender.
12.09 CONSENTS UNDER OTHER BASIC DOCUMENTS. Except as otherwise
provided in SECTION 13.04 hereof with respect to this Agreement, the
Administrative Agent may, with the prior consent of the Majority Lenders (but
not otherwise), consent to any modification, supplement or waiver under any of
the Basic Documents, PROVIDED that, without the prior consent of each Lender,
the Administrative Agent shall not (except as provided herein or in the Security
Documents) release any collateral or otherwise terminate any Lien under any
Basic Document providing for collateral security, or agree to additional
obligations being secured by such collateral security, except that no such
consent shall be required, and the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized, to
release any Lien covering Property that is the subject of a disposition of
Property permitted hereunder or to which the Majority Lenders have consented.
SECTION 13. MISCELLANEOUS.
13.01 WAIVER. No failure on the part of the Administrative Agent or
any Lender to exercise and no delay in exercising, and no course of dealing with
respect to, any right, power or privilege under this
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Agreement or any Note shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or
partial exercise of any right, power or privilege under this Agreement or any
Note preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other
right, power or privilege. The remedies provided herein are cumulative and not
exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
Each Obligor irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, any claim that any action or proceeding commenced by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender relating in any way to this Agreement should
be dismissed or stayed by reason, or pending the resolution, of any action or
proceeding commenced by any Obligor relating in any way to this Agreement
whether or not commenced earlier. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law, the Obligors shall take all measures necessary for any such action or
proceeding commenced by the Administrative Agent or any Lender to proceed to
judgment prior to the entry of judgment in any such action or proceeding
commenced by any Obligor.
13.02 NOTICES. All notices, requests and other communications
provided for herein and under the Security Documents (including, without
limitation, any modifications of, or waivers, requests or consents under, this
Agreement) shall be given or made in writing (including, without limitation, by
telex or telecopy), delivered to the intended recipient at the "Address for
Notices" specified below its name on the signature pages hereof (below the name
of the Company, in the case of any Subsidiary Guarantor); or, as to any party,
at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a notice to each
other party. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all such
communications shall be deemed to have been duly given when transmitted by telex
or telecopier or personally delivered or, in the case of a mailed notice, upon
receipt, in each case given or addressed as aforesaid.
13.03 EXPENSES, ETC. The Company agrees to pay or reimburse each of
the Lenders and the Administrative Agent for: (a) all reasonable out-of-pocket
costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent (including, without limitation,
the reasonable fees and expenses of Xxxxx, Xxxxx & Xxxxx, special New York
counsel to ING) in connection with (i) the negotiation, preparation, execution
and delivery of this Agreement and the other Basic Documents and the extension
of credit hereunder and (ii) the negotiation or preparation of any modification,
supplement or waiver of any of the terms of this Agreement or any of the other
Basic Documents (whether or not consummated); (b) all reasonable out-of-pocket
costs and expenses of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent (including,
without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel) in
connection with (i) any Default and any enforcement or collection proceedings
resulting therefrom, including, without limitation, all manner of participation
in or other involvement with (x) bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership,
foreclosure, winding up or liquidation proceedings, (y) judicial or regulatory
proceedings and (z) workout, restructuring or other negotiations or proceedings
(whether or not the workout, restructuring or transaction contemplated thereby
is consummated) and (ii) the enforcement of this SECTION 13.03; and (c) all
transfer, stamp, documentary or other similar taxes, assessments or charges
levied by any governmental or revenue authority in respect of this Agreement or
any of the other Basic Documents or any other document referred to herein or
therein and all costs, expenses, taxes, assessments and other charges incurred
in connection with any filing, registration, recording or perfection of any
security interest contemplated by any Basic Document or any other document
referred to therein.
The Company hereby agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent and
each Lender and their respective directors, officers, employees, attorneys and
agents from, and hold each of them harmless against, any and all losses,
liabilities, claims, damages or expenses incurred by any of them (including,
without limitation, any and all losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses
incurred by the Administrative Agent to any Lender, whether or not the
Administrative Agent or any Lender is a party thereto) arising out of or by
reason of any investigation or litigation or other proceedings (including any
threatened investigation or litigation or other proceedings) relating to the
Repurchase Transaction and the transactions contemplated thereby, the extensions
of credit hereunder or any actual or proposed use by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries of the proceeds of any of the extensions of credit hereunder,
including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel
incurred in connection with any such investigation or litigation or other
proceedings (but excluding any such losses, liabilities, claims,
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damages or expenses incurred by reason of the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of the Person to be indemnified). Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, the Company will (x) indemnify the Administrative Agent for any
payments that the Administrative Agent is required to make under any indemnity
issued to any bank referred to in Section 4.02 of the Security Agreement to
which remittances in respect to Accounts, as defined therein, are to be made and
(y) indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender from, and hold the
Administrative Agent and each Lender harmless against, any losses, liabilities,
claims, damages or expenses described in the preceding sentence arising under
any Environmental Law as a result of (i) the past, present or future operations
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or any predecessor in interest to the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries), or (ii) the past, present or future
condition of any site or facility owned, operated or leased at any time by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or any such predecessor in interest), or
(iii) any Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials at or from
any such site or facility, including any such Release or threatened Release that
shall occur during any period when the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall
be in possession of any such site or facility following the exercise by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender of any of its rights and remedies hereunder
or under any of the Security Documents, PROVIDED THAT the Company shall not be
liable under this subclause (y) for any of the foregoing to the extent they
arise solely from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the party to be
indemnified (or such party's employees or agents).
13.04 AMENDMENTS, ETC. Except as otherwise expressly provided in
this Agreement, any provision of this Agreement may be modified or supplemented
only by an instrument in writing signed by the Company, the Administrative Agent
and the Majority Lenders, or by the Company and the Administrative Agent acting
with the consent of the Majority Lenders, and any provision of this Agreement
may be waived by the Majority Lenders or by the Administrative Agent acting with
the consent of the Majority Lenders; PROVIDED that: (a) no modification,
supplement or waiver shall, unless by an instrument signed by all of the Lenders
or by the Administrative Agent acting with the consent of all of the Lenders:
(i) increase, or extend the term of any of the Commitments, or extend the time
or waive any requirement for the reduction or termination of any of the
Commitments, (ii) extend the date fixed for the payment of principal of or
interest on any Loan, the Reimbursement Obligations or any fee hereunder, (iii)
reduce the amount of any such payment of principal, (iv) reduce the rate at
which interest is payable thereon or any fee is payable hereunder, (v) alter the
rights or obligations of the Company to prepay Loans, (vi) alter the terms of
this SECTION 13.04, (vii) modify the definition of the term "Majority Lenders,"
"Majority Revolving Credit Lenders," "Majority Synthetic Lease A Lenders,"
"Majority Synthetic Lease B Lenders," "Majority Synthetic Lease A and B
Lenders," "Majority Synthetic Lease Lenders" or modify in any other manner the
number or percentage of the Lenders required to make any determinations or waive
any rights hereunder or to modify any provision hereof, or (viii) waive any of
the conditions precedent set forth in SECTION 7.01 hereof; (b) any modification
or supplement of SECTION 7.02 hereof shall require the consent of all of the
Revolving Credit Lenders (and shall not require the consent of any of the
Synthetic Lease Loan Lenders); (c) any modification or supplement of SECTION 12
hereof shall require the consent of the Administrative Agent; (d) any
modification or supplement of SECTION 6 hereof shall require the consent of each
Subsidiary Guarantor; and (e) any modification or supplement of SECTION 9 hereof
(other than SECTION 9.19 (Interest Rate Protection Agreements) or SECTION 9.22
(Use of Proceeds)), any determination as to whether the events described in
clauses (i), (j), (l) or (m) of SECTION 11.01 hereof (ERISA matters,
environmental matters, matters related to Correctional and Detention Facility
Contracts and matters relating to Use Permits, respectively) have occurred, and
the giving of any consent by the Administrative Agent under, and any other
amendment of or modification to, the 2000 Subordination Agreement shall require
the consent of the holders of at least 51% of the sum of (a) the Revolving
Credit Commitments (or, after the termination of the Revolving Credit
Commitments, the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans),
(b) the Synthetic Lease Loan Commitments (or, after the termination thereof, the
outstanding principal amount of Synthetic Lease Loans), (c) the amount of the
commitments to make B Loans (or, after the termination of such commitments, the
outstanding amounts thereof), and (d) the amount of the commitment of the Lessor
to make investments in Leased Property (or, after the termination of such
commitment, the outstanding amount thereof).
13.05 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS; OBLIGATIONS UNDER OPERATIVE DOCUMENTS.
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(a) This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of
the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
(b) The Synthetic Lease Lenders acknowledge and agree that they
benefit from certain provisions of the Master Agreement and the other
Operative Documents, and each Synthetic Lease Lender hereby severally
agrees to comply with all of the obligations in the Master Agreement and
the other Operative Documents stated therein to be performed by it.
13.06 ASSIGNMENTS AND PARTICIPATIONS.
(a) No Obligor may assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder
or under the Notes without the prior consent of all of the Lenders and the
Administrative Agent.
(b) Each Lender may, with the consent of the Administrative Agent
and (in the case of a Revolving Credit Lender) the Letter of Credit
Issuer, assign any of its Loans, its Notes, its Letter of Credit
Liabilities and its Commitments (and, in the case of its outstanding
Commitments, only with the consent of the Company which consent shall not
be unreasonably withheld); PROVIDED that (i) no such consent by the
Company or the Administrative Agent shall be required in the case of any
assignment to another Lender; (ii) any such partial assignment shall be in
an amount at least equal to $5,000,000; (iii) each such assignment by a
Lender of its Loans, Letter of Credit Liabilities or Commitment shall be
made in such manner so that the same portion of its Loans, Letter of
Credit Liabilities and Commitment is assigned to the respective assignee;
and (iv) each such assignment by a Synthetic Lease Loan Lender of all or
any portion of its Synthetic Lease Loan shall be made in such manner so
that the same portion of its B Loan is assigned to the respective
assignee. Upon execution and delivery by the assignor and the assignee to
the Company and the Administrative Agent of an Assignment Agreement
substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto pursuant to which such
assignee agrees to become a "Lender" hereunder (if not already a Lender)
having the Commitment(s), Letter of Credit Liabilities and Loans specified
in such Assignment Agreement, and upon consent thereto by the Company and
the Administrative Agent, to the extent required above, the assignee shall
have, to the extent of such assignment (unless otherwise provided in such
assignment with the consent of the Company and the Administrative Agent),
the obligations, rights and benefits of a Lender hereunder holding the
Commitment(s), Letter of Credit Liabilities and Loans (or portion thereof)
assigned to it (in addition to the Commitment(s), Letter of Credit
Liabilities and Loans, if any, theretofore held by such assignee) and the
assigning Lender shall, to the extent of such assignment, be released from
the Commitment(s) (or portion(s) thereof) so assigned. Upon each such
assignment, the assigning Lender shall pay the Administrative Agent an
assignment fee of $3,000.
(c) A Lender may sell or agree to sell to one or more other Persons
a participation in all or any part of any Loans or Letter of Credit
Interest held by it, or in its Commitments, in which event each purchaser
of a participation (a "PARTICIPANT") shall be entitled to the rights and
benefits of the provisions of SECTION 9.01(K) hereof with respect to its
participation in such Loans, Letter of Credit Interest and Commitments as
if (and the Company shall be directly obligated to such Participant under
such provisions as if) such Participant were a "Lender" for purposes of
said Section, but, except as otherwise provided in SECTION 4.07(C) hereof,
shall not have any other rights or benefits under this Agreement or any
Note or any other Basic Document (the Participant's rights against such
Lender in respect of such participation to be those set forth in the
agreements executed by such Lender in favor of the Participant). All
amounts payable by the Company to any Lender under SECTION 5 hereof in
respect of Loans and Letter of Credit Interest held by it, and its
Commitments, shall be determined as if such Lender had not sold or agreed
to sell any participations in such Loans, Letter of Credit Interest and
Commitments, and as if such Lender were funding each of such Loan, Letter
of Credit Interest and Commitments in the same way that it is funding the
portion of such Loan and Commitments in which no participations have been
sold. In no event shall a Lender that sells a participation agree with the
Participant to take or refrain from taking any action
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hereunder or under any other Basic Document except that such Lender may
agree with the Participant that it will not, without the consent of the
Participant, agree to (i) increase or extend the term, or extend the time
or waive any requirement for the reduction or termination, of such
Lender's related Commitment, (ii) extend the date fixed for the payment of
principal of or interest on the related Loan or Loans, Reimbursement
Obligations or any portion of any fee hereunder payable to the
Participant, (iii) reduce the amount of any such payment of principal,
(iv) reduce the rate at which interest is payable thereon, or any fee
hereunder payable to the Participant, to a level below the rate at which
the Participant is entitled to receive such interest or fee, (v) alter the
rights or obligations of the Company to prepay the related Loans or (vi)
consent to any modification, supplement or waiver hereof or of any of the
other Basic Documents to the extent that the same, under SECTION 12.10 or
13.04 hereof, requires the consent of each Lender.
(d) In addition to the assignments and participations permitted
under the foregoing provisions of this SECTION 13.06, any Lender may
(without notice to the Company, the Administrative Agent or any other
Lender and without payment of any fee) (i) assign and pledge all or any
portion of its Loans and its Notes to any Federal Reserve Bank as
collateral security pursuant to Regulation A and any Operating Circular
issued by such Federal Reserve Bank and (ii) assign all or any portion of
its rights under this Agreement and its Loans and its Notes to an
affiliate. No such assignment shall release the assigning Lender from its
obligations hereunder.
(e) A Lender may furnish any information concerning the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries in the possession of such Lender from time to time
to assignees and participants (including prospective assignees and
participants), subject, however, to the provisions of SECTION 13.12
hereof.
(f) Anything in this SECTION 13.06 to the contrary notwithstanding,
no Lender may assign or participate any interest in any Loan or
Reimbursement Obligation held by it hereunder to the Company or any of its
Affiliates or Subsidiaries without the prior consent of each Lender.
13.07 SURVIVAL. The obligations of the Company under SECTIONS 5.01,
5.05 and 13.03 hereof, the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor under
SECTION 6.03 hereof, and the obligations of the Lenders under SECTION 12.05
hereof, shall survive the repayment of the Loans and the Reimbursement
Obligations and the termination of the Commitments.
13.08 CAPTIONS. The table of contents and captions and section
headings appearing herein are included solely for convenience of reference and
are not intended to affect the interpretation of any provision of this
Agreement.
13.09 COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same
instrument and any of the parties hereto may execute this Agreement by signing
any such counterpart.
13.10 GOVERNING LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. This Agreement and
the Notes shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the
State of New York. Each Obligor hereby submits to the nonexclusive jurisdiction
of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and of
any New York state court sitting in New York City for the purposes of all legal
proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby. Each Obligor irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to
the laying of the venue of any such proceeding brought in such a court and any
claim that any such proceeding brought in such a court has been brought in an
inconvenient forum.
13.11 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE OBLIGORS, THE ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT AND THE LENDERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
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PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL
PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
13.12 CONFIDENTIALITY. Each Lender and the Administrative Agent
agrees (on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates, directors, officers,
employees and representatives) to use reasonable precautions to keep
confidential, in accordance with their 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
Company pursuant to this Agreement, PROVIDED that nothing herein shall limit the
disclosure of any such information (i) to the extent required by statute, rule,
regulation or judicial process, (ii) to counsel for any of the Lenders or the
Administrative Agent, (iii) to bank examiners, auditors or accountants, (iv) to
the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, (v) in connection with any
litigation to which any one or more of the Lenders or the Administrative Agent
is a party relating to any of the Obligors or the transactions contemplated
hereby, (vi) to a subsidiary or affiliate of such Lender or (vii) to any
assignee or participant (or prospective assignee or participant) so long as such
assignee or participant (or prospective assignee or participant) first executes
and delivers to the respective Lender a Confidentiality Agreement substantially
in the form of EXHIBIT C hereto; provided, FURTHER, that in no event shall any
Lender or the Administrative Agent be obligated or required to return any
materials furnished by the Company.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to
be duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.
CORNELL COMPANIES, INC.
By __________________________________
Title:
Address for Notices:
Cornell Companies, Inc.
0000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Xx. Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
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SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS
CORNELL CORRECTIONS MANAGEMENT,
INC.
By_______________________________
Title:
CORNELL CORRECTIONS CONSULTING,
INC.
By_______________________________
Title:
CORNELL CORRECTIONS OF
RHODE ISLAND, INC.
By_______________________________
Title:
THE XXXXXXX XXX GROUP, L.P.
By CORNELL CORRECTIONS OF NORTH
AMERICA, INC.
By_______________________________
Title:
CORNELL CORRECTIONS OF NORTH
AMERICA, INC.
By_______________________________
Title:
CORNELL CORRECTIONS OF
TEXAS, INC.
By_______________________________
Title:
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CORNELL CORRECTIONS OF
CALIFORNIA, INC.
By_______________________________
Title:
CORNELL CORRECTIONS OF
ALASKA, INC.
By_______________________________
Title:
CORNELL CORRECTIONS OF
OKLAHOMA, INC.
By_______________________________
Title:
INTERNATIONAL SELF HELP
SERVICES, INC.
By_______________________________
Title:
WBP LEASING, INC.
By_______________________________
Title:
CORNELL ABRAXAS GROUP, INC.
By_______________________________
Title:
CORNELL INTERVENTIONS, INC.
By_______________________________
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Title:
CORNELL CORRECTIONS OF GEORGIA, L.P.
By CCG I CORPORATION, its general partner
By_______________________________
Title:
CCG I CORPORATION
By_______________________________
Title:
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LESSOR
ATLANTIC FINANCIAL GROUP, LTD.
By: Atlantic Financial Managers, Inc.
its General Partner
By_______________________________
Title:
Address for Notices:
Atlantic Financial Group, Ltd.
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attn: Xx. Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
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LENDERS
REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENT ING (U.S.) CAPITAL LLC
$10,714,285.71
SYNTHETIC LEASE LOAN COMMITMENT By_________________________
$11,627,136.38 Title:
Lending Office for all Loans:
ING Capital
00 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Address for Notices:
ING Capital
00 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Merchant Banking Group --
New York
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
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REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENT BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
$10,276,967.93
SYNTHETIC LEASE LOAN COMMITMENT By_________________________
$11,152,559.39 Title:
Lending Office for all Loans:
Mail:
Bank of America, N.A.
X.X. Xxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000-0000
Physical Delivery:
Bank of America, N.A.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Address for Notices:
Mail:
Bank of America, N.A.
X.X. Xxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000-0000
Physical Delivery:
Bank of America, N.A.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Xx. Xxxxx X. Xxxx
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
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REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENT SUNTRUST BANK
$8,746,355.69
SYNTHETIC LEASE LOAN COMMITMENT By_________________________
$9,491,539.90 Title:
By_________________________
Title:
Lending Office for all Loans:
SunTrust Bank
3rd Floor
Mail Code 1909
000 0xx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Address for Notices:
SunTrust Bank
3rd Floor
Mail Code 1909
000 0xx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Mr. Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
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REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENT COMERICA BANK
$8,527,696.79
SYNTHETIC LEASE LOAN COMMITMENT By_________________________
$9,254,251.41 Title:
Lending Office for all Loans:
Comerica Bank
US Banking Department
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Address for Notices:
Comerica Bank
US Banking Department
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Xx. Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
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REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENT GUARANTY FEDERAL BANK, F.S.B.
$8,527,696.79
SYNTHETIC LEASE LOAN COMMITMENT By_________________________
$9,254,251.41 Title:
Lending Office for all Loans:
Guaranty Bank
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Address for Notices:
Guaranty Bank
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Xx. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
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REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENT FIRSTAR BANK, N.A.
$8,527,696.79
SYNTHETIC LEASE LOAN COMMITMENT By_________________________
$9,254,251.41 Title:
Lending Office for all Loans:
Firstar Bank, N.A.
Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xx. Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Address for Notices:
Firstar Bank, N.A.
Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xx. Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Mr. J. Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
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REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENT BHF (USA) CAPITAL CORPORATION
$6,559,766.76
SYNTHETIC LEASE LOAN COMMITMENT By_________________________
$7,118,654.93 Title:
By_________________________
Title:
Lending Office for all Loans:
BHF (USA) Capital Corporation
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
Address for Notices:
BHF (USA) Capital Corporation
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
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REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENT SOUTHTRUST BANK
$6,559,766.76
SYNTHETIC LEASE LOAN COMMITMENT By_________________________
$7,118,654.93 Title:
Lending Office for all Loans:
SouthTrust Bank
Xxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Address for Notices:
SouthTrust Bank
Xxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Mr. Xxxx Xxxx
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
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REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENT SUMMIT BANK
$6,559,766.76
SYNTHETIC LEASE LOAN COMMITMENT By_________________________
$7,118,654.93 Title:
Lending Office for all Loans:
Summit Bank
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
Address for Notices:
Summit Bank
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
Attention: Ms. Xxxx Xxxxx
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
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ING (U.S.) CAPITAL LLC,
as Administrative Agent
By_______________________________
Title:
Address for Notices to ING as Administrative
Agent:
ING Capital
00 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Merchant Banking Group -- New
York
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
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