Exhibit 4.2
FIRST AMENDMENT
THIS FIRST AMENDMENT dated as of December 12, 2002 (this "Amendment")
amends the Credit Agreement dated as of July 16, 2001 (the "Credit Agreement")
among American Italian Pasta Company (the "Company"), various financial
institutions (the "Lenders") and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent
(in such capacity, the "Administrative Agent"). Capitalized terms used but not
otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings given to them in the
attached Exhibit A.
WHEREAS, the Company, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent have entered
into the Credit Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend the Credit Agreement in certain
respects as more fully set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1 Amendments. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions
precedent set forth in Section 4, (a) the Required Lenders agree that, on the
Term Loan Funding Date (as defined below), the Credit Agreement shall be amended
in its entirety to read as set forth on the attached Exhibit A and (b) each Term
Lender agrees that, on the Term Loan Funding Date, such Term Loan Lender will
make a Term Loan as contemplated by Section 2.1.3 of the Credit Agreement. For
purposes hereof, "Term Loan Funding Date" means the date on or before December
13, 2002 specified by the Company as the date on which the Term Loans are to be
made.
SECTION 2 No Commitment Reduction. For the avoidance of doubt, the Required
Lenders agree that the Company will not be required to apply the proceeds of the
Term Loans pursuant to Section 6.1.2 of the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 3 Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and
warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that, after giving effect
to the effectiveness hereof:
(a) each warranty set forth in Section 9 of the Credit Agreement, as
amended hereby (as so amended, the "Amended Credit Agreement"), is true and
correct in all material respects as of the date of the execution and delivery of
this Amendment by the Company, with the same effect as if made on such date;
(b) no Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default exists; and
(c) there has not occurred a material adverse change since September 30,
2001 in the business, assets, liabilities (actual or contingent), operations,
condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
SECTION 4 Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective when the
Administrative Agent shall have received the following:
(a) counterparts of this Amendment executed by the Company, the Required
Lenders and each Term Lender;
(b) a Note payable to each new Lender;
(c) an opinion of counsel to the Company and the Guarantors in form and
substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent;
(d) certified copies of resolutions of the Board of Directors of the
Company with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby;
(e) evidence that the Company has paid all accrued and invoiced fees and
expenses of the Administrative Agent and the Arranger (including reasonable
attorneys' fees);
(f) an amendment fee for each existing Lender that delivers an executed
signature page to this Amendment to the Administrative Agent by 5:00 p.m.
(Chicago time) on December 12, 2002 in an amount equal to 0.075% of such
Lender's Commitment prior to the effectiveness of this Amendment;
(g) a Confirmation substantially in the form of Exhibit B; and
(h) such other documents as the Administrative Agent may reasonably
request.
SECTION 5 Miscellaneous.
5.1 Continuing Effectiveness, etc. As herein amended, the Credit Agreement
shall remain in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed in
all respects. After the effectiveness of this Amendment, all references in the
Credit Agreement to "this Agreement" and in the other Loan Documents to "Credit
Agreement" or similar terms shall refer to the Amended Credit Agreement.
5.2 Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by the different parties on separate counterparts, and each
such counterpart shall be deemed to be an original but all such counterparts
shall together constitute one and the same Amendment.
5.3 Governing Law. This Amendment shall be a contract made under and
governed by the laws of the State of Illinois applicable to contracts made and
to be performed entirely within such state.
5.4 Successors and Assigns. This Amendment shall be binding upon the
Company, the Lenders (including each Term Lender) and the Administrative Agent
and their respective successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of
the Company, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent and the respective
successors and assigns of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent.
5.5 Pricing Adjustment. Upon the closing of the Golden Grain Acquisition,
pricing will increase to Level VI and will remain at Level VI until adjusted
pursuant to Schedule 1.1(b)
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of the Amended Credit Agreement following the end of the Fiscal Quarter ending
December 31, 2002.
5.6 Funding Fee. On the Term Loan Funding Date, the Company shall pay to
the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Term Lender, a funding fee in
the amount previously agreed to among the Company, the Administrative Agent and
such Term Lender.
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Delivered as of the day and year first above written.
AMERICAN ITALIAN PASTA COMPANY
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
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Title: Executive Vice President/Chief
Financial Officer
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative
Agent
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Vice President
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Title: Senior Vice President
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BANK ONE, NA, with its main office in
Chicago, IL, as Documentation Agent and
as a Lender
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Vice President
S-4
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
Syndication Agent and as a Lender
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx
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Title: Vice President
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ING CAPITAL LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Director
By:_______________________________________
Title:____________________________________
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FLEET NATIONAL BANK, as Co-Agent and as
a Lender
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxx
Title: Vice President
S-7
KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Co-Agent
and as a Lender
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Title: Vice President
S-8
COΓPERATIEVE CENTRALE RAIFFEISEN-
BOERENLEENBANK B.A., "RABOBANK NEDERLAND"
NEW YORK BRANCH, as Co-Agent and as a
Lender
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxx
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Title: Managing Director Credit Risk
Management
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Executive Director
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WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Title: Managing Director
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XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A., as Co-Agent and
as a Lender
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Title: Vice President
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BANCA NAZIONALE DEL LAVORO S.P.A.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Title: First Vice President
By: /s/ Francesco Di Mario
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Title: Vice President
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XXX XXXX XX XXX XXXX
By: /s/ Xxxx-Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Xxxx-Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
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COMERICA BANK
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Title: Vice President
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COMMERCE BANK, N.A.
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Title: Vice President
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SUNTRUST BANK, as Co-Agent and as a Lender
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Title: Director
S-16
UNICREDITO ITALIANO
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Xxxxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: First Vice President & Deputy
Manager
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title: First Vice President
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UMB BANK, N.A.
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
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COBANK, ACB
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Title: Executive Vice President
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AGSTAR FINANCIAL SERVICES, PCA DBA FARM
CREDIT SERVICES COMMERCIAL FINANCE GROUP
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Title: Senior Vice President
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AGFIRST, FCB
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Title: Vice President
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FARM CREDIT BANK OF WICHITA
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxx
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Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
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XXXX XXXXXX XXXXXXXX XX XXXXXXX, XXX
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Xxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Vice President
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GREENSTONE FARM CREDIT SERVICES, FLCA
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx.
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx.
Title: VP/Sr. Lending
Officer
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NORTHWEST FARM CREDIT SERVICES, PCA
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Title: Vice President
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF AMENDED CREDIT AGREEMENT
SEE ATTACHED
EXHIBIT A
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of July 16, 2001
among
AMERICAN ITALIAN PASTA COMPANY,
VARIOUS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS,
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Syndication Agent,
BANK ONE, NA,
as Documentation Agent,
FLEET NATIONAL BANK,
KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
COOPERATIEVE CENTRALE RAIFFEISEN-BOERENLEENBANK
B.A., "RABOBANK NEDERLAND", NEW YORK BRANCH
SUNTRUST BANK
and
XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A.,
as Co-Agents,
and
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Book Manager
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 1 DEFINITIONS; OTHER INTERPRETIVE PROVISIONS;
ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES........................................1
1.1 Definitions....................................................1
1.2 Other Interpretive Provisions.................................17
1.3 Accounting Principles.........................................18
SECTION 2 COMMITMENTS OF THE LENDERS; BORROWING
PROCEDURES; LETTER OF CREDIT PROCEDURES.....................18
2.1 Commitments...................................................18
2.1.1 Revolving Loans.......................................18
2.1.2 Letter of Credit Commitment...........................18
2.1.3 Term Loans............................................18
2.1.4 Commitment Limits.....................................19
2.1.5 Valuation of Certain Eurocurrency Loans and
Certain Letters of Credit.............................19
2.2 Loan Procedures...............................................19
2.2.1 Various Types of Loans...............................19
2.2.2 Borrowing Procedures.................................19
2.2.3 Conversion and Continuation Procedures...............20
2.3 Letter of Credit Procedures...................................21
2.3.1 Issuance of Letters of Credit........................21
2.3.2 Participations in Letters of Credit..................21
2.3.3 Reimbursement Obligations............................22
2.3.4 Limitation on the Issuer's Obligations...............22
2.3.5 Funding by Revolving Lenders to the Issuer...........22
2.4 Swing Line Loans..............................................23
2.4.1 Swing Line Loans.....................................23
2.4.2 Swing Line Loan Procedures...........................23
2.4.3 Refunding of, or Funding of Participations
in, Swing Line Loans.................................23
2.4.4 Repayment of Participations..........................24
2.5 Participation Obligations Unconditional.......................24
2.6 Warranty......................................................25
2.7 Conditions....................................................25
2.8 Commitments Several...........................................25
SECTION 3 LOAN ACCOUNTS AND NOTES.....................................25
3.1 Loan Account..................................................25
3.2 Notes.........................................................25
SECTION 4 INTEREST....................................................26
4.1 Interest Rates................................................26
4.2 Interest Payment Dates........................................26
4.3 Setting and Notice of Certain Rates...........................26
4.4 Computation of Interest.......................................26
SECTION 5 FEES........................................................27
5.1 Non-Use Fees..................................................27
5.2 Letter of Credit Fees.........................................27
5.3 Administrative Agent's and Arranger's Fees....................27
SECTION 6 REDUCTION OR TERMINATION OF THE REVOLVING
COMMITMENTS; PREPAYMENTS....................................27
6.1 Reduction or Termination of the Revolving Commitments.........27
6.1.1 Scheduled Reductions of the Aggregate
Revolving Commitment Amount..........................27
6.1.2 Mandatory Reductions of the Aggregate
Revolving Commitment Amount..........................28
6.1.3 Voluntary Reduction of Commitments...................28
6.1.4 All Reductions Pro Rata..............................28
6.2 Prepayments...................................................28
6.2.1 Mandatory Prepayments of Revolving Loans
Resulting from Commitment Reductions.................28
6.2.2 Mandatory Prepayments of Revolving Loans
Resulting from Currency Fluctuations.................28
6.2.3 Mandatory Prepayments of the Term Loans..............29
6.2.4 Voluntary Prepayments................................29
6.2.5 All Prepayments......................................29
6.2.6 Application of Prepayments...........................29
6.3 Repayment of Loans............................................29
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SECTION 7 MAKING AND PRORATION OF PAYMENTS; SETOFF; TAXES.............29
7.1 Making of Payments............................................30
7.2 Application of Certain Payments...............................30
7.3 Due Date Extension............................................30
7.4 Setoff........................................................30
7.5 Proration of Payments.........................................30
7.6 Taxes with respect to Payments by the Company.................31
SECTION 8 INCREASED COSTS; SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR
EUROCURRENCY LOANS..........................................32
8.1 Increased Costs...............................................32
8.2 Basis for Determining Eurocurrency Interest
Rate Inadequate or Unfair.....................................33
8.3 Changes in Law Rendering Eurocurrency Loans Unlawful..........34
8.4 Funding Losses................................................35
8.5 Right of Lenders to Fund through Other Offices................35
8.6 Discretion of Lenders as to Manner of Funding.................35
8.7 Mitigation of Circumstances; Replacement of Affected Lender...35
8.8 Conclusiveness of Statements; Survival of Provisions..........36
SECTION 9 WARRANTIES..................................................36
9.1 Organization, etc.............................................36
9.2 Authorization; No Conflict....................................36
9.3 Validity and Binding Nature...................................37
9.4 Financial Information.........................................37
9.5 No Material Adverse Change....................................37
9.6 Litigation and Contingent Liabilities.........................37
9.7 Ownership of Properties; Liens................................38
9.8 Subsidiaries..................................................38
9.9 ERISA Compliance..............................................38
9.10 Investment Company Act........................................38
9.11 Public Utility Holding Company Act............................38
9.12 Regulation U..................................................39
9.13 Taxes.........................................................39
9.14 Environmental Compliance......................................39
9.15 Information...................................................39
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9.16 Golden Grain Acquisition......................................39
SECTION 10 COVENANTS...................................................40
10.1 Reports, Certificates and Other Information...................40
10.1.1 Audit Report.........................................40
10.1.2 Quarterly Reports....................................40
10.1.3 Compliance Certificates..............................40
10.1.4 Reports to SEC and to Shareholders...................41
10.1.5 Notice of Default, Litigation and ERISA Matters......41
10.1.6 Subsidiaries.........................................41
10.1.7 Management Reports...................................41
10.1.8 Projections..........................................41
10.1.9 Other Information....................................41
10.2 Books, Records and Inspections................................41
10.3 Insurance.....................................................42
10.4 Compliance with Laws; Payment of Taxes........................42
10.5 Maintenance of Existence, etc.................................42
10.6 Financial Covenants...........................................42
10.6.1 Minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio..................42
10.6.2 Maximum Leverage Ratio...............................43
10.6.3 Minimum Consolidated Net Worth.......................43
10.6.4 Minimum Consolidated EBITDA..........................43
10.7 Limitations on Debt...........................................44
10.8 Liens.........................................................44
10.9 Business......................................................45
10.10 Restricted Payments...........................................45
10.11 Investments...................................................45
10.12 Mergers, Consolidations, Sales................................45
10.13 Use of Proceeds...............................................46
10.14 Inconsistent Agreements.......................................46
10.15 Transactions with Affiliates..................................46
10.16 Employee Benefit Plans........................................46
10.17 Environmental Laws............................................46
10.18 Unconditional Purchase Obligations............................47
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10.19 Further Assurances............................................47
10.20 Transfers to Foreign Subsidiaries.............................47
SECTION 11 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT........................................47
11.1 Initial Credit Extension......................................47
11.1.1 Agreement and Notes..................................48
11.1.2 Resolutions..........................................48
11.1.3 Incumbency and Signature Certificates................48
11.1.4 Opinion of Counsel for the Company...................48
11.1.5 Guaranty.............................................48
11.1.6 Pledge Agreement.....................................48
11.1.7 Collateral Partnership Assignment....................48
11.1.8 Membership Interest Pledge Agreement.................48
11.1.9 Financing Statements.................................48
11.1.10 Xxxxxx Brands Acquisition Documents...................48
11.1.11 Other.................................................48
11.2 All Credit Extensions.........................................49
11.2.1 No Default...........................................49
11.2.2 Confirmatory Certificate.............................49
SECTION 12 EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND THEIR EFFECT..........................49
12.1 Events of Default.............................................49
12.1.1 Non-Payment of the Loans, etc........................49
12.1.2 Non-Payment of Other Debt............................49
12.1.3 Bankruptcy, Insolvency, etc..........................49
12.1.4 Non-Compliance with Provisions of This Agreement.....50
12.1.5 Warranties...........................................50
12.1.6 ERISA................................................50
12.1.7 Judgments............................................50
12.1.8 Change in Control....................................50
12.1.9 Invalidity of Loan Documents.........................50
12.2 Effect of Event of Default....................................51
SECTION 13 THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT....................................51
13.1 Appointment and Authorization.................................51
13.2 Delegation of Duties..........................................52
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13.3 Liability of Administrative Agent.............................52
13.4 Reliance by Administrative Agent..............................52
13.5 Notice of Default.............................................53
13.6 Credit Decision...............................................53
13.7 Indemnification...............................................54
13.8 Administrative Agent in Individual Capacity...................54
13.9 Successor Administrative Agent................................55
13.10 Other Agents..................................................55
13.11 Non-Receipt of Funds by the Administrative Agent..............55
SECTION 14 GENERAL.....................................................56
14.1 Waiver; Amendments............................................56
14.2 Notices.......................................................56
14.3 Payments Set Aside............................................57
14.4 Costs, Expenses and Taxes.....................................58
14.5 Successors and Assigns........................................58
14.6 Assignments; Participations...................................58
14.6.1 Assignments..........................................58
14.6.2 Participations.......................................59
14.6.3 Designation of SPVs..................................60
14.7 Governing Law.................................................61
14.8 Counterparts..................................................61
14.9 Judgment Currency.............................................61
14.10 Indemnification by the Company; Exculpation...................62
14.11 Economic and Monetary Union in the European Community.........62
14.12 Confidentiality...............................................63
14.13 No Third Parties Benefitted...................................63
14.14 Forum Selection and Consent to Jurisdiction...................64
14.15 Waiver of Jury Trial..........................................64
14.16 MISSOURI STATUTORY NOTICE.....................................64
14.17 Entire Agreement..............................................65
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SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1.1(a) Lenders, Commitments and Percentages
SCHEDULE 1.1(b) Pricing Schedule
SCHEDULE 9.6 Litigation and Contingent Liabilities
SCHEDULE 9.8 Subsidiaries
SCHEDULE 10.7(f) Debt to be Repaid
SCHEDULE 10.8 Liens
SCHEDULE 10.11 Investments
SCHEDULE 14.2 Addresses for Notices
EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT A Form of Note
EXHIBIT B Form of Notice of Borrowing
EXHIBIT C Form of Notice of Conversion/Continuation
EXHIBIT D Form of Guaranty
EXHIBIT E Form of Pledge Agreement
EXHIBIT F Form of Compliance Certificate
EXHIBIT G Form of Opinion of Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx LLP, counsel to the Company and the
Guarantors
EXHIBIT H Form of Assignment Agreement
EXHIBIT I Form of Collateral Partnership Assignment
EXHIBIT J Form of Membership Interest Pledge Agreement
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
This CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of July 16, 2001 (this "Agreement") is
among AMERICAN ITALIAN PASTA COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
various financial institutions (together with their respective successors and
assigns, collectively the "Lenders" and individually each a "Lender") and BANK
OF AMERICA, N.A. ("Bank of America"), as letter of credit issuer and swing line
lender and as administrative agent for the Lenders.
WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Lenders provide revolving
credit facilities to the Company; and
WHEREAS, the Lenders are willing to extend commitments to make loans
to, and to issue or participate in letters of credit for the account of, the
Company on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein
contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
SECTION 1 DEFINITIONS; OTHER INTERPRETIVE PROVISIONS;
ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES.
1.1 Definitions. When used herein the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
Acquisition means any transaction or series of related transactions for
the purpose of or resulting, directly or indirectly, in (a) the acquisition of
all or substantially all of the assets of a Person, or of any business or
division of a Person, (b) the acquisition of in excess of 50% of the capital
stock, partnership interests, membership interests or equity of any Person, or
(c) a merger or consolidation or any other combination with another Person
(other than a Person that is a Subsidiary) provided that the Company or the
Subsidiary is the surviving entity.
Administrative Agent means Bank of America in its capacity as
administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder and any successor thereto in such
capacity.
Affected Lender means any Lender that has given notice to the Company
(which has not been rescinded) of (a) any obligation by the Company to pay any
amount pursuant to Section 7.6 or 8.1 or (b) the occurrence of any circumstance
of the nature described in Section 8.2 or 8.3.
Affected Loan - see Section 8.3.
Affiliate of any Person means any other Person which, directly or
indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such
Person.
Agent-Related Persons means the Administrative Agent (including any
successor administrative agent arising under Section 13.9), together with its
Affiliates (including, in the
case of Bank of America in its capacity as Administrative Agent, the Arranger),
and the officers, directors, employees, agents and attorneys-in-fact of such
Persons.
Agent's Payment Office means, with respect to payments in any currency
or notices with respect thereto, the applicable address of the Administrative
Agent set forth on Schedule 14.2 or such other address or addresses as the
Administrative Agent may from time to time specify in accordance with Section
14.2.
Aggregate Revolving Commitment Amount means $300,000,000, as such
amount may be reduced from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.
Aggregate Revolving Outstandings means at any time the sum of (a) the
aggregate Dollar Equivalent principal amount of all outstanding Revolving Loans
and Swing Line Loans and (b) the Stated Amount of all Letters of Credit.
Agreement - see the Preamble.
Applicable Asset Sale Proceeds means the Net Cash Proceeds from any
Asset Sale, excluding (a) Net Cash Proceeds from any sale of fixed assets so
long as such Net Cash Proceeds are used within 90 days to purchase other fixed
assets for use in the business of the Company or a Subsidiary and (b) the first
$5,000,000 (or the Dollar Equivalent thereof) of Net Cash Proceeds received from
all other Asset Sales in any Fiscal Year.
Applicable Base Rate Margin - see Schedule 1.1(b).
Applicable Debt Issuance Proceeds means the Net Cash Proceeds from any
Debt Issuance, excluding $25,000,000 of Net Cash Proceeds received from the
first Debt Issuance of $75,000,000 or more after the Effective Date which meets
all of the requirements of Section 10.7(g).
Applicable Eurocurrency Margin - see Schedule 1.1(b).
Applicable Percentage means a Revolving Percentage or a Term
Percentage, as the context may require.
Applicable Revolving Proceeds means, on the date of receipt by the
Company or any Subsidiary of any Applicable Asset Sale Proceeds or Applicable
Debt Issuance Proceeds, the product of (a) the amount of such Applicable Asset
Sale Proceeds or Applicable Debt Issuance Proceeds multiplied by (b) the
Revolving Reduction Percentage on such date.
Applicable Term Proceeds means on the date of receipt by the Company or
any Subsidiary of any Applicable Asset Sale Proceeds or Applicable Debt Issuance
Proceeds, the product of (a) the amount of such Applicable Asset Sale Proceeds
or Applicable Debt Issuance Proceeds multiplied by (b) the Term Prepayment
Percentage on such date.
Arranger means Banc of America Securities LLC.
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Asset Sale means the sale, lease, assignment or other transfer for
value by the Company or any Subsidiary to any Person (other than the Company or
any Subsidiary) of any asset or right of the Company or such Subsidiary
(including any sale or other transfer of stock of any Subsidiary, whether by
merger, consolidation or otherwise, but excluding any sale of inventory or
license of trademarks, in each case in the ordinary course of business).
Assignee - see Section 14.6.1.
Assignment Agreement - see Section 14.6.1.
Attorney Costs means and includes all reasonable fees and disbursements
of any law firm or other external counsel, the allocated cost of internal legal
services and all disbursements of internal counsel.
Available Currency means Dollars, Euros, British Pounds Sterling,
Italian Lire and any other currency that (i) in the opinion of the
Administrative Agent is freely transferable and freely convertible into Dollars,
(ii) is requested by the Company and (iii) is approved by each Lender.
Bank of America - see the Preamble.
Base Rate means at any time the greater of (a) the Federal Funds Rate
plus 0.5% per annum and (b) the rate per annum then most recently publicly
announced by Bank of America as its prime rate. (The "prime rate" is a rate set
by Bank of America based upon various factors, including Bank of America's costs
and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used
as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or
below such announced rate.) Any change in the prime rate announced by Bank of
America shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the
public announcement of such change.
Base Rate Loan means any Loan which bears interest at or by reference
to the Base Rate.
Xxxxxx Brands Acquisition means the acquisition by the Company of
certain assets pursuant to the Xxxxxx Brands Purchase Agreement.
Xxxxxx Brands Purchase Agreement means the Asset Purchase Agreement
dated as of June 1, 2001 among Xxxxxx Foods Corporation, BFC Investments, L.P.,
BF Foods International Corporation and the Company.
Business Day means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day
on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the laws of, or are in
fact closed in, the state where the Agent's Payment Office with respect to
payments in Dollars is located and (i) in the case of a Business Day which
relates to a Eurocurrency Loan denominated in a currency other than Euro or to a
Letter of Credit denominated in a currency other than Dollars, a day on which
dealings in deposits in such currency are carried on in the London interbank
market and (ii) in the case of a Business Day which relates to a Eurocurrency
Loan or a Letter of Credit denominated in Euro, a TARGET Day.
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Capital Lease means, with respect to any Person, any lease of (or other
agreement conveying the right to use) any real or personal property by such
Person which, in conformity with GAAP, is accounted for as a capital lease on
the balance sheet of such Person.
Cash Equivalent Investment means, at any time, (a) any evidence of
Debt, maturing not more than one year after such time, issued or guaranteed by
the United States Government, (b) commercial paper, maturing not more than one
year from the date of issue, which is issued by (i) a corporation (except the
Company or an Affiliate of the Company) organized under the laws of any State of
the United States of America or of the District of Columbia and rated at least
A-1 by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, Inc., a division of The McGraw Hill
Companies, Inc., or P-1 by Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc., at the time of
investment or (ii) any Lender (or its holding company), (c) any certificate of
deposit or bankers' acceptance or Eurocurrency time deposit, maturing not more
than one year after the date of issue, which is issued by either (i) a financial
institution that is a member of the Federal Reserve System and has a combined
capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $100,000,000 or (ii)
any Lender, (d) any repurchase agreement with a term of one year or less which
(i) is entered into with (A) any Lender, or (B) any other commercial banking
institution of the stature referred to in clause (c)(i), (ii) is secured by a
fully perfected Lien in any obligation of the type described in any of clauses
(a) through (c) and (iii) has a market value at the time such repurchase
agreement is entered into of not less than 100% of the repurchase obligation of
such Lender (or other commercial banking institution) thereunder or (e)
investments in money market funds that invest solely in Cash Equivalent
Investments of the types described in clauses (a) through (d).
Change in Control means an event or series of events by which:
(a) any "person" or "group" (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d)
and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but excluding any employee
benefit plan maintained for employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries, or
any Person acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or
administrator of any such plan), becomes the "beneficial owner" (as defined in
Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except that a
Person shall be deemed to have "beneficial ownership" of all securities that
such Person has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable
immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of 25%
or more of the equity interests of the Company; or
(b) during any period of 12 consecutive months, a majority of the
members of the board of directors of the Company cease to be composed of
individuals (i) who were members of such board on the first day of such period,
(ii) whose election or nomination to such board was approved by individuals
referred to in clause (i) above constituting at the time of such election or
nomination at least a majority of such board or (iii) whose election or
nomination to such board was approved by individuals referred to in clauses (i)
and (ii) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least
a majority of such board.
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
Collateral Documents means the Pledge Agreement, the Membership
Interest Pledge Agreement, each Collateral Partnership Assignment and any other
agreement pursuant to which
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the Company or any Guarantor grants collateral to the Administrative Agent for
the benefit of the Lenders.
Collateral Partnership Assignment means a Collateral Assignment of
Partnership Interests executed by the Company or a Subsidiary and the
Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit I.
Commitment means, as to any Lender, such Lender's commitment to make
Loans, and (if applicable) to issue or participate in Letters of Credit and to
participate in Swing Line Loans, under this Agreement.
Commitment Reduction Date - see Section 6.1.1.
Company - see the Preamble.
Computation Date means the last Business Day of each calendar month and
(a) with respect to matters relating to Loans, each date on which (i) the
Company borrows, converts or continues, as applicable, any Loan; (ii) the Dollar
Equivalent amount of any Eurocurrency Loan of an Affected Lender is required to
be determined under Section 8.3; or (iii) the Aggregate Revolving Commitment
Amount is reduced pursuant to Section 6.1; and (b) with respect to matters
relating to any Letter of Credit, each date on which (i) such Letter of Credit
is issued or the amount available to be drawn thereunder changes or (ii) the
Aggregate Revolving Commitment Amount is reduced pursuant to Section 6.1.
Computation Period means any period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters
ending on the last day of a Fiscal Quarter.
Consolidated EBITDA means, with respect to the Company and its
Subsidiaries for any period, an amount equal to the sum of (a) Consolidated Net
Income for such period plus (b) to the extent deducted in determining such
Consolidated Net Income for such period, Interest Expense, income tax expense,
depreciation and amortization; provided that, for purposes of determining
Consolidated EBITDA, (i) the consolidated net income of any Person (or division
or similar business unit) acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary during such
period (plus, to the extent deducted in determining such consolidated net
income, interest expense, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization of
such Person (or division or business unit)) shall be included on a pro forma
basis for the portion of such period prior to the date of such Acquisition (as
if the consummation of such Acquisition and the incurrence or assumption of any
Debt in connection therewith occurred on the first day of such period) and (ii)
the consolidated net income of any Person (or division or similar business unit)
disposed of by the Company or any Subsidiary during such period (plus, to the
extent deducted in determining such consolidated net income, interest expense,
income tax expense, depreciation and amortization of such Person (or division or
business unit)) shall be excluded on a pro forma basis for the portion of such
period prior to the date of such disposition (as if the consummation of such
disposition occurred on the first day of such period).
Consolidated Net Income means, with respect to the Company and its
Subsidiaries for any period, the net income (or loss) of the Company and its
Subsidiaries for such period.
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Consolidated Net Worth means the Company's consolidated stockholders'
equity.
Covenant Change Notice means a notice from the Company to the
Administrative Agent stating that the maximum Leverage Ratio is to be reduced as
set forth in the proviso to Section 10.6.2.
Credit Extension means the making of any Loan or the issuance of any
Letter of Credit.
Debt of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness of
such Person for borrowed money, whether or not evidenced by bonds, debentures,
notes or similar instruments, (b) all obligations of such Person as lessee under
Capital Leases which have been recorded as liabilities on a balance sheet of
such Person, (c) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase
price of property or services (other than prepaid interest and trade accounts
payable in the ordinary course of business), (d) all indebtedness secured by a
Lien on the property of such Person, whether or not such indebtedness shall have
been assumed by such Person (it being understood that if such Person has not
assumed or otherwise become personally liable for any such indebtedness, the
amount of the Debt of such Person in connection therewith shall be limited to
the lesser of the face amount of such indebtedness or the fair market value of
all property of such Person securing such indebtedness), (e) all obligations,
contingent or otherwise, with respect to the face amount of all letters of
credit (whether or not drawn) and banker's acceptances issued for the account of
such Person (including the Letters of Credit), (f) the net liabilities of such
Person under all Hedging Agreements to which it is a party and (g) all Guaranty
Obligations of such Person.
Debt Issuance means any issuance of Debt by the Company which is not
permitted by any provision of Section 10.7 other than clause (g).
Debt to be Repaid means the Debt listed on Schedule 10.7(f).
Dollar Equivalent means, at any time, (a) as to any amount denominated
in Dollars, the amount thereof at such time, and (b) as to any amount
denominated in any other Available Currency, the equivalent amount in Dollars as
determined by the Administrative Agent at such time on the basis of the Spot
Rate for the purchase of Dollars with such Available Currency on the most recent
Computation Date or such other date as is specified herein.
Dollars and $ mean lawful money of the United States of America.
Effective Date means July 16, 2001.
Environmental Laws means all laws relating to environmental, health,
safety and land use matters applicable to any property.
Equity Issuance means the issuance of equity securities or interests by
the Company or any Subsidiary (other than issuances of equity securities or
interests by any Subsidiary to the Company or any other Subsidiary).
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ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and any
successor statute of similar import, together with the regulations thereunder,
in each case as in effect from time to time. References to sections of ERISA
also refer to any successor sections.
ERISA Affiliate means any trade or business (whether or not
incorporated) under common control with the Company within the meaning of
Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for
purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Code).
ERISA Event means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension
Plan, (b) a withdrawal by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan
subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a
substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation
of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of
ERISA, (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by the Company or any ERISA
Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is
in reorganization, (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the
treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under Sections 4041 or 4041A of
ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension
Plan or Multiemployer Plan, (e) an event or condition which might reasonably be
expected to constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination
of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or
Multiemployer Plan or (f) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of
ERISA, other than PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of
ERISA, upon the Company or any ERISA Affiliate.
Euro means the single currency of the participating member states of
the European Union.
Eurocurrency Loan means any Revolving Loan or Term Loan which bears
interest at a rate determined by reference to the Eurocurrency Rate (Reserve
Adjusted).
Eurocurrency Office means, with respect to any Lender, the office or
offices of such Lender which shall be making or maintaining the Eurocurrency
Loans of such Lender hereunder or, if applicable, such other office or offices
through which such Lender determines the Eurocurrency Rate. A Eurocurrency
Office of any Lender may be, at the option of such Lender, either a domestic or
foreign office.
Eurocurrency Rate means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Loan for any
Interest Period, (i) the rate per annum (rounded upward, if necessary, to the
nearest 1/100 of 1%) equal to the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to
be the offered rate which appears on the page of the Telerate Screen which
displays an average British Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rate (such
page currently being page number 3750) for deposits (for delivery two Business
Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period) in the applicable currency
with a term equivalent to the applicable Interest Period, determined as of
approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such date of determination, or (ii) if
the rate referenced in the preceding clause (i) does not appear on such page or
service or if such page or service shall cease to be available, the rate per
annum (rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest five decimal places) equal
to the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate on
such other page or other service
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which displays an average British Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rate
for deposits (for delivery two Business Days prior to the beginning of such
Interest Period) in the applicable currency with a term equivalent to such
Interest Period determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such
date of determination, or (iii) if the rates referenced in the preceding clauses
(i) and (ii) are not available, the rate per annum equal to the offered
quotation rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest five decimal
places) to first class banks in the London interbank market by the
Administrative Agent for deposits (for delivery two Business Days prior to the
beginning of such Interest Period) of amounts in same day funds comparable to
the principal amount of the Eurocurrency Loan of Bank of America included in the
Eurocurrency borrowing for which the Eurocurrency Rate is then being determined
with a maturity comparable to such Interest Period as of approximately 11:00
a.m., London time, on such date of determination.
Eurocurrency Rate (Reserve Adjusted) means, with respect to any
Eurocurrency Loan for any Interest Period, a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if
necessary, to the nearest 1/10,000 of 1%) determined pursuant to the following
formula:
Eurocurrency Rate = Eurocurrency Rate
(Reserve Adjusted) 1-Eurocurrency
Reserve Percentage
Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage means, with respect to any Eurocurrency
Loan for any Interest Period, a percentage (expressed as a decimal) equal to the
daily average during such Interest Period of the percentage in effect on each
day of such Interest Period, as prescribed by the FRB, for determining the
aggregate maximum reserve requirements applicable to "Eurocurrency Liabilities"
pursuant to Regulation D of the FRB or any other then applicable regulation of
the FRB which prescribes reserve requirements applicable to "Eurocurrency
Liabilities" as presently defined in such Regulation D.
Eurodollar Loan means a Eurocurrency Loan denominated in Dollars.
Event of Default means any of the events described in Section 12.1.
Existing Credit Facility means the Credit Agreement dated as of October
30, 1992, amended and restated as of July 1, 1994, as further amended and
restated as of February 26, 1996, as further amended and restated as of April
11, 1997, as further amended and restated as of October 17, 1997 and as further
amended and restated as of April 26, 2000 among the Company, various financial
institutions and Bankers Trust Company, as agent.
Existing Euro Loans - see Section 11.1.
Existing Letter of Credit means letter of credit numbered S040375
issued for the account of the Company by Bank of America (as successor to
Boatmen's First National Bank).
Federal Funds Rate means, for any day, the rate set forth in the weekly
statistical release designated as H.15(519), or any successor publication,
published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (including any such successor,
"H.15(519)") on the preceding Business Day opposite the caption "Federal Funds
(Effective)" or, if for any relevant day such rate is not so published
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on any such preceding Business Day, the rate for such day will be the arithmetic
mean as determined by the Administrative Agent of the rates for the last
transaction in overnight Federal funds arranged prior to 9:00 a.m. (New York
City time) on that day by each of three leading brokers of Federal funds
transactions in New York City selected by the Administrative Agent.
First Amendment Effective Date means the date of effectiveness of the
First Amendment to this Agreement.
Fiscal Quarter means a fiscal quarter of a Fiscal Year.
Fiscal Year means the fiscal year of the Company and its Subsidiaries,
which shall be a 52-week or 53-week period, as applicable, ending on or about
September 30 of each year. References to a Fiscal Year with a number
corresponding to any calendar year (e.g., "Fiscal Year 2001") refer to the
Fiscal Year ending on or about September 30 of such calendar year.
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio means, for any Computation Period, the
ratio of (a) the result of (i) Consolidated EBITDA for such Computation Period
less (ii) depreciation for such Computation Period less (iii) cash income tax
expense for such Computation Period less (iv) cash dividends paid by the Company
during such Computation Period to (b) the sum of (i) Interest Expense to the
extent payable in cash during such Computation Period plus (ii) the amount of
all reductions of the Aggregate Revolving Commitment Amount required to be made
on any Commitment Reduction Date during such Computation Period plus (iii) the
actual aggregate amount of all scheduled principal payments on Debt (other than
Debt hereunder) required to be made (and actually made) by the Company and its
Subsidiaries during such Computation Period; provided that in calculating
Interest Expense for any Computation Period, any Debt incurred or assumed in
connection with the acquisition of any Person (or division or similar business
unit) shall be assumed to have been incurred or assumed on the first day of such
period (with a corresponding increase in Interest Expense) and any Debt assumed
by any Person (other than the Company or any Subsidiary) in connection with the
disposition of any Person (or division or similar business unit) disposed of by
the Company or any Subsidiary during such period shall be assumed to have been
repaid on the first day of such period (with a corresponding decrease in
Interest Expense).
Foreign Subsidiary means any Subsidiary which (a) is organized under
the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States of America or any state
or territory thereof and (b) does substantially all of its business (other than
export sales to the United States) outside of the United States of America or
any state or territory thereof.
FRB means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and any
successor thereto.
Funded Debt means all Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries
determined on a consolidated basis, excluding (i) contingent obligations in
respect of undrawn letters of credit and Guaranty Obligations (except, in each
case, to the extent constituting Guaranty Obligations in respect of Debt of a
Person other than the Company or any Subsidiary) and (ii) Hedging Obligations.
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GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles set forth from time
to time in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of
the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and
pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (or agencies with
similar functions of comparable stature and authority within the U.S. accounting
profession), which are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of
determination.
Golden Grain Acquisition means the acquisition by the Company of
certain assets from PepsiCo. as more fully described in the memorandum dated
November 7, 2002 from the Arranger to the Lenders.
Governmental Authority means any nation or government, any state or
other political subdivision thereof, any central bank (or similar monetary or
regulatory authority) thereof, any entity exercising executive, legislative,
judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government,
and any corporation or other entity owned or controlled, through stock or
capital ownership or otherwise, by any of the foregoing.
Group - see Section 2.2.1.
Guarantor means each Subsidiary that is a party to the Guaranty.
Guaranty means the Guaranty executed by certain Subsidiaries of the
Company in favor of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, substantially in
the form of Exhibit D.
Guaranty Obligation means, as to any Person, any obligation, contingent
or otherwise, of such Person guarantying or having the economic effect of
guarantying any Debt or other obligation payable or performable by another
Person (the "primary obligor") in any manner, whether directly or indirectly,
and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase
or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Debt or
other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for
the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Debt or other obligation
of the payment or performance of such Debt or other obligation, (iii) to
maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement
condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary
obligor to pay such Debt or other obligation, or (iv) entered into for the
purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligees in respect of such Debt or
other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such
obligees against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part); provided that
the term "Guaranty Obligation" shall not include endorsements of instruments for
deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any
Guaranty Obligation shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or
determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in
respect of which such Guaranty Obligation is made or, if not stated or
determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as
determined by the guarantying Person in good faith.
Hazardous Material means any hazardous, toxic or dangerous substance or
material defined as such in (or for purposes of) the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act, any so-called "Superfund" or
"Superlien" law or any other Federal, state or local statute, law, ordinance,
code, regulation or order, or any other requirement
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of any Governmental Authority regulating, relating to, or imposing liability
for, or standards of conduct concerning, any hazardous, toxic or dangerous
waste, substance or material as now or any time hereafter in effect and
applicable to any real property owned by or leased to the Company or any
Subsidiary or on which the Company or any Subsidiary carries on any of its
operations (provided that no such state or local statute, law, ordinance, code,
regulation, order or other requirement shall be deemed to have extraterritorial
application).
Hedging Agreement means any interest rate, currency or commodity swap
agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, foreign
exchange agreement, forward rate agreement or other agreement designed to
protect a Person against fluctuations in interest rates, currency exchange rates
or commodity prices.
Hedging Obligations means, with respect to any Person, all liabilities
of such Person under Hedging Agreements.
Indemnified Liabilities - see Section 14.10.
Indemnified Person - see Section 14.10.
Interest Expense means for any period the consolidated interest expense
of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period.
Interest Period means, as to any Eurocurrency Loan, the period
commencing on the date such Loan is borrowed (or, in the case of a Eurodollar
Loan, converted from a Base Rate Loan), or on the expiration of the immediately
preceding Interest Period for such Loan, as applicable, and ending on the date
one, two, three, six or, if available to all Lenders, twelve months thereafter
as selected by the Company in its related notice of borrowing, conversion or
continuation, as the case may be; provided that:
(i) if any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day that
is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the
immediately following Business Day, unless the result of such extension
would be to carry such Interest Period into another calendar month, in
which event such Interest Period shall end on the preceding Business
Day;
(ii) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day
of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically
corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest
Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the
end of such Interest Period;
(iii) no Interest Period for any Revolving Loan shall extend
beyond the scheduled Revolving Termination Date;
(iv) no Interest Period for a tranche of Term Loans shall
extend beyond the scheduled maturity date of the Term Loans; and
(v) the Company may not select any Interest Period which would
extend beyond any Commitment Reduction Date if, after giving effect to
such selection, the
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aggregate principal amount of all Eurocurrency Loans having Interest
Periods ending after such date plus the aggregate Stated Amount of all
Letters of Credit scheduled to remain outstanding after such date
(assuming no drawings are made thereunder) would exceed the Aggregate
Revolving Commitment Amount scheduled to be in effect after giving
effect to the reduction on such date.
Investment means, with respect to any Person, (a) any loan or advance
made by such Person to any other Person (excluding (i) advances to, and deposits
with, contractors and suppliers and (ii) trade accounts payable, in each case in
the ordinary course of business consistent with the past practice of the Company
and its Subsidiaries) and (b) any ownership or similar interest held by such
Person in any other Person. The amount of any Investment shall be the original
principal or capital amount thereof less all returns of principal or equity
thereon (and without adjustment by reason of the financial condition of such
other Person) and shall, if made by the transfer or exchange of property other
than cash, be deemed to have been made in an original principal or capital
amount equal to the fair market value of such property.
IRS means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
Issuer means Bank of America in its capacity as issuer of one or more
Letters of Credit hereunder, together with any replacement letter of credit
issuer under Section 13.9.
LC Fee Rate - see Schedule 1.1(b).
Lender - see the Preamble. References to the "Lenders" shall include
(a) the Issuer and (b) the Swing Line Lender; for purposes of clarification
only, to the extent that Bank of America (or any successor Issuer or Swing Line
Lender) may have rights or obligations in addition to those of the other Lenders
due to its status as Issuer or Swing Line Lender, its status as such will be
specifically referenced.
Letter of Credit - see Section 2.1.2.
Letter of Credit Application means a letter of credit application in
the form then used by the Issuer for the type of letter of credit requested.
Leverage Ratio means, for any Computation Period, the ratio of (a)
Funded Debt as of the last day of such Computation Period to (b) Consolidated
EBITDA for such Computation Period.
Lien means, when used with respect to any Person, any interest granted
by such Person in any real or personal property, asset or other right owned or
being purchased or acquired by such Person which secures payment or performance
of any obligation and shall include any mortgage, lien, encumbrance, charge,
assignment by way of security or other security interest of any kind, whether
arising by contract, as a matter of law, by judicial process or otherwise.
Loan means a Revolving Loan, a Term Loan or a Swing Line Loan.
Loan Documents means this Agreement, the Guaranty, the Collateral
Documents, the Notes and the Letter of Credit Applications.
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Margin Stock means "margin stock" as defined in Regulation U of the
FRB.
Material Adverse Effect means, relative to any event or occurrence of
whatever nature (including any adverse determination in any litigation,
arbitration or governmental proceeding), a material adverse effect on (a) the
business, assets, liabilities (actual or contingent), operations, condition
(financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken
as a whole or (b) the ability of the Company or any Guarantor to timely and
fully perform any of its payment or other material obligations under this
Agreement or any other Loan Document to which it is a party.
Membership Interest Pledge Agreement means the Membership Interest
Pledge Agreement among the Company, various Subsidiaries and the Administrative
Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit J.
Multiemployer Plan means any employee benefit plan of the type
described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the Company or any ERISA
Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding
three calendar years, has made or been obligated to make contributions.
Net Cash Proceeds means:
(a) with respect to any Asset Sale, the aggregate cash proceeds
(including cash proceeds received by way of deferred payment of principal
pursuant to a note, installment receivable or otherwise, but only as and when
received) received by the Company or any Subsidiary pursuant to such Asset Sale,
net of (i) the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale (including sales
commissions and legal, accounting and investment banking fees), (ii) taxes paid
or payable as a result thereof (after taking into account any available tax
credit or deduction and any tax sharing arrangement), (iii) amounts required to
be applied to the repayment of any Debt secured by a Lien on the asset subject
to such Asset Sale, (iv) in the case of the sale of the stock of any Subsidiary,
any Debt of such Subsidiary which is required to be repaid as a result of or in
connection with such sale (other than the Loans) and (v) any reserve for
adjustment in respect of the sale price of such asset (until such amount is
available to the Company or the applicable Subsidiary); and
(b) with respect to any Debt Issuance or Equity Issuance, the aggregate
cash proceeds received by the Company or any Subsidiary pursuant to such
issuance, net of the direct costs relating to such issuance (including filing
costs, sales and underwriter's commissions and legal, accounting and investment
banking fees).
Non-Use Fee Rate - see Schedule 1.1(b).
Note - see Section 3.2.
Overnight Rate means, for any day, the rate of interest per annum at
which overnight deposits in the applicable currency, in an amount approximately
equal to the amount with respect to which such rate is being determined, would
be offered for such day by the relevant branch of Bank of America to major banks
in the applicable London interbank market. The Overnight
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Rate for any day which is not a Business Day shall be the Overnight Rate for the
preceding Business Day.
Participant - see Section 14.6.2.
PBGC means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and any entity
succeeding to any or all of its functions under ERISA.
Pension Plan means any "employee pension benefit plan" (as such term is
defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is
subject to Title IV of ERISA and is sponsored or maintained by the Company or
any ERISA Affiliate or to which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate contributes
or has an obligation to contribute, or in the case of a multiple employer plan
(as described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA) has made contributions at any time
during the immediately preceding five plan years.
Percentage means, for any Lender, the percentage set forth opposite
such Lender's name on Schedule 1.1(a) under the heading "Percentage", as
adjusted by any assignment pursuant to Section 14.6.1; provided that if and so
long as any Lender fails to fund any participation in any Letter of Credit or
Swing Line Loan when required by Section 2.3.2 or 2.4.3, such Lender's
Percentage shall be deemed for purposes of this definition to be reduced to the
extent of the defaulted amount and the Percentage of the Issuer or the Swing
Line Lender, as applicable, shall be deemed for purposes of this definition to
be increased to such extent.
Permitted Acquisition means any Acquisition by the Company or any
Subsidiary with respect to which each of the following requirements shall have
been satisfied:
(a) the assets to be acquired are for use, or the Person to be acquired
is, in the same or a similar line of business as the Company and its
Subsidiaries;
(b) in the case of the Acquisition of a Person, such Acquisition has
been approved and recommended by the board of directors or other governing body
of such Person;
(c) no Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default shall exist on
the date of such Acquisition, either before and after giving effect to such
Acquisition;
(d) the Company is in pro forma compliance with all financial covenants
set forth in Section 10.6 after giving effect to such Acquisition;
(e) if the cash consideration for such Acquisition is more than
$5,000,000, the Company shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent, not
less than 10 Business Days prior to the closing of such Acquisition, a
certificate demonstrating (i) compliance with clause (d) above and (ii) that the
Leverage Ratio on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Acquisition will
be at least 0.25 to 1.0 less than the applicable level set forth in Section
10.6.2 for the Computation Period ending on the last day of the Fiscal Quarter
in which such Acquisition occurs;
(f) if the cash consideration for such Acquisition is more than
$30,000,000, the Required Lenders shall have approved such Acquisition; and
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(g) if, after giving effect to such Acquisition, the cash consideration
for all Acquisitions completed on or after the Effective Date (excluding the
Xxxxxx Brands Acquisition) will for the first time exceed $100,000,000, the
Required Lenders shall have approved such Acquisition.
Permitted Restricted Payments - see Section 10.10.
Person means any natural person, corporation, company, partnership,
limited liability company, trust, association, governmental authority or unit,
or any other entity, whether acting in an individual, fiduciary or other
capacity.
Plan means any "employee benefit plan" (as such term is defined in
Section 3(3) of ERISA) established by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate.
Pledge Agreement means the Pledge Agreement among the Company, various
Subsidiaries and the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit
E.
Reportable Event means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c)
of ERISA, other than events for which the 30 day notice period has been waived.
Required Lenders means Lenders having Percentages aggregating 51% or
more.
Revolving Commitment means, as to any Lender, (a) such Lender's
commitment to make Revolving Loans and to participate in Swing Line Loans and in
Letters of Credit in an aggregate amount not exceeding the amount set forth for
such Lender on Schedule 1.1(a), as adjusted from time to time in accordance with
the terms hereof, or (b) such amount as so adjusted.
Revolving Lender means any Lender which has a Revolving Commitment or,
after the termination of the Revolving Commitments, is the holder of any
Revolving Loan or any participation in a Swing Line Loan or a Letter of Credit.
Revolving Loan - see Section 2.1.1.
Revolving Percentage means, for any Lender, the percentage which (a)
the Revolving Commitment of such Lender (or, after termination of the Revolving
Commitments, the principal amount of such Lender's Revolving Loans) is of (b)
the aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments (or after termination of the
Revolving Commitments, the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans);
provided that if and so long as any Revolving Lender fails to fund any
participation in any Letter of Credit or Swing Line Loan when required by
Section 2.3.2 or 2.4.3, such Lender's Revolving Percentage shall be deemed for
purposes of this definition to be reduced to the extent of the defaulted amount
and the Revolving Percentage of the Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, as
applicable, shall be deemed for purposes of this definition to be increased to
such extent.
Revolving Reduction Percentage means, as of the date of receipt of any
Applicable Asset Sale Proceeds or Applicable Debt Issuance Proceeds, the
percentage which (a) the Aggregate Revolving Commitment Amount on such date is
of (b) the sum of the Aggregate Revolving Commitment Amount plus the outstanding
principal amount of all Term Loans on such date.
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Revolving Termination Date means October 2, 2006 or such earlier date
on which the Revolving Commitments terminate pursuant to Section 6 or 12.
SEC means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Signing Date means the date on which this Agreement has been executed
and delivered by all of the initial parties hereto.
Spot Rate for a currency means the rate quoted by Bank of America as
the spot rate for the purchase by Bank of America of such currency with another
currency in accordance with its customary procedures at approximately 11:00
a.m., Chicago time, on the date two Business Days prior to the date as of which
the foreign exchange computation is made.
Stated Amount means, with respect to any Letter of Credit at any date
of determination, the sum of the maximum Dollar Equivalent amount available to
be drawn thereunder at any time during the remaining term of such Letter of
Credit under any and all circumstances plus the aggregate Dollar Equivalent
amount of all unreimbursed payments and disbursements previously made under such
Letter of Credit.
Subsidiary of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture,
limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the
shares of stock or other equity interests having ordinary voting power for the
election of the board of directors or other governing body (other than
securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a
contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is
otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly, through one or more
intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all
references herein to a "Subsidiary" shall refer to a Subsidiary of the Company.
Swing Line Lender means Bank of America in its capacity as swing line
lender hereunder, together with any replacement swing line lender arising under
Section 13.9.
Swing Line Loan - see Section 2.4.1.
Taxes means any present or future income, excise or stamp taxes and any
other taxes, fees, duties, withholdings or other charges of any nature
whatsoever imposed by any taxing authority, excluding franchise taxes and taxes
imposed on or measured by the gross or net income or receipts of the
Administrative Agent or any Lender.
TARGET Day means a day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-time
Gross Settlement Express Transfer system (or any successor) is open for
business.
Term Lender means (a) during the period from the First Amendment
Effective Date to the date of the making of the Term Loans, any Lender that has
an amount (other than zero) under the heading "Term Commitment" in Schedule
1.1(a); and (b) thereafter, any Lender that is the holder of a Term Loan.
Term Loan - see Section 2.1.3.
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Term Percentage means, as to any Term Lender, the percentage which (a)
the principal amount of such Term Lender's Term Loan is of (b) the aggregate
principal amount of all Term Loans. The Term Percentage of each Term Lender as
of the First Amendment Effective Date is set forth across from such Term
Lender's name on Schedule 1.1(a) under the heading "Term Percentage".
Term Prepayment Percentage means, as of the date of receipt of any
Applicable Asset Sale Proceeds or Applicable Debt Issuance Proceeds, the
percentage which (a) the outstanding principal amount of all Term Loans on such
date is of (b) the sum of the Aggregate Revolving Commitment Amount plus the
outstanding principal amount of all Term Loans on such date.
Type of Loan or Borrowing refers to the interest rate basis for a
Revolving Loan or a Term Loan or a borrowing of Revolving Loans or a tranche of
Term Loans. The "Types" of Loans or borrowings are Eurocurrency Loans or
borrowings and Base Rate Loans or borrowings.
Unfunded Pension Liability means the excess of a Pension Plan's benefit
liabilities under Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA, over the current value of that
Pension Plan's assets, determined in accordance with the assumptions used for
funding the Pension Plan pursuant to Section 412 of the Code for the applicable
plan year.
Unmatured Event of Default means any event which if it continues
uncured will, with lapse of time or notice or lapse of time and notice,
constitute an Event of Default.
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary means a Subsidiary of which the Company and/or
its Subsidiaries own, directly or indirectly, all of the outstanding shares of
capital stock (other than directors' qualifying shares) or other equity
interests.
1.2 Other Interpretive Provisions. (a) The meanings of defined terms
are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined.
(b) (i) The term "documents" includes any and all instruments,
documents, agreements, certificates, indentures, notices and other writings,
however evidenced.
(ii) The term "including" is not limiting and means "including
without limitation."
(iii) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date
to a later specified date, the word "from" means "from and including",
the words "to" and "until" each mean "to but excluding" and the word
"through" means "to and including."
(iv) For the purposes of calculating interest and non-use fees,
the principal of a Loan shall be deemed to be outstanding on the date
a Loan is made but not on the date paid so long as it is paid by the
time required by Section 7.1 (and is not paid on the date it is made).
(c) Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (i) references to
agreements (including this Agreement) and other contractual instruments shall be
deemed to include all subsequent amendments and other modifications thereto, but
only to the extent such amendments
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and other modifications are not prohibited by the terms of any Loan Document and
(ii) references to any statute or regulation are to be construed as including
all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing,
supplementing or interpreting such statute or regulation.
(d) The captions and headings of this Agreement are for convenience of
reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement.
(e) This Agreement and other Loan Documents may use several different
limitations, tests or measurements to regulate the same or similar matters. All
such limitations, tests and measurements are cumulative and shall each be
performed in accordance with their terms.
1.3 Accounting Principles. Unless the context otherwise clearly
requires, all accounting terms not expressly defined herein shall be construed,
and all financial computations required under this Agreement shall be made, in
accordance with GAAP, consistently applied; provided that if the Company
notifies the Administrative Agent that the Company wishes to amend any covenant
in Section 10.6 to eliminate the effect of any change in GAAP on the operation
of such covenant (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Company that the
Required Lenders wish to amend any covenant in Section 10.6 for such purpose),
then the Company's compliance with such covenant shall be determined on the
basis of GAAP in effect immediately before the relevant change in GAAP became
effective, until either such notice is withdrawn or such covenant is amended in
a manner satisfactory to the Company and the Required Lenders.
SECTION 2 COMMITMENTS OF THE LENDERS; BORROWING PROCEDURES; LETTER OF
CREDIT PROCEDURES.
2.1 Commitments. On and subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, each of the Lenders, severally and for itself alone, agrees to make
loans to, and to issue or participate in letters of credit for the account of,
the Company as follows:
2.1.1 Revolving Loans. Each Revolving Lender agrees to make loans to
the Company on a revolving basis (collectively "Revolving Loans" and
individually each a "Revolving Loan") from time to time before the Revolving
Termination Date in such Revolving Lender's Revolving Percentage of such
aggregate amounts as the Company may from time to time request from all
Revolving Lenders.
2.1.2 Letter of Credit Commitment. (a) The Issuer will issue letters
of credit, in each case containing such terms and conditions as are permitted by
this Agreement and are otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer
(collectively with the Existing Letter of Credit, the "Letters of Credit" and
individually each a "Letter of Credit"), at the request of and for the account
of the Company (or jointly for the account of the Company and a Subsidiary) from
time to time before the Revolving Termination Date; and (b) as more fully set
forth in Section 2.3, each Lender agrees to purchase a participation in each
Letter of Credit.
2.1.3 Term Loans. Each Term Lender will make a single term loan (each
a "Term Loan") on the Term Loan Funding Date (as defined in the First Amendment
to this Agreement)
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in such Term Lender's Term Percentage of $100,000,000. Amounts repaid with
respect to Term Loans may not be reborrowed.
2.1.4 Commitment Limits. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, (a) the Aggregate Revolving Outstandings shall not at any time exceed
the Aggregate Revolving Commitment Amount, (b) the Stated Amount of all Letters
of Credit shall not at any time exceed $20,000,000 and (c) the aggregate
outstanding Dollar Equivalent principal amount of all Eurocurrency Loans
denominated in a currency other than Dollars shall not exceed at any time
$100,000,000.
2.1.5 Valuation of Certain Eurocurrency Loans and Certain Letters of
Credit. The Administrative Agent will determine the Dollar Equivalent amount of
each Eurocurrency Loan and each Letter of Credit denominated in a currency other
than Dollars on each Computation Date, and such determination shall be
conclusive absent demonstrable error.
2.2 Loan Procedures.
2.2.1 Various Types of Loans. Each Revolving Loan shall be either a
Base Rate Loan or a Eurocurrency Loan, and each Term Loan may be divided into
one or more tranches which are either Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Loans, as
the Company shall specify in the related notice of borrowing or conversion
pursuant to Section2.2.2 or 2.2.3. Eurocurrency Loans having the
same Interest Period are sometimes called a "Group" or collectively
"Groups". Base Rate Loans and Eurocurrency Loans may be outstanding at
the same time; provided that (i) not more than 18 different Groups of
Eurocurrency Loans shall be outstanding at any one time and (ii) the aggregate
principal amount of each Group of Eurocurrency Loans shall at all times be a
Dollar Equivalent of at least $1,000,000 and an integral multiple of 100,000
units of the applicable currency. All borrowings, conversions and repayments of
Loans shall be effected so that each Revolving Lender will have a pro rata share
(according to its Revolving Percentage) of all Types and Groups of Revolving
Loans, and all borrowings, conversions and repayments of Term Loans shall be
effected so that each Term Lender will have a pro rata share (according to its
Term Percentage) of all Types and Groups of tranches of Term Loans.
2.2.2 Borrowing Procedures. The Company shall give written or
telephonic (followed promptly by written confirmation thereof) notice to the
Administrative Agent of each proposed borrowing not later than 10:00 a.m.,
Chicago time, (a) in the case of a Base Rate borrowing, on the proposed date of
such borrowing, (b) in the case of a Eurodollar borrowing, at least three
Business Days prior to the proposed date of such borrowing, and (c) in the case
of a Eurocurrency borrowing in a currency other than Dollars, at least four
Business Days prior to the proposed date of such borrowing. Each such notice
shall be effective upon receipt by the Administrative Agent, shall be
irrevocable, and shall specify the date, amount and Type of borrowing and, in
the case of a Eurocurrency borrowing, the initial Interest Period therefor and
the applicable currency thereof. Promptly upon receipt of such notice, the
Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender thereof. Not later than 1:00 p.m.,
Chicago time, on the date of a proposed borrowing, each Lender shall provide the
Administrative Agent at the office specified by the Administrative Agent with
(a) in the case of a Eurocurrency borrowing in a currency other than Dollars,
the applicable currency in immediately available funds, or (b) in the case of a
Base Rate borrowing or a Eurodollar borrowing, Dollars in immediately available
funds, in each case
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in the amount equal to such Lender's Applicable Percentage of such borrowing
and, so long as the Administrative Agent has not received written notice that
the conditions precedent set forth in Section 11 with respect to such borrowing
have not been satisfied, the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay over the
requested amount to the Company. Each borrowing of Revolving Loans shall be on a
Business Day. Each Base Rate borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount of
$1,000,000 or an integral multiple thereof. Each other borrowing shall be in the
applicable amount required for a Group pursuant to Section 2.2.1.
2.2.3 Conversion and Continuation Procedures. (a) Subject to the
provisions of Section 2.2.1, the Company may, upon irrevocable written notice to
the Administrative Agent in accordance with clause (b) below:
(i) elect, as of any Business Day, to convert any outstanding
Base Rate Loan into a Eurodollar Loan or any outstanding Eurodollar
Loan into a Base Rate Loan; or
(ii) elect, as of the last day of the applicable Interest Period,
to continue any Group of Eurocurrency Loans having an Interest Period
expiring on such day (or any part thereof in the applicable amount
required for a Group pursuant to Section 2.2.1) for a new Interest
Period in the same currency.
(b) The Company shall give written or telephonic (followed promptly by
written confirmation thereof) notice to the Administrative Agent of each
proposed conversion or continuation not later than 10:00 a.m., Chicago time, (i)
in the case of conversion of Eurodollar Loans into Base Rate Loans, on the
proposed date of such conversion, (ii) in the case of a conversion of Base Rate
Loans into or continuation of Eurodollar Loans, at least three Business Days
prior to the proposed date of such conversion or continuation, and (iii) in the
case of continuation of Eurocurrency Loans in a currency other than Dollars, at
least four Business Days prior to the proposed date of such continuation,
specifying in each case:
(1) the proposed date of conversion or continuation;
(2) the aggregate amount of the Loans to be converted or
continued;
(3) the Type of Loans resulting from the proposed conversion or
continuation; and
(4) in the case of a continuation of Eurocurrency Loans
denominated in a currency other than Dollars or conversion into, or
continuation of, Eurodollar Loans, the duration of the requested
Interest Period therefor.
(c) If upon expiration of any Interest Period applicable to
Eurocurrency Loans, the Company has failed to select timely a new Interest
Period to be applicable to such Eurocurrency Loans, the Company shall be deemed
to have elected to continue such Eurocurrency Loans for a one-month Interest
Period.
(d) The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender of its
receipt of a notice of conversion or continuation pursuant to this Section 2.2.3
or, if no timely notice is provided by the Company, of the details of any
automatic continuation or conversion.
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(e) Unless the Required Lenders otherwise consent, during the
existence of any Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default, the Company may
not elect to have a Loan converted into or continued as a Eurodollar Loan.
2.3 Letter of Credit Procedures.
2.3.1 Issuance of Letters of Credit. The Company shall give written
notice to the Administrative Agent of the proposed issuance (which, for purposes
of this Agreement shall, whenever appropriate, include any increase in the
amount available to be drawn under or extension of the term of any Letter of
Credit) of each Letter of Credit on a Business Day which is at least three
Business Days (or such lesser period as the Issuer may agree) prior to the
proposed date of issuance of such Letter of Credit; provided that the Company
shall not be required to give written notice of the extension of the term of a
Letter of Credit which has an "evergreen" or automatic renewal provision. Each
such notice shall be accompanied by a Letter of Credit Application, duly
executed by the Company and in all respects reasonably satisfactory to the
Issuer, together with such other documentation as the Issuer may reasonably
request in support thereof, it being understood that (a) each Letter of Credit
Application shall specify, among other things, the date on which the proposed
Letter of Credit is to be issued, the expiration date of such Letter of Credit
(which shall not be later than 22 days prior to the scheduled Revolving
Termination Date), the face amount of such Letter of Credit, the currency in
which such Letter of Credit is to be denominated (which shall be an Available
Currency), the name and address of the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit and
whether such Letter of Credit is to be transferable in whole or in part; and (b)
the Company shall not request, and the Issuer shall not issue, any Letter of
Credit if the aggregate Stated Amount of all Letters of Credit having expiration
dates after any Commitment Reduction Date plus the aggregate principal amount of
all Eurocurrency Loans having Interest Periods ending after such date would
exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitment Amount scheduled to be in effect after
giving effect to the reduction on such date. Subject to the satisfaction of the
conditions precedent set forth in Section 11 with respect to the issuance of
such Letter of Credit, the Issuer shall issue such Letter of Credit on the
requested issuance date. With respect to any Letter of Credit which contains any
"evergreen" or automatic renewal provision, each Revolving Lender shall be
deemed to have consented to any such extension or renewal unless such Revolving
Lender shall have provided to the Administrative Agent, not less than 30 days
prior to the last date on which the Issuer can in accordance with the terms of
the applicable Letter of Credit decline to extend or renew such Letter of
Credit, written notice that it declines to consent to any extension or renewal.
2.3.2 Participations in Letters of Credit. Concurrently with the
issuance of each Letter of Credit, the Issuer shall be deemed to have sold and
transferred to each other Revolving Lender, and each other Revolving Lender
shall be deemed irrevocably and unconditionally to have purchased and received
from the Issuer without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and
participation, to the extent of such other Lender's Revolving Percentage, in
such Letter of Credit and the Company's reimbursement obligations with respect
thereto. For the purposes of this Agreement, the unparticipated portion of each
Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the Issuer's "participation" therein. The
Administrative Agent hereby agrees, upon request of any Lender, to deliver to
such Lender a list of all outstanding Letters of Credit, together with such
information related thereto as such Lender may reasonably request.
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2.3.3 Reimbursement Obligations. The Company unconditionally and
irrevocably agrees to reimburse the Issuer for each payment or disbursement made
by the Issuer under any Letter of Credit honoring any demand for payment made by
the beneficiary thereunder, in each case on the date that such payment or
disbursement is made and in the currency of such payment or disbursement. Any
amount not reimbursed on the date of such payment or disbursement shall bear
interest from and including the date of such payment or disbursement to but not
including the date that the Issuer is reimbursed by the Company therefor,
payable on demand, at a rate per annum equal to (x) in the case of any amount
denominated in Dollars, the Base Rate from time to time in effect plus the
Applicable Base Rate Margin plus the Applicable Eurocurrency Margin plus,
beginning on the first Business Day after demand by the Issuer, 2%, or (y) in
the case of any amount denominated in any other currency, at the Overnight Rate
from time to time in effect plus the Applicable Eurocurrency Margin plus,
beginning on the first Business Day after demand by the Issuer, 2%. The Issuer
shall notify the Company whenever any demand for payment is made under any
Letter of Credit by the beneficiary thereunder; provided that the failure of the
Issuer to so notify the Company shall not affect the rights of the Issuer or the
Lenders in any manner whatsoever.
2.3.4 Limitation on the Issuer's Obligations. In determining whether
to pay under any Letter of Credit, the Issuer shall not have any obligation to
the Company or any Lender other than to confirm that all documents required to
be delivered under such Letter of Credit appear to have been delivered and
appear to comply on their face with the requirements of such Letter of Credit.
Any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Issuer under or in connection
with any Letter of Credit, if taken or omitted in the absence of gross
negligence and willful misconduct, shall not impose upon the Issuer any
liability to the Company or any Lender and shall not reduce or impair the
Company's reimbursement obligations set forth in Section 2.3.3 or the
obligations of the Revolving Lenders pursuant to Section 2.3.5.
2.3.5 Funding by Revolving Lenders to the Issuer. If the Issuer makes
any payment or disbursement under any Letter of Credit and the Company has not
reimbursed the Issuer in full for such payment or disbursement by 12:00 noon,
Chicago time, on the date of such payment or disbursement, or if any
reimbursement received by the Issuer from the Company is or must be returned or
rescinded upon or during any bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or
otherwise, each other Revolving Lender shall be obligated to pay to the Issuer,
in full or partial payment of the purchase price of its participation in such
Letter of Credit, its pro rata share (according to its Revolving Percentage) of
such payment or disbursement (but no such payment shall diminish the obligations
of the Company under Section 2.3.3), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly
notify each other Revolving Lender thereof. Each other Revolving Lender
irrevocably and unconditionally agrees, severally and for itself alone, to so
pay to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds for the Issuer's
account the amount of such other Revolving Lender's Revolving Percentage of such
payment or disbursement.
If and to the extent any Revolving Lender shall not have made the
amount referred to above available to the Administrative Agent by 2:00 p.m.,
Chicago time, on the Business Day on which such Revolving Lender receives notice
from the Administrative Agent of such payment or disbursement, such Revolving
Lender agrees to pay interest on such amount to the Administrative Agent for the
Issuer's account forthwith on demand for each day from and including the date
such amount was to have been delivered to the Administrative Agent to but
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excluding the date such amount is paid, at a rate per annum equal to (a) in the
case of any amount denominated in Dollars, (i) for the first three days after
demand, the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect and (ii) thereafter,
the Base Rate from time to time in effect and (b) in the case of any amount
denominated in any other currency, the Overnight Rate from time to time in
effect plus, beginning on the third day after demand, 2%. Any Revolving Lender's
failure to make available to the Administrative Agent its Revolving Percentage
of any such payment or disbursement shall not relieve any other Revolving Lender
of its obligation hereunder to make available to the Administrative Agent such
other Revolving Lender's Revolving Percentage of such payment, but no Revolving
Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Revolving Lender to
make available to the Administrative Agent such other Revolving Lender's
Revolving Percentage of any such payment or disbursement.
2.4 Swing Line Loans.
2.4.1 Swing Line Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, the Swing Line Lender may from time to time, in its discretion, make
loans to the Company (collectively "Swing Line Loans" and individually each a
"Swing Line Loan") in accordance with this Section 2.4 in an aggregate principal
amount not at any time exceeding $20,000,000; provided that the Aggregate
Revolving Outstandings shall not at any time exceed the Aggregate Revolving
Commitment Amount. Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.4 may be borrowed,
repaid and (subject to the agreement of the Swing Line Lender) reborrowed until
the Revolving Termination Date.
2.4.2 Swing Line Loan Procedures. The Company shall give written or
telephonic notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly inform the
Swing Line Lender) of each proposed Swing Line Loan not later than 12:00 noon,
Chicago time, on the proposed date of such Swing Line Loan. Each such notice
shall be effective upon receipt by the Administrative Agent and shall specify
the date and amount of such Swing Line Loan, which shall be $500,000 or a higher
integral multiple of $100,000. So long as the Swing Line Lender has not received
written notice that the conditions precedent set forth in Section 11 with
respect to the making of such Swing Line Loan have not been satisfied, the Swing
Line Lender may make the requested Swing Line Loan. If the Swing Line Lender
agrees to make the requested Swing Line Loan, the Swing Line Lender shall pay
over the requested amount to the Company on the requested borrowing date.
Concurrently with the making of any Swing Line Loan, the Swing Line Lender shall
be deemed to have sold and transferred, and each other Revolving Lender shall be
deemed to have purchased and received from the Swing Line Lender, an undivided
interest and participation to the extent of such Revolving Lender's Revolving
Percentage in such Swing Line Loan (but such participation shall remain unfunded
until required to be funded pursuant to Section 2.4.3).
2.4.3 Refunding of, or Funding of Participations in, Swing Line Loans.
The Swing Line Lender may at any time, in its sole discretion, on behalf of the
Company (which hereby irrevocably authorizes the Swing Line Lender to act on its
behalf for such purpose) deliver a notice to the Administrative Agent requesting
that each Revolving Lender (including the Swing Line Lender in its individual
capacity) make a Revolving Loan (which shall be a Base Rate Loan) in such
Revolving Lender's Revolving Percentage of the aggregate amount of Swing Line
Loans outstanding on such date for the purpose of repaying all Swing Line Loans
(and, upon receipt of the proceeds of such Loans, the Administrative Agent shall
apply such proceeds to
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repay Swing Line Loans); provided that if the conditions precedent to a
borrowing of Revolving Loans are not then satisfied or for any other reason the
Revolving Lenders may not then make Revolving Loans, then instead of making
Revolving Loans each Revolving Lender (other than the Swing Line Lender) shall
become immediately obligated to fund its participation in all outstanding Swing
Line Loans and shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the
Swing Line Lender an amount equal to such Revolving Lender's Revolving
Percentage of such Swing Line Loans. If and to the extent any Revolving Lender
shall not have made such amount available to the Administrative Agent by 2:00
p.m., Chicago time, on the Business Day on which such Revolving Lender receives
notice from the Administrative Agent of its obligation to fund its participation
in Swing Line Loans, such Revolving Lender agrees to pay interest on such amount
to the Administrative Agent for the Swing Line Lender's account forthwith on
demand for each day from the date such amount was to have been delivered to the
Administrative Agent to the date such amount is paid, at a rate per annum equal
to (a) for the first three days after demand, the Federal Funds Rate from time
to time in effect and (b) thereafter, the Base Rate from time to time in effect.
Any Revolving Lender's failure to make available to the Administrative Agent its
Revolving Percentage of the amount of all outstanding Swing Line Loans shall not
relieve any other Revolving Lender of its obligation hereunder to make available
to the Administrative Agent such other Revolving Lender's Revolving Percentage
of such amount, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other
Revolving Lender to make available to the Administrative Agent such other
Revolving Lender's Revolving Percentage of any such amount. The Swing Line
Lender shall promptly notify the Company of any notice given to the
Administrative Agent pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 2.4.3, but
any failure to so notify the Company shall not affect the effectiveness of such
notice or impose any liability on the Swing Line Lender or any other Person.
2.4.4 Repayment of Participations. Upon (and only upon) receipt by the
Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender of immediately
available funds from or on behalf of the Company (a) in reimbursement of any
Swing Line Loan with respect to which a Revolving Lender has paid the
Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender the amount of such
Revolving Lender's participation therein or (b) in payment of any interest on a
Swing Line Loan (to the extent attributable to the period on or after the date
such Revolving Lender funded its participation therein), the Administrative
Agent will pay to such Revolving Lender its pro rata share (according to its
Revolving Percentage) thereof (and the Swing Line Lender shall receive the
amount otherwise payable to any Revolving Lender which did not so pay the
Administrative Agent the amount of such Revolving Lender's participation in such
Swing Line Loan).
2.5 Participation Obligations Unconditional. (a) Each Revolving
Lender's obligation to make available to the Administrative Agent for the
account of the Swing Line Lender the amount of its participation interest in any
Swing Line Loan as provided in Section 2.4.3 shall be absolute and unconditional
and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (i) any set-off,
counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Revolving Lender may
have against the Swing Line Lender or any other Person, (ii) the occurrence or
continuance of an Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default, (iii) any
adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company or any
Subsidiary, (iv) any termination of the Revolving Commitments or (v) any other
circumstance, happening or event whatsoever.
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(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of clause (a) above, no Revolving
Lender shall be required to purchase a participation interest in any Swing Line
Loan if, prior to the making by the Swing Line Lender of such Swing Line Loan,
the Swing Line Lender received written notice from such Revolving Lender
specifying that one or more of the conditions precedent to the making of such
Swing Line Loan were not satisfied and, in fact, such conditions precedent were
not satisfied at the time of the making of such Swing Line Loan.
2.6 Warranty. Each notice of borrowing pursuant to Section 2.2, each
request for a Swing Line Loan pursuant to Section 2.4.2 and the delivery of each
Letter of Credit Application pursuant to Section 2.3 shall automatically
constitute a warranty by the Company to the Administrative Agent and each
Revolving Lender to the effect that on the date of the requested borrowing or
Swing Line Loan or the issuance of the requested Letter of Credit, as the case
may be, (a) the warranties of the Company contained in Section 9 shall be true
and correct in all material respects as of such requested date as though made on
the date thereof (except to the extent that any warranty relates to an earlier
date, in which case such warranty shall be true and correct as of such earlier
date) and (b) no Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default shall have then
occurred and be continuing or will result therefrom.
2.7 Conditions. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement,
(a) no Lender shall be obligated to make any Loan, (b) no Lender shall be
obligated to convert into, or permit the continuation at the end of the
applicable Interest Period of, any Eurodollar Loan and (c) the Issuer shall not
be obligated to issue any Letter of Credit if, in any such case, an Event of
Default or Unmatured Event of Default exists or would result therefrom.
2.8 Commitments Several. The failure of any Lender to make a requested
Revolving Loan or Term Loan on any date shall not relieve any other Lender of
its obligation (if any) to make a Revolving Loan or Term Loan on such date, but
no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make any
Revolving Loan or Term Loan to be made by such other Lender.
SECTION 3 LOAN ACCOUNTS AND NOTES.
3.1 Loan Account. The Loans made by each Lender shall be
evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender in the
ordinary course of business. The accounts or records maintained by the
Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be rebuttable presumptive evidence of
the amount of the Loans made by the Lenders to the Company, and the interest and
payments thereon. Any failure so to record or any error in so recording shall
not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Company hereunder
to pay all amounts owing with respect to each Loan.
3.2 Notes. Upon the request of any Lender made through the
Administrative Agent (and, in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, so long as the
issuance of such Note shall not result in the imposition of any stamp,
withholding or other tax), the Loans made by such Lender to the Company may be
evidenced by a promissory note (individually each a "Note" and collectively for
all Lenders the "Notes") substantially in the form of Exhibit A instead of loan
accounts. Each such Lender may record on the schedules annexed to the applicable
Note the date and amount of each applicable Loan made by it and the amount of
each payment of principal made
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by the Company with respect thereto, and such Lender's record shall be
conclusive absent demonstrable error; provided that the failure of a Lender to
make, or an error in making, a notation on any Note with respect to any Loan
shall not limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Company to repay each
Loan together with interest thereon.
SECTION 4 INTEREST.
4.1 Interest Rates. (a) The Company promises to pay interest on the
unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan and Term Loan, for the period
commencing on the date of such Loan until such Loan is paid in full, (i) at all
times such Loan is a Base Rate Loan, at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate
from time to time in effect plus the Applicable Base Rate Margin; and (ii) at
all times such Revolving Loan is a Eurocurrency Loan, at a rate per annum equal
to the sum of the Eurocurrency Rate (Reserve Adjusted) applicable to each
Interest Period for such Loan plus the Applicable Eurocurrency Margin from time
to time in effect.
(b) The Company promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal
amount of each Swing Line Loan, for the period commencing on the date of such
Swing Line Loan until such Swing Line Loan is paid in full, at a rate per annum
equal to the Base Rate from time to time in effect plus the Applicable Base Rate
Margin from time to time in effect.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, at the
request of the Required Lenders at any time an Event of Default exists, the
interest rate applicable to each Loan shall be increased by 2% for so long as
such Event of Default continues or, notwithstanding Section 14.1, until the
Required Lenders otherwise notify the Administrative Agent in writing.
4.2 Interest Payment Dates. Accrued interest on each Base Rate Loan
and Swing Line Loan shall be payable on the last day of each calendar quarter
and at maturity. Accrued interest on each Eurocurrency Loan shall be payable on
the last day of each Interest Period relating to such Revolving Loan (and, in
the case of each Eurocurrency Loan with an Interest Period in excess of three
months, on each three-month anniversary of the first day of such Interest
Period) and at maturity. After maturity, accrued interest on all Loans shall be
payable on demand.
4.3 Setting and Notice of Certain Rates. The applicable Eurocurrency
Rate for each Interest Period shall be determined by the Administrative Agent in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and notice thereof shall be given
by the Administrative Agent promptly to the Company and each Lender. Each
determination of the applicable Eurocurrency Rate by the Administrative Agent
shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties hereto, in the absence of
demonstrable error. The Administrative Agent shall, upon written request of the
Company or any Lender, deliver to such Person a statement showing the
computations used by the Administrative Agent in determining any applicable
Eurocurrency Rate.
4.4 Computation of Interest. Interest on any Loan bearing interest
based upon Bank of America's prime rate or denominated in British Pounds
Sterling shall be computed for the actual number of days elapsed on the basis of
a year of 365 or 366 days, as applicable. All other interest shall be computed
for the actual number of days elapsed on the basis of a year of 360 days.
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SECTION 5 FEES.
5.1 Non-Use Fees. (a) The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative
Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender a non-use fee for the period from
the Signing Date to the Revolving Termination Date at a rate per annum equal to
the Non-Use Fee Rate on the amount equal to (i) the Revolving Commitment of such
Revolving Lender minus (ii) the sum of the Dollar Equivalent principal amount of
the outstanding Revolving Loans of such Revolving Lender plus such Revolving
Lender's Revolving Percentage of the Stated Amount of all outstanding Letters of
Credit.
(b) Non-use fees shall be payable in arrears on the last day of each
calendar quarter and on the Revolving Termination Date for any period then
ending for which such non-use fees shall not have been theretofore paid. Non-use
fees shall be computed for the actual number of days elapsed on the basis of a
year of 360 days. Solely for the purposes of calculating non-use fees, Swing
Line Loans shall not constitute usage of the Aggregate Revolving Commitment
Amount.
5.2 Letter of Credit Fees.
(a) The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the
account of the Revolving Lenders pro rata according to their respective
Revolving Percentages a letter of credit fee for each Letter of Credit at a rate
per annum equal to the applicable LC Fee Rate (computed for the actual number of
days elapsed on the basis of a year of 360 days) multiplied by the Dollar
Equivalent amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit, payable in
arrears on the last day of each calendar quarter and on the Revolving
Termination Date (and, with respect to any Letter of Credit which remains
outstanding after the Revolving Termination Date, thereafter on demand) for the
period from the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit to the date such
payment is due or, if earlier, the date on which such Letter of Credit expired
or was terminated.
(b) In addition, with respect to each Letter of Credit, the Company
agrees to pay to the Issuer (i) such fees and expenses as the Issuer customarily
requires in connection with the issuance, negotiation, processing and/or
administration of letters of credit in similar situations and (ii) a fronting
fee in an amount separately agreed to by the Company and the Issuer.
5.3 Administrative Agent's and Arranger's Fees. The Company agrees to
pay to the Administrative Agent and the Arranger such fees at such times and in
such amounts as are mutually agreed upon by the Company and the Administrative
Agent and the Arranger, respectively.
SECTION 6 REDUCTION OR TERMINATION OF THE REVOLVING COMMITMENTS;
PREPAYMENTS.
6.1 Reduction or Termination of the Revolving Commitments.
6.1.1 Scheduled Reductions of the Aggregate Revolving Commitment
Amount. The Aggregate Revolving Commitment Amount shall be reduced on each of
the following dates (each a "Commitment Reduction Date") by the amount set forth
opposite such Commitment Reduction Date:
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Commitment Reduction Date Amount of Reduction
First day of Fiscal Year 2003 $25,000,000
First day of Fiscal Year 2004 $25,000,000
First day of Fiscal Year 2005 $30,000,000
First day of Fiscal Year 2006 $30,000,000.
6.1.2 Mandatory Reductions of the Aggregate Revolving Commitment
Amount. Concurrently with the receipt by the Company or any Subsidiary of any
Applicable Revolving Proceeds, the Aggregate Revolving Commitment Amount shall
be reduced by an amount equal to the excess of all Applicable Revolving Proceeds
received since the First Amendment Effective Date over all reductions of the
Aggregate Revolving Commitment Amount made pursuant to this Section 6.1.2 since
the First Amendment Effective Date (rounded down, if necessary, to an integral
multiple of $500,000). No reduction of the Aggregate Revolving Commitment Amount
pursuant to this Section 6.1.2 shall reduce the amount of any reduction of the
Aggregate Revolving Commitment Amount scheduled to be made on any Commitment
Reduction Date pursuant to Section 6.1.1.
6.1.3 Voluntary Reduction of Commitments. The Company may from time to
time on at least five Business Days' prior written notice received by the
Administrative Agent (which shall promptly advise each Lender thereof)
permanently reduce the Aggregate Revolving Commitment Amount to an amount not
less than the Aggregate Revolving Outstandings; provided that any such reduction
shall be in the amount of $5,000,000 or an integral multiple thereof. The
Company may at any time on like notice terminate the Revolving Commitments upon
payment in full of all Loans and all other obligations of the Company hereunder
and the cash collateralization in full, pursuant to documentation in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Issuer, of
all obligations arising with respect to the Letters of Credit.
6.1.4 All Reductions Pro Rata. All reductions of the Revolving
Commitments shall be pro rata among the Lenders according to their respective
Revolving Percentages.
6.2 Prepayments.
6.2.1 Mandatory Prepayments of Revolving Loans Resulting from
Commitment Reductions. On each date on which the Aggregate Revolving Commitment
Amount is reduced pursuant to Section 6.1.1 or 6.1.2, the Company shall prepay
Revolving Loans in the amount necessary (if any) so that the Aggregate Revolving
Outstandings will not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitment Amount as
reduced on such date.
6.2.2 Mandatory Prepayments of Revolving Loans Resulting from Currency
Fluctuations. If on any Computation Date the Administrative Agent determines
that the Aggregate Revolving Outstandings exceed the Aggregate Revolving
Commitment Amount due to a change in applicable rates of exchange between
Dollars and any applicable currency, then (i) the Administrative Agent shall
promptly notify the Company and (ii) the Company shall promptly (subject to the
notice requirements of Section 6.2.5) prepay Revolving Loans in an
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amount so that the Aggregate Revolving Outstandings are equal to or less than
the Aggregate Revolving Commitment Amount; provided that no prepayment shall be
required under this clause (ii) on any day which is a Computation Date solely
because it is the last Business Day of a month unless the Aggregate Revolving
Outstandings exceed the Aggregate Commitment Amount by a Dollar Equivalent
amount of $500,000 or more.
6.2.3 Mandatory Prepayments of the Term Loans. Concurrently with the
receipt by the Company or any Subsidiary of any Applicable Term Proceeds, the
Company shall prepay Term Loans by an amount equal to the excess of all such
Applicable Term Proceeds received since the First Amendment Effective Date over
all prepayments of the Term Loans made pursuant to this Section 6.2.3 since the
First Amendment Effective Date (rounded down, if necessary, to an integral
multiple of $500,000).
6.2.4 Voluntary Prepayments. Subject to Section 6.2.5, the Company may
from time to time prepay Loans in whole or in part, without premium or penalty.
6.2.5 All Prepayments. The Company shall give the Administrative Agent
(which shall promptly advise each Lender or, in the case of prepayment of Swing
Line Loans, the Swing Line Lender) notice of each prepayment not later than (a)
10:00 a.m., Chicago time, on the date of a prepayment of Base Rate Loans, (b)
12:00 noon, Chicago time, on the date of a prepayment of a Swing Line Loan and
(c) 3:00 p.m., Chicago time, on the third Business Day preceding the day of a
prepayment of Eurocurrency Loans, in each case specifying the Loans to be
prepaid and the day (which shall be a Business Day) and amount of such
prepayment. Each partial prepayment of Revolving Loans pursuant to Section 6.2.4
shall be in a Dollar Equivalent principal amount of at least $1,000,000 and an
integral multiple of 100,000 units of the applicable currency. Each partial
prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to Section 6.2.4 shall be in a principal
amount of $1,000,000 or a higher integral multiple of $100,000. Each partial
prepayment of Swing Line Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a
higher integral multiple of $100,000. After giving effect to any partial
prepayment, the aggregate principal amount of each Group of Eurocurrency Loans
shall be in a Dollar Equivalent principal amount of at least $1,000,000 and an
integral multiple of 100,000 units of the applicable currency. Any prepayment of
a Eurocurrency Loan shall include accrued interest to the date of prepayment on
the principal amount being repaid and, if made on a day other than the last day
of an Interest Period therefor, shall be subject to Section 8.4.
6.2.6 Application of Prepayments. All prepayments of Revolving Loans
shall be applied pro rata to the Revolving Loans of the Revolving Lenders in
accordance with their Revolving Percentages; and all prepayments of Term Loans
shall be applied pro rata to the Term Loans of the Term Lenders in accordance
with their Term Percentages.
6.3 Repayment of Loans. The Term Loans shall be repaid in full on
October 2, 2006 and all Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans shall be repaid in
full on the Revolving Termination Date.
SECTION 7 MAKING AND PRORATION OF PAYMENTS; SETOFF; TAXES.
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7.1 Making of Payments. All payments of principal of or interest on
the Notes, and of all non-use fees and Letter of Credit fees, shall be made by
the Company to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds and in
the applicable currency at the Agent's Payment Office not later than 12:00 noon,
Chicago time, on the date due, and funds received after that hour shall be
deemed to have been received by the Administrative Agent on the next following
Business Day. The Company hereby authorizes Bank of America to charge any demand
deposit account maintained with Bank of America for the amount of any such
payment to be made by the Company on the due date therefor and to pay such
amount to the Administrative Agent, but Bank of America's failure to so charge
any such account shall in no way affect the obligation of the Company to make
any such payment. The Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to each Lender
its share (if any) of all such payments received in collected funds by the
Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender.
All payments under Sections 8.1 and 8.4 shall be made by the Company to
the Administrative Agent at the Agent's Payment Office for the account of the
Lender entitled thereto.
7.2 Application of Certain Payments. Each payment of principal shall
be applied to such Loans as the Company shall direct by notice to be received by
the Administrative Agent on or before the date of such payment or, in the
absence of such notice, as the Administrative Agent shall determine in its
discretion. Concurrently with each remittance to any Lender of its share of any
such payment, the Administrative Agent shall advise such Lender as to the
application of such payment.
7.3 Due Date Extension. If any payment of principal or interest with
respect to any of the Loans, or of non-use fees or Letter of Credit fees, falls
due on a day which is not a Business Day, then such due date shall be extended
to the next following Business Day (unless, in the case of a Eurocurrency Loan,
such next following Business Day is the first Business Day of a calendar month,
in which case such due date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day) and
additional interest (in the case of principal) or fees, as the case may be,
shall accrue and be payable for the period of any such extension.
7.4 Setoff. The Company agrees that the Administrative Agent and each
Lender have all rights of set-off and bankers' lien provided by applicable law,
and in addition thereto, the Company agrees that at any time any payment or
other amount owing by the Company under this Agreement is then due to the
Administrative Agent or any Lender, the Administrative Agent and each Lender may
apply to the payment of such payment or other amount any and all balances,
credits, deposits, accounts or moneys of the Company then or thereafter with the
Administrative Agent or such Lender.
7.5 Proration of Payments. If any Lender shall obtain any payment or
other recovery (whether voluntary, involuntary, by application of offset or
otherwise) on account of principal of or interest on any Loan (or on account of
its participation in any Credit Extension) in excess of its pro rata share of
payments and other recoveries obtained by all Lenders on account of principal of
and interest on Loans (or such participations) then held by them (other than in
respect of an Affected Loan or any payment to the Swing Line Lender in respect
of a Swing Line Loan, or as a result of replacement of a Lender pursuant to
Section 8.7), such Lender shall
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purchase from the other Lenders such participation in the Loans (or
sub-participations in Credit Extensions) held by them as shall be necessary to
cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment or other recovery
ratably with each of them; provided that if all or any portion of the
excess payment or other recovery is thereafter recovered from such purchasing
Lender, the purchase shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the
extent of such recovery.
7.6 Taxes with respect to Payments by the Company. (a) All payments
by the Company hereunder to the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall be made
free and clear of and without deduction for any present or future Taxes. If any
deduction or withholding from any payment to be made by the Company hereunder is
required in respect of any Taxes in respect of payments to the Administrative
Agent or any Lender, then the Company will:
(i) pay directly to the relevant authority the full amount
required to be so withheld or deducted;
(ii) promptly forward to the Administrative Agent an official
receipt or other documentation satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent evidencing such payment to such authority; and
(iii) except to the extent that such deduction or withholding
results from the breach by any Lender of its agreement contained in
clause (b) below, or would not be required if such Person's
representation and warranty contained in clause (c) below were true,
pay such additional amounts as may be necessary in order that the net
amount received by such Lender after such deduction or withholding
(including any required deduction or withholding on such additional
amounts) shall equal the amount such Person would have received had no
such deduction or withholding been made.
Moreover, if any Taxes are directly asserted against the Administrative Agent or
any Lender with respect to any payment received by the Administrative Agent or
such Lender from the Company hereunder, the Administrative Agent or such Lender
may pay such Taxes and the Company will, within 10 days after demand by the
Administrative Agent or such Lender (which demand shall be accompanied by a
statement setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for and a calculation of
the amount of such demand, a copy of which shall be furnished to the
Administrative Agent), pay such additional amount (including any penalty,
interest and expense) as is necessary in order that the net amount received by
such Person after the payment of such Taxes (including any Taxes on such
additional amount) shall equal the amount such Person would have received had
such Taxes not been asserted (except to the extent that such Taxes (including
any penalty, interest and expense and any Taxes on any such additional amount)
result from such Person's gross negligence or willful misconduct or from the
breach by such Person of its agreement contained in clause (b) below or would
not be asserted if such Person's representation and warranty contained in clause
(c) below were true). For purposes of this Section 7.6, a distribution hereunder
by the Administrative Agent or any Lender to or for the account of any Lender of
any amount received from the Company shall be deemed a payment by the Company.
(b) Each Lender agrees (to the extent it is permitted to do so under
applicable law) to execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent and the
Company such documents as may be
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necessary or appropriate from time to time in order to properly claim any
available exemption (whether partial or complete) from withholding and deduction
of any Taxes which are levied or imposed by a Governmental Authority in respect
of payments by the Company hereunder to (or for the benefit of) such Lender.
(c) Each Lender represents and warrants to the Company and the
Administrative Agent that, as of the date of this Agreement (or in the case of
any Assignee which is a Lender, as of the effective date of the assignment to
such Assignee, or in the case of any transfer of any rights under a Loan from a
Lender to an Affiliate of such Lender or from one office to another of a Lender,
as of the effective date of such transfer), it is entitled to receive payments
hereunder from the Company without deduction or withholding for or on account of
any Taxes which are levied or imposed by any Governmental Authority.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 7.6, if
any Lender fails to notify the Company of any event or circumstance which will
entitle such Lender to compensation pursuant to this Section 7.6 within 120 days
after such Lender obtains knowledge of such event or circumstance, then such
Lender shall not be entitled to compensation from the Company for any amount
arising prior to the date which is 120 days before the date on which such Lender
notifies the Company of such event or circumstance.
SECTION 8 INCREASED COSTS; SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR
EUROCURRENCY LOANS.
8.1 Increased Costs. (a) If, after the Effective Date, the adoption
of any applicable law, rule or regulation, or any change in any applicable law,
rule or regulation, or any change in the interpretation or administration of any
applicable law, rule or regulation by any Governmental Authority charged with
the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by any Lender (or
any Eurocurrency Office of such Lender) with any request or directive (whether
or not having the force of law) of any such Governmental Authority:
(i) shall subject any Lender (or any Eurocurrency Office of such
Lender) to any tax, duty or other charge with respect to its
Eurocurrency Loans, its Note or its obligation to make Eurocurrency
Loans, or shall change the basis of taxation of payments to any Lender
of the principal of or interest on its Eurocurrency Loans or any other
amount due under this Agreement in respect of its Eurocurrency Loans
or its obligation to make Eurocurrency Loans (except for (x) franchise
taxes and taxes imposed on or measured by the gross or net income or
receipts of such Lender or its applicable Eurocurrency Office, (y) any
Taxes referred to in Section 7.6 and (z) any tax, duty or other charge
to the extent resulting from such Lender's gross negligence or willful
misconduct); or
(ii) shall impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve
(including any reserve imposed by the FRB, but excluding any reserve
included in the determination of interest rates pursuant to Section
4), special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits
with or for the account of, or credit extended by any Lender (or any
Eurocurrency Office of such Lender); or
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(iii) shall impose on any Lender (or its applicable Eurocurrency
Office) any other condition affecting its Eurocurrency Loans, its Note
or its obligation to make Eurocurrency Loans;
and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to (or in the
case of Regulation D of the FRB, to impose a cost on) such Lender (or any
Eurocurrency Office of such Lender) of making or maintaining any Eurocurrency
Loan, or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender
(or its applicable Eurocurrency Office) under this Agreement or under its Note
with respect thereto, then within 10 days after demand by such Lender (which
demand shall be accompanied by a statement setting forth in reasonable detail
the basis for and a calculation of the amount of such demand, a copy of which
shall be furnished to the Administrative Agent), the Company shall pay directly
to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender
for such increased cost or such reduction.
(b) If any Lender shall reasonably determine that any change in, or
the adoption or phase-in of, any applicable law, rule or regulation regarding
capital adequacy, or any change in the interpretation or administration of any
such law, rule or regulation by any Governmental Authority charged with the
interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by any Lender (or any
Eurocurrency Office of such Lender) or any Person controlling such Lender with
any request or directive regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the
force of law) of any such Governmental Authority, has or would have the effect
of reducing the rate of return on such Lender's or such controlling Person's
capital as a consequence of such Lender's obligations hereunder (including such
Lender's Commitment) to a level below that which such Lender or such controlling
Person could have achieved but for such change, adoption, phase-in or compliance
(taking into consideration such Lender's or such controlling Person's policies
with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by such Lender or such
controlling Person to be material, then from time to time, within 10 days after
demand by such Lender (which demand shall be accompanied by a statement setting
forth in reasonable detail the basis for and a calculation of the amount of such
demand, a copy of which shall be furnished to the Administrative Agent), the
Company shall pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will
compensate such Lender or such controlling Person for such reduction.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 8.1, if
any Lender fails to notify the Company of any event or circumstance which will
entitle such Lender to compensation pursuant to this Section 8.1 within 120 days
after such Lender obtains knowledge of such event or circumstance, then such
Lender shall not be entitled to compensation from the Company for any amount
arising prior to the date which is 120 days before the date on which such Lender
notifies the Company of such event or circumstance.
8.2 Basis for Determining Eurocurrency Interest Rate Inadequate or
Unfair. If with respect to any Interest Period:
(a) the Administrative Agent reasonably determines (which
determination shall be binding and conclusive on the Company) that, by reason of
circumstances affecting the relevant market, adequate and reasonable means do
not exist for ascertaining the applicable Eurocurrency Rate; or
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(b) Lenders having an aggregate Revolving Percentage or Term
Percentage, as applicable, of 40% or more advise the Administrative Agent that
the Eurocurrency Rate (Reserve Adjusted) as determined by the Administrative
Agent will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of
maintaining or funding the applicable Loans for such Interest Period (taking
into account any amount to which such Lenders may be entitled under Section
8.1), or that the making or funding of Eurocurrency Loans has become
impracticable as a result of an event occurring after the date of this Agreement
which in the opinion of such Lenders materially affects such Loans,
then the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the other parties thereof
and, so long as such circumstances shall continue, (i) no Revolving Lender or
Term Lender, as applicable, shall be under any obligation to make, continue or
convert into Eurocurrency Loans in the currency so affected, (ii) if the Loans
so affected are Eurodollar Loans, on the last day of the current Interest Period
therefor, such Loans shall, unless then repaid in full, automatically convert to
Base Rate Loans, and (iii) if the Loans so affected are Eurocurrency Loans
denominated in a currency other than Dollars, on the last day of the current
Interest Period for each Eurocurrency Loan in such currency, such Loans shall be
repaid in full.
8.3 Changes in Law Rendering Eurocurrency Loans Unlawful. If any
change in (including the adoption of any new) applicable laws or regulations, or
any change in the interpretation of applicable laws or regulations by any
Governmental Authority or other regulatory body charged with the administration
thereof, should make it (or in the good faith judgment of any Lender cause a
substantial question as to whether it is) unlawful for any Lender to make,
maintain or fund Eurocurrency Loans in any currency, then such Lender shall
promptly notify each of the other parties hereto and, so long as such
circumstances shall continue, (a) in the case of Eurodollar Loans, (i) such
Lender shall have no obligation to make, continue or convert into Eurodollar
Loans (but shall make Base Rate Loans concurrently with the making or
continuation of or conversion into Eurodollar Loans by the applicable Lenders
which are not so affected, in each case in an amount equal to such Lender's
Applicable Percentage of all Eurodollar Loans which would be made, continued or
converted into at such time in the absence of such circumstances), and (ii) on
the last day of the current Interest Period for each Eurodollar Loan of such
Lender (or, in any event, if such Lender so requests, on such earlier date as
may be required by the relevant law, regulation or interpretation), such
Eurodollar Loan shall, unless then repaid in full, automatically convert to a
Base Rate Loan; and (b) in the case of Eurocurrency Loans denominated in a
currency other than Dollars, (i) such Lender shall have no obligation to make or
continue such Eurocurrency Loans in the currency so affected (but, if permitted
by applicable law, shall make Eurodollar Loans concurrently with the making or
continuation of Eurocurrency Loans in the applicable currency affected by the
Lenders which are not so affected, in each case in an amount equal to such
Lender's Applicable Percentage of the Dollar Equivalent amount of the
Eurocurrency Loans in the currency so affected which would be made or continued
at such time in the absence of such circumstances) and (ii) on the last day of
the current Interest Period for each Eurocurrency Loan by such Lender in the
currency so affected (or, in any event, if such Lender so requests, on such
earlier date as may be required by the relevant law, regulation or
interpretation), such Eurocurrency Loan shall be repaid in full (subject to the
Company's right to borrow Eurocurrency Loans in other currencies in accordance
with, and upon satisfaction of the conditions of, this Agreement). Each Base
Rate Loan made by a Lender which, but for the circumstances described in the
foregoing sentence, would be a
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Eurocurrency Loan, and each Eurodollar Loan which, but for the circumstances
described in the foregoing sentence, would be a Eurocurrency Loan in another
currency (any such Base Rate Loan or Eurocurrency Loan, an "Affected Loan"),
shall, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, remain outstanding
for the same period (and be continued for such Interest Periods) as the Group of
Eurocurrency Loans of which such Affected Loan would be a part absent such
circumstances.
8.4 Funding Losses. The Company hereby agrees that, upon demand by any
Lender (which demand shall be accompanied by a statement setting forth the basis
for the calculations of the amount being claimed, a copy of which shall be
furnished to the Administrative Agent), the Company will indemnify such Lender
against any net loss or expense which such Lender may sustain or incur
(including any net loss or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or
reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by such Lender to fund or
maintain any Eurocurrency Loan), as reasonably determined by such Lender, as a
result of (a) any payment or prepayment or conversion of any Eurocurrency Loan
of such Lender on a date other than the last day of an Interest Period for such
Loan (including any conversion pursuant to Section 8.3) or (b) any failure of
the Company to borrow, convert or continue any Loan on a date specified therefor
in a notice of borrowing, conversion or continuation pursuant to this Agreement.
For this purpose, all notices to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this
Agreement shall be deemed to be irrevocable.
8.5 Right of Lenders to Fund through Other Offices. Each Lender may,
if it so elects, fulfill its commitment as to any Eurocurrency Loan by causing a
foreign branch or affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that in
such event for the purposes of this Agreement such Loan shall be deemed to have
been made by such Lender and the obligation of the Company to repay such Loan
shall nevertheless be to such Lender and shall be deemed held by it, to the
extent of such Loan, for the account of such branch or affiliate.
8.6 Discretion of Lenders as to Manner of Funding. Notwithstanding any
provision of this Agreement to the contrary, each Lender shall be entitled to
fund and maintain its funding of all or any part of its Loans in any manner it
sees fit, it being understood, however, that for the purposes of Section 8.4 all
determinations hereunder shall be made as if such Lender had actually funded and
maintained each Eurocurrency Loan during each Interest Period for such Loan
through the purchase of deposits having a maturity corresponding to such
Interest Period and bearing an interest rate equal to the Eurocurrency Rate for
such Interest Period.
8.7 Mitigation of Circumstances; Replacement of Affected Lender. (a)
Each Lender shall promptly notify the Company and the Administrative Agent of
any event of which it has knowledge which will result in, and will use
reasonable commercial efforts available to it (and not, in such Lender's good
faith judgment, otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender) to mitigate or avoid,
(i) any obligation by the Company to pay any amount pursuant to Section 7.6 or
8.1 or (ii) the occurrence of any circumstances of the nature described in
Section 8.2 or 8.3 (and, if any Lender has given notice of any such event
described in clause (i) or (ii) above and thereafter such event ceases to exist,
such Lender shall promptly so notify the Company and the Administrative Agent).
Without limiting the foregoing, each Lender will designate a different
Eurocurrency Office if such designation will avoid (or reduce the cost to the
Company of) any
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event described in clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence and such
designation will not, in such Lender's judgment, be otherwise disadvantageous to
such Lender.
(b) At any time any Lender is an Affected Lender, the Company may
replace such Affected Lender (and any affiliate thereof) as a party to this
Agreement with one or more other banks or financial institutions reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, such banks or financial institutions
to have Commitments in an aggregate amount equal to the amount previously held
by the Affected Lender (provided that the amount of the Commitment held by each
such bank or financial institution shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent); and upon notice from the Company, such Affected Lender
(and any affiliate thereof) shall assign pursuant to an Assignment Agreement,
and without recourse or warranty, its Commitment, its Loans, its Notes, its
participation in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans and all of its other
rights and obligations hereunder to such replacement banks or other financial
institutions for a purchase price equal to the sum of the principal amount of
the Loans so assigned, all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, its ratable
share of all accrued and unpaid non-use fees and Letter of Credit fees and all
other obligations owed to such Affected Lender (or any affiliate thereof)
hereunder and, concurrently therewith, the Company shall pay to such Affected
Lender any amount payable under Section 8.4 as a result of such Affected Lender
(or any affiliate thereof) receiving payment of any Eurocurrency Loan prior to
the end of an Interest Period therefor.
8.8 Conclusiveness of Statements; Survival of Provisions.
Determinations and statements of any Lender pursuant to Section 7.6, 8.1, 8.2,
8.3 or 8.4 shall be conclusive absent demonstrable error. Lenders may use
reasonable averaging and attribution methods in determining compensation under
Sections 8.1 and 8.4, and the provisions of such Sections shall survive the
expiration or termination of the Commitments, the repayment of the Loans and all
other obligations of the Company hereunder, the expiration or termination of the
Letters of Credit and the termination of this Agreement.
SECTION 9 WARRANTIES.
To induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into this
Agreement and to induce the Lenders to make Credit Extensions hereunder, the
Company warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that:
9.1 Organization, etc. The Company is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware,
each Subsidiary is duly organized, validly existing and, to the extent such
concept is applicable, in good standing under the jurisdiction of its
organization, each of the Company and each Subsidiary is duly qualified to do
business in each jurisdiction where the nature of its business makes such
qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified would not
have a Material Adverse Effect, and each of the Company and each Subsidiary has
full power and authority to own its property and conduct its business as
presently conducted by it.
9.2 Authorization; No Conflict. The execution and delivery by the
Company of this Agreement and each other Loan Document to which it is a party,
the borrowings hereunder, the execution and delivery by each Guarantor of each
Loan Document to which it is a party and the
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performance by each of the Company and each Guarantor of its obligations under
each Loan Document to which it is a party are within the powers of the Company
and each Guarantor, have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the
part of the Company and each Guarantor (including any necessary shareholder
action), have received all necessary governmental approval (if any shall be
required), and do not and will not (a) violate any provision of law or any
order, decree or judgment of any court or other Governmental Authority which is
binding on the Company or any Guarantor, (b) contravene or conflict with, or
result in a breach of, any provision of the articles or certificate of
incorporation, bylaws or other organizational documents of the Company or any
Guarantor or of any agreement, indenture, instrument or other document which is
binding on the Company, any Guarantor or any other Subsidiary or (c) result
in, or require, the creation or imposition of any Lien on any property of the
Company, any Guarantor or any other Subsidiary.
9.3 Validity and Binding Nature. Each of this Agreement and each other
Loan Document to which the Company is a party is, or upon the execution and
delivery thereof will be, the legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except
that enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
conveyance, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar
laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors' rights generally and by
general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in
equity or at law); and each Loan Document to which any Guarantor is a party is,
or upon the execution and delivery thereof will be, the legal, valid and binding
obligation of such Guarantor, enforceable against such Guarantor in accordance
with its terms, except that enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer, reorganization,
moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to
creditors' rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of
whether enforcement is sought in equity or at law).
9.4 Financial Information. The audited consolidated financial
statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries for Fiscal Years 1999 and 2000,
the unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Company and its
Subsidiaries for the Fiscal Quarters ended December 29, 2000 and March 31, 2001
and the preliminary unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Company
and its Subsidiaries for the Fiscal Quarter ended June 29, 2001, copies of which
have been delivered to each Lender, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP
in all material respects and present fairly the consolidated financial condition
of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole as at such date and the
results of their operations for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of
unaudited statements, for the absence of footnotes and to normal year-end audit
adjustments).
9.5 No Material Adverse Change. Since September 30, 2001, no events
have occurred which, individually or in the aggregate, have had or are
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
9.6 Litigation and Contingent Liabilities. No litigation (including
derivative actions), arbitration proceeding or governmental proceeding is
pending or, to the Company's knowledge, threatened against the Company or any
Subsidiary which is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect except
as set forth in Schedule 9.6. Other than any liability incident to such
litigation or proceedings, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any
material contingent
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liabilities which are not provided for or disclosed in the financial statements
referred to in Section 9.4 or listed in Schedule 9.6.
9.7 Ownership of Properties; Liens. The Company and its Subsidiaries
own good and marketable title to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all of their
respective properties and assets, real and personal, tangible and intangible, of
any nature whatsoever (including patents, trademarks, trade names, service marks
and copyrights), free and clear of all Liens, charges and claims (including
infringement claims with respect to patents, trademarks, copyrights and the
like) except as permitted pursuant to Section 10.8.
9.8 Subsidiaries. The Company has no Subsidiaries except those listed
in Schedule 9.8.
9.9 ERISA Compliance. (a) Each Plan is in compliance in all material
respects with all applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other Federal or
state laws. Each Plan that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the
Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS or an
application for such a letter is currently being processed by the IRS with
respect thereto and, to the knowledge of the Company, nothing has occurred which
would prevent, or cause the loss of, such qualification. Each of the Company and
each ERISA Affiliate has made all required contributions to each Plan subject to
Section 412 of the Code, and no application for a funding waiver or an extension
of any amortization period pursuant to Section 412 of the Code has been made
with respect to any Plan.
(b) There are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened claims, actions or lawsuits, or actions by any Governmental
Authority, with respect to any Plan that could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. There has been no prohibited transaction or violation
of the fiduciary responsibility rules with respect to any Plan that has resulted
or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) (i) No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to
occur, (ii) no Pension Plan has any Unfunded Pension Liability, (iii) neither
the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to
incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan
(other than premiums due and not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA), (iv)
neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects
to incur, any liability (and no event has occurred which, with the giving of
notice under Section 4219 of ERISA, would result in such liability) under
Sections 4201 or 4243 of ERISA with respect to a Multiemployer Plan, and (v)
neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that
could be subject to Sections 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA.
9.10 Investment Company Act. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is
an "investment company" or a company "controlled" by an "investment company",
within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940.
9.11 Public Utility Holding Company Act. Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary is a "holding company", or a "subsidiary company" of a "holding
company", or an "affiliate" of a "holding company" or of a "subsidiary company"
of a "holding company", within the meaning of the Public Utility Holding Company
Act of 1935.
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9.12 Regulation U. The Company is not engaged principally, or as one
of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose
of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock.
9.13 Taxes. Each of the Company and each Subsidiary has filed all U.S.
federal tax returns and all other material tax returns and reports required by
law to have been filed by it and has paid all taxes and governmental charges
thereby shown to be owing, except for any such taxes or charges which are being
diligently contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which
adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP shall have been set aside on its
books.
9.14 Environmental Compliance. (a) The Company and each of its
Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects with all applicable
Environmental Laws. There are no material past, pending or, to the best
knowledge of the Company, threatened claims under any Environmental Law against
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any real property at any time owned,
leased or operated by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. There are no
facts, circumstances, conditions or occurrences with respect to any real
property at any time owned, leased or operated by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries that could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) No Hazardous Materials have at any time been generated, released
on or from, used, treated or stored on, or transported to or from any real
property at any time owned, leased or operated by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries except in material compliance with Environmental Laws.
9.15 Information. All written information heretofore or
contemporaneously herewith furnished by the Company or any Subsidiary to the
Administrative Agent or any Lender for purposes of or in connection with this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby is, and all written
information hereafter furnished by or on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary
to the Administrative Agent or any Lender pursuant hereto or in connection
herewith will be, true and accurate in every material respect on the date as of
which such information is dated or certified, and none of such information is or
will be incomplete by omitting to state any material fact necessary to make such
information not misleading.
9.16 Golden Grain Acquisition. (a) If it occurs, the Golden Grain
Acquisition will comply in all material respects with all applicable legal
requirements, and all necessary governmental, regulatory, shareholder and other
consents and approvals required for the consummation of the Golden Grain
Acquisition will have been duly obtained and in full force and effect.
(b) If it occurs, the consummation by the Company of the Golden Grain
Acquisition will not violate any statute or regulation of the United States or
any other applicable jurisdiction, or any order, judgment or decree of any court
or other Governmental Authority, or result in a breach of, or constitute a
default under, any material agreement, indenture, instrument or other document,
or any judgment, order or decree, affecting the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries (including any entity which will be a Subsidiary after giving
effect to the Golden Grain Acquisition).
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SECTION 10 COVENANTS.
Until the expiration or termination of the Commitments and thereafter
until all obligations of the Company hereunder and under the other Loan
Documents are paid in full and all Letters of Credit have been terminated, the
Company agrees that, unless at any time the Required Lenders shall otherwise
expressly consent in writing, it will:
10.1 Reports, Certificates and Other Information. Furnish to the
Administrative Agent and each Lender:
10.1.1 Audit Report. Promptly when available and in any event within
90 days after the close of each Fiscal Year, a copy of the annual audit report
of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year, including therein
consolidated balance sheets of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the end of
such Fiscal Year and consolidated statements of earnings and cash flow of the
Company and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year, which audit report shall be
without qualification as to going concern or scope and shall be prepared by
Ernst & Young LLP or other independent auditors of recognized standing selected
by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders, together with
(a) a written statement from such auditors to the effect that in making the
audit necessary for the signing of such audit report by such accountants, they
have not become aware of any Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default that
has occurred and is continuing under Section 10.6, 10.7, 10.10, 10.11 or 10.12,
insofar as such Sections relate to accounting matters or require computations to
be made which are ordinarily made by accountants or, if they have become aware
of any such event, describing it in reasonable detail and (b) a certificate of
the chief financial officer or the chief executive officer of the Company
certifying that such financial statements fairly present the financial condition
and results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the dates
and periods indicated.
10.1.2 Quarterly Reports. Promptly when available and in any event
within 45 days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter (except the last Fiscal
Quarter) of each Fiscal Year, consolidated balance sheets of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as of the end of such Fiscal Quarter and consolidated statements of
earnings and consolidated statements of cash flow for such Fiscal Quarter and
for the period beginning with the first day of such Fiscal Year and ending on
the last day of such Fiscal Quarter, together with a certificate of the chief
financial officer or the chief executive officer of the Company certifying that
such financial statements fairly present the financial condition and results of
operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the dates and periods
indicated, subject to the absence of footnotes and to normal year-end audit
adjustments.
10.1.3 Compliance Certificates. Contemporaneously with the furnishing
of a copy of each annual audit report pursuant to Section 10.1.1 and of each set
of quarterly statements pursuant to Section 10.1.2, a duly completed certificate
in the form of Exhibit F, with appropriate insertions, dated the date of such
annual report or such quarterly statement and signed by the chief financial
officer or the chief executive officer of the Company, containing a computation
of each of the financial ratios and restrictions set forth in this Section 10
and to the effect that such officer has not become aware of any Event of Default
or Unmatured Event of Default that has
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occurred and is continuing or, if there is any such event, describing it and the
steps, if any, being taken to cure it.
10.1.4 Reports to SEC and to Shareholders. Within five days of the
filing or sending thereof, a copy of any annual, periodic or special report or
registration statement (inclusive of exhibits thereto) filed with the SEC or any
securities exchange and any report, proxy statement or other communication to
the Company's shareholders generally.
10.1.5 Notice of Default, Litigation and ERISA Matters. Promptly upon
becoming aware of any of the following, written notice describing the same and
the steps being taken by the Company or the Subsidiary affected thereby with
respect thereto: (a) the occurrence of an Event of Default or an Unmatured
Event of Default; (b) any litigation, arbitration or governmental
investigation or proceeding not previously disclosed by the Company to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders which has been instituted or, to the
knowledge of the Company, is threatened against the Company or any Subsidiary or
to which any of the properties of any thereof is subject which has had or is
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect; (c) any material adverse
development which occurs in any litigation, arbitration or governmental
investigation or proceeding previously disclosed pursuant to clause (b); (d)
any ERISA Event; and (e) the occurrence of any other event or circumstance
(including any violation of any Environmental Law) and which has had or is
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
10.1.6 Subsidiaries. Promptly upon the occurrence thereof, a written
report of any change in the list of its Subsidiaries.
10.1.7 Management Reports. Promptly upon the request of the
Administrative Agent or any Lender, copies of all detailed financial and
management reports submitted to the Company by independent auditors in
connection with each annual or interim audit made by such auditors of the books
of the Company.
10.1.8 Projections. As soon as practicable and in any event within 90
days after the commencement of each Fiscal Year, a consolidated plan and
financial forecast for such Fiscal Year, including (a) a forecasted
consolidated balance sheet and a consolidated statement of cash flow of the
Company for such Fiscal Year and (b) forecasted consolidated statements of
income and cash flows of the Company for each month of such Fiscal Year.
10.1.9 Other Information. From time to time such other information
concerning the Company and its Subsidiaries as any Lender or the Administrative
Agent may reasonably request.
10.2 Books, Records and Inspections. (i) Keep, and cause each
Subsidiary to keep, its books and records in accordance with sound business
practices sufficient to allow the Company to prepare its financial statements in
accordance with GAAP; (ii) permit, and cause each Subsidiary to permit, on
reasonable notice and at reasonable times and intervals (or at any time without
notice during the existence of an Event of Default), any Lender or the
Administrative Agent or any representative thereof to inspect the properties and
operations of the Company and of such Subsidiary; and (iii) permit, and cause
each Subsidiary to permit, on reasonable notice
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and at reasonable times and intervals (or at any time without notice during the
existence of an Event of Default), any Lender or the Administrative Agent or any
representative thereof to visit any or all of its offices, to discuss its
financial matters with its officers and its independent auditors (and the
Company hereby authorizes such independent auditors to discuss such financial
matters with any Lender or the Administrative Agent or any representative
thereof), and to examine (and, photocopy extracts from) any of its books or
other corporate records. The Company agrees to pay the fees and out-of-pocket
expenses of the Company's auditors incurred in connection with any reasonable
exercise of the rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to
this Section.
10.3 Insurance. Maintain, and cause each Subsidiary to maintain, with
reputable, financially sound insurance companies, insurance to such extent and
against such hazards and liabilities as is customarily maintained by companies
similarly situated (and, in any event, such insurance as may be required by any
law or governmental regulation or any court order or decree) and, upon request
of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, furnish to the Administrative Agent
or such Lender a certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the nature and
extent of all insurance maintained by the Company and its Subsidiaries.
10.4 Compliance with Laws; Payment of Taxes. (a) Comply, and cause
each Subsidiary to comply, in all material respects with all material applicable
laws (including ERISA and Environmental Laws), rules, regulations, decrees,
orders, judgments, licenses and permits; and (b) pay, and cause each
Subsidiary to pay, prior to delinquency all taxes and other governmental charges
against it or any of its property; provided that the foregoing shall not require
the Company or any Subsidiary to pay any such tax or charge so long as it shall
contest the validity thereof in good faith by appropriate proceedings and shall
set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto.
10.5 Maintenance of Existence, etc. Maintain and preserve, and
(subject to Section 10.12) cause each Subsidiary to maintain and preserve, (a)
its existence and, to the extent applicable, good standing in the jurisdiction
of its organization and (b) its qualification and, to the extent applicable,
good standing as a foreign entity in each jurisdiction where the nature of its
business makes such qualification necessary (except in those instances in which
the failure to be qualified or in good standing would not (i) if cured,
foreclose access to the courts of such jurisdiction in respect of events
occurring prior to such cure or (ii) be reasonably likely to result in a
Material Adverse Effect).
10.6 Financial Covenants.
10.6.1 Minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. Not permit the Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio for any Computation Period to be less than the applicable
ratio set forth below for such Computation Period:
Computation Period Ending Minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
Last day of Fiscal Year 2001 through 1.10 to 1
last day of Fiscal Year 2003
During Fiscal Year 2004 1.15 to 1
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During Fiscal Year 2005 1.20 to 1
Thereafter 1.25 to 1.
10.6.2 Maximum Leverage Ratio. Not permit the Leverage Ratio for any
Computation Period to exceed the applicable ratio set forth below for such
Computation Period:
Computation Period Ending Maximum Leverage Ratio
Last day of Fiscal Year 2001 through last day of third Fiscal 3.50 to 1
Quarter of Fiscal Year 2003
Last day of Fiscal Year 2003 through last day of first Fiscal 3.25 to 1
Quarter of Fiscal Year 2004
Last day of second Fiscal Quarter of Fiscal Year 2004 3.00 to 1
Last day of third Fiscal Quarter of Fiscal Year 2004 2.75 to 1
Last day of Fiscal Year 2004 through last day of third Fiscal 2.50 to 1
Quarter of Fiscal Year 2005
Thereafter 2.25 to 1;
provided that upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of a Covenant Change
Notice, the Maximum Leverage Ratio shall be reduced by (a) 0.50 for each
Computation Period ending on or before the last day of the first Fiscal Quarter
of 2004 and (b) 0.25 to 1 for the Computation Period ending on the last day of
the second Fiscal Quarter of 2004.
10.6.3 Minimum Consolidated Net Worth. Not at any time permit
Consolidated Net Worth to be less than the result of (a) $225,000,000 plus
(b) 75% of Consolidated Net Income earned in each Fiscal Quarter ending after
July 1, 2001 (with no deduction for a net loss in any such Fiscal Quarter) plus
(c) 75% of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Equity Issuance after the Effective
Date minus (d) 100% of the aggregate amount of Permitted Restricted Payments
made by the Company and its Subsidiaries since the Effective Date.
10.6.4 Minimum Consolidated EBITDA. Not permit Consolidated EBITDA for
any Computation Period to be less than (a) for any Computation Period ending
on or before the last day of Fiscal Year 2002, $70,000,000 and (b) for any
Computation Period ending thereafter, the total of (i) the greater of (x) the
amount of Consolidated EBITDA required by this Section 10.6.4 for the
Computation Period ending on the last day of the Fiscal Year most recently ended
prior to the last day of such Computation Period (the "Prior Fiscal Year") and
(y) the Specified Amount (as defined below) plus (ii) the Specified Percentage
of any increase (or minus the Specified Percentage of any decrease) to
Consolidated EBITDA for such Computation Period resulting from the inclusion or
exclusion of any pro forma amounts pursuant to the proviso to the definition of
Consolidated EBITDA for any Acquisition or disposition consummated during such
Computation Period but after the last day of the Prior Fiscal Year. For purposes
of the foregoing, (A) "Specified Amount" means (I) for any Computation Period
ending in Fiscal Year 2003, 90% of Consolidated EBITDA for Fiscal Year 2002,
(II) for any Computation Period ending in Fiscal Year 2004, 85% of Consolidated
EBITDA for Fiscal Year 2003, (III) for any Computation Period ending thereafter,
80% of Consolidated EBITDA for the Prior Fiscal Year; and (B) "Specified
Percentage" means 90% during Fiscal Year 2003, 85% during Fiscal Year 2004 and
80% during any Fiscal Year thereafter.
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10.7 Limitations on Debt. Not, and not permit any Subsidiary to,
create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Debt, except (a) obligations
arising under the Loan Documents; (b) Debt in respect of Capital Leases or
hereafter incurred in connection with Liens permitted by Section 10.8(e);
provided that the aggregate amount of all such Debt shall not at any time exceed
a Dollar Equivalent amount of $30,000,000; (c) Debt of Subsidiaries to the
Company or to other Subsidiaries; (d) Hedging Obligations incurred by the
Company or any Subsidiary to hedge bona fide business risks (and not for
speculation); (e) Guaranty Obligations in respect of any obligation of the
Company or any Subsidiary not prohibited under this Agreement; (f) Debt to be
Repaid; provided that all Debt to be Repaid shall be repaid on or before the
Effective Date; (g) Debt of the Company which has no scheduled amortization
prior to the 91st day after the scheduled Revolving Termination Date; provided
that (i) to the extent the holders of such Debt have the benefit of the guaranty
of, or the pledge of stock of, any Subsidiary, such holders shall have entered
into intercreditor arrangements with the Administrative Agent pursuant to
documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders and (ii) the Net
Cash Proceeds of the issuance of any such Debt shall be applied to reduce the
Aggregate Revolving Commitment Amount and/or prepay Term Loans to the extent
required herein; and (h) other Debt not at any time exceeding a Dollar
Equivalent amount of $15,000,000.
10.8 Liens. Not, and not permit any Subsidiary to, create or permit to
exist any Lien on any of its real or personal properties, assets or rights of
whatsoever nature (whether now owned or hereafter acquired), except (a) Liens
for taxes or other governmental charges not at the time delinquent or thereafter
payable without penalty or being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and, in each case, for which it maintains adequate reserves; (b)
Liens arising in the ordinary course of business (such as (i) Liens of carriers,
warehousemen, mechanics, landlords and materialmen and similar Liens and (ii)
Liens incurred in connection with worker's compensation, unemployment
compensation and other types of social security (excluding Liens arising under
ERISA) or in connection with surety bonds (other than bonds relating to
litigation), bids, performance bonds and similar obligations) for sums not
overdue or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and not
involving any deposits or advances or borrowed money or the deferred purchase
price of property or services, and, in each case, for which it maintains
adequate reserves; (c) Liens identified on Schedule 10.8; provided that the
Company causes the release of all Liens identified in the footnotes on such
Schedule 10.8 within the applicable time period specified thereon; (d) Liens
arising under Capital Leases on the property leased to the extent permitted by
Section 10.7(b); (e) purchase money security interests on any property
securing Debt incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the cost
of acquiring such property; provided that any such Lien attaches to such
property within 60 days of the acquisition thereof and such Lien attaches solely
to the property so acquired or, in the case of a Lien in favor of a vendor, all
property purchased by the Company or the applicable Subsidiary from such vendor;
(f) attachments, judgments and other similar Liens, for sums not exceeding a
Dollar Equivalent amount of $2,500,000 arising in connection with court
proceedings; provided that the execution or other enforcement of such Liens is
effectively stayed and the claims secured thereby are being actively contested
in good faith and by appropriate proceedings; (g) easements, rights of way,
restrictions, minor defects or irregularities in title and other similar Liens
not interfering in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the
business of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (h) Liens
securing obligations of a Subsidiary to the Company or to a Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary; (i) leases or subleases granted by the Company or any Subsidiary
in the ordinary course of its business; (j) extensions, renewals
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or replacements of any Lien permitted by the foregoing provisions of this
Section 10.8, but only if the principal amount of any Debt secured thereby
immediately prior to such extension, renewal or replacement is not increased and
such Lien is not extended to any other property; (k) Liens arising under the
Collateral Documents; and (l) other Liens, in addition to Liens permitted by
clauses (a) through (k), securing obligations not at any time exceeding a Dollar
Equivalent amount of $5,000,000.
10.9 Business. Not, and not permit any Subsidiary to, enter into any
material business other than the businesses in which the Company and its
Subsidiaries are engaged on the date of this Agreement and reasonable extensions
thereof.
10.10 Restricted Payments. Not, and not permit any Subsidiary to,
(a) declare or pay any dividend or distribution on any of its capital stock,
(b) purchase or redeem any capital stock of the Company or any Subsidiary (or
any warrants, options or other rights in respect thereof), (c) make any
other distribution to shareholders of the Company or any Subsidiary, (d) pay
any management fees or similar fees to any of its shareholders (other than
payments for the fair market value of services rendered), (e) prepay,
purchase, defease or redeem any subordinated Debt or (f) set aside funds for
any of the foregoing; provided that (i) any Subsidiary may declare and pay
dividends, or make other distributions, to the Company or to a Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary, (ii) the Company may declare and pay dividends, or make other
distributions, payable solely in the Company's common stock, and (iii) so long
as no Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default exists or would result
therefrom, the Company may purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire shares of its
capital stock or warrants or options to acquire any such shares, or pay cash
dividends on its capital stock, in each case so long as the aggregate amount of
all purchases, redemptions, other acquisitions and cash dividends made pursuant
to this clause (iii) (collectively "Permitted Restricted Payments") during the
term of this Agreement shall not exceed $15,000,000; provided that such amount
shall be increased to $40,000,000 on the earlier of (A) June 26, 2004 and (B)
the date on which the Administrative Agent receives a Covenant Change Notice.
10.11 Investments. Not, and not permit any Subsidiary to, make, incur,
assume or suffer to exist any Investment in any other Person, except (a)
Investments existing on the Effective Date and identified in Schedule 10.11;
(b) Cash Equivalent Investments; (c) Investments by the Company in its
Subsidiaries or by any Subsidiary in any other Subsidiary in the form of
contributions to capital or loans or advances; (d) loans or advances or
capital contributions made by any Subsidiary to the Company; (e) advances
made to employees for travel and similar expenses in the normal course of
business; (f) the Golden Grain Acquisition; (g) Investments made to
consummate Permitted Acquisitions; (h) Investments arising in connection
with Hedging Agreements entered into to hedge bona fide business risks (and not
for speculation); and (i) other Investments not to exceed at any time
$5,000,000 in the aggregate.
10.12 Mergers, Consolidations, Sales. Not, and not permit any
Subsidiary to, be a party to any merger or consolidation, or purchase or
otherwise acquire all or substantially all of the assets or any stock of any
class of, or any partnership, limited liability company or joint venture
interest in, any other Person, or, except in the ordinary course of its
business, sell, transfer, convey or lease any of its assets, or sell or assign
with or without recourse any receivables, except for (i) any such merger or
consolidation, sale, transfer, conveyance, lease or assignment
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of or by any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary into the Company or into, with or to any
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary; (ii) any such purchase or other acquisition by the
Company or any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the assets or stock of any
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary; (iii) any merger or consolidation to effect, or any
acquisition which constitutes, an Investment permitted by Section 10.11 or a
Permitted Acquisition; (iv) the Golden Grain Acquisition; and (v) the sale or
disposal of assets by the Company and its Subsidiaries so long as the aggregate
book value of such assets sold during any Fiscal Year does not exceed
$5,000,000.
10.13 Use of Proceeds. (a) Use the proceeds of the Revolving Loans
and Swing Line Loans to refinance existing Debt, for working capital, for
capital expenditures and for other general corporate purposes (including
Permitted Acquisitions); (b) use the proceeds of the Term Loans (i) to
consummate acquisitions permitted hereunder and (ii) to repay Revolving Loans;
and (c) not use or permit any proceeds of any Loan to be used, either
directly or indirectly, for the purpose, whether immediate, incidental or
ultimate, of "purchasing or carrying" any Margin Stock.
10.14 Inconsistent Agreements. Not, and not permit any Subsidiary to,
enter into any agreement containing any provision which would be violated or
breached by any borrowing, or the obtaining of any Letter of Credit, by the
Company hereunder or by the performance by the Company or any Subsidiary of any
of its obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document.
10.15 Transactions with Affiliates. Not, and not permit any Subsidiary
to, enter into or permit to exist any transaction, arrangement or contract with
any of its Affiliates (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) which is on
terms which are less favorable than are obtainable from a Person which is not
one of its Affiliates other than transactions, arrangements or contracts
providing for (a) the payment by the Company of reasonable and customary
fees to and expenses of members of its Board of Directors, (b) the payment
by the Company or any Subsidiary of Permitted Restricted Payments or (c) the
making of Investments by the Company or any Subsidiary permitted by this
Agreement.
10.16 Employee Benefit Plans. Maintain, and cause each Subsidiary to
maintain, each Plan in compliance with all applicable requirements of law and
regulations.
10.17 Environmental Laws. (a) Comply, and cause each Subsidiary to
comply, in a reasonable and cost-effective manner, with any valid judicial or
administrative order requiring the performance at any real property owned,
operated or leased by the Company or any Subsidiary of activities in response to
the release or threatened release of a Hazardous Material except for the period
of time that the Company or such Subsidiary is diligently in good faith
contesting such order, (b) notify the Administrative Agent within 30 days
after the receipt of any written claim, demand, proceeding, action or notice of
liability by any Person arising out of or relating to the release or threatened
release of a Hazardous Material and (c) notify the Administrative Agent within
30 days after any release, threatened release or disposal of Hazardous Material
reported to any Governmental Authority at any real property owned, operated or
leased by the Company or any Subsidiary.
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10.18 Unconditional Purchase Obligations. Not, and not permit any
Subsidiary to, enter into or be a party to any contract for the purchase of
materials, supplies or other property or services if such contract requires that
payment be made by it regardless of whether or not delivery is ever made of such
materials, supplies or other property or services.
10.19 Further Assurances. Take, and cause each Subsidiary to take,
such actions as are necessary, or as the Administrative Agent (or the Required
Lenders acting through the Administrative Agent) may reasonably request, from
time to time (including the execution and delivery of guaranties, pledge
agreements, financing statements, and other documents, the filing of any of the
foregoing, the delivery of stock certificates and other collateral with respect
to which perfection is obtained by possession and stock powers or other
documents related thereto, and the delivery of opinions of counsel with respect
to any of such documents) to ensure that (i) the obligations of the Company
hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and any Hedging Obligations of the
Company owing to any Lender or any Affiliate of any Lender are guaranteed by all
Subsidiaries (other than Foreign Subsidiaries) of the Company and secured by
pledge of the stock or other equity interests of all Subsidiaries of the
Company; provided that (a) neither the Company nor any domestic Subsidiary
shall be required to pledge more than 65% of the stock of any Foreign
Subsidiary; (b) AIPC Sales Co. will not be required to complete the pledge
of its equity interest in IAPC CV until September 14, 2001 and (c) no
Foreign Subsidiary shall be required to pledge the stock of any other Foreign
Subsidiary.
10.20 Transfers to Foreign Subsidiaries. Not, and not permit any
Guarantor to, sell, transfer, or convey balance sheet assets (other than cash)
with an aggregate net book value in excess of $3,000,000 to Foreign Subsidiaries
after the Signing Date.
SECTION 11 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.
The obligation of each Lender to make any Credit Extension is subject
to the following conditions precedent:
11.1 Initial Credit Extension. The obligation of each Lender to make
its initial Loan or of the Issuer to issue the initial Letter of Credit
hereunder (whichever first occurs) is subject to the conditions precedent that
(a) each of the conditions precedent specified in Section 11.2 and, if
applicable, 11.3 shall have been satisfied, (b) the Administrative Agent
shall have received all amounts which are then due and payable pursuant to
Section 5, and (c) the Administrative Agent shall have received (i)
evidence that the Company has terminated the commitments under the Existing
Credit Facility, that all obligations under the Existing Credit Facility (other
than (x) the Existing Letter of Credit and (y) loans which are denominated in
Euros ("Existing Euro Loans") and which, in the aggregate, do not exceed a
Dollar Equivalent amount of $70,000,000), that arrangements have been made to
pay all Existing Euro Loans not later than the Business Day following the
Effective Date and that all collateral securing the Existing Credit Facility has
been (or concurrently with the payment of the Existing Euro Loans will be)
released, (ii) evidence that the Xxxxxx Brands Acquisition will be completed
concurrently with the initial Credit Extension on the terms set forth in the
Xxxxxx Brands Purchase Agreement (without giving effect to any material
amendment or other modification thereto after June 1, 2001 unless such amendment
or modification has been approved in writing by the Administrative Agent) and
(iii) all of the following, each duly executed and dated the date of the initial
Credit Extension (or such earlier
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date as shall be satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), in form and
substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and each (except for the
Notes, of which only the originals shall be signed) in sufficient number of
signed counterparts to provide one for the Administrative Agent and each Lender:
11.1.1 Agreement and Notes. Counterparts of this Agreement executed by
each of the parties hereto (it being understood that the Administrative Agent
may rely on a facsimile copy of the applicable signature page of this Agreement
in determining whether any party hereto has executed and delivered a counterpart
hereof) and a Note for each Lender which has requested a Note.
11.1.2 Resolutions. Certified copies of resolutions of the Board of
Directors of the Company and each Guarantor authorizing or ratifying the
execution, delivery and performance by such Person of the Loan Documents to
which such Person is a party.
11.1.3 Incumbency and Signature Certificates. A certificate of the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary (or other appropriate officer) of the
Company and each Guarantor certifying the names of the officer or officers of
such Person authorized to sign the Loan Documents to which such Person is a
party, together with a sample of the true signature of each such officer (it
being understood that the Administrative Agent and each Lender may conclusively
rely on each such certificate until formally advised by a like certificate of
any changes therein).
11.1.4 Opinion of Counsel for the Company. The opinion of Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx LLP, counsel to the Company and the Guarantors,
substantially in the form of Exhibit G.
11.1.5 Guaranty. The Guaranty executed by each Subsidiary that is not
a Foreign Subsidiary.
11.1.6 Pledge Agreement. The Pledge Agreement executed by the Company
and each applicable Subsidiary, together with all stock certificates and other
documents required to be delivered pursuant thereto.
11.1.7 Collateral Partnership Assignment. Collateral Assignments of
Partnership Interests executed by the Company and AIPC Sales Co.
11.1.8 Membership Interest Pledge Agreement. The Membership Interest
Pledge Agreement executed by the Company and AIPC Finance, Inc.
11.1.9 Financing Statements. Uniform Commercial Code financing
statements executed by the Company, AIPC Sales Co. and AIPC Finance, Inc. with
respect to the collateral pledged pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, the
Membership Interest Pledge Agreement and/or the Collateral Partnership
Assignment, as applicable.
11.1.10 Xxxxxx Brands Acquisition Documents. A certified copy of the
Xxxxxx Brands Purchase Agreement and all material documents related thereto.
11.1.11 Other. Such other documents as the Administrative Agent or any
Lender may reasonably request.
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11.2 All Credit Extensions. The obligation of each Lender to make any
Credit Extension is subject to the following further conditions precedent that:
11.2.1 No Default. (a) No Event of Default or Unmatured Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing or will result from the making of such
Credit Extension and (b) the warranties of the Company contained in Section 9
(excluding, except in the case of the initial Credit Extension, (i) the second
sentence of Section 9.6 and (ii) Section 9.8) are true and correct in all
material respects as of the date of the making of such requested Credit
Extension, with the same effect as though made on such date (except to the
extent that any warranty relates to an earlier date, in which case such warranty
shall be true and correct as of such earlier date).
11.2.2 Confirmatory Certificate. If requested by the Administrative
Agent or any Lender, the Administrative Agent shall have received (in sufficient
counterparts to provide one to each Lender) a certificate dated the date of the
making of such Credit Extension and signed by a duly authorized representative
of the Company as to the matters set out in Section 11.2.1 (it being understood
that each request by the Company for the making of a Credit Extension shall be
deemed to constitute a representation and warranty that the conditions precedent
set forth in Section 11.2.1 will be satisfied at the time of the making of such
Credit Extension), together with such other documents as the Administrative
Agent may reasonably request in support thereof.
SECTION 12 EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND THEIR EFFECT.
12.1 Events of Default. Each of the following shall constitute an
Event of Default under this Agreement:
12.1.1 Non-Payment of the Loans, etc. Default in the payment when due
of the principal of any Loan; or default, and continuance thereof for five days,
in the payment when due of any interest, fee, reimbursement obligation with
respect to any Letter of Credit or other amount payable by the Company hereunder
or under any other Loan Document.
12.1.2 Non-Payment of Other Debt. Any default shall occur under the
terms applicable to any Debt of the Company or any Subsidiary in an aggregate
Dollar Equivalent amount (for all Debt so affected) exceeding $2,500,000 and
such default shall (c) consist of the failure to pay such Debt when due (subject
to any applicable grace period), whether by acceleration or otherwise, or (d)
accelerate the maturity of such Debt or permit the holder or holders thereof, or
any trustee or agent for such holder or holders, to cause such Debt to become
due and payable prior to its expressed maturity.
12.1.3 Bankruptcy, Insolvency, etc. The Company or any Subsidiary
becomes insolvent or generally fails to pay, or admits in writing its inability
or refusal to pay, debts as they become due; the Company or any Subsidiary
applies for, consents to, or acquiesces in the appointment of a trustee,
receiver, receiver and manager, administrator, liquidator, provisional
liquidator or other custodian for the Company or such Subsidiary or any property
thereof, or makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or, in the
absence of such application, consent or acquiescence, a trustee, receiver,
receiver and manager, administrator, liquidator, provisional liquidator or other
custodian is appointed for the Company or any Subsidiary or for a substantial
part of the property of any thereof and is not discharged within 60 days; any
bankruptcy,
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reorganization, debt arrangement, or other case or proceeding under any
bankruptcy or insolvency law, or any dissolution or liquidation proceeding
(except the voluntary dissolution, not under any bankruptcy or insolvency law,
of a Subsidiary), is commenced in respect of the Company or any Subsidiary, and
if such case or proceeding is not commenced by the Company or such Subsidiary,
it is consented to or acquiesced in by the Company or such Subsidiary, or
remains for 60 days undismissed; or the Company or any Subsidiary takes any
corporate action to authorize, or in furtherance of, any of the foregoing.
12.1.4 Non-Compliance with Provisions of This Agreement. Failure by
the Company to comply with or to perform any covenant set forth in Section
10.1.5, Sections 10.6 through 10.8 or Sections 10.10 through 10.14; or failure
by the Company to comply with or to perform any other provision of this
Agreement (and not constituting an Event of Default under any of the other
provisions of this Section 12) and continuance of such failure for 30 days after
notice thereof to the Company from the Administrative Agent or any Lender.
12.1.5 Warranties. Any warranty made by the Company herein is false or
misleading in any material respect, or any schedule, certificate, financial
statement, report, notice or other writing furnished by the Company to the
Administrative Agent or any Lender is false or misleading in any material
respect on the date as of which the facts therein set forth are stated or
certified.
12.1.6 ERISA. (i) An ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Pension Plan
or Multiemployer Plan which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to
result in liability of the Company under Title IV of ERISA to the Pension Plan,
Multiemployer Plan or the PBGC in an aggregate amount in excess of $1,000,000,
or (ii) the Company or any ERISA Affiliate fails to pay when due, after the
expiration of any applicable grace period, any installment payment with respect
to its withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA under a Multiemployer
Plan in an aggregate amount in excess of $1,000,000.
12.1.7 Judgments. Final judgments which exceed an aggregate Dollar
Equivalent amount of $2,500,000 shall be rendered against the Company or any
Subsidiary and shall not have been discharged or vacated or had execution
thereof stayed pending appeal within 30 days after entry or filing of such
judgments.
12.1.8 Change in Control. A Change in Control shall occur.
12.1.9 Invalidity of Loan Documents. (a) The Guaranty shall cease to
be in full force and effect with respect to any Guarantor (other than as a
result of such Guarantor ceasing to be a Subsidiary of the Company as a result
of a transaction permitted hereby), any Guarantor shall fail (subject to any
applicable grace period) to comply with or to perform any applicable provision
of the Guaranty, or any Guarantor (or any Person by, through or on behalf of
such Guarantor) shall contest in any manner the validity, binding nature or
enforceability of the Guaranty with respect to such Guarantor.
(b) Any Collateral Document shall cease to be in full force and effect
with respect to the Company or any Guarantor (other than as a result of such
Guarantor ceasing to be a Subsidiary of the Company as a result of a transaction
permitted hereby), the Company or any
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Guarantor shall fail (subject to any applicable grace period) to comply with or
to perform any applicable provision of any Collateral Document to which such
entity is a party, or the Company or any Guarantor (or any Person by, through or
on behalf of the Company or such Guarantor) shall contest in any manner the
validity, binding nature or enforceability of any Collateral Document.
12.2 Effect of Event of Default. If any Event of Default described in
Section 12.1.3 shall occur, the Commitments (if they have not theretofore
terminated) shall immediately terminate and the Notes and all other obligations
hereunder shall become immediately due and payable and the Company shall become
immediately obligated to deliver to the Administrative Agent cash collateral in
a Dollar Equivalent amount equal to the outstanding face amount of all Letters
of Credit, all without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind; and
in the case of any other Event of Default, the Administrative Agent shall, upon
written request of the Required Lenders, declare the Commitments (if they have
not theretofore terminated) to be terminated and/or declare all Notes and all
other obligations hereunder to be due and payable and/or demand that the Company
immediately deliver to the Administrative Agent cash collateral in a Dollar
Equivalent amount equal to the outstanding face amount of all Letters of Credit,
whereupon the Commitments (if they have not theretofore terminated) shall
immediately terminate and/or all Notes and all other obligations hereunder shall
become immediately due and payable and/or the Company shall immediately become
obligated to deliver to the Administrative Agent cash collateral in a Dollar
Equivalent amount equal to the face amount of all Letters of Credit, all without
presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the effect as an Event of Default of any event described in Section
12.1.1 or 12.1.3 may be waived by the written concurrence of all of the Lenders,
and the effect as an Event of Default of any other event described in this
Section 12 may be waived by the written concurrence of the Required Lenders. Any
cash collateral delivered hereunder shall be held by the Administrative Agent
and applied to obligations arising in connection with any drawing under a Letter
of Credit. After the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit, such
cash collateral shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to any remaining
obligations of the Company hereunder and any excess shall be delivered to the
Company or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.
SECTION 13 THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT.
13.1 Appointment and Authorization. (a) Each Lender hereby irrevocably
(subject to Section 13.9) appoints, designates and authorizes the Administrative
Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement,
each other Loan Document and each other document executed by the Company in
connection with this Agreement and to exercise such powers and perform such
duties as are expressly delegated to it by the terms of this Agreement, any
other Loan Document or any other document executed by the Company in connection
with this Agreement, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental
thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in
this Agreement, in any other Loan Document or any other document executed by the
Company in connection with this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall not
have any duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth herein, nor
shall the Administrative Agent have or be deemed to have any fiduciary
relationship with any Lender, and no implied covenants, functions,
responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this
Agreement, any other Loan Document or any
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other document executed by the Company in connection with this Agreement or
otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent.
(b) The Issuer shall act on behalf of the Lenders with respect to all
Letters of Credit and the documents associated therewith until such time and
except for so long as the Administrative Agent may agree at the request of the
Lenders to act for the Issuer with respect thereto; provided that the Issuer
shall have all of the benefits and immunities (i) provided to the Administrative
Agent in this Section 13 with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by
the Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued or proposed to be issued
by it and the Letter of Credit Applications and related documents as fully as if
the term "Administrative Agent", as used in this Section 13, included the Issuer
with respect to such acts or omissions and (ii) as additionally provided in this
Agreement with respect to the Issuer.
13.2 Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may execute any of
its duties under this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other document
executed by the Company in connection with this Agreement by or through agents,
employees or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel
concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The Administrative Agent shall
not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agent or
attorney-in-fact that it selects with reasonable care.
13.3 Liability of Administrative Agent. None of the Agent-Related
Persons shall (i) be liable to any Lender for any action taken or omitted to
be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Agreement, any other
Loan Document or any other document executed by the Company in connection with
this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross
negligence or willful misconduct), or (ii) be responsible in any manner to any
of the Lenders for any recital, statement, representation or warranty made by
the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company, or any officer
thereof, contained in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document, or in any
certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in,
or received by the Administrative Agent under or in connection with, this
Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other document executed by the Company
or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company in connection with this Agreement,
or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of
this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other document executed by the
Company in connection with this Agreement, or for any failure of the Company or
any other party to any such document to perform its obligations hereunder or
thereunder. No Agent-Related Person shall be under any obligation to any Lender
to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the
agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of the Company or any
Affiliate thereof. No Agent-Related Person shall be under any obligation to any
Lender or participant to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or
performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this
Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the properties, books or
records of the Company or any Affiliate thereof.
13.4 Reliance by Administrative Agent. (a) The Administrative Agent
shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any
writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram,
facsimile, telex or telephone message, statement or other document or
conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed,
sent
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or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal
counsel (including counsel to the Company), independent accountants and other
experts selected by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be
fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement,
any other Loan Document, or any other document executed by the Company in
connection with this Agreement unless it shall first receive such advice or
concurrence of the Required Lenders as it deems appropriate and, if it so
requests, it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders
against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason
of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Administrative Agent shall
in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under
this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other document executed by the
Company in connection with this Agreement in accordance with a request or
consent of the Required Lenders and such request and any action taken or failure
to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all of the Lenders. Where this
Agreement expressly permits or prohibits an action unless the Required Lenders
otherwise determine, the Administrative Agent shall, and in all other instances,
the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be required to, initiate any
solicitation for the consent or a vote of the Lenders.
(b) For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions
specified in Section 11, each Lender that has executed this Agreement shall be
deemed (absent timely written notice from such Lender to the contrary) to have
consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with each document or
other matter either sent by the Administrative Agent to such Lender for consent,
approval, acceptance or satisfaction, or required thereunder to be consented to
or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to such Lender.
13.5 Notice of Default. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed
to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Event of Default or
Unmatured Event of Default, except with respect to defaults in the payment of
principal, interest and fees required to be paid to the Administrative Agent for
the account of the Lenders unless the Administrative Agent shall have received
written notice from a Lender or the Company referring to this Agreement,
describing such Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default and stating that
such notice is a "notice of default". The Administrative Agent will notify the
Lenders of its receipt of any such notice. The Administrative Agent shall take
such action with respect to such Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default
as may be requested by the Required Lenders in accordance with Section 12;
provided that, unless and until the Administrative Agent has received any such
request, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such
action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Event of
Default or Unmatured Event of Default as it shall deem advisable or in the best
interest of the Lenders.
13.6 Credit Decision. Each Lender acknowledges that none of the
Agent-Related Persons has made any representation or warranty to it, and that no
act by the Administrative Agent hereinafter taken, including any review of the
affairs of the Company and its Subsidiaries, shall be deemed to constitute any
representation or warranty by any Agent-Related Person to any Lender. Each
Lender represents to the Administrative Agent that it has, independently and
without reliance upon any Agent-Related Person and based on such documents and
information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and
investigation into the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and
other condition and creditworthiness of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and
all applicable bank regulatory laws relating to the transactions
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contemplated hereby, and made its own decision to enter into this Agreement and
to extend credit to the Company hereunder. Each Lender also represents that it
will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent-Related Person and based
on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time,
continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or
not taking action under this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any other
documents executed by the Company in connection with this Agreement, and to make
such investigations as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business,
prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and
creditworthiness of the Company. Except for notices, reports and other documents
expressly herein required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative
Agent, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to
provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business,
prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition or
creditworthiness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which may come into
the possession of any of the Agent-Related Persons.
13.7 Indemnification. Whether or not the transactions contemplated
hereby are consummated, the Lenders shall indemnify upon demand the
Agent-Related Persons (to the extent not reimbursed by or on behalf of the
Company and without limiting the obligation of the Company to do so), pro rata
according to their respective Applicable Percentages, from and against any and
all Indemnified Liabilities; provided that no Lender shall be liable for the
payment to any Agent-Related Person of any portion of such Indemnified
Liabilities resulting from such Person's bad faith, gross negligence or willful
misconduct. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender shall reimburse the
Administrative Agent upon demand for its ratable share of any costs or
out-of-pocket expenses (including Attorney Costs) incurred by the Administrative
Agent in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution, closing,
delivery, ongoing administration, modification, amendment or enforcement
(whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal
advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement, any other
Loan Document, any other document executed by the Company in connection with
this Agreement, or any document contemplated by or referred to herein, to the
extent that the Administrative Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by or
on behalf of the Company. The undertaking in this Section shall survive the
expiration or termination of the Commitments, the repayment of the Loans and all
other obligations of the Company hereunder, the expiration or termination of the
Letters of Credit, the termination of this Agreement and the resignation or
replacement of the Administrative Agent.
13.8 Administrative Agent in Individual Capacity. The Administrative
Agent and its Affiliates may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the
account of, accept deposits from, acquire equity interests in and generally
engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting or other
business with the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates as though the
Administrative Agent were not the Administrative Agent, the Issuer or the Swing
Line Lender hereunder and without notice to or consent of the Lenders. The
Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, the Administrative Agent
or its Affiliates may receive information regarding the Company or its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates (including information that may be subject to
confidentiality obligations in favor of the Company or such Subsidiary or
Affiliate) and acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall be under no
obligation to provide such information to them. With respect to their respective
Loans (if any), the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates shall have the same
rights and powers under this Agreement as any other Lender and may exercise the
same as though Bank of America were not the Administrative
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Agent, the Issuer and the Swing Line Lender hereunder, and the terms "Lender"
and "Lenders" include Bank of America (and any applicable Affiliate thereof) in
such capacity, as applicable.
13.9 Successor Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may, and
at the request of the Required Lenders shall, resign as Administrative Agent
upon 30 days' notice to the Lenders and the Company. If the Administrative Agent
resigns under this Agreement, the Required Lenders shall appoint from among the
Lenders a successor administrative agent for the Lenders. If no successor
administrative agent is appointed prior to the effective date of the resignation
of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may appoint, after
consulting with the Lenders and the Company, a successor administrative agent
from among the Lenders. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor
administrative agent hereunder, such successor administrative agent shall
succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the retiring Administrative
Agent and the term "Administrative Agent" shall mean such successor
administrative agent and the retiring Administrative Agent's appointment, powers
and duties as Administrative Agent shall be terminated. After any retiring
Administrative Agent's resignation hereunder as Administrative Agent, the
provisions of this Section 13, Section 14.6 and Section 14.10 shall inure to its
benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was
Administrative Agent under this Agreement. If no successor administrative agent
has accepted appointment as Administrative Agent by the date which is 30 days
following a retiring Administrative Agent's notice of resignation, the retiring
Administrative Agent's resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective
and the Lenders shall perform all of the duties of the Administrative Agent
hereunder until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor
administrative agent as provided for above. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
however, Bank of America shall not be required to resign as the Administrative
Agent at the request of the Required Lenders unless Bank of America shall also
simultaneously be replaced as "Issuer" and as "Swing Line Lender" hereunder
pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Bank
of America.
13.10 Other Agents. No Lender identified on the signature pages of
this Agreement or any related document as the "Syndication Agent,"
"Documentation Agent" or "Co-Agent" shall have any right, power, obligation,
liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those
applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, no Lender so
identified as the "Syndication Agent," "Documentation Agent" or "Co-Agent" shall
have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each
Lender acknowledges that it has not relied, and will not rely, on any of the
Lenders so identified in deciding to enter into this Agreement or in taking or
not taking action hereunder.
13.11 Non-Receipt of Funds by the Administrative Agent. Unless the
Company or a Lender, as the case may be, notifies the Administrative Agent prior
to the date on which it is scheduled to make payment to the Administrative Agent
of (a) in the case of a Lender, the proceeds of a Loan or (b) in the case of the
Company, a payment of principal, interest or fees for the account of any Lender,
that it does not intend to make such payment, the Administrative Agent may
assume that such payment has been made. The Administrative Agent may, but shall
not be obligated to, make the amount of such payment available to the intended
recipient in reliance upon such assumption. If such Lender or the Company, as
the case may be, has not in fact made such payment to the Administrative Agent,
the recipient of such payment shall, on demand by the Administrative Agent,
repay to the Administrative Agent the amount so made
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available together with interest thereon in respect of each day during the
period commencing on the 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 (i) in the case of payment by a Lender, the
Federal Funds Rate for such day for the first three days and, thereafter, the
interest rate applicable to the relevant Loan or (ii) in the case of payment by
the Company, the interest rate applicable to the relevant Loan (or, to the
extent permitted by applicable law, (x) in the case of interest payable in
Dollars and fees, the Base Rate plus the Applicable Base Rate Margin, and (y) in
the case of interest payable in any other currency, the Overnight Rate plus the
Applicable Eurocurrency Margin).
SECTION 14 GENERAL.
14.1 Waiver; Amendments. No delay on the part of the Administrative
Agent or any Lender in the exercise of any right, power or remedy shall operate
as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise by any of them of
any right, power or remedy preclude other or further exercise thereof, or the
exercise of any other right, power or remedy. No amendment, modification or
waiver of, or consent with respect to, any provision of this Agreement or the
Notes shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and
signed and delivered by the Administrative Agent and signed and delivered by
Lenders having an aggregate Percentage of not less than the aggregate Percentage
expressly designated herein with respect thereto or, in the absence of such
designation as to any provision of this Agreement or the Notes, by the Required
Lenders, and then any such amendment, modification, waiver or consent shall be
effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which
given. No amendment, modification, waiver or consent shall (i) extend any
Commitment Reduction Date or reduce the amount of the scheduled reduction on any
such date or extend the date fixed for any scheduled payment of any principal of
or interest on the Loans, any reimbursement obligation in respect of any Letter
of Credit, any fees payable hereunder or any amount payable pursuant to Section
7.6 or Section 8, (ii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan, the rate of
interest thereon, any fees payable hereunder or any amount payable pursuant to
Section 7.6 or Section 8, (iii) release the Guaranty (other than with respect to a
Guarantor which ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted
hereunder) or all or substantially all of the collateral granted under the
Collateral Documents, or (iv) change the aggregate Percentage required to effect
an amendment, modification, waiver or consent without, in each case, the consent
of each Lender affected thereby. No amendment, modification, waiver or consent
shall extend the term of or increase the amount of any Commitment of any Lender
without the consent of such Lender. No provision of Section 13 shall be amended,
modified or waived without the consent of the Administrative Agent. No provision
affecting the rights and duties of the Issuer under this Agreement or any Letter
of Credit Application or relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued
by it shall be amended, modified or waived without the consent of the Issuer. No
provision affecting the rights and duties of the Swing Line Lender under this
Agreement shall be amended, modified or waived without the consent of the Swing
Line Lender.
14.2 Notices. (a) General. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein,
all notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing
(including by facsimile transmission) and mailed, faxed or delivered to the
address, facsimile number or (subject to subsection (c) below) electronic mail
address specified for notices on Schedule 14.2 or, in the case of the Company,
the Administrative Agent, the Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, to such
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other address as shall be designated by such party in a notice to the other
parties, and in the case of any other party, to such other address as shall be
designated by such party in a notice to the Company, the Administrative Agent,
the Issuer and the Swing Line Lender. All such notices and other communications
shall be deemed to be given or made upon the earlier to occur of (i) actual
receipt by the intended recipient and (ii) (1) if delivered by hand or by
courier, when signed for by the intended recipient, (2) if delivered by mail,
four Business Days after deposit in the mails, postage prepaid, (3) if delivered
by facsimile, when sent and receipt has been confirmed by telephone, and (4) if
delivered by electronic mail (which form of delivery is subject to the
provisions of subsection (c) below), when delivered; provided that notices and
other communications to the Administrative Agent, the Issuer and the Swing Line
Lender pursuant to Sections 2 and 6 shall not be effective until actually
received by such Person. Any notice or other communication permitted to be
given, made or confirmed by telephone hereunder shall be given, made or
confirmed by means of a telephone call to the intended recipient at the number
specified on Schedule 14.2 or such other telephone number as shall have been
specified pursuant to the procedures above, it being understood that a voicemail
message shall not be effective as a notice, communication or confirmation
hereunder.
(b) Effectiveness of Facsimile Documents and Signatures. Loan
Documents may be transmitted and/or signed by facsimile. The effectiveness of
any such documents and signatures shall, subject to applicable law, have the
same force and effect as manually-signed originals and shall be binding on the
Company, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders. The Administrative Agent may
also require that any such documents and signatures be confirmed by a
manually-signed original thereof; provided that the failure to request or
deliver the same shall not limit the effectiveness of any facsimile document or
signature.
(c) Limited Use of Electronic Mail. Electronic mail and internet and
intranet websites may be used only to distribute routine communications, such as
financial statements and other information, and to distribute Loan Documents for
execution by the parties thereto, and shall not constitute effective notice for
any other purpose.
(d) Reliance by Administrative Agent and Lenders. The Administrative
Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices
(including telephonic notices of borrowing, conversion and continuation)
purportedly given by or on behalf of the Company even if (i) such notices were
not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or
followed by any other form of notice specified herein or (ii) the terms thereof,
as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof. The
Company shall indemnify each Agent-Related Person and each Lender from all
losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such
Person on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of the Company, except
to the extent resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the
applicable Indemnified Person. All telephonic notices to and other
communications with the Administrative Agent may be recorded by the
Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such
recording.
14.3 Payments Set Aside. To the extent that the Company makes a
payment to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, or the Administrative Agent
or the Lenders exercise their right of set-off, and such payment or the proceeds
of such set-off or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be
fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required
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(including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Administrative Agent
or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any
other party, in connection with any insolvency proceeding or otherwise, then (a)
to the extent of such recovery the obligation or part thereof originally
intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect
as if such payment had not been made or such set-off had not occurred, and (b)
each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its
pro rata share of any amount so recovered from or repaid by the Administrative
Agent.
14.4 Costs, Expenses and Taxes. The Company agrees to pay on demand
all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent and
the Arranger (including Attorney Costs) in connection with the preparation,
negotiation, execution, closing, delivery and ongoing administration of this
Agreement, the other Loan Documents and all other documents provided for herein
or delivered or to be delivered hereunder or in connection herewith (including
any amendment, supplement or waiver to any Loan Document), and all reasonable
out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including Attorney Costs) incurred by the
Administrative Agent and each Lender after an Event of Default in connection
with the enforcement of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any such
other documents. In addition, the Company agrees to pay, and to save the
Administrative Agent, the Arranger and the Lenders harmless from all liability
for, any stamp or other taxes which may be payable in connection with the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, the borrowings hereunder, the issuance
of the Notes or the execution and delivery of any other Loan Document or any
other document provided for herein or delivered or to be delivered hereunder or
in connection herewith. All obligations provided for in this Section 14.4 shall
survive the expiration or termination of the Commitments, the repayment of the
Loans and all other obligations of the Company hereunder, the expiration or
termination of the Letters of Credit and the termination of this Agreement.
14.5 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the
Company, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent and their respective
successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of the Company, the
Lenders and the Administrative Agent and the permitted successors and assigns of
the Lenders and the Administrative Agent.
14.6 Assignments; Participations.
14.6.1 Assignments. Any Lender may, with the prior written consents of
the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably delayed or withheld and
shall not be required if an Event of Default exists) and the Administrative
Agent, at any time assign and delegate to one or more commercial banks or other
Persons (any Person to whom such an assignment and delegation is to be made
being herein called an "Assignee") all or any fraction of such Lender's
Commitment and such Lender's Loans and other rights and obligations hereunder in
respect thereof (which assignment and delegation shall be of a constant, and not
a varying, percentage of the assigning Lender's Commitment and Loans and other
rights and obligations), in each case in a minimum aggregate amount equal to the
lesser of (a) the assigning Lender's remaining Commitment and (b) $1,000,000;
provided that (i) no assignment and delegation may be made to any Person if, at
the time of such assignment and delegation, the Company would be obligated to
pay any greater amount under Section 7.6 or Section 8 to the Assignee than the
Company is then obligated to pay to the assigning Lender under such Sections,
(ii) the consent of the Company
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shall not be required in the case of an assignment from a Lender to an Affiliate
of such Lender, and (iii) the Company and the Administrative Agent shall be
entitled to continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection
with the interests so assigned and delegated to an Assignee until the date when
all of the following conditions shall have been met:
(x) five Business Days (or such lesser period of time as the
Administrative Agent and the assigning Lender shall agree) shall have
passed after written notice of such assignment and delegation,
together with payment instructions, addresses and related information
with respect to such Assignee, shall have been given to the Company
and the Administrative Agent by such assigning Lender and the
Assignee;
(y) the assigning Lender and the Assignee shall have executed and
delivered to the Company and the Administrative Agent an assignment
agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit H (an "Assignment
Agreement"), together with any documents required to be delivered
thereunder, which Assignment Agreement shall have been accepted by the
Administrative Agent; and
(z) the assigning Lender or the Assignee shall have paid the
Administrative Agent a processing fee of $3,500.
From and after the date on which the conditions described above have been met,
(x) such Assignee shall have all rights and obligations hereunder in respect of
the interests so assigned (and, if such Assignee was not previously a Lender
hereunder, shall automatically become a party hereto), (y) the assigning Lender,
to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned and
delegated by it pursuant to such Assignment Agreement, shall be released from
its obligations hereunder and (z) upon the distribution by the Administrative
Agent to the Company and the Lenders of a new Schedule 1.1(a) which reflects
such assignment and delegation, Schedule 1.1(a) hereto shall be deemed to be
automatically amended in the form of such new Schedule 1.1(a). Within five
Business Days after the effectiveness of any assignment and delegation to an
Assignee which was not previously a party hereto, the Company shall execute and
deliver to the Administrative Agent (for delivery to such Assignee) a new Note
dated the effective date of such assignment. If any assigning Lender assigns all
of its rights and obligations hereunder, such assigning Lender shall xxxx its
Note or Notes "canceled" and deliver such Note or Notes to the Company. Any
attempted assignment and delegation not made in accordance with this Section
14.6.1 shall be null and void.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 14.6.1 or any
other provision of this Agreement, any Lender may at any time assign all or any
portion of its Loans and its Note to a Federal Reserve Bank, to the Farm Credit
Funding Corp. or to any other entity organized under the Farm Credit Act of 1971
(but no such assignment shall release any Lender from any of its obligations
hereunder).
14.6.2 Participations. Any Lender may at any time sell to one or more
commercial banks or other Persons participating interests in any Loan owing to
such Lender, the Note held by such Lender, the Commitment of such Lender, the
participation interest of such Lender in any Letter of Credit or any other
interest of such Lender hereunder (any Person purchasing any such participating
interest being called a "Participant"). In the event of a sale by a Lender of a
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participating interest to a Participant, (x) such Lender shall remain the holder
of its Note for all purposes of this Agreement, (y) the Company and the
Administrative Agent shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender
in connection with such Lender's rights and obligations hereunder and (z) all
amounts payable by the Company shall be determined as if such Lender had not
sold such participation and shall be paid directly to such Lender. No
Participant shall have any direct or indirect voting rights hereunder except
with respect to any of the events described in the third sentence of Section
14.1. Each Lender agrees to incorporate the requirements of the preceding
sentence into each participation agreement which such Lender enters into with
any Participant. The Company agrees that if amounts outstanding under this
Agreement and the Notes are due and payable (as a result of acceleration or
otherwise), each Participant shall be deemed to have the right of setoff in
respect of its participating interest in amounts owing under this Agreement and
any Note and with respect to any Letter of Credit to the same extent as if the
amount of its participating interest were owing directly to it as a Lender under
this Agreement or such Note; provided that such right of setoff shall be subject
to the obligation of each Participant to share with the Lenders, and the Lenders
agree to share with each Participant, as provided in Section 7.5. The Company
also agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Section
7.6 and Section 8 as if it were a Lender (provided that no Participant shall
receive any greater compensation pursuant to Section 7.6 or Section 8 than would
have been paid to the participating Lender if no participation had been sold).
14.6.3 Designation of SPVs.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any
Lender (a "Granting Lender") may grant to a special purpose funding vehicle (an
"SPV", identified as such in writing from time to time by such Granting Lender
to the Administrative Agent and the Company) the option to fund all or any part
of any Loan that such Granting Lender would otherwise be obligated to fund
pursuant to this Agreement; provided that (i) nothing herein shall constitute a
commitment by any SPV to fund any Loan, (ii) if an SPV elects not to exercise
such option or otherwise fails to fund all or any part of such Loan, the
Granting Lender shall be obligated to fund such Loan pursuant to the terms
hereof, (iii) no SPV shall exercise any voting rights pursuant to Section 14.1
(such voting rights to be exercised instead by such Granting Lender) and (iv)
with respect to notices, payments and other matters hereunder, the Company, the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall not be obligated to deal with an SPV,
but may limit their communications and other dealings relevant to such SPV to
the applicable Granting Lender. The funding of any Loan hereunder by an SPV
hereunder shall utilize the Commitment of the Granting Lender to the same extent
that, and as if, such Loan were funded by such Granting Lender.
(b) As to any Loans or portion thereof made by it, each SPV shall have
all the rights that its applicable Granting Lender making such Loan or portion
thereof would have had under this Agreement; provided, however, that each SPV
shall have granted to its Granting Lender an irrevocable power of attorney to
deliver and receive all communications and notices under this Agreement (and any
related documents) and to exercise on such SPV's behalf, all of such SPV's
voting rights under this Agreement. No additional Note shall be required to
evidence the Loan or portion thereof made by an SPV; and the related Granting
Lender shall be deemed to hold its Note as agent for such SPV to the extent of
the Loan or portion thereof funded by such SPV. In
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addition, any payments for the account of any SPV shall be paid to its Granting
Lender as agent for such SPV.
(c) Each party hereto hereby agrees that no SPV shall be liable for
any indemnity or payment under this Agreement for which a Lender would otherwise
be liable for so long as, and to the extent, the Granting Lender provides such
indemnity or makes such payment. In furtherance of the foregoing, each party
hereto hereby agrees (which agreements shall survive the termination of this
Agreement) that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the
payment in full of all outstanding commercial paper or other senior indebtedness
of any SPV, it will not institute against, or join any other person in
instituting against, such SPV any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement,
insolvency or liquidation proceedings under the laws of the United States or any
state thereof.
(d) In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
this Agreement, any SPV may (i) at any time and without paying any processing
fee therefor, assign or participate all or a portion of its interest in any Loan
to the Granting Lender or to any financial institutions providing liquidity
and/or credit support to or for the account of such SPV to support the funding
or maintenance of Loans and (ii) disclose on a confidential basis any non-public
information relating to its Loans to any rating agency, commercial paper dealer
or provider of any surety, guarantee or credit or liquidity enhancements to such
SPV. This Section 14.6.3 may not be amended without the written consent of any
Granting Lender affected thereby.
14.7 Governing Law. This Agreement and each Note shall be a contract
made under and governed by the laws of the State of Illinois applicable to
contracts made and to be performed entirely within such State. Whenever possible
each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be
effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement
shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be
ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without
invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this
Agreement. All obligations of the Company and rights of the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders expressed herein or in any other Loan Document shall be in
addition to and not in limitation of those provided by applicable law.
14.8 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts and
each such counterpart shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same Agreement.
14.9 Judgment Currency. If, for the purposes of obtaining judgment in
any court, it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder or under any other
Loan Document in one currency into another currency, the rate of exchange used
shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the
Administrative Agent could purchase the first currency with such other currency
on the Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given. The
obligation of the Company in respect of any such sum due from it to the
Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder or under any other Loan Document
shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the "Judgment Currency")
other than that in which such sum is denominated in accordance with the
applicable provisions of this Agreement (the "Agreement Currency"), be
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discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by the
Administrative Agent or such Lender of any sum adjudged to be so due in the
Judgment Currency, the Administrative Agent or such Lender may in accordance
with normal banking procedures purchase the Agreement Currency with the Judgment
Currency. If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is less than the
sum originally due to the Administrative Agent or such Lender in the Agreement
Currency, the Company agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any
such judgment, to indemnify the Administrative Agent or such Lender against such
loss. If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is greater than the
sum originally due to the Administrative Agent or such Lender in such currency,
the Administrative Agent or such Lender agrees to return the amount of any
excess to the Company (or to any other Person who may be entitled thereto under
applicable law).
14.10 Indemnification by the Company; Exculpation. Whether or not the
transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, the Company shall indemnify
and hold the Agent-Related Persons and each Lender and each of their respective
officers, directors, employees, counsel, agents and attorneys-in-fact (each, an
"Indemnified Person") harmless from and against any and all liabilities,
obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs,
charges, expenses and disbursements (including Attorney Costs) of any kind or
nature whatsoever which may at any time be imposed on, incurred by or asserted
against any such Person in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement
or any document contemplated by or referred to herein, or the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby, or any action taken or omitted by any such
Person under or in connection with any of the foregoing, including with respect
to any investigation, litigation or proceeding (including any bankruptcy or
insolvency proceeding or any appellate proceeding) related to or arising out of
this Agreement or the Loans or Letters of Credit or the use of the proceeds
thereof, or related to any transactions entered into in connection herewith,
whether or not any Indemnified Person is a party thereto (all the foregoing,
collectively, the "Indemnified Liabilities"); provided that the Company shall
not have any obligation hereunder to any Indemnified Person with respect to (a)
Indemnified Liabilities resulting from the bad faith, gross negligence or
willful misconduct of such Indemnified Person or (b) any taxes for which the
Company is not liable pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.6. The Company
agrees that none of the Indemnified Persons shall be liable to the Company for
any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection
with this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other document executed by
the Company in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated
hereby (except to the extent resulting from its own gross negligence or willful
misconduct or a breach of the express terms of this Agreement), and the Company
further agrees that in no event shall any Indemnified Person be liable to the
Company for any punitive or exemplary damages as a result of any such action
taken or omitted. All obligations and agreements in this Section 14.10 shall
survive the expiration or termination of the Commitments, the repayment of the
Loans and all other obligations of the Company hereunder, the expiration or
termination of the Letters of Credit, and the termination of this Agreement.
14.11 Economic and Monetary Union in the European Community.
(a) If, as a result of the implementation of the European economic and
monetary union ("EMU"), any currency available for borrowing under this
Agreement (a "national currency") and the Euro are at the same time both
recognized by the central bank or comparable
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Governmental Authority of the state issuing such currency as lawful currency of
such state, then any amount borrowed hereunder by the Company in such national
currency shall be payable in such national currency and any amount borrowed
hereunder in the Euro shall be payable in the Euro. After the European Central
Lender and/or the comparable Governmental Authority ceases to recognize any
national currency, then the amount so payable shall be determined by
redenominating or converting such national currency into the Euro at the
exchange rate officially fixed by the European Central Lender for the purpose of
implementing the EMU. Prior to the occurrence of the event or events described
above, each amount payable hereunder in any such national currency will, except
as otherwise provided herein, continue to be payable only in that national
currency.
(b) The Company shall from time to time, at the request of any Lender,
pay to such Lender the amount of any losses, damages, liabilities, claims,
reduction in yield, additional expense or increased cost incurred by, or of any
reduction in any amount payable to or in the effective return on its capital to,
or any decrease or delay in the payment of interest or other return foregone by,
such Lender or any of its Affiliates as a result of any political, tax,
liquidity, currency exchange or market risk resulting from the introduction of,
changeover to or operation of the Euro in any applicable nation or Eurocurrency
market.
(c) In addition, this Agreement will be amended to the extent
determined by the applicable Lender and the Administrative Agent (acting
reasonably and in consultation with the Company) to be necessary to reflect such
implementation of the EMU and change in currency and to put the Lenders and the
Company in the same position, so far as possible, that they would have been in
if such implementation and change in currency had not occurred. Except as
provided in the foregoing provisions of this Section 14.11, no such
implementation or change in currency nor any economic consequences resulting
therefrom shall (i) give rise to any right to terminate prematurely, contest,
cancel, rescind, alter, modify or renegotiate the provisions of this Agreement
or (ii) discharge, excuse or otherwise affect the performance of any obligation
of the Company under this Agreement or any Note.
14.12 Confidentiality. The Administrative Agent, the Issuer and the
Lenders shall hold all non-public information obtained pursuant to the
requirements of this Agreement in accordance with their customary procedures for
handling confidential information of this nature and in accordance with safe and
sound banking practices and, in any event, may make disclosure on the same
confidential basis as provided for herein that is reasonably required by any
actual or bona fide potential transferee or participant in connection with the
contemplated transfer of any Loan or participation therein or in any Letter of
Credit or as required or requested by any governmental agency or representative
thereof or pursuant to legal process; provided that, unless specifically
prohibited by applicable law or court order, each of the Administrative Agent
and each Lender shall notify the Company of any request by any governmental
agency or representative thereof (other than any such request in connection with
an examination of the financial condition of the Administrative Agent or such
Lender by such governmental agency) for disclosure of any such non-public
information prior to disclosure of such information.
14.13 No Third Parties Benefitted. This Agreement is made and entered
into for the sole protection and legal benefit of the Company, the Lenders, the
Administrative Agent, the Agent-Related Persons and the Indemnified Persons, and
their permitted successors and assigns,
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and no other Person shall be a direct or indirect legal beneficiary of, or have
any direct or indirect cause of action or claim in connection with, this
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.
14.14 Forum Selection and Consent to Jurisdiction. ANY LITIGATION
BASED HEREON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR
ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL BE BROUGHT AND MAINTAINED EXCLUSIVELY IN THE
COURTS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS OR IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS; PROVIDED THAT ANY SUIT SEEKING ENFORCEMENT
AGAINST ANY PROPERTY MAY BE BROUGHT, AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT'S OPTION, IN
THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION WHERE SUCH PROPERTY MAY BE FOUND. EACH OF THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE COMPANY AND EACH LENDER HEREBY EXPRESSLY AND
IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY SUCH LITIGATION AS SET FORTH ABOVE. THE COMPANY FURTHER
IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF PROCESS BY REGISTERED MAIL, POSTAGE
PREPAID, OR BY PERSONAL SERVICE WITHIN OR WITHOUT THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. THE
COMPANY HEREBY EXPRESSLY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED
BY LAW, ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE
OF ANY SUCH LITIGATION BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT REFERRED TO ABOVE AND ANY CLAIM
THAT ANY SUCH LITIGATION HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM.
14.15 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE
COMPANY, THE ISSUER AND EACH LENDER HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY
IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHTS UNDER THIS
AGREEMENT, ANY NOTE, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AND ANY AMENDMENT, INSTRUMENT,
DOCUMENT OR AGREEMENT DELIVERED OR WHICH MAY IN THE FUTURE BE DELIVERED IN
CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THEREWITH OR ARISING FROM ANY LENDING RELATIONSHIP
EXISTING IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF THE FOREGOING, AND AGREES THAT ANY SUCH
ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A COURT AND NOT BEFORE A JURY.
14.16 MISSOURI STATUTORY NOTICE. The Following notice is given to
comply with Mo. Rev. Stat. Section 432.045:
ORAL AGREEMENTS OR COMMITMENTS TO LOAN MONEY, EXTEND CREDIT OR TO FORBEAR FROM
ENFORCING REPAYMENT OF A DEBT INCLUDING PROMISES TO EXTEND OR RENEW SUCH DEBT
ARE NOT ENFORCEABLE. TO PROTECT YOU (BORROWER(S)) AND US (CREDITOR) FROM
MISUNDERSTANDING OR DISAPPOINTMENT, ANY AGREEMENTS WE REACH COVERING SUCH
MATTERS ARE CONTAINED IN THIS WRITING, WHICH IS
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THE COMPLETE AND EXCLUSIVE STATEMENT OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN US, EXCEPT AS WE
MAY LATER AGREE IN WRITING TO MODIFY IT.
14.17 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the other Loan
Documents (and any fee letter between the Company and the Administrative Agent
and/or the Arranger), embodies the entire agreement and understanding among the
Company, the Lenders, the Issuer and the Administrative Agent, and supersedes
all prior or contemporaneous agreements and understandings of such Persons,
verbal or written, relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof.
[SIGNATURES BEGIN ON THE NEXT PAGE]
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Delivered as of the day and year first above written.
AMERICAN ITALIAN PASTA COMPANY
By:______________________________
Title: Executive Vice President/Chief
Financial Officer
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative
Agent
By:________________________________
Title: Vice President
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender
By______________________________
Title: Senior Vice President
S-3
BANK ONE, NA, with its main office in
Chicago, IL, as Documentation Agent and
as a Lender
By: ______________________________
Title: ______________________________
S-4
U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as Syndication
Agent and as a Lender
By: ______________________________
Title: ______________________________
S-5
ING CAPITAL LLC
By: ______________________________
Title: ______________________________
By: ______________________________
Title: ______________________________
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FLEET NATIONAL BANK, as Co-Agent and as
a Lender
By: ______________________________
Title: ______________________________
S-7
KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Co-Agent
and as a Lender
By: ______________________________
Title: ______________________________
S-8
COOPERATIEVE CENTRALE RAIFFEISEN-
BOERENLEENBANK B.A., "RABOBANK NEDERLAND",
NEW YORK BRANCH, as Co-Agent and as a
Lender
By: ______________________________
Title: ______________________________
By: ______________________________
Title: ______________________________
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WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By: ______________________________
Title: ______________________________
S-10
XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A., as Co-Agent and
as a Lender
By: ______________________________
Title: ______________________________
X-00
XXXXX XXXXXXXXX XXX XXXXXX X.X.X.
By: ______________________________
Title: ______________________________
By: ______________________________
Title: ______________________________
X-00
XXX XXXX XX XXX XXXX
By: ______________________________
Title: ______________________________
S-13
COMERICA BANK
By: ______________________________
Title: ______________________________
S-14
COMMERCE BANK, N.A.
By: ______________________________
Title: ______________________________
X-00
XXXXXXXX XXXX, as Co-Agent and as a Lender
By: ______________________________
Title: ______________________________
S-16
UNICREDITO ITALIANO
By: ______________________________
Title: ______________________________
By: ______________________________
Title: ______________________________
S-17
UMB BANK, N.A.
By: ______________________________
Title: ______________________________
S-18
COBANK, ACB
By: ______________________________
Title: ______________________________
S-19
AGSTAR FINANCIAL SERVICES, PCA DBA FARM
CREDIT SERVICES COMMERCIAL FINANCE GROUP
By: ______________________________
Title: ______________________________
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AGFIRST, FCB
By: ______________________________
Title: ______________________________
X-00
XXXX XXXXXX XXXX XX XXXXXXX
By: ______________________________
Title: ______________________________
X-00
XXXX XXXXXX XXXXXXXX XX XXXXXXX, XXX
By: ______________________________
Title: ______________________________
X-00
XXXXXXXXXX XXXX CREDIT SERVICES, FLCA
By: ______________________________
Title: ______________________________
X-00
XXXXXXXXX XXXX XXXXXX XXXXXXXX, XXX
By: ______________________________
Title: ______________________________
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SCHEDULE 1.1(a)
LENDERS, COMMITMENTS AND PERCENTAGES
--------------------------- --------------- -------------- --------------- -------------- --------------
Name of Lender Amount of Revolving Term Term Percentage
Revolving Percentage Commitment Percentage
Commitment
--------------------------- --------------- -------------- --------------- -------------- --------------
Bank of America, N.A. $26,583,333.30 9.666666667% $0.00 0.000000000% 7.088888889%
--------------------------- --------------- -------------- --------------- -------------- --------------
Bank One, NA $24,750,000.00 9.000000000% $3,000,000.00 3.000000000% 7.400000000%
--------------------------- --------------- -------------- --------------- -------------- --------------
U.S. Bank National $24,750,000.00 9.000000000% $2,000,000.00 2.000000000% 7.133333333%
Association
--------------------------- --------------- -------------- --------------- -------------- --------------
SunTrust Bank $22,916,666.67 8.333333333% $3,000,000.00 3.000000000% 6.911111111%
--------------------------- --------------- -------------- --------------- -------------- --------------
Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. $20,166,666.67 7.333333333% $3,000,000.00 3.000000000% 6.177777778%
--------------------------- --------------- -------------- --------------- -------------- --------------
KeyBank National $20,166,666.67 7.333333333% $4,000,000.00 4.000000000% 6.444444444%
Association
--------------------------- --------------- -------------- --------------- -------------- --------------
Cooperatieve Centrale $20,166,666.67 7.333333333% $3,000,000.00 3.000000000% 6.177777778%
Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank
B.A., "Rabobank
Nederland", New York
Branch
--------------------------- --------------- -------------- --------------- -------------- --------------
Fleet National Bank $20,166,666.67 7.333333333% $0.00 0.000000000% 5.377777778%
--------------------------- --------------- -------------- --------------- -------------- --------------
ING Capital LLC $11,000,000.00 4.000000000% $3,000,000.00 3.000000000% 3.733333333%
--------------------------- --------------- -------------- --------------- -------------- --------------
Comerica Bank $9,166,666.67 3.333333333% $3,000,000.00 3.000000000% 3.244444444%
--------------------------- --------------- -------------- --------------- -------------- --------------
The Bank of New York $13,750,000.00 5.000000000% $2,000,000.00 2.000000000% 4.200000000%
--------------------------- --------------- -------------- --------------- -------------- --------------
Banca Nazionale Del $13,750,000.00 5.000000000% $2,000,000.00 2.000000000% 4.200000000%
Lavoro S.p.A.
--------------------------- --------------- -------------- --------------- -------------- --------------
UMB Bank, N.A. $9,166,666.67 3.333333333% $2,000,000.00 2.000000000% 2.977777778%
--------------------------- --------------- -------------- --------------- -------------- --------------
CoBANK, ACB $0.00 0.000000000% $8,000,000.00 8.000000000% 2.133333333%
--------------------------- --------------- -------------- --------------- -------------- --------------
AgStar Financial Services, $0.00 0.000000000% $12,000,000.00 12.000000000% 3.200000000%
PCA dba Farm Credit
Services Commercial
Finance Group
--------------------------- --------------- -------------- --------------- -------------- --------------
AgFirst, FCB $0.00 0.000000000% $10,000,000.00 10.000000000% 2.666666667%
--------------------------- --------------- -------------- --------------- -------------- --------------
Farm Credit Bank of $0.00 0.000000000% $10,000,000.00 10.000000000% 2.666666667%
Wichita
--------------------------- --------------- -------------- --------------- -------------- --------------
Farm Credit Services of $0.00 0.000000000% $10,000,000.00 10.000000000% 2.666666667%
America, PCA
--------------------------- --------------- -------------- --------------- -------------- --------------
Greenstone Farm Credit $0.00 0.000000000% $10,000,000.00 10.000000000% 2.666666667%
Services, FLCA
--------------------------- --------------- -------------- --------------- -------------- --------------
Northwest Farm Credit $0.00 0.000000000% $10,000,000.00 10.000000000% 2.666666667%
Services, PCA
--------------------------- --------------- -------------- --------------- -------------- --------------
Commerce Bank, N.A. $9,166,666.67 3.333333333% $0.00 0.000000000% 2.444444444%
--------------------------- --------------- -------------- --------------- -------------- --------------
UniCredito Italiano $9,166,666.67 3.333333333% $0.00 0.000000000% 2.444444444%
--------------------------- --------------- -------------- --------------- -------------- --------------
Wachovia Bank, National $20,166,666.67 7.333333333% $0.00 0.000000000% 5.377777778%
Association
--------------------------- --------------- -------------- --------------- -------------- --------------
TOTALS $275,000,000.00 100.000000000% $100,000,000.00 100.000000000% 100.000000000%
--------------------------- --------------- -------------- --------------- -------------- --------------
SCHEDULE 1.1(b)
PRICING SCHEDULE
The Applicable Eurocurrency Margin, the Applicable Base Rate Margin, the
Non-Use Fee Rate and the LC Fee Rate shall be determined based on the applicable
Leverage Ratio as set forth below.
Level Applicable Eurocurrency Applicable Base Non-Use Fee Rate
Margin/LC Fee Rate for Rate Margin
Letters of Credit
Level I 0.625% 0.000% 0.150%
Level II 0.750% 0.000% 0.175%
Level III 0.875% 0.000% 0.200%
Level IV 1.000% 0.000% 0.225%
Level V 1.250% 0.000% 0.275%
Level VI 1.625% 0.375% 0.350%
Level VII 2.000% 0.750% 0.400%
Level I applies when the Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 1.00 to 1.
Level II applies when the Leverage Ratio is greater than 1.00 to 1 but less
than or equal to 1.50 to 1.
Level III applies when the Leverage Ratio is greater than 1.50 to 1 but
less than or equal to 2.00 to 1.
Level IV applies when the Leverage Ratio is greater than 2.00 to 1 but less
than or equal to 2.50 to 1.
Level V applies when the Leverage Ratio is greater than 2.50 to 1 but less
than or equal to 3.00 to 1.
Level VI applies when the Leverage Ratio is greater than 3.00 to 1 but less
than or equal to 3.25 to 1.
Level VII applies when the Leverage Ratio is greater than 3.25 to 1.
Initially, the applicable Level shall be Level V. Beginning with September
28, 2001, the applicable Level shall be adjusted, to the extent applicable, 45
days (or, in the case of the last Fiscal Quarter of any Fiscal Year, 90 days)
after the end of each Fiscal Quarter based on the Leverage Ratio as of the last
day of such Fiscal Quarter; provided that if the Company fails to deliver the
financial statements required by Section 10.1.1 or 10.1.2, as applicable, by the
due date therefor, Level VII (or, after receipt by the Administrative Agent of a
Covenant Change Notice, Level VI) shall apply from such due date until such
financial statements are delivered; and provided, further, that if, pursuant to
proviso to the definition thereof, Consolidated EBITDA increases or decreases on
a pro forma basis as the result of an Acquisition or disposition, then the
applicable Level shall be immediately adjusted, if applicable, on the date on
which such
Acquisition or disposition is consummated (giving effect to such increase or
decrease in Consolidated EBITDA and any change in the amount of Funded Debt then
outstanding). Any adjustment to a Level shall apply immediately for all
outstanding Loans and Letters of Credit.
SCHEDULE 14.2
ADDRESSES FOR NOTICES
AMERICAN ITALIAN PASTA COMPANY
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
For notices of borrowing and payments:
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
For notices regarding Standby Letters of Credit:
Trade Operations - Los Angeles
000 X. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Mail Code CA9-703-19-23
Xxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: Xxx Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
For notices regarding Commercial Letters of Credit:
Trade Operations - Los Angeles
000 X. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Mail Code CA9-703-19-15
Xxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx Bellevue
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
For all other administrative matters:
000 Xxxxx XxXxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Mail Code IL1-231-08-30
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Email: Xxxxx.Xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
For all other notices:
0000 Xxxx Xx.
XX0-000-00-00
Xxxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Email: Xxx.Xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
BANK ONE, NA (Main Office Chicago)
For notices of borrowing and payments:
000 X. Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
For all other notices:
000 X. Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
X.X. Xxx 0000
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Email: xxxxx_x_xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
For notices of borrowing and payments:
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
For all other notices:
0000 Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Email: xxxx.x.xxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx
ING CAPITAL LLC
For notices of borrowing and payments:
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Email: Xxxxxx.xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xxx
For all other notices:
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Email: Xxxx.xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xxx
FLEET NATIONAL BANK
For notices of borrowing and payments:
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Mail Code MA DE 10008H
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Email: xxxxxxx_x_xxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx
For all other notices:
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Mail Code MA DE 10008H
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Email: xxxx_x_xxx@xxxxx.xxx
KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
For notices of borrowing and payments:
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
For all other notices:
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
COΓPERATIEVE CENTRALE RAIFFEISEN-BOERENLEENBANK B.A.,
"RABOBANK NEDERLAND", NEW YORK BRANCH
For notices of borrowing and payments:
00 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
For all other notices:
000 X. Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxx Xxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
For notices of borrowing and payments:
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Email: Xxxxxxx.xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
For all other notices:
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Email: Xxxxxx.xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A.
For notices of borrowing and payments:
0000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Email: Xxxxx.X.Xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
For all other notices:
0000 X. Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Email: xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
BANCA NAZIONALE DEL LAVORO S.P.A.
For notices of borrowing and payments:
00 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile:(000) 000-0000
For all other notices:
00 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Franco Di Mario
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Email: Xxxxxx.Xxxxxxx@XXXxxxx.xxx
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
For notices of borrowing and payments:
0 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
For all other notices:
0 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxx-Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
COMERICA BANK
For notices of borrowing and payments:
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Email: xxxxxxxxx_x_xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
For all other notices:
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Email: xxxxx_xxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
COMMERCE BANK, N.A.
For notices of borrowing and payments:
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
XX00-0
Xxxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
For all other notices:
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
XX00-0
Xxxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Email: xxxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
SUNTRUST BANK
For notices of borrowing and payments:
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX
10th Floor
MC 1941
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxxx Xxxx-Xxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Email: xxxxxxxx.xxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
For all other notices:
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX
3rd Floor, MC 1905
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Email: xxxx.xxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
UNICREDITO ITALIANO GROUP
For notices of borrowing and payments:
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000/9615
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
For all other notices:
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Email: XxxXxxxXxxxxx@Xxxxxxxxxxxx.xx
UMB BANK, N.A.
For notices of borrowing and payments:
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Email: xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxx@xxx.xxx
For all other notices:
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Email: xxxxx.xxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx
COBANK, ACB
For notices of borrowing and payments:
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
For all other notices:
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
AGSTAR FINANCIAL SERVICES, PCA DBA FARM
CREDIT SERVICES COMMERCIAL FINANCE GROUP
For notices of borrowing and payments:
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
X.X. Xxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Email: xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx
For all other notices:
Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000
600 S. Xxxxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Telephone: (952) 513-0326 ext. 303
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Email: xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
AGFIRST, FCB
For notices of borrowing and payments:
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000, ext. 448
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Email: xxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx
For all other notices:
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000, ext. 457
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Email: xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx
FARM CREDIT BANK OF WICHITA
For notices of borrowing and payments:
000 X. Xxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Email: xxxxxx.xxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
For all other notices:
000 X. Xxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Email: xxxx.xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
FARM CREDIT SERVICES OF AMERICA, PCA
For notices of borrowing and payments:
0000 X. 000xx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxx Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Email: Xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
For all other notices:
0000 X. 000xx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Email: Xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
NORTHWEST FARM CREDIT SERVICES, PCA
For notices of borrowing and payments:
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Technical Accounting
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Email: xxxx_xxxxx@xxxx-xxxxxx.xxx
For all other notices:
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxx X. Xxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxx-xxxxxx.xxx
GREENSTONE FARM CREDIT SERVICES, FLCA
For notices of borrowing and payments:
0000 Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Email: xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Email: xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
For all other notices:
0000 Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xx Xxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Email: xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Email: xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
