REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT Dated as of July 26, 2007 among COACH, INC., THE LENDERS LISTED ON SCHEDULE I HERETO and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent and HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Syndication Agent and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,...
EXECUTION
VERSION
Published
CUSIP Number: 00000XXX0
REVOLVING
CREDIT
AGREEMENT
Dated
as
of July 26, 2007
among
COACH,
INC.,
THE
LENDERS LISTED ON SCHEDULE I
HERETO
and
BANK
OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as
Administrative Agent
and
HSBC
BANK USA,
NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
as
Syndication Agent
and
JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as
Documentation Agent
with
BANC
OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC, as
Arranger
Page
1.
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DEFINITIONS
AND RULES OF INTERPRETATION
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1
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1.1
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Definitions
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1
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1.2
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Rules
of Interpretation
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15
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1.3
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Letter
of Credit Amounts
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15
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2.
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THE
REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY
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16
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2.1
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Commitment
to Lend
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16
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2.2
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Commitment
Fee
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18
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2.3
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Reduction
of Total Commitment
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18
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2.4
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The
Revolving Credit Notes
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18
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2.5
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Interest
on Revolving Credit Loans
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19
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2.6
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Requests
for Revolving Credit Loans
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19
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2.6.1
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General
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19
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2.6.2
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Swing
Line
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20
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2.7
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Conversion
Options
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20
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2.7.1
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Conversion
to Different Type of Revolving Credit Loan
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20
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2.7.2
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Continuation
of Type of Revolving Credit Loan
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21
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2.7.3
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Eurodollar
Rate Loans
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21
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2.7.4
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Applicability
of Conversion and Continuation Provisions
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21
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2.8
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Funds
for Revolving Credit Loan
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21
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2.8.1
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Funding
Procedures
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21
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2.8.2
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Advances
by Administrative Agent
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21
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2.9
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Settlements
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22
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2.9.1
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General
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22
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2.9.2
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Failure
to Make Funds Available
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23
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2.9.3
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No
Effect on Other Lenders
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23
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3.
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REPAYMENT
OF THE REVOLVING CREDIT LOANS
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23
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3.1
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Maturity
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23
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3.2
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Mandatory
Repayments of Revolving Credit Loans
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23
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3.3
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Optional
Repayments of Revolving Credit Loans
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24
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4.
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LETTERS
OF CREDIT
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24
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4.1
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Letter
of Credit Commitments
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24
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4.1.1
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Commitment
to Issue Letters of Credit
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24
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4.1.2
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Procedures
for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit; Auto-Extension Letters
of
Credit
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25
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4.1.3
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Drawings
and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations
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27
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4.1.4
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Repayment
of Participations
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28
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4.1.5
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Obligations
Absolute
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28
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4.1.6
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Role
of Issuing Lender
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29
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TABLE
OF CONTENTS
(continued)
Page
4.1.7
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Cash
Collateral
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30
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4.1.8
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Applicability
ISP and UCP
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30
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4.2
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Letter
of Credit Fees
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30
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4.3
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Conflict
with Issuer Documents
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31
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5.
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CERTAIN
GENERAL PROVISIONS
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31
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5.1
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Arrangement
Fee
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31
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5.2
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Administrative
Agent's Fee
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31
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5.3
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Funds
for Payments
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31
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5.3.1
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Payments
to Administrative Agent
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31
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5.3.2
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No
Offset, etc
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31
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5.4
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Computations
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32
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5.5
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Inability
to Determine Eurodollar Rate
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32
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5.6
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Illegality
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32
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5.7
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Additional
Costs, etc
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33
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5.8
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Capital
Adequacy
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34
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5.9
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Certificate
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34
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5.10
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Indemnity
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34
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5.11
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Interest
After Default
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34
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5.11.1
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Overdue
Amounts
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34
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5.11.2
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Amounts
Not Overdue
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35
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6.
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GUARANTIES
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35
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6.1
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Guaranties
of Significant Subsidiaries
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35
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7.
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
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35
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7.1
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Corporate
Authority
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35
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7.1.1
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Incorporation;
Good Standing
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35
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7.1.2
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Authorization
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35
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7.1.3
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Enforceability
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35
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7.2
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Governmental
Approvals
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36
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7.3
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Title
to Properties
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36
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7.4
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Financial
Statements
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36
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7.4.1
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Fiscal
Year
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36
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7.4.2
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Financial
Statements
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36
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7.5
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No
Material Adverse Changes, etc
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36
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7.6
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Franchises,
Patents, Copyrights, etc
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36
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7.7
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Litigation
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37
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7.8
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No
Materially Adverse Contracts, etc
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37
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7.9
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Tax
Status
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37
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7.10
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No
Event of Default
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37
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7.11
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Holding
Company and Investment Company Acts
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37
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TABLE
OF CONTENTS
(continued)
Page
7.12
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Absence
of Financing Statements, etc
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37
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7.13
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Certain
Transactions
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37
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7.14
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Employee
Benefit Plans
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38
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7.14.1
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In
General
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38
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7.14.2
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Terminability
of Welfare Plans
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38
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7.14.3
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Guaranteed
Pension Plans
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38
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7.14.4
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Multiemployer
Plans
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38
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7.15
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Use
of Proceeds
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39
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7.15.1
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General
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39
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7.15.2
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Regulations
U and X
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39
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7.15.3
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Ineligible
Securities
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39
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7.16
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Environmental
Compliance
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39
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7.17
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Subsidiaries,
etc
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40
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7.18
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Disclosure
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40
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7.19
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Foreign
Assets Control Regulations, Etc
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40
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8.
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AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
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40
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8.1
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Punctual
Payment
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40
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8.2
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Records
and Accounts
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41
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8.3
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Financial
Statements, Certificates and Information
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41
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8.4
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Notices
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42
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8.4.1
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Defaults
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42
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8.4.2
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Environmental
Events
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43
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8.4.3
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Notice
of Litigation and Judgments
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43
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8.4.4
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ERISA
Events
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43
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8.4.5
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Notice
of Change of Fiscal Year End
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43
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8.5
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Legal
Existence; Maintenance of Properties
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43
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8.6
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Insurance
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44
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8.7
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Taxes
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44
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8.8
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Inspection
of Properties and Books, etc
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44
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8.8.1
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General
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44
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8.8.2
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Communications
with Accountants
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44
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8.9
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Compliance
with Laws
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44
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8.10
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Use
of Proceeds
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45
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8.11
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Subsidiaries
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45
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8.11.1
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Additional
Subsidiaries
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45
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8.11.2
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New
Guarantors
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45
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8.12
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Further
Assurances
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45
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9.
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CERTAIN
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
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45
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9.1
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Restrictions
on Indebtedness
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45
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TABLE
OF CONTENTS
(continued)
Page
9.2
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Restrictions
on Liens
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46
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9.2.1
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Permitted
Liens
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46
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9.2.2
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Restrictions
on Negative Pledges and Upstream Limitations
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47
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9.3
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Restrictions
on Investments
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48
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9.4
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Restricted
Payments
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49
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9.5
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Merger,
Consolidation and Disposition of Assets
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49
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9.5.1
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Mergers
and Acquisitions
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49
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9.5.2
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Disposition
of Assets
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50
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9.6
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Sale
and Leaseback
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50
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9.7
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Compliance
with Environmental Laws
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50
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9.8
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Employee
Benefit Plans
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51
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9.9
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Transactions
with Affiliates
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51
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10.
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FINANCIAL
COVENANT
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51
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10.1
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Fixed
Charge Ratio
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51
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11.
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CLOSING
CONDITIONS
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52
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11.1
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Loan
Documents
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52
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11.2
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Certified
Copies of Governing Documents
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52
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11.3
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Corporate
or Other Action
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52
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11.4
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Incumbency
Certificate
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52
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11.5
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Certificates
of Location and UCC Search Results
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52
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11.6
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Certificates
of Insurance
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52
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11.7
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Opinion
of Counsel
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52
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11.8
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Payment
of Fees
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52
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11.9
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Termination
of Existing Credit Facility
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53
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11.10
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Closing
Certificate
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53
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11.11
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Pro
Forma Compliance Certificate
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53
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12.
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CONDITIONS
TO ALL BORROWINGS
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53
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12.1
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Representations
True; No Event of Default
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53
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12.2
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No
Legal Impediment
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53
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12.3
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Proceedings
and Documents
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54
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13.
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EVENTS
OF DEFAULT; ACCELERATION; ETC
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54
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13.1
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Events
of Default and Acceleration
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54
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13.2
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Termination
of Commitments
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56
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13.3
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Remedies
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56
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14.
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THE
AGENT
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57
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14.1
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Authorization
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57
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14.2
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Employees
and Administrative Agents
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57
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14.3
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No
Liability
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57
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TABLE
OF CONTENTS
(continued)
Page
14.4
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No
Representations
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57
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14.4.1
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General
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57
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14.4.2
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Closing
Documentation, etc
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58
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14.5
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Payments
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58
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14.5.1
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Payments
to Administrative Agent
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58
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14.5.2
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Distribution
by Administrative Agent
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58
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14.5.3
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Delinquent
Lenders
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59
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14.6
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Holders
of Notes
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59
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14.7
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Indemnity
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59
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14.8
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Administrative
Agent as Lender
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59
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14.9
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Resignation
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59
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14.10
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Notification
of Defaults and Events of Xxxxxxx
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00
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00.
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ASSIGNMENT
AND PARTICIPATION
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60
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15.1
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Conditions
to Assignment by Lenders
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60
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15.2
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Certain
Representations and Warranties; Limitations; Covenants
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60
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15.3
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Register
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60
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15.4
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New
Notes
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61
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15.5
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Participations
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61
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15.6
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Assignee
or Participant Affiliated with the Borrower
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61
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15.7
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Miscellaneous
Assignment Provisions
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61
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15.8
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Assignment
by Borrower
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62
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15.9
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Electronic
Execution of Assignments
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62
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16.
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PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
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62
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16.1
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Setoff
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62
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16.2
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Expenses
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63
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16.3
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Indemnification
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63
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16.4
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Treatment
of Certain Confidential Information
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64
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16.4.1
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Confidentiality
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64
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16.4.2
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Prior
Notification
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65
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16.4.3
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Other
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65
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16.5
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Survival
of Covenants, Etc
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65
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16.6
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Notices
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66
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16.7
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Governing
Law
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68
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16.8
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Headings
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68
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16.9
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Counterparts
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68
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16.10
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Entire
Agreement, Etc
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68
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16.11
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WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL
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68
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16.12
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Consents,
Amendments, Waivers, Etc
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69
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16.13
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Severability
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70
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16.14
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USA
Patriot Act Notice
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70
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16.15
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No
Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility
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70
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Exhibits
Exhibit
A
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Form
of Revolving Credit Note
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Exhibit
B
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Form
of Loan Request
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Exhibit
C
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Form
of Compliance Certificate
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Exhibit
D
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Assignment
and Acceptance
|
Exhibit
E
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Form
of Guaranty
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Exhibit F
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Form
of Subsidiary Reimbursement
Agreement
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Schedules
Schedule
1
|
Lenders
and Commitments
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Schedule 4.1.1
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Existing
Letters of Credit
|
Schedule
7.3
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Title
to Properties
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Schedule
7.7
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Litigation
|
Schedule
7.16
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Environmental
Compliance
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Schedule
7.17(a)
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Subsidiaries
|
Schedule 7.17(b)
|
Significant
Subsidiaries
|
Schedule
9.1
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Existing
Indebtedness
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Schedule
9.2
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Existing
Liens
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Schedule
9.3
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Existing
Investments
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REVOLVING
CREDIT
AGREEMENT
This
REVOLVING
CREDIT AGREEMENT
is made
as of July 26, 2007, by and among COACH, INC. (the “Borrower”),
a
Maryland corporation having its principal place of business at 000 Xxxx
00xx
Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A, a national banking association
(“Bank
of America”),
the
other lending institutions listed on Schedule 1
and Bank
of America, as administrative agent (the “Administrative
Agent”)
for
itself and such other lending institutions.
1. DEFINITIONS
AND RULES OF INTERPRETATION.
1.1 Definitions.
The
following terms shall have the meanings set forth in this Section 1 or elsewhere
in the provisions of this Credit Agreement referred to below:
Act.
See
Section 16.14.
Adjustment
Date.
With
respect to any quarter, the second Business Day following the Administrative
Agent's receipt of the Compliance Certificate required to be delivered pursuant
to Section 8.3(c) for such quarter; provided,
however,
that in
the event that the Borrower fails to deliver any Compliance Certificate to
the
Administrative Agent within the time period set forth in Section 8.3(c), the
Adjustment Date shall be the second Business Day following the date on which
such Compliance Certificate was required to be delivered pursuant to Section
8.3(c).
Administrative
Agent.
Bank of
America, N.A., a national banking association organized and existing under
the
laws of the United States of America, acting as administrative agent for the
Lenders and each other Person appointed as the successor Administrative Agent
in
accordance with Section 14.9.
Administrative
Agent's Fee.
See
Section 5.2.
Administrative
Agent's Office.
The
Administrative Agent’s office located at 0000 Xxxxxxx Xx, Xxxxxxx, XX 00000, or
at such other location as the Administrative Agent may designate from time
to
time.
Administrative
Agent's Special Counsel.
Xxxxxxx
XxXxxxxxx LLP or such other counsel as may be approved by the
Administrative Agent.
Administrative
Questionnaire.
An
administrative questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative
Agent.
Affiliate.
Any
Person that would be considered to be an affiliate of any other Person under
Rule 144(a) of the Rules and Regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission, as in effect on the date hereof, if such other Person were issuing
securities.
Applicable
Margin.
Subject
to the last paragraph of this definition and with respect to each period
commencing on an Adjustment Date through the date immediately preceding the
next
Adjustment Date (each a “Rate Adjustment Period”),
the
Applicable Margin with respect to Base Rate Loans, Eurodollar Rate Loans,
Standby Letter of Credit Fees, Documentary Letter of Credit Fees or Commitment
Fees, as the case may be, shall be the applicable margin set forth below for
each such category with respect to the Fixed Charge Ratio, as determined for
the
Reference Period of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries ending on the last day
of
the fiscal quarter of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries ended immediately prior
to the applicable Rate Adjustment Period.
Level
|
Fixed
Charge
Ratio
|
Base
Rate
Loans
|
Eurodollar
Rate
Loans
|
Standby
Letter
of
Credit
Fees
|
Documentary
Letter
of Credit
Fees
|
Commitment
Fee
|
I
|
Greater
than or equal to 7.50:1.00
|
0.000%
|
0.200%
|
0.200%
|
0.100%
|
0.060%
|
II
|
Less
than 7.50:1.00 but greater than or equal to 6.50:1.00
|
0.000%
|
0.300%
|
0.300%
|
0.150%
|
0.070%
|
III
|
Less
than 6.50:1.00 but greater than or equal to 5.50:1.00
|
0.000%
|
0.350%
|
0.350%
|
0.175%
|
0.080%
|
IV
|
Less
than 5.50:1.00 but greater than or equal to 4.00:1.00
|
0.000%
|
0.400%
|
0.400%
|
0.200%
|
0.090%
|
V
|
Less
than 4.00:1.00
|
0.000%
|
0.550%
|
0.550%
|
0.275%
|
0.125%
|
During
the period commencing on the Closing Date through the date immediately preceding
the first Adjustment Date to occur after the fiscal quarter ending on or about
June 30, 2007, the Applicable Margin with respect to the Loans outstanding
and
the Letter of Credit Fees and the Commitment Fee payable shall be the Applicable
Margin set forth in Level I above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) if the
Borrower fails to deliver any Compliance Certificate required under Section
8.3(c) hereof, then, for the period commencing on the next Adjustment Date
to
occur subsequent to such failure through the date immediately following the
date
on which such Compliance Certificate is delivered, the Applicable Margin shall
be the Applicable Margin set forth in Level V above, and (b) at all times while
an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Applicable Margin
to be included in the calculations set forth in Section 5.11 shall be the
Applicable Margin set forth in Level V above. In the event either the Borrower
or the Administrative Agent determines, in good faith, that the calculation
of
the Fixed Charge Ratio on which the Applicable Margin for any particular period
was determined is inaccurate and, as a consequence thereof, the Applicable
Margin was lower than it would have been, the Borrower shall immediately deliver
to the Administrative Agent a correct Compliance Certificate for such period.
The Administrative Agent shall determine and notify the Borrower of the amount
of interest or fees, as applicable, that would have been due in respect of
any
outstanding Obligations during such period had the Applicable Margin been
calculated based on the correct Fixed Charge Ratio, and the Borrower shall
promptly pay to the Administrative Agent the difference between that amount
and
the amount actually paid in respect of such period. In the event either the
Borrower or the Administrative Agent determines, in good faith, that the
calculation of the Fixed Charge Ratio on which the Applicable Margin for any
particular period was determined is inaccurate and, as a consequence thereof,
the Applicable Margin was higher than it would have been, the Borrower shall
immediately deliver to the Administrative Agent a correct Compliance Certificate
for such period. The Administrative Agent shall determine and notify the
existing Lenders who were party to the Credit Agreement during the applicable
period for which such higher Applicable Margin was paid of the amount of
interest or fees, as applicable, that would have been due in respect of any
outstanding Obligations during such period had the Applicable Margin been
calculated based on the correct Fixed Charge Ratio, and such Lenders shall
promptly reimburse the Borrower by paying to the Administrative Agent the
difference between that amount and the amount actually paid in respect of such
period; provided,
that in
no event shall the Administrative Agent be responsible for any amounts for
which
the Borrower is not so reimbursed by such Lenders.
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Applicable
Pension Legislation.
At any
time, any pension or retirement benefits legislation (be it national, federal,
provincial, territorial or otherwise) then applicable to the Borrower or any
of
its Subsidiaries.
Arrangement Fee.
See
Section 5.1.
Arranger.
Banc of
America Securities LLC.
Assignment
and Acceptance.
An
assignment and acceptance agreement entered into by a Lender and an assignee
(with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 15.1) and
accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit
D or
any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
Auto-Renewal
Letter of Credit.
See
Section 4.1.2.
Balance
Sheet Date.
June
28, 2006.
Bank
of America.
Bank of
America, N.A., a national banking association, in its individual
capacity.
Base
Rate.
For any
day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the higher of (a) the rate of interest
in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by Bank of
America as its “prime rate” and (b) the Federal Funds Rate plus one-half of one
percent (0.5%). 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 such 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 Loans.
Revolving Credit Loans bearing interest calculated by reference to the Base
Rate.
BBA
LIBOR.
See definition of “Eurodollar Rate”.
Borrower.
As
defined in the preamble hereto.
Borrower
Materials.
See
Section 8.3.
Business
Day.
Any day
on which banking institutions in the state of New York or the state where the
Administrative Agent’s Office is located, are open for the transaction of
banking business and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, also a day which
is
a Eurodollar Business Day.
Capital
Expenditures.
Amounts
paid or Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in
connection with (i) additions to property, plant and equipment and other capital
expenditures of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that are (or would
be
required to be) set forth in a consolidated statement of cash flows of the
Borrower for such period prepared in accordance with GAAP, and (ii) without
duplication, obligations with respect to Capitalized Leases and Synthetic Leases
(had the Synthetic Lease been treated for accounting purposes as a Capitalized
Lease) incurred by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries during such
period.
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Capitalized
Leases.
Leases
under which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is the lessee or obligor,
the discounted future rental payment obligations under which are required to
be
capitalized on the balance sheet of the lessee or obligor in accordance with
GAAP.
Capital
Stock.
Any and
all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated)
of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests
in
a Person (other than a corporation) and any and all warrants, rights or options
to purchase any of the foregoing.
CERCLA.
The
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980
as
amended.
Change
of Control.
An
event or series of events by which any person or group of persons (within the
meaning of Section 13 or 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) shall have
acquired beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated
by
the Securities and Exchange Commission under said Act), directly or
indirectly, of twenty percent (20%) or more of the outstanding shares of Capital
Stock of the Borrower; or, during any period of twelve consecutive calendar
months, individuals who were directors of the Borrower on the first day of
such
period (together with any new directors whose election by such board or whose
nomination for election by the shareholders of the Borrower was approved by
a
vote of a majority of the directors still in office who were either directors
at
the beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election was
previously so approved) shall cease to constitute a majority of the board of
directors of the Borrower.
CJI.
Coach
Japan, Inc., a Subsidiary of the Borrower.
Closing
Date.
The
first date on which the conditions set forth in Section 11 have been satisfied
and any Revolving Credit Loans are to be made or any Letter of Credit is to
be
issued hereunder.
Code.
The
Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
Commitment.
With
respect to each Lender, the amount set forth on Schedule 1
hereto
as the amount of such Lender's commitment to make Revolving Credit Loans to,
and
to participate in the issuance, extension, amendment and renewal of Letters
of
Credit for the account of, the Borrower, as the same may be reduced from time
to
time; or if such commitment is terminated pursuant to the provisions hereof,
zero.
Commitment
Fee.
See
Section 2.2.
Commitment
Percentage.
With
respect to each Lender, the percentage set forth on Schedule 1
hereto
as such Lender's percentage of the aggregate Commitments of all of the
Lenders.
Compliance
Certificate.
See
Section 8.3(c).
Consolidated
or consolidated.
With
reference to any term defined herein, shall mean that term as applied to the
accounts of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, consolidated in accordance with
GAAP.
Consolidated
EBIT.
Consolidated Net Income, plus,
to the
extent deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income, consolidated income
taxes and Consolidated Total Interest Expense, in each case as determined in
accordance with GAAP.
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Consolidated
EBITDA.
With
respect to any fiscal period, an amount equal to the sum of (a) Consolidated
EBIT for such period plus
(b)
consolidated depreciation and consolidated amortization for such period as
determined in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated
EBITDAR.
With
respect to any fiscal period, an amount equal to the sum of (a) Consolidated
EBITDA for such period plus
(b)
Rental Expense for such period as determined in accordance with
GAAP.
Consolidated
Net Income.
The
consolidated net income (or loss) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
determined in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated
Total Assets.
All
assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis
in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated
Total Interest Expense.
For any
period, interest expense (without deduction of interest income) of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP.
Conversion
Request.
A
notice given by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent of the Borrower's
election to convert or continue a Loan in accordance with Section
2.7.
Credit
Agreement.
This
Revolving Credit Agreement, including the Schedules and Exhibits
hereto.
Debtor
Relief Laws.
The
Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation,
conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors,
moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization or similar
debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from
time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors
generally.
Default.
See
Section 13.1.
Delinquent
Lender.
See
Section 14.5.3.
Distribution.
The
declaration or payment of any dividend on or in respect of any shares of any
class of Capital Stock of the Borrower, other than dividends payable solely
in
shares of common stock of the Borrower; the purchase, redemption, defeasance,
retirement or other acquisition of, or sinking fund or other similar payment
in
respect of, any shares of any class of Capital Stock of the Borrower, directly
or indirectly through a Subsidiary of the Borrower or otherwise; the return
of
capital by the Borrower to its shareholders as such; or any other distribution
on or in respect of any shares of any class of Capital Stock of the
Borrower.
Documentary
Letter of Credit Fee.
See
Section 4.2.
Dollars
or
$.
Dollars
in lawful currency of the United States of America.
Domestic
Lending Office.
Initially, the office of each Lender designated as such in Schedule 1
hereto;
thereafter, such other office of such Lender, if any, located within the United
States that will be making or maintaining Base Rate Loans.
Drawdown
Date.
The
date on which any Revolving Credit Loan is made or is to be made, and the date
on which any Revolving Credit Loan is converted or continued in accordance
with
Section 2.7.
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Eligible
Assignee.
Any of
(a) a commercial bank or other financial institution; (b) a Lender Affiliate;
and (c) if, but only if, any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, any other bank, insurance company, commercial finance company or
other financial institution or
other
Person approved by the Administrative Agent.
Employee
Benefit Plan.
Any
employee benefit plan, whether single-employer or multiple-employer, within
the
meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA maintained or contributed to by the Borrower
or
any ERISA Affiliate, other than a Guaranteed Pension Plan or a Multiemployer
Plan.
Environmental
Laws.
Any
judgment, decree, order, law, license, rule or regulation pertaining to
environmental matters, including without limitation, those arising under the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, CERCLA, the Superfund Amendments and
Reauthorization Act of 1986, the Federal Clean Water Act, the Federal Clean
Air
Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, or any state, local or foreign law,
statute, regulation, ordinance, order or decree relating to health, safety
or
the environment.
EPA.
See
Section 7.16(b).
ERISA.
The
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
ERISA
Affiliate.
Any
Person which is treated as a single employer with the Borrower under Section
414(b) or (c) of the Code.
ERISA
Reportable Event.
A
reportable event with respect to a Guaranteed Pension Plan within the meaning
of
Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
Eurocurrency
Reserve Rate.
For any
day with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the maximum rate (expressed as
a
decimal) at which any bank subject thereto would be required to maintain
reserves under Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System (or any successor or similar regulations relating to such reserve
requirements) against “Eurocurrency Liabilities”
(as
that term is used in Regulation D), if such liabilities were outstanding. The
Eurocurrency Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the
effective date of any change in the Eurocurrency Reserve Rate.
Eurodollar
Business Day.
Any day
on which commercial banks are open for international business (including
dealings in Dollar deposits) in London or such other Eurodollar interbank market
as may be selected by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion acting
in
good faith.
Eurodollar
Lending Office.
Initially, the office of each Lender designated as such in Schedule 1
hereto;
thereafter, such other office of such Lender, if any, that shall be making
or
maintaining Eurodollar Rate Loans.
Eurodollar
Rate.
For any
Interest Period the rate per annum equal to the British Bankers Association
LIBOR Rate (“BBA
LIBOR”),
as
published by Reuters (or other commercially available source providing
quotations of BBA LIBOR as designated by the Administrative Agent from time
to
time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to
the
commencement of such Interest Period, for Dollar deposits (for delivery on
the
first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest
Period. If such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the
“Eurodollar Rate” for such Interest Period shall be the rate per annum
determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits in
Dollars for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in same day funds
in the approximate amount of the Eurodollar Rate Loan being made, continued
or
converted and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered
by
Bank of America's London Branch to major banks in the London interbank
eurodollar market at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time)
two
Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.
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Eurodollar
Rate Loans.
Revolving Credit Loans bearing interest calculated by reference to the
Eurodollar Rate.
Event
of Default.
See
Section 13.1.
Executive
Order.
See
Section 7.19.
Extension
Request.
See
Section 2.1(c).
Federal
Funds Rate.
For any
day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight
Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged
by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank
of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided
that (a)
if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall
be
such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so
published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so
published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for
such
day shall be the average rate charged to Bank of America on such day on such
transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent.
Fee
Letter.
The fee
letter dated April 24, 2007, among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and
the Arranger.
Fees.
Collectively, the Commitment Fee, the Letter of Credit Fees, the Administrative
Agent's Fee, the Arrangement Fee and any other fee agreed to be paid by the
Borrower pursuant to or in connection with this Credit Agreement.
FERC.
See
Section 7.11.
Financial
Affiliate.
A
Subsidiary of the bank holding company controlling any Lender, which Subsidiary
is engaging in any of the activities permitted by Section 4(e) of the Bank
Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. Section 1843).
First
Extension Request.
See
Section 2.1(c).
Fixed
Charge Ratio.
As at
any date of determination, the ratio of (a) the sum of Consolidated EBITDAR
minus Capital Expenditures for the Reference Period ending on such date, to
(b)
the sum of Consolidated Total Interest Expense plus Rental Expense for such
Reference Period.
Fixed
Rate.
With
respect to any Swing Line Loan, the fixed rate of interest quoted by the Swing
Line Lender on any date or whenever the Borrower requests a Swing Line Loan,
which rate the Swing Line Lender is willing to charge with respect to a Swing
Line Loan made by it.
Fixed
Rate Loans.
A Swing
Line Loan bearing interest at the Fixed Rate for a period of time agreed to
by
the Borrower and the Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.5(c).
Foreign
Assets Control Regulations.
See
Section 7.19.
GAAP
or generally accepted accounting principles.
(a)
When used in Section 10, whether directly or indirectly through reference to
a
capitalized term used therein, means (i) principles that are consistent with
the
principles promulgated or adopted by the Financial Accounting Standards Board
and its predecessors, in effect for the fiscal year ended on the Balance Sheet
Date, and (ii) to the extent consistent with such principles, the accounting
practice of the Borrower reflected in its financial statements for the year
ended on the Balance Sheet Date, and (b) when used in general, other than as
provided above, means principles that are consistent with the principles
promulgated or adopted by the Financial Accounting Standards Board and its
predecessors, which are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of
determination, consistently applied.
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Governing
Documents.
With
respect to any Person, its certificate or articles of incorporation, its by-laws
and all shareholder agreements, voting trusts and similar arrangements
applicable to any of its Capital Stock.
Governmental
Authority.
Any
foreign, federal, state, regional, local, municipal or other government, or
any
department, commission, board, bureau, agency, public authority or
instrumentality thereof, or any court or arbitrator.
Guaranteed
Pension Plan.
Any
employee pension benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA
maintained or contributed to by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate the benefits
of which are guaranteed on termination in full or in part by the PBGC pursuant
to Title IV of ERISA, other than a Multiemployer Plan.
Guarantors.
Collectively, each Significant Subsidiary of the Borrower existing on the
Closing Date and each other Person which is required to be or becomes a
guarantor from time to time pursuant to Section 8.11 hereof.
Guaranty(ies).
Collectively, the guaranties dated as of the date required by Section 8.11
from
each Person required to become a Guarantor pursuant to Section 8.11 in favor
of
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, in each case of the payment and
performance of the Obligations, and in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
E.
Hazardous
Substances.
Any
hazardous waste, as defined by 42 U.S.C. §6903(5), any hazardous substances as
defined by 42 U.S.C. §9601(14), any pollutant or contaminant as defined by 42
U.S.C. §9601(33) and any toxic substances, oil or hazardous materials or other
chemicals or substances regulated by any Environmental Laws.
Honor
Date.
See
Section 4.1.3.
Indebtedness.
As to
any Person and whether recourse is secured by or is otherwise available against
all or only a portion of the assets of such Person and whether or not
contingent, but without duplication:
(a) every
obligation of such Person for money borrowed,
(b) every
obligation of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar
instruments, including obligations incurred in connection with the acquisition
of property, assets or businesses,
(c) every
reimbursement obligation of such Person with respect to letters of credit,
bankers' acceptances or similar facilities issued for the account of such
Person,
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(d) every
obligation of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price
of
property or services (including securities repurchase agreements but excluding
trade accounts payable or accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course
of
business which are not overdue or which are being contested in good
faith),
(e) every
obligation of such Person under any Capitalized Lease,
(f) every
obligation of such Person under any Synthetic Lease,
(g) all
sales
by such Person of (i) accounts or general intangibles for money due or to become
due, (ii) chattel paper, instruments or documents creating or evidencing a
right
to payment of money or (iii) other receivables (collectively “receivables”),
whether pursuant to a purchase facility or otherwise, other than in connection
with the disposition of the business operations of such Person relating thereto
or a disposition of defaulted receivables for collection and not as a financing
arrangement, and together with any obligation of such Person to pay any
discount, interest, fees, indemnities, penalties, recourse, expenses or other
amounts in connection therewith,
(h) every
obligation of such Person under any forward contract, futures contract, swap,
option or other financing agreement or arrangement (including, without
limitation, caps, floors, collars and similar agreements), the value of which
is
dependent upon interest rates, currency exchange rates, commodities or other
indices (a “derivative contract”),
(i) every
obligation in respect of Indebtedness of any other entity (including any
partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent that such
Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person's ownership interest in
or
other relationship with such entity, except to the extent that the terms of
such
Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor and such terms
are
enforceable under applicable law, and
(j) every
obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing, or having
the
economic effect of guarantying or otherwise acting as surety for, any obligation
of a type described in any of clauses (a) through (i) of another Person, in
any
manner, whether directly or indirectly.
Ineligible
Securities.
Securities which may not be underwritten or dealt in by member banks of the
Federal Reserve System under Section 16 of the Banking Act of 1933 (12 U.S.C.
Section 24, Seventh), as amended.
Interest
Payment Date.
(a) As
to any Base Rate Loan, the first Business Day of the next succeeding calendar
quarter with respect to interest accrued during such calendar quarter,
including, without limitation, the calendar quarter which includes the Drawdown
Date of such Base Rate Loan; (b) as to any Eurodollar Rate Loan in respect
of
which the Interest Period is (i) 3 months or less, the last day of such Interest
Period and (ii) more than 3 months, the date that is 3 months from the first
day
of such Interest Period and, in addition, the last day of such Interest Period;
and (c) as to any Swing Line Loan which is also a Fixed Rate Loan, on the first
day of the next succeeding calendar quarter with respect to interest accrued
during such calendar quarter.
Interest
Period.
With
respect to each Revolving Credit Loan, (a) initially, the period commencing
on
the Drawdown Date of such Loan and ending on the last day of one of the periods
set forth below, as selected by the Borrower in a Loan Request or as otherwise
required by the terms of this Credit Agreement (i) for any Base Rate Loan,
the
last day of the calendar quarter; (ii) for any Fixed Rate Loan, the period
(not
to exceed ten (10) days) requested by the Borrower and agreed to by the Swing
Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.5(c); and (iii) for any Eurodollar Rate Loan,
1, 2, 3, or 6 months; and (b) thereafter, each period commencing on the last
day
of the next preceding Interest Period applicable to such Revolving Credit Loan
and ending on the last day of one of the periods set forth above, as selected
by
the Borrower in a Conversion Request; provided
that all
of the foregoing provisions relating to Interest Periods are subject to the
following:
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(A) if
any
Interest Period with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan would otherwise end
on a
day that is not a Eurodollar Business Day, that Interest Period shall be
extended to the next succeeding Eurodollar 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 immediately
preceding Eurodollar Business Day;
(B) if
any
Interest Period with respect to a Base Rate Loan would end on a day that is
not
a Business Day, that Interest Period shall end on the next succeeding Business
Day;
(C) if
the
Borrower shall fail to give notice as provided in Section 2.7, the Borrower
shall be deemed to have requested a conversion of the affected Eurodollar Rate
Loan to a Base Rate Loan and the continuance of all Base Rate Loans as Base
Rate
Loans on the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect
thereto;
(D) any
Interest Period relating to any Eurodollar Rate Loan that begins on the last
Eurodollar 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 Eurodollar Business Day of a calendar month;
and
(E) any
Interest Period that would otherwise extend beyond the Revolving Credit Loan
Maturity Date shall end on the Revolving Credit Loan Maturity Date.
International
Standby Practices.
With
respect to any standby Letter of Credit, the International Standby Practices
(ISP98), International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 590, or any successor
code of standby letter of credit practices among banks adopted by the Issuing
Lender in the ordinary course of its business as a standby letter of credit
issuer and in effect at the time of issuance of such Letter of
Credit.
Investments.
All
expenditures made and all liabilities incurred (contingently or otherwise)
for
the acquisition of stock or Indebtedness of, or for loans, advances, capital
contributions or transfers of property to, or in respect of any guaranties
(or
other commitments as described under Indebtedness), or obligations of, any
Person.
Issuing
Lender.
With
respect to standby Letters of Credit, Bank of America, and with respect to
documentary Letters of Credit, any Lender acceptable to the Administrative
Agent
and the Borrower. As used herein, the term Issuing Lender shall refer, as the
context requires, to the Issuing Lender issuing, extending, renewing or amending
any particular Letter of Credit or collectively to each and every Lender which
acts as an Issuing Lender hereunder.
Issuer
Documents.
With
respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Application, and any
other
document, agreement and instrument entered into by the Issuing Lender and the
Borrower (or any Subsidiary) or in favor of the Issuing Lender and relating
to
such Letter of Credit.
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Joint
Venture.
Any
joint venture or other entity in which the Borrower or a Subsidiary has an
interest which is not a Subsidiary.
Lender
Affiliate.
(a)
With respect to any Lender, (i) an Affiliate of such Lender or (ii) for all
purposes hereof other than the definition of “Eligible Assignee”, any entity
(whether a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust or legal
entity) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing
in
bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its
business and is administered or managed by such Lender or an Affiliate of such
Lender, and (b) following a Default or an Event of Default, with respect to
any
Lender that is a fund which invests in bank loans and similar extensions of
credit, any other entity (whether a corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, trust or other legal entity) that is a fund that invests in bank loans
and similar extensions of credit and is managed by the same investment advisor
as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor.
Lenders.
Bank of
America and the other lending institutions listed on Schedule 1
hereto
and any other Person who becomes an assignee of any rights and obligations
of a
Lender pursuant to Section 15.
Letter
of Credit.
See
Section 4.1.1.
Letter
of Credit Advance.
An
advance made by the Issuing Lender or any Lender pursuant to Section
4.1.3.
Letter
of Credit Application.
See
Section 4.1.1.
Letter
of Credit Expiration Date.
The day
that is seven days prior to the Revolving Credit Loan Maturity Date then in
effect (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business
Day).
Letter
of Credit Fee.
See
Section 4.2.
Letter
of Credit Participation.
Each
Lender’s obligation to severally reimburse the Issuing Lender on demand for the
amount of each draft paid by the Issuing Lender under each Letter of Credit
to
the extent such amount is not reimbursed by the Borrower pursuant to Section
4.1.3.
Lien.
Any
mortgage, deed of trust, security interest, pledge, hypothecation, assignment,
attachment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory, judgment or
otherwise), or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any
kind
or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement, any Capitalized Lease, any Synthetic Lease, any financing lease
involving substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing and
the
filing of any financing statement under the UCC or comparable law of any
jurisdiction).
Loan
Documents.
This
Credit Agreement, the Notes, the Letter of Credit Applications, the Letters
of
Credit, the Guaranties and the Fee Letter.
Loan
Request.
See
Section 2.6.
Loans.
The
Revolving Credit Loans.
Material
Adverse Effect.
With
respect to any change or effect, a material adverse change in, or a material
adverse effect on, as the case may be, (i) business, properties, condition
(economic, financial or otherwise), assets, operations or income of the
Borrower, individually, or the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
(ii) the ability of the Borrower or any Guarantor to perform its obligations
under any Loan Document to which it is a party, or (iii) the ability of the
Administrative Agent or any Lender to enforce the Loan Documents.
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Maximum
Drawing Amount.
The
maximum aggregate amount that the beneficiaries may at any time draw under
outstanding Letters of Credit, as such aggregate amount may be reduced from
time
to time pursuant to the terms of the Letters of Credit.
Xxxxx'x.
Xxxxx'x
Investors Services, Inc.
Multiemployer
Plan.
Any
multiemployer plan within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA maintained
or
contributed to by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.
Non-Renewal
Notice Date.
See
Section 4.1.2.
Notes.
The
Revolving Credit Notes.
Obligations.
All
indebtedness, obligations and liabilities of any of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries to any of the Lenders (including the Swing Line Lender), any
Issuing Lender and the Administrative Agent arising or incurred under this
Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or in respect of any of
the
Loans made or Reimbursement Obligations incurred or any Note, Letter of Credit
Application, Letter of Credit or other instrument at any time evidencing any
thereof, whether any of such indebtedness, obligations or liabilities (a) arise
or are incurred individually or collectively, directly or indirectly, jointly
or
severally, absolutely or contingently, (b) arise by contract, operation of
law
or otherwise, (c) are matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, secured
or unsecured, or (d) exist on the date of this Credit Agreement or arise
thereafter.
outstanding.
With
respect to the Loans, the aggregate unpaid principal thereof as of any date
of
determination.
PBGC.
The
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation created by Section 4002 of ERISA and any
successor entity or entities having similar responsibilities.
Permitted
Liens.
Liens
permitted by Section 9.2.
Person.
Any
individual, corporation, limited liability company partnership, limited
liability partnership, trust, other unincorporated association, business, or
other legal entity, and any Governmental Authority.
Platform.
See
Section 8.3.
Prior
Credit Agreement.
That
certain Revolving Credit Agreement by and among the Borrower, Bank of America
(successor in interest to Fleet National Bank), the Lenders and the
Administrative Agent dated as of October 16, 2003, as amended.
Public
Lender.
See Section 8.3.
Real
Estate.
All
real property at any time owned or leased (as lessee or sublessee of such
leasehold interest) by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
Record.
The
grid attached to a Note, or the continuation of such grid, or any other similar
record, including computer records, maintained by any Lender with respect to
any
Loan referred to in such Note.
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Reference
Period.
As of
any date of determination, the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters
of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries ending on the last day of any fiscal quarter,
treated as a single accounting period.
Register.
See
Section 15.3.
Reimbursement
Obligation.
The
Borrower's obligation to reimburse the Issuing Lender and the Lenders on account
of any drawing under any Letter of Credit as provided in Section
4.1.3.
Related
Parties.
With
respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors,
officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and of such Person’s
Affiliates.
Rental
Expense.
All
rental expenses of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries during any applicable
fiscal period with respect to Rental Obligations, determined on a consolidated
basis in accordance with GAAP.
Rental
Obligations.
All
obligations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under any rental
agreements or leases of real or personal property, other than (a) obligations
that can be terminated by the giving of notice without liability to the Borrower
or such Subsidiary in excess of the liability for rent due as of the date on
which such notice is given and under which no penalty or premium is paid as
a
result of any such termination, and (b) obligations in respect of any
Capitalized Leases or
any
Synthetic Leases.
Replacement
Lender.
See
Section 2.1(c).
Required
Lenders.
As of
any date, the Lender(s) holding greater than fifty percent (50%) of the
outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Credit Notes
on
such date; and if no such principal is outstanding, the Lender(s) whose
aggregate Commitment(s) constitute(s) greater than fifty percent (50%) of the
Total Commitment.
Restricted
Payment.
In
relation to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, any (a) Distribution, or (b)
payment by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries (i) to the Borrower's or any such
Subsidiary's shareholders (or other equity holders), in each case, other than
to
the Borrower, or (ii) to any Affiliate of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or
any
Affiliate of the Borrower's or such Subsidiary's shareholders (or other equity
holders), in each case, other than to the Borrower.
Revolving
Credit Loan Maturity Date.
July
26, 2012, as the same may be extended pursuant to Section 2.1(c).
Revolving
Credit Loans.
Revolving credit loans (including the Swing Line Loans) made or to be made
by
the Lenders or the Administrative Agent to the Borrower pursuant to Section
2.
Revolving
Credit Note Record.
A
Record with respect to a Revolving Credit Note.
Revolving
Credit Notes.
See
Section 2.4.
Sale
and Leaseback.
See
Section 9.6.
Second
Extension Request.
See
Section 2.1(c).
Settlement.
The
making or receiving of payments, in immediately available funds, by the Lenders,
to the extent necessary to cause each Lender's actual share of the outstanding
amount of Revolving Credit Loans (after giving effect to any Loan Request)
to be
equal to such Lender's Commitment Percentage of the outstanding amount of such
Revolving Credit Loans (after giving effect to any Loan Request), in any case
where, prior to such event or action, the actual share is not so
equal.
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Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx.
See
Section 2.9.1.
Settlement
Date.
(a) The
Drawdown Date relating to any Loan Request, (b) the date which is no more than
ten (10) days after the making of a Swing Line Loan pursuant to Section 2.6.2,
(d) at the option of the Administrative Agent, on any Business Day following
a
day on which the account officers of the Administrative Agent active upon the
Borrower's account become aware of the existence of an Event of Default, (e)
any
day on which any conversion of a Base Rate Loan to a Eurodollar Rate Loan
occurs, or (f) any Business Day on which (i) the amount of outstanding Revolving
Credit Loans decreases and (ii) the amount of the Administrative Agent's
Revolving Credit Loans outstanding equals zero Dollars ($0).
Settling
Lender.
See
Section 2.9.1.
Significant
Subsidiary.
The
domestic Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 7.17(b) of the Credit Agreement and
any
other domestic Subsidiary, which, at any date of determination, either alone
or
together with the Subsidiaries of such Subsidiary, meets either of the following
conditions: (a) as of the end of the most recent fiscal year of the Borrower,
the total assets of such Subsidiary represented 10% or more of the Consolidated
Total Assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, or (b) for the most recent
fiscal year of the Borrower, the net income before taxes of such Subsidiary
represented 10% or more of the consolidated net income before taxes of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, all as set forth on the most recently available
consolidated and consolidating financial statements of the Borrower for such
fiscal year.
S&P.
Standard & Poor's Ratings Group.
Standby
Letter of Credit Fee.
See
Section 4.2.
Subsidiary.
At any
time and from time to time, any corporation, association, partnership, limited
liability company, joint venture or other business entity of which the Borrower
and/or any Subsidiary of the Borrower, directly or indirectly at such time,
either (a) owns or controls more than fifty percent (50%) of the Voting Stock,
or (b) is entitled to share in more than fifty percent (50%) of the profits
and
losses, however determined.
Swing
Line Lender.
Bank of
America.
Swing
Line Loans.
Revolving Credit Loans made by Bank of America pursuant to Section
2.6.2.
Synthetic
Lease.
Any
lease of goods or other property, whether real or personal, which is treated
as
an operating lease under GAAP and as a loan or financing for U.S. income tax
purposes.
Total
Commitment.
The sum
of the Commitments of the Lenders, as in effect from time to time.
Trading
with the Enemy Act.
See
Section 7.19.
Type.
As to
any Revolving Credit Loan which is not a Swing Line Loan, its nature as a Base
Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Rate Loan.
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Uniform
Customs.
With
respect to any Letter of Credit, the Uniform Customs and Practice for
Documentary Credits (1993 Revision), International Chamber of Commerce
Publication No. 500 or any successor version thereto adopted by the Issuing
Lender in the ordinary course of its business as a letter of credit issuer
and
in effect at the time of issuance of such Letter of Credit.
Unpaid
Reimbursement Obligation.
Any
Reimbursement Obligation for which the Borrower does not reimburse the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and the Lenders on the date specified
in, and in accordance with, Section 4.1.3.
Voting
Stock.
Stock
or similar interests, of any class or classes (however designated), the holders
of which are at the time entitled, as such holders, to vote for the election
of
a majority of the directors (or persons performing similar functions) of the
corporation, association, trust or other business entity involved, whether
or
not the right so to vote exists by reason of the happening of a
contingency.
1.2 Rules
of Interpretation.
(a) A
reference to any document or agreement shall include such document or agreement
as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its
terms and the terms of this Credit Agreement.
(b) The
singular includes the plural and the plural includes the singular.
(c) A
reference to any law includes any amendment or modification to such
law.
(d) A
reference to any Person includes its permitted successors and permitted
assigns.
(e) Accounting
terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them by GAAP
applied on a consistent basis by the accounting entity to which they
refer.
(f) The
words
“include”, “includes” and “including” are not limiting.
(g) All
terms
not specifically defined herein or by GAAP, which terms are defined in the
Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York, have the meanings
assigned to them therein, with the term “instrument”
being
that defined under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code.
(h) Reference
to a particular “Section” refers to that section of this Credit Agreement unless
otherwise indicated.
(i) The
words
“herein”, “hereof”, “hereunder” and words of like import shall refer to this
Credit Agreement as a whole and not to any particular section or subdivision
of
this Credit Agreement.
(j) Unless
otherwise expressly indicated, 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.”
1.3 Letter
of Credit Amounts.
Unless
otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall
be deemed to be the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such
time; provided,
however,
that
with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any
Issuer Document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases
in
the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed
to be the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect
to
all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect
at
such time.
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2. THE
REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY.
2.1 Commitment
to Lend.
(a) Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth in this Credit Agreement, each of the
Lenders severally agrees to lend to the Borrower and the Borrower may borrow,
repay, and reborrow from time to time from the Closing Date up to but not
including the Revolving Credit Loan Maturity Date upon notice by the Borrower
to
the Administrative Agent given in accordance with Section 2.6, such sums as
are
requested by the Borrower up to a maximum aggregate amount outstanding (after
giving effect to all amounts requested) at any one time equal to such Lender's
Commitment minus
such
Lender's Commitment Percentage of the sum of the Maximum Drawing Amount and
all
Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations, provided
that the
sum of the outstanding amount of the Revolving Credit Loans (after giving effect
to all amounts requested), including the Swing Line Loans, plus
the
Maximum Drawing Amount and all Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations shall not at
any
time exceed the Total Commitment at such time. The Revolving Credit Loans shall
be made pro rata
in
accordance with each Lender's Commitment Percentage. Each request for a
Revolving Credit Loan hereunder shall constitute a representation and warranty
by the Borrower that the conditions set forth in Section 11 and Section 12,
in
the case of the initial Revolving Credit Loans to be made on the Closing Date,
and Section 12, in the case of all other Revolving Credit Loans, have been
satisfied on the date of such request.
(b) Limited
Increase In Total Commitment.
Unless
a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower
may
request, on one or more occasions, that the Total Commitment in effect on the
date of such request be increased by up to $100,000,000, provided, however,
that
(i) the aggregate amount of any and all increases pursuant to this Section
2.1(b) shall not exceed $100,000,000, (ii) any Lender which is a party to this
Credit Agreement prior to such increase shall have the right to elect to fund
its pro rata
share of
the increase and any additional amounts allocated by the Administrative Agent,
thereby increasing its Commitment hereunder, but no Lender shall be required
to
do so, (iii) in the event that it becomes necessary to include one or more
new Lenders to provide additional funding under this Section 2.1(b) in order
to
enable such increase in the Total Commitment to occur, such new Lender must
be
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower,
(iv) the Lenders' Commitment Percentages shall be correspondingly adjusted,
(v) each new Lender shall make all (if any) such payments to the other Lenders
as may be necessary to result in the sum of the Revolving Credit Loans to be
made by such new Lender plus
such new
Lender's proportionate share of the Maximum Drawing Amount and all Unpaid
Reimbursement Obligations being equal to such new Lender's Commitment Percentage
(as then in effect) of the aggregate principal amount of the sum of all
Revolving Credit Loans outstanding to the Borrower as of such date plus
the
Maximum Drawing Amount and all Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations as of such
date), and (vi) Revolving Credit Notes issued or amended and such other changes
shall be made to the Loan Documents, as shall be necessary to reflect any such
increase in the Total Commitment. Any such increase in the Total Commitment
(whether by $100,000,000 or by a lesser amount) shall require, among other
things, the satisfaction of such conditions precedent as the Administrative
Agent may require, including, without limitation, the obtaining by any
applicable Lender of requisite internal approvals, the Administrative Agent's
receipt of evidence of applicable corporate authorization and other corporate
documentation from the Borrower and the legal opinion of counsel to the
Borrower, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent
and such Lenders as are participating in such increase. The Borrower shall
prepay Revolving Credit Loans outstanding on the effective date of any such
increase (and any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 5.10) to
the
extent necessary to keep the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans ratable with
any
revised Commitment Percentages arising from any nonratable increase in the
Commitments under this Section.
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(c) Extension
of Revolving Credit Loan Maturity Date.
The
Borrower may, provided that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and
is
continuing, by written notice delivered to the Administrative Agent no later
than (i) ninety days (90) days prior to July 26, 2012, request that the
Revolving Credit Loan Maturity Date be extended to a date one year after the
then existing Revolving Credit Loan Maturity Date (the “First
Extension Request”)
and
(ii) provided that the Required Lenders shall have consented to the First
Extension Request and the Borrower shall have otherwise complied with the
conditions set forth in this Section 2.1(c), ninety (90) days prior to July
26,
2013, request that the Revolving Credit Loan Maturity Date be extended to a
date
one year after the then existing Revolving Credit Loan Maturity Date as extended
pursuant to the First Extension Request (the “Second
Extension Request”
and,
together with the First Extension Request each individually, an “Extension
Request”
and
collectively, the “Extension
Requests”).
The
Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of each such Extension Request
promptly after receipt thereof, and request each Lender to notify the
Administrative Agent of its determination to consent or not to consent to each
such Extension Request. If the Required Lenders consent to the First Extension
Request by so notifying the Administrative Agent in writing no later than thirty
(30) Business Days after notice of such Extension Request, the Revolving Credit
Loan Maturity Date shall be extended to July 26, 2013 with respect to such
consenting Lenders. If the Required Lenders consent to the Second Extension
Request by so notifying the Administrative Agent in writing no later than thirty
(30) Business Days after notice of such Extension Request, the Revolving Credit
Loan Maturity Date shall be extended to July 26, 2014 with respect to such
consenting Lenders. The determination with respect to each Extension Request
shall be in the sole discretion of each Lender. Any Lender which fails to give
written notice of its consent or non-consent within such period shall be deemed
not to have consented to any Extension Request hereunder (a “Dissent”);
provided
that the
Borrower may, within sixty (60) days of such Dissent, obtain a replacement
lender satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (the “Replacement Lender”)
to
assume the dissenting Lender's Loans and Commitments by (i) requesting the
non-dissenting Lenders acquire and assume all of the dissenting Lender’s Loans
and Commitments, as provided herein, but no such Lenders shall be under an
obligation to do so; or (ii) designating a Replacement Lender reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. If no satisfactory Replacement Lender
shall be obtained, and/or none of the non-dissenting Lenders shall agree to
acquire and assume all of the dissenting Lender’s Loans and Commitments, then
the Borrower shall repay the full amount of the outstanding Obligations owing
to
such dissenting Lender on the then existing Revolving Credit Loan Maturity
Date
with respect to such dissenting Lender. If any satisfactory Replacement Lender
shall be obtained, and/or any of the non-dissenting Lenders shall agree to
acquire and assume all of the dissenting Lender’s Loans and Commitment, then
such dissenting Lender shall, so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing, assign, in accordance with Section 15, all of its Commitment,
Loans, or Notes and other rights and obligations under this Credit Agreement
and
all other Loan Documents to such Replacement Lender or non-dissenting Lenders,
as the case may be, in exchange for payment of the principal amount so assigned
and all interest and fees accrued on the amount so assigned, plus all other
Obligations then due and payable to the dissenting Lender; provided,
however,
that
(i) such assignment shall be without recourse, representation or warranty and
shall be on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to such dissenting
Lender and such Replacement Lender and/or non-dissenting Lenders, as the case
may be, and (ii) prior to any such assignment, the Borrower shall have paid
to
such dissenting Lender all amounts properly demanded and unreimbursed hereunder,
if applicable. Upon the effective date of such assignment, the Borrower shall
issue replacement Notes in favor of such Replacement Lender and/or
non-dissenting Lenders, as the case may be, and such institution shall become
a
“Lender” for all purposes under this Credit Agreement and the other Loan
Documents. Any extension of the Revolving Credit Loan Maturity Date shall
require, among other things, the satisfaction of such conditions as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably require, including: (A) all representations
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be true and correct on and as of
the
effective date of such extension; (B) no Default or Event of Default shall
have
occurred and be continuing on the date of such extension; (C) since delivery
to
the Administrative Agent of the Borrower’s most recent audited financial
statements pursuant to Section
8.3,
there
shall not have occurred any event or condition that has had or could reasonably
be expected, either individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse
Effect; and (D) on the then existing Revolving Credit Loan Maturity Date prior
to such extension, the Borrower shall prepay the outstanding amount of any
Loans
made available by any non-dissenting Lender to the extent necessary to keep
the
Commitments ratable among such non-dissenting Lenders.
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2.2 Commitment
Fee.
The
Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the accounts of the
Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitment Percentages a commitment
fee (the “Commitment
Fee”)
calculated at the rate per annum of the Applicable Margin with respect to the
Commitment Fee as in effect from time to time on the actual daily amount during
each calendar quarter or portion thereof from the date hereof to the Revolving
Credit Loan Maturity Date by which the Total Commitment minus
the sum
of the Maximum Drawing Amount and all Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations exceeds
the outstanding amount of Revolving Credit Loans (other than Swing Line Loans
which shall not be considered usage for purposes of this calculation only)
during such calendar quarter. The Commitment Fee shall be payable quarterly
in
arrears on the first day of each calendar quarter for the immediately preceding
calendar quarter commencing on the first such date following the date hereof,
with a final payment on the Revolving Credit Loan Maturity Date or any earlier
date on which the Commitments shall terminate.
2.3 Reduction
of Total Commitment.
The
Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time upon three
(3)
Business Days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent to reduce by
$5,000,000 or an integral multiple thereof or to terminate entirely the Total
Commitment, whereupon the Commitments of the Lenders shall be reduced pro rata
in accordance with their respective Commitment Percentages of the amount
specified in such notice or, as the case may be, terminated. Promptly after
receiving any notice of the Borrower delivered pursuant to this Section 2.3,
the
Administrative Agent will notify the Lenders of the substance thereof. Upon
the
effective date of any such reduction or termination, the Borrower shall pay
to
the Administrative Agent for the respective accounts of the Lenders the full
amount of any Commitment Fee then accrued on the amount of the reduction. No
reduction or termination of the Commitments may be reinstated.
2.4 The
Revolving Credit Notes.
The
Revolving Credit Loans shall be evidenced by separate promissory notes of the
Borrower in substantially the form of Exhibit
A
hereto
(each a “Revolving
Credit Note”),
dated
as of the Closing Date (or such other date on which a Lender may become a party
hereto in accordance with Section 15 hereof) and completed with appropriate
insertions. One Revolving Credit Note shall be payable to the order of each
Lender in a principal amount equal to such Lender's Commitment or, if less,
the
outstanding amount of all Revolving Credit Loans made by such Lender,
plus
interest
accrued thereon, as set forth below. The Borrower irrevocably authorizes each
Lender to make or cause to be made, at or about the time of the Drawdown Date
of
any Revolving Credit Loan or at the time of receipt of any payment of principal
on such Lender's Revolving Credit Note, an appropriate notation on such Lender's
Revolving Credit Note Record reflecting the making of such Revolving Credit
Loan
or (as the case may be) the receipt of such payment. The outstanding amount
of
the Revolving Credit Loans set forth on such Lender's Revolving Credit Note
Record shall be prima facie
evidence, absent manifest error, of the principal amount thereof owing and
unpaid to such Lender, but the failure to record, or any error in so recording,
any such amount on such Lender's Revolving Credit Note Record shall not limit
or
otherwise affect the obligations of the Borrower hereunder or under any
Revolving Credit Note to make payments of principal of or interest on any
Revolving Credit Note when due.
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2.5 Interest
on Revolving Credit Loans.
Except
as
otherwise provided in Section 5.11,
(a) Each
Revolving Credit Loan which is a Base Rate Loan shall bear interest for the
period commencing with the Drawdown Date thereof and ending on the last day
of
the Interest Period with respect thereto at the rate per annum equal to the
Base
Rate plus
the
Applicable Margin with respect to Base Rate Loans as in effect from time to
time.
(b) Each
Revolving Credit Loan which is a Eurodollar Rate Loan shall bear interest for
the period commencing with the Drawdown Date thereof and ending on the last
day
of the Interest Period with respect thereto at the rate per annum equal to
the
Eurodollar Rate determined for such Interest Period plus
the
Applicable Margin with respect to Eurodollar Rate Loans as in effect from time
to time.
(c) Each
Swing Line Loan shall bear interest from the period commencing with the Drawdown
Date thereof and ending on the last day of the Interest Period with respect
thereto at a rate per annum equal to, at the Borrower's option (i) the Base
Rate
plus
the
Applicable Margin with respect to Base Rate Loans in effect from time to time,
and (ii) the Fixed Rate, which interest shall be paid on each Interest Payment
Date for Swing Line Loans for the account of the Swing Line Lender. Interest
periods for Swing Line Loans which are also Fixed Rate Loans shall be for a
period of ten (10) days or less. The Borrower shall give the Swing Line Lender
notice no later than 1:00 p.m. on the last day of the Interest Period that
is a
Fixed Rate Loan of its intention to repay such Swing Line Loan or to refund
such
Swing Line Loan with a Revolving Credit Loan which is not a Swing Line Loan
in
accordance with Section 2.9. In the event that the Borrower fails to give such
notice, such Swing Line Loan shall, on the last day of such Interest Period
cease to be a Fixed Rate Loan.
The
Borrower promises to pay interest on each Revolving Credit Loan in arrears
on
each Interest Payment Date with respect thereto.
2.6 Requests
for Revolving Credit Loans.
2.6.1 General.
The
Borrower shall give to the Administrative Agent written notice in the form
of
Exhibit
B
hereto
(or telephonic notice confirmed promptly in a writing in the form of
Exhibit
B
hereto)
of each Revolving Credit Loan requested hereunder (a “Loan
Request”)
(a) by
no later than 12:00 p.m. (New York time) on the proposed Drawdown Date of any
Base Rate Loan and (b) by no later than 12:00 noon (New York time) no less
than
three (3) Eurodollar Business Days prior to the proposed Drawdown Date of any
Eurodollar Rate Loan. Each such notice shall specify (i) the principal amount
of
the Revolving Credit Loan requested, (ii) the proposed Drawdown Date of such
Revolving Credit Loan, (iii) the Interest Period for such Revolving Credit
Loan
and (iv) the Type of such Revolving Credit Loan. Promptly upon receipt of any
such notice, the Administrative Agent shall notify each of the Lenders thereof.
Each Loan Request shall be irrevocable and binding on the Borrower and shall
obligate the Borrower to accept the Revolving Credit Loan requested from the
Lenders on the proposed Drawdown Date. With respect to Eurodollar Rate Loans,
each Loan Request shall be in a minimum aggregate amount of $1,000,000 or an
integral multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof, and with respect to Base Rate
Loans, each Loan Request shall be in a minimum aggregate amount of $500,000
or
an integral multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof.
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2.6.2 Swing
Line.
Notwithstanding the notice and minimum amount requirements set forth in Section
2.6.1 but otherwise in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Credit
Agreement, the Swing Line Lender may, at the Borrower’s request and in the Swing
Line Lender’s sole discretion and without conferring with the Lenders, make
Revolving Credit Loans (each, a “Swing
Line Loan”)
to the
Borrower in an amount requested by the Borrower provided,
that
(a) each such Swing Line Loan shall be in a minimum aggregate amount of
$1,000,000 or an integral multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof, and (b) the
aggregate outstanding amount of all Swing Line Loans made by the Swing Line
Lender pursuant to this Section 2.6.2 shall not exceed $20,000,000 at any one
time. The Borrower hereby requests and authorizes the Swing Line Lender to
make
from time to time such Swing Line Loans as may be so requested. The Borrower
acknowledges and agrees that the making of such Swing Line Loans shall, in
each
case, be subject in all respects to the provisions of this Credit Agreement
as
if they were Swing Line Loans covered by a Loan Request including, without
limitation, the limitations set forth in Section 2.1 and the requirements that
the applicable provisions of Section 11 (in the case of Swing Line Loans made
on
the Closing Date) and Section 12 be satisfied. All actions taken by the Swing
Line Lender pursuant to the provisions of this Section 2.6.2 shall be conclusive
and binding on the Borrower and the Lenders absent the Swing Line Lender's
gross
negligence or willful misconduct.
2.7 Conversion
Options.
2.7.1 Conversion
to Different Type of Revolving Credit Loan.
The
Borrower may elect from time to time to convert any outstanding Revolving Credit
Loan to a Revolving Credit Loan of another Type, provided
that (a)
with respect to any such conversion of a Eurodollar Rate Loan to a Base Rate
Loan, the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent at least one (1) Business
Day prior written notice of such election; (b) with respect to any such
conversion of a Base Rate Loan to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the Borrower shall
give the Administrative Agent at least three (3) Eurodollar Business Days prior
written notice of such election; (c) with respect to any such conversion of
a
Eurodollar Rate Loan into a Base Rate Loan, such conversion shall only be made
on the last day of the Interest Period with respect thereto and (d) no Revolving
Credit Loan may be converted into a Eurodollar Rate Loan when any Default or
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. On the date on which such
conversion is being made each Lender shall take such action as is necessary
to
transfer its Commitment Percentage of such Revolving Credit Loans to its
Domestic Lending Office or its Eurodollar Lending Office, as the case may be.
All or any part of outstanding Revolving Credit Loans of any Type may be
converted into a Revolving Credit Loan of another Type as provided herein,
provided
that any
partial conversion to a Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be in an aggregate principal
amount of $1,000,000 or an integral multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof,
and
any partial conversion to a Base Rate Loan shall be in an aggregate principal
amount of $500,000 or an integral multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. Each
Conversion Request relating to the conversion of a Revolving Credit Loan to
a
Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be irrevocable by the Borrower.
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2.7.2 Continuation
of Type of Revolving Credit Loan.
Any
Revolving Credit Loan of any Type may be continued as a Revolving Credit Loan
of
the same Type upon the expiration of an Interest Period with respect thereto
by
compliance by the Borrower with the notice provisions contained in Section
2.7.1; provided
that no
Eurodollar Rate Loan may be continued as such when any Default or Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, but shall be automatically converted
to
a Base Rate Loan on the last day of the first Interest Period relating thereto
ending during the continuance of any Default or Event of Default of which
officers of the Administrative Agent active upon the Borrower's account have
actual knowledge. In the event that the Borrower fails to provide any such
notice with respect to the continuation of any Eurodollar Rate Loan as such,
then such Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be automatically converted to a Base Rate
Loan on the last day of the first Interest Period relating thereto. The
Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders promptly when any such automatic
conversion contemplated by this Section 2.7 is scheduled to occur.
2.7.3 Eurodollar
Rate Loans.
Any
conversion to or from Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in such amounts and be
made
pursuant to such elections so that, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate
principal amount of all Eurodollar Rate Loans having the same Interest Period
shall not be less than $1,000,000 or an integral multiple of $500,000 in excess
thereof. No more than ten (10) Eurodollar Rate Loans having different Interest
Periods may be outstanding at any time.
2.7.4 Applicability
of Conversion and Continuation Provisions.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein contained, the provisions of
this Section 2.7 shall not apply to Swing Line Loans.
2.8 Funds
for Revolving Credit Loan.
2.8.1 Funding
Procedures.
Not
later than 3:00 p.m. (New York time) on the proposed Drawdown Date of any
Revolving Credit Loans, each of the Lenders will make available to the
Administrative Agent, at the Administrative Agent's Office, in immediately
available funds, the amount of such Lender's Commitment Percentage of the amount
of the requested Revolving Credit Loans. Upon receipt from each Lender of such
amount, and upon receipt of the documents required by Sections 11 and 12 and
the
satisfaction of the other conditions set forth therein, to the extent
applicable, the Administrative Agent will make available to the Borrower the
aggregate amount of such Revolving Credit Loans made available to the
Administrative Agent by the Lenders. The failure or refusal of any Lender to
make available to the Administrative Agent at the aforesaid time and place
on
any Drawdown Date the amount of its Commitment Percentage of the requested
Revolving Credit Loans shall not relieve any other Lender from its several
obligation hereunder to make available to the Administrative Agent the amount
of
such other Lender's Commitment Percentage of any requested Revolving Credit
Loans.
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2.8.2 Advances
by Administrative Agent.
The
Administrative Agent may, unless notified to the contrary by any Lender prior
to
a Drawdown Date, assume that such Lender has made available to the
Administrative Agent on such Drawdown Date the amount of such Lender's
Commitment Percentage of the Revolving Credit Loans to be made on such Drawdown
Date, and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make
available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. If any Lender makes available
to the Administrative Agent such amount on a date after such Drawdown Date,
such
Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent on demand such amount in
immediately available funds with interest thereon, for each day from and
including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but
excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of
the
Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in
accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, plus any
administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the
Administrative Agent in connection with the foregoing. A statement of the
Administrative Agent submitted to such Lender with respect to any amounts owing
under this paragraph shall be prima facie evidence (absent manifest error)
of
the amount due and owing to the Administrative Agent by such Lender. If the
amount of such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of such Revolving Credit Loans is
not made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender within three
(3)
Business Days following such Drawdown Date, the Administrative Agent shall
be
entitled to recover such amount from the Borrower on demand, with interest
thereon at the rate per annum applicable to the Revolving Credit Loans made
on
such Drawdown Date. If the Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest
to
the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the
Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrower the amount of such
interest paid by the Borrower for such period. If such Lender pays its share
of
the applicable borrowing to the Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid
shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such borrowing. Any payment by
the Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim the Borrower may have
against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the
Administrative Agent.
2.9 Settlements.
2.9.1 General.
On each
Settlement Date, the Administrative Agent shall, not later than 1:00 p.m. (New
York time), give telephonic, facsimile or electronic mail notice (a) to the
Lenders and the Borrower of the respective outstanding amount of Revolving
Credit Loans made by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders or in
the
form of Swing Line Loans from the immediately preceding Settlement Date through
the close of business on the prior day and the amount of any Eurodollar Rate
Loans to be made (following the giving of notice pursuant to Section 2.6.1(b))
on such date pursuant to a Loan Request and (b) to the Lenders of the amount
(a
“Settlement
Amount”)
that
each Lender (a “Settling
Lender”)
shall
pay to effect a Settlement of any Revolving Credit Loan. A statement of the
Administrative Agent submitted to the Lenders and the Borrower or to the Lenders
with respect to any amounts owing under this Section 2.9 shall be prima facie
evidence (absent manifest error) of the amount due and owing. Each Settling
Lender shall, not later than 3:00 p.m. (New York time) on such Settlement Date,
effect a wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Administrative
Agent in the amount of the Settlement Amount for such Settling Lender. All
funds
advanced by any Lender as a Settling Lender pursuant to this Section 2.9 shall
for all purposes be treated as a Revolving Credit Loan made by such Settling
Lender to the Borrower and all funds received by any Lender pursuant to this
Section 2.9 shall for all purposes be treated as repayment of amounts owed
with
respect to Revolving Credit Loans made by such Lender. In the event that any
bankruptcy, reorganization, liquidation, receivership or similar cases or
proceedings in which the Borrower is a debtor prevent a Settling Lender from
making any Revolving Credit Loan to effect a Settlement as contemplated hereby,
such Settling Lender will make such dispositions and arrangements with the
other
Lenders with respect to such Revolving Credit Loans, either by way of purchase
of participations, distribution, pro tanto assignment of claims, subrogation
or
otherwise as shall result in each Lender's share of the outstanding Revolving
Credit Loans being equal, as nearly as may be, to such Lender's Commitment
Percentage of the outstanding amount of the Revolving Credit Loans.
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2.9.2 Failure
to Make Funds Available.
The
Administrative Agent may, unless notified to the contrary by any Settling Lender
prior to a Settlement Date, assume that such Settling Lender has made or will
make available to the Administrative Agent on such Settlement Date the amount
of
such Settling Lender's Settlement Amount, and the Administrative Agent may,
in
reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding
amount. If any Settling Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent
such
amount on a date after such Settlement Date, then such Settling Lender shall
pay
to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such amount in immediately
available funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the
Settlement Date at the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined
by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on
interbank compensation, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees
customarily charged by the Administrative Agent in connection with the
foregoing. A statement of the Administrative Agent submitted to such Settling
Lender with respect to any amounts owing under this Section 2.9.2 shall be
prima
facie evidence (absent manifest error) of the amount due and owing to the
Administrative Agent by such Settling Lender. If such Settling Lender's
Settlement Amount is not made available to the Administrative Agent by such
Settling Lender within three (3) Business Days following such Settlement Date,
the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such amount from the
Borrower on demand, with interest thereon at the rate per annum applicable
to
the Revolving Credit Loans as of such Settlement Date.
2.9.3 No
Effect on Other Lenders.
The
failure or refusal of any Settling Lender to make available to the
Administrative Agent at the aforesaid time and place on any Settlement Date
the
amount of such Settling Lender’s Settlement Amount shall not (a) relieve any
other Settling Lender from its several obligations hereunder to make available
to the Administrative Agent the amount of such other Settling Lender’s
Settlement Amount or (b) impose upon any Lender, other than the Settling Lender
so failing or refusing, any liability with respect to such failure or refusal
or
otherwise increase the Commitment of such other Lender.
3. REPAYMENT
OF THE REVOLVING CREDIT LOANS.
3.1 Maturity.
The
Borrower promises to pay on the Revolving Credit Loan Maturity Date, and there
shall become absolutely due and payable on the Revolving Credit Loan Maturity
Date, all of the Revolving Credit Loans outstanding on such date, together
with
any and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon. Without limiting the foregoing,
the Borrower promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for its own account,
and there shall become absolutely due and payable, the outstanding principal
amount of each Swing Line Loan made to the Borrower on the earlier of the
Settlement Date with respect thereto and the Revolving Credit Loan Maturity
Date.
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3.2 Mandatory
Repayments of Revolving Credit Loans.
If at
any time the sum of the outstanding amount of the Revolving Credit Loans
(including the Swing Line Loans), the Maximum Drawing Amount and all Unpaid
Reimbursement Obligations exceeds the Total Commitment at such time, then the
Borrower shall immediately pay the amount of such excess to the Administrative
Agent for the respective accounts of the Lenders for application: first, to
the
Swing Line Loans; second, to any Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations; third, to
the
Revolving Credit Loans; and fourth, to provide to the Administrative Agent
cash
collateral for Reimbursement Obligations as contemplated by Section
4.1.7.
Each
payment of any Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations or prepayment of Revolving
Credit Loans (other than Swing Line Loans) shall be allocated among the Lenders,
in proportion, as nearly as practicable, to each Reimbursement Obligation or
(as
the case may be) the respective unpaid principal amount of each Lender's
Revolving Credit Note, with adjustments to the extent practicable to equalize
any prior payments or repayments not exactly in proportion. Each payment or
prepayment of Swing Line Loans shall be allocated to the Swing Line
Lender.
3.3 Optional
Repayments of Revolving Credit Loans.
The
Borrower shall have the right, at its election, to repay the outstanding amount
of the Revolving Credit Loans and Fixed Rate Loans, as a whole or in part,
at
any time without penalty or premium, provided
that any
full or partial prepayment of the outstanding amount of any Eurodollar Rate
Loans pursuant to this Section 3.3 may be made only on the last day of the
Interest Period relating thereto unless breakage costs described in Section
5.10
in connection therewith are paid by the Borrower. The Borrower shall give the
Administrative Agent, no later than 11:00 a.m., New York time, on such day
written notice of any proposed prepayment pursuant to this Section 3.3 of Base
Rate Loans, and no later than 12:00 noon, New York time, three (3) Eurodollar
Business Days notice of any proposed prepayment pursuant to this Section 3.3
of
Fixed Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans, in each case specifying the proposed
date of prepayment of Revolving Credit Loans and the principal amount to be
prepaid. Each such partial prepayment of the Revolving Credit Loans shall be
in
a minimum aggregate amount of $1,000,000 or an integral multiple of $500,000
in
excess thereof, shall be accompanied by the payment of accrued interest on
the
principal prepaid to the date of prepayment and shall be applied, in the absence
of instruction by the Borrower, first to the principal of Fixed Rate Loans,
second to the principal of Base Rate Loans and third to the principal of
Eurodollar Rate Loans. Each partial prepayment shall be allocated among the
Lenders, in proportion, as nearly as practicable, to the respective unpaid
principal amount of each Lender's Revolving Credit Note, with adjustments to
the
extent practicable to equalize any prior repayments not exactly in
proportion.
4. LETTERS
OF CREDIT.
4.1 Letter
of Credit Commitments.
4.1.1 Commitment
to Issue Letters of Credit.
(a)
Subject
to the terms and conditions hereof and the execution and delivery by the
Borrower of a letter of credit application on the Issuing Lender's customary
form (a “Letter
of Credit Application”),
the
Issuing Lender on behalf of the Lenders and in reliance upon the agreement
of
the Lenders set forth in Section 4.1.4 and upon the representations and
warranties of the Borrower contained herein, agrees, in its individual capacity,
to issue, extend, amend and renew for the account of the Borrower one or more
standby or documentary letters of credit (individually, a “Letter
of Credit”),
in
such form as may be requested from time to time by the Borrower and agreed
to by
the Issuing Lender; provided,
however, that, after giving effect to such request, the sum of (i) the Maximum
Drawing Amount on all Letters of Credit, (ii) all Unpaid Reimbursement
Obligations, and (iii) the amount of all Revolving Credit Loans (including
Swing
Line Loans) outstanding shall not exceed the Total Commitment at such time.
As
of the Closing Date, the letters of credit existing for the account of the
Borrower under the Prior Credit Agreement set forth on Schedule 4.1.1
attached
hereto, shall become a Letter of Credit under this Credit Agreement for all
purposes.
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(b) The
Issuing Lender shall not issue any Letter of Credit if the expiry date of such
requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration
Date, unless all the Lenders have approved such expiry date.
(c) The
Issuing Lender shall not be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit
if:
(i) any
order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall
by
its terms purport to enjoin or restrain the Issuing Lender from issuing such
Letter of Credit, or any law applicable to the Issuing Lender or any request
or
directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental
Authority with jurisdiction over the Issuing Lender shall prohibit, or request
that the Issuing Lender refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit
generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon the
Issuing Lender with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve
or
capital requirement (for which the Issuing Lender is not otherwise compensated
hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon the Issuing
Lender any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the
Closing Date and which the Issuing Lender in good xxxxx xxxxx material to
it.
(ii) the
issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of the
Issuing Lender relating to its ability to issue Letters of Credit;
or
(iii) a
default
of any Lender’s obligations to fund under Section 4.1.3 exists or any Lender is
at such time a Delinquent Lender hereunder, unless the Issuing Lender has
entered into satisfactory arrangements with the Borrower or such Lender to
eliminate the Issuing Lender’s risk with respect to such Lender.
Furthermore,
the Issuing Lender shall not amend any Letter of Credit if the Issuing Lender
would not be permitted at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its
amended form under the terms hereof and the Issuing Lender shall be under no
obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) the Issuing Lender would have
no
obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form
under
the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not
accept the proposed amendment to such Letter of Credit.
4.1.2 Procedures
for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit; Auto-Extension Letters of
Credit.
(a)
Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon
the
request of the Borrower delivered to the Issuing Lender (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application,
appropriately completed and signed by the Borrower. Such Letter of Credit
Application must be received by the Issuing Lender and the Administrative Agent
not later than 3:00 p.m. (New York time) at least one Business Day (or such
later date and time as the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lender may
agree
in a particular instance in their sole discretion) prior to the proposed
issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be. In the case of a request
for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application
shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the Issuing Lender: (i) the
proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a
Business Day); (ii) the Maximum Drawing Amount thereof; (iii) the expiry date
thereof; (iv) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (v) the documents
to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (vi)
the
full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of
any
drawing thereunder; and (vii) such other matters as the Issuing Lender may
require. In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter
of
Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail
satisfactory to the Issuing Lender (i) the Letter of Credit to be amended;
(ii)
the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (iii)
the nature of the proposed amendment; and (iv) such other matters as the Issuing
Lender may require. Additionally, the Borrower shall furnish to the Issuing
Lender and the Administrative Agent such other documents and information
pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance or amendment, including
any Issuer Documents, as the Issuing Lender or the Administrative Agent may
reasonably require. In the event that any provision of any Letter of Credit
Application shall be inconsistent with any provision of this Credit Agreement,
then the provisions of this Credit Agreement shall, to the extent of any such
inconsistency, govern.
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(b) Promptly
after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the Issuing Lender will
confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the
Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application
from the Borrower and, if not, the Issuing Lender will provide the
Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Unless the Issuing Lender has received
written notice from any Lender, the Administrative Agent, the Borrower or any
Guarantor, at least one Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance
or
amendment of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable
conditions contained in Section 12 shall not then be satisfied, then, subject
to
the terms and conditions hereof, the Issuing Lender shall, on the requested
date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrower or enter into
the
applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with the
Issuing Lender’s usual and customary business practices. Immediately upon the
issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Issuing Lender
a
risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to such Lender’s
Commitment Percentage of the amount of such Letter of Credit.
(c) If
the
Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, and subject
to the terms and conditions of Section 4.1.1, the Issuing Lender agrees to
issue
a Letter of Credit that has automatic renewal provisions (each, an “Auto-Renewal
Letter of Credit”);
provided
that any
such Auto-Renewal Letter of Credit must permit the Issuing Lender to prevent
any
such renewal at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the
date
of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary
thereof not later than a day (the “Non-Renewal
Notice Date”)
in
each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of
Credit is issued. Unless otherwise directed by the Issuing Lender, the Borrower
shall not be required to make a specific request to the Issuing Lender for
any
such renewal. Once an Auto-Renewal Letter of Credit has been issued, the Lenders
shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the Issuing Lender
to
permit the renewal of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not
later than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date; provided,
however,
that
the Issuing Lender shall not permit any such renewal if (A) the Issuing Lender
has determined that it would not be permitted, or would have no obligation,
at
such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form under the terms
hereof (by reason of the provisions of clause (b) or (c) of Section 4.1.1 or
otherwise), or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in
writing) on or before the day that is seven (7) Business Days before the
Non-Renewal Notice Date from the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the
Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section
12
is not then satisfied, and in each such case directing the Issuing Lender not
to
permit such renewal.
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(d) Promptly
after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of
Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof,
the Issuing Lender will also deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or
amendment.
4.1.3 Drawings
and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations.
(a)
Upon payment by the Issuing Lender of a drawing under any Letter of Credit,
the
Issuing Lender shall notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof
not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York time) on the date of such payment (each
such
date, an “Honor
Date”).
Not
later than 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on the Honor Date, the Borrower shall
reimburse the Issuing Lender through the Administrative Agent in an amount
equal
to the amount of such payment. If the Borrower fails to so reimburse the Issuing
Lender by such time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender
of the Honor Date, the amount of the Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations, and
the
amount of such Lender’s pro rata share thereof. In such event, the Borrower
shall be deemed to have made a Loan Request which shall be for a Base Rate
Loan
to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unpaid Reimbursement
Obligation, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified herein for
the
principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the amount of the unutilized
portion of the Total Commitment and the conditions set forth in Section 12.
Any
notice given by the Issuing Lender or the Administrative Agent pursuant to
this
Section 4.1.3(a) must be given in writing to such Persons as may from time
to
time be designated by the Borrower in accordance with Section 16.6.
(b) Each
Lender shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 4.1.3(a) make funds available
to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Lender at the
Administrative Agent’s Office in an amount equal to its Commitment Percentage of
the Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations not later than 3:00 p.m. (New York time)
on
the Business Day specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent,
whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section 4.1.3(c), each Lender that
so
makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the
Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so
received to the Issuing Lender.
(c) With
respect to any Unpaid Reimbursement Obligation that is not fully refinanced
by a
Loan which is a Base Rate Loan because the conditions set forth in Section
12
cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, the Borrower shall be deemed to
have incurred from the Issuing Lender a Letter of Credit Advance in the amount
of the Unpaid Reimbursement Obligation that is not so refinanced, which Letter
of Credit Advance shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest)
and shall bear interest at the rate set forth in Section 5.11. In such event,
each Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing
Lender pursuant to Section 4.1.3(b) shall be deemed payment in respect of its
participation in such Letter of Credit Advance and shall constitute a Letter
of
Credit Advance from such Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation
under this Section 4.1.3.
(d) Until
each Lender funds its Letter of Credit Advance pursuant to this Section 4.1.3
to
reimburse the Issuing Lender for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit,
interest in respect of such Lender’s pro rata share of such amount shall be
solely for the account of the Issuing Lender.
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(e) Each
Lender’s obligation to make Letter of Credit Advances to reimburse the Issuing
Lender for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this
Section 4.1.3, shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected
by
any circumstance, including (i) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense
or
other right which such Lender may have against the Issuing Lender, the Borrower
or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (ii) the occurrence or
continuance of a Default, or (iii) any other occurrence, event or condition,
whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided,
however,
that
each Lender’s obligation to make Letter of Credit Advances pursuant to this
Section 4.1.3 is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 12. No such
making of a Letter of Credit Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the
obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the Issuing Lender for the amount of
any
payment made by the Issuing Lender under any Letter of Credit, together with
interest as provided herein.
(f) If
any
Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account
of
the Issuing Lender any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to
the
foregoing provisions of this Section 4.1.3 by the time specified in Section
4.1.3(b), the Issuing Lender shall be entitled to recover from such Lender
(acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest
thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on
which such payment is immediately available to the Issuing Lender at a rate
per
annum equal to the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined
by
the Issuing Lender in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank
compensation. A certificate of the Issuing Lender submitted to any Lender
(through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under
this
clause (vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
4.1.4 Repayment
of Participations.
(a) At
any time after the Issuing Lender has made a payment under any Letter of Credit
and has received from any Lender such Lender’s Letter of Credit Advance in
respect of such payment in accordance with Section 4.1.3, if the Administrative
Agent receives for the account of the Issuing Lender any payment in respect
of
the related Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations or interest thereon (whether
directly from the Borrower or otherwise), the Administrative Agent will
distribute to such Lender its pro rata share thereof (appropriately adjusted,
in
the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such
Lender’s Letter of Credit Advance was outstanding) in the same funds as those
received by the Administrative Agent.
(b) If
any
payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing
Lender pursuant to Section 4.1.3(a) is required to be returned under any
circumstances (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Issuing
Lender in its discretion), each Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent
for
the account of the Issuing Lender its pro rata thereof on demand of the
Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to
the
date such amount is returned by such Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the
Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Lenders
under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and
the
termination of this Credit Agreement.
4.1.5 Obligations
Absolute.
The
obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the Issuing Lender for each drawing
under each Letter of Credit and to repay each Letter of Credit Advance shall
be
absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in
accordance with the terms of this Credit Agreement under all circumstances,
including the following:
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(a) any
lack
of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Credit Agreement,
or any other Loan Document;
(b) the
existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that the
Borrower or any Subsidiary may have at any time against any beneficiary or
any
transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary
or any such transferee may be acting), the Issuing Lender or any other Person,
whether in connection with this Credit Agreement, the transactions contemplated
hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating
thereto, or any unrelated transaction;
(c) any
draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such Letter of
Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any
statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or
delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to
make
a drawing under such Letter of Credit; or
(d) any
payment by the Issuing Lender under such Letter of Credit against presentation
of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such
Letter of Credit (so long as such draft or certificate complies in all material
respects with the terms of such Letter of Credit); or any payment made by the
Issuing Lender under such Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a
trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of
creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to
any
beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising
in
connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.
The
Borrower shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each
amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of
noncompliance with the Borrower’s instructions or other irregularity, the
Borrower will immediately notify the Issuing Lender. The Borrower shall be
conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against the Issuing Lender
and
its correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.
4.1.6 Role
of Issuing Lender.
Each
Lender and the Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of
Credit, the Issuing Lender shall not have any responsibility to obtain any
document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly
required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity
or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or
delivering any such document. None of the Issuing Lender, the Administrative
Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent,
participant or assignee of the Issuing Lender shall be liable to any Lender
for
(a) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with
the approval of the Lenders or the Required Lenders, as applicable; (b) any
action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful
misconduct; or (c) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability
of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Issuer
Document. The Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of
any
beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit;
provided,
however,
that
this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrower from
pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or
transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the Issuing Lender,
the
Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any
correspondent, participant or assignee of the Issuing Lender shall be liable
or
responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (a) through (e) of
Section 4.1.5; provided,
however,
that
anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower may
have
a claim against the Issuing Lender, and the Issuing Lender may be liable to
the
Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed
to
consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Borrower which the Borrower
proves were caused by the Issuing Lender’s willful misconduct or gross
negligence or the Issuing Lender’s willful failure to pay under any Letter of
Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and
certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter
of
Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the Issuing
Lender may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without
responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or
information to the contrary, and the Issuing Lender shall not be responsible
for
the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or
purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits
thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be
invalid or ineffective for any reason.
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4.1.7 Cash
Collateral.
(a) Upon
the
reduction (but not termination) of the Total Commitment to an amount less than
the Maximum Drawing Amount, the Administrative Agent may require, and at the
direction of the Required Lenders shall require, that the Borrower shall
immediately cash collateralize an amount equal to 100% of such difference,
to be
held by the Issuing Lender as cash collateral for any drawing under the Letters
of Credit then outstanding.
(b) Upon
the
termination of the Total Commitment or the acceleration of the Reimbursement
Obligations with respect to all Letters of Credit in accordance with Section
13,
the Administrative Agent may require, and at the direction of the Required
Lenders shall require, that the Borrower shall immediately cash collateralize
an
amount equal to 100% of the aggregate Maximum Drawing Amount of all such Letters
of Credit, to be held by the Issuing Lender as cash collateral for any drawing
under any such Letter of Credit; provided,
that
upon acceleration of the Reimbursement Obligations with respect to all Letters
of Credit pursuant to Sections 13(h) or (i), the Borrower’s obligations to
immediately cash collateralize an amount equal to 100% of the aggregate Maximum
Drawing Amount of all such Letters of Credit as aforesaid shall automatically
become effective without further act by the Administrative Agent or any
Lender.
For
purposes of this Section 4.1.7 herein,
“cash
collateralize”
means
to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the
benefit of the Issuing Lender and the Lenders, as collateral for the Maximum
Drawing Amount of the Letters of Credit then outstanding (or, in the case of
clause (a) above, the difference between the Total Commitment and the Maximum
Drawing Amount of the Letters of Credit then outstanding), cash or deposit
account balances pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory
to
the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lender (which documents are hereby
consented to by the Lenders). The Borrower hereby grants to the Administrative
Agent, for the benefit of the Issuing Lender and the Lenders, a security
interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein and all
proceeds of the foregoing. Cash collateral shall be maintained in blocked,
interest bearing deposit accounts at Bank of America.
4.1.8 Applicability
ISP and UCP.
Unless
otherwise expressly agreed by the Issuing Lender and the Borrower when a Letter
of Credit is issued (a) the rules of the ISP shall apply to each standby Letter
of Credit, and (b) the rules of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary
Credits, as most recently published by the International Chamber of Commerce
at
the time of issuance shall apply to each commercial Letter of
Credit.
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4.2 Letter
of Credit Fees.
The
Borrower shall pay a fee (in each case, a “Letter
of Credit Fee”)
to the
Administrative Agent (a) quarterly in arrears on the first day of each fiscal
quarter of the Borrower for the immediately preceding fiscal quarter of the
Borrower, in respect of each standby Letter of Credit, an amount equal to the
Applicable Margin per annum with respect to Standby Letter of Credit Fees
multiplied
by
the
result of (i) the average daily face amount of such standby Letter of Credit
during such period, multiplied by
the
number of days such standby Letter of Credit is outstanding and divided by
(ii)
three hundred and sixty (360) (a “Standby
Letter of Credit Fee”),
and
(b) quarterly in arrears on the first day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower
for the immediately preceding fiscal quarter of the Borrower, in respect of
each
documentary Letter of Credit, an amount equal to the Applicable Margin per
annum
with respect to documentary Letter of Credit Fees multiplied
by
the
result of (i) the average daily face amount of such documentary Letter of Credit
during such period, multiplied by
the
number of days such documentary Letter of Credit is outstanding, divided by
(B)
three hundred and sixty (360) (a “Documentary
Letter of Credit Fee”),
in
each case which Letter of Credit Fee shall be for the accounts of the Lenders
in
accordance with their respective Commitment Percentages. In respect of each
Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall also pay to the Issuing Lender for the
Issuing Lender's own account, at such other time or times as such charges are
customarily made by the Issuing Lender, the Issuing Lender's customary fronting,
issuance, amendment, negotiation or document examination and other
administrative fees as in effect from time to time.
4.3 Conflict
with Issuer Documents.
In the
event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Issuer
Document, the terms hereof shall control.
5. CERTAIN
GENERAL PROVISIONS.
5.1 Arrangement
Fee.
The
Borrower agrees to pay to the Arranger for its own account, on the Closing
Date
an arrangement fee (the “Arrangement Fee”) as set forth in the Fee
Letter.
5.2 Administrative
Agent's Fee.
The
Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for its own account, on
the
Closing Date and on each anniversary thereof, an administrative agent’s fee (the
“Administrative Agent's Fee) as set forth in the Fee Letter.
5.3 Funds
for Payments.
5.3.1 Payments
to Administrative Agent.
All
payments of principal, interest, Reimbursement Obligations, Fees and any other
amounts due hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents shall be made
on
the due date thereof to the Administrative Agent in Dollars, for the respective
accounts of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, at the Administrative
Agent's Office or at such other place that the Administrative Agent may from
time to time designate, in each case at or about 3:00 p.m. (New York time or
other local time at the place of payment) and in immediately available
funds.
5.3.2 No
Offset, etc.
All
payments by the Borrower hereunder and under any of the other Loan Documents
shall be made without recoupment, setoff or counterclaim and free and clear
of
and without deduction for any taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees,
deductions, withholdings, compulsory loans, restrictions or conditions of any
nature now or hereafter imposed or levied by any jurisdiction or any political
subdivision thereof or taxing or other authority therein unless the Borrower
is
compelled by law to make such deduction or withholding. If any such obligation
is imposed upon the Borrower with respect to any amount payable by it hereunder
or under any of the other Loan Documents, the Borrower will pay to the
Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders or (as the case may be)
the
Administrative Agent, on the date on which such amount is due and payable
hereunder or under such other Loan Document, such additional amount in Dollars
as shall be necessary to enable the Lenders or the Administrative Agent to
receive the same net amount which the Lenders or the Administrative Agent would
have received on such due date had no such obligation been imposed upon the
Borrower. The Borrower will deliver promptly to the Administrative Agent
certificates or other valid vouchers for all taxes or other charges deducted
from or paid with respect to payments made by the Borrower hereunder or under
such other Loan Document.
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5.4 Computations.
All
computations of interest on (a) the Loans (other than Eurodollar Rate Loans)
and
of Fees shall, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, be based on a
365/366-day year and (b) Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be based on a 360-day
year
and, in each case, paid for the actual number of days elapsed. Except as
otherwise provided in the definition of the term “Interest Period” with respect
to Eurodollar Rate Loans, whenever a payment hereunder or under any of the
other
Loan Documents becomes due on a day that is not a Business Day, the due date
for
such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and interest
and Fees shall accrue during such extension. The outstanding amount of the
Loans
as reflected on the Revolving Credit Note Records from time to time shall be
considered correct and binding on the Borrower unless within five (5) Business
Days after receipt of any notice by the Administrative Agent or any of the
Lenders of such outstanding amount, the Administrative Agent or such Lender
shall notify the Borrower to the contrary.
5.5 Inability
to Determine Eurodollar Rate.
In the
event, prior to the commencement of any Interest Period relating to any
Eurodollar Rate Loan, the Administrative Agent shall determine or be notified
by
the Required Lenders that
adequate and reasonable methods do not exist for ascertaining the Eurodollar
Rate that would otherwise determine the rate of interest to be applicable to
any
Eurodollar Rate Loan during any Interest Period, the Administrative Agent shall
forthwith give notice of such determination (which shall be conclusive and
binding on the Borrower and the Lenders) to the Borrower and the Lenders. In
such event (a) any Loan Request or Conversion Request with respect to Eurodollar
Rate Loans shall be automatically withdrawn and shall be deemed a request for
Base Rate Loans, (b) each Eurodollar Rate Loan will automatically, on the last
day of the then current Interest Period relating thereto, become a Base Rate
Loan, and (c) the obligations of the Lenders to make Eurodollar Rate Loans
shall
be suspended until the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders determine that
the
circumstances giving rise to such suspension no longer exist, whereupon the
Administrative Agent or, as the case may be, the Administrative Agent upon
the
instruction of the Required Lenders, shall
so
notify the Borrower and the Lenders.
5.6 Illegality.
Notwithstanding any other provisions herein, if any present or future law,
regulation, treaty or directive or in the interpretation or application thereof
shall make it unlawful for any Lender to make or maintain Eurodollar Rate Loans,
such Lender shall forthwith give notice of such circumstances to the Borrower
and the other Lenders and thereupon (a) the commitment of such Lender to make
Eurodollar Rate Loans or convert Base Rate Loans to Eurodollar Rate Loans shall
forthwith be suspended and (b) such Lender's Revolving Credit Loans then
outstanding as Eurodollar Rate Loans, if any, shall be converted automatically
to Base Rate Loans on the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such
Eurodollar Rate Loans or within such earlier period as may be required by law.
The Borrower hereby agrees promptly to pay the Administrative Agent for the
account of such Lender, upon demand by such Lender, any additional amounts
necessary to compensate such Lender for any costs incurred by such Lender in
making any conversion in accordance with this Section 5.6, including any
interest or fees payable by such Lender to lenders of funds obtained by it
in
order to make or maintain its Eurodollar Rate Loans hereunder.
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5.7 Additional
Costs, etc.
If any
present or future applicable law, which expression, as used herein, includes
statutes, rules and regulations thereunder and interpretations thereof by any
competent court or by any governmental or other regulatory body or official
charged with the administration or the interpretation thereof and requests,
directives, instructions and notices at any time or from time to time hereafter
made upon or otherwise issued to any Lender or the Administrative Agent by
any
central bank or other fiscal, monetary or other authority (whether or not having
the force of law), shall:
(a) subject
any Lender or the Administrative Agent to any tax, levy, impost, duty, charge,
fee, deduction or withholding of any nature with respect to this Credit
Agreement, the other Loan Documents, any Letters of Credit, such Lender's
Commitment or the Loans (other than taxes based upon or measured by the income
or profits of such Lender or the Administrative Agent), or
(b) materially
change the basis of taxation (except for changes in taxes on income or profits)
of payments to any Lender of the principal of or the interest on any Loans
or
any other amounts payable to any Lender or the Administrative Agent under this
Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, or
(c) impose
or
increase or render applicable (other than to the extent specifically provided
for elsewhere in this Credit Agreement) any special deposit, reserve,
assessment, liquidity, capital adequacy or other similar requirements (whether
or not having the force of law) against assets held by, or deposits in or for
the account of, or loans by, or letters of credit issued by, or commitments
of
an office of any Lender, or
(d) impose
on
any Lender or the Administrative Agent any other conditions or requirements
with
respect to this Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents, any Letters of
Credit, the Loans, such Lender's Commitment, or any class of loans, letters
of
credit or commitments of which any of the Loans or such Lender's Commitment
forms a part, and the result of any of the foregoing is
(i) to
increase the cost to any Lender of making, funding, issuing, renewing, extending
or maintaining any of the Loans or such Lender's Commitment or any Letter of
Credit, or
(ii) to
reduce
the amount of principal, interest, Reimbursement Obligation or other amount
payable to such Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder on account of
such
Lender's Commitment, any Letter of Credit or any of the Loans, or
(iii) to
require such Lender or the Administrative Agent to make any payment or to forego
any interest or Reimbursement Obligation or other sum payable hereunder, the
amount of which payment or foregone interest or Reimbursement Obligation or
other sum is calculated by reference to the gross amount of any sum receivable
or deemed received by such Lender or the Administrative Agent from the Borrower
hereunder,
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then,
and
in each such case, the Borrower will, upon demand made by such Lender or (as
the
case may be) the Administrative Agent at any time and from time to time and
as
often as the occasion therefor may arise, pay to such Lender or the
Administrative Agent such additional amounts as will be sufficient to compensate
such Lender or the Administrative Agent for such additional cost, reduction,
payment or foregone interest or Reimbursement Obligation or other
sum.
5.8 Capital
Adequacy.
If
after the date hereof any Lender or the Administrative Agent determines that
(a)
the adoption of or change in any law, governmental rule, regulation, policy,
guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) regarding
capital requirements for Lenders or Lender holding companies or any change
in
the interpretation or application thereof by a Governmental Authority with
appropriate jurisdiction, or (b) compliance by such Lender or the Administrative
Agent or any corporation controlling such Lender or the Administrative Agent
with any law, governmental rule, regulation, policy, guideline or directive
(whether or not having the force of law) of any such entity regarding capital
adequacy, has the effect of reducing the return on such Lender's or the
Administrative Agent's commitment with respect to any Loans to a level below
that which such Lender or the Administrative Agent could have achieved but
for
such adoption, change or compliance (taking into consideration such Lender's
or
the Administrative Agent's then existing policies with respect to capital
adequacy and assuming full utilization of such entity's capital) by any amount
deemed by such Lender or (as the case may be) the Administrative Agent to be
material, then such Lender or the Administrative Agent may notify the Borrower
of such fact. To the extent that the amount of such reduction in the return
on
capital is not reflected in the Base Rate, the Borrower agrees to pay such
Lender or (as the case may be) the Administrative Agent for the amount of such
reduction in the return on capital as and when such reduction is determined
upon
presentation by such Lender or (as the case may be) the Administrative Agent
of
a certificate in accordance with Section 5.9 hereof. Each Lender shall allocate
such cost increases among its customers in good faith and on an equitable
basis.
5.9 Certificate.
A
certificate setting forth any additional amounts payable pursuant to Sections
5.7 or 5.8 and a brief explanation of such amounts which are due, submitted
by
any Lender or the Administrative Agent to the Borrower, shall be conclusive,
absent manifest error, that such amounts are due and owing.
5.10 Indemnity.
The
Borrower agrees to indemnify each Lender and to hold each Lender harmless from
and against any loss, cost or expense actually incurred (excluding loss of
anticipated profits) that such Lender may sustain or incur as a consequence
of
(a) default by the Borrower in payment of the principal amount of or any
interest on any Eurodollar Rate Loans or Fixed Rate Loans as and when due and
payable, including any such loss or expense arising from interest or fees
payable by such Lender to banks of funds obtained by it in order to maintain
its
Eurodollar Rate Loans or Fixed Rate Loans, (b) default by the Borrower in making
a borrowing or conversion after the Borrower has given (or is deemed to have
given) a Loan Request or a Conversion Request relating thereto in accordance
with Section 2.6 or Section 2.7, or (c) the making of any payment of a
Eurodollar Rate Loan or a Fixed Rate Loan or the making of any conversion of
any
such Loan which is not a Swing Line Loan or any such Fixed Rate Loan to a Base
Rate Loan on a day that is not the last day of the applicable Interest Period
with respect thereto, including interest or fees payable by such Lender to
lenders of funds obtained by it in order to maintain any such
Loans.
5.11 Interest
After Default.
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5.11.1 Overdue
Amounts.
Overdue
principal and (to the extent permitted by applicable law) interest on the Loans
and all other overdue amounts payable hereunder (including Unpaid Reimbursement
Obligations) or under any of the other Loan Documents shall bear interest (or
fees in the case of Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations) compounded monthly and
payable on demand at a rate per annum equal to two percent (2.00%) above the
rate of interest or Letter of Credit Fee (including the Applicable Margin)
then
applicable thereto (or, if no rate of interest is then applicable thereto,
the
Base Rate) until such amount shall be paid in full (after as well as before
judgment).
5.11.2 Amounts
Not Overdue.
During
the continuance of a Default or an Event of Default, until such Default or
Event
of Default has been cured or remedied or such Default or Event of Default has
been waived by the Lenders or the Required Lenders pursuant to Section 16.12,
(a) the principal of the Revolving Credit Loans not overdue shall, bear interest
at a rate per annum equal to two percent (2.00%) above the rate of interest
otherwise applicable, and (b) the Applicable Margin applicable to Letter of
Credit Fees shall be equal to two percent (2.00%) above the Letter of Credit
Fee
otherwise applicable.
6. GUARANTIES.
6.1 Guaranties
of Significant Subsidiaries.
The
Obligations shall also be guaranteed by the Significant Subsidiaries pursuant
to
the terms of the Guaranties.
7. REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES.
The
Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent
as
follows:
7.1 Corporate
Authority.
7.1.1 Incorporation;
Good Standing.
Each of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (a) is a corporation (or similar business
entity) duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws
of
its jurisdiction of incorporation or formation except, solely with respect
to
Subsidiaries of the Borrower which are not Significant Subsidiaries, where
a
failure to be so organized, existing or formed would not have a Material Adverse
Effect, (b) has all requisite corporate (or the equivalent entity) power to
own
its property and conduct its business as now conducted and as presently
contemplated except, solely with respect to Subsidiaries of the Borrower which
are not Significant Subsidiaries, where such a failure would not have a Material
Adverse Effect, and (c) is in good standing as a foreign corporation (or similar
business entity) and is duly authorized to do business in each jurisdiction
where such qualification is necessary except, solely with respect to
Subsidiaries of the Borrower which are not Significant Subsidiaries, where
a
failure to be so qualified would not have a Material Adverse
Effect.
7.1.2 Authorization.
The
execution, delivery and performance of this Credit Agreement and the other
Loan
Documents to which the Borrower or any of its Significant Subsidiaries is or
is
to become a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (a)
are
within the corporate (or the equivalent entity) authority of such Person, (b)
have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate (or the equivalent entity)
proceedings, (c) do not and will not conflict with or result in any breach
or
contravention of any provision of law, statute, rule or regulation to which
the
Borrower or any of its Significant Subsidiaries is subject or any judgment,
order, writ, injunction, license or permit applicable to the Borrower or any
of
its Significant Subsidiaries and (d) do not conflict with any provision of
the
Governing Documents of, or any agreement or other instrument binding upon,
the
Borrower or any of its Significant Subsidiaries.
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7.1.3 Enforceability.
The
execution and delivery of this Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents
to
which the Borrower or any of its Significant Subsidiaries is or is to become
a
party will result in valid and legally binding obligations of such Person
enforceable against it in accordance with the respective terms and provisions
hereof and thereof, except as enforceability is limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting
generally the enforcement of creditors' rights and except to the extent that
availability of the remedy of specific performance or injunctive relief is
subject to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor
may
be brought.
7.2 Governmental
Approvals.
The
execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower and any of its Significant
Subsidiaries of this Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which
the
Borrower or any of its Significant Subsidiaries is or is to become a party
and
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the approval
or
consent of, or filing with, any governmental agency or authority other than
those already obtained.
7.3 Title
to Properties.
Except
as indicated on Schedule 7.3
hereto,
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries own all of the assets reflected in the
consolidated and combined balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
as
at the Balance Sheet Date or acquired since that date (except property and
assets sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business since
that date and Real Estate leased by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries), subject
to no Liens or other rights of others, except Permitted Liens.
7.4 Financial
Statements.
7.4.1 Fiscal
Year.
The
Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries has a fiscal or financial year which
is
the twelve months ending on or about June 30 of each calendar year.
7.4.2 Financial
Statements.
There
has been furnished to each of the Lenders an audited consolidated and combined
balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the Balance Sheet
Date,
an audited consolidated and combined statement of income of the Borrower and
its
Subsidiaries for the fiscal year then ended, and an audited consolidated and
combined cash flow statement for the fiscal year then ended. Such balance sheet
and statements of income have been prepared in accordance with GAAP and fairly
present the financial condition of the Borrower as at the close of business
on
the date thereof and the results of operations for the fiscal year then ended.
There are no contingent liabilities of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
as of such date involving material amounts, known to the officers of the
Borrower, which were not disclosed in such balance sheet and the notes related
thereto.
7.5 No
Material Adverse Changes, etc.
Since
the Balance Sheet Date there has been no event or occurrence which has had
a
Material Adverse Effect. Since the Balance Sheet Date, the Borrower has not
made
any Restricted Payment other than those permitted under Section
9.4.
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7.6 Franchises,
Patents, Copyrights, etc.
The
Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries possesses all franchises, patents,
copyrights, trademarks, trade names, licenses and permits, and rights in respect
of the foregoing, adequate for the conduct of its business substantially as
now
conducted without known conflict with any rights of others, except any
franchises, patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade names, licenses and permits,
and rights in respect of the foregoing, where the lack of such would not result
in a Material Adverse Effect.
7.7 Litigation.
Except
as set forth in Schedule 7.7
hereto,
there are no actions, suits, proceedings or investigations of any kind pending
or, to the best knowledge of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, threatened
against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries before any Governmental
Authority, that, (a) if adversely determined, might, either in any case or
in
the aggregate, (i) have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) materially impair
the
right of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, considered as a whole, to carry
on
business substantially as now conducted by them, or (b) which question the
validity of this Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, or any
action taken or to be taken pursuant hereto or thereto.
7.8 No
Materially Adverse Contracts, etc.
Neither
the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries (a) is in violation of any provision
of, or subject to, any Governing Document, or any applicable judgment, decree,
order, law, statute, license, rule or regulation in a manner that has or is
expected in the future to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (b) is a party
to
any contract or agreement that has or is expected, in the judgment of the
Borrower's officers, to have any Material Adverse Effect, or is in violation
of
any provision of any agreement or instrument to which it may be subject or
by
which it or any of its properties may be bound, in any of the foregoing cases
in
a manner that could have a Material Adverse Effect.
7.9 Tax
Status.
To the
extent required, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (a) have made or filed all
federal, state and foreign income and all other tax returns, reports and
declarations required by any jurisdiction to which any of them is subject,
(b)
have paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges shown or
determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations, except those
being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and (c) have,
in
the reasonable opinion of management, set
aside
on their books adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP for
the
payment of all taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such
returns, reports or declarations apply. There are no unpaid taxes in any
material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction,
and none of the officers of the Borrower know of any basis for any such
claim.
7.10 No
Event of Default.
No
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
7.11 Holding
Company and Investment Company Acts.
Neither
the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is a “public utility”, as that term is
defined under the Federal Power Act, as amended, and the regulations of the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”)
promulgated thereunder. Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries (i)
is
subject to any of the accounting or cost-allocation requirements of the Public
Utility Holding Company Act of 2005, or the regulations or orders of the FERC
promulgated thereunder or (ii) is or is required to be registered as an
“investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
7.12 Absence
of Financing Statements, etc.
Except
with respect to Permitted Liens, there is no financing statement, security
agreement, chattel mortgage, real estate mortgage or other document filed or
recorded with any filing records, registry or other public office, that purports
to cover, affect or give notice of any present or possible future Lien on any
assets or property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any rights
relating thereto.
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7.13 Certain
Transactions.
To the
best knowledge of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, none of the officers,
directors, or employees of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is presently
a party to any transaction with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other
than for services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract,
agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to
or
by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise
requiring payments to or from any officer, director or such employee or, to
the
knowledge of the Borrower, any corporation, partnership, trust or other entity
in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest
or is an officer, director, trustee or partner.
7.14 Employee
Benefit Plans.
7.14.1 In
General.
Each
Employee Benefit Plan and each Guaranteed Pension Plan has been maintained
and
operated in compliance in all material respects with the provisions of ERISA
and
all Applicable Pension Legislation and, to the extent applicable, the Code,
including but not limited to the provisions thereunder respecting prohibited
transactions and the bonding of fiduciaries and other persons handling plan
funds as required by Section 412 of ERISA, unless noncompliance could not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
7.14.2 Terminability
of Welfare Plans.
No
Employee Benefit Plan, which is an employee welfare benefit plan within the
meaning of Section 3(1) or Section 3(2)(B) of ERISA, provides benefit coverage
subsequent to termination of employment, except as required by Title I, Part
6
of ERISA or the applicable state insurance laws. The Borrower may terminate,
to
the extent sponsored by it, each such Plan at any time (or at any time
subsequent to the expiration of any applicable bargaining agreement) in the
discretion of the Borrower without liability to any Person other than for claims
arising prior to termination.
7.14.3 Guaranteed
Pension Plans.
Except
as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect, (a) each contribution required to be made to
a
Guaranteed Pension Plan, whether required to be made to avoid the incurrence
of
an accumulated funding deficiency, the notice or lien provisions of Section
302(f) of ERISA, or otherwise, has been timely made; and (b) no waiver of an
accumulated funding deficiency or extension of amortization periods has been
received with respect to any Guaranteed Pension Plan, and neither the Borrower
nor any ERISA Affiliate is obligated to or has posted security in connection
with an amendment to a Guaranteed Pension Plan pursuant to Section 307 of ERISA
or Section 401(a)(29) of the Code. Based on the latest valuation of each
Guaranteed Pension Plan (which in each case occurred within twelve months of
the
date of this representation), and on the actuarial methods and assumptions
employed for that valuation, the aggregate benefit liabilities of all such
Guaranteed Pension Plans within the meaning of Section 4001 of ERISA did not
exceed the aggregate value of the assets of all such Guaranteed Pension Plans,
disregarding for this purpose the benefit liabilities and assets of any
Guaranteed Pension Plan with assets in excess of benefit liabilities, except
as
could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result
in
a Material Adverse Effect.
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7.14.4 Multiemployer
Plans.
Except
as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate
has
incurred any liability (including secondary liability) to any Multiemployer
Plan
as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan
under Section 4201 of ERISA or as a result of a sale of assets described in
Section 4204 of ERISA. After due inquiry, the Borrower is not aware that any
Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization or insolvent under and within the
meaning of Section 4241 or Section 4245 of ERISA or is at risk of entering
reorganization or becoming insolvent, or that any Multiemployer Plan intends
to
terminate or has been terminated under Section 4041A of ERISA.
7.15 Use
of Proceeds.
7.15.1 General.
The
proceeds of the Loans shall be used for working capital, stock repurchases
and
dividends permitted by Section 9.4 and general corporate purposes. The Borrower
will obtain Letters of Credit solely for general corporate
purposes.
7.15.2 Regulations
U and X.
No
portion of any Loan is to be used, and no portion of any Letter of Credit is
to
be obtained, for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any “margin security” or
“margin stock” as such terms are used in Regulations U and X of the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 12 C.F.R. Parts 221 and
224.
7.15.3 Ineligible
Securities.
No
portion of the proceeds of any Loans is to be used, and no portion of any Letter
of Credit is to be obtained, for the purpose of knowingly purchasing, or
providing credit support for the purchase of, during the underwriting or
placement period or within thirty (30) days thereafter, any Ineligible
Securities underwritten or privately placed by a Financial
Affiliate.
7.16 Environmental
Compliance.
(a) None
of
the Borrower, its Subsidiaries or, to the best knowledge of the Borrower or
any
of its Subsidiaries, any operator of the Real Estate or any operations thereon
is in violation, or has notice of an alleged violation, of any judgment, decree,
order, law, license, rule or regulation pertaining to environmental matters,
including without limitation, those arising under Environmental Laws, which
violation would have a Material Adverse Effect;
(b) neither
the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has received written notice from any
Governmental Authority, or, to the best of the Borrower's and any of its
Subsidiaries' knowledge, any other third party, (i) that any one of them has
been identified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency
(“EPA”)
as a
potentially responsible party under CERCLA with respect to a site listed on
the
National Priorities List, 40 C.F.R. Part 000 Xxxxxxxx X; (ii) that any Hazardous
Substances which any one of them has generated, transported or disposed of
has
been found at any site at which a Governmental Authority has conducted or has
ordered that any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries conduct a remedial
investigation, removal or other response action pursuant to any Environmental
Law; or (iii) that it is or shall be a named party to any claim, action, cause
of action, complaint, or legal or administrative proceeding (in each case,
contingent or otherwise), the result of which could have a Material Adverse
Effect, arising out of any third party's incurrence of costs, expenses, losses
or damages of any kind whatsoever in connection with the release of Hazardous
Substances;
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(c) except
as
set forth on Schedule 7.16
attached
hereto, to the best of the Borrower's knowledge: (i) no underground tank or
other underground storage receptacle for Hazardous Substances is located on
any
portion of the Real Estate in violation of applicable Environmental Laws; (ii)
in the course of any activities conducted by the Borrower, its Subsidiaries
or
operators of its properties, no Hazardous Substances have been generated or
are
being used on the Real Estate except in accordance with applicable Environmental
Laws; (iii) there have been no releases (i.e. any past or present releasing,
spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting,
escaping, disposing or dumping) or threatened releases of Hazardous Substances
on, upon, into or from the properties of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries,
which
releases would have a Material Adverse Effect; and (iv) any Hazardous Substances
that have been generated on any of the Real Estate have been transported offsite
only by carriers having an identification number issued by the EPA (or the
equivalent thereof in any foreign jurisdiction), treated or disposed of only
by
treatment or disposal facilities maintaining valid permits as required under
applicable Environmental Laws, which transporters and facilities have been
and
are, to the best of the Borrower's knowledge, operating in compliance with
such
permits and applicable Environmental Laws; and
(d) neither
the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has received written notice that it
is
required to conduct an environmental clean-up under any Environmental Law by
virtue of the transactions set forth herein and contemplated
hereby.
7.17 Subsidiaries,
etc.
Schedule 7.17(a)
(as
amended and in effect from time to time pursuant to Section 8.11) sets forth
a
complete and accurate list of all of the Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
Schedule 7.17(b)
(as
amended and in effect from time to time pursuant to Section 8.11) sets forth
a
complete and accurate list of all of the Significant Subsidiaries of the
Borrower.
7.18 Disclosure.
None of
this Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents contains any untrue
statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact (known to the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the case of any document or information
not furnished by it or any of its Subsidiaries) necessary in order to make
the
statements herein or therein not misleading. There is no fact known to the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries which has a Material Adverse Effect, or
which is reasonably likely in the future to have a Material Adverse Effect,
exclusive of effects resulting from changes in general economic conditions,
legal standards or regulatory conditions.
7.19 Foreign
Assets Control Regulations, Etc.
None of
the requesting or borrowing of the Loans, the requesting or issuance, extension
or renewal of any Letters of Credit or the use of the proceeds of any thereof
will violate the Trading With the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. § 1 et seq., as amended)
(the “Trading
With the Enemy Act”)
or any
of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury
Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) (the “Foreign
Assets Control Regulations”)
or any
enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto (which for the
avoidance of doubt shall include, but shall not be limited to (a) Executive
Order 13224 of September 21, 2001 Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions
With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism (66 Fed.
Reg.
49079 (2001)) (the “Executive
Order”)
and
(b) the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools
Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-56)).
Furthermore, neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries or other
Affiliates (a) is or will become a “blocked person” as described in the
Executive Order, the Trading With the Enemy Act or the Foreign Assets Control
Regulations or (b) engages or will engage in any dealings or transactions,
or be
otherwise associated, with any such “blocked person”.
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8. AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS.
The
Borrower covenants and agrees that, so long as any Loan, Unpaid Reimbursement
Obligation, Letter of Credit or Note is outstanding or any Lender has any
obligation to make any Loans or the Issuing Lender has any obligation to issue,
extend, amend or renew any Letters of Credit:
8.1 Punctual
Payment.
Subject
to the grace periods set forth in Sections 13.1(b) and (c), the Borrower will
duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid the principal and interest on the
Loans, all Reimbursement Obligations, the Letter of Credit Fees, the commitment
fees, the Administrative Agent's fee and all other amounts provided for in
this
Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which the Borrower or any
of
its Subsidiaries is a party, all in accordance with the terms of this Credit
Agreement and such other Loan Documents.
8.2 Records
and Accounts.
The
Borrower will (a) keep, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to keep, true and
accurate records and books of account in which full, true and correct entries
will be made in accordance with GAAP, (b) maintain adequate accounts and
reserves for all taxes (including income taxes), depreciation, depletion,
obsolescence and amortization of its properties and the properties of its
Subsidiaries, contingencies, and other reserves, and (c) at all times engage
an
independent certified public accountant.
8.3 Financial
Statements, Certificates and Information.
The
Borrower will deliver to the Administrative Agent:
(a) as
soon
as practicable, but in any event not later than ninety (90) days after the
end
of each fiscal year of the Borrower, the consolidated and combined balance
sheet
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as
at the
end of such year, and the related consolidated and combined statement of income
and consolidated and combined statement of cash flow for such year, each setting
forth in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year and all
such
consolidated and combined statements to be in reasonable detail, prepared in
accordance with GAAP, and audited by an independent certified public
accountant;
(b) as
soon
as practicable, but in any event not later than forty-five (45) days after
the
end of each of the fiscal quarters of the Borrower, copies of the unaudited
consolidated and combined balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
as
at the end of such quarter, and the related consolidated and combined statement
of income and consolidated and combined statement of cash flow for
the
portion of the Borrower's fiscal year then elapsed, all in reasonable detail
and
prepared in accordance with GAAP, together with a certification by the chief
financial officer or treasurer of the Borrower that the information contained
in
such financial statements fairly presents the financial position of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries on the date thereof (subject to year-end
adjustments);
(c) simultaneously
with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in subsections (a)
and
(b) above, a statement certified by the chief financial officer or treasurer
of
the Borrower in substantially the form of Exhibit
C
hereto
(a “Compliance Certificate”) and setting forth in reasonable detail computations
evidencing compliance with the covenant contained in Section 10;
(d) as
soon
as practicable after the filing or mailing thereof, copies of all financial
statements, disclosure statements, reports and proxies filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission or sent to the stockholders of the
Borrower;
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(e) as
soon
as practicable, but in any event not later than thirty (30) days after the
filing of the 10K of the Borrower, annual income statements, balance sheets
and
cash flow statements for the immediately succeeding fiscal year of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries delivered to the Administrative Agent; and
(f) from
time
to time such other additional information regarding the financial position
of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as the Administrative Agent may reasonably
request;
Documents
required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 8.3 may be delivered
electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered
on
the date (i) on which the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link
thereto on the Borrower’s website on the Internet; or (ii) on which such
documents are posted on the Borrower’s behalf on an Internet or intranet
website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access
(whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the
Administrative Agent); provided,
that
the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent (by telecopier or electronic
mail) of the posting of any such documents. Notwithstanding anything contained
herein, in every instance the Borrower shall be required to provide paper copies
of the Compliance Certificate required by Section 8.3(c) to the Administrative
Agent. Except for such Compliance Certificate, the Administrative Agent shall
have no obligation to request the delivery or to maintain copies of the
documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility
to
monitor compliance by the Borrower with any such request for delivery, and
each
Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery from the
Administrative Agent to it or maintaining its copies of such
documents.
The
Borrower hereby acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agent and/or the
Arranger will make available to the Lenders and the Issuing Lender materials
and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower hereunder
(collectively, “Borrower
Materials”)
by
posting the Borrower Materials on IntraLinks or another similar electronic
system (the “Platform”)
and
(b) certain of the Lenders may be “public-side”
Lenders (i.e., Lenders that do not wish to receive material non-public
information with respect to the Borrower or its securities) (each a
“Public
Lender”).
The Borrower hereby agrees that (i) all Borrower Materials that are to be made
available to Public Lenders shall be clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC”
which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC”
shall appear prominently on the first page thereof; (ii) by marking Borrower
Materials “PUBLIC,”
the Borrower shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent, the
Arranger, the Issuing Lender and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials
as
not containing any material non-public information with respect to the Borrower
or its securities for purposes of United States Federal and state securities
laws (provided,
however,
that to the extent such Borrower Materials constitute confidential information,
they shall be treated as set forth in Section 16.4
hereof); (iii) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC”
are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated
“Public
Investor”;
and (iv) the Administrative Agent and the Arranger shall be entitled to treat
any Borrower Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC”
as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not designated
“Public
Investor.
8.4 Notices.
8.4.1 Defaults.
The
Borrower will promptly notify the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders
in writing of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, together with
a
reasonably detailed description thereof, and the actions the Borrower proposes
to take with respect thereto. If any Person shall give any notice to the
Borrower or any of its Affiliates or, to the best knowledge of the Borrower,
take any other action in respect of a claimed default (whether or not
constituting an Event of Default) under this Credit Agreement or any other
note,
evidence of indebtedness, indenture or other obligation to which or with respect
to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or obligor, whether
as principal, guarantor, surety or otherwise, the Borrower shall forthwith
give
written notice thereof to the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders,
describing the notice or action and the nature of the claimed
default.
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8.4.2 Environmental
Events.
The
Borrower will promptly give notice to the Administrative Agent (a) of any
violation of any Environmental Law that the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
reports in writing (or for which any written report supplemental to any oral
report is made) to any Governmental Authority and (b) upon receipt of notice
thereof, of any inquiry, proceeding, investigation, or other action, including
a
notice from any agency or any Governmental Authority of potential environmental
liability, that could have a Material Adverse Effect.
8.4.3 Notice
of Litigation and Judgments.
The
Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, give notice to the
Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders in writing promptly of becoming
aware of any litigation or proceedings threatened in writing or any pending
litigation and proceedings affecting the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
or
to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is or becomes a party involving
an uninsured claim against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Borrower or
any
of its Subsidiaries and stating the nature and status of such litigation or
proceedings. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to,
give
notice to the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders, in writing, in
form
and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, within ten
(10)
days of any judgment not covered by insurance, final or otherwise, against
the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in an amount in excess of
$5,000,000.
8.4.4 ERISA
Events.
The
Borrower will (a) promptly upon receipt or dispatch, furnish to the
Administrative Agent any notice, report or demand sent or received in respect
of
a Guaranteed Pension Plan under Sections 302, 4041, 4042, 4043, 4063, 4065,
4066
and 4068 of ERISA, or in respect of a Multiemployer Plan, under Sections 4041A,
4202, 4219, 4242, or 4245 of ERISA and (b) upon the request of the
Administrative Agent, promptly furnish to the Administrative Agent a copy of
all
actuarial statements required to be submitted under all Applicable Pension
Legislation.
8.4.5 Notice
of Change of Fiscal Year End.
The
Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, give notice to the
Administrative Agent in writing thirty (30) days prior to any change of the
date
of the end of its fiscal or financial year from that set forth in Section
7.4.1.
8.5 Legal
Existence; Maintenance of Properties.
The
Borrower will do or cause to be done all things reasonably necessary to preserve
and keep in full force and effect its legal existence, rights and franchises
and
that of its Subsidiaries. It (i) will cause all of its properties and those
of
its Subsidiaries used or useful in the conduct of its business or the business
of its Subsidiaries to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and
working order and supplied with all necessary equipment, (ii) will cause to
be
made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements
thereof, all as in the judgment of the Borrower may be necessary so that the
business carried on in connection therewith may be properly and advantageously
conducted at all times, and (iii) will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries
to, continue to engage primarily in the businesses now conducted by them and
in
related businesses; provided
that
nothing in this Section 8.5 shall prevent the Borrower from discontinuing the
operation and maintenance of any of its properties or any of those of its
Subsidiaries if such discontinuance is, in the judgment of the Borrower,
desirable in the conduct of its or their business and that do not in the
aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect.
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8.6 Insurance.
The
Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain with
financially sound and reputable insurers insurance with respect to its
properties and business against such casualties and contingencies as shall
be in
accordance with the general practices of businesses engaged in similar
activities in similar geographic areas and in amounts, containing such terms,
in
such forms and for such periods as may be reasonable and prudent.
8.7 Taxes.
The
Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, duly pay and
discharge, or cause to be paid and discharged, before the same shall become
overdue, all taxes, assessments and other governmental charges imposed upon
it
and its Real Estate, sales and activities, or any part thereof, or upon the
income or profits therefrom, as well as all claims for labor, materials, or
supplies that if unpaid might by law become a Lien or charge upon any of its
property; provided
that any
such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim need not be paid if the validity
or
amount thereof shall currently be contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and if the Borrower or such Subsidiary shall have set aside on
its
books adequate reserves with respect thereto; and provided
further
that the Borrower and each Subsidiary of the Borrower will pay all such taxes,
assessments, charges, levies or claims forthwith upon the commencement of
proceedings to foreclose any Lien that may have attached as security
therefor.
8.8 Inspection
of Properties and Books, etc.
8.8.1 General.
The
Borrower will keep, and will cause each Subsidiary to keep, proper books of
record and account in which full, true and correct entries shall be made of
all
dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities; and will
permit, and will cause each Subsidiary to permit, representatives of the
Administrative Agent and any Lender (prior to the occurrence or continuation
of
a Default or an Event of Default, at the Administrative Agent's or such Lender's
expense, as applicable, unless otherwise agreed to by the Administrative Agent
or such Lender, as applicable, and the Borrower, and following the occurrence
or
continuation of a Default or an Event of Default, at the Borrower's expense)
to
visit and inspect any of their respective properties, to examine and make
abstracts from any of their respective books and records and to discuss their
respective affairs, finances and accounts with their respective officers,
employees and independent public accountants, all at such reasonable times,
upon
reasonable notice and as often as may reasonably be desired.
8.8.2 Communications
with Accountants.
If a
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred or be continuing, the Borrower
authorizes the Administrative Agent and, if accompanied by the Administrative
Agent, the Lenders to communicate directly with the Borrower's independent
certified public accountants and authorizes such accountants to disclose to
the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders any and all financial statements and other
supporting financial documents and schedules including copies of any management
letter with respect to the business, financial condition and other affairs
of
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
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8.9 Compliance
with Laws.
The
Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with (a)
the
applicable laws and regulations wherever its business is conducted, including
all Environmental Laws, (b) the provisions of its Governing Documents, (c)
all
agreements and instruments by which it or any of its properties may be bound
and
(d) all applicable decrees, orders, and judgments.
8.10 Use
of Proceeds.
The
Borrower will use the proceeds of the Loans and obtain Letters of Credit solely
for the purposes set forth in Section 7.15.1.
8.11 Subsidiaries.
8.11.1 Additional
Subsidiaries.
If,
after the Closing Date, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries creates or
acquires, either directly or indirectly, any Subsidiary, (a) it will promptly
notify the Administrative Agent of such creation or acquisition, as the case
may
be, and provide the Administrative Agent (for itself and the Lenders) with
an
updated Schedule 7.17,
and (b)
contemporaneously with the formation of such Subsidiary, the Borrower shall,
or
shall cause such Subsidiary to, take all other action required by this Section
8.11. In the event that any Subsidiary becomes a Significant Subsidiary, the
Borrower shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent of such Significant
Subsidiary and provide the Administrative Agent (for itself and the Lenders)
with an updated Schedule 7.17(b).
8.11.2 New
Guarantors.
The
Borrower (a) will cause each Significant Subsidiary (including any Subsidiary
which, on or after the Closing Date, becomes a Significant Subsidiary) created,
acquired (including any Significant Subsidiary acquired pursuant to Section
9.5.1 hereof) or otherwise existing, on or after the Closing Date to promptly
become a Guarantor, provided
that
such Significant Subsidiary satisfies the definition of “Guarantor” hereunder,
(b) shall cause such Significant Subsidiary to execute and deliver to the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders, a Guaranty in the form of Exhibit E
hereto
and to comply with all conditions precedent set forth therein, and (c) shall,
simultaneously with the delivery of such Guaranty, provide the Administrative
Agent (for itself and the Lenders) with an updated Schedule 7.17(b).
8.12 Further
Assurances.
The
Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, cooperate with the
Lenders and the Administrative Agent and execute such further instruments and
documents as the Lenders or the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request
to
carry out to their satisfaction the transactions contemplated by this Credit
Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
9. CERTAIN
NEGATIVE COVENANTS.
The
Borrower covenants and agrees that, so long as any Loan, Unpaid Reimbursement
Obligation, Letter of Credit or Note is outstanding or any Lender has any
obligation to make any Loans or the Issuing Lender has any obligations to issue,
extend, amend or renew any Letters of Credit:
9.1 Restrictions
on Indebtedness.
The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create,
incur, assume, guarantee or be or remain liable, contingently or otherwise,
with
respect to any Indebtedness other than:
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(a) Indebtedness
to the Lenders, the Issuing Lender and the Administrative Agent arising under
any of the Loan Documents;
(b) endorsements
for collection, deposit or negotiation and warranties of products or services,
in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(c) Indebtedness
existing on the date hereof and listed and described on Schedule 9.1
hereto;
(d) Indebtedness
incurred in connection with guarantees and/or comfort letters issued by the
Borrower in respect of obligations of its Subsidiaries or Joint Ventures,
provided
that the
aggregate amount of such Indebtedness of the Borrower shall not exceed
$50,000,000 at any one time;
(e) Indebtedness
in respect of (i) derivative contracts described in clause (h) of the definition
of the term “Indebtedness” consisting of foreign exchange contracts entered into
in the ordinary course of business and for non-speculative purposes, and (ii)
any guarantees made by the Borrower of the contracts described in clause (i)
of
this Section 9.1(e) entered into by Subsidiaries;
(f) Indebtedness
in respect of Capitalized Leases and Synthetic Leases, provided
that the
aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness of the Borrower shall not exceed
the aggregate amount of $25,000,000 at any one time;
(g) Indebtedness
in respect of letters of credit in the ordinary course of business (other than
Letters of Credit);
(h) Indebtedness
in respect of Investments permitted pursuant to Section 9.3(g) and Section
9.3(h) hereof;
(i) Indebtedness
of the type described in clause (g) of the definition of “Indebtedness” in an
aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000 at any time; and
(j) other
Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, provided
that the
aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries shall not exceed the aggregate amount of $100,000,000 at any one
time, and provided
further
that any intercompany Indebtedness incurred solely among the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries which would otherwise be permitted under Section 9.1(h) shall
not
be included for the purposes of the limit on Indebtedness set forth in this
Section 9.1(j).
9.2 Restrictions
on Liens.
9.2.1 Permitted
Liens.
The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, (a) create
or
incur or suffer to be created or incurred or to exist any Lien upon any of
its
property or assets of any character whether now owned or hereafter acquired,
or
upon the income or profits therefrom; (b) transfer any of such property or
assets or the income or profits therefrom for the purpose of subjecting the
same
to the payment of Indebtedness or performance of any other obligation in
priority to payment of its general creditors; (c) acquire, or agree or have
an
option to acquire, any property or assets upon conditional sale or other title
retention or purchase money security agreement, device or arrangement; (d)
suffer to exist for a period of more than thirty (30) days after the same shall
have been incurred any Indebtedness or claim or demand against it that if unpaid
might by law or upon bankruptcy or insolvency, or otherwise, be given any
priority whatsoever over its general creditors; or (e)
sell,
assign, pledge or otherwise transfer any “receivables”
as
defined in clause (g) of the definition of the term “Indebtedness,”
with
or without recourse; provided
that the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries may create or incur or suffer to be created
or incurred or to exist:
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(i) Liens
in
favor of the Borrower on all or part of the assets of Subsidiaries of the
Borrower securing Indebtedness owing by Subsidiaries of the Borrower to the
Borrower;
(ii) Liens
to
secure taxes, assessments and other government charges in respect of obligations
not overdue or Liens on properties to secure claims for labor, material or
supplies in respect of obligations not overdue;
(iii) deposits
or pledges made in connection with, or to secure payment of, workmen's
compensation, unemployment insurance, old age pensions or other social security
obligations;
(iv) Liens
on
properties in respect of judgments or awards that have been in force for less
than the applicable period for taking an appeal so long as execution is not
levied thereunder or in respect of which the Borrower or such Subsidiary shall
at the time in good faith be prosecuting an appeal or proceedings for review
and
in respect of which a stay of execution shall have been obtained pending such
appeal or review;
(v) Liens
of
carriers, warehousemen, mechanics and materialmen, and other like Liens on
properties, in respect of obligations not overdue or which the Borrower is
diligently contesting in good faith;
(vi) encumbrances
on Real Estate consisting of easements, rights of way, zoning restrictions,
restrictions on the use of real property and defects and irregularities in
the
title thereto, landlord's or lessor's liens and other minor Liens, provided
that
none of such Liens (A) interferes materially with the use of the property
affected in the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, and (B) individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse
Effect;
(vii) Liens
existing on the date hereof and listed on Schedule 9.2
hereto;
(viii) Liens
to
secure the performance of bids, tenders, contracts (other than contracts for
the
payment of Indebtedness), leases, statutory obligations, surety, customs,
appeal, performance and payment bonds and other obligations of like nature,
in
each such case arising in the ordinary course of business;
(ix) Liens
with respect to Indebtedness permitted under Sections 9.1(f) and (i) hereof;
and
(x) other
Liens not otherwise permitted hereunder, provided
that
such Liens do not secure Indebtedness in an aggregate amount outstanding or
committed in excess of $25,000,000, which Indebtedness is also permitted under
Section 9.1 hereof.
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9.2.2 Restrictions
on Negative Pledges and Upstream Limitations.
The
Borrower will not, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to (a) enter
into
or permit to exist any arrangement or agreement (other than the Credit Agreement
and the other Loan Documents) which directly or indirectly prohibits the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries from creating, assuming or incurring any
Lien upon its properties, revenues or assets or those of any of its Subsidiaries
whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or (b) enter into any agreement,
contract or arrangement (other than the Credit Agreement and the other Loan
Documents) restricting the ability of any Subsidiary of the Borrower to pay
or
make dividends or distributions in cash or kind to the Borrower, to make loans,
advances or other payments of whatsoever nature to the Borrower, or to make
transfers or distributions of all or any part of its assets to the Borrower,
in
each case other than customary anti-assignment provisions contained in leases
and licensing agreements entered into by the Borrower or such Subsidiary in
the
ordinary course of its business.
9.3 Restrictions
on Investments.
The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make or
permit to exist or to remain outstanding any Investment except Investments
in:
(a) marketable
direct or guaranteed obligations of the United States of America or any agency
or instrumentality thereof;
(b) demand
deposits, certificates of deposit, bank acceptances and time deposits of (i)
United States banks having total assets in excess of $1,000,000,000, (ii) any
Lender or (iii) a commercial bank organized under the laws of any other country
which is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
(the “OECD”),
or a
political subdivision of such country, and having total assets in excess of
$1,000,000,000; provided
that
such bank is acting through a branch or agency located in the country in which
it is organized or another country which is a member of the OECD;
(c) securities
commonly known as “commercial
paper”
issued
by a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States
of
America or any state thereof that at the time of purchase have been rated and
the ratings for which are not less than “P 1” if rated by Xxxxx'x, and not
less than “A 1” if rated by S&P;
(d) repurchase
obligations with a term of not more than seven (7) days for underlying
securities of the types described in Sections 9.3(a) and (b);
(e) mutual
funds which invest primarily
in the
items described in Sections 9.3(a) - (d);
(f) Investments
existing on the date hereof and listed on Schedule
9.3
hereto;
(g) (i)
Investments consisting of the Guaranties, (ii) Investments by the Borrower
in
any Guarantor hereunder or by any Guarantor in the Borrower or any other
Guarantor, (iii) Investments in Subsidiaries other than CJI which are not
Guarantors provided
that the
aggregate of such Investments of the Borrower in Subsidiaries which are not
Guarantors shall not exceed the aggregate amount of $50,000,000, and (iv)
Investments in Joint Ventures not to exceed the aggregate amount of
$30,000,000;
(h) Investments
in CJI, provided
that at
the time of and after giving effect to any such Investment no Default or Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing;
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(i) Investments
consisting of promissory notes received as proceeds of asset dispositions
permitted by Section 9.5.2;
(j) Investments
consisting of loans and advances to employees for moving, entertainment, travel
and other similar expenses in the ordinary course of business not to exceed
$5,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding;
(k) Investments
in Permitted Acquisitions (other than Joint Ventures) permitted by Section
9.5.1(a) hereof; and
(l) other
Investments of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, such Investments not to exceed
at any time in the aggregate the greater of (i) $125,000,000 or (ii) ten percent
(10%) of the aggregate outstanding amount of Investments of the Borrower and
its
Subsidiaries outstanding at such time;
(m) Investments
consisting of auction rate securities which have a long term rating of at least
“A-” or “A3” and a short term rating of at least “A1” or “P1” by S&P or
Xxxxx’x; provided that
if such
auction rate securities offer tax exempt dividends or interest, such securities
shall maintain a rating of at least “Aa2” or “AA” by S&P or Xxxxx’x, and
such securities may include municipal issues (including without limitation,
hospitals and toll roads) and student loan issues (including without limitation,
universities and colleges), in each case, made in accordance with the Borrower’s
corporate investment policy as then in effect; and
(n) Investments
consisting of long term corporate debt securities having a rating of “A-” or
better by S&P, or the equivalent rating by Xxxxx’x, and made in accordance
with the Borrower’s corporate investment policy in effect at the time such
Investments are made.
9.4 Restricted
Payments.
The
Borrower will not make any Restricted Payments; provided,
however,
that so
long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would
exist as a result thereof, the Borrower shall be permitted to make repurchases
of or pay dividends with respect to its Capital Stock, so long as immediately
prior to and immediately after giving effect to any such Distribution, the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis shall be in pro
forma
compliance with the financial covenant set forth in Section 10
hereof.
9.5 Merger,
Consolidation and Disposition of Assets.
9.5.1 Mergers
and Acquisitions.
The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, become a
party to any merger, amalgamation or consolidation, or agree to or effect any
asset acquisition or stock acquisition (other than the acquisition of assets
in
the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices) except (a)
the
merger or consolidation of one or more of the Subsidiaries of the Borrower
with
and into the Borrower; (b) the merger or consolidation of two or more
Subsidiaries of the Borrower; and (c) any asset or stock or other equity
interest acquisition by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of Persons
in
the same or similar line of business as the Borrower (a “Permitted
Acquisition”)
where
(1) the Borrower has notified the Administrative Agent of such Permitted
Acquisition; (2) the business to be acquired would not subject the
Administrative Agent or the Lenders to any additional regulatory or third party
approvals in connection with the exercise of its rights and remedies under
this
Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document; (3) no contingent liabilities
will
be incurred or assumed in connection with such Permitted Acquisition which
could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and any Indebtedness
incurred or assumed in connection with such Permitted Acquisition shall have
been permitted to be incurred or assumed pursuant to Section 9.1 hereof; (4)
the
Borrower has provided the Administrative Agent with such other information
as
was reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent; (5) after the consummation
of the Permitted Acquisition (other than with respect to a Joint Venture),
to
the extent such acquisition was a stock acquisition, the Person so acquired
is
merged with and into the Borrower or its Subsidiary, with the Borrower or such
Subsidiary, as the case may be, being the survivor of such merger; (6) the
board
of directors and the shareholders (if required by applicable law), or the
equivalent, of each of the Borrower and the Person to be acquired has approved
such merger, consolidation or acquisition and such Permitted Acquisition is
otherwise considered “friendly”; (7) if the Permitted Acquisition is of a
Significant Subsidiary, the Borrower complies with the requirements of Section
8.11 hereof with respect to the Significant Subsidiary so acquired; and (8)
the
Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders a certificate
of the chief financial officer or treasurer of the Borrower (A) to the effect
that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, will be solvent
upon the consummation of the Permitted Acquisition; (B) certifying and attaching
a pro
forma
Compliance Certificate evidencing compliance with Section 10 hereof immediately
prior to and immediately after giving effect to such Permitted Acquisition,
and
fairly presenting the financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
as of the date thereof and after giving effect to such Permitted Acquisition;
and (C) to the effect that no Default or Event of Default then exists or would
result after giving effect to the Permitted Acquisition.
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9.5.2 Disposition
of Assets.
The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, become a
party to or agree to or effect any disposition of assets, other than (a) the
sale of inventory, the licensing of intellectual property and the disposition
of
obsolete assets, in each case in the ordinary course of business consistent
with
past practices; (b) the disposition of individual stores in the ordinary course
of business consistent with past practices; and (c) dispositions with respect
to
Indebtedness permitted under Section 9.1(i) hereof.
9.6 Sale
and Leaseback.
The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into
any arrangement, directly or indirectly, whereby the Borrower or any Subsidiary
of the Borrower shall sell or transfer any assets owned by it in order then
or
thereafter to lease such assets that the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the
Borrower intends to use for substantially the same purpose as the assets being
sold or transferred (each such arrangement, a “Sale
and Leaseback”),
other
than any Sale and Leaseback where (i) the sale or transfer of assets would
not
have a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the assets to be sold have an aggregate
net
book value for all such sales for the period from the Closing Date through
the
date of any such sale of less than twenty five percent (25%) of the value of
the
Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on the date
of
such sale, (iii) the assets are sold in an arm’s length transaction for fair
market value (after giving effect to all tax benefits associated with such
sale,
if any) and (iv) immediately prior to and immediately after giving effect to
any
such sale, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis shall
be in
pro
forma
compliance with the financial covenant set forth in Section 10
hereof.
9.7 Compliance
with Environmental Laws.
The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, in any manner
that would violate any Environmental Law or bring such Real Estate in violation
of any Environmental Law, (a) use any of the Real Estate or any portion thereof
for the handling, processing, storage or disposal of Hazardous Substances,
(b)
cause or permit to be located on any of the Real Estate any underground tank
or
other underground storage receptacle for Hazardous Substances, (c) generate
any
Hazardous Substances on any of the Real Estate, (d) conduct any activity at
any
Real Estate or use any Real Estate in any manner so as to cause a release or
threatened release of Hazardous Substances on, upon or into the Real Estate
or
(e) otherwise violate any Environmental Law or bring such Real Estate in
violation of any Environmental Law, in each case which would have a Material
Adverse Effect.
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9.8 Employee
Benefit Plans.
Except
as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have
a
Material Adverse Effect, neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate
will:
(a) engage
in
any “prohibited transaction”
within
the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code which could
result in a material liability for the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
or
(b) permit
any Guaranteed Pension Plan to incur an “accumulated funding deficiency”,
as
such term is defined in Section 302 of ERISA, whether or not such deficiency
is
or may be waived; or
(c) fail
to
contribute to any Guaranteed Pension Plan to an extent which, or terminate
any
Guaranteed Pension Plan in a manner which, could result in the imposition of
a
lien or encumbrance on the assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
pursuant to Section 302(f) or Section 4068 of ERISA; or
(d) amend
any
Guaranteed Pension Plan in circumstances requiring the posting of security
pursuant to Section 307 of ERISA or Section 401(a)(29) of the Code;
(e) permit
or
take any action which would result in the aggregate benefit liabilities (with
the meaning of Section 4001 of ERISA) of all Guaranteed Pension Plans exceeding
the value of the aggregate assets of such Plans, disregarding for this purpose
the benefit liabilities and assets of any such Plan with assets in excess of
benefit liabilities; or
(f) permit
or
take any action which would contravene any Applicable Pension
Legislation.
9.9 Transactions
with Affiliates.
The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, engage in
any
transaction with any Affiliate (other than for services as employees, officers
and directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing
for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or
personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any
such Affiliate or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any corporation,
partnership, trust or other entity in which any such Affiliate has a substantial
interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner, on terms more favorable
to such Person than would have been obtainable on an arm's-length basis in
the
ordinary course of business.
10. FINANCIAL
COVENANT.
The
Borrower covenants and agrees that, so long as any Loan, Unpaid Reimbursement
Obligation, Letter of Credit or Note is outstanding or any Lender has any
obligation to make any Loans or the Issuing Lender has any obligation to issue,
extend, amend or renew any Letters of Credit:
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10.1 Fixed
Charge Ratio.
The
Borrower will not permit the Fixed Charge Ratio at the end of any Reference
Period to be less than 2.50 to 1.
11. CLOSING
CONDITIONS.
The
obligations of the Lenders to make the initial Revolving Credit Loans and of
the
Issuing Lender to issue any initial Letters of Credit shall be subject to the
satisfaction of the following conditions precedent on or prior to July 26,
2007:
11.1 Loan
Documents.
Each of
the Loan Documents shall have been duly executed and delivered by the respective
parties thereto, shall be in full force and effect and shall be in form and
substance satisfactory to each of the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall
have received fully executed copies of each such document in sufficient
quantities to deliver one (1) fully executed original of each such document
to
each Lender.
11.2 Certified
Copies of Governing Documents.
The
Administrative Agent shall have received from the Borrower and each of the
Guarantors copies, certified by a duly authorized officer of such Person to
be
true and complete on the Closing Date, of each of its Governing Documents as
in
effect on such date of certification.
11.3 Corporate
or Other Action.
All
corporate (or other) action necessary for the valid execution, delivery and
performance by the Borrower and each of the Guarantors of this Credit Agreement
and the other Loan Documents to which it is or is to become a party shall have
been duly and effectively taken, and evidence thereof satisfactory to the
Lenders shall have been provided to the Administrative Agent.
11.4 Incumbency
Certificate.
The
Administrative Agent shall have received from the Borrower and each of the
Guarantors an incumbency certificate, dated as of the Closing Date, signed
by a
duly authorized officer of the Borrower or such Guarantor, and giving the name
and bearing a specimen signature of each individual who shall be authorized:
(a)
to sign, in the name and on behalf of each of the Borrower or such Guarantor,
each of the Loan Documents to which the Borrower or such Guarantor is or is
to
become a party; (b) in the case of the Borrower, to make Loan Requests and
Conversion Requests and to apply for Letters of Credit; and (c) to give notices
and to take other action on its behalf under the Loan Documents.
11.5 Certificates
of Location and UCC Search Results.
The
Administrative Agent shall have received a completed and fully executed
certificate of location and the results of UCC searches (and the equivalent
thereof in all applicable foreign jurisdictions), indicating no Liens other
than
Permitted Liens and otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent.
11.6 Certificates
of Insurance.
The
Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of insurance from an
independent insurance broker dated on or before the Closing Date and/or such
other evidence of insurance as is satisfactory to the Administrative Agent,
identifying insurers, types of insurance, insurance limits, and policy terms,
and otherwise describing the insurance obtained in accordance with the
provisions of the Loan Documents.
11.7 Opinion
of Counsel.
The
Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable legal opinion addressed
to
the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, dated as of the Closing Date and
in
sufficient quantities to deliver one (1) original of each such opinion to each
Lender, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent,
from
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(a) Xxxxxx
& Xxxxxxx, counsel to the Borrower and the Guarantors; and
(b) Xxxxxxx
LLP, Maryland counsel to the Borrower.
11.8 Payment
of Fees.
The
Borrower shall have paid to the Lenders or the Administrative Agent, as
appropriate, the Fees pursuant to Sections 5.1 and 5.2, as well as the fees
and
expenses of the Administrative Agent, the Arranger and the Administrative
Agent’s Special Counsel as set forth in the Fee Letter.
11.9 Termination
of Existing Credit Facility.
The
Administrative Agent shall have received evidence that the Prior Credit
Agreement has been terminated and all obligations thereunder have been
discharged.
11.10 Closing
Certificate.
The
Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate, dated
as of the Closing Date, stating that, as of such date (a) the
representations and warranties set forth herein or in any other Loan Document
are true and correct, and (b) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and
is
continuing.
11.11 Pro
Forma Compliance Certificate.
The
Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a statement certified
by the chief financial officer or treasurer of the Borrower in substantially
the
form of Exhibit
C
hereto
(a “Compliance
Certificate”)
and
setting forth in reasonable detail computations evidencing pro forma
compliance as of the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2007 with the covenant
contained in Section 10.
Without
limiting the generality of the provisions of the last paragraph of Section
14.3,
for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this
Section 11, each Lender that has signed this Credit Agreement shall be deemed
to
have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document
or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or
acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall
have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date
specifying its objection thereto.
12. CONDITIONS
TO ALL BORROWINGS.
The
obligations of the Lenders to make any Loan and of the Issuing Lender to issue,
extend, amend or renew any Letter of Credit, in each case whether on or after
the Closing Date, shall also be subject to the satisfaction of the following
conditions precedent:
12.1 Representations
True; No Event of Default.
Each of
the representations and warranties of any of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
contained in this Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents or in any document
or instrument delivered pursuant to or in connection with this Credit Agreement
shall be true as of the date as of which they were made and shall also be true
at and as of the time of the making of such Loan or the issuance, extension,
amendment or renewal of such Letter of Credit, with the same effect as if made
at and as of that time (except to the extent of changes resulting from
transactions contemplated or permitted by this Credit Agreement and the other
Loan Documents and changes occurring in the ordinary course of business that
singly or in the aggregate are not materially adverse, and to the extent that
such representations and warranties relate expressly to an earlier date) and
no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
12.2 No
Legal Impediment.
No
change shall have occurred in any law or regulations thereunder or
interpretations thereof that in the reasonable opinion of any Lender would
make
it illegal for such Lender to make such Loan or to participate in the issuance,
extension, amendment or renewal of such Letter of Credit or in the reasonable
opinion of the Administrative Agent would make it illegal for the Issuing Lender
to issue, extend, amend or renew such Letter of Credit.
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12.3 Proceedings
and Documents.
All
proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Credit
Agreement, the other Loan Documents and all other documents incident thereto
shall be satisfactory in substance and in form to the Lenders and to the
Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent's Special Counsel, and the
Lenders, the Administrative Agent and such counsel shall have received all
information and such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of
such
documents as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
13. EVENTS
OF DEFAULT; ACCELERATION; ETC.
13.1 Events
of Default and Acceleration.
If any
of the following events (“Events of Default”
or,
if
the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both is required, then, prior
to
such notice or lapse of time, “Defaults”)
shall
occur:
(a) the
Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of the Loans or any Reimbursement
Obligation when the same shall become due and payable (including, without
limitation, under and pursuant to Section 3.2(a) and (b)) within five (5)
Business Days after the same shall become due and payable, whether at the stated
date of maturity or any accelerated date of maturity or at any other date fixed
for payment;
(b) the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall fail to pay any interest on the Loans,
within five (5) Business Days after the same shall become due and payable,
whether at the stated date of maturity or any accelerated date of maturity
or at
any other date fixed for payment;
(c) the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall fail to pay any fees or other sums
due
hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents, within five (5) Business
Days after the same shall become due and payable, whether at the stated date
of
maturity or any accelerated date of maturity or at any other date fixed for
payment; provided,
that
with respect to any fees or other sums due hereunder or under any of the other
Loan Documents for which an invoice has been provided by the Administrative
Agent but has not been received by the Borrower, the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries shall fail to pay such fees or other sums within five (5) Business
Days after notice of such failure has been given to the Borrower by the
Administrative Agent;
(d) the
Borrower shall fail to comply with any of its covenants contained in Section
8.1, the first sentence of Section 8.4.1, the first sentence of Section 8.5,
Sections 9.1 through 9.6 or Section 10;
(e) the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall fail to perform any term, covenant
or
agreement contained herein or in any of the other Loan Documents (other than
those specified elsewhere in this Section 13.1) for thirty (30) days after
written notice of such failure has been given to the Borrower by the
Administrative Agent;
(f) any
representation or warranty of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (whether
in this Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or in any other
document or instrument delivered pursuant to or in connection with this Credit
Agreement) shall prove to have been false in any material respect upon the
date
when made or deemed to have been made or repeated;
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(g) the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall fail to pay at maturity, or within
any
applicable period of grace, any obligation for borrowed money or credit received
or in respect of any Capitalized Leases, in an aggregate principal amount in
excess of $25,000,000, or fail to observe or perform any material term, covenant
or agreement contained in any agreement by which it is bound, evidencing or
securing borrowed money or credit received or in respect of any Capitalized
Leases, in an aggregate principal amount in excess of $25,000,000, for such
period of time as would permit (assuming the giving of appropriate notice if
required) the holder or holders thereof or of any obligations issued thereunder
to accelerate the maturity thereof, or any such holder or holders shall rescind
or shall have a right to rescind the purchase of any such
obligations;
(h) the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall make an assignment for the benefit
of
creditors, or admit in writing its inability to pay or generally fail to pay
its
debts as they mature or become due, or shall petition or apply for the
appointment of a trustee or other custodian, liquidator or receiver of the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or of any substantial part of the assets
of
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or shall commence any case or other
proceeding relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under any
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, readjustment of debt,
dissolution or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction, now or hereafter
in effect, or shall take any action to authorize or in furtherance of any of
the
foregoing, or if any such petition or application shall be filed or any such
case or other proceeding shall be commenced against the Borrower or any of
its
Subsidiaries and the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall indicate its
approval thereof, consent thereto or acquiescence therein or such petition
or
application shall not have been dismissed within sixty (60) days following
the
filing thereof;
(i) a
decree
or order is entered appointing any such trustee, custodian, liquidator or
receiver or adjudicating the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries bankrupt or
insolvent, or approving a petition in any such case or other proceeding, or
a
decree or order for relief is entered in respect of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary of the Borrower in an involuntary case under federal bankruptcy
laws
as now or hereafter constituted;
(j) there
shall remain in force, undischarged, unsatisfied and unstayed, for more than
sixty days, whether or not consecutive, any final judgment against the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries that, with other outstanding final judgments,
undischarged, against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries exceeds in the
aggregate $25,000,000;
(k) if
any of
the Loan Documents shall be cancelled, terminated, revoked or rescinded, in
each
case otherwise than in accordance with the terms thereof or with the express
prior written agreement, consent or approval of the Lenders, or any action
at
law, suit or in equity or other legal proceeding to cancel, revoke or rescind
any of the Loan Documents shall be commenced by or on behalf of the Borrower
or
any of its Subsidiaries party thereto or any of their respective stockholders,
or any court or any other governmental or regulatory authority or agency of
competent jurisdiction shall make a determination that, or issue a judgment,
order, decree or ruling to the effect that, any one or more of the Loan
Documents is illegal, invalid or unenforceable in accordance with the terms
thereof;
(l) the
Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate incurs any liability to the PBGC or a Guaranteed
Pension Plan pursuant to Title IV of ERISA in an aggregate amount exceeding
$25,000,000, or the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is assessed withdrawal
liability pursuant to Title IV of ERISA by a Multiemployer Plan requiring
aggregate annual payments exceeding $25,000,000, or any of the following occurs
with respect to a Guaranteed Pension Plan: (i) an ERISA Reportable Event, or
a
failure to make a required installment or other payment (within the meaning
of
Section 302(f)(1) of ERISA), provided
that the
Administrative Agent determines in its reasonable discretion that such event
(A)
could be expected to result in liability of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries to the PBGC or such Guaranteed Pension Plan in an aggregate amount
exceeding $25,000,000 and (B) could constitute grounds for the termination
of
such Guaranteed Pension Plan by the PBGC, for the appointment by the appropriate
United States District Court of a trustee to administer such Guaranteed Pension
Plan or for the imposition of a lien in favor of such Guaranteed Pension Plan;
or (ii) the appointment by a United States District Court of a trustee to
administer such Guaranteed Pension Plan; or (iii) the institution by the PBGC
of
proceedings to terminate such Guaranteed Pension Plan;
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(m) the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is obligated to repurchase $25,000,000
or
more of receivables of the type described in clause (g) of the definition of
“Indebtedness” hereof, whether sold under a purchase facility or otherwise, or a
termination event occurs in connection with any such sale or with respect to
any
such facility; or
(n) a
Change
of Control shall occur;
then,
and
in any such event, so long as the same may be continuing, the Administrative
Agent may, and upon the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice in
writing to the Borrower declare all amounts owing with respect to this Credit
Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents and all Reimbursement
Obligations to be, and they shall thereupon forthwith become, immediately due
and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind,
all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower; provided
that in
the event of any Event of Default specified in Sections 13.1(h) or 13.1(i),
all
such amounts shall become immediately due and payable automatically and without
any requirement of notice from the Administrative Agent or any
Lender.
13.2 Termination
of Commitments.
If any
one or more of the Events of Default specified in Section 13.1(h) or Section
13.1(i) shall occur, any unused portion of the credit hereunder shall forthwith
terminate and each of the Lenders shall be relieved of all further obligations
to make Loans to the Borrower and the Issuing Lender shall be relieved of all
further obligations to issue, extend, amend or renew Letters of Credit. If
any
other Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Administrative
Agent may and, upon the request of the Required Lenders, shall, by notice to
the
Borrower, terminate the unused portion of the credit hereunder, and upon such
notice being given such unused portion of the credit hereunder shall terminate
immediately and each of the Lenders shall be relieved of all further obligations
to make Loans and the Issuing Lender shall be relieved of all further
obligations to issue, extend, amend or renew Letters of Credit. No termination
of the credit hereunder shall relieve the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
of
any of the Obligations.
13.3 Remedies.
In case
any one or more of the Events of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
and whether or not the Lenders shall have accelerated the maturity of the Loans
pursuant to Section 13.1, each Lender, if owed any amount with respect to the
Loans or the Reimbursement Obligations, may,
with the
consent of the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders but not otherwise,
proceed to protect and enforce its rights by suit in equity, action at law
or
other appropriate proceeding, whether for the specific performance of any
covenant or agreement contained in this Credit Agreement and the other Loan
Documents or any instrument pursuant to which the Obligations to such Lender
are
evidenced, including as permitted by applicable law the obtaining of the
ex parte
appointment of a receiver, and, if such amount shall have become due, by
declaration or otherwise, proceed to enforce the payment thereof or any other
legal or equitable right of such Lender. No remedy herein conferred upon any
Lender or the Administrative Agent or the holder of any Note or purchaser of
any
Letter of Credit Participation is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy
and each and every remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every
other remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity
or
by statute or any other provision of law.
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14. THE
AGENT.
14.1 Authorization.
(a) The
Administrative Agent is authorized to take such action on behalf of each of
the
Lenders and to exercise all such powers as are hereunder and under any of the
other Loan Documents and any related documents delegated to the Administrative
Agent, together with such powers as are reasonably incident thereto,
provided
that no
duties or responsibilities not expressly assumed herein or therein shall be
implied to have been assumed by the Administrative Agent.
(b) The
relationship between the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders is that
of
an independent contractor. The use of the term “Administrative
Agent”
is
for
convenience only and is used to describe, as a form of convention, the
independent contractual relationship between the Administrative Agent and each
of the Lenders. Nothing contained in this Credit Agreement nor the other Loan
Documents shall be construed to create an agency, trust or other fiduciary
relationship between the Administrative Agent and any of the Lenders.
(c) As
an
independent contractor empowered by the Lenders to exercise certain rights
and
perform certain duties and responsibilities hereunder and under the other Loan
Documents, the Administrative Agent is nevertheless a “representative”
of
the
Lenders, as that term is defined in Article 1 of the Uniform Commercial Code,
for purposes of actions for the benefit of the Lenders and the Administrative
Agent with respect to all cash collateral for Letters of Credit described in
Section 4.1.7 hereof and guaranties contemplated by the Loan
Documents.
14.2 Employees
and Administrative Agents.
The
Administrative Agent may exercise its powers and execute its duties by or
through employees or agents and shall be entitled to take, and to rely on,
advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to its rights and duties
under this Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Prior to the existence
of a Default or an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent may utilize the
services of such Persons as the Administrative Agent in consultation with the
Borrower may reasonably determine, and all reasonable fees and expenses of
any
such Persons shall be paid by the Borrower. Following the occurrence and during
the continuation of a Default or an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent
may utilize the services of such Persons as the Administrative Agent in its
sole
discretion may reasonably determine, and all reasonable fees and expenses of
any
such Persons shall be paid by the Borrower.
14.3 No
Liability.
Neither
the Administrative Agent nor any of its shareholders, directors, officers or
employees nor any other Person assisting them in their duties nor any agent
or
employee thereof, shall be liable for any waiver, consent or approval given
or
any action taken, or omitted to be taken, in good faith by it or them hereunder
or under any of the other Loan Documents, or in connection herewith or
therewith, or be responsible for the consequences of any oversight or error
of
judgment whatsoever, except that the Administrative Agent or such other Person,
as the case may be, may be liable for losses due to its willful misconduct
or
gross negligence.
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14.4 No
Representations.
14.4.1 General.
The
Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the execution or validity
or
enforceability of this Credit Agreement, the Notes, the Letters of Credit,
any
of the other Loan Documents or any instrument at any time constituting, or
intended to constitute, cash collateral for Letters of Credit described in
Section 4.1.7 hereof, or for the value of any such cash collateral for Letters
of Credit or for the validity, enforceability or collectability of any such
amounts owing with respect to the Notes, or for any recitals or statements,
warranties or representations made herein or in any of the other Loan Documents
or in any certificate or instrument hereafter furnished to it by or on behalf
of
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or be bound to ascertain or inquire
as
to the performance or observance of any of the terms, conditions, covenants
or
agreements herein or in any instrument at any time constituting, or intended
to
constitute, cash collateral for Letters of Credit described in Section 4.1.7
hereof or to inspect any of the properties, books or records of the Borrower
or
any of its Subsidiaries. The Administrative Agent shall not be bound to
ascertain whether any notice, consent, waiver or request delivered to it by
the
Borrower or any holder of any of the Notes shall have been duly authorized
or is
true, accurate and complete. The Administrative Agent has not made nor does
it
now make any representations or warranties, express or implied, nor does it
assume any liability to the Lenders, with respect to the credit worthiness
or
financial conditions of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries. Each Lender
acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the
Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and based upon such information and
documents as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and
decision to enter into this Credit Agreement.
14.4.2 Closing
Documentation, etc.
For
purposes of determining compliance with the conditions set forth in Section
11,
each Lender that has executed this Credit Agreement shall be deemed to have
consented to, approved or accepted, or to be satisfied with, each document
and
matter either sent, or made available, by the Administrative Agent or the
Arranger to such Lender for consent, approval, acceptance or satisfaction,
or
required thereunder to be to be consent to or approved by or acceptable or
satisfactory to such Lender, unless an officer of the Administrative Agent
or
the Arranger active upon the Borrower’s account shall have received notice from
such Lender prior to the Closing Date specifying such Lender’s objection thereto
and such objection shall not have been withdrawn by notice to the Administrative
Agent or the Arranger to such effect on or prior to the Closing
Date.
14.5 Payments.
14.5.1 Payments
to Administrative Agent.
A
payment
by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent hereunder or any of the other Loan
Documents for the account of any Lender shall constitute a payment to such
Lender. The Administrative Agent agrees promptly to distribute to each Lender
such Lender’s pro rata share of payments received by the Administrative Agent
for the account of the Lenders except as otherwise expressly provided herein
or
in any of the other Loan Documents.
14.5.2 Distribution
by Administrative Agent.
If
in the
opinion of the Administrative Agent the distribution of any amount received
by
it in such capacity hereunder, under the Notes or under any of the other Loan
Documents might involve it in liability, it may refrain from making distribution
until its right to make distribution shall have been adjudicated by a court
of
competent jurisdiction. If a court of competent jurisdiction shall adjudge
that
any amount received and distributed by the Administrative Agent is to be repaid,
each Person to whom any such distribution shall have been made shall either
repay to the Administrative Agent its proportionate share of the amount so
adjudged to be repaid or shall pay over the same in such manner and to such
Persons as shall be determined by such court.
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14.5.3 Delinquent
Lenders.
(a) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Credit Agreement or any of the other
Loan Documents, any Lender that fails (i) to make available to the
Administrative Agent its pro rata share of any Loan or to purchase any Letter
of
Credit Participation or (ii) to comply with the provisions of Section 16.1
with
respect to making dispositions and arrangements with the other Lenders, where
such Lender’s share of any payment received, whether by setoff or otherwise, is
in excess of its pro rata share of such payments due and payable to all of
the
Lenders, in each case as, when and to the full extent required by the provisions
of this Credit Agreement, shall be deemed delinquent (a “Delinquent
Lender”)
and
shall be deemed a Delinquent Lender until such time as such delinquency is
satisfied. A Delinquent Lender shall be deemed to have assigned any and all
payments due to it from the Borrower, whether on account of outstanding Loans,
Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations, interest, fees or otherwise, to the remaining
nondelinquent Lenders for application to, and reduction of, their respective
pro
rata shares of all outstanding Loans and Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations.
The
Delinquent Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to distribute
such
payments to the nondelinquent Lenders in proportion to their respective pro
rata
shares of all outstanding Loans and Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations. A
Delinquent Lender shall be deemed to have satisfied in full a delinquency when
and if, as a result of application of the assigned payments to all outstanding
Loans and Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations of the nondelinquent Lenders, the
Lenders’ respective pro rata shares of all outstanding Loans and Unpaid
Reimbursement Obligations have returned to those in effect immediately prior
to
such delinquency and without giving effect to the nonpayment causing such
delinquency.
(b) If
any
Lender is a Delinquent Lender, then the Borrower may, at its cost and expense
(other than with respect to payment of the assignment fee referred to in Section
14.5.3(b)(i) and payment of the breakage costs referred to in the proviso to
Section 14.5.3(b)(ii) below), upon notice to such Delinquent Lender and the
Administrative Agent, require such Delinquent Lender to assign and delegate,
without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained
in, and consents required by, Section 15.1), all of its interests, rights and
obligations under this Credit Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an
assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another
Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided,
however,
that:
(i) such
Delinquent Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee
specified in Section 15.3;
(ii) such
Delinquent Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the
outstanding principal of its Loans and Letter of Credit Advances, accrued
interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to such Delinquent
Lender hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents (including any amounts
payable under Section 5.10) from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding
principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all
other amounts); provided,
however,
that
the Borrower shall not be responsible for any breakage costs incurred by such
Delinquent Lender as a direct result of the Borrower’s decision to replace such
Delinquent Lender pursuant to this Section 14.5.3(b); and
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(iii) such
assignment does not conflict with any applicable laws, statutes, regulations
or
guidelines, directives or requests of, or agreements with, any Governmental
Authority (whether or not having the force of law).
14.6 Holders
of Notes.
The
Administrative Agent may deem and treat the payee of any Note or the purchaser
of any Letter of Credit Participation as the absolute owner or purchaser thereof
for all purposes hereof until it shall have been furnished in writing with
a
different name by such payee or by a subsequent holder, assignee or
transferee.
14.7 Indemnity.
The
Lenders ratably agree hereby to indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative
Agent and its affiliates from and against any and all claims, actions and suits
(whether groundless or otherwise), losses, damages, costs, expenses (including
any expenses for which the Administrative Agent or such affiliate has not been
reimbursed by the Borrower as required by Section 16.2), and liabilities of
every nature and character arising out of or related to this Credit Agreement,
the Notes, or any of the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated
or evidenced hereby or thereby, or the Administrative Agent’s actions taken
hereunder or thereunder, except to the extent that any of the same shall be
directly caused by the Administrative Agent’s willful misconduct or gross
negligence.
14.8 Administrative
Agent as Lender.
In
its
individual capacity, Bank of America shall have the same obligations and the
same rights, powers and privileges in respect to its Commitment and the Loans
made by it, and as the holder of any of the Notes and as the purchaser of any
Letter of Credit Participations, as it would have were it not also the
Administrative Agent.
14.9 Resignation.
The
Administrative Agent may resign at any time by giving sixty (60) days prior
written notice thereof to the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such
resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor
Administrative Agent. Unless a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing, such successor Administrative Agent shall be reasonably
acceptable to the Borrower. If no successor Administrative Agent shall have
been
so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment
within thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent’s giving of
notice of resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf
of
the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent, which shall be a
financial institution having a rating of not less than A or its equivalent
by
S&P. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Administrative Agent
hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent, such successor Administrative
Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers,
privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring
Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations
hereunder. After any retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation, the provisions
of this Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall continue in effect
for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it
while it was acting as Administrative Agent.
14.10 Notification
of Defaults and Events of Default.
Each
Lender hereby agrees that, upon learning of the existence of a Default or an
Event of Default, it shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent thereof.
The
Administrative Agent hereby agrees that upon receipt of any notice under this
Section 14.10 it shall promptly notify the other Lenders of the existence of
such Default or Event of Default.
15. ASSIGNMENT
AND PARTICIPATION.
15.1 Conditions
to Assignment by Lenders.
Except
as
provided herein, each Lender may assign to one or more Eligible Assignees,
all
or a portion of its interests, rights and obligations under this Credit
Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment Percentage and
Commitment and the same portion of the Loans at the time owing to it, the Notes
held by it and its participating interest in the risk relating to any Letters
of
Credit); provided
that (a)
each of the Administrative Agent and, unless a Default or Event of Default
shall
have occurred and be continuing, the Borrower shall have given its prior written
consent to such assignment, including, without limitation, an assignment to
a
Lender Affiliate, which consent, in the case of the Borrower, will not be
unreasonably withheld; except that the consent of the Borrower or the
Administrative Agent shall not be required in connection with any assignment
by
a Lender to an existing Lender, (b) each assignment shall be in an amount which,
if less than all of such assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this
Credit Agreement, is a whole multiple of $5,000,000 or a lesser amount agreed
to
by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and such assigning Lender, except
that
in the case of an assignment to a Lender, no minimum amount need be assigned
and
(c) the parties to such assignment shall execute and deliver to the
Administrative Agent, for recording in the Register (as hereinafter defined),
an
Assignment and Acceptance, substantially in the form of Exhibit
D
hereto
(an “Assignment
and Acceptance”),
together with any Notes subject to such assignment. Upon such execution,
delivery, acceptance and recording, from and after the effective date specified
in each Assignment and Acceptance, which effective date shall be at least five
(5) Business Days after the execution thereof, (y) the assignee thereunder
shall
be a party hereto and, to the extent provided in such Assignment and Acceptance,
have the rights and obligations of a Lender hereunder, and (z) the assigning
Lender shall, to the extent provided in such assignment and upon payment to
the
Administrative Agent of the registration fee referred to in Section 15.3, be
released from its obligations under this Credit Agreement.
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15.2 Certain
Representations and Warranties; Limitations; Covenants.
By
executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the parties to the
assignment thereunder confirm to and agree with each other and the other parties
hereto that the representations and warranties and agreements set forth in
Section 3 of the Assignment and Acceptance are true and correct as of the date
such Assignment and Acceptance is executed.
15.3 Register.
The
Administrative Agent shall maintain a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance
delivered to it and a register or similar list (the “Register”)
for
the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders and the Commitment
Percentage of, and principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans owing to
and
Letter of Credit Participations purchased by, the Lenders from time to time.
The
entries in the Register shall be conclusive, in the absence of manifest error,
and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person
whose name is recorded in the Register as a Lender hereunder for all purposes
of
this Credit Agreement. The Register shall be available for inspection by the
Borrower and the Lenders at any reasonable time and from time to time upon
reasonable prior notice. Upon each such recordation, the assigning Lender agrees
to pay to the Administrative Agent a registration fee in the sum of $3,500;
provided,
however,
that
the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such
registration fee in the case of any assignment. The assignee, if it is not
a
Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative
Questionnaire.
15.4 New
Notes.
Upon
its
receipt of an Assignment and Acceptance executed by the parties to such
assignment, together with each Note subject to such assignment, the
Administrative Agent shall record the information contained therein in the
Register. Promptly upon the request of the assignee or the assignor thereunder,
the Borrower, at its own expense, shall execute and deliver to the
Administrative Agent, in exchange for each surrendered Note, a new Note to
the
order of such assignee in an amount equal to the amount assumed by such assignee
pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance and, if the assigning Lender has
retained some portion of its obligations hereunder, a new Note to the order
of
the assigning Lender in an amount equal to the amount retained by it hereunder.
Such new Notes shall provide that they are replacements for the surrendered
Note(s), shall be in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate
principal amount of the surrendered Note(s), shall be dated the effective date
of such Assignment and Acceptance and shall otherwise be in substantially the
form of the assigned Notes. The surrendered Note(s) shall be cancelled and
returned to the Borrower.
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15.5 Participations.
Each
Lender may sell participations to one or more Lenders or other entities in
all
or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Credit Agreement
and the other Loan Documents; provided
that (a)
each such participation shall be in an amount of not less than $2,500,000,
(b)
any such sale or participation shall not affect the rights and duties of the
selling Lender hereunder to the Borrower and (c) the only rights granted to
the
participant pursuant to such participation arrangements with respect to waivers,
amendments or modifications of the Loan Documents shall be the rights to approve
waivers, amendments or modifications that would reduce the principal of or
the
interest rate on any Loans, extend the term or increase the amount of the
Commitment of such Lender as it relates to such participant, reduce the amount
of any Commitment Fee or Letter of Credit Fees to which such participant is
entitled or extend any regularly scheduled payment date for principal or
interest.
15.6 Assignee
or Participant Affiliated with the Borrower.
If
any
assignee Lender is an Affiliate of the Borrower, then any such assignee Lender
shall have no right to vote as a Lender hereunder or under any of the other
Loan
Documents for purposes of granting consents or waivers or for purposes of
agreeing to amendments or other modifications to any of the Loan Documents
or
for purposes of making requests to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section
13.1 or Section 13.2, and the determination of the Required Lenders shall for
all purposes of this Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents be made
without regard to such assignee Lender’s interest in any of the Loans or
Reimbursement Obligations. If any Lender sells a participating interest in
any
of the Loans or Reimbursement Obligations to a participant, and such participant
is the Borrower or an Affiliate of the Borrower, then such transferor Lender
shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent of the sale of such
participation. A transferor Lender shall have no right to vote as a Lender
hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents for purposes of granting
consents or waivers or for purposes of agreeing to amendments or modifications
to any of the Loan Documents or for purposes of making requests to the
Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 13.1 or Section 13.2 to the extent
that
such participation is beneficially owned by the Borrower or any Affiliate of
the
Borrower, and the determination of the Required Lenders shall for all purposes
of this Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents be made without regard
to
the interest of such transferor Lender in the Loans or Reimbursement Obligations
to the extent of such participation.
15.7 Miscellaneous
Assignment Provisions.
Any
assigning Lender shall retain its rights to be indemnified pursuant to Section
16.3 with respect to any claims or actions arising prior to the date of such
assignment. If any assignee Lender is not incorporated under the laws of the
United States of America or any state thereof, it shall, prior to the date
on
which any interest or fees are payable hereunder or under any of the other
Loan
Documents for its account, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent
certification satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent
as
to its exemption from deduction or withholding of any United States federal
income taxes. Anything contained in this Section 15 to the contrary
notwithstanding, any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest
in all or any portion of its interest and rights under this Credit Agreement
(including all or any portion of its Notes) to secure obligations of such
Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to any of
the
twelve Federal Reserve Banks organized under Section 4 of the Federal Reserve
Act, 12 U.S.C. Section 341. Any foreclosure or similar action by any Person
in
respect of such pledge or assignment shall be subject to the other provisions
of
this Section 15. No such pledge or the enforcement thereof shall release the
pledgor Lender from its obligations hereunder or under any of the other Loan
Documents, provide any voting rights hereunder to the pledgee thereof, or affect
any rights or obligations of the Borrower or Administrative Agent
hereunder.
15.8 Assignment
by Borrower.
The
Borrower shall not assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under
any
of the Loan Documents without the prior written consent of each of the
Lenders.
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15.9 Electronic
Execution of Assignments.
The
words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in any
Assignment and Acceptance shall be deemed to include electronic signatures
or
the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same
legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or
the
use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent
and
as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic
Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic
Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform
Electronic Transactions Act.
16. PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION.
16.1 Setoff.
Regardless of the adequacy of any cash collateral for Letters of Credit
described in Sections 4.2(b) and (c) hereof, following the occurrence and during
the continuation of an Event of Default, any deposits or other sums credited
by
or due from any of the Lenders to the Borrower in the possession of such Lender
may be applied to or set off against the payment of Obligations of the Borrower
to such Lender. Each of the Lenders agree with each other Lender that (a) if
an
amount to be set off is to be applied to Indebtedness of the Borrower to such
Lender, other than Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes held by such Lender
or
constituting Reimbursement Obligations owed to such Lender, such amount shall
be
applied ratably to such other Indebtedness and to the Indebtedness evidenced
by
all such Notes held by such Lender or constituting Reimbursement Obligations
owed to such Lender, and (b) if such Lender shall receive from the Borrower,
whether by voluntary payment, exercise of the right of setoff, counterclaim,
cross action, enforcement of the claim evidenced by the Notes held by, or
constituting Reimbursement Obligations owed to, such Lender by proceedings
against the Borrower at law or in equity or by proof thereof in bankruptcy,
reorganization, liquidation, receivership or similar proceedings, or otherwise,
and shall retain and apply to the payment of the Note or Notes held by, or
Reimbursement Obligations owed to, such Lender any amount in excess of its
ratable portion of the payments received by all of the Lenders with respect
to
the Notes held by, and Reimbursement Obligations owed to, all of the Lenders,
such Lender will make such disposition and arrangements with the other Lenders
with respect to such excess, either by way of distribution, pro tanto
assignment of claims, subrogation or otherwise as shall result in each Lender
receiving in respect of the Notes held by it or Reimbursement Obligations owed
it, its proportionate payment as contemplated by this Credit Agreement;
provided
that if
all or any part of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from such Lender,
such disposition and arrangements shall be rescinded and the amount restored
to
the extent of such recovery, but without interest.
16.2 Expenses.
The
Borrower agrees to pay (a) any taxes (including any interest and penalties
in
respect thereto) payable by the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Lender, the
Swing Line Lender or any of the Lenders (other than taxes based upon or measured
by the income or profits of the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Lender, the
Swing Line Lender or any Lender) on or with respect to the transactions
contemplated by this Credit Agreement (the Borrower hereby agreeing to indemnify
the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Lender, the Swing Line Lender and each
Lender with respect thereto), (b) the reasonable fees, expenses and
disbursements of the Administrative Agent’s Special Counsel or any local counsel
to the Administrative Agent incurred in connection with the preparation,
syndication or administration of the Loan Documents and other instruments
mentioned herein, each closing hereunder, any amendments, modifications,
approvals, consents or waivers hereto or hereunder, or the cancellation of
any
Loan Document upon payment in full in cash of all of the Obligations or pursuant
to any terms of such Loan Document for providing for such cancellation, (c)
the
reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of the Administrative Agent or
any
of its Affiliates incurred by the Administrative Agent or such Affiliate in
connection with the preparation, syndication, administration or interpretation
of the Loan Documents and other instruments mentioned herein and subject to
the
limitations contained in the Fee Letter, (d) all reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses (including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs,
which attorneys may be employees of any Lender, any Issuing Lender, the Swing
Line Lender or the Administrative Agent, and reasonable consulting, accounting,
appraisal, investment bankruptcy and similar professional fees and charges)
incurred by any Lender, any Issuing Lender, the Swing Line Lender or the
Administrative Agent in connection with (i) the enforcement of or preservation
of rights under any of the Loan Documents against the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries or the administration thereof after the occurrence of a Default
or
Event of Default and (ii) any litigation, proceeding or dispute whether arising
hereunder or otherwise, in any way related to any Lender’s, any Issuing
Lender’s, the Swing Line Lender’s or the Administrative Agent’s relationship
with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, except, in each case, to the
extent resulting solely from the bad faith, willful misconduct or gross
negligence of such party. The covenants contained in this Section 16.2 shall
survive payment or satisfaction in full of all Obligations.
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16.3 Indemnification.
(a) The
Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent, the
Arranger, their affiliates, the Issuing Lender(s), the Swing Line Lender and
the
Lenders from and against any and all claims, actions and suits whether
groundless or otherwise, and from and against any and all liabilities, losses,
damages and expenses of every nature and character arising out of this Credit
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated
hereby including, without limitation, (a) any actual or proposed use by the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of the proceeds of any of the Loans or
Letters of Credit, (b) the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries entering into
or
performing this Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or (c)
with
respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and their respective properties
and
assets, the violation of any Environmental Law or laws related to Hazardous
Substances or any action, suit, proceeding or investigation in relation thereto,
in each case including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and
disbursements of counsel incurred in connection with any such investigation,
litigation or other proceeding, except to the extent resulting from the bad
faith, willful misconduct or gross negligence of such indemnified party. In
litigation, or the preparation therefor, the Lenders, the Issuing Lender(s),
the
Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent and its affiliates shall be
entitled to select their own counsel and, in addition to the foregoing
indemnity, the Borrower agrees to pay promptly the reasonable fees and expenses
of such counsel. If, and to the extent that the obligations of the Borrower
under this Section 16.3 are unenforceable for any reason, the Borrower hereby
agrees to make the maximum contribution to the payment in satisfaction of such
obligations which is permissible under applicable law. The covenants contained
in this Section 16.3 shall survive payment or satisfaction in full of all other
Obligations.
(b) To
the
extent that the Borrower for any reason fails to indefeasibly pay any amount
required under Sections 16.2 or 16.3 to be paid by it to the Administrative
Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), the Issuing Lender or any Related Party of
any
of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative
Agent (or any such sub-agent), the Issuing Lender or such Related Party, as
the
case may be, such Lender’s Commitment Percentage (determined as of the time that
the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such
unpaid amount, provided
that the
unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related
expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the
Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or the Issuing Lender in its
capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting
for the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or Issuing Lender in
connection with such capacity. The obligations of the Lenders under this section
are subject to the provisions of Section 2.8.
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16.4 Treatment
of Certain Confidential Information.
16.4.1 Confidentiality.
Each
of
the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Lender agrees to maintain
the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that
Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its and its
Affiliates’ respective partners, directors, officers, employees, agents,
advisors and representatives (it being understood that the Persons to whom
such
disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such
Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the
extent requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction
over it (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National
Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by
applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process,
(d)
to any other party hereto, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies
hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating
to this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights
hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions
substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or
participant in, or any prospective assignee of or participant in, any of its
rights or obligations under this Credit Agreement or any Eligible Assignee
invited to be a Lender pursuant to Section 2.1(b) or (ii) any actual or
prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction
relating to the Borrower and its obligations, (g) with the consent of the
Borrower or (h) to the extent such Information (x) becomes publicly available
other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (y) becomes available
to
the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the Issuing Lender or any of their
respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the
Borrower.
For
purposes of this Section, “Information”
means
all information received from the Borrower or any Subsidiary relating to the
Borrower or any Subsidiary or any of their respective businesses, other than
any
such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender
or
the Issuing Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the
Borrower or any Subsidiary, provided
that, in
the case of information received from the Borrower or any Subsidiary after
the
date hereof, such information shall be presumed to be confidential unless (A)
clearly identified at the time of delivery as public or (B) deemed to be public
pursuant to the conditions set forth in the first paragraph of this Section
16.4.1 above. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information
as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its
obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to
maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord
to
its own confidential information.
Each
of
the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Lender acknowledges that
(a) the Information may include material non-public information concerning
the
Borrower or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, (b) it has developed compliance
procedures regarding the use of material non-public information and (c) it
will
handle such material non-public information in accordance with applicable law,
including United States Federal and state securities laws.
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16.4.2 Prior
Notification.
Unless
specifically prohibited by applicable law or court order, each of the Lenders,
the Issuing Lender(s), the Swing Line Lender, the Financial Affiliate(s) and
the
Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower of any request for disclosure
of
any such non-public information by any governmental agency or representative
thereof (other than any such request in connection with an examination of the
financial condition of such Lender by such governmental agency) or pursuant
to
legal process; provided,
however, that in the event such disclosure is required pursuant to such order
of
a court or the order, request or demand of any administrative or regulatory
agency or authority, such Lender, such Issuing Lender, the Swing Line Lender,
such Financial Affiliate and the Administrative Agent will provide the Borrower
with notice prior to its disclosure of the same in order to allow (to the extent
practicable) sufficient time for the Borrower to respond to or defend such
order, request or demand.
16.4.3 Other.
In
no
event shall any Lender, any Issuing Lender, the Swing Line Lender or the
Administrative Agent be obligated or required to return any materials furnished
to it or any Financial Affiliate by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
The
obligations of each Lender under this Section 16 shall supersede and replace
the
obligations of such Lender under any confidentiality letter in respect of this
financing signed and delivered by such Lender to the Borrower prior to the
date
hereof and shall be binding upon any assignee of, or purchaser of any
participation in, any interest in any of the Loans or Reimbursement Obligations
from any Lender.
16.5 Survival
of Covenants, Etc.
All
covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made herein, in the Notes,
in any of the other Loan Documents or in any documents or other papers delivered
by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant hereto
shall
be deemed to have been relied upon by the Lenders, the Issuing Lender(s), the
Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent, notwithstanding any
investigation heretofore or hereafter made by any of them, and shall survive
the
making by the Lenders of any of the Loans and the issuance, extension, amendment
or renewal of any Letters of Credit, as herein contemplated, and shall continue
in full force and effect so long as any Letter of Credit or any amount due
under
this Credit Agreement or the Notes or any of the other Loan Documents remains
outstanding or any Lender has any obligation to make any Loans or the Issuing
Lender has any obligation to issue, extend, amend or renew any Letter of Credit,
and for such further time as may be otherwise expressly specified in this Credit
Agreement.
16.6 Notices.
(e)
Notices
Generally.
Except
as otherwise expressly provided in this Credit Agreement, all notices and other
communications made or required to be given pursuant to this Credit Agreement
or
the Notes or any Letter of Credit Applications shall be in writing and shall
be
delivered in hand, mailed by United States registered or certified first class
mail, postage prepaid, sent by overnight courier, or sent by telegraph,
telecopy, facsimile or telex and confirmed by delivery via courier or postal
service, addressed as follows:
If
to the
Borrower, at 000 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxx
Xxxxx, Treasurer, with a copy to the General Counsel of the Borrower, or at
such
other address for notice as the Borrower shall last have furnished in writing to
the Person giving the notice;
If
to (i)
the Administrative Agent for payments or any credit extension request, at 0000
Xxxxxxx XX, Xxxxxxx, XX 00000, (000) 000-0000 phone, (000) 000-0000, Attn:
Xxxxx
X. Xxxxx or (ii) the Administrative Agent for all other notices, at 000 Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Mail Code: NY1-503-04-03, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, (000) 000-0000, (000)
000-0000, Attn: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx or, in each case, such other address for notice
as the Administrative Agent shall last have furnished in writing to the Person
giving the notice; and
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If
to any
Lender, at such Lender's address set forth on Schedule
1
hereto, or such other address for notice as such Lender shall have last
furnished in writing to the Person giving the notice.
Notices
sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered
mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent by
telecopier shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not
given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have
been given at the opening of business on the next business day for the
recipient). Notices delivered through electronic communications to the extent
provided in subsection (b) below, shall be effective as provided in such
subsection (b).
(b) Electronic
Communications.
Notices
and other communications to the Lenders and the Issuing Lender hereunder may
be
delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and
Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the
Administrative Agent;
provided
that the
foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender or the Issuing Lender
pursuant to Section 4 if such Lender or the Issuing Lender, as applicable,
has
notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices
under such Section by electronic communication. The Administrative Agent or
the
Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other
communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to
procedures approved by it, provided
that
approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or
communications.
Unless
the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other
communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the
sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by
the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other
written acknowledgement); provided
that if
such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours
of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been
sent
at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient, and
(ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website
shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient
at
its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification
that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website
address therefor.
(c) The
Platform.
THE
PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” THE AGENT PARTIES (AS DEFINED
BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER MATERIALS
OR
THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN
OR
OMISSIONS FROM THE BORROWER MATERIALS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED
OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM
VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY ANY AGENT PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH
THE
BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM. In no event shall the Administrative Agent
or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the “Agent
Parties”)
have
any liability to the Borrower, any Lender, the Issuing Lender or any other
Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether
in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrower’s or the
Administrative Agent’s transmission of Borrower Materials through the Internet,
except to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses
are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable
judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of
such Agent Party; provided,
however,
that in
no event shall any Agent Party have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender,
the Issuing Lender or any other Person for indirect, special, incidental,
consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual
damages).
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(d) Change
of Address, Etc.
Each of
the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and the Swing Line
Lender may change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and
other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. Each
other
Lender may change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and
other communications hereunder by notice to the Borrower, the Administrative
Agent, the Issuing Lender and the Swing Line Lender. In addition, each Lender
agrees to notify the Administrative Agent from time to time to ensure that
the
Administrative Agent has on record (i) an effective address, contact name,
telephone number, telecopier number and electronic mail address to which notices
and other communications may be sent and (ii) accurate wire instructions for
such Lender. Furthermore, each Public Lender agrees to cause at least one
individual at or on behalf of such Public Lender to at all times have selected
the “Private Side Information” or similar designation on the content declaration
screen of the Platform in order to enable such Public Lender or its delegate,
in
accordance with such Public Lender’s compliance procedures and applicable Law,
including United States Federal and state securities Laws, to make reference
to
Borrower Materials that are not made available through the “Public Side
Information” portion of the Platform and that may contain material non-public
information with respect to the Borrower or its securities for purposes of
United States Federal or state securities laws.
(e) Reliance
by Administrative Agent, Issuing Lender and Lenders. The
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and the Lenders shall be entitled
to
rely and act upon any notices purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower
made in a manner specified herein. The Borrower shall indemnify the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender, each Lender and the Related Parties
of
each of them 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
Borrower, except to the extent that such losses, costs, expenses and liabilities
are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable
judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of
such Person. All telephonic notices to and other telephonic communications
with
the Administrative Agent may be recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each
of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.
16.7 Governing
Law.
THIS
CREDIT AGREEMENT AND, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SPECIFICALLY PROVIDED THEREIN, EACH
OF
THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS ARE CONTRACTS UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
AND SHALL FOR ALL PURPOSES BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY
THE
LAWS OF SAID STATE OF NEW YORK (EXCLUDING THE LAWS APPLICABLE TO CONFLICTS
OR
CHOICE OF LAW OTHER THAN GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW §5-1401 AND §5-1402). THE
BORROWER AGREES THAT ANY SUIT FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT
OR
ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF
NEW
YORK OR ANY FEDERAL COURT SITTING THEREIN AND CONSENTS TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE
JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURT AND SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY SUCH SUIT BEING MADE
UPON THE BORROWER BY MAIL AT THE ADDRESS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 16.6. THE BORROWER
HEREBY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE VENUE
OF
ANY SUCH SUIT OR ANY SUCH COURT OR THAT SUCH SUIT IS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT
COURT.
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16.8 Headings.
The
captions in this Credit Agreement are for convenience of reference only and
shall not define or limit the provisions hereof.
16.9 Counterparts.
This
Credit Agreement and any amendment hereof may be executed in several
counterparts and by each party on a separate counterpart, each of which when
executed and delivered shall be an original, and all of which together shall
constitute one instrument. In proving this Credit Agreement it shall not be
necessary to produce or account for more than one such counterpart signed by
the
party against whom enforcement is sought. Delivery by facsimile by any of the
parties hereto of an executed counterpart hereof or of any amendment or waiver
hereto shall be as effective as an original executed counterpart hereof or
of
such amendment or waiver and shall be considered a representation that an
original executed counterpart hereof or such amendment or waiver, as the case
may be, will be delivered.
16.10 Entire
Agreement, Etc.
The
Loan Documents and any other documents executed in connection herewith or
therewith express the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the
transactions contemplated hereby. Neither this Credit Agreement nor any term
hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated, except as provided
in
Section 16.12.
16.11 WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL.
EACH
PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT
OR
ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY
(WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO
(A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON
HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT,
IN
THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND
(B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO
ENTER INTO THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER
THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION. Except as
prohibited by law, each party hereto hereby waives any right it may have to
claim or recover in any litigation referred to in the preceding sentence any
special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages or any damages other
than,
or in addition to, actual damages. The Borrower acknowledges and agrees that
the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender(s), the Swing Line Lender and the
Lenders have been induced to enter into this Credit Agreement and the other
Loan
Documents to which it is a party by, among other things, the waivers and
certifications contained herein and that no representative, agent or attorney
of
any such party has represented to the Borrower that such party would not, in
the
event of litigation, seek to enforce the foregoing waivers.
16.12 Consents,
Amendments, Waivers, Etc.
Any
consent or approval required or permitted by this Credit Agreement to be given
by the Lenders may be given, and any term of this Credit Agreement, the other
Loan Documents or any other instrument related hereto or mentioned herein may
be
amended, and the performance or observance by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries of any terms of this Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents
or
such other instrument or the continuance of any Default or Event of Default
may
be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively
or prospectively) with, but only with, the written consent of the Borrower
and
the written consent of the Required Lenders. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no amendment, modification or waiver shall:
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(a) without
the written consent of the Borrower and each Lender directly affected
thereby:
(i) reduce
or
forgive the principal amount of any Loans or Reimbursement Obligations, or
reduce the rate of interest on the Notes or the amount of the Commitment Fee
or
Letter of Credit Fees, including, for purposes of calculation of the Applicable
Margin, as a result of a change in the definition of Fixed Charge Ratio or
any
of the components thereof or the method of calculation thereto (it being
understood that any change to the definition of Fixed Charge Ratio or any of
the
components thereof or the method of calculation thereto for purposes of
calculating the covenant in Section 10 hereof shall only require the written
consent of the Borrower and the Required Lenders), but excluding interest
accruing pursuant to Section 5.11.2 following the effective date of any waiver
by the Required Lenders of the Default or Event of Default relating
thereto;
(ii) increase
the amount of such Lender's Commitment or extend the expiration date of such
Lender's Commitment; and
(iii) postpone
or extend the Revolving Credit Loan Maturity Date (subject to Section 2.1(c))
or
any other regularly scheduled dates for payments of principal of, or interest
on, the Loans or Reimbursement Obligations or any Fees or other amounts payable
to such Lender (it being understood that (A) a waiver of the application of
the
default rate of interest pursuant to Section 5.11.2, (B) any vote to rescind
any
acceleration made pursuant to Section 13.1 of amounts owing with respect to
the
Loans and other Obligations and (C) any
modifications of the provisions relating to amounts, timing or application
of
prepayments of Loans and other Obligations shall require only the approval
of
the Required Lenders);
(b) without
the written consent of
all of
the Lenders, amend or waive this Section 16.12 or the definition of Required
Lenders;
(c) without
the written consent of
the
Administrative Agent, amend or waive Section 14, the amount or time of payment
of the Administrative Agent's Fee payable for the Administrative Agent's account
or any other provision applicable to the Administrative Agent; and
(d) without
the written consent of
the
Swing Line Lender, amend or waive Section 2.6.2, the amount or time of payment
of the Swing Line Loans or any other provision applicable to the Swing Line
Lender; and
(e) without
the written consent of
the
Issuing Lender, amend or waive any Letter of Credit Fees payable for the Issuing
Lender's account or any other provision applicable to the Issuing
Lender.
No
waiver
shall extend to or affect any obligation not expressly waived or impair any
right consequent thereon. No course of dealing or delay or omission on the
part
of the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Lender, the Swing Line Lender or any
Lender in exercising any right shall operate as a waiver thereof or otherwise
be
prejudicial thereto. No notice to or demand upon the Borrower shall entitle
the
Borrower to other or further notice or demand in similar or other
circumstances.
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16.13 Severability.
The
provisions of this Credit Agreement are severable and if any one clause or
provision hereof shall be held invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part
in
any jurisdiction, then such invalidity or unenforceability shall affect only
such clause or provision, or part thereof, in such jurisdiction, and shall
not
in any manner affect such clause or provision in any other jurisdiction, or
any
other clause or provision of this Credit Agreement in any
jurisdiction.
16.14 USA
Patriot Act Notice.
Each
Lender that is subject to the Act (as hereinafter defined) and the
Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby
notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot
Act
(Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the
“Act”),
it is
required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower,
which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other
information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as
applicable, to identify the Borrower in accordance with the Act.
16.15 No
Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility.
In
connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby (including
in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of
any
other Loan Document), the Borrower acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges
its
Affiliates’ understanding, that: (i) (A) the arranging and other services
regarding this Credit Agreement provided by the Administrative Agent, the
Arranger and the Lenders are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the
Borrower and its respective Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative
Agent, the Arranger and the Lenders, on the other hand, (B) the Borrower has
consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent
it has deemed appropriate, and (C) the Borrower is capable of evaluating, and
understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions
contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; (ii) (A) the Administrative
Agent, the Arranger and each Lender each is and has been acting solely as a
principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties,
has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary
for the Borrower or any of its respective Affiliates, or any other Person and
(B) neither the Administrative Agent, the Arranger nor any Lender has any
obligation to the Borrower or any of its respective Affiliates with respect
to
the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set
forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; and (iii) the Administrative
Agent, the Arranger and the Lenders and their respective Affiliates may be
engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ
from
those of the Borrower and its respective Affiliates, and neither the
Administrative Agent, the Arranger nor any Lender has any obligation to disclose
any of such interests to the Borrower or any of its respective Affiliates.
To
the fullest extent permitted by law, the Borrower hereby waives and releases
any
claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent, the Arranger and
the
Lenders with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary
duty
in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated
hereby.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
the
undersigned have duly executed this Credit Agreement as of the date first set
forth above.
COACH,
INC.
By: _______________________________________
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Vice President and Treasurer
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Vice President and Treasurer
BANK
OF AMERICA, N.A.,
individually and as Administrative Agent
By: _______________________________________
Name:
Title:
Name:
Title:
HSBC
BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By: _______________________________________
Name:
Title:
Name:
Title:
THE
NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY
By: _______________________________________
Name:
Title:
Name:
Title:
US
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By: _______________________________________
Name:
Title:
Name:
Title:
JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A.
By: _______________________________________
Name:
Title:
Name:
Title:
NATIONAL
CITY BANK
By: _______________________________________
Name:
Title:
Name:
Title: