CREDIT AGREEMENT Dated as of July 28, 2005 among TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LIMITED, as the Company, THE SUBSIDIARY BORROWERS, THE INSTITUTIONS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTIES HERETO AS LENDERS, THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank and...
Dated
as of July
28, 2005
among
XXXXXXX
NAVIGATION
LIMITED,
as
the
Company,
THE
SUBSIDIARY
BORROWERS,
THE
INSTITUTIONS
FROM TIME TO TIME
PARTIES
HERETO AS
LENDERS,
THE
BANK OF NOVA
SCOTIA,
as
Administrative
Agent, Issuing Bank and Swing Line Bank,
THE
BANK OF NEW
YORK,
and
XXXXXX
XXXXXXX,
as
Co-Syndication
Agents,
and
BANK
OF AMERICA,
N.A.
and
XXXXX
FARGO BANK,
N.A.,
as
Co-Documentation
Agents.
___________________________________________
THE
BANK OF NOVA
SCOTIA
and
BNY
CAPITAL
MARKETS, INC.
as
Joint Lead
Arrangers
___________________________________________
THE
BANK OF NOVA
SCOTIA,
as
Sole Book
Runner
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1
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DEFINITIONS
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1
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1.1
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Certain
Defined Terms
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1
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ARTICLE
II
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LOAN
FACILITIES
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26
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2.1
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Revolving
Loans
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26
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2.2
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Optional
Increase in Aggregate Commitment Amount
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26
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2.3
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Swing
Line
Loans
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27
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2.4
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Rate
Options
for all Advances; Maximum Interest Periods
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28
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2.5
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Prepayments
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29
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2.6
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Reductions
of
Commitments
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30
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2.7
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Method
of
Borrowing
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30
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2.8
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Method
of
Selecting Types and Interest Periods for Advances
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31
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2.9
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Minimum
Amount of Each Advance
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31
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2.10
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Method
of
Selecting Types and Interest Periods for Conversion and Continuation
of
Advances
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32
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2.11
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Default
Rate
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33
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2.12
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Method
of
Payment
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33
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2.13
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Evidence
of
Debt
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34
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2.14
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Telephonic
Notices
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35
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2.15
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Promise
to
Pay; Interest and Fees; Interest Payment Dates; Interest and Fee
Basis;
Taxes; Loan and Control Accounts
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35
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2.16
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Notification
of Advances, Interest Rates, Prepayments and Aggregate Commitment
Reductions
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40
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2.17
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Lending
Installations
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40
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2.18
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Non-Receipt
of Funds by the Administrative Agent
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40
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2.19
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Facility
Termination Date
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41
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2.20
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Replacement
of Certain Lenders
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41
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2.21
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Subsidiary
Borrowers
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42
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2.22
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Alternate
Currency Loans
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42
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2.23
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Judgment
Currency
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44
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2.24
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Market
Disruption; Denomination of Amounts in Dollars; Dollar Equivalent
of
Reimbursement Obligations
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45
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ARTICLE
III
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THE
LETTER OF
CREDIT FACILITY
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46
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3.1
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Obligation
to
Issue Letters of Credit
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46
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3.2
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Transitional
Provision
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46
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3.3
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Types
and
Amounts
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46
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3.4
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Conditions
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47
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3.5
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Procedure
for
Issuance of Letters of Credit
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47
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3.6
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Letter
of
Credit Participation
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48
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3.7
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Reimbursement
Obligation
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48
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3.8
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Letter
of
Credit Fees
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49
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3.9
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Issuing
Bank
Reporting Requirements
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50
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3.10
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Indemnification;
Exoneration
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50
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3.11
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Cash
Collateral
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51
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ARTICLE
IV
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CHANGE
IN
CIRCUMSTANCES
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52
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4.1
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Yield
Protection
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52
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4.2
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Changes
in
Capital Adequacy Regulations
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53
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4.3
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Availability
of Types of Advances
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53
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4.4
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Funding
Indemnification
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54
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4.5
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Lender
Statements; Survival of Indemnity
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54
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ARTICLE
V
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CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
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54
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5.1
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Initial
Advances and Letters of Credit
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54
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5.2
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Initial
Advance to Each New Subsidiary Borrower
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56
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5.3
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Each
Advance
and Each Letter of Credit
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56
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ARTICLE
VI
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
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57
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6.1
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Organization;
Corporate Powers
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57
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6.2
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Authorization
and Validity
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57
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6.3
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No
Conflict;
Government Consent
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57
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6.4
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Financial
Statements
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58
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6.5
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Material
Adverse Change
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58
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6.6
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Taxes
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58
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6.7
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Litigation
and Contingent Obligations
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58
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6.8
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Subsidiaries
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58
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6.9
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ERISA
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59
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6.10
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Accuracy
of
Information
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59
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6.11
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Regulation
U
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59
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6.12
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Material
Agreements
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59
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6.13
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Compliance
With Laws
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60
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6.14
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Ownership
of
Properties
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60
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6.15
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Statutory
Indebtedness Restrictions
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60
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6.16
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Environmental
Matters
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60
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6.17
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Insurance
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61
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6.18
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Labor
Matters
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61
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6.19
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Solvency
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61
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6.20
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Default
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61
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6.21
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Foreign
Employee Benefit Matters
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61
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6.22
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Representations
and Warranties of each Subsidiary Borrower
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61
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ARTICLE
VII
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COVENANTS
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63
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7.1
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Reporting
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63
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7.2
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Affirmative
Covenants
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66
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7.3
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Negative
Covenants
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69
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7.4
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Financial
Covenants
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76
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ARTICLE
VIII
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DEFAULTS
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77
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8.1
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Defaults
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77
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ARTICLE
IX
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ACCELERATION,
DEFAULTING LENDERS; WAIVERS, AMENDMENTS AND REMEDIES
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79
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9.1
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Termination
of Commitments; Acceleration
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79
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9.2
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Amendments
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80
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9.3
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Preservation
of Rights
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80
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ARTICLE
X
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GUARANTY
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81
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10.1
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Guaranty
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81
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10.2
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Waivers
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81
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10.3
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Guaranty
Absolute
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81
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10.4
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Acceleration
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82
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10.5
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Marshaling;
Reinstatement
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83
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10.6
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Subrogation
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83
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10.7
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Termination
Date
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83
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ARTICLE
XI
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GENERAL
PROVISIONS
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83
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11.1
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Survival
of
Representations
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83
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11.2
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Governmental
Regulation
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83
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11.3
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Headings
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83
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11.4
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Entire
Agreement
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84
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11.5
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Several
Obligations; Benefits of this Agreement
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84
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11.6
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Expenses;
Indemnification
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84
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11.7
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Numbers
of
Documents
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85
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11.8
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Accounting
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85
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11.9
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Severability
of Provisions
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85
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11.10
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Nonliability
of Lenders
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85
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11.11
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GOVERNING
LAW
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85
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11.12
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CONSENT
TO
JURISDICTION; SERVICE OF PROCESS; JURY TRIAL
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85
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11.13
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Other
Transactions
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87
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ARTICLE
XII
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THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
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87
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12.1
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Appointment;
Nature of Relationship
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87
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12.2
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Powers
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88
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12.3
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General
Immunity
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88
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12.4
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No
Responsibility for Loans, Creditworthiness, Recitals, Etc
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88
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12.5
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Action
on
Instructions of Lenders
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88
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12.6
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Employment
of
Agents and Counsel
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89
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12.7
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Reliance
on
Documents; Counsel
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89
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12.8
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The
Administrative Agent’s, Issuing Banks’, Alternate Currency Lenders’ and
Swing Line Bank’s Reimbursement and Indemnification
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89
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12.9
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Rights
as a
Lender
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90
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12.10
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Lender
Credit
Decision
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90
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12.11
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Successor
Administrative Agent
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90
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12.12
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No
Duties
Imposed Upon Co-Syndication Agents, Co-Documentation Agents or
Arrangers
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91
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ARTICLE
XIII
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SETOFF;
RATABLE PAYMENTS
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91
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13.1
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Setoff
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91
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13.2
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Ratable
Payments
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91
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13.3
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Application
of Payments
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91
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13.4
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Relations
Among Lenders
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92
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ARTICLE
XIV
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BENEFIT
OF
AGREEMENT; ASSIGNMENTS; PARTICIPATIONS
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92
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14.1
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Successors
and Assigns
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92
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14.2
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Participations
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92
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14.3
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Assignments
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93
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14.4
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Confidentiality
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96
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14.5
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Dissemination
of Information
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96
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ARTICLE
XV
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NOTICES
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96
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15.1
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Giving
Notice
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96
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15.2
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Change
of
Address
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97
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15.3
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Authority
of
Company
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97
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ARTICLE
XVI
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COUNTERPARTS
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97
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ANNEXES,
EXHIBITS AND
SCHEDULES
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ANNEX
I
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Loan
Commitments
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ANNEX
II
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Eurocurrency
Payment Offices
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EXHIBIT
A
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Form
of
Borrowing/Conversion/Continuation Notice
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EXHIBIT
B
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Form
of
Request for Letter of Credit
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EXHIBIT
C
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Form
of
Assignment and Acceptance Agreement
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EXHIBIT
D
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Form
of
Officer’s Certificate
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EXHIBIT
E
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Form
of
Compliance Certificate
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EXHIBIT
F
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Form
of
Guaranty
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EXHIBIT
G
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Form
of
Subordination Agreement
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EXHIBIT
H
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Form
of
Revolving Loan Note
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EXHIBIT
I
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Form
of
Assumption Letter
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EXHIBIT
J
|
Alternate
Currency Addendum
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SCHEDULE
1.1.1
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Mandatory
Cost Formulae
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SCHEDULE
1.1.2
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Permitted
Existing Contingent Obligations
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SCHEDULE
1.1.3
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Permitted
Existing Indebtedness
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SCHEDULE
1.1.4
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Permitted
Existing Investments
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SCHEDULE
1.1.5
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Permitted
Existing Liens
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SCHEDULE
3.2
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Transitional
Letters of Credit
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SCHEDULE
6.8
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Subsidiaries
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2
This
CREDIT
AGREEMENT, dated as of July 28, 2005, is entered into by and among, XXXXXXX
NAVIGATION LIMITED, a California corporation (the “Company”),
the
institutions from time to time parties hereto as Lenders, whether by execution
of this Agreement or an Assignment Agreement pursuant to Xxxxxxx 00.0,
XXX XXXX XX XXXX
XXXXXX (“BNS”),
in its capacity
as administrative agent for itself and the other Lenders (the “Administrative
Agent”),
THE BANK OF NEW
YORK and XXXXXX XXXXXXX, each in its capacity as a co-syndication agent
(collectively, the “Co-Syndication
Agents”),
and BANK OF
AMERICA, N.A. and XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A., each in its capacity as a
co-documentation agent (collectively, the “Co-Documentation
Agents”).
R
E C I T A L
S:
A. The
Company has
requested the Lenders to make financial accommodations to it and the other
Borrowers (as defined below) in the aggregate principal amount of $200,000,000,
the proceeds of which the Company will use for ongoing working capital and
general corporate needs of the Company and its Subsidiaries, including
acquisitions.
B. The
Lenders are
willing to extend such financial accommodations on the terms and conditions
set
forth herein.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual covenants and undertakings herein contained, and
for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are
hereby acknowledged, the Borrowers, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent
hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Certain
Defined
Terms.
In addition to
the terms defined above, the following terms used in this Agreement shall have
the following meanings, applicable both to the singular and the plural forms
of
the terms defined.
“Acquisition”
means any
transaction, or any series of related transactions, consummated on or after
the
date of this Agreement, by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (a)
acquires any going business concern or all or substantially all of the assets
of
any firm, corporation or division thereof, whether through purchase of assets,
merger or otherwise or (b) directly or indirectly acquires (in one transaction
or as the most recent transaction in a series of transactions) at least a
majority (in number of votes) of the securities of a corporation which have
ordinary voting power for the election of directors (other than securities
having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) or a
majority (by percentage of voting power) of the outstanding equity interests
of
another Person.
“Administrative
Agent”
is defined in the
preamble
and includes each
other Person appointed as the successor Administrative Agent pursuant to
Section
12.11.
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“Advance”
means a borrowing
hereunder consisting of the aggregate amount of the several Loan(s) made by
some
or all of the Lenders to the applicable Borrower of the same Type and, in the
case of Fixed Rate Advances for the same Interest Period and in the case of
Alternate Currency Loans, in the same currency.
“Affected
Lender”
is defined in
Section
2.20.
“Affiliate”
means, with
respect to a Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling,
controlled by or under common control with such Person. A Person shall be deemed
to control another Person if the controlling Person is the “beneficial owner”
(as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) of greater
than ten percent (10%) or more of any class of voting securities (or other
voting interests) of the controlled Person or possesses, directly or indirectly,
the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of
the
controlled Person, whether through ownership of Capital Stock, by contract
or
otherwise.
“Aggregate
Commitment”
means the
aggregate of the Commitments of all Lenders, as they may be adjusted from time
to time pursuant to the terms hereof. The Aggregate Commitment shall not be
greater than Two Hundred Million Dollars ($200,000,000), unless it is increased
pursuant to Section
2.2.
“Agreed
Currencies”
means
(a) Dollars, (b) so long as such currency remains an Eligible
Currency, Euro, Swedish Krona and New Zealand Dollars and (c) any other
Eligible Currency which the applicable Borrower requests the Administrative
Agent to include as an Agreed Currency hereunder and which is agreed to by
all
of the Lenders; provided
that the
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each such Lender of each such request
and each such Lender shall be deemed not to have agreed to each such request
unless and until its written consent thereto has been received by the
Administrative Agent.
“Agreement”
means, on any
date, this Credit Agreement as amended, supplemented, amended and restated
or
otherwise modified from time to time and in effect on such date.
“Agreement
Accounting Principles”
means generally
accepted accounting principles of the United States as applied in a manner
consistent with that used in preparing the financial statements of the Company
referred to in Section
6.4;
provided
that for the
purposes of determining compliance with the financial covenants set forth in
Section
7.4,
“Agreement
Accounting Principles” means generally accepted accounting principles as in
effect as of the date of this Agreement.
“Alternate
Base
Rate”
means, for any
day, a fluctuating rate of interest per annum equal to in the case of Loans
in
Dollars, the higher of (a) the Prime Rate for such day and (b) the sum of (i)
the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day and (ii) one half percent (.50%)
per annum, and in the case of Loans in other Agreed Currencies, the comparable
rate for such other Agreed Currency, as reasonably determined by the
Administrative Agent.
“Alternate
Currency”
shall mean any
Eligible Currency which is not an Agreed Currency and which the applicable
Borrower requests the applicable Alternate Currency Lender to include as an
Alternate Currency hereunder and which is acceptable to the applicable Alternate
Currency Lender and with respect to which an Alternate Currency Addendum has
been
executed
by a
Subsidiary Borrower or the Company and the applicable Alternate Currency Lender
in connection therewith.
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“Alternate
Currency Addendum”
means an addendum
substantially in the form of Exhibit
J
hereto with such modifications thereto as shall be approved by the applicable
Alternate Currency Lender and the Administrative Agent.
“Alternate
Currency Borrowing”
means any
borrowing consisting of a Loan made in an Alternate Currency.
“Alternate
Currency Commitment”
means, for any
Alternate Currency Lender for each Alternate Currency, the obligation of such
Alternate Currency Lender to make Alternate Currency Loans not exceeding the
Dollar Amount set forth in the applicable Alternate Currency Addendum, as such
amount may be modified from time to time pursuant to the terms of this Agreement
and the applicable Alternate Currency Addendum.
“Alternate
Currency Fixed Rate”
means, for any
Alternate Currency Fixed Rate Loan, for any Alternate Currency Interest Period
the per annum rate of interest under and as set forth in the applicable
Alternate Currency Addendum.
“Alternate
Currency Fixed Rate Loans”
means any Loan
denominated in an Alternate Currency made by the applicable Alternate Currency
Lender to a Subsidiary Borrower or the Company pursuant to Section
2.22
and an Alternate
Currency Addendum, which bears interest at the Alternate Currency Fixed
Rate.
“Alternate
Currency Floating Rate Loan”
means any Loan
denominated in an Alternate Currency made by the applicable Alternate Currency
Lender to a Subsidiary Borrower or the Company pursuant to Section
2.22
and an Alternate
Currency Addendum, which bears interest at the Floating Rate.
“Alternate
Currency Interest Period”
means, with
respect to any Alternate Currency Fixed Rate Loan, the Interest Period as set
forth in, or determined in accordance with, the applicable Alternate Currency
Addendum.
“Alternate
Currency Lender”
means BNS and any
other Lender (or any Affiliate, branch or agency thereof) to the extent it
is
party to an Alternate Currency Addendum as the “Alternate Currency Lender”
thereunder. If any agency, branch or Affiliate of such Lender shall be a party
to an Alternate Currency Addendum, such agency, branch or Affiliate shall,
to
the extent of any commitment extended and any Loans made by it, have all the
rights of such Lender hereunder; provided
that such Lender
shall to the exclusion of such agency, branch or Affiliate, continue to have
all
the voting rights vested in it by the terms hereof.
“Alternate
Currency Loan”
means any
Alternate Currency Floating Rate Loan and any Alternate Currency Fixed Rate
Loan.
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“Applicable
Commitment Fee Percentage”
means, as at any
date of determination, the rate per annum then applicable in the determination
of the amount payable under Section
2.15(c)(i)
determined in
accordance with the provisions of Section
2.15(d)(ii).
“Applicable
Fixed
Rate Margin”
means, as at any
date of determination, the rate per annum then applicable to Fixed Rate Loans
determined in accordance with the provisions of Section
2.15(d)(ii) plus
(in the case of a
Fixed Rate Loan of any Lender which is lent from the Lending Installation in
the
United Kingdom or a Participating Member State) the Mandatory Costs (if any).
“Applicable
Floating Rate Margin”
means, as at any
date of determination, the rate per annum then applicable to Floating Rate
Loans
determined in accordance with the provisions of Section
2.15(d)(ii).
“Applicable
L/C
Fee Percentage”
means, as at any
date of determination, a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Fixed Rate
Margin for Fixed Rate Loans in effect on such date.
“Approved
Fund”
means, with
respect to any Lender that is a fund or commingled investment vehicle that
invests in commercial loans, any other fund that invests in commercial loans
and
is managed or advised by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an
Affiliate of such investment advisor.
“Approximate
Equivalent Amount”
of any currency
with respect to any amount of Dollars shall mean the Equivalent Amount of such
currency with respect to such amount of Dollars at such date, rounded up to
the
nearest amount of such currency as determined by the Administrative Agent from
time to time.
“Arrangers”
means,
collectively, BNS and BNY Capital Markets, Inc., in their capacity as joint
lead
arrangers for the loan transaction evidenced by this Agreement.
“Asset
Sale”
means, with
respect to any Person, the sale, lease, conveyance, disposition or other
transfer by such Person of any of its assets (including by way of a
sale-leaseback transaction) to any Person other than the Company or any of
its
Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries other than (a) the sale or lease of Inventory in
the
ordinary course of business, (b) the sale or other disposition of any obsolete,
excess, damaged or worn-out Equipment disposed of in the ordinary course of
business, (c) the sale or liquidation of Cash Equivalents, (d) dispositions
or transfers in the nature of a license or sublicense of intellectual property,
other than licenses that are exclusive across all regions and fields, (e) other
sales, dispositions, leases, conveyances or transfers in the ordinary course
of
business, consistent with past practices, (f) the granting of Liens permitted
by
Section
7.3(b),
(g) the surrender
or waiver of litigation rights or settlement, release or surrender of tort
or
other litigation claims of any kind, and (h) any issuance of Capital Stock
by a
Subsidiary to the Company or to another Subsidiary not prohibited
hereunder.
“Assigning
Lender”
is defined in
Section
14.3.
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“Assignment
Agreement”
means an
assignment and acceptance agreement entered into in connection with an
assignment pursuant to Section
14.3
in substantially
the form of Exhibit C
hereto.
“Assumption
Letter”
means a letter of
a Subsidiary of the Company addressed to the Lenders in substantially the form
of Exhibit
I
hereto pursuant to which such Subsidiary agrees to become a Subsidiary Borrower
and agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions hereof.
“Authorized
Officer”
means any of the
Chairman of the Board, the President, the Treasurer, any Vice President or
the
Chief Financial Officer of the Company, acting singly.
“Availability”
means, at any
particular time, the amount by which (a) the Aggregate Commitment at such time
exceeds (b) the Revolving Credit Obligations outstanding at such
time.
“Benefit
Plan”
means a defined
benefit plan as defined in Section 3(35) of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer
Plan or a Foreign Employee Benefit Plan) and in respect of which the Company
or
any other member of the Controlled Group is, or within the immediately preceding
six (6) years was, an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of
ERISA.
“BNS”
is defined in the
preamble.
“Borrower”
means, as
applicable, any of the Company and the Subsidiary Borrowers, together with
their
respective successors and assigns; and “Borrowers”
shall mean,
collectively, the Company and the Subsidiary Borrowers.
“Borrowing/Conversion/Continuation
Notice”
is defined in
Section
2.8.
“Borrowing
Date”
means a date on
which a Loan is made hereunder.
“Business
Day”
means (a) with
respect to any borrowing, payment or rate selection of Loans bearing interest
at
the Eurocurrency Rate, a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks
are open for business in Chicago, Illinois, New York, New York and San
Francisco, California and (i) in addition, for Loans denominated in Agreed
Currencies (other than Euro), a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which
dealings in Dollars and the other applicable Agreed Currencies are carried
on in
the London interbank market and (ii) in addition, for Loans denominated in
Euro,
a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which dealings in Euro are carried
on
in Brussels, Belgium interbank market and (b) for all other purposes a day
(other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks are open for business in
Chicago, Illinois, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx xxx Xxx Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx.
“Capital
Expenditures”
means, without
duplication, any expenditures for any purchase or other acquisition of any
asset
which would be classified as a fixed or capital asset on a consolidated balance
sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with Agreement
Accounting Principles excluding (a) the cost of assets acquired with
Capitalized Lease Obligations, (b) expenditures of insurance proceeds
to
rebuild or replace any asset after a casualty loss and (c) leasehold
improvement expenditures for which the Company or a Subsidiary is reimbursed
promptly by the lessor.
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“Capital
Stock”
means (a) in the
case of a corporation, corporate stock, (b) in the case of an association or
business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other
equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock, (c) in the case of a
partnership, partnership interests (whether general or limited) and (d) any
other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive
a
share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing
Person; provided
that “Capital
Stock” shall not include any debt securities convertible into equity securities
prior to such conversion.
“Capitalized
Lease”
of a Person means
any lease of property by such Person as lessee which would be capitalized on
a
balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with Agreement Accounting
Principles.
“Capitalized
Lease Obligations”
of a Person means
the amount of the obligations of such Person under Capitalized Leases which
would be capitalized on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance
with Agreement Accounting Principles.
“Cash
Equivalents”
means
(a) marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed
by
the government of the United States and backed by the full faith and credit
of
the United States government; (b) domestic and Eurocurrency certificates
of
deposit and time deposits, bankers’ acceptances and floating rate certificates
of deposit issued by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United
States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, any foreign bank, or its
branches or agencies, the long-term indebtedness of which institution at the
time of acquisition is rated A- (or better) by Standard & Poor’s Ratings
Group or A3 (or better) by Xxxxx’x Investors Services, Inc., and which
certificates of deposit and time deposits are fully protected against currency
fluctuations for any such deposits with a term of more than ninety (90) days;
(c) shares of money market, mutual or similar funds having assets in excess
of
$100,000,000 and the investments of which are limited to (i) investment grade
securities (i.e., securities rated at least Baa by Xxxxx’x Investors Service,
Inc. or at least BBB by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group) and (ii) commercial
paper of United States and foreign banks and bank holding companies and their
subsidiaries and United States and foreign finance, commercial industrial or
utility companies which, at the time of acquisition, are rated A-1 (or better)
by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group or P-1 (or better) by Xxxxx’x Investors
Services, Inc. (all such institutions being, “Qualified
Institutions”);
(d) commercial
paper of Qualified Institutions; provided
that the
maturities of such Cash Equivalents shall not exceed three hundred sixty-five
(365) days from the date of acquisition thereof and (e) other Investments
properly classified as “cash” or “cash equivalents” in accordance with Agreement
Accounting Principles and made in accordance with the Company’s investment
policy, as approved by the Company’s Board of Directors from time to
time.
“Change”
is defined in
Section
4.2.
“Change
of
Control”
means an event or
series of events by which:
(a) any
“person”
or
“group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act
of 1934), becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5
under the Exchange Act of 1934, provided
that a person
shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all securities that such
person has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately
or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of thirty-five
percent (35%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s outstanding
Capital Stock ordinarily having the right to vote at an election of directors;
or
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(b) during
any period
of 12 consecutive months, the majority of the board of directors of the Company
fails to consist of Continuing Directors.
“Closing
Date”
means the date
upon which the conditions precedent set forth in Article
V
have been satisfied and the initial Loans hereunder made, which date shall
be no
later than August 31, 2005.
“Code”
means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, reformed or otherwise modified from
time to time.
“Co-Documentation
Agents”
is defined in the
preamble
and includes such
Persons’ successors and assigns.
“Commission”
means the
Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States of America and any
Person succeeding to the functions thereof.
“Commitment”
means, for each
Lender, the obligation of such Lender to make Revolving Loans not exceeding
the
amount set forth on Annex
I
to this Agreement opposite its name thereon under the heading “Commitment” (as
such Annex
I
may be revised from time to time pursuant to Section
2.2)
or the signature
page of the assignment and acceptance by which it became a Lender as such amount
may be modified from time to time pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or
to
give effect to any applicable assignment and acceptance.
“Commitment
Termination Date”
means July 28,
2010.
“Company”
is defined in the
preamble
and includes such
Person’s successors and assigns, including a debtor-in-possession on behalf of
such Person.
“Consolidated
Net
Assets”
means the total
assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis (determined
in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles), but excluding therefrom
all
goodwill and other intangible assets under Agreement Accounting
Principles.
“Contaminant”
means any waste,
pollutant, hazardous substance, toxic substance, hazardous waste, special waste,
petroleum or petroleum-derived substance or waste, asbestos, polychlorinated
biphenyls (“PCBs”),
or any
constituent of any such substance or waste, and includes but is not limited
to
these terms as defined in Environmental, Health or Safety Requirements of
Law.
“Contingent
Obligation”,
as applied to
any Person, means any Contractual Obligation, contingent or otherwise, of
that
Person with respect to any Indebtedness of another or other obligation or
liability of another, including, without limitation, any such Indebtedness,
obligation or liability of another directly or indirectly guaranteed, endorsed
(otherwise than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business),
co-made or discounted or sold with recourse by that Person, or in respect
of
which that Person is otherwise directly or indirectly liable, including
Contractual Obligations (contingent or otherwise) arising through any agreement
to purchase, repurchase, or otherwise acquire such Indebtedness, obligation
or
liability or any security therefor, or to provide funds for the payment or
discharge thereof (whether in the form of loans, advances, stock purchases,
capital contributions or otherwise), or to maintain solvency, assets, level
of
income, or other financial condition, or to make payment other than for value
received. The amount of any Contingent Obligation shall be equal to the portion
of the obligation so guaranteed or otherwise supported, in the case of known
recurring obligations, and the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in
respect of the portion of the obligation so guaranteed or otherwise supported
assuming such Person is required to perform thereunder, in all other
cases.
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“Continuing
Director”
means, with
respect to any Person as of any date of determination, any member of the board
of directors of such Person who (a) was a member of such board of directors
on
the date hereof or (b) was nominated for election or elected to such board
of
directors with the approval of the Continuing Directors who were members of
such
board at the time of such nomination or election.
“Contractual
Obligation”,
as applied to
any Person, means any provision of any equity or debt securities issued by
that
Person or any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, security agreement, pledge
agreement, guaranty, contract, undertaking, agreement or instrument, in any
case
in writing, to which that Person is a party or by which it or any of its
properties is bound, or to which it or any of its properties is
subject.
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“Controlled
Group”
means the group
consisting of (a) any corporation which is a member of the same controlled
group of corporations (within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the
Code) as
the Company; (b) a partnership or other trade or business (whether
or not
incorporated) which is under common control (within the meaning of Section
414(c) of the Code) with the Company; and (c) a member of the same
affiliated service group (within the meaning of Section 414(m) of the Code)
as
the Company, in each case ((a), (b) or (c)) giving effect to the consummation
of
the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents.
“Convertible
Indebtedness”
means
Indebtedness convertible into Capital Stock of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries at the option of the holder thereof.
“Co-Syndication
Agents”
is defined in the
preamble
and includes such
Persons’ successors and assigns.
“Default”
means an event
described in Article
VIII.
“Disqualified
Stock”
means any class
or series of Capital Stock of any Person that by its terms or otherwise: (a)
is
required to be redeemed prior to the date which is six months after the Facility
Termination Date, (b) is redeemable at the option of the holder of such class
or
series of Capital Stock at any time prior to the date which is six months after
the Facility Termination Date; or (c) is convertible into or exchangeable or
exchangeable for Capital Stock referred to in clause (a) or (b) or
Indebtedness having a scheduled maturity prior to the date which is six months
after the Facility Termination Date.
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“DOL”
means the United
States Department of Labor and any Person succeeding to the functions
thereof.
“Dollar”
and “$”
means dollars in
the lawful currency of the United States of America.
“Dollar
Amount”
of any currency
at any date shall mean (a) the amount of such currency, if such currency
is
Dollars or (b) the Equivalent Amount, if such currency is any currency
other than Dollars.
“Domestic
Subsidiary”
means a
Subsidiary of the Company organized under the laws of a jurisdiction located
in
the United States of America.
“EBITDA”
means, for any
period, on a consolidated basis for the Company and its Subsidiaries, the sum
of
the amounts for such period, without duplication, of (a) Net Income,
plus
(b) Interest
Expense to the extent deducted in computing Net Income, plus
(c) charges
against income for foreign, federal, state and local taxes to the extent
deducted in computing Net Income, plus
(d) depreciation
expense to the extent deducted in computing Net Income, plus
(e) amortization expense, including, without limitation, amortization
of
goodwill and other intangible assets to the extent deducted in computing Net
Income, plus
(f) other
non-recurring non-cash charges to the extent deducted in computing Net Income,
plus
(g) non-cash
expenses in connection with stock options granted to employees or directors,
minus
(h) other
non-recurring cash or non-cash credits to the extent added in computing Net
Income.
“Eligible
Currency”
means any
currency other than Dollars with respect to which the Administrative Agent
or
the applicable Borrower has given notice in accordance with Section
2.22
and that is
readily available, freely traded, in which deposits are customarily offered
to
banks in the London interbank market (or other market where the Administrative
Agent’s or Alternate Currency Lender’s, as applicable, foreign currency
operations in respect of such currency are then being conducted), convertible
into Dollars in the international interbank market available to the Lenders
in
such market and as to which an Equivalent Amount may be readily calculated.
If,
after the designation pursuant to the terms of this Agreement of any currency
as
an Agreed Currency or Alternate Currency, (a) currency control or other exchange
regulations are imposed in the country in which such currency is issued with
the
result that different types of such currency are introduced, or such country’s
currency is, in the determination of the Administrative Agent, no longer readily
available or freely traded or (b) in the determination of the Administrative
Agent, an Equivalent Amount for such currency is not readily calculable (each
of
clause (a) and (b), a “Disqualifying
Event”),
then the
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders and the Company, and
such
country’s currency shall no longer be an Agreed Currency or Alternate Currency
until such time as the Disqualifying Event(s) no longer exist, but in any event
within five (5) Business Days of receipt of such notice from the Administrative
Agent, the applicable Borrowers shall repay all Loans in such currency to which
the Disqualifying Event applies or convert such Loan into Loans in Dollars
or
another Agreed Currency or Alternate Currency, subject to the other terms
contained in Articles
II
and IV.
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“EMU
Legislation”
means the
legislative measures of the European Council for the introduction of, changeover
to or operation of a single or unified European currency.
“Environmental,
Health or Safety Requirements of Law”
means all
Requirements of Law derived from or relating to foreign, federal, state and
local laws or regulations relating to or addressing pollution or protection
of
the environment, or protection of worker health or safety, including, but not
limited to, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Act, 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq.,
the Occupational
Safety and Health Act of 1970, 29 U.S.C. § 651 et seq.,
and the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.,
in each case
including any amendments thereto, any successor statutes, and any regulations
or
guidance promulgated thereunder, and any state or local equivalent
thereof.
“Environmental
Lien”
means a lien in
favor of any Governmental Authority for (a) any liability under Environmental,
Health or Safety Requirements of Law, or (b) damages arising from, or costs
incurred by such Governmental Authority in response to, a Release or threatened
Release of a Contaminant into the environment.
“Equipment”
means all of the
Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ present and future (a) equipment,
including, without limitation, machinery, manufacturing, distribution, selling,
data processing and office equipment, assembly systems, tools, molds, dies,
fixtures, appliances, furniture, furnishings, vehicles, vessels, aircraft,
aircraft engines, and trade fixtures, (b) other tangible personal property
(other than the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ Inventory), and (c) any and
all accessions, parts and appurtenances attached to any of the foregoing or
used
in connection therewith, and any substitutions therefor and replacements,
products and proceeds thereof.
“Equity
Interests”
means Capital
Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but
excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for,
Capital Stock).
“Equivalent
Amount”
of any currency
with respect to any amount of Dollars at any date shall mean the equivalent
in
such currency of such amount of Dollars, calculated on the basis of the
arithmetic mean of the buy and sell spot rates of exchange of the Administrative
Agent or Alternate Currency Lender, as applicable, in the London interbank
market (or other market where the Administrative Agent’s or Alternate Currency
Lender’s, as applicable, foreign exchange operations in respect of such currency
are then being conducted) for such other currency at 11:00 a.m. (local time)
two
(2) Business Days prior to the date on which such amount is to be determined,
rounded up to the nearest amount of such currency as determined by the
Administrative Agent or applicable Alternate Currency Lender from time to time;
provided
that if at the
time of any such determination, for any reason, no such spot rate is being
quoted, the Administrative Agent or Alternate Currency Lender, as applicable,
may use any reasonable method it deems appropriate to determine such amount,
and
such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
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“ERISA”
means the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time
including (unless the context otherwise requires) any rules or regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“Euro”
means the lawful
currency of the Participating Member States introduced in accordance with the
EMU Legislation.
“Eurocurrency
Base Rate”
means, with
respect to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan for any specified Interest Period one of
the
following:
(a) “LIBOR”
means, in
relation to any Eurocurrency Rate Loan, denominated in any Agreed Currency
other
than Euro;
(i) the
applicable
Screen Rate, or
(ii) (if
no Screen Rate
is available for the currency or Interest Period of that Loan) the rate as
determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate offered by it to leading
banks in the Relevant Interbank Market,
in
each case as of
11:00a.m., London time, on the Quotation Day for the offering of deposits in
the
currency of that Loan and for a period comparable to the Interest Period for
that Loan;
(b) “EURIBOR”
means, in
relation to any Eurocurrency Rate Loan in Euro,
(i) the
applicable
Screen Rate, or
(ii) (if
no Screen Rate
is available for the Interest Period of that Loan) the arithmetic mean of the
rates (rounded upwards to four decimal places) as supplied to the Administrative
Agent at its request quoted by the Reference Banks to leading banks in the
Relevant Interbank Market,
in
each case as of 11:00a.m., Brussels time, in the Quotation Day for the offering
of deposits in Euro for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in
Same Day Funds for a period comparable to the Interest Period of the relevant
Loan; and
(c) “XXXXXX”
means, in
relation to any Eurocurrency Rate Loan in Swedish Krona,
(i) the
applicable
Screen Rate, or
(ii) (if
no Screen Rate
is available for the Interest Period of that Loan) the arithmetic mean of the
rates (rounded upwards to four decimal places) as supplied to the Administrative
Agent at its request quoted by the Reference Banks to leading banks in the
Relevant Interbank Market,
in
each case as of 11:00a.m., Stockholm time, in the Quotation Day for the offering
of deposits in Swedish Krona for delivery on the first day of such Interest
Period in Same Day Funds for a period comparable to the Interest Period of
the
relevant Loan.
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“Eurocurrency
Payment Office”
of the
Administrative Agent shall mean, for each of the Agreed Currencies, any agency,
branch or Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, specified as the “Eurocurrency
Payment Office” for such Agreed Currencies in Annex
II
hereto or such other agency, branch, Affiliate or correspondence bank of the
Administrative Agent, as it may from time to time specify to the applicable
Borrowers and each Lender as its Eurocurrency Payment Office.
“Eurocurrency
Rate”
means, with
respect to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan for the relevant Interest Period, the sum
of
(a) the quotient of (i) the Eurocurrency Base Rate applicable
to such
Interest Period divided by (ii) one minus
the Reserve
Requirement; plus
(b) the then
Applicable Fixed Rate Margin, changing as and when the Applicable Fixed Rate
Margin changes.
“Eurocurrency
Rate Loan”
means a Loan made
by a Lender pursuant to Section
2.1,
which bears
interest at the Eurocurrency Rate.
“Existing
Credit
Agreement”
means that
certain Credit Agreement, dated as of June 25, 2003, as modified and
in
effective immediately prior to the date hereof, among the Company, BNS, Bank
of
America, N.A. (f/k/a Fleet National Bank) and General Electric Capital
Corporation, as Co-Syndication Agents, Union Bank of California, N.A. and Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, N.A., as Co-Documentation Agents, and the Lenders party
thereto.
“Facility
Termination Date”
is defined in
Section
2.19.
“Federal
Funds
Effective Rate”
means, for any
day, an interest 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 for such day (or,
if
such day is not a Business Day, for the immediately preceding Business Day)
by
the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published
for
any day which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations at approximately
11:00 a.m. (New York time) on such day on such transactions received by the
Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing
selected by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.
“Fee
Letter”
means that
certain fee letter, dated as of July 7, 2005, by and between the Company and
BNS.
“Fixed
Charge
Coverage Ratio”
means, as of any
date of determination, the ratio of (a) EBITDA to (b) Fixed Charges,
in
each case for the period of four fiscal quarters ending on such
date.
“Fixed
Charges”
means, with
respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, as of
any
date of determination, (a) interest expenses paid on outstanding Indebtedness
for the period of four fiscal quarters ending on the date of determination,
plus
(b) scheduled
principal payments on Indebtedness made during such period, plus
(c) dividends paid
on stock of the Company and other Restricted Payments made by the Company during
such period, plus
(d) Capital
Expenditures made during such period.
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“Fixed-Rate
Advance”
means an Advance
which bears interest at the Eurocurrency Rate or at a fixed Alternate Currency
Rate.
“Fixed-Rate
Loans”
means,
collectively, the Eurocurrency Rate Loans and Alternate Currency Fixed Rate
Loans.
“Floating
Rate”
means, for any
day for any Loan, a rate per annum equal to (a) in the case of Loans in Agreed
Currencies, the Alternate Base Rate for such day, changing when and as the
Alternate Base Rate changes, plus
the then
Applicable Floating Rate Margin, and (b) in the case of Alternate Currency
Floating Rate Loans, the rate specified as such in the applicable Alternate
Currency Addendum.
“Floating
Rate
Advance”
means an Advance
which bears interest at the Floating Rate.
“Floating
Rate
Loan”
means a Loan, or
portion thereof, which bears interest at the Floating Rate.
“Foreign
Employee
Benefit Plan”
means any
employee benefit plan as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA which is
maintained or contributed to for the benefit of the employees of the Company,
any of its Subsidiaries or any members of its Controlled Group and is not
covered by ERISA pursuant to ERISA Section 4(b)(4).
“Foreign
Pension
Plan”
means any
employee benefit plan as described in Section 3(3) of ERISA which (a) is
maintained or contributed to for the benefit of employees of the Company, any
of
its Subsidiaries or any member of its Controlled Group, (b) is not covered
by
ERISA pursuant to Section 4(b)(4) of ERISA, and (c) under applicable
local
law, is required to be funded through a trust or other funding
vehicle.
“Foreign
Subsidiary”
means a
Subsidiary of the Company which is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
“Governmental
Acts”
is defined in
Section
3.10(a).
“Governmental
Authority”
means any nation
or government, any federal, state, local or other political subdivision thereof
and any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or
administrative authority or functions of or pertaining to government, including
any authority or other quasi-governmental entity established to perform any
of
such functions.
“Guaranteed
Obligations”
is defined in
Section
10.1.
“Guarantor”
means each
Domestic Subsidiary of the Company that from time to time is party to a
Guaranty.
“Guaranty”
means each of (a)
that certain Guaranty (and any and all supplements thereto) executed from time
to time by each Subsidiary Borrower that is a Domestic Subsidiary and each
other
Domestic Subsidiary of the Company as required pursuant to Section
7.2(k)
in favor of the
Administrative Agent for the benefit of itself and the Holders of Obligations,
in substantially the form of Exhibit
F
attached hereto, and (b) the guaranty by the Company of all of the Obligations
of the Subsidiary Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement and the Alternate
Currency Addenda, in each case as amended, supplemented, amended and restated
or
otherwise modified from time to time.
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“Hedging
Agreements”
is defined in
Section
7.3(k).
“Hedging
Obligations”
of a Person means
any and all obligations of such Person, whether absolute or contingent and
howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including
all
renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor),
under any and all agreements, devices or arrangements designed to protect at
least one of the parties thereto from the fluctuations of interest rates,
commodity prices, exchange rates or forward rates applicable to such party’s
assets, liabilities or exchange transactions, including, but not limited to,
dollar-denominated or cross-currency interest rate exchange agreements, forward
currency exchange agreements, interest rate cap or collar protection agreements,
forward rate currency or interest rate options, puts and warrants.
“Holders
of
Obligations”
means the holders
of the Obligations from time to time and shall include (a) each Lender in
respect of its Loans, (b) each Issuing Bank in respect of Reimbursement
Obligations owed to it, (c) the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the
Issuing Banks in respect of all other present and future obligations and
liabilities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of every type and
description arising under or in connection with this Agreement or any other
Loan
Document, (d) each Indemnitee in respect of the obligations and liabilities
of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to such Person hereunder or under the
other Loan Documents, and (e) their respective successors, transferees and
assigns.
“Incremental
Facility”
is defined in
Section
2.2.
“Indebtedness”
of a Person
means, without duplication, such Person’s (a) obligations for borrowed money,
(b) obligations representing the deferred purchase price of property or services
(other than accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of such person’s
business payable on customary terms and earn-out payments arising in connection
with Permitted Acquisitions), (c) obligations, whether or not assumed,
secured by Liens on property now or hereafter owned or acquired by such Person,
(d) obligations which are evidenced by notes, bonds, or other similar
instruments, (e) Capitalized Lease Obligations, (f) net liability in connection
with Hedging Obligations, (g) actual and contingent reimbursement
obligations in respect of letters of credit, (h) the implied debt component
of synthetic leases of which such Person is lessee or any other off-balance
sheet financing arrangements (including, without limitation, any such
arrangements giving rise to any Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities) and (i)
Contingent Obligations of such Person in respect of items of the type set forth
in clauses
(a)
through
(h);
provided
that the term
“Indebtedness” shall not include any (a) accrued or deferred interest or other
expenses, unless capitalized in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles
or (b) lease properly classified as an operating lease in accordance
with
Agreement Accounting Principles. The amount of any item of Indebtedness, except
for any item of Indebtedness described in clause (h),
shall be the
amount of any liability in respect thereof appearing on a balance sheet properly
prepared in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles, except that the
amount of any item of Indebtedness described in clause (i)
shall be
determined in accordance with the definition of Contingent Obligations and
the
amount of any item of Indebtedness described in clause (h)
above shall be the
“principal-equivalent” amount of such obligation.
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“Insignificant
Subsidiary”
means a Foreign
Subsidiary having assets with a book value of $10,000,000 or less.
“Interest
Expense”
means, for any
period, the total interest expense of the Company and its consolidated
Subsidiaries, whether paid or accrued (including the interest component of
Capitalized Leases, commitment fees and fees for stand-by letters of credit),
all as determined in conformity with Agreement Accounting
Principles.
“Interest
Period”
means (a) with
respect to Alternate Currency Loans, any Alternate Currency Interest Period
and
(b) with respect to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan, a period of one (1), two (2),
three (3) or six (6) months or, with the consent of all of the Lenders, nine
(9)
months, commencing on a Business Day selected by the applicable Borrower on
which a Eurocurrency Rate Loan is made to such Borrower pursuant to this
Agreement. Such Interest Period described in clause (b) above shall
end on
(but exclude) the day which corresponds numerically to such date one, two,
three, six or nine months thereafter; provided
that if there is
no such numerically corresponding day in such next, second, third, sixth or
(if
available to all Lenders) ninth succeeding month, such Interest Period shall
end
on the last Business Day of such next, second, third, sixth or (if available
to
all Lenders) ninth succeeding month. If an Interest Period would otherwise
end
on a day which is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall end on the
next
succeeding Business Day, provided
that if said next
succeeding Business Day falls in a new calendar month, such Interest Period
shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day.
“Inventory”
shall mean any
and all goods, including, without limitation, goods in transit, wheresoever
located, whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, which are held for sale, rental or lease, furnished under any
contract of service or held as raw materials, work in process or supplies,
and
all materials used or consumed in the business of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, and shall include all right, title and interest of the Company
or
any of its Subsidiaries in any property the sale or other disposition of which
has given rise to Receivables and which has been returned to or repossessed
or
stopped in transit by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Investment”
means, with
respect to any Person, (a) any purchase or other acquisition by that
Person
of any Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities, or of a beneficial
interest in any Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities, issued
by
any other Person, (b) any purchase by that Person of all or substantially
all of the assets of a business (whether of a division, branch, unit operation,
or otherwise) conducted by another Person, and (c) any loan, advance
(other
than deposits with financial institutions available for withdrawal on demand,
prepaid expenses, accounts receivable, advances to employees and similar items
made or incurred in the ordinary course of business) or capital contribution
by
that Person to any other Person, including all Indebtedness to such Person
arising from a sale of property by such Person other than in the ordinary course
of its business.
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“IRS”
means the
Internal Revenue Service and any Person succeeding to the functions
thereof.
“Issuing
Banks”
means BNS or any
of its Affiliates in its separate capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit
pursuant to Sections
3.1
and 3.2.
“L/C
Documents”
is defined in
Section
3.4.
“L/C
Draft”
means a draft
drawn on an Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit.
“L/C
Interest”
shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.6.
“L/C
Obligations”
means, without
duplication, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate amount then
available for drawing under each of the Letters of Credit, (b) the face amount
of all outstanding L/C Drafts corresponding to the Letters of Credit, which
L/C
Drafts have been accepted by the applicable Issuing Bank, (c) the aggregate
outstanding amount of all Reimbursement Obligations at such time and (d) the
aggregate amount equal to the face amount of all Letters of Credit requested
by
the Borrowers but not yet issued (unless the request for an unissued Letter
of
Credit has been denied).
“Lenders”
means the lending
institutions listed on the signature pages of this Agreement, and their
successors and assigns.
“Lending
Installation”
means, with
respect to a Lender or the Administrative Agent, any office, branch, subsidiary
or Affiliate of such Lender or the Administrative Agent.
“Letter
of
Credit”
means standby
letters of credit to be (a) issued by the Issuing Banks pursuant to Section
3.1
or (b) deemed
issued by the Issuing Banks pursuant to Section
3.2.
“Leverage
Ratio”
means, as of any
date of determination, the ratio of (a) Total Indebtedness on such date of
determination to (b) EBITDA for the most recently ended period of four fiscal
quarters (including any fiscal quarters ending on the date of
determination).
“Lien”
means any lien
(statutory or other), mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance or security
agreement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including, without limitation,
the
interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale, Capitalized Lease
or
other title retention agreement); provided
that in no event
shall the lessor’s interest under any real property lease or any lease properly
classified as an operating lease in accordance with Agreement Accounting
Principles be a “Lien” for purposes of this definition.
“Loan(s)”
means, (a) in the
case of any Lender, such Lender’s portion of any Advance made pursuant to
Section
2.1,
in the case of
any Alternate Currency Lender, any Alternate Currency Loan made by it pursuant
to Section
2.22
and the applicable
Alternate Currency Addendum, and in the case of the Swing Line Bank, any Swing
Line Loan made by it pursuant to Section
2.3,
and (b)
collectively, all Revolving Loans, Alternate Currency Loans and Swing Line
Loans.
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“Loan
Account”
is defined in
Section
2.13(a).
“Loan
Documents”
means this
Agreement, each Alternate Currency Addendum executed hereunder, each Assumption
Letter executed hereunder, the Guaranty, the Subordination Agreement, the Fee
Letter and all other documents, instruments, notes and agreements executed
in
connection therewith or contemplated thereby, as the same may be amended,
restated or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time.
“Loan
Parties”
means each of the
Company, each Subsidiary Borrower and each of the Guarantors.
“Mandatory
Cost”
means, with
respect to any period, the percentage rate per annum determined in accordance
with Schedule
1.1.1.
“Margin
Stock”
shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in Regulation U.
“Material
Adverse
Effect”
means a material
adverse effect upon (a) the financial
condition, operations, assets, business or properties of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
(b) the ability
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to perform their respective
obligations under the Loan Documents, or (c) the ability of the Lenders or
the
Administrative Agent to enforce the Obligations.
“Multiemployer
Plan”
means a
“Multiemployer Plan” as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA which is, or
within the immediately preceding six (6) years was, or was required to be,
contributed to by either the Company or any member of the Controlled
Group.
“Net
Income”
means, for any
period, the net income (or loss) after taxes of the Company and its Subsidiaries
on a consolidated basis for such period taken as a single accounting period
determined in conformity with Agreement Accounting Principles.
“Non-Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary”
means each
Subsidiary that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary.
“Notice
of
Assignment”
is defined in
Section
14.3(b).
“Obligations”
means all Loans,
L/C Obligations, advances, debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties
owing by the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries to the Administrative Agent,
any Lender, the Swing Line Bank, any Arranger, any Affiliate of the
Administrative Agent or any Lender, any Issuing Bank or any Indemnitee, of
any
kind or nature, present or future, arising under this Agreement, the L/C
Documents, any Alternate Currency Addendum or any other Loan Document, whether
or not evidenced by any note, guaranty or other instrument, whether or not
for
the payment of money, whether arising by reason of an extension of credit,
loan,
guaranty, indemnification, or in any other manner, whether direct or indirect
(including those acquired by assignment), absolute or contingent, due or to
become due, now existing or hereafter arising and however acquired. The term
includes, without limitation, all interest, charges, expenses, fees, reasonable
attorneys’ fees and disbursements, reasonable paralegals’ fees (in each case
whether or not allowed), and any other sum chargeable to the Company or any
of
its Subsidiaries under this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
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“Obligor”
is defined in
Section
10.1.
“Off-Balance
Sheet Liabilities”
of a Person means
(i) any repurchase obligation or liability of such Person or any of its
Subsidiaries with respect to Receivables sold by such Person or any of its
Subsidiaries, (ii) any liability of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries
under
any sale and leaseback transactions which do not create a liability on the
consolidated balance sheet of such Person, (iii) any liability of such Person
or
any of its Subsidiaries under any financing lease or so-called “synthetic” lease
transaction, or (iv) any obligations of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries
arising with respect to any other transaction which is the functional equivalent
of or takes the place of borrowing but which does not constitute a liability
on
the consolidated balance sheets of such Person and its
Subsidiaries.
“Other
Taxes”
is defined in
Section
2.15(e)(ii).
“Participants”
is defined in
Section
14.2(a).
“Participating
Member State”
means each state
so described in any EMU Legislation.
“Payment
Date”
means the last
day of each fiscal quarter of the Company, the date on which the Aggregate
Commitment shall terminate or be cancelled, and the Facility Termination
Date.
“PBGC”
means the Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any successor thereto.
“Permitted
Acquisition”
is defined in
Section 7.3(e).
“Permitted
Existing Contingent Obligations”
means the
Contingent Obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries identified as such
on
Schedule
1.1.2
to this
Agreement.
“Permitted
Existing Indebtedness”
means the
Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries identified as such on
Schedule
1.1.3
to this
Agreement.
“Permitted
Existing Investments”
means the
Investments of the Company and its Subsidiaries identified as such on
Schedule
1.1.4
to this
Agreement.
“Permitted
Existing Liens”
means the Liens
on assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries identified as such on Schedule
1.1.5
to this
Agreement.
“Permitted
Liens”
means:
(a) Liens
(other than
Environmental Liens and Liens in favor of the IRS or the PBGC) with respect
to
the payment of taxes, assessments or governmental charges in all cases which
are
not yet due or (so long as foreclosure, distraint, sale or other similar
proceedings shall not have been commenced or any such proceeding after being
commenced is stayed) which are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings properly instituted and diligently conducted and with respect to
which adequate reserves or other appropriate provisions are being maintained
in
accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles;
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(b) Statutory
Liens of
landlords and Liens of suppliers, mechanics, carriers, materialmen,
warehousemen, service providers or workmen and other similar Liens imposed
by
law created in the ordinary course of business for amounts not more than sixty
(60) days past due or which thereafter can be paid without penalty or which
are
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings properly instituted
and
diligently conducted and with respect to which adequate reserves or other
appropriate provisions are being maintained in accordance with Agreement
Accounting Principles;
(c) Liens
arising with
respect to zoning restrictions, easements, encroachments, Environmental Liens,
licenses, reservations, covenants, rights-of-way, utility easements, building
restrictions and other similar charges, restrictions or encumbrances on the
use
of real property which do not materially interfere with the ordinary use or
occupancy of the real property subject thereto or with the ordinary conduct
of
the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(d) Liens
arising in
the ordinary course of business out of pledges or deposits under worker’s
compensation laws, unemployment insurance, old age pensions, or other social
security or retirement benefits, or similar legislation;
(e) Liens
arising from
or upon any judgment or award; provided
that (i) no
Default under Section
8.1(g)
has occurred or is
continuing at the time of incurrence thereof and (ii) such judgment or award
is
being contested in good faith by proper appeal proceedings and only so long
as
execution thereon shall be stayed;
(f) Deposits
to secure
the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for Indebtedness for
borrowed money), leases, statutory obligations, surety bonds, performance bonds
and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of the
Company’s or any Subsidiary’s business;
(g) Leases
or subleases
and licenses and sublicenses granted to others in the ordinary course of the
Company’s business not interfering in any material respect with the business of
the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, and any interest or title
of
a lessor, licensor or under any lease or license; and
(h) Liens
in favor of
customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment
of
customs duties in connection with the importation of goods.
“Person”
means any
individual, corporation, firm, enterprise, partnership, trust, incorporated
or
unincorporated association, joint venture, joint stock company, limited
liability company or other entity of any kind, or any government or political
subdivision or any agency, department or instrumentality thereof.
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“Plan”
means an employee
benefit plan defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, other than a Multiemployer Plan,
in respect of which the Company or any member of the Controlled Group is, or
within the immediately preceding six (6) years was, an “employer” as defined in
Section 3(5) of ERISA.
“Prime
Rate”
means the “prime
rate” of interest announced by BNS from time to time at its New York office,
changing when and as said prime rate changes.
“Pro
Rata
Share”
means, with
respect to any Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing (a) such Lender’s
Commitment at such time (as adjusted from time to time in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement) by (b) the Aggregate Commitment at such
time
(as adjusted from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement); provided
that if all of the
Commitments are terminated pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, then “Pro
Rata Share” means, with respect to any Lender, the percentage obtained by
dividing (i) the sum of (A) such Lender’s Revolving Loans,
plus
(B) such
Lender’s share of the obligations to purchase participations in Letters of
Credit and Alternate Currency Loans, plus
(C) such
Lender’s share of the obligations to refund or purchase participations in Swing
Line Loans, by (ii) the sum of (A) the aggregate outstanding amount
of all
Revolving Loans, plus
(B) the
aggregate outstanding amount of all Letters of Credit and all Alternate Currency
Loans, plus
(C) the
aggregate outstanding amount of all Swing Line Loans; provided further
that for purposes
of determining a Lender's Pro Rata Share of a Revolving Loan at any time while
any Lender has outstanding an Alternate Currency Commitment, the foregoing
clause (a) shall be reduced by such Lender’s Alternate Currency Commitment, if
any, and the foregoing clause (b) shall be reduced by the aggregate Alternate
Currency Commitments of all Lenders.
“Purchasers”
is defined in
Section
14.3(a).
“Quotation
Day”
means, in
relation to any period for which an interest rate is to be
determined
(a) if
the currency is
Euro, second TARGET Day that is also a Business Day in London before the first
day of the that period; or
(b) for
any other
currency, two business Days before the first day of that period,
unless
market
practice differs in the Relevant Interbank Market for a currency, in which
case
the Quotation Day for that currency will be determined by the Administrative
Agent in accordance with market practice in the Relevant Interbank Market (and
if quotations would normally be given by leading banks in the Relevant Interbank
Market on more than one day, the Quotation Day will be the last of those
days).
“Rate
Option”
means the
Eurocurrency Rate, the Floating Rate or the Alternate Currency Rate, as
applicable.
“Receivable(s)”
means and
includes all of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ presently existing and
hereafter arising or acquired accounts, accounts receivable, notes receivable,
and all present and future rights of the Company or its Subsidiaries, as
applicable, to payment for goods sold or leased or for services rendered (except
those evidenced by instruments or chattel paper), whether or not they have
been
earned by performance, and all rights in any merchandise or goods which any
of
the same may represent, and all rights, title, security and guaranties with
respect to each of the foregoing, including, without limitation, any right
of
stoppage in transit.
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“Reference
Banks”
means the
principal office in London of BNS or such other banks as may be appointed by
the
Administrative Agent in consultation with the Company.
“Register”
is defined in
Section
14.3(c).
“Regulation
T”
means Regulation T of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
as
from time to time in effect and any successor or other regulation or official
interpretation of said Board of Governors relating to the extension of credit
by
and to brokers and dealers of securities for the purpose of purchasing or
carrying margin stock (as defined therein).
“Regulation
U”
means Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
as
from time to time in effect and any successor or other regulation or official
interpretation of said Board of Governors relating to the extension of credit
by
banks, non-banks and non-broker lenders for the purpose of purchasing or
carrying Margin Stock applicable to member banks of the Federal Reserve
System.
“Regulation
X”
means Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
as
from time to time in effect and any successor or other regulation or official
interpretation of said Board of Governors relating to the extension of credit
by
foreign lenders for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock (as
defined therein).
“Reimbursement
Obligation”
is defined in
Section
3.7.
“Release”
means any
release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, injection, deposit, disposal,
discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration into the indoor or outdoor
environment, including the movement of Contaminants through or in the air,
soil,
surface water or groundwater.
“Relevant
Interbank Market”
means (a) in
relation to Euro, the European interbank market, (b) in relation to
Swedish
Krona, the Stockholm interbank market and (c) in relation to any other
Agreed Currency, the London interbank market.
“Repatriated
Funds”
means amounts
paid by Foreign Subsidiaries to the Company or any Domestic Subsidiary in
respect of the repayment of intercompany loans, dividends and return of
capital.
“Replacement
Lender”
is defined in
Section
2.20.
“Reportable
Event”
means a
reportable event as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations issued
under such section, with respect to a Benefit Plan, excluding, however, such
events as to which the PBGC by regulation or otherwise waived the requirement
of
Section 4043(a) of ERISA that it be notified within thirty (30) days after
such
event occurs, provided
that a failure to
meet the minimum funding standards of Section 412 of the Code and of Section
302
of ERISA shall be a Reportable Event regardless of the issuance of any such
waiver of the notice requirement in accordance with either Section 4043(a)
of
ERISA or Section 412(d) of the Code.
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“Required
Lenders”
means Lenders
hereunder whose Pro Rata Shares, in the aggregate, are more than fifty percent
(50%).
“Requirements
of
Law”
means, as to any
Person, the charter and by-laws or other organizational or governing documents
of such Person, and any law, rule or regulation, or determination of an
arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable
to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person
or
any of its property is subject including, without limitation, the Securities
Act
of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Regulations T, U and X,
ERISA, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining
Notification Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and any
certificate of occupancy, zoning ordinance, building, environmental or land
use
requirement or permit or environmental, labor, employment, occupational safety
or health law, rule or regulation.
“Reserve
Requirement”
shall mean, at
any time, the maximum reserve requirement, as the prescribed by the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor) with respect to
“Eurocurrency liabilities” or in respect of any other category of liabilities
which includes deposits by reference to which the interest rate on Eurocurrency
Rate Loans is determined or category of extensions of credit or other assets
which includes loans by a non-United States office of any Lender to United
States residents.
“Restricted
Payment”
means (a) any
dividend or other distribution, direct or indirect, on account of any Equity
Interests of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries now or hereafter
outstanding, except a dividend payable solely in the Company’s or such
Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests other than Disqualified Stock or in options,
warrants or other rights to purchase such Equity Interests, (b) any
redemption, retirement, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or
indirect, of any Equity Interests of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
now
or hereafter outstanding, other than in exchange for Equity Interests other
than
Disqualified Stock of the Company, and (c) any redemption, purchase, retirement,
defeasance, prepayment or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect,
of
any Subordinated Indebtedness.
“Revolving
Credit
Obligations”
means, at any
particular time, the sum of (a) the outstanding Revolving Loans at such
time plus
(b) the
outstanding L/C Obligations at such time, plus
(c) the
outstanding principal amount of all Swing Line Loans at such time plus
(d) the
outstanding Alternate Currency Loans at such time.
“Revolving
Loan”
and “Revolving
Loans”
are defined in
Section
2.1.
“Sale
and
Leaseback Transaction”
shall mean any
lease, whether an operating lease or a Capitalized Lease, of any property
(whether real or personal or mixed), (a) which the Company or one of its
Subsidiaries sold or transferred or is to sell or transfer to any other Person,
or (b) which the Company or one of its Subsidiaries intends to use for
substantially the same purposes as any other property which has been or is
to be
sold or transferred by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries to any other
Person in connection with such lease.
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“Same
Day
Funds”
means
(a) with respect to disbursements and payments in any Agreed Currency,
immediately available funds; and (b) with respect to disbursements and
payments in an Alternative Currency, same day or other funds as may be
determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank, as the
case may be, to be customary in the place of disbursement or payment for the
settlement of international banking transactions in the relevant Alternative
Currency.
“Screen
Rate”
means
(a) in
relation to
LIBOR, the British Bankers Association Interest Settlement-Rate for the relevant
currency and period;
(b) in
relation to
EURIBOR, the percentage rate per annum determined by the Banking Federation
of
the European Union for the relevant period; and
(c) in
relation to
XXXXXX, the percentage rate per annum determined by the Stockholm
interbank
market for the deposit of Swedish Kronor for
the relevant
period.
in
each case, as displayed on the appropriate page of the Reuters screen. If the
agreed page is replaced or service ceases to be available, the Administrative
Agent may specify another page or service displaying the appropriate rate after
consultation with the Company and the Lenders.
“Securities
Act”
means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.
“Single
Employer
Plan”
means a
“single-employer plan” as defined in Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA which is a
Benefit Plan maintained by the Company or any member of the Controlled Group
for
employees of the Company or any member of the Controlled Group.
“Solvent”
means, when used
with respect to any Person, that at the time of determination:
(a) the
fair value of
its assets (both at fair valuation and at present fair saleable value) is equal
to or in excess of the total amount of its liabilities, including, without
limitation, contingent liabilities; and
(b) it
is then able and
expects to be able to pay its debts as they mature; and
(c) it
has capital
sufficient to carry on its business as conducted and as proposed to be
conducted.
With
respect to
contingent liabilities (such as litigation, guarantees and pension plan
liabilities), such liabilities shall be computed at the amount which, in light
of all the facts and circumstances existing at the time, represent the amount
which can be reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured
liability.
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“Subordinated
Indebtedness”
shall mean
Indebtedness incurred from time to time and subordinated in right of payment
to
the Obligations.
“Subordination
Agreement”
means that
certain Subordination Agreement (and any and all supplements thereto) executed
from time to time by each Subsidiary of the Company which may now or in the
future have any claim against any Loan Party and each other Subsidiary of the
Company as required pursuant to Section
7.2(k)
in favor of the
Administrative Agent for the benefit of itself and the Holders of Obligations,
in substantially the form of Exhibit
G
attached hereto, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time.
“Subsidiary”
of a Person means
(a) any corporation more than fifty (50%) of the outstanding securities having
ordinary voting power of which shall at the time be owned or controlled,
directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one or more of its Subsidiaries
or
by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries, or (b) any partnership,
association, limited liability company, joint venture or similar business
organization more than fifty percent (50%) of the ownership interests having
ordinary voting power of which shall at the time be so owned or controlled.
Unless otherwise expressly provided, all references herein to a “Subsidiary”
mean a Subsidiary of the Company.
“Subsidiary
Borrower”
means each
Subsidiary of the Company (whether now existing or hereafter formed) duly
designated by the Company pursuant to Section
2.21
to request
Advances hereunder, which Subsidiary shall have delivered to the Administrative
Agent an Assumption Letter in accordance with Section
2.21
and such other
documents as may be required pursuant to this Agreement, in each case together
with its respective successors and assigns, including a debtor-in-possession
on
behalf of such Subsidiary Borrower.
“Swing
Line
Bank”
means BNS and its
successors and assigns.
“Swing
Line
Commitment”
means the
obligation of the Swing Line Bank to make Swing Line Loans up to a maximum
principal amount of $20,000,000 at any one time outstanding.
“Swing
Line
Loan”
means a Loan made
to the Company by the Swing Line Bank pursuant to Section
2.3.
“TARGET”
means
Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer payment
system.
“TARGET
Day”
means any day on
which the TARGET is open for the settlement of payments in Euros.
“Taxes”
is defined in
Section
2.15(e)(i).
“Termination
Event”
means (a) a
Reportable Event with respect to any Benefit Plan; (b) the withdrawal
of
the Company or any member of the Controlled Group from a Benefit Plan during
a
plan year in which the Company or such Controlled Group member was a
“substantial employer” as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA or the
cessation of operations which results in the termination of employment of twenty
percent (20%) of Benefit Plan participants who are employees of the Company
or
any member of the Controlled Group; (c) the imposition of an obligation on
the
Company or any member of the Controlled Group under Section 4041 of ERISA to
provide affected parties written notice of intent to terminate a Benefit Plan
in
a distress termination described in Section 4041(c) of ERISA; (d) the
institution by the PBGC or any similar foreign governmental authority of
proceedings to terminate a Benefit Plan or Foreign Pension Plan; (e) any event
or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA which are
reasonably likely to lead to the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee
to administer, any Benefit Plan; (f) that a foreign governmental authority
shall
appoint or institute proceedings to appoint a trustee to administer any Foreign
Pension Plan in place of the existing administrator, or (g) the partial or
complete withdrawal of the Company or any member of the Controlled Group from
a
Multiemployer Plan or Foreign Pension Plan.
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“Total
Indebtedness”
means, without
duplication, (a) all Indebtedness for borrowed money of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, plus,
without
duplication, (b) (i) the face amount of all outstanding letters of credit
(including Letters of Credit) in respect of which the Company or any Subsidiary
has any actual or contingent reimbursement obligation, plus
(ii) the principal
amount of all Indebtedness of any Person in respect of which the Company or
any
Subsidiary has a Contingent Obligation, plus
(iii) Indebtedness
of the Company and its Subsidiaries evidenced by notes, acceptances or similar
instruments, plus
(iv) Capitalized
Lease Obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, plus
(v) the implied
debt component of synthetic leases of which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is lessee, plus
(vi) the net
liability under Hedging Obligations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries.
“Transferee”
is defined in
Section
14.5.
“Type”
means, with
respect to any Loan, its nature as a Floating Rate Loan or a Fixed Rate
Loan.
“UCC”
means the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York.
“Unfunded
Liabilities”
means (a) in the
case of Single Employer Plans, the amount (if any) by which the aggregate
accumulated benefit obligations exceeds the aggregate fair market value of
assets of all Single Employer Plans as of the most recent measurement date
for
which actuarial valuations have been completed and certified to the Company,
all
as determined under FAS 87 as amended by FAS 88, 106, and 132, if applicable,
using the methods and assumptions used by the Company for financial accounting
purposes, and (b) in the case of Multiemployer Plans, the withdrawal liability
that would be incurred by the Controlled Group if all members of the Controlled
Group completely withdrew from all Multiemployer Plans.
“Unmatured
Default”
means an event
which, but for the lapse of time or the giving of notice, or both, would
constitute a Default.
“Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary”
of a Person means
(a) any Subsidiary all of the outstanding voting securities of which
shall
at the time be owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person
or
one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person, or by such Person and
one
or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person, or (b) any partnership,
limited liability company, association, joint venture or similar business
organization 100% of the ownership interests having ordinary voting power of
which shall at the time be so owned or controlled, in each case, other than
director qualifying shares. Unless the context otherwise requires, “Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary” means a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.
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The
foregoing
definitions shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms
of
the defined terms. Any accounting terms used in this Agreement which are not
specifically defined herein shall have the meanings customarily given them
in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in existence as of
the
date.
1.2 References.
Any references to
Subsidiaries of the Company set forth herein shall not in any way be construed
as consent by the Administrative Agent or any Lender to the establishment,
maintenance or acquisition of any Subsidiary, except as may otherwise be
permitted hereunder.
ARTICLE
II
LOAN
FACILITIES
On
the terms and
subject to the conditions of this Agreement, the Lenders severally agree to
make
the Loans as set forth below.
2.1 Revolving
Loans.
(a) Upon
the
satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Sections
5.1,
5.2
and 5.3,
as applicable,
from and including the Closing Date and prior to the Commitment Termination
Date, each Lender severally and not jointly agrees, on the terms and conditions
set forth in this Agreement, to make revolving loans to the Borrowers from
time
to time in Dollars or any Agreed Currency, in a Dollar Amount not to exceed
such
Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Availability at such time (each individually, a
“Revolving
Loan”
and,
collectively, the “Revolving
Loans”),
provided
that at no time
shall the Dollar Amount of the Revolving Credit Obligations exceed the Aggregate
Commitment. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Borrowers may borrow,
repay and reborrow Revolving Loans at any time prior to the Commitment
Termination Date. Revolving Loans shall be, at the option of the applicable
Borrower, selected in accordance with Section
2.10,
and shall be
either Floating Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Rate Loans. On the Commitment
Termination Date, each Borrower shall repay in full the outstanding principal
balance of Revolving Loans made to it. The Revolving Loans shall be made by
each
Lender ratably in proportion to such Lender’s respective Pro Rata Share.
(b) Making
of
Revolving Loans.
Promptly after
receipt of the Borrowing/ Conversion/Continuation Notice under Section
2.8
in respect of
Revolving Loans, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the
requested Revolving Loan. Each Lender shall make available its Revolving Loan
in
accordance with the terms of Section
2.7.
The
Administrative Agent will promptly make the funds so received from the Lenders
available to the applicable Borrower at the Administrative Agent’s office in New
York, New York on the applicable Borrowing Date and shall disburse such proceeds
in accordance with the applicable Borrower’s disbursement instructions set forth
in such Borrowing/Conversion/Continuation Notice. The failure of any Lender
to
deposit the amount described above with the Administrative Agent on the
applicable Borrowing Date shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations
hereunder to make its Revolving Loan on such Borrowing Date.
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2.2 Optional
Increase in Aggregate Commitment Amount.
So long as no
Default or Unmatured Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrowers
may,
by written notice to the Administrative Agent, who shall promptly notify the
Lenders, jointly request that the Lenders increase the Aggregate Commitment
Amount by an aggregate amount that shall not exceed $100,000,000 (the
“Incremental
Facility”).
The Incremental
Facility may be made available by any existing Lender (at its sole discretion)
or a new Lender (which new Lender shall be satisfactory to the Company, the
Issuing Banks, the Swing Line Bank and each applicable Alternate Currency
Lender). Each existing Lender shall, by notice to the Administrative Agent
and
the Borrowers given within 14 days after receipt of such request, advise the
Administrative Agent and the Borrowers of whether or not such Lender agrees
to
provide
all
or
any portion of such increase. Any Lender who does not respond to the
Administrative Agent and the Borrowers within such time period as to whether
or
not such Lender agrees to provide all or any portion of such increase shall
be
deemed to have advised the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers that it will
not provide any portion of such increase. No Lender (or any successor thereto)
shall have any obligation to (i) make any additional loans hereunder or (ii)
otherwise increase its other obligations under this Agreement and the other
Loan
Documents, and any decision by a Lender to increase its Commitment hereunder
shall be made in its sole discretion independently from any other Lender. No
consent of any Lender (in its capacity as a Lender) shall be required to add
new
Lenders for the Incremental Facility.
2.3 Swing
Line
Loans.
(a) Amount
of Swing
Line Loans.
Upon the
satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section
5.1,
5.2
and 5.3,
as applicable,
from and including the Closing Date and prior to the Commitment Termination
Date, the Swing Line Bank agrees, on the terms and conditions set forth in
this
Agreement, to make swing line loans (each, individually, a “Swing
Line
Loan”
and collectively,
the “Swing
Line
Loans”)
to the Company
from time to time in Dollars; provided
that at no time
shall the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Swing Line Loans exceed
the Swing Line Commitment; provided further
that at no time
shall the Dollar Amount of Revolving Credit Obligations exceed the Aggregate
Commitment.
(b) Borrowing/Conversion/Continuation
Notice; Interest Rate.
The Company
and/or the applicable Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent and
the
Swing Line Bank (if the Swing Line Bank is not BNS) a
Borrowing/Conversion/Continuation Notice, signed by it, not later than 12:00
noon (New York time) on the Borrowing Date of each Swing Line Loan (or at such
later time as may be acceptable to the Swing Line Bank in its sole discretion),
specifying (i) the applicable Borrowing Date (which date shall be a Business
Day
and which may be the same date as the date the Borrowing/Conversion/Continuation
Notice is given), (ii) the aggregate amount of the requested Swing Line Loan,
the amount of which shall be not less than $1,000,000 and (iii) payment
instructions for the disbursement of such Loans. The Swing Line Loans shall
bear
interest at the Floating Rate.
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(c) Making
of Swing
Line Loans.
Not later than
3:00 p.m. (New York time) on the applicable Borrowing Date, the Swing Line
Bank
shall make available its Swing Line Loan, in funds immediately available in
New
York, New York to the Administrative Agent at its address specified pursuant
to
Article
XV.
The
Administrative Agent will promptly make the funds so received from the Swing
Line Bank available to the Company on the Borrowing Date at the Administrative
Agent’s aforesaid address.
(d) Repayment
of
Swing Line Loans.
Each Swing Line
Loan shall be paid in full by the Company on or before the seventh (7th)
Business Day after the Borrowing Date for such Swing Line Loan. The Company
may
at any time pay, without penalty or premium, all outstanding Swing Line Loans.
In addition, the Administrative Agent (i) may at any time in its sole
discretion with respect to any outstanding Swing Line Loan, (ii) shall
at
any time upon the request of the Swing Line Bank in its sole discretion, or
(iii) shall on the seventh (7th) Business Day after the Borrowing Date
of
any Swing Line Loan, require (by giving notice thereof to each Lender not later
than 10:00 a.m. (New York time) one Business Day before the date of such Loan)
each Lender (including the Swing Line Bank) to make a Revolving Loan in the
amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such Swing Line Loan, for the purpose
of repaying all or any outstanding portion of such Swing Line Loan. Not later
than 2:00 p.m. (New York time) on the date of any notice received pursuant
to
this Section
2.3(d),
each Lender shall
make available its required Revolving Loan, in funds immediately available
in
New York to the Administrative Agent at its address specified pursuant to
Article
XV.
Revolving Loans
made pursuant to this Section
2.3(d)
shall initially be
Floating Rate Loans and thereafter may be continued as Floating Rate Loans
or
converted into Eurocurrency Rate Loans in the manner provided in Section
2.10
and subject to the
other conditions and limitations therein set forth and set forth in this
Article
II.
Unless a Lender
shall have notified the Swing Line Bank, prior to its making any Swing Line
Loan, that any applicable condition precedent set forth in Sections
5.1,
5.2
and 5.3,
as applicable,
had not then been satisfied, such Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans
pursuant to this Section
2.3(d)
to repay Swing
Line Loans shall be unconditional, continuing, irrevocable and absolute and
shall not be affected by any circumstances, including, without limitation,
(a)
any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender
may have against the Administrative Agent, the Swing Line Bank or any other
Person, (b) the failure to satisfy any condition set forth herein or the
occurrence or continuance of a Default or Unmatured Default, (c) any adverse
change in the condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company, or (d) any
other circumstances, happening or event whatsoever. In the event that any Lender
fails to make payment to the Administrative Agent of any amount due under this
Section
2.3(d),
the
Administrative Agent shall be entitled to receive, retain and apply against
such
obligation the principal and interest otherwise payable to such Lender hereunder
until the Administrative Agent receives such payment from such Lender or such
obligation is otherwise fully satisfied. In addition to the foregoing, if for
any reason any Lender fails to make payment to the Administrative Agent of
any
amount due under this Section
2.3(d)
or may not make
any Revolving Loan required by this Section
2.3,
such Lender shall
be deemed, at the option of the Administrative Agent or the Swing Line Bank,
to
have unconditionally and irrevocably purchased from the Swing Line Bank, without
recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation in the Swing
Line
Loan in the amount of such Revolving Loan, and such interest and participation
shall be paid by such Lender upon demand by the Swing Line Bank together with
interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate for each day during the
period commencing on the date of demand and ending on the date such amount
is
received. On the Commitment Termination Date, the Company shall repay in full
the outstanding principal balance of the Swing Line Loans.
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2.4 Rate
Options for
all Advances; Maximum Interest Periods.
The Revolving
Loans may be Floating Rate Advances or Fixed Rate Advances, or a combination
thereof, selected by the Company or the applicable Borrower in accordance with
Section 2.8.
The Company or
the applicable Borrower may select, in accordance with Section 2.10,
Rate Options and
Interest Periods applicable to portions of the Revolving Loans; provided
that there shall
be no more than twelve (12) Interest Periods in effect with respect to all
of
the Loans at any time.
2.5 Prepayments.
(a) Optional
Prepayments.
The Company or
the applicable Borrower may from time to time and at any time upon at least
one
(1) Business Day’s prior written notice repay or prepay without penalty or
premium all or any part of outstanding Floating Rate Advances in an aggregate
minimum amount of $5,000,000 (or the Equivalent Amount) and in integral
multiples of $1,000,000 (or the Equivalent Amount) in excess thereof (unless
Floating Rate Advances are prepaid in full). Fixed Rate Advances may be
voluntarily repaid or prepaid prior to the last day of the applicable Interest
Period, subject to the indemnification provisions contained in Section 4.4,
provided
that the
applicable Borrower may not so prepay Fixed Rate Advances unless it shall have
provided at least four (4) Business Days’ prior written notice to the
Administrative Agent of such prepayment. Each Borrower may, upon prior written
notice to the Administrative Agent and to the applicable Alternate Currency
Lender as prescribed in the applicable Alternate Currency Addendum and
specifying that it is prepaying all or a portion of its Alternate Currency
Loans, prepay its Alternate Currency Loans in whole at any time, or from time
to
time in part in a Dollar Amount aggregating $5,000,000 or any larger multiple
of
$1,000,000 (or as otherwise specified in the applicable Alternate Currency
Addendum) by paying the principal amount to be paid together with all accrued
and unpaid interest thereon to and including the date of payment; provided
that any such
payment occurring prior to the last day of any Interest Period related to such
Alternate Currency Loan shall be subject to the indemnification provisions
contained in Section
4.4.
(b) Mandatory
Prepayments.
(i) If
at any time and
for any reason (other than fluctuations in currency exchange rates) the
Revolving Credit Obligations are greater than the Aggregate Commitment, the
Company shall immediately make or cause to be made a mandatory prepayment of
the
Revolving Credit Obligations in an amount equal to such excess.
(ii) On
the last
Business Day of each month, the Administrative Agent shall calculate the Dollar
Amount of all outstanding Alternate Currency Loans and Revolving Credit
Obligations not denominated in Dollars using, for each currency, the arithmetic
mean of the buy and sell spot rates of exchange at 11:00 a.m. London time of
the
Administrative Agent in the London interbank market (or other market where
the
Administrative Agent’s foreign exchange operations in respect of such currency
are then being conducted) and if, on such Business Day:
(A) the
Dollar Amount
of the Revolving Credit Obligations exceeds one hundred percent (100%) of the
Aggregate Commitment as a result of fluctuations in currency exchange rates,
the
Borrowers shall immediately prepay Revolving Loans in an aggregate amount such
that after giving effect thereto the Dollar Amount of the Revolving Credit
Obligations is less than or equal to the Aggregate Commitment; or
(B) the
Dollar Amount
of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Alternate Currency Loans in
the
same Alternate Currency exceeds the aggregate Alternate Currency Commitments
with respect thereto as a result of fluctuations in currency exchange rates,
the
applicable Borrowers shall on such date prepay Alternate Currency Loans in
such
Alternate Currency in an aggregate amount such that after giving effect thereto
the Dollar Amount of all Alternate Currency Loans is less than or equal to
the
aggregate Alternate Currency Commitments with respect thereto.
(iii) All
of the
mandatory prepayments made under Section
2.5
shall be applied
to the Revolving Credit Obligations, first to Floating Rate Loans and to any
Fixed Rate Loans maturing on such date and then to subsequently maturing Fixed
Rate Loans in order of maturity.
2.6 Reductions
of
Commitments.
The Company may
permanently reduce (i) the Aggregate Commitment in whole, or in part ratably
among the Lenders with a Commitment, in an aggregate minimum amount of
$5,000,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount
(unless the Aggregate Commitment is reduced in whole) or (ii) the Swing Line
Commitments in whole or in part in amounts of $1,000,000 upon at least three
(3)
Business Day’s prior written notice to the Administrative Agent and the Swing
Line Bank, which notice shall specify the amount of any such reduction;
provided
that the amount of
the Aggregate Commitment may not be reduced below the Dollar Amount of the
outstanding Revolving Credit Obligations or below the aggregate amount of
Alternate Currency Commitments or below the aggregate amount of the Swing Line
Commitment. All accrued commitment fees shall be payable on the effective date
of any termination of all or any part the obligations of the Lenders to make
Loans hereunder. Each Borrower may, upon three (3) Business Days prior written
notice to the Administrative Agent and to the applicable Alternate Currency
Lender, terminate entirely at any time or reduce from time to time by an
aggregate Dollar Amount of $5,000,000 or any larger multiple of $1,000,000
(or
as set forth on the applicable Alternate Currency Addendum), the unused portions
of the applicable Alternate Currency Commitment as specified by the applicable
Borrower in such notice to the Administrative Agent and the applicable Alternate
Currency Lender; provided
that at no time
shall the Alternate Currency Commitment of any Lender in respect of any
Alternate Currency be reduced to an amount less than the total outstanding
principal amount of all Alternate Currency Loans of such Lender made in such
Alternate Currency.
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2.7 Method
of
Borrowing.
Not later than
2:00 p.m. (New York time) on each Borrowing Date, each Lender shall make
available its Revolving Loan in immediately available funds in the applicable
Agreed Currency to the Administrative Agent at its address specified on its
signature page hereto or as otherwise specified pursuant to Article
XV,
unless the
Administrative Agent has notified the Lenders that such Loan is to be made
available to the applicable Borrower at the Administrative Agent’s Eurocurrency
Payment office, in which case each Lender shall make available its Loan or
Loans, in funds immediately available to the Administrative Agent at its
Eurocurrency Payment Office, not later than 12:00 noon (local time in the city
of the Administrative Agent’s Eurocurrency Payment Office) in the Agreed
Currency designated by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent will
promptly make the funds so received from the Lenders available to the applicable
Borrower at the Administrative Agent’s aforesaid address or Eurocurrency Payment
Office, as applicable.
2.8 Method
of
Selecting Types and Interest Periods for Advances.
The applicable
Borrower shall select the Type of Advance, the Agreed Currency and/or Alternate
Currency and, in the case of each Fixed Rate Advance, the Interest Period
applicable to each such Advance from time to time. The applicable Borrower
shall
give the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice in substantially the form
of
Exhibit
A
hereto (a “Borrowing/Conversion/Continuation
Notice”)
not later than
11:00 a.m. (New York time) (a) one (1) Business Day before the Borrowing Date
of
each Floating Rate Advance, and (b) three (3) Business Days before the Borrowing
Date for each Eurocurrency Rate Advance, to be made in Dollars, (c) four
(4) Business Days before the Borrowing Date for each Eurocurrency Rate Advance
to be made in any Agreed Currency other than Dollars and (d) four (4)
Business Days before the Borrowing Date for each Alternate Currency Loan (or
such other period as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent and the
applicable Borrower), provided that such notice to the applicable Alternate
Currency Lender shall be given by 11:00 a.m. (local time) specifying: (i) the
Borrowing Date (which shall be a Business Day) of such Advance; (ii) the
aggregate amount of such Advance; (iii) the Type of Advance selected; (iv)
the
Agreed Currency or Alternate Currency applicable thereto; and (v) in the case
of
each Fixed Rate Loan, the Interest Period. Each Floating Rate Advance and all
Obligations other than Loans shall bear interest from and including the date
of
the making of such Advance in the case of Loans, and the date such Obligation
is
due and owing in the case of such other Obligations, to (but not including)
the
date of repayment thereof at the Floating Rate, changing when and as such
Floating Rate changes. Changes in the rate of interest on that portion of any
Advance maintained as a Floating Rate Loan will take effect simultaneously
with
each change in the Alternate Base Rate or Alternate Currency Rate, as
applicable. Each Fixed Rate Advance shall bear interest from and including
the
first day of the Interest Period applicable thereto to (but not including)
the
last day of such Interest Period at the interest rate determined as applicable
to such Fixed Rate Advance.
2.9 Minimum
Amount
of Each Advance.
Each Advance
(other than an Advance to repay a Swing Line Loan or Reimbursement Obligation)
shall be in the minimum Dollar Amount of $5,000,000 (or the Approximate
Equivalent Amount of any Agreed Currency other than Dollars or any Alternate
Currency) and in Dollar Amount multiples of $1,000,000 (or the Approximate
Equivalent Amount of any Agreed Currency other than Dollars or any Alternate
Currency) if in excess thereof (or such other amounts as may be specified in
the
applicable Alternate Currency Addendum); provided
that any Floating
Rate Advance may be in the amount of the unused Aggregate
Commitment.
2.10 Method
of
Selecting Types and Interest Periods for Conversion and Continuation of
Advances.
(a) Right
to
Convert.
The applicable
Borrower may elect from time to time, subject to the provisions of Section
2.4
and this
Section
2.10,
to convert all or
any part of a Loan (other than a Swing Line Loan) of any Type into any other
Type or Types of Loans (other than a Swing Line Loan); provided
that any
conversion of any Eurocurrency Rate Advance shall be made on, and only on,
the
last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto.
(b) Automatic
Conversion and Continuation.
Floating Rate
Loans shall continue as Floating Rate Loans unless and until such Floating
Rate
Loans are converted into Fixed Rate Loans. Fixed Rate Loans shall continue
as
Fixed Rate Loans until the end of the then applicable Interest Period therefor,
at which time such Fixed Rate Loans shall be automatically converted into
Floating Rate Loans unless the Company shall have given the Administrative
Agent
notice in accordance with Section
2.10(d)
requesting that,
at the end of such Interest Period, such Fixed Rate Loans continue as a Fixed
Rate Loan. Unless a Borrowing/Conversion/Continuation Notice shall have timely
been given in accordance with the terms of this Section
2.10,
Fixed Rate Loans
in an Agreed Currency other than Dollars and Alternate Currency Loans shall
automatically continue as Fixed Rate Loans in the same Agreed Currency or
Alternate Currency Loans in the same Alternate Currency, as applicable, with
an
Interest Period of one (1) month.
(c) No
Conversion
Post-Default or Post-Unmatured Default.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in Section
2.10(a)
or Section
2.10(b),
no Loan may be
converted into or continued as a Fixed Rate Loan (except with the consent of
the
Required Lenders) when any Default or Unmatured Default has occurred and is
continuing.
(d) Borrowing/Conversion/Continuation
Notice.
The Company shall
give the Administrative Agent a Borrowing/Conversion/Continuation Notice with
respect to each conversion of a Floating Rate Loan (that is not an Alternate
Currency Loan) into a Fixed Rate Loan or continuation of a Eurocurrency Rate
Loan not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York time) (i) three (3) Business Days
prior
to the date of the requested conversion or continuation, with respect to any
Loan to be converted or continued as a Eurocurrency Rate Loan in Dollars, (ii)
four (4) Business Days prior to the date of the requested conversion or
continuation with respect to any Loan to be converted or continued as a
Eurocurrency Rate Loan in an Agreed Currency other than Dollars, and (iii)
five
(5) Business Days before the date of the requested conversion or continuation
with respect to the conversion or continuation of any Alternate Currency Loan
(or such other period as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent), and
the
applicable Subsidiary Borrower shall give the applicable Alternate Currency
Lender irrevocable notice by 11:00 a.m. (local time) three (3) Business Days
prior to the conversion or continuation of such Alternate Currency Loan (or
such
other period as may specified in the applicable Alternate Currency Addendum),
specifying: (x) the requested date (which shall be a Business Day) of such
conversion or continuation; (y) the amount and Type of the Loan to be converted
or continued; and (z) the amount of Eurocurrency Rate Loan(s) or Alternate
Currency Loan(s), as applicable, into which such Loan is to be converted or
continued, the Agreed Currency or Alternate Currency, as applicable, and the
duration of the Interest Period applicable thereto.
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(e) Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, (i) Eurocurrency Rate Loans in an Agreed
Currency may be continued as Eurocurrency Rate Loans only in the same Agreed
Currency, and (ii) Alternate Currency Loans in an Alternate Currency may be
continued as Alternate Currency Loans only in the same Alternate
Currency.
2.11 Default
Rate.
After the
occurrence and during the continuance of a Default, each outstanding Loan shall
bear interest at a rate equal to the rate otherwise applicable thereto (giving
effect to the provisions of Section
2.15(d)(ii))
plus
2% per
annum.
2.12 Method
of
Payment.
All payments of
principal, interest, fees, commissions, and other amounts payable hereunder
shall be made, without setoff, deduction or counterclaim in immediately
available funds to the Administrative Agent (a) at the Administrative Agent’s
address specified pursuant to Article XV
with respect to
Advances or other Obligations denominated in Dollars and (b) at the
Administrative Agent’s Eurocurrency Payment Office with respect to any Advance
or other Obligations denominated in an Agreed Currency other than Dollars,
or at
any other Lending Installation of the Administrative Agent specified in writing
by the Administrative Agent to the Company, by 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on
the
date when due and shall be applied ratably among the applicable Lenders with
respect to any principal and interest due in connection with Loans. Each Advance
shall be repaid or prepaid in the Agreed Currency in which it was made in the
amount borrowed and interest payable thereon shall also be paid in such
currency. Each payment delivered to the Administrative Agent for the account
of
any Lender shall be delivered promptly by the Administrative Agent to such
Lender in the same type of funds which the Administrative Agent received at
its
address specified pursuant to Article
XV
or at any Lending Installation specified in a notice received by the
Administrative Agent from such Lender. The Company authorizes the Administrative
Agent to charge the account of the Company maintained with BNS for each payment
of principal, interest, fees, commissions and L/C Obligations as it becomes
due
hereunder. Each reference to the Administrative Agent in this Section
2.12
shall also be
deemed to refer, and shall apply equally, to each Issuing Bank, in the case
of
payments required to be made by the Company to any Issuing Bank pursuant to
Article III.
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All
payments to be
made by the Borrowers hereunder in respect of any Alternate Currency Loans
shall
be made in the currencies in which such Loans are denominated and in funds
immediately available, at the office or branch from which the Loan was made
pursuant to Section
2.22
and the applicable
Alternate Currency Addendum not later than 3:00 p.m. (New York time) on the
date
on which such payment shall become due. Promptly, and in any event within two
(2) Business Days after receipt, upon receipt of any payment of principal of
the
Alternate Currency Loans the applicable Alternate Currency Lender shall give
written notice to the Administrative Agent by telex or telecopy of the receipt
of such payment.
Notwithstanding
the
foregoing provisions of this Section
2.12,
if, after the
making of any Advance in any currency other than Dollars, currency control
or
exchange regulations are imposed in the country which issues such Agreed
Currency or Alternate Currency, as applicable, with the result that different
types of such Agreed Currency or Alternate Currency, as applicable, (the
“New
Currency”)
are introduced
and the type of currency in which the Advance was made (the “Original
Currency”)
no longer exists
or any Borrower is not able to make payment to the Administrative Agent for
the
account of the Lenders or Alternate Currency Lender, as applicable, in such
Original Currency, then all payments to be made by the Borrowers hereunder
in
such currency shall be made to the Administrative Agent or Alternate Currency
Lender, as applicable, in such amount and such type of the New Currency or
Dollars as shall be equivalent to the amount of such payment otherwise due
hereunder in the Original Currency, it being the intention of the parties hereto
that the Borrowers take all risks of the imposition of any such currency control
or exchange regulations. In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions
of this Section
2.12,
if, after the
making of any Advance in any currency other than Dollars, the applicable
Borrower is not able to make payment to the Administrative Agent for the account
of the Lenders or the applicable Alternate Currency Lender in the type of
currency in which such Advance was made because of the imposition of any such
currency control or exchange regulation, then such Advance shall instead be
repaid when due in Dollars in a principal amount equal to the Dollar Amount
(as
of the date of repayment) of such Advance.
2.13 Evidence
of
Debt.
(a) Each
Lender shall
maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts (a
“Loan
Account”)
evidencing all
indebtedness of the Borrowers owing to such Lender hereunder from time to time,
including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender
from time to time hereunder.
(b) The
Register
maintained by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section
14.3(c)
shall reflect (i)
the date and the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Type thereof and the
Interest Period, if any, applicable thereto, (ii) the amount and the currency
of
any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from
the
Borrowers to each Lender hereunder, (iii) the effective date and amount
of
each Assignment Agreement delivered to and accepted by it and the parties
thereto pursuant to Section
14.3,
(iv) the amount
of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of
the
Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof, and (v) all other appropriate debits
and credits as provided in this Agreement, including, without limitation, all
fees, charges, expenses and interest.
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(c) The
entries made in
the Loan Account, the Register and the other accounts maintained pursuant to
subsections
(a)
or (b)
of this
Section
2.13
shall be
presumptively correct for all purposes, absent manifest error; provided
that the failure
of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any
error
therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrowers to repay
the Obligations in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(d) Any
Lender may
request that the Revolving Loans made by it each be evidenced by a promissory
note in substantially the form of Exhibit
H
to evidence such Lender’s Revolving Loans. In such event, the applicable
Borrower shall promptly prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory
note for such Loans payable to the order of such Lender and in a form approved
by the Administrative Agent and consistent with the terms of this Agreement.
Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon
shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section
14.3)
be represented by
one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the order of the payee
named therein.
2.14 Telephonic
Notices.
The Borrowers
authorize the Lenders and the Administrative Agent to extend Loans, effect
selections of Types of Advances and to transfer funds based on telephonic
notices made by any person or persons the Administrative Agent or any Lender
in
good faith believes to be acting on behalf of the applicable Borrower. The
Borrowers agree to deliver promptly to the Administrative Agent a written
confirmation, signed by an Authorized Officer. If the written confirmation
differs in any material respect from the action taken by the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders, the records of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
shall govern absent manifest error.
2.15 Promise
to Pay;
Interest and Fees; Interest Payment Dates; Interest and Fee Basis; Taxes; Loan
and Control Accounts.
(a) Promise
to
Pay.
Each Borrower
unconditionally promises to pay when due the principal amount of each Loan
and
all other Obligations incurred by it, and to pay all unpaid interest and
Mandatory Costs (if any) accrued thereon, in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
(b) Interest
Payment
Dates.
Interest accrued
on each Floating Rate Loan shall be payable on each Payment Date, commencing
with the first such date to occur after the date hereof, upon any prepayment
whether by acceleration or otherwise, and at maturity (whether by acceleration
or otherwise plus
Mandatory Costs
(if any)). Interest accrued on each Fixed-Rate Loan shall be payable on the
last
day of its applicable Interest Period, on any date on which the Fixed-Rate
Loan
is prepaid, whether by acceleration or otherwise, and at maturity. Interest
accrued on each Fixed-Rate Loan having an Interest Period longer than three
months shall also be payable on the last day of each three-month interval during
such Interest Period. Interest accrued on the principal balance of all other
Obligations shall be payable in arrears (i) on the last day of each
fiscal
month of the Company, commencing on the first such day following the incurrence
of such Obligation, (ii) upon repayment thereof in full or in part,
and
(iii) if not theretofore paid in full, at the time such other Obligation
becomes due and payable (whether by acceleration or otherwise).
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(c) Fees.
(i) The
Company shall
pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders in accordance
with their Pro Rata Shares, from and after the date of this Agreement until
the
Commitment Termination Date, a non-refundable commitment fee accruing at the
rate of the then Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage on the daily average
unutilized portion of such Lender’s Commitment (treating Alternate Currency
Loans as usage). The commitment fee shall be payable in arrears on each Payment
Date hereafter, and, in addition, on any date on which the Commitment shall
be
terminated in whole or, with respect to such terminated amount, in
part.
(ii) The
Company agrees
to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the sole account of the Administrative
Agent (unless otherwise agreed between the Administrative Agent and any Lender)
the fees set forth in the Fee Letter, payable at the times and in the amounts
set forth therein.
(iii) The
applicable
Borrower agrees to pay to each Alternate Currency Lender, for its sole account,
a fronting fee equal to the percentage set forth in the applicable Alternate
Currency Addendum multiplied by the average daily outstanding Dollar Amount
of
all Alternate Currency Loans made by such Alternate Currency
Lender.
(d) Interest
and Fee
Basis; Applicable Floating Rate Margin, Applicable Fixed Rate Margin and
Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage.
(i) Interest
on all
Fixed-Rate Loans (except as provided otherwise in the applicable Alternate
Currency Addendum in the case of an Alternate Currency Loan) and fees shall
be
calculated for actual days elapsed on the basis of a 360-day year. Interest
on
all Floating Rate Loans shall be calculated for actual days elapsed on the
basis
of a 365-, or when appropriate 366-, day year. Interest shall be payable for
the
day an Obligation is incurred but not for the day of any payment on the amount
paid if payment is received prior to 3:00 p.m. (local time) at the place of
payment. If any payment of principal of or interest on a Loan or any payment
of
any other Obligations shall become due on a day which is not a Business Day,
such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and, in the
case
of a principal payment, such extension of time shall be included in computing
interest, fees and commissions in connection with such payment.
(ii) The
Applicable
Floating Rate Margin, Applicable Fixed Rate Margin and Applicable Commitment
Fee
Percentage shall be determined from time to time on the basis of the then
applicable Leverage Ratio in accordance with the following table:
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LEVERAGE
RATIO
|
APPLICABLE
FLOATING RATE MARGIN
|
APPLICABLE
FIXED RATE MARGIN
|
APPLICABLE
COMMITMENT
FEE PERCENTAGE
|
Less
than
1.00
|
0.000%
|
0.625%
|
0.150%
|
1.00
or
greater, but less than 1.25
|
0.000%
|
0.750%
|
0.175%
|
1.25
or
greater, but less than 1.75
|
0.000%
|
0.875%
|
0.200%
|
1.75
or
greater, but less than 2.25
|
0.000%
|
1.000%
|
0.225%
|
2.25
or
greater
|
0.125%
|
1.125%
|
0.250%
|
Upon
receipt of the
financial statements to be delivered by the Company in accordance with
Section
7.1(a)(i)
or (ii),
as applicable,
for any fiscal quarter or, if earlier, upon receipt of the Company’s audited
financial statements for any fiscal year, the Applicable Floating Rate Margin,
Applicable Fixed Rate Margin and Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage shall
be
adjusted, such adjustment being effective five (5) Business Days following
the
Administrative Agent’s receipt of such financial statements and the compliance
certificate required to be delivered in connection therewith pursuant to
Section
7.1(a)(iii);
provided
that if the
Company shall not have timely delivered its financial statements in accordance
with Section
7.1(a)(i)
or (ii),
as applicable,
then commencing on the date upon which such financial statements should have
been delivered and continuing until such financial statements are actually
delivered, it shall be assumed for purposes of determining the Applicable
Floating Rate Margin, Applicable Fixed Rate Margin and Applicable Commitment
Fee
Percentage that the Leverage Ratio was greater than 2.25 to 1.0. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, for so long as any Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
the Applicable Floating Rate Margin, Applicable Fixed Rate Margin and Applicable
Commitment Fee Percentage shall be the highest Applicable Floating Rate Margin,
Applicable Fixed Rate Margin and Applicable Commitment Fee Margin set forth
in
the foregoing table.
(e) Taxes.
(i) Any
and all
payments by the Borrowers hereunder (whether in respect of principal, interest,
fees or otherwise) shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for
any
and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or
withholdings or any interest, penalties and liabilities with respect thereto
but
excluding, in the case of each Lender and the Administrative Agent, such taxes
(including income taxes, franchise taxes and branch profit taxes) as are imposed
on or measured by such Lender’s or the Administrative Agent’s, as the case may
be, net income by the United States of America, or any Governmental Authority
of
the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Lender or the Administrative
Agent, as the case may be, is organized or any taxes imposed by any jurisdiction
with which such Lender or Administrative Agent has a present or former
connection (other than any connection arising solely from having executed,
delivered, performed its obligations or received payment under, or enforced
this
Agreement) (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges,
withholdings, and liabilities which the Administrative Agent or a Lender
determines to be applicable to this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the
Commitments, the Loans or the Letters of Credit being hereinafter referred
to as
“Taxes”).
If any Borrower
shall be required by law to deduct or withhold any Taxes from or in respect
of
any sum payable hereunder or under the other Loan Documents to any Lender or
the
Administrative Agent, (i) the sum payable shall be increased as may be necessary
so that after making all required deductions or withholdings (including
deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section
2.15(e))
such Lender or
the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the
sum it would have received had no such deductions or withholdings been made,
(ii) the applicable Borrower shall make such deductions or withholdings, and
(iii) the applicable Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted or withheld
to
the relevant taxation authority or other authority in accordance with applicable
law.
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(ii) In
addition, the
Borrowers agree to pay any present or future stamp or documentary taxes or
any
other excise or property taxes, charges, or similar levies which arise from
any
payment made hereunder, from the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder, or
from the execution, delivery or registration of, or otherwise with respect
to,
this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Commitments, the Loans or the
Letters of Credit (hereinafter referred to as “Other
Taxes”).
(iii) The
Company and
each Subsidiary Borrower shall indemnify each Lender and the Administrative
Agent for the full amount of Taxes and Other Taxes (including, without
limitation, any Taxes or Other Taxes imposed by any Governmental Authority
on
amounts payable under this Section 2.15(e))
paid by such
Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) and any liability
(including penalties, interest, and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect
thereto whether or not such Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally
asserted. This indemnification shall be made within thirty (30) days after
the
date such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) makes written
demand therefor. A certificate as to any additional amount payable to any Lender
or the Administrative Agent under this Section 2.15(e)
submitted to the
applicable Borrower and the Administrative Agent (if a Lender is so submitting)
by such Lender or the Administrative Agent shall show in reasonable detail
the
amount payable and the calculations used to determine such amount and shall
attach a copy of the original official document from the Governmental Authority
asserting such Taxes or Other Taxes and shall, absent manifest error, be final,
conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto.
(iv) Within
thirty (30)
days after the date of any payment of Taxes or Other Taxes by the Company or
any
Subsidiary Borrower, the Company shall furnish to the Administrative Agent
the
original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment
thereof.
(v) Without
prejudice
to the survival of any other agreement of the Company and the Subsidiary
Borrowers hereunder, the agreements and obligations of the Borrowers contained
in this Section 2.15(e)
shall survive the
payment in full of all Obligations, the termination of the Letters of Credit
and
the termination of this Agreement.
(vi) Each
Lender
(including any Replacement Lender or Purchaser) that is not created or organized
under the laws of the United States of America or a political subdivision
thereof (each a “Non-U.S.
Lender”)
shall deliver to
the Company and the Administrative Agent on or before the Closing Date, or,
if
later, the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender pursuant to Section 14.3
(and from time to
time thereafter upon the request of the Company or the Administrative Agent,
but
only for so long as such Non-U.S. Lender is legally entitled to do so), either
(A) two (2) duly completed copies of either (x) IRS Form W-8BEN, or (y) IRS
Form
W-8ECI, or in either case an applicable successor form or (B) in the case of
a
Non-U.S. Lender that is claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio
interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (I) a certificate of a duly
authorized officer of such Non-U.S. Lender to the effect that such Non-U.S.
Lender is not (x) a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the
Code, (y) a “10 percent shareholder” of the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower
within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or (z) a controlled
foreign corporation receiving interest from a related person within the meaning
of Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (such certificate, an “Exemption
Certificate”)
and (II) two (2)
duly completed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN or applicable successor form. Each
such
Lender further agrees to deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent
from time to time a true and accurate certificate executed in duplicate by
a
duly authorized officer of such Lender in a form satisfactory to the Company
and
the Administrative Agent, before or promptly upon the occurrence of any event
requiring a change in the most recent certificate previously delivered by it
to
the Company and the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.15(e)(vi).
Further, each
Lender which delivers a form or certificate pursuant to this clause (vi)
covenants and
agrees to deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent within fifteen
(15) days prior to the expiration of such form, for so long as this Agreement
is
still in effect, another such certificate and/or two (2) accurate and complete
original newly-signed copies of the applicable form (or any successor form
or
forms required under the Code or the applicable regulations promulgated
thereunder).
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(vii) Each
Lender shall
promptly furnish to the Company and the Administrative Agent such additional
official forms prescribed by Applicable Law and documents required to be
attached thereto (“Additional Documentation”) as may be reasonably required by
any Borrower or the Administrative Agent to establish any exemption from or
reduction of any Taxes or Other Taxes required to be deducted or withheld;
provided the applicable Lender is legally entitled to provide such Additional
Documentation and provided further, that applicable Lender will incur no adverse
consequences (as determined in such Lender’s sole discretion after consultation
with the Company) as a result of furnishing such Additional Documentation.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section
2.15(e),
no Borrower shall
be obligated to gross up any payments to any Lender pursuant to Section
2.15(e)(i),
or to indemnify
any Lender pursuant to Section
2.15(e)(iii),
in respect of any
withholding taxes to the extent imposed solely as a result of the failure of
such Lender to comply with the provisions of this Section
2.15(e)(vii).
(viii) Notwithstanding
any
other provision of this Section
2.15(e),
no Borrower shall
be obligated to gross up any payments to any Lender pursuant to Section
2.15(e)(i),
or to indemnify
any Lender pursuant to Section
2.15(e)(iii),
in respect of
United States federal withholding taxes (A) to which amounts payable to such
Lender is subject as of the time such Lender becomes a party hereto or (B)
to
the extent imposed as a result of (I) the failure of such Lender to
deliver
to the Company the form or forms and/or an Exemption Certificate, as applicable
to such Lender, pursuant to Section
2.15(e)(vi)
or 2.15(e)(vii),
or (II) such form
or forms and/or Exemption Certificate not establishing a complete exemption
from
U.S. federal withholding tax or the information or certifications made therein
by the Lender being untrue or inaccurate on the date delivered in any material
respect; provided that the applicable Borrower shall be obligated to gross
up
any payments to any such Lender pursuant to Section
2.15(e)(i),
and to indemnify
any such Lender pursuant to Section
2.15(e)(iii),
in respect of
United States federal withholding taxes if (x) any such failure to deliver
a
form or forms or an Exemption Certificate or the failure of such form or forms
or exemption certificate to establish a complete exemption from U.S. federal
withholding tax or inaccuracy or untruth contained therein resulted from a
change in any applicable statute, treaty, regulation or other applicable law
or
any interpretation of any of the foregoing occurring after the date such Lender
became a party hereto which change rendered such Lender no longer legally
entitled to deliver such form or forms or Exemption Certificate or otherwise
ineligible for a complete exemption from U.S. federal withholding tax, or
rendered the information or the certifications made in such form or forms or
Exemption Certificate untrue or inaccurate in any material respect, (y) the
obligation to gross up payments to any such Lender pursuant to Section
2.15(e)(i),
or to indemnify
any such Lender pursuant to Section
2.15(e)(iii),
is with respect
to a Purchaser that becomes a Purchaser as a result of an assignment made at
the
request of the Company or the redesignation of the Lender’s lending office made
at the request of the Borrower.
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2.16 Notification
of
Advances, Interest Rates, Prepayments and Aggregate Commitment
Reductions.
Promptly after
receipt thereof, the Administrative Agent will notify each Lender of the
contents of each Aggregate Commitment reduction notice,
Borrowing/Conversion/Continuation Notice, and repayment notice received by
it
hereunder. The Administrative Agent will notify the Company or applicable
Borrower and each Lender of the interest rate and Agreed Currency applicable
to
each Fixed-Rate Loan promptly upon determination of such interest rate and
Agreed Currency and will give each Lender prompt notice of each change in the
Alternate Base Rate.
2.17 Lending
Installations.
Each Lender may
book its Loans or Letters of Credit at any Lending Installation selected by
such
Lender and may change its Lending Installation from time to time. All terms
of
this Agreement shall apply to any such Lending Installation. Each Lender may,
by
written or facsimile notice to the Administrative Agent and the Company,
designate a Lending Installation through which Loans will be made by it and
for
whose account Loan payments and/or payments of L/C Obligations are to be
made.
2.18 Non-Receipt
of
Funds by the Administrative Agent.
Unless a Borrower
or a Lender, as the case may be, notifies the Administrative Agent prior to
the
date on which it is scheduled to make payment to the Administrative Agent of
(a)
in the case of a Lender, the proceeds of a Loan or (b) in the case of any
Borrower, a payment of principal, interest fees or other Obligations to the
Administrative Agent for the account of any of the Lenders, that it does not
intend to make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that such
payment has been made. The Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated
to, make the amount of such payment available to the intended recipient in
reliance upon such assumption. If such Lender or the applicable Borrower, as
the
case may be, has not in fact made such payment to the Administrative Agent,
the
recipient of such payment shall, on demand by the Administrative Agent, repay
to
the Administrative Agent the amount so made available together with interest
thereon in respect of each day during the period commencing on the date such
amount was so made available by the Administrative Agent until the date the
Administrative Agent recovers such amount at a rate per annum equal to (i)
in
the case of payment by a Lender, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such
day
or (ii) in the case of payment by a Borrower, the interest rate applicable
to
the relevant Loan.
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2.19 Facility
Termination Date.
This Agreement
shall be effective until the date (the “Facility
Termination Date”)
upon which (a)
all of the Obligations (other than contingent indemnity obligations) shall
have
been fully and indefeasibly paid and satisfied, (b) all commitments of the
Lenders to extend credit hereunder have expired or have been terminated and
(c)
all of the Letters of Credit shall have expired, been canceled or terminated.
Notwithstanding the occurrence of the Facility Termination Date, obligations
of
the Borrowers and other terms hereof which by the terms of this Agreement
survive termination shall survive the Facility Termination Date.
2.20 Replacement
of
Certain Lenders.
In the event a
Lender (“Affected
Lender”)
shall have:
(a) failed to fund its Pro Rata Share of any Advance requested by the
applicable Borrower, or to make payment in respect of any Alternate Currency
Loan purchased by such Lender pursuant to Section
2.22(e),
which such Lender
is obligated to fund under the terms of this Agreement and which failure has
not
been cured, (b) requested compensation from any Borrower under Sections
2.15(e),
4.1
or 4.2
to recover Taxes,
Other Taxes or other additional costs incurred by such Lender which are not
being incurred generally by the other Lenders except as provided under any
applicable Alternate Currency Addendum, or (c) delivered a notice pursuant
to Section
4.3
claiming that such
Lender is unable to extend Eurocurrency Rate Loans to the Company for reasons
not generally applicable to the other Lenders, then, in any such case, after
the
engagement of one or more “Replacement Lenders” (as defined below) by the
Company and/or the Administrative Agent, the Company or the Administrative
Agent
may make written demand on such Affected Lender (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent in the case of a demand by the Company and a copy to the
Company in the case of a demand by the Administrative Agent) for the Affected
Lender to assign, and such Affected Lender shall use commercially reasonable
efforts to assign pursuant to one or more duly executed Assignment Agreements
five (5) Business Days after the date of such demand, to one or more financial
institutions that comply with the provisions of Section
14.3(a)
which the Company
or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, shall have engaged for such
purpose (each, a “Replacement
Lender”),
all of such
Affected Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents (including, without limitation, its Commitment, all Loans owing to
it,
all of its participation interests in existing Letters of Credit, and its
obligation to participate in additional Letters of Credit and Alternate Currency
Loans hereunder) in accordance with Section 14.3.
The
Administrative Agent is authorized to execute one or more of such Assignment
Agreements as attorney-in-fact for any Affected Lender failing to execute and
deliver the same within five (5) Business Days after the date of such demand.
With respect to such assignment the Affected Lender shall be entitled to
receive, in cash, all amounts due and owing to the Affected Lender hereunder
or
under any other Loan Document, including, without limitation, the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Loans owed to such Lender, together with
accrued interest thereon through the date of such assignment, amounts payable
under Sections 2.15(e),
4.1,
and 4.2
with respect to
such Affected Lender and compensation payable under Section
2.15(c)
in the event of
any replacement of any Affected Lender under clause (b)
or clause (c)
of this
Section 2.20;
provided
that upon such
Affected Lender’s replacement, such Affected Lender shall cease to be a party
hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections
2.15(e),
4.1,
4.2,
4.4,
and 11.6,
as well as to any
fees accrued for its account hereunder and not yet paid, and shall continue
to
be obligated under Section 12.8.
2.21 Subsidiary
Borrowers.
The Company may
at any time or from time to time, with the consent of the Administrative Agent,
add as a party to this Agreement any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary to be a “Subsidiary
Borrower” hereunder by the execution and delivery to the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders of (a) a duly completed Assumption Letter by such Subsidiary,
with the written consent of the Company at the foot thereof and (b) such other
guaranty and subordinated intercompany indebtedness documents (and related
closing documentation) as required by Section
5.2
or as otherwise
may be reasonably required by the Administrative Agent, such documents with
respect to any additional Subsidiaries to be substantially similar in form
and
substance to the Loan Documents executed on or about the Closing Date by or
in
respect of the Subsidiaries parties hereto as of the Closing Date. Upon such
execution, delivery and consent such Subsidiary shall for all purposes be a
party hereto as a Subsidiary Borrower as fully as if it had executed and
delivered this Agreement. So long as the principal of and interest on any
Advances made to any Subsidiary Borrower under this Agreement shall have been
paid in full, all Letters of Credit issued for the account of such Subsidiary
Borrower have expired or been returned and terminated and all other obligations
of such Subsidiary Borrower under this Agreement shall have been fully
performed, the Company may, by not less than five (5) Business Days’ prior
notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders
thereof), terminate such Subsidiary Borrower’s status as a “Subsidiary Borrower”
hereunder.
2.22 Alternate
Currency Loans.
(a) Upon
the
satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Article
V
and set forth in the applicable Alternate Currency Addendum, from and including
the later of the date of this Agreement and the date of execution of the
applicable Alternate Currency Addendum and prior to the termination of the
Aggregate Commitment (or such earlier termination date as shall be specified
in
or pursuant to the applicable Alternate Currency Addendum), each Alternate
Currency Lender agrees, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement
and in the applicable Alternate Currency Addendum, to make Alternate Currency
Loans under such Alternate Currency Addendum to the applicable Borrower party
to
such Alternate Currency Addendum from time to time in the applicable Alternate
Currency, in an amount not to exceed each such Alternate Currency Lender’s
applicable Alternate Currency Commitment; provided
that at no time
shall the Dollar Amount of the Alternate Currency Loans for any specific
Alternate Currency exceed the maximum amount specified as the maximum amount
for
such Alternate Currency in the applicable Alternate Currency Addendum other
than
as a result of currency fluctuations and then only to the extent permitted
in
Section
2.5(b)(ii);
provided further
that at no time
shall the Dollar Amount of the Revolving Credit Obligations exceed the Aggregate
Commitments. Subject to the terms of this Agreement and the applicable Alternate
Currency Addendum, the applicable Borrowers may borrow, repay and reborrow
Alternate Currency Loans in the applicable Alternate Currency at any time prior
to the termination of the Aggregate Commitment (or such earlier termination
date
as shall be specified in or pursuant to the applicable Alternate Currency
Addendum). On the termination of the Aggregate Commitment (or such earlier
termination date as shall be specified in or pursuant to the applicable
Alternate Currency Addendum), the outstanding principal balance of the Alternate
Currency Loans shall be paid in full by the applicable Borrower and prior to
the
termination of the Aggregate Commitment (or such earlier termination date as
shall be specified in or pursuant to the applicable Alternate Currency Addendum)
prepayments of the Alternate Currency Loans shall be made by the applicable
Borrower if and to the extent required by Section
2.5(b)(ii).
For the avoidance
of doubt, it is understood that no Lender shall have any obligation hereunder
to
execute an Alternate Currency Addendum and so to become an Alternate Currency
Lender.
(b) Borrowing
Notice.
When the
applicable Borrower desires to borrow under this Section
2.22,
the applicable
Borrower shall deliver to the applicable Alternate Currency Lender and the
Administrative Agent a Borrowing/Conversion/Continuation Notice, signed by
it,
as provided in Section
2.8
specifying that
such Borrower is requesting an Alternate Currency Loan pursuant to this
Section
2.22,
and the
Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to the Lenders of any such request
for an Alternate Currency Loan. Any Borrowing/Conversion/Continuation Notice
given pursuant to this Section
2.22
shall be
irrevocable.
(c) Termination.
Except as
otherwise required by applicable law, in no event shall any Alternate Currency
Lender have the right to accelerate the Alternate Currency Loans outstanding
under any Alternate Currency Addendum or to terminate its commitments (if any)
thereunder to make Alternate Currency Loans prior to the stated termination
date
in respect thereof, except that each Alternate Currency Lender shall have such
rights upon an acceleration of the Loans and a termination of the Aggregate
Commitments pursuant to Article
IX.
(d) Statements.
Each Alternate
Currency Lender shall furnish to the Administrative Agent not less frequently
than monthly, at the end of each calendar quarter, and at any other time at
the
reasonable request of the Administrative Agent, a statement setting forth the
outstanding Alternate Currency Loans made and repaid during the period since
the
last such report under such Alternate Currency Addendum.
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(e)
Risk
Participation.
Immediately
and
automatically upon the occurrence of a Default under Sections
8.1(a),
(e)
or (f),
each Lender shall
be deemed to have unconditionally and irrevocably purchased from the applicable
Alternate Currency Lender, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest
in and participation in each Alternate Currency Loan ratably in an amount equal
to such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the amount of principal and accrued interest
of such Loan, and immediately and automatically all Alternate Currency Loans
shall be converted to and redenominated in Dollars equal to the Dollar Amount
of
each such Alternate Currency Loan determined as of the date of such conversion;
provided
that to the extent
such conversion shall occur other than at the end of an Interest Period, the
applicable Borrower shall pay to the applicable Alternate Currency Lender,
all
losses and breakage costs related thereto in accordance with Section
4.4.
Each of the
Lenders shall pay to the applicable Alternate Currency Lender not later than
two
(2) Business Days following a request for payment from such Alternate Currency
Lender, in Dollars, an amount equal to the undivided interest in and
participation in the Alternate Currency Loan purchased by such Lender pursuant
to this Section
2.22(e).
In the event that
any Lender fails to make payment to the applicable Alternate Currency Lender
of
any amount due under this Section
2.22(e),
the
Administrative Agent shall be entitled to receive, retain and apply against
such
obligation the principal and interest otherwise payable to such Lender hereunder
until the Administrative Agent receives from such Lender an amount sufficient
to
discharge such Lender’s payment obligation as prescribed in this Section
2.22(e)
together with
interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate for each day during the
period commencing on the date of demand by the applicable Alternate Currency
Lender and ending on the date such obligation is fully satisfied. The
Administrative Agent will promptly remit all payments received as provided
above
to the applicable Alternate Currency Lender. In consideration of the risk
participations prescribed in this Section
2.22(e),
each Lender shall
receive from the applicable Alternate Currency Lender, from the accrued interest
paid for periods prior to the conversion of any Alternate Currency Loan as
described above by the applicable Borrower on each Alternate Currency Loan,
a
fee equal to such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Applicable Fixed Rate Margin
component of the interest accrued on such Loan, as in effect from time to time
during the period such interest accrued. Such portion of the interest paid
by
the applicable Borrower on Alternate Currency Loans to the applicable Alternate
Currency Lender shall be paid as promptly as possible by such Alternate
Currency Lender to
the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent shall as promptly as
possible convert such amount into Dollars at the spot rate of exchange in
accordance with its normal banking practices and apply such resulting amount
ratably among the Lenders (including the Alternate Currency Lenders) in
proportion to their Pro Rata Share
(f) Other
Provisions
Applicable to Alternate Currency Loans.
The specification
of payment of Alternate Currency Loans in the related Alternate Currency at
a
specific place pursuant to this Agreement is of the essence. Such Alternate
Currency shall, subject to Section
2.21,
be the currency
of account and payment of such Loans under this Agreement and the applicable
Alternate Currency Addendum. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement, the
obligation of the applicable Borrower in respect of such Loans shall not be
discharged by an amount paid in any other currency or at another place, whether
pursuant to a judgment or otherwise, to the extent the amount so paid, on prompt
conversion into the applicable Alternate Currency and transfer to such Lender
under normal banking procedure, does not yield the amount of such Alternate
Currency due under this Agreement or the applicable Alternate Currency Addendum.
In the event that any payment, whether pursuant to a judgment or otherwise,
upon
conversion and transfer, does not result in payment of the amount of such
Alternate Currency due under this Agreement or the applicable Alternate Currency
Addendum, such Lender shall have an independent cause of action against each
of
the Borrowers for the currency deficit. In the event that any payment, upon
conversion and transfer, results in payment in excess of the amount of such
Alternate Currency due under this Agreement or the applicable Alternate Currency
Addendum, such Lender shall refund such excess to the applicable
Borrower.
2.23 Judgment
Currency.
If, for the
purposes of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert a sum
due from any Borrower hereunder in the currency expressed to be payable herein
(the “specified currency”) into another currency, the parties hereto agree, to
the fullest extent that they may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange
used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the
Administrative Agent could purchase the specified currency with such other
currency at the Administrative Agent’s office in New York, New York on the
Business Day preceding that on which the final, non-appealable judgment is
given. The obligations of each Borrower in respect of any sum due to any Lender
or the Administrative Agent hereunder shall, notwithstanding any judgment in
a
currency other than the specified currency, be discharged only to the extent
that on the Business Day following receipt by such Lender or the Administrative
Agent (as the case may be) of any sum adjudged to be so due in such other
currency such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) may in
accordance with normal, reasonable banking procedures purchase the specified
currency with such other currency. If the amount of the specified currency
so
purchased is less than the sum originally due to such Lender or the
Administrative Agent, as the case may be, in the specified currency, each
Borrower agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so, as a
separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such
Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, against such loss,
and
if the amount of the specified currency so purchased exceeds (a) the sum
originally due to any Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be,
in
the specified currency and (b) any amounts shared with other Lenders as a result
of allocations of such excess as a disproportionate payment to such Lender
under
Section
13.2,
such Lender or
the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, agrees to remit such excess to
such Borrower.
2.24 Market
Disruption; Denomination of Amounts in Dollars; Dollar Equivalent of
Reimbursement Obligations.
(a) Notwithstanding
the
satisfaction of all conditions referred to in this Article
II
with respect to any Advance in any Agreed Currency other than Dollars or an
Alternate Currency, as applicable, if there shall occur on or prior to the
date
of such Advance any change in national or international financial, political
or
economic conditions or currency exchange rates or exchange controls which would
in the reasonable opinion of the Company, any Subsidiary Borrower, any Alternate
Currency Lender, the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders make it
impracticable for the Eurocurrency Rate Loans or Alternate Currency Loans
comprising such Advance to be denominated in the Agreed Currency or Alternate
Currency, as applicable, specified by the applicable Borrower, then the
Administrative Agent shall forthwith give notice thereof to the Company or
such
Borrower, the applicable Alternate Currency Lender and the Lenders, or the
applicable Borrower shall give notice to the Administrative Agent, the
applicable Alternate Currency Lender and the Lenders, as the case may be, and
such Eurocurrency Rate Loans or Alternate Currency Loans shall not be
denominated in such currency but shall be made on such Borrowing Date in
Dollars, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the Dollar Amount of the
aggregate principal amount specified in the related Borrowing Notice, as
Floating Rate Loans, unless the applicable Borrower notifies the Administrative
Agent at least one (1) Business Day before such date that (i) it elects not
to
borrow on such date or (ii) it elects to borrow on a date at least three (3)
Business Days thereafter in a different Agreed Currency or Alternate Currency,
as the case may be, in which the denomination of such Loans would in the opinion
of the Administrative Agent, any Alternate Currency Lender, if applicable,
and
the Required Lenders be practicable and in an aggregate principal amount equal
to the Dollar Amount of the aggregate principal amount specified in the related
Borrowing Notice.
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(b) Except
as set forth
in Sections
2.1,
2.5
and 2.22,
all amounts
referenced in this Article
II
shall be calculated using the Dollar Amount determined based upon the Equivalent
Amount in effect as of the date of any determination thereof; provided to the
extent that any Borrower shall be obligated hereunder to pay in Dollars any
Advance denominated in a currency other than Dollars, such amount shall be
paid
in Dollars using the Dollar Amount of the Advance (calculated based upon the
Equivalent Amount in effect on the date of payment thereof) and in the event
that the applicable Borrower does not reimburse the Administrative Agent and
the
Lenders are required to fund a purchase of a participation in such Advance,
such
purchase shall be made in Dollars in an amount equal to the Dollar Amount of
such Advance (calculated based upon the Equivalent Amount in effect on the
date
of payment thereof). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the full
risk of currency fluctuations shall be borne by the Borrowers and the Borrowers
agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Issuing Bank, the Alternate Currency
Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders from and against any loss
resulting from any borrowing denominated in a currency other than in Dollars
and
for which the Lenders are not reimbursed on the day of such
borrowing.
ARTICLE
III
THE
LETTER OF
CREDIT FACILITY
3.1 Obligation
to
Issue Letters of Credit.
Subject to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement and in reliance upon the representations,
warranties and covenants of the Company herein set forth, each Issuing Bank
hereby agrees to issue for the account of the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower
through such Issuing Bank’s branches as it and the Company may jointly agree,
one or more Letters of Credit denominated in any Agreed Currency or any
Alternate Currency in accordance with this Article
III,
from time to time
during the period, commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the Business
Day
prior to the Commitment Termination Date.
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3.2 Transitional
Provision.
Schedule 3.2
contains a
schedule of certain letters of credit issued for the account of the Company
and
its Subsidiaries prior to the Closing Date. From and after the Closing Date,
such letters of credit shall be deemed to be Letters of Credit issued pursuant
to this Article
III.
3.3 Types
and
Amounts.
No Issuing Bank
shall have any obligation to and no Issuing Bank shall:
(a) issue
(or amend)
any Letter of Credit if on the date of issuance (or amendment), before or after
giving effect to the Letter of Credit requested hereunder, (i) the amount
of the Revolving Credit Obligations at such time would exceed the Aggregate
Commitment at such time or (ii) the aggregate outstanding amount of
the L/C
Obligations would exceed $25,000,000; or
(b) without
the written
consent of such Issuing Bank, issue (or amend) any Letter of Credit which has
an
expiration date later than the date which is the earlier of one (1) year after
the date of issuance thereof or the Commitment Termination Date; provided
that any Letter of
Credit with a one-year tenor may provide for the renewal thereof for additional
one-year periods (not to extend beyond the Commitment Termination Date) with
the
written consent of the applicable Issuing Bank.
3.4 Conditions.
In addition to
being subject to the satisfaction of the conditions contained in Sections 5.1,
5.2
and
5.3,
the obligation of
an Issuing Bank to issue any Letter of Credit is subject to the satisfaction
in
full of the following conditions:
(a) the
Company shall
have delivered to the applicable Issuing Bank (at such times and in such manner
as such Issuing Bank may reasonably prescribe) and the Administrative Agent,
a
request for issuance of such Letter of Credit in substantially the form of
Exhibit
B
hereto (each such request a “Request
For
Letter of Credit”),
a duly executed
application for such Letter of Credit, and such other documents, instructions
and agreements as may be required pursuant to the terms thereof (all such
applications, documents, instructions, and agreements being referred to herein
as the “L/C
Documents”),
and the
proposed Letter of Credit shall be reasonably satisfactory to such Issuing
Bank
as to form and content; and
(b) as
of the date of
issuance no order, judgment or decree of any court, arbitrator or Governmental
Authority shall purport by its terms to enjoin or restrain the applicable
Issuing Bank from issuing such Letter of Credit and no law, rule or regulation
applicable to such Issuing Bank and no request or directive (whether or not
having the force of law) from a Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over
such Issuing Bank shall prohibit or request that such Issuing Bank refrain
from
the issuance of Letters of Credit generally or the issuance of that Letter
of
Credit.
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3.5 Procedure
for
Issuance of Letters of Credit.
(a) Subject
to the
terms and conditions of this Article
III
and provided
that the
applicable conditions set forth in Sections 5.1,
5.2
and 5.3
have been
satisfied, the applicable Issuing Bank shall, on the requested date, issue
a
Letter of Credit on behalf of the Company or a Subsidiary Borrower, as
applicable in accordance with such Issuing Bank’s usual and customary business
practices and, in this connection, such Issuing Bank may assume that the
applicable conditions set forth in Sections
3.4(b)
and 5.3
have been
satisfied unless it shall have received notice to the contrary from the
Administrative Agent or a Lender or has knowledge that the applicable conditions
have not been met.
(b) Promptly,
and in
any event not more than one (1) Business Day following the date of issuance
of
any Letter of Credit, the applicable Issuing Bank shall give the Administrative
Agent written or telex notice, or telephonic notice confirmed promptly
thereafter in writing, of the issuance of a Letter of Credit (provided
that the failure
to provide such notice shall not result in any liability on the part of such
Issuing Bank), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly give notice to the
Lenders of each such issuance.
(c) No
Issuing Bank
shall extend or amend any Letter of Credit unless the requirements of this
Section 3.5
are met as though
a new Letter of Credit was being requested and issued.
3.6 Letter
of Credit
Participation.
On the Closing
Date, with respect to the Letters of Credit identified on Schedule 3.2,
and immediately
upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit hereunder, each Lender shall be
deemed to have automatically, irrevocably and unconditionally purchased and
received from the applicable Issuing Bank an undivided interest and
participation in and to such Letter of Credit, the obligations of the Company
in
respect thereof, and the liability of such Issuing Bank thereunder
(collectively, an “L/C
Interest”)
in the amount
available for drawing under such Letter of Credit multiplied by such Lender’s
Pro Rata Share.
3.7 Reimbursement
Obligation.
(a) Each
Borrower on
whose behalf a Letter of Credit is issued agrees unconditionally, irrevocably
and absolutely to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the
Lenders, the amount of each advance drawn under or pursuant to a Letter of
Credit or an L/C Draft related thereto (such obligation of the Borrowers to
reimburse the Administrative Agent for an advance made under a Letter of Credit
or L/C Draft being hereinafter referred to as a “Reimbursement
Obligation”
with respect to
such Letter of Credit or L/C Draft), each such reimbursement to be made by
such
Borrower no later than the Business Day on which the applicable Issuing Bank
makes payment of each such L/C Draft or, if such Borrower shall have received
notice of a Reimbursement Obligation later than 12:00 noon (New York time),
on
any Business Day or on a day which is not a Business Day, no later than 12:00
noon (New York time), on the immediately following Business Day or, in the
case
of any other draw on a Letter of Credit, the date specified in the demand of
such Issuing Bank. If the applicable Borrower at any time fails to repay a
Reimbursement Obligation pursuant to this Section
3.7,
the Issuing Bank
shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent
shall promptly notify each Lender and such Borrower shall be deemed to have
requested to borrow Revolving Loans from the Lenders, as of the date of the
advance giving rise to the Reimbursement Obligation, equal to the amount of
the
unpaid Reimbursement Obligation. Such Revolving Loans shall be made as of the
date of the payment giving rise to such Reimbursement Obligation, automatically,
without notice and without any requirement to satisfy the conditions precedent
otherwise applicable to an Advance of Revolving Loans.
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(b) Each
Lender shall
upon any notice pursuant to Section
3.7(a)
make available to
the Administrative Agent for the account of the relevant Issuing Bank an amount
(i) in the same Agreed Currency or (ii)(A) in the applicable
Alternate
Currency, if available to such Lender, or (B) if such Alternate Currency
is
not available to such Lender, in Dollars in an amount equal to the Dollar Amount
(it being understood that any costs associated with currency conversions shall
be borne by the applicable Borrower) of such Alternate Currency, as the case
may
be, as the applicable Letter of Credit and in immediately available funds equal
to its Pro Rata Share of the amount of the drawing, whereupon such Lenders
shall
(subject to Section
3.7(d))
each be deemed to
have made a Revolving Loan constituting a Floating Rate Advance, the proceeds
of
which Advance shall be used to repay such Reimbursement Obligation. If any
Lender so notified fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for
the
account of the Issuing Bank the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the
amount of the drawing by no later than 2:00 p.m. (New York time) on the date
of
the advance giving rise to the Reimbursement Obligation, if notified prior
to
12:00 p.m. (New York time) or on the next Business Day if notified thereafter,
then interest shall accrue on such Lender’s obligation to make such payment,
from such date to the date such Lender makes such payment, at a rate per annum
equal to the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect from time to time during
such period. The Administrative Agent will promptly give notice of the
occurrence of the draw, but failure of the Administrative Agent to give any
such
notice in sufficient time to enable any Lender to effect such payment on such
date shall not relieve such Lender from its obligations under this Section
3.7.
(c) Each
Lender’s
obligation in accordance with this Agreement to make the Revolving Loans, as
contemplated by this Section
3.7,
as a result of a
drawing under a Letter of Credit, shall be absolute and unconditional and
without recourse to the Issuing Banks and shall not be affected by any
circumstance, including (i) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense
or other right which such Revolving Lender may have against an Issuing Bank,
the
Company or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (ii) the occurrence
or continuance of a Default, an Unmatured Default or a Material Adverse Effect;
or (iii) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or
not
similar to any of the foregoing.
(d) If,
for any reason,
the Company fails to repay a Reimbursement Obligation on the day such
Reimbursement Obligation becomes due and, for any reason, the Lenders are unable
to make or have no obligation to make Revolving Loans, then such Reimbursement
Obligation shall bear interest from and after such day, until paid in full,
at
the interest rate applicable to a Floating Rate Advance.
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3.8 Letter
of Credit
Fees.
The Company
agrees to pay in the same Agreed Currency or Alternate Currency, as the case
may
be, as the applicable Letter of Credit:
(a) quarterly,
in
arrears, to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders
a
letter of credit fee at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable L/C Fee
Percentage on the average daily outstanding amount available for drawing under
all Letters of Credit;
(b) quarterly,
in
arrears, to the applicable Issuing Bank, a letter of credit fronting fee in
an
amount agreed to between the Company and the applicable Issuing Bank on the
average daily outstanding face amount available for drawing under all Letters
of
Credit issued by such Issuing Bank; and
(c) to
the applicable
Issuing Bank, all reasonable and customary fees and other issuance, amendment,
document examination, negotiation and presentment expenses and related charges
in connection with the issuance, amendment, presentation of L/C Drafts, and
the
like customarily charged by such Issuing Banks with respect to standby letters
of credit.
3.9 Issuing
Bank
Reporting Requirements.
In addition to
the notices required by Section 3.5(b),
each Issuing Bank
shall, no later than the tenth (10th) Business Day following the last day of
each month, provide to the Administrative Agent, upon the Administrative Agent’s
request, schedules, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, showing the date of issue, account party, amount,
expiration date and the reference number of each Letter of Credit issued by
it
outstanding at any time during such month and the aggregate amount paid by
the
Company during such month. In addition, upon the request of the Administrative
Agent, each Issuing Bank shall furnish to the Administrative Agent copies of
any
Letter of Credit and any application for or reimbursement agreement with respect
to a Letter of Credit to which the Issuing Bank is party and such other
documentation as may reasonably be requested by the Administrative Agent. Upon
the request of any Lender, the Administrative Agent will provide to such Lender
information concerning such Letters of Credit.
3.10 Indemnification;
Exoneration.
(a) In
addition to
amounts payable as elsewhere provided in this Article
III,
the Company
hereby agrees to protect, indemnify, pay and save harmless the Administrative
Agent, each Issuing Bank and each Lender from and against any and all
liabilities and costs which the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank or
such
Lender may incur or be subject to as a consequence, direct or indirect, of
(i) the issuance of any Letter of Credit other than as a result of its
gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by the final judgment
of a
court of competent jurisdiction, or (ii) the failure of the applicable
Issuing Bank to honor a drawing under a Letter of Credit as a result of any
act
or omission, whether rightful or wrongful, of any present or future de jure
or
de facto Governmental Authority (all such acts or omissions herein called
“Governmental
Acts”).
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(b) As
among the
Company, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Banks, the
Company assumes all risks of the acts and omissions of, or misuse of such Letter
of Credit by, the beneficiary of any Letters of Credit. In furtherance and
not
in limitation of the foregoing, subject to the provisions of the Letter of
Credit applications and Letter of Credit reimbursement agreements executed
by
the Company at the time of request for any Letter of Credit, neither the
Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank nor any Lender shall be responsible
(in
the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct of such party in
connection therewith, as determined by the final judgment of a court of
competent jurisdiction): (i) for the form, validity, sufficiency, accuracy,
genuineness or legal effect of any document submitted by any party in connection
with the application for and issuance of the Letters of Credit, even if it
should in fact prove to be in any or all respects invalid, insufficient,
inaccurate, fraudulent or forged; (ii) 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;
(iii) for failure of the beneficiary of a Letter of Credit to comply
duly
with conditions not expressly provided on the face of such Letter of Credit
and
required in order to draw upon such Letter of Credit; (iv) for errors,
omissions, interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of any messages,
by mail, cable, telegraph, telex, or other similar form of teletransmission
or
otherwise; (v) for errors in interpretation of technical trade terms;
(vi) for any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document
required in order to make a drawing under any Letter of Credit or of the
proceeds thereof; (vii) for the misapplication by the beneficiary of
a
Letter of Credit of the proceeds of any drawing under such Letter of Credit;
and
(viii) for any consequences arising from causes beyond the control of
the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders, including, without
limitation, any Governmental Acts. None of the above shall affect, impair,
or
prevent the vesting of any Issuing Bank’s rights or powers under this
Section 3.10.
(c) In
furtherance and
extension and not in limitation of the specific provisions hereinabove set
forth, any action taken or omitted by any Issuing Bank under or in connection
with the Letters of Credit or any related certificates shall not, in the absence
of gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by the final judgment
of a court of competent jurisdiction, put the applicable Issuing Bank, the
Administrative Agent or any Lender under any resulting liability to the Company
or relieve the Company of any of its obligations hereunder to any such
Person.
(d) Without
prejudice
to the survival of any other agreement of the Company hereunder, the agreements
and obligations of the Company contained in this Section
3.10
shall survive the
payment in full of principal and interest hereunder, the termination of the
Letters of Credit and the termination of this Agreement.
3.11 Cash
Collateral.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein or in any application for a Letter of Credit,
after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default, the Company shall,
on the Business Day that it receives the Administrative Agent’s demand, deliver
to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders and the Issuing
Banks, cash, or other collateral of a type satisfactory to the Required Lenders,
having a value, as determined by such Lenders, equal to one hundred percent
(100%) of the aggregate Dollar Amount of the outstanding L/C Obligations. In
addition, if the Availability is at any time less than the Dollar Amount of
all
contingent L/C Obligations outstanding at any time, the Company shall deposit
cash collateral with the Administrative Agent in Dollars in an amount equal
to
one-hundred five percent (105%) of the Dollar Amount by which such L/C
Obligations exceed such Availability. Any such collateral shall be held by
the
Administrative Agent in a separate account appropriately designated as a cash
collateral account in relation to this Agreement and the Letters of Credit
and
retained by the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders and the
Issuing Banks as collateral security for the Company’s obligations in respect of
this Agreement and each of the Letters of Credit and L/C Drafts. Such amounts
shall be applied to reimburse the Issuing Banks for drawings or payments
under or pursuant to Letters of Credit or L/C Drafts, or if no such
reimbursement is required, to payment of such of the other Obligations as the
Administrative Agent shall determine. If no Default shall be continuing, amounts
remaining in any cash collateral account established pursuant to this
Section
3.11
which are not to
be applied to reimburse an Issuing Bank for amounts actually paid or to be
paid
by such Issuing Bank in respect of a Letter of Credit or L/C Draft, shall be
returned to the Company within one (1) Business Day (after deduction of the
Administrative Agent’s expenses incurred in connection with such cash collateral
account).
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ARTICLE
IV
CHANGE
IN
CIRCUMSTANCES
4.1 Yield
Protection.
If any law or any
governmental or quasi-governmental rule, regulation, policy, guideline or
directive (whether or not having the force of law) adopted after the date of
this Agreement or any interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental
Authority charged with the interpretation or application thereof, or the
compliance of any Lender therewith, subjects any Lender or any applicable
Lending Installation to any tax, duty, charge or withholding on or from payments
due from any Borrower (excluding any taxes covered by the provisions of
Section
2.15(e)),
or changes the
basis of taxation of payments to any Lender (other than changes in the rate
of
taxation on the overall net income of such Lender) in respect of its Commitment,
Loans, its L/C Interests, the Letters of Credit or other amounts due it
hereunder, or imposes or increases or deems applicable any reserve, assessment,
insurance charge, special deposit or similar requirement against assets of,
deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender or any
applicable Lending Installation (other than reserves and assessments taken
into
account in determining the interest rate applicable to Eurocurrency Rate Loans)
with respect to its Commitment, Loans, L/C Interests or the Letters of Credit,
or imposes any other condition the result of which is to increase the cost
to
any Lender or any applicable Lending Installation of making, funding or
maintaining its Commitment, Loans, the L/C Interests or the Letters of Credit
or
reduces any amount received by any Lender or any applicable Lending Installation
in connection with its Commitment, Loans or Letters of Credit, or requires
any
Lender or any applicable Lending Installation to make any payment calculated
by
reference to the amount of Commitment, Loans or L/C Interests held or interest
received by it or by reference to the Letters of Credit, by an amount deemed
material by such Lender; and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase
the cost to that Lender of making, renewing or maintaining its Commitment,
Loans, L/C Interests, or Letters of Credit or to reduce any amount received
under this Agreement, then, within fifteen (15) days after receipt by the
Company or any other Borrower of written demand by such Lender pursuant to
Section
4.5,
the applicable
Borrowers shall pay such Lender that portion of such increased expense incurred
or reduction in an amount received which such Lender reasonably determines
is
attributable to making, funding and maintaining its Loans, L/C Interests,
Letters of Credit and its Commitment; provided however
that the Company
shall not be liable under this Section
4.1
for the payment of
any such amounts incurred or accrued more than 180 days prior to the date on
which notice of the event or occurrence giving rise to the obligation to make
such payment is given to the Company hereunder; provided further
that if the event
or occurrence giving rise to such obligation is retroactive, then the 180-day
period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive
effect thereof; provided further
that (1) if the
Company objects in good faith to any payment demanded under this Section
4.1
on or before the
date such payment is due, then the Company and the Lender demanding such payment
shall enter into discussions to review the amount due and the Company’s
obligation to pay such amount to such Lender shall be deferred for 30 days
after
the original demand for payment and (2) if the Company and such Lender do not
otherwise reach agreement on the amount due during such 30 period, the Company
shall pay to such Lender at the end of such 30 day period the amount certified
by such Lender to be due. Subject to the last proviso in the preceding sentence,
a certificate as to such amounts submitted to the Company and the Administrative
Agent by such Lender shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent
manifest error.
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4.2 Changes
in
Capital Adequacy Regulations.
If a Lender
determines (a) the amount of capital required or expected to be maintained
by
such Lender, any Lending Installation of such Lender or any corporation
controlling such Lender is increased as a result of a “Change” (as defined
below), and (b) such increase in capital will result in an increase in the
cost
to such Lender of maintaining its Commitment, Loans, L/C Interests, the Letters
of Credit or its obligation to make Loans hereunder, then, within fifteen (15)
days after receipt by the Company or any other Borrower of written demand by
such Lender pursuant to Section
4.5,
the applicable
Borrowers shall pay such Lender the amount necessary to compensate for any
shortfall in the rate of return on the portion of such increased capital which
such Lender reasonably determines is attributable to this Agreement, its
Commitment, its Loans, its L/C Interests, the Letters of Credit or its
obligation to make Loans hereunder (after taking into account such Lender’s
policies as to capital adequacy); provided,
however,
that the Company
shall not be liable under this Section
4.2
for the payment of
any such amounts incurred or accrued more than 180 days prior to the date on
which notice of the event or occurrence giving rise to the obligation to make
such payment is given to the Company hereunder; provided,
further,
that if the event
or occurrence giving rise to such obligation is retroactive, then the 180-day
period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive
effect thereof; provided further
that (1) if the
Company objects in good faith to any payment demanded under this Section
4.2
on or before the
date such payment is due, then the Company and the Lender demanding such payment
shall enter into discussions to review the amount due and the Company’s
obligation to pay such amount to such Lender shall be deferred for 30 days
after
the original demand for payment and (2) if the Company and such Lender do not
otherwise reach agreement on the amount due during such 30 period, the Company
shall pay to such Lender at the end of such 30 day period the amount certified
by such Lender to be due. Subject to the last proviso in the preceding sentence,
a certificate as to such amounts submitted to the Company and the Administrative
Agent by such Lender shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent
manifest error. “Change”
means
(i) any change after the date of this Agreement in the “Risk-Based Capital
Guidelines” (as defined below) excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the effect
of any phasing in of such Risk-Based Capital Guidelines or any other capital
requirements passed prior to the date hereof, or (ii) any adoption of
or
change in any other law, governmental or quasi-governmental rule, regulation,
policy, guideline, interpretation, or directive (whether or not having the
force
of law) after the date of this Agreement which affects the amount of capital
required or expected to be maintained by any Lender or any Lending Installation
or any corporation controlling any Lender. “Risk-Based
Capital Guidelines”
means (i) the
risk-based capital guidelines in effect in the United States on the date of
this
Agreement, including transition rules, and (ii) the corresponding capital
regulations promulgated by regulatory authorities outside the United States
implementing the July 1988 report of the Basle Committee on Banking Regulation
and Supervisory Practices Entitled “International Convergence of Capital
Measurements and Capital Standards,” including transition rules, and any
amendments to such regulations adopted prior to the date of this
Agreement.
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4.3 Availability
of
Types of Advances.
If (a) any Lender
determines that maintenance of its Fixed Rate Loans at a suitable Lending
Installation would violate any applicable law, rule, regulation or directive,
whether or not having the force of law, or (b) the Required Lenders determine
that (i) deposits of a type, currency or maturity appropriate to match fund
Fixed-Rate Advances are not available or (ii) the interest rate applicable
to a
Fixed-Rate Advance does not accurately reflect the cost of making or maintaining
such an Advance, then the Administrative Agent shall suspend the availability
of
the affected Type of Advance and, in the case of any occurrence set forth in
clause (a),
require any
Advances of the affected Type to be repaid or converted into another
Type.
4.4 Funding
Indemnification.
If any payment of
a Fixed-Rate Advance occurs on a date which is not the last day of the
applicable Interest Period, whether because of acceleration, prepayment, or
otherwise, or a Fixed-Rate Advance is not made on the date specified by the
applicable Borrower for any reason other than default by the Lenders, the
Borrowers shall indemnify each Lender for any loss or cost incurred by it
resulting therefrom, including, without limitation, any loss or cost in
liquidating or employing deposits acquired to fund or maintain the Fixed-Rate
Advance.
4.5 Lender
Statements; Survival of Indemnity.
If reasonably
possible, each Lender shall designate an alternate Lending Installation with
respect to its Fixed-Rate Loans to reduce any liability of any Borrower to
such
Lender under Sections
4.1
and 4.2
or to avoid the
unavailability of a Type of Advance under Section 4.3,
so long as such
designation is not, in such Lender’s judgment, disadvantageous to such Lender.
Any demand for compensation pursuant to this Article
IV
shall be in
writing and shall state the amount due, if any, under Sections
4.1,
4.2
or 4.4
and shall set
forth in reasonable detail the calculations upon which such Lender determined
such amount. Such written demand shall be rebuttably presumed correct for all
purposes. Determination of amounts payable under such Sections in connection
with a Fixed-Rate Loan shall be calculated as though each Lender funded its
Fixed-Rate Loan through the purchase of a deposit of the type, currency and
maturity corresponding to the deposit used as a reference in determining the
Fixed-Rate applicable to such Loan, whether in fact that is the case or not.
The
obligations of the Company and the other Borrowers under Sections
4.1,
4.2
and 4.4
shall survive
payment of the Obligations and termination of this Agreement.
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ARTICLE
V
CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
5.1 Initial
Advances
and Letters of Credit.
The Lenders shall
not be required to make the initial Loans or issue any Letters of Credit unless
the Company has furnished to the Administrative Agent each of the following,
with sufficient copies for the Lenders, and the other conditions set forth
below
have been satisfied:
(a) Copies
of the
Certificate of Incorporation or equivalent document of each of the Loan Parties,
together with all amendments thereto, and, to the extent applicable, a
certificate of good standing, in each case certified by the appropriate
governmental officer in its jurisdiction of incorporation.
(b) Copies,
certified
by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of each of the Loan Parties, of their
respective Board of Directors’ resolutions authorizing the execution of the Loan
Documents.
(c) An
incumbency
certificate, executed by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of each of the
Loan Parties, which shall identify by name and title and bear the signature
of
the officers of the applicable Loan Party authorized to sign the Loan Documents
and to make borrowings hereunder, upon which certificate the Lenders shall
be
entitled to rely until informed of any change in writing by the applicable
Loan
Party.
(d) A
certificate, in
form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, executed by the
chief financial officer of the Company, stating that on the Closing Date, all
the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties in the Loan Documents
are
true and correct (unless such representation and warranty is made as of a
specific date, in which case, such representation and warranty shall be true
as
of such date) and no Default or Unmatured Default has occurred and is
continuing.
(e) A
Guaranty, in
substantially the form of Exhibit
F,
or in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, dated as
of
the Closing Date, duly executed by each Subsidiary Borrower that is a Domestic
Subsidiary and each other Domestic Subsidiary of the Company as required
pursuant to Section
7.2(k).
(f) Written
opinions of
the Loan Parties’ United States counsel, and, if applicable, foreign counsel,
addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(g) Such
other
documents as the Administrative Agent or its counsel or the Required Lenders
may
have reasonably requested.
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(h) (h)There
shall not
have occurred a material adverse change since December 31, 2004 in the financial
condition, operations, assets, business or properties of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(i) The
Administrative
Agent, Lenders and/or their Affiliates shall have received all fees and
expenses, including the reasonable fees and expenses of Mayer, Brown, Xxxx
&
Maw LLP, required to be paid on or before the Closing Date.
(j) Evidence
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that all governmental, shareholder
and
third party consents and approvals necessary in connection with this Agreement
and the other transactions contemplated hereby have been obtained; all such
consents and approvals remain in full force and effect; and all applicable
waiting periods have expired without any action being taken by any Governmental
Authority that could restrain, prevent or impose any material adverse conditions
on such other transactions or that could seek or threaten any of the foregoing,
and no law or regulation shall be applicable which in the judgment of the
Administrative Agent could have such effect.
5.2 Initial
Advance
to Each New Subsidiary Borrower.
No Lender shall
be required to make an Advance hereunder or purchase participations in Letters
of Credit or Alternate Currency Loans hereunder, no Swing Line Bank shall be
required to make any Swing Line Loans, and no Alternate Currency Lender shall
be
required to make any Alternate Currency Loans hereunder, in each case, to or
for
the account of a new Subsidiary Borrower added after the Closing Date unless
the
Company has furnished or caused to be furnished to the Administrative Agent
with
sufficient copies for the Lenders:
(a) The
Assumption
Letter executed and delivered by such Subsidiary Borrower and containing the
written consent of the Company thereon, as contemplated by Section
2.21.
(b) Copies,
certified
by the Secretary, Assistant Secretary, Director or Officer of the Subsidiary
Borrower, of its Board of Directors’ resolutions approving the Assumption
Letter.
(c) An
incumbency
certificate, executed by the Secretary, Assistant Secretary, Director or Officer
of the Subsidiary Borrower, which shall identify by name and title and bear
the
signature of the officers of such Subsidiary Borrower authorized to sign the
Assumption Letter and the other documents to be executed and delivered by such
Subsidiary Borrower hereunder, upon which certificate the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely until informed of any change in
writing by the Company.
(d) An
opinion of
counsel to such Subsidiary Borrower, in form and substance satisfactory to
the
Administrative Agent.
(e) Guaranty
documentation and such other documentation required by Section
2.21
from such
Subsidiary Borrower in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent.
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5.3 Each
Advance and
Each Letter of Credit.
The Lenders shall
not be required to make any Loan, or issue any Letter of Credit, unless on
the
applicable Borrowing Date, or in the case of a Letter of Credit, the date on
which the Letter of Credit is to be issued:
(a) There
exists no
Default or Unmatured Default and no Default or Unmatured Default would result
after giving effect to the making of any Loan or issuance of any Letter of
Credit;
(b) All
of the
representations and warranties contained in Article VI
are true and
correct in all material respects as of such Borrowing Date (unless such
representation and warranty is made as of a specific date, in which case, such
representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects
as of such date);
(c) The
Revolving
Credit Obligations do not, and after making such proposed Advance would not,
exceed the Aggregate Commitment; and
(d) the
Administrative
Agent has received a timely Borrowing Notice with respect to the applicable
Loan.
Each
Borrowing/Conversion/Continuation Notice with respect to a new Advance and
the
letter of credit application with respect to each Letter of Credit or Letter
of
Credit amendment shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Company
that the conditions contained in Sections 5.3(a),
(b)
and (c)
have been
satisfied.
ARTICLE
VI
REPRESENTATIONS
AND
WARRANTIES
In
order to induce
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to
make the Loans and the other financial accommodations to the Borrowers and
to
issue the Letters of Credit described herein, each of the Borrowers represents
and warrants as follows to each Lender and the Administrative Agent as of the
date of this Agreement, giving effect to the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by the Loan Documents, and thereafter on each date as required
by
Sections
5.2
and 5.3:
6.1 Organization;
Corporate Powers.
Each of the
Company and its Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation and is qualified to
conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted,
except where the failure to be so qualified would not have a Material Adverse
Effect.
6.2 Authorization
and Validity.
Each of the Loan
Parties has the requisite power and authority and legal right to execute and
deliver the Loan Documents to which it is a party and to perform its obligations
thereunder. The execution and delivery by each of the Loan Parties of the Loan
Documents to which it is a party and the performance of its obligations
thereunder have been duly authorized by proper proceedings, and the Loan
Documents to which it is a party constitute legal, valid and binding obligations
of each of the Loan Parties enforceable against each of the Loan Parties in
accordance with their terms, except as enforceability may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’
rights generally and by equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement
is sought in equity or at law).
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6.3 No
Conflict;
Government Consent.
Neither the
execution and delivery by the Loan Parties of the Loan Documents, nor the
consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, nor compliance with
the
provisions thereof will violate any law, rule, regulation, order, writ,
judgment, injunction, decree or award binding on the Company or any Subsidiary
or the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s articles of incorporation or by-laws or
other constitutive documents and agreements or the provisions of any material
indenture, instrument or agreement to which the Company or any Subsidiary is
a
party or is subject, or by which it, or its property, is bound, or conflict
with
or constitute a default thereunder, or result in the creation or imposition
of
any Lien in, of or on the property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, instrument or agreement. No order,
consent, approval, license, authorization, or validation of, or filing,
recording or registration with, or exemption by, any governmental or public
body
or authority, or any subdivision thereof, is required to be obtained by any
Loan
Party in connection with the authorization, execution, delivery and performance
of, or the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of, any of
the
Loan Documents, except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force
and effect.
6.4 Financial
Statements.
The consolidated
financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2004 were prepared in accordance with Agreement Accounting
Principles and fairly present in all material respects the consolidated
financial condition and operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries at such
date and the consolidated results of their operations for the period then
ended.
6.5 Material
Adverse
Change.
Since December
31, 2004, there has occurred no change in the financial condition, operations,
assets, business or properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as
a
whole, or any other event which has had or could reasonably be expected to
have
a Material Adverse Effect.
6.6 Taxes.
The Company and
the Subsidiaries have filed all United States federal tax returns and all other
material tax returns which are required to be filed and have paid all taxes
due
pursuant to said returns or pursuant to any assessment received by the Company
or any Subsidiary, except such taxes, if any, as are being contested in good
faith and as to which adequate reserves have been provided, or where the failure
to make such payment could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Company
and the Subsidiaries in respect of any taxes or other governmental charges
have
been made in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles.
6.7 Litigation
and
Contingent Obligations.
There is no
litigation, arbitration, governmental investigation, proceeding or inquiry
pending or, to the knowledge of any of the Borrowers, threatened against the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries (a) challenging the validity or
enforceability of any material provision of the Loan Documents or (b) which
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There is no
material loss contingency within the meaning of Agreement Accounting Principles
which has not been reflected in the consolidated financial statements of the
Company referred to in Section
6.4
or prepared and
delivered pursuant to Section
7.1(a)
for the fiscal
period during which such material loss contingency was incurred. Neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to or in default with respect
to
any final judgment, writ, injunction, restraining order or order of any nature,
decree, rule or regulation of any court or Governmental Authority which could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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6.8 Subsidiaries.
Schedule
6.8
hereto contains an
accurate list of all of the Subsidiaries of the Company in existence on the
Closing Date, setting forth their respective jurisdictions of formation. All
of
the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of such Subsidiaries have been duly
authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable. Except as set
forth
on Schedule
6.8,
as of the Closing
Date, no authorized but unissued or treasury shares of Capital Stock of any
Subsidiary are subject to any option, warrant, right to call or commitment
of
any kind or character. As of the Closing Date, neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary is subject to any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to repurchase
or otherwise acquire or retire any shares of its Capital Stock or any
convertible securities, rights or options to purchase its Capital Stock except
as otherwise set forth on Schedule
6.8.
Except as set
forth on Schedule
6.8,
as of the date
hereof the Company does not own or hold, directly or indirectly, any Capital
Stock or equity security of, or any equity or partnership interest in any Person
other than such Subsidiaries.
6.9 ERISA.
As at December
31, 2004 the Unfunded Liabilities of all Single Employer Plans did not in the
aggregate exceed $5,000,000. Each Plan complies and has been maintained in
all
material respects with all applicable requirements of law and regulations.
No
Reportable Event has occurred with respect to any Single Employer Plan having
any Unfunded Liability which has or may reasonably be expected to result in
a
liability to the Company in excess of $10,000,000. Neither the Company nor
any
other members of the Controlled Group has terminated any Single Employer Plan
without in each instance funding all vested benefit obligations thereunder.
Each
member of the Controlled Group has fulfilled its minimum funding obligations
with respect to each Multiemployer Plan. No Termination Event has occurred
or is
reasonably expected to occur. There are no material actions, suits or claims
(other than routine claims for benefits) pending or, to the knowledge of the
Company or its Subsidiaries, threatened with respect to any Plan or
Multiemployer Plan.
6.10 Accuracy
of
Information.
None of the (a)
information, exhibits or reports furnished or to be furnished by the Company
or
any Subsidiary to the Administrative Agent or to any Lender in connection with
the negotiation of the Loan Documents, or (b) representations or warranties
of
the Company or any Subsidiary contained in this Agreement, the other Loan
Documents or any other document, certificate or written statement furnished
to
the Administrative Agent or the Lenders by or on behalf of the Company or any
Subsidiary for use in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, when taken together with the Company’s filings with the Commission,
contained, contains or will contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or
omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to
make
the statements contained herein or therein not misleading in light of the
circumstances in which the same were made. The pro forma financial information
and projections contained in such materials is based upon good faith estimates
and assumptions believed by the Company to be reasonable at the time made (it
being understood that projections, are not to be viewed as facts and by their
nature involve estimations and uncertainties, and that actual results can differ
from pro forma and projected financials).
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6.11 Regulation
U.
Margin Stock constitutes less than 25% of those assets of the Company and its
Subsidiaries which are subject to any limitation on sale, pledge, or other
restriction hereunder.
6.12 Material
Agreements.
Neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any Contractual Obligation
the
performance of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any
charter or other restriction in any constitutive agreement or document affecting
its financial condition, assets, operations, business or properties which could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company
nor any Subsidiary is in default in the performance, observance or fulfillment
of any of the obligations, covenants or conditions contained in any Contractual
Obligation to which it is a party, which default could reasonably be expected
to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.13 Compliance
With
Laws.
The Company and
its Subsidiaries have complied with all Requirements of Law except to the extent
that such non-compliance could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice
to the effect that its operations are not in material compliance with any
Requirements of Law or the subject of any federal or state investigation
evaluating whether any remedial action is needed to respond to a release of
any
toxic or hazardous waste or substance into the environment, which non-compliance
or remedial action could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
6.14 Ownership
of
Properties.
On the Closing
Date, the Company and its Subsidiaries have good title, free of all Liens,
to
all of the properties and assets reflected in its December 31, 2004 audited
financial statements as owned by it (other than properties and assets disposed
of in the ordinary course of business since such date), except Liens permitted
under Section
7.3(b).
6.15 Statutory
Indebtedness Restrictions.
Neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to regulation under the Public
Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, the Federal Power Act, the Interstate
Commerce Act, or the Investment Company Act of 1940, or any other federal or
state statute or regulation which limits its ability to incur indebtedness
or
its ability to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
6.16 Environmental
Matters.
Each of the
Company and its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all Environmental, Health
or
Safety Requirements of Laws in effect in each jurisdiction where it is presently
doing business and as to which the failure to so comply, in the aggregate for
all such failures, would reasonably be likely to subject the Company or any
of
its Subsidiaries to liability that would have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary is subject to any liability under the
Environmental, Health or Safety Requirements of Laws in effect in any
jurisdiction where it is presently doing business that could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. As of the date hereof, neither
the
Company nor any Subsidiary has received any:
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(a) notice
from any
Governmental Authority by which any of the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s
present or previously-owned or leased property has been identified in any manner
by any such Governmental Authority as a property requiring remedial or other
corrective action with respect to a Release of any Contaminant; or
(b) notice
of any Lien
arising under or in connection with any Environmental, Health or Safety
Requirements of Law that has attached to any of the Company’s or such
Subsidiary’s owned or the Company or any Subsidiaries’ interest in any leased
property or any revenues of the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s owned property;
or
(c) communication,
written or oral, from any Governmental Authority concerning action or omission
by the Company or such Subsidiary in connection with its ownership or leasing
of
any property resulting in the release of any hazardous substance resulting
in
any violation of any Environmental, Health or Safety Requirements of
Law;
where
the effect of
which, in the aggregate for all such notices and communications, could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.17 Insurance.
The properties
and assets and business of the Company and its Subsidiaries are insured with
financially sound and reputable insurance companies not Subsidiaries of the
Company, in such amounts, with such deductibles and covering such risks as
are
customarily carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and are similarly
situated.
6.18 Labor
Matters.
As of the Closing
Date, no labor disputes, strikes or walkouts affecting the operations of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, are pending, or, to the Company’s knowledge,
threatened, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
6.19 Solvency.
After giving
effect to (a) the extensions of credit made hereunder on the Closing Date or
such other date as Loans requested hereunder were made, (b) the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and
(c) the payment and accrual of all transaction costs with respect to the
foregoing, the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are
Solvent.
6.20 Default.
No Default or
Unmatured Default has occurred and is continuing.
6.21 Foreign
Employee
Benefit Matters.
(a) Each Foreign
Employee Benefit Plan is in compliance in all material respects with all
material laws, regulations and rules applicable thereto and the respective
requirements of the governing documents for such Plan; (b) the aggregate
of
the accumulated benefit obligations under all Foreign Pension Plans does not
exceed to any material extent the current fair market value of the assets held
in the trusts or similar funding vehicles for such Plans; (c) with respect
to any Foreign Employee Benefit Plan (other than a Foreign Pension Plan),
reasonable reserves have been established in accordance with prudent business
practice or where required by ordinary accounting practices in the jurisdiction
in which such Plan is maintained; and (d) there are no material actions,
suits or claims (other than routine claims for benefits) pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company and its Subsidiaries, threatened against the Company
or
any Subsidiary of it or any member of its Controlled Group with respect to
any
Foreign Employee Benefit Plan.
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6.22 Representations
and Warranties of each Subsidiary Borrower.
Each Subsidiary
Borrower further represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders that:
(a) Organization
and
Corporate Powers.
Such Subsidiary
Borrower (i) is a company duly formed and validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the state or country of its organization (such jurisdiction
being hereinafter referred to as the “Home Country”); (ii) has the requisite
power and authority to own its property and assets and to carry on its business
substantially as now conducted except where the failure to have such requisite
authority would not have a Material Adverse Effect on such Subsidiary Borrower;
and (iii) has the requisite power and authority and legal right to execute
and
deliver any Alternate Currency Addendum to which it is a party and each other
Loan Document to which it is a party and the performance by it of its
obligations thereunder have been duly authorized by proper corporate
proceedings.
(b) Binding
Effect.
Each Loan
Document, including, without limitation, any Alternate Currency Addendum,
executed by such Subsidiary Borrower is the legal, valid and binding obligation
of such Subsidiary Borrower enforceable in accordance with their respective
terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or
similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and
general equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in
equity or at law).
(c) No
Conflict;
Government Consent.
Neither the
execution and delivery by such Subsidiary Borrower of the Loan Documents to
which it is a party, nor the consummation by it of the transactions therein
contemplated to be consummated by it, nor compliance by such Subsidiary Borrower
with the provisions thereof will violate any law, rule, regulation, order,
writ,
judgment, injunction, decree or award binding on such Subsidiary Borrower or
any
of its Subsidiaries or such Subsidiary Borrower’s or any of its Subsidiaries’
memoranda of association or articles or certificate of incorporation, by-laws
or
other constituent documents and agreements or the provisions of any material
indenture, instrument or agreement to which such Subsidiary Borrower or any
of
its Subsidiaries is a party or is subject, or by which it, or its property,
is
bound, or conflict with or constitute a default thereunder, or result in the
creation or imposition of any Lien in, of or on the property of such Subsidiary
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of any such indenture,
instrument or agreement. No order, consent, approval, license, authorization,
or
validation of, or filing, recording or registration with, or exemption by,
any
governmental agency is required to authorize, or is required in connection
with
the execution, delivery and performance of, or the legality, validity, binding
effect or enforceability of, any of the Loan Documents except such as have
been
obtained or made and are in full force and effect.
(d) Filing.
To ensure the
enforceability or admissibility in evidence of this Agreement and each Loan
Document to which such Subsidiary Borrower is a party (including, without
limitation, any Alternate Currency Addendum) in its Home Country, except as
set
forth in the applicable Alternate Currency Addendum, it is not necessary that
this Agreement or any other Loan Document to which such Subsidiary Borrower
is a
party or any other document be filed or recorded with any court or other
authority in its Home Country or that any stamp or similar tax be paid to or
in
respect of this Agreement or any other Loan Document of such Subsidiary
Borrower. Except as set forth in the applicable Alternate Currency Addendum,
the
qualification by any Lender or the Administrative Agent for admission to do
business under the laws of such Subsidiary Borrower’s Home Country does not
constitute a condition to, and the failure to so qualify does not affect, the
exercise by any Lender or the Administrative Agent of any right, privilege,
or
remedy afforded to any Lender or the Administrative Agent in connection with
the
Loan Documents to which such Subsidiary Borrower is a party or the enforcement
of any such right, privilege, or remedy against such Subsidiary
Borrower.
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(e) No
Immunity.
Neither such
Subsidiary Borrower nor any of its assets is entitled to immunity from suit,
execution, attachment or other legal process. Such Subsidiary Borrower’s
execution and delivery of the Loan Documents to which it is a party constitute,
and the exercise of its rights and performance of and compliance with its
obligations under such Loan Documents will constitute, private and commercial
acts done and performed for private and commercial purposes.
(f) Application
of
Representations and Warranties.
It is understood
and agreed by the parties hereto that the representations and warranties of
each
Subsidiary Borrower (other than any Subsidiary Borrower that shall be a
Subsidiary Borrower as of the Closing Date) in this Section 6.22
shall only be
applicable to such Subsidiary Borrower on and after the date of its execution
of
an Assumption Letter and, if applicable, an Alternate Currency
Addendum.
ARTICLE VII
COVENANTS
The
Company
covenants and agrees that so long as any Commitments are outstanding and
thereafter until payment in full of all of the Obligations (other than
contingent indemnity obligations) and termination of all Letters of Credit,
unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise give prior written
consent:
7.1 Reporting.
The Company
shall:
(a) Financial
Reporting.
Furnish to the
Administrative Agent:
(i) Quarterly
Reports.
As soon as
practicable and in any event within forty-five (45) days after the end of the
first three quarterly periods of each of its fiscal years, for itself and its
Subsidiaries, consolidated unaudited balance sheets as at the end of each such
period and consolidated statement of income, and a statement of cash flows
for
the period from the beginning of such fiscal year to the end of such quarter,
presented on the same basis as described in Section
7.1(a)(ii)
(except that
compliance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States
shall be subject to year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes) and,
in
the case of the consolidated statement of income and the statement of cash
flows, on a comparative basis with the statements for such period in the prior
fiscal year of the Company.
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(ii) Annual
Reports.
As soon as
practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days after the end of each
of
its fiscal years, an audit report, certified by internationally recognized
independent certified public accountants, prepared in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles, on a consolidated basis for itself and its
Subsidiaries, including balance sheets as of the end of such period, related
statement of income and consolidated statement of changes in owners’ equity, and
a statement of cash flows, which audit report shall be unqualified and shall
state that such financial statements fairly present in all material respects
the
consolidated financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the
dates indicated and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods
indicated in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the
United States and that the examination by such accountants in connection with
such consolidated financial statements has been made in accordance with
generally accepted auditing standards.
(iii) Officer’s
Certificate.
Together with
each delivery of any financial statement (a) pursuant to clauses
(i)
and (ii)
of this
Section
7.1(a),
an Officer’s
Certificate of the Company, substantially in the form of Exhibit
D
attached hereto and made a part hereof, stating that as of the date of such
Officer’s Certificate no Default or Unmatured Default exists, or if any Default
or Unmatured Default exists, stating the nature and status thereof and (b)
pursuant to clauses
(i)
and (ii)
of this
Section
7.1(a),
a compliance
certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit E
attached hereto
and made a part hereof, signed by the Company’s chief financial officer, chief
accounting officer or treasurer, setting forth calculations for the period
then
ended which demonstrate compliance with Section
7.4,
and which
calculate the Leverage Ratio for purposes of determining the then Applicable
Floating Rate Margin, Applicable Fixed Rate Margin and Applicable Commitment
Fee
Percentage.
(b) Notice
of
Default.
Promptly upon any
of the chief executive officer, chief operating officer, chief financial
officer, treasurer, controller or other executive officer of the Company
obtaining actual knowledge (i) of any condition or event which constitutes
a Default or Unmatured Default or (ii) that any Person has given any
written notice to any Authorized Officer or any Subsidiary of the Company or
taken any other action with respect to a claimed default or event or condition
of the type referred to in Section
8.1(d),
the Company shall
deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders an Officer’s Certificate
specifying (A) the nature and period of existence of any such claimed
default, Default, Unmatured Default, condition or event, (B) the notice
given or action taken by such Person in connection therewith, and (C) what
action the Company has taken, is taking or proposes to take with respect
thereto.
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(c) Lawsuits.
(i) Promptly upon the Company obtaining actual knowledge of
the
institution of, or written threat of, any action, suit, proceeding, governmental
investigation or arbitration, by or before any Governmental Authority, against
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any property of the Company or any
of
its Subsidiaries not previously disclosed pursuant to Section
6.7,
which action,
suit, proceeding, governmental investigation or arbitration exposes, or in
the
case of multiple actions, suits, proceedings, governmental investigations or
arbitrations arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances which
expose, in the Company’s reasonable judgment, the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to liability in an amount aggregating $15,000,000 or more
(exclusive of claims covered by insurance policies of the Company or any of
its
Subsidiaries unless the insurers of such claims have disclaimed coverage or
reserved the right to disclaim coverage on such claims), give written notice
thereof to the Administrative Agent and provide such other information as may
be
reasonably requested to enable each Lender and the Administrative Agent and
its
counsel to evaluate such matters; provided that the Company shall not be
required to provide information subject to attorney-client privilege; and (ii)
in addition to the requirements set forth in clause (i)
of this
Section
7.1(c),
upon request of
the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, promptly give written notice
of the status of any action, suit, proceeding, governmental investigation or
arbitration disclosed pursuant to Section
6.7
or covered by a
report delivered pursuant to clause (i)
above and provide
such other information as may be reasonably requested to enable the Required
Lenders and the Administrative Agent and its counsel to evaluate such matters;
provided that the Company shall not be required to provide information subject
to attorney-client privilege.
(d) Other
Indebtedness.
Deliver to the
Administrative Agent (with subsequent delivery by the Administrative Agent
to
the Lenders within a reasonable period of time) (i) a copy of each notice
or communication regarding potential or actual defaults (including any
accompanying officer’s certificate) delivered by or on behalf of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries to the holders of Indebtedness for money borrowed with
an aggregate outstanding principal amount in excess of $20,000,000 pursuant
to
the terms of the agreements governing such Indebtedness, such delivery to be
made at the same time and by the same means as such notice of default is
delivered to such holders, and (ii) a copy of each notice or other
communication received by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from the
holders of Indebtedness for money borrowed with an aggregate outstanding
principal amount in excess of $20,000,000 regarding potential or actual defaults
pursuant to the terms of such Indebtedness, such delivery to be made promptly
after such notice or other communication is received by the Company or its
Subsidiary.
(e) Other
Reports.
Deliver or cause
to be delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders copies of all
notifications received from the Commission by the Company or its Subsidiaries
pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules promulgated
thereunder relating to actual or potential violations of rules promulgated
by
the Commission or other laws. The Company shall include the Administrative
Agent
and the Lenders on its standard distribution lists for all press releases made
available generally by the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries to the
public concerning material developments in the business of the Company or any
such Subsidiary.
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(f) Other
Information.
Promptly upon
receiving a request therefor from the Administrative Agent, prepare and deliver
to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders such other information with respect
to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as from time to time may be
reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.
Documents
required
to be delivered pursuant to Section
7.1(a)(i)
or (a)(ii)
(to the extent any
such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the Commission)
may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have
been delivered on the date (i) on which the Company posts such documents, or
provides a link thereto on the Company’s website on the Internet at the website
address listed on its signature page hereto; or (ii) on which such documents
are
posted on the Company’s behalf on an Internet 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; (i) the Company shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the
Administrative Agent or any Lender that requests the Company to deliver such
paper copies until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given
by the Administrative Agent or such Lender and (ii) the Company shall notify
the
Administrative Agent and each Lender (by telecopier or electronic mail) of
the
posting of any such documents and provide to the Administrative Agent by
electronic mail electronic version (i.e., soft copies) of such documents.
7.2 Affirmative
Covenants.
(a) Corporate
Existence, Etc.
Subject to
Section
7.3(h),
the Company
shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, at all times maintain its
corporate existence and preserve and keep, or cause to be preserved and kept,
in
full force and effect its rights and franchises material to its businesses
except where, in the case of Subsidiaries which are not Subsidiary Borrowers,
failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(b) Corporate
Powers; Conduct of Business.
The Company
shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, qualify and remain qualified
to do business in each jurisdiction in which the nature of its business requires
it to be so qualified and where the failure to be so qualified will have or
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Compliance
with
Laws, Etc.
The Company
shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, (a) comply with all Requirements
of
Law and all restrictive covenants affecting such Person or the financial
condition, operations, assets, business or properties of such Person, and (b)
obtain as needed all permits necessary for its operations and maintain such
permits in good standing unless failure to comply or obtain such permits could
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) Payment
of Taxes
and Claims.
The Company shall
pay, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to pay, (i) all material taxes,
assessments and other governmental charges imposed upon it or on any of its
properties or assets or in respect of any of its franchises, business, income
or
property before any penalty or interest accrues thereon, and (ii) all claims
(including, without limitation, claims for labor, services, materials and
supplies) for material sums which have become due and payable and which by
law
have or may become a Lien (other than a Lien permitted by Section
7.3(b))
upon any of the
Company’s or such Subsidiary’s property or assets, prior to the time when any
penalty or fine shall be incurred with respect thereto; provided
that no such
taxes, assessments and governmental charges referred to in clause (i)
above or claims
referred to in clause (ii)
above (and
interest, penalties or fines relating thereto) need be paid if being contested
in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently instituted and conducted
and
if such reserve or other appropriate provision, if any, as shall be required
in
conformity with Agreement Accounting Principles shall have been made
therefor.
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(e) Insurance.
The Company will
maintain, and will cause to be maintained on behalf of each of its Subsidiaries,
insurance coverage by financially sound and reputable insurance companies or
associations, against such casualties and contingencies, of such types and
in
such amounts as are customary for companies engaged in similar businesses and
owning and operating similar properties, it being understood that the Company
and its Subsidiaries may self-insure against hazards and risks with respect
to
which, and in such amounts, as the Company in good faith determines prudent
and
consistent with sound financial practice, and as are customary for companies
engaged in similar businesses and owning and operating similar properties.
The
Company shall furnish to any Lender upon request full information as to the
insurance carried.
(f) Inspection
of
Property; Books and Records; Discussions.
The Company shall
permit and cause each of its Subsidiaries to permit, any authorized
representative(s) designated by either the Administrative Agent or the Required
Lenders (or while any Default exists, any Lender) to visit and inspect, for
a
reasonable purpose, any of the properties of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, to examine, audit, check and make copies of their respective
financial and accounting records, books, journals, orders, receipts and any
correspondence and other data relating to their respective businesses or the
transactions contemplated hereby (including, without limitation, in connection
with environmental compliance, hazard or liability), and to discuss their
affairs, finances and accounts with their officers and their independent
certified public accountants, all upon reasonable notice and at such reasonable
times during normal business hours, as often as may be reasonably requested.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section
7.2(f),
neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will be required to disclose, permit the
inspection, examination or making of extracts, or discussion of, any document,
information or other matter that (i) constitutes non-financial trade secrets
or
non-financial proprietary information, (ii) in respect of which disclosure
to
the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or its respective designated
representative) is then prohibited by any Requirement of Law or any agreement
binding on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (iii) is subject to
attorney-client or similar privilege or constitutes attorney work product.
The
Company shall keep and maintain, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to keep
and
maintain proper books of record and account in which entries in conformity
with
Agreement Accounting Principles shall be made of all dealings and transactions
in relation to their respective businesses and activities.
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(g) ERISA
Compliance.
The Company
shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, establish, maintain and
operate all Plans (and, to the extent it is within the power of the Company
or
one of its Subsidiaries, all Multiemployer Plans) to comply in all material
respects with the provisions of ERISA, the Code, all other applicable laws,
and
the regulations and interpretations thereunder and the respective requirements
of the governing documents for such Plans.
(h) Maintenance
of
Property.
The Company shall
cause all property used or useful in the conduct of its business or the business
of any Subsidiary to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and
working order, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and supplied with all necessary
equipment and shall cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals,
replacements, betterments and improvements thereof, all as in the judgment
of
the Company may be necessary so that the business carried on in connection
therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all times and except
to the extent that the failure to so maintain such property could not be
reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(i) Environmental
Compliance.
The Company
shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply with, all
Environmental, Health or Safety Requirements of Law, except where noncompliance
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(j) Use
of
Proceeds.
The Borrowers
shall use the proceeds of the Advances to repay certain outstanding Indebtedness
and to provide funds for the additional working capital needs and other general
corporate purposes of the Company and its Subsidiaries, including, without
limitation, the financing of Permitted Acquisitions. The Company will not,
nor
will it permit any Subsidiary to, use any of the proceeds of the Advances to
make any Acquisition other than a Permitted Acquisition made pursuant to
Section
7.3(f).
(k) Subsidiary
Guarantees; Subsidiary Subordination Agreement.
The Company
will:
(i) cause
each
Subsidiary Borrower that is a Domestic Subsidiary and each Domestic Subsidiary
that has assets (other than goodwill) with a book value in excess of $10,000,000
to execute the Guaranty (and from and after the Closing Date cause each other
Subsidiary Borrower that is a Domestic Subsidiary and each other Domestic
Subsidiary which has such assets to execute and deliver to the Administrative
Agent, within ten (10) days after becoming a Subsidiary Borrower or another
Domestic Subsidiary which has such assets, as applicable, an assumption or
joinder agreement pursuant to which it agrees to be bound by the terms and
provisions of the Guaranty (whereupon such Subsidiary shall become a “Guarantor”
under this Agreement));
(ii) in
the event that
at any time the book value of the assets (other than goodwill) of all Domestic
Subsidiaries which are not Guarantors exceeds the lesser of (a) twenty
percent (20%) of the Consolidated Net Assets of the Company and its Domestic
Subsidiaries at such time and (b) $50,000,000, within ten (10) days
thereafter cause one or more of such Subsidiaries to execute and deliver to
the
Administrative Agent an assumption or joinder agreement pursuant to which it
or
they agree to be bound by the terms and provisions of the Guaranty (whereupon
each such Domestic Subsidiary shall become a “Guarantor” under this Agreement)
such that, after giving effect thereto, the book value of the assets (other
than
goodwill) of all Domestic Subsidiaries which are not Guarantors does not exceed
the lesser of (a) twenty percent (20%) of the Consolidated Net Assets
of
the Company and its Domestic Subsidiaries at such time and
(b) $50,000,000;
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(iii) cause
any
Subsidiary, before it makes a loan constituting Indebtedness to any of the
Borrowers in an aggregate principal amount in excess of $5,000,000, to execute
the Subordination Agreement (and from and after the Closing Date cause each
other Subsidiary that has made such loan constituting Indebtedness to any
Borrower in an aggregate principal amount in excess of $5,000,000 to execute
and
deliver to the Administrative Agent, within ten (10) days after becoming a
Subsidiary, as applicable, an assumption or joinder agreement pursuant to which
it agrees to be bound by the terms and provisions of the Subordination
Agreement); and
(iv) deliver
and cause
such Subsidiaries to deliver corporate resolutions, opinions of counsel, and
such other corporate documentation as the Administrative Agent may reasonably
request, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent.
(l) Foreign
Employee
Benefit Compliance.
The Company
shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and each member of its
Controlled Group to, establish, maintain and operate all Foreign Employee
Benefit Plans to comply in all material respects with all laws, regulations
and
rules applicable thereto and the respective requirements of the governing
documents for such Plans, except for failures to comply which, in the aggregate,
would not be reasonably expected to subject the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to liability, individually or in the aggregate, in excess of
$20,000,000.
7.3 Negative
Covenants.
(a) Sales
of
Assets.
The Company shall
not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, consummate any Asset Sale,
except:
(i) transfers
of assets
(A) to the Company, between the Company and any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary or
between any Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, in each case in the ordinary course
of
business or for tax planning purposes or (B) by any Non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary
to the Company or any other Subsidiary;
(ii) transfers
of assets
otherwise permitted pursuant to Section
7.3(f)
or Section
7.3(h);
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(iii) sales,
assignments,
transfers, lease conveyances or other dispositions of other assets if such
transaction (a) is for not less than fair market value (as determined in good
faith by the Company’s chief financial officer), and (b) when combined with all
such other transactions (each such transaction being valued at book value)
and
all Sale and Leaseback Transactions (each such Sale and Leaseback Transaction
being valued at book value) during the period from the Closing Date to the
date
of such proposed transaction, represents (when taken together with prior
dispositions made pursuant to this clause (iii))
the disposition
of not greater than twenty-five percent (25%) of the Company’s Consolidated Net
Assets at the end of the fiscal year immediately preceding that in which such
transaction is proposed to be entered into;
(iv) sales
or
assignments of leases of Inventory in the ordinary course of business;
and
(v) sales
of
receivables pursuant to non-recourse (subject to customary indemnification
obligations) factoring arrangements or similar arrangements.
(b) Liens.
The Company shall
not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly create,
incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on or with respect to any of their
respective other property or assets except:
(i) Permitted
Existing
Liens and any renewals or extensions thereof;
(ii) Permitted
Liens;
(iii) Liens
with respect
to assets acquired by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries after the date
hereof pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition (and not created in contemplation
of
such acquisition); provided
that such Liens
shall extend only to the assets so acquired and any accessions, additions,
parts, replacements, fixtures, improvements and attachments thereto, and the
proceeds thereof;
(iv) Liens
securing
Indebtedness of a Subsidiary to the Company or to another
Guarantor;
(v) Liens
securing
Indebtedness permitted under Section
7.3(c)(v);
(vi) additional
Liens;
provided
that the
Indebtedness or other obligations secured thereby does not exceed in the
aggregate outstanding at any time $20,000,000.
(vii) Liens
solely on any
xxxx xxxxxxx money deposits made by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
in
connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted
hereunder;
(viii) Liens
on the assets
of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary of the Company
pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition; provided however
that any such Lien
may not extend to any other assets of the Company or any other Subsidiary that
is not a direct Subsidiary of such Person; provided further
that any such Lien
was not created in anticipation of or in connection with the transaction or
series of transactions pursuant to which such Person became a Subsidiary of
the
Company;
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(ix) Liens
on specific
items of inventory or other goods and the proceeds thereof securing such
Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances issued or credited for
the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage
of
such inventory or goods;
(x) statutory,
common
law or contractual Liens of creditor depository institutions or institutions
holding securities accounts (including rights of set-off or similar rights
and
remedies);
(xi) Liens
consisting of
pledges of cash collateral to secure Hedging Agreements in an aggregate amount
not to exceed $5,000,000 to the extent permitted hereunder; and
(xii) customary
Liens
granted in favor of a trustee to secure fees and other amounts owing to a
trustee under an indenture or other agreement pursuant to which Indebtedness
permitted by Section
7.3(c)(x)
is issued;
(xiii) encumbering
of
assets of Foreign Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness permitted by Section
7.3(c)(vii);
and
(xiv) Liens
encumbering
receivables sold or assigned pursuant to Section
7.3(a)(v),
and the proceeds
thereof and any account into which such proceeds are deposited (so long as
such
account is maintained solely for the purpose of receiving such
proceeds).
(c) Indebtedness.
The Company shall
not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, cause or permit, directly or
indirectly create, incur, assume or otherwise become or remain directly or
indirectly liable with respect to any Indebtedness, except:
(i) the
Obligations;
(ii) Permitted
Existing
Indebtedness and any refinancing, renewals, refundings or extensions thereof;
provided that the amount of such Indebtedness is not increased at the time
of
such refinancing;
(iii) Indebtedness
arising from intercompany loans and advances from (A) the Company to
any
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary or any Subsidiary to the Company or another Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business or (B) the Company or
any
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary to any Non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, which, when
aggregated with the amount of Investments made by the Company or any
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary in Non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries pursuant to
Section 7.3(f)(i)(B)
does not exceed
$10,000,000;
(iv) Hedging
Obligations
to the extent permitted under Section
7.3(k);
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(v) Indebtedness
with
respect to Capital Lease Obligations and purchase money Indebtedness with
respect to real or personal property in an aggregate amount at any time
outstanding not to exceed $25,000,000;
(vi) Indebtedness
assumed or incurred in connection with Permitted Acquisitions;
(vii) Indebtedness
of
Foreign Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount at any time outstanding not to
exceed $30,000,000;
(viii) Indebtedness
incurred for the purpose of refinancing, renewing or extending any of the
Indebtedness permitted under clause (ii);
(ix) additional
Indebtedness in an aggregate amount at any time outstanding not exceeding an
amount equal to 25% of Consolidated Net Assets at the end of the fiscal year
immediately preceding that in which such Indebtedness is incurred, of which
not
more than $25,000,000 may be incurred by Subsidiaries which are not Subsidiary
Borrowers or Guarantors;
(x) Subordinated
Indebtedness; provided
that to the extent
that any Subsidiary incurs or guarantees any Subordinated Indebtedness and
is
not a Guarantor hereunder, such Subsidiary shall concurrently with the issuance
or guaranty of such Subordinated Indebtedness become a Guarantor hereunder;
provided further
that such
Subsidiary will be released from being a Guarantor hereunder at such time as
it
is no longer obligated under such Subordinated Indebtedness (unless otherwise
required to be a Guarantor hereunder by Section 7.2(k);
(xi) (A)
Permitted
Existing Contingent Obligations and (B) other Contingent Obligations;
provided
that after giving
effect to the incurrence of such Contingent Obligation on a pro forma basis
as
if such Contingent Obligation had been incurred on the first day of the twelve
month period ending on the last day of the Company’s most recently completed
Fiscal Quarter, the Company will be in compliance with Section 7.4;
and
(xii) customary
indemnification obligations pursuant to factoring or similar arrangements
permitted pursuant to Section
7.3(a)(v).
(d) Restricted
Payments.
The Company shall
not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, make or declare any Restricted
Payments (other than Restricted Payments by a Subsidiary to the Company or
another Wholly-Owned Subsidiary) except that so long as no Default or Unmatured
Default then exists, the Company and its Subsidiaries may (i) repurchase shares
from its employees, officers or directors pursuant to any vesting provisions
with respect thereto; (ii) make Restricted Payments not to exceed (x) in
any twelve month period, an aggregate amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of
Net
Income plus, to the extent deducted in determining Net Income for such period,
non-cash expenses in respect of stock options, in each case, for the previous
twelve month period and (y) subject to pro forma compliance with the
Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio, an additional $50,000,000 over the term of this
Agreement; (iii) make acquisitions of Capital Stock of the Company in
connection with the exercise of stock options or stock appreciation rights
by
way of cashless exercise or in connection with the satisfaction of withholding
tax obligations; (iv) purchase of fractional shares of the Capital Stock of
the
Company arising out of stock dividends, splits or combinations or business
combinations; (v) in connection with any Permitted Acquisition, (A) receive
or
accept the return to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of Capital Stock
of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries constituting a portion of the purchase
price consideration in settlement of indemnification claims or (B) make payments
or distributions to dissenting stockholders pursuant to applicable law; (vi)
honor any conversion request by a holder of any Convertible Indebtedness of
the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and make cash payments in lieu of fractional
shares in connection with the conversion of such Convertible Indebtedness;
(vii)
purchase, redeem, repurchase, defease, acquire or retire for value Capital
Stock
or Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in
exchange for, upon conversion of, or out of the proceeds of, the substantially
concurrent sale of Capital Stock of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock)
whether contemporaneously or in the future; and (viii) purchase, redeem,
repurchase, defease, acquire or retire for value any Subordinated Indebtedness
in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of, any Subordinated Indebtedness
incurred to refinance such Subordinated Indebtedness.
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(e) Conduct
of
Business; Acquisitions.
The Company shall
not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, engage in any business other than
the businesses engaged in by the Company on the date hereof and any business
or
activities which are similar, related or incidental thereto or logical
extensions thereof. The Company shall not make any Acquisitions, other than
Acquisitions meeting the following requirements (each such Acquisition
constituting a “Permitted
Acquisition”):
(i) no
Default or
Unmatured Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from
such Acquisition or the incurrence of any Indebtedness in connection
therewith;
(ii) the
purchase is
consummated pursuant to a negotiated acquisition agreement on a non-hostile
basis and approved by the target company’s board of directors (and shareholders,
if necessary) prior to the consummation of the Acquisition;
(iii) after
giving effect
to such Acquisition on a pro forma basis as if such Acquisition and such
incurrence of Indebtedness had occurred on the first day of the twelve month
period ending on the last day of the Company’s most recently completed fiscal
quarter, the Company would have a Leverage Ratio less than 2.25:1.00;
provided
that if the
purchase price payable in respect of any such Acquisition (including, without
limitation, cash or stock (other than Equity Interests (other than Disqualified
Stock) of the Company) consideration paid and Indebtedness or other liabilities
assumed) exceeds $150,000,000, prior to each such Acquisition, the Company
shall
have delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders a certificate from
one of the Authorized Officers, demonstrating that after giving effect to such
Acquisition, on a pro forma basis in respect of each such Acquisition as if
the
Acquisition and such incurrence of Indebtedness had occurred on the first day
of
the twelve-month period ending on the last day of the Company’s most recently
completed fiscal quarter, the Company would have a maximum Leverage Ratio of
2.25:1.00 and would be in compliance with the financial covenant in Section
7.4(a)
and not otherwise
in Default;
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(iv) the
businesses
being acquired shall be similar to that of the Company and its Subsidiaries
as
of the Closing Date, related or incidental thereto or logical extensions
thereof.
(f) Investments.
Neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall make any Investments, except
for:
(i) Investments
by
(A) the Company or any Subsidiary in any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary or
the
Company in the ordinary course of business and (B) Investments by the
Company or any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary in any Non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary,
which, when aggregated with the amount of Indebtedness owing by Non-Wholly-Owned
Subsidiaries to the Company or any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary pursuant to
Section 7.3(c)(iii)(B)
does not exceed
the amount set forth in such clause;
(ii) Investments
incurred in order to consummate Permitted Acquisitions otherwise permitted
herein or representing the non-cash portion of the consideration received in
connection with a transaction described in Section 7.3(a);
(iii) Loans
giving rise
to Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.3(c)(iii);
(iv) advances
to
employees for business expenses not to exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate
outstanding at any one time;
(v) other
loans to
employees in the ordinary course of business not to exceed $10,000,000 in the
aggregate outstanding at any one time;
(vi) Investments
in Cash
Equivalents;
(vii) Permitted
Existing
Investments; and
(viii) Investments
received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction of amounts owed by financially
troubled account debtors (whether in connection with a foreclosure, bankruptcy,
workout or otherwise) and deposits, prepayments and other credits to suppliers
made in the ordinary course of business consistent with the past practices
of
the Company and its Subsidiaries;
(ix) obligations
under
Hedging Agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;
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(x) Investments
consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of prepaid royalties or
expenses or notes receivable arising from the sale or lease of goods or services
in the ordinary course of business, or performance or similar deposits arising
in the ordinary course of business; and
(xi) other
Investments;
provided
that the aggregate
amount paid in cash of such Investments, net of Repatriated Funds over the
term
of this Agreement, shall not exceed the sum of (A) an amount equal to 15% of
the
Company’s Consolidated Net Assets at the end of the fiscal year immediately
preceding that in which such Investment is made and (B) proceeds from
Investments permitted hereunder.
(g) Transactions
with Shareholders and Affiliates.
Neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall directly or indirectly enter into
or
permit to exist any transaction (including, without limitation, the purchase,
sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) with,
or make loans or advances to, any Affiliate of the Company which is not its
Subsidiary, on terms that are less favorable to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, as applicable, than those that might be obtained in an arm’s
length transaction at the time from Persons who are not such a holder or
Affiliate, except for (i) Restricted Payments permitted by Section
7.3(d),
(ii) reasonable
and customary fees paid to members of the board of directors (or similar
governing body) of the Company and its Subsidiaries; (iii) compensation
arrangements and benefit plans for directors, officers and other employees
of
the Company and its Subsidiaries entered into or maintained or established
in
the ordinary course of business; and (d) any Investment made in accordance
with Section 7.3(f).
(h) Restriction
on
Fundamental Changes.
Neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall enter into any merger or
consolidation, or liquidate, wind-up or dissolve (or suffer any liquidation
or
dissolution), or convey, lease, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of, in
one
transaction or series of transactions, all or substantially all of the Company’s
consolidated business or property (each such transaction a “Fundamental
Change”), whether now or hereafter acquired, except (i) Fundamental Changes
permitted under Sections
7.3(a),
7.3(b)
or 7.3(e)
or that do not
constitute Asset Sales, (ii) a Subsidiary of the Company may be merged into
or
consolidated with the Company or any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company
(in
which case the Company or such Wholly-Owned Subsidiary shall be the surviving
corporation); provided that if the predecessor Subsidiary was a Guarantor,
the
surviving Subsidiary, if applicable, shall be a Guarantor hereunder, (iii)
any
liquidation or dissolution of any Subsidiary of the Company into (or to which
its assets are transferred after paying creditors) the Company or another
Subsidiary of the Company, as applicable, and (iv) the Company may merge with
any other Person, or any Subsidiary of the Company may consolidate or merge
with
any other Person; provided
that (A) no
Default or Unmatured Default shall exist immediately before or after giving
effect to such Fundamental Change, (B) in the case of any merger of the Company,
the Company is the surviving corporation in such merger, and (C) in the case
of
any merger or consolidation of any Subsidiary of the Company, the surviving
corporation in such Fundamental Change is or becomes as a result thereof a
Subsidiary of the Company and if the predecessor Subsidiary was a Guarantor,
the
surviving Subsidiary shall be a Guarantor hereunder, and (D) such transaction
is
with a Person in a line of business substantially similar to that of the Company
and its Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date or any business or activities which
are similar, related or incidental thereto or logical extensions
thereof.
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(i) Margin
Regulations.
Neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, shall use all or any portion of the
proceeds of any credit extended under this Agreement to purchase or carry Margin
Stock in violation of Regulation U.
(j) Fiscal
Year.
The Company shall
not change its fiscal year for accounting or tax purposes from a period
consisting of the twelve-month period ending on Friday nearest to December
31 of
each year, except as required by Agreement Accounting Principles or by law
and
disclosed to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent.
(k) Hedging
Obligations.
The Company shall
not and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to enter into any interest
rate, commodity or foreign currency exchange, swap, collar, cap or similar
agreements evidencing Hedging Obligations, other than interest rate, foreign
currency or commodity exchange, swap, collar, cap or similar agreements entered
into by the Company or its Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Company or its
Subsidiaries has hedged its actual or anticipated interest rate, foreign
currency or commodity exposure. Such permitted interest rate, foreign currency
or commodity exchange, swap, collar, cap or similar agreements entered into
by
the Company or its Subsidiaries and any Lender or any Affiliate of any Lender
are sometimes referred to herein as “Hedging
Agreements”.
(l) Capital
Expenditures.
The Company shall
not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make Capital Expenditures
in any fiscal year to the extent that during any fiscal year the aggregate
amount of Capital Expenditures for the Company and its Subsidiaries would exceed
$50,000,000, excluding any amount attributable to a Permitted Acquisition (the
“Capital
Expenditures Limit”).
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in the event that the Company and its Subsidiaries do not expend
the entire Capital Expenditures Limit for any fiscal year, the Company and
its
Subsidiaries may carry forward to the immediately succeeding fiscal year the
unutilized portion of such Capital Expenditures Limit.
(m) Restrictive
Agreements.
Except (i) in
agreements evidencing Indebtedness permitted by Section
7.3(c)(vii)
(so long as such
restriction applies only to the Foreign Subsidiary issuing such Indebtedness
and
its Subsidiaries) or (ii) imposed on a Subsidiary (and any of its Subsidiaries)
and existing at the time it became a Subsidiary if such restrictions were not
created in connection with or in anticipation of the transaction or series
or
transactions pursuant to which such entity become a Subsidiary and only to
the
extent applying to such Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries, the Company shall
not,
nor shall it permit any of its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries to, enter into any
indenture, agreement, instrument or other arrangement which directly or
indirectly prohibits or restrains, or has the effect of prohibiting or
restraining, or imposes materially adverse conditions upon, the ability of
the
Company or such Subsidiary to (i) pay dividends or make other distributions
or Restricted Payments (A) on its Capital Stock or (B) with respect
to
any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits,
(ii) make loans or advances to or other investments in the Company or
any
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, (iii) repay loans or advances from the Company
or
any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary or (iv) transfer any of its properties to
the
Company or any Subsidiary other than pursuant to this Agreement.
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7.4 Financial
Covenants.
(a) Minimum
Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio.
The Company shall
maintain as of the end of each fiscal quarter a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
for
the four fiscal quarter period then ending of not less than
1.50:1:00.
(b) Maximum
Leverage
Ratio.
The Company shall
at the end of each fiscal quarter maintain a Leverage Ratio for the four fiscal
quarter period then ending of not greater than 2.75:1.00.
ARTICLE VIII
DEFAULTS
8.1 Defaults.
Each of the
following occurrences shall constitute a Default under this
Agreement:
(a) Failure
to Make
Payments When Due.
The Company or
any Subsidiary Borrower shall (i) fail to pay when due any of the Obligations
consisting of principal with respect to any Loan or (ii) shall fail to pay
within five (5) Business Days of the date when due any of the other Obligations
under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.
(b) Breach
of
Certain Covenants.
The Company or
any Subsidiary Borrower shall fail duly and punctually to perform or observe
any
agreement, covenant or obligation binding on it under:
(i) Sections
7.1(b),
7.2(j),
7.3
(other than
Section
7.3(m))
or 7.4
or
(ii) any
section of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document not covered by Section
8.1(a),
or 8.1(b)(i)
and such failure
shall continue unremedied for thirty (30) days after the earliest of the receipt
by the Company of notice from the Administrative Agent and actual knowledge
thereof by an Authorized Officer.
(c) Breach
of
Representation or Warranty.
Any
representation or warranty made or deemed made by the Company or any Subsidiary
Borrower to the Administrative Agent or any Lender herein or by the Company
or
any Subsidiary Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries in any of the other Loan
Documents or in any written statement or certificate or written information
at
any time given by any such Person pursuant to any of the Loan Documents shall
be
false in any material respect on the date as of which made or deemed
made.
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(d) Default
as to
Other Indebtedness.
The Company or
any of its Subsidiaries shall fail to pay when due any Indebtedness in excess
of
$20,000,000 (any such Indebtedness being “Material
Indebtedness”);
or the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries shall fail to perform (beyond the applicable grace
period with respect thereto, if any) any term, provision or condition contained
in any agreement under which any such Material Indebtedness was created or
is
governed, or any other event shall occur or condition exist, the effect of
which
default or event is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such
Material Indebtedness to cause, such Material Indebtedness to become due prior
to its stated maturity; or any Material Indebtedness of the Company or any
of
its Subsidiaries shall be declared to be due and payable or required to be
prepaid or repurchased (other than by a regularly scheduled payment) prior
to
the stated maturity thereof.
(e) Involuntary
Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, Etc.
(i) An
involuntary case
shall be commenced against the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries
(other than an Insignificant Subsidiary) and the petition shall not be
dismissed, stayed, bonded or discharged within sixty (60) days after
commencement of the case; or a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall
enter a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any of the
Company’s Subsidiaries (other than an Insignificant Subsidiary) in an
involuntary case, under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
law now or hereinafter in effect; or any other similar relief shall be granted
under any applicable federal, state, local or foreign law.
(ii) A
decree or order
of a court having jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of a
receiver, liquidator, sequestrator, trustee, custodian or other officer having
similar powers over the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries (other than
an Insignificant Subsidiary) or over all or a substantial part of the property
of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries (other than an Insignificant
Subsidiary) shall be entered; or an interim receiver, trustee or other custodian
of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries (other than an Insignificant
Subsidiary) or of all or a substantial part of the property of the Company
or
any of the Company’s Subsidiaries (other than an Insignificant Subsidiary) shall
be appointed or a warrant of attachment, execution or similar process against
any substantial part of the property of the Company or any of the Company’s
Subsidiaries (other than an Insignificant Subsidiary) shall be issued and any
such event shall not be stayed, dismissed, bonded or discharged within sixty
(60) days after entry, appointment or issuance.
(f) Voluntary
Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, Etc.
The Company or
any of the Company’s Subsidiaries (other than an Insignificant Subsidiary) shall
(i) commence a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency
or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the entry
of an
order for relief in an involuntary case, or to the conversion of an involuntary
case to a voluntary case, under any such law, (iii) consent to the appointment
of or taking possession by a receiver, trustee or other custodian for all or
a
substantial part of its property, (iv) make any assignment for the benefit
of
creditors or (v) take any corporate action to authorize any of the
foregoing.
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(g) Judgments
and
Attachments.
Any money
judgment(s) writ or warrant of attachment, or similar process against the
Company or any Domestic Subsidiary or any of their respective assets involving
in any single case or in the aggregate an amount in excess of $20,000,000 (to
the extent not adequately covered by insurance as to which a solvent and
unaffiliated insurance company has acknowledged coverage) is or are entered
and
shall remain undischarged, unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of
sixty
(60) days.
(h) Dissolution.
Any order,
judgment or decree shall be entered against the Company or any Domestic
Subsidiary decreeing its involuntary dissolution or split up and such order
shall remain undischarged and unstayed for a period in excess of sixty (60)
days; or the Company or any Domestic Subsidiary shall otherwise dissolve or
cease to exist except as specifically permitted by this Agreement.
(i) Termination
Event.
Any Termination
Event occurs which the Required Lenders believe is reasonably likely to subject
the Company to liability in excess of $20,000,000 or the Unfunded Liabilities
of
all Single Employer Plans shall exceed in the aggregate
$40,000,000.
(j) Waiver
of
Minimum Funding Standard.
If the plan
administrator of any Plan applies under Section 412(d) of the Code for
a
waiver of the minimum funding standards of Section 412(a) of the Code
and
the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders believe the substantial
business hardship upon which the application for the waiver is based could
reasonably be expected to subject either the Company or any Controlled Group
member to liability in excess of $20,000,000.
(k) Change
of
Control.
A Change of
Control shall occur.
(l) Guarantor
Revocation.
Any Guaranty
shall fail to remain in full force or effect (other than in accordance with
its
terms) or any action shall be taken to discontinue or to assert the invalidity
or unenforceability of any Guaranty, or any Guarantor shall fail to comply
with
any of the terms or provisions of any Guaranty to which it is a party and such
failure shall continue unremedied or unwaived for thirty (30) days, or any
Guarantor shall deny that it has any further liability under any Guaranty to
which it is a party, or shall give notice to such effect; in each case other
than a Guarantor’s ceasing to be a Subsidiary Borrower pursuant to Section
2.21
or a Guarantor
pursuant to Section
7.2(k)
or the disposition
of such Guarantor in any transaction permitted by Section
7.3(a).
A
Default shall be
deemed “continuing” until cured or until waived in writing in accordance with
Section
9.2.
ARTICLE
IX
ACCELERATION,
DEFAULTING LENDERS; WAIVERS,
AMENDMENTS
AND
REMEDIES
9.1 Termination
of
Commitments; Acceleration.
If any Default
described in Section
8.1(e)
or
8.1(f)
occurs with
respect to the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower, the obligations of the
Lenders to make Loans hereunder and the obligation of any Issuing Banks to
issue
Letters of Credit hereunder shall automatically terminate and the Obligations
shall immediately become due and payable without any election or action on
the
part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender. If any other Default occurs,
the
Required Lenders, or the Administrative Agent acting at the direction of the
Required Lenders may terminate or suspend the obligations of the Lenders to
make
Loans hereunder and the obligation of the Issuing Banks to issue Letters of
Credit hereunder, or declare the Obligations to be due and payable, or both,
whereupon the Obligations shall become immediately due and payable, without
presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which the Borrowers
expressly waive.
9.2 Amendments.
Subject to the
provisions of this Article
IX,
the Required
Lenders (or the Administrative Agent with the consent in writing of the Required
Lenders) and the Borrowers may enter into agreements supplemental hereto for
the
purpose of adding or modifying any provisions to the Loan Documents or changing
in any manner the rights of the Lenders or the Borrowers hereunder or waiving
any Default or Unmatured Default hereunder; provided
that no such
supplemental agreement shall, without the consent of each Lender directly
affected thereby:
(a) Postpone
or extend
the Commitment Termination Date or any other date scheduled for any payment
of
principal of, or interest on, the Loans, the Reimbursement Obligations or any
fees or other amounts payable to such Lender (except with respect to a waiver
of
the application of the default rate of interest pursuant to Section
2.12).
(b) Reduce
the
principal amount of any Loans or L/C Obligations, or reduce the rate or extend
the time of payment of interest or fees thereon.
(c) Reduce
the
percentage specified in the definition of Required Lenders or any other
percentage of Lenders hereunder specified to be the applicable percentage in
this Agreement to act on specified matters or amend the definitions of “Required
Lenders”“Pro Rata Share”.
(d) Increase
the amount
of the Commitment of any Lender hereunder.
(e) Permit
the Company
or any Subsidiary Borrower to assign its rights under this Agreement or any
Guaranty (other than pursuant to Section
7.3(h)).
(f) Release
the Company
or any Guarantor from any of its obligations under the Guaranty set forth in
Article X
or any other
Guaranty in each case other than a Guarantor’s ceasing to be a Subsidiary
Borrower pursuant to Section
2.21,
a Guarantor
pursuant to Section 7.2(k),
the disposition
of such Guarantor in any transaction permitted by Section 7.3(a)
or as otherwise
provided by the terms hereof.
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(g) Amend
this
Section 9.2.
No
amendment of any
provision of this Agreement relating to (a) the Administrative Agent shall
be
effective without the written consent of the Administrative Agent, (b) any
Issuing Bank shall be effective without the written consent of such Issuing
Bank
and (c) any Swing Line Loan shall be effective without the written consent
of
the Swing Line Bank. The Administrative Agent may waive payment of the fee
required under Section
14.3(b)
without obtaining
the consent of any of the Lenders.
9.3 Preservation
of
Rights.
No delay or
omission of the Lenders or the Administrative Agent to exercise any right under
the Loan Documents shall impair such right or be construed to be a waiver of
any
Default or an acquiescence therein, and the making of a Loan or the issuance
of
a Letter of Credit notwithstanding the existence of a Default or the inability
of the Company or any other Borrower to satisfy the conditions precedent to
such
Loan or issuance of such Letter of Credit shall not constitute any waiver or
acquiescence. Any single or partial exercise of any such right shall not
preclude other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right,
and no waiver, amendment or other variation of the terms, conditions or
provisions of the Loan Documents whatsoever shall be valid unless in writing
signed by the requisite number of Lenders required pursuant to Section
9.2,
and then only to
the extent in such writing specifically set forth. All remedies contained in
the
Loan Documents or by law afforded shall be cumulative and all shall be available
to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders until the Obligations have been
paid
in full.
ARTICLE
X
GUARANTY
10.1 Guaranty.
For valuable
consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, and to induce the
Lenders to make advances to each Subsidiary Borrower and to make, issue and
participate in Letters of Credit, Swing Line Loans and Alternate Currency Loans,
the Company hereby absolutely and unconditionally guarantees prompt payment
when
due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, and at all
times thereafter, of any and all existing and future obligations including
without limitation the Obligations, of each Subsidiary Borrower to the
Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Swing Line Bank, the Issuing Lenders,
the
Alternate Currency Lenders, or any of them, under or with respect to the Loan
Documents or under or with respect to any Hedging Agreement entered into with
a
Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender (at the time such Hedging Agreement was
entered into) in connection with this Agreement, whether for principal, interest
(including interest accruing after the commencement of any bankruptcy insolvency
or similar proceeding whether or not allowed as a claim in such proceeding),
fees, expenses or otherwise (collectively, the “Guaranteed
Obligations”,
and each such
Subsidiary Borrower being an “Obligor”
and collectively,
the “Obligors”).
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10.2 Waivers.
The Company
waives notice of the acceptance of this Guaranty and of the extension or
continuation of the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof. The Company
further waives presentment, protest, notice of notices delivered or demand
made
on any Obligor or action or delinquency in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations
or any part thereof, including any right to require the Administrative Agent
and
the Lenders to xxx any Obligor, any other guarantor or any other Person
obligated with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof. The
Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have no obligation to disclose or
discuss with the Company their assessments of the financial condition of the
Obligors.
10.3 Guaranty
Absolute.
This Guaranty is
a guaranty of payment and not of collection, is a primary obligation of the
Company and not one of surety, and the validity and enforceability of this
Guaranty shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of, and shall not
be
impaired or affected by any of the following: (a) any extension, modification
or
renewal of, or indulgence with respect to, or substitutions for, the Guaranteed
Obligations or any part thereof or any agreement relating thereto at any time;
(b) any failure or omission to enforce any right, power or remedy with respect
to the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof or any agreement relating
thereto; (c) any waiver of any right, power or remedy with respect to the
Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof or any agreement relating thereto;
(d) any release, surrender, compromise, settlement, waiver, subordination or
modification, with or without consideration, of any other guaranties with
respect to the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof, or any other
obligation of any Person with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations or any
part
thereof; (e) the enforceability or validity of the Guaranteed Obligations or
any
part thereof or the genuineness, enforceability or validity of any agreement
relating thereto; (f) the application of payments received from any source
to
the payment of obligations other than the Guaranteed Obligations, any part
thereof or amounts which are not covered by this Guaranty even though the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders might lawfully have elected to apply such
payments to any part or all of the Guaranteed Obligations or to amounts which
are not covered by this Guaranty; (g) any change in the ownership of any Obligor
or the insolvency, bankruptcy or any other change in the legal status of any
Obligor; (h) the change in or the imposition of any law, decree, regulation
or
other governmental act which does or might impair, delay or in any way affect
the validity, enforceability or the payment when due of the Guaranteed
Obligations; (i) the failure of the Company or any Obligor to maintain in full
force, validity or effect or to obtain or renew when required all governmental
and other approvals, licenses or consents required in connection with the
Guaranteed Obligations or this Guaranty, or to take any other action required
in
connection with the performance of all obligations pursuant to the Guaranteed
Obligations or this Guaranty; (j) the existence of any claim, setoff or other
rights which the Company may have at any time against any Obligor, or any other
Person in connection herewith or an unrelated transaction; (k) the
Administrative Agent’s or any Lender’s election, in any case or proceeding
instituted under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, of the application of
section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code; (l) any borrowing, use of cash
collateral, or grant of a security interest by the Company, as debtor in
possession, under section 363 or 364 of the United States Bankruptcy Code;
(m)
the disallowance of all or any portion any Lender’s claims for repayment of the
Guaranteed Debt under section 502 or 506 of the United States Bankruptcy Code;
or (n) any other circumstances, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing,
which could constitute a defense to a guarantor; all whether or not the Company
shall have had notice or knowledge of any act or omission referred to in the
foregoing clauses
(a)
through
(n)
of this paragraph.
It is agreed that the Company’s liability hereunder is several and independent
of any other guaranties or other obligations at any time in effect with respect
to the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof and that the Company’s
liability hereunder may be enforced regardless of the existence, validity,
enforcement or non-enforcement of any such other guaranties or other obligations
or any provision of any applicable law or regulation purporting to prohibit
payment by any Obligor of the Guaranteed Obligations in the manner agreed upon
between the Obligor and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.
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10.4 Acceleration.
The Company
agrees that, as between the Company on the one hand, and the Lenders and the
Administrative Agent, on the other hand, the obligations of each Obligor
guaranteed under this Article
X
may be declared to be forthwith due and payable, or may be deemed automatically
to have been accelerated, as provided in Section
9.1
for purposes of
this Article X,
notwithstanding
any stay, injunction or other prohibition (whether in a bankruptcy proceeding
affecting such Obligor or otherwise) preventing such declaration as against
such
Obligor and that, in the event of such declaration or automatic acceleration,
such obligations (whether or not due and payable by such Obligor) shall
forthwith become due and payable by the Company for purposes of this
Article X.
10.5 Marshaling;
Reinstatement.
None of the
Lenders nor the Administrative Agent nor any Person acting for or on behalf
of
the Lenders or the Administrative Agent shall have any obligation to xxxxxxxx
any assets in favor of the Company or against or in payment of any or all of
the
Guaranteed Obligations. If the Company, any other Borrower or any other
Guarantor of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations makes a payment
or
payments to any Lender or the Administrative Agent, which payment or payments
or
any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or
preferential, set aside and/or required to be repaid to such Borrower, the
Company, such other Guarantor or any other Person, or their respective estates,
trustees, receivers or any other party, including, without limitation, the
Company, under any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable
cause, then, to the extent of such payment or repayment, the part of the
Guaranteed Obligations which has been paid, reduced or satisfied by such amount
shall be reinstated and continued in full force and effect as of the time
immediately preceding such initial payment, reduction or
satisfaction.
10.6 Subrogation.
Until the
irrevocable payment in full of the Obligations and termination of all
commitments which could give rise to any Guaranteed Obligation, the Company
shall have no right of subrogation with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations,
and hereby waives any right to enforce any remedy which the Administrative
Agent
and/or the Lenders now has or may hereafter have against the Company, any
endorser or any other guarantor of all or any part of the Guaranteed
Obligations, and the Company hereby waives any other liability of any Obligor
to
the Administrative Agent and/or the Lenders.
10.7 Termination
Date.
Subject to
Section
10.5,
this Guaranty
shall continue in effect until the later of (a) the Facility Termination Date,
and (b) the date on which this Agreement has otherwise expired or been
terminated in accordance with its terms and all of the Guaranteed Obligations
have been paid in full in cash.
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ARTICLE
XI
GENERAL
PROVISIONS
11.1 Survival
of
Representations.
All
representations and warranties of the Borrowers contained in this Agreement
shall survive delivery of this Agreement and the making of the Loans herein
contemplated so long as any principal, accrued interest, fees, or any other
amount due and payable under any Loan Document is outstanding and unpaid (other
than contingent reimbursement and indemnification obligations) and so long
as
the Commitments have not been terminated.
11.2 Governmental
Regulation.
Anything
contained in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, no Lender shall
be
obligated to extend credit to the Company or any other Borrower in violation
of
any limitation or prohibition provided by any applicable statute or
regulation.
11.3 Headings.
Section headings
in the Loan Documents are for convenience of reference only, and shall not
govern the interpretation of any of the provisions of the Loan
Documents.
11.4 Entire
Agreement.
The Loan
Documents embody the entire agreement and understanding among the Borrowers,
the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders and supersede all prior agreements and
understandings among the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
relating to the subject matter thereof other than the Fee Letter.
11.5 Several
Obligations; Benefits of this Agreement.
The respective
obligations of the Lenders hereunder are several and not joint and no Lender
shall be the partner or agent of any other Lender (except to the extent to
which
the Administrative Agent is authorized to act as such). The failure of any
Lender to perform any of its obligations hereunder shall not relieve any other
Lender from any of its obligations hereunder. Any obligation of “the Borrowers”
hereunder shall be the joint and several obligation of the Borrowers. This
Agreement shall not be construed so as to confer any right or benefit upon
any
Person other than the parties to this Agreement and their respective successors
and assigns.
11.6 Expenses;
Indemnification.
(a) Expenses.
The Borrowers
shall reimburse the Administrative Agent for any reasonable costs and
out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ and paralegals’ fees and
time charges of attorneys and paralegals for the Administrative Agent, Issuing
Banks, Swing Line Bank and Alternative Currency Banks) paid or incurred by
the
Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution,
delivery, syndication, review, proposed or completed amendment, waiver or
modification, and administration of the Loan Documents. The Borrowers also
agree
to reimburse the Administrative Agent, each Alternate Currency Lender, the
Arrangers and each of the Lenders for any costs and out-of-pocket expenses
(including reasonable attorneys’ and paralegals’ fees and time charges of
attorneys and paralegals for the Administrative Agent, each Alternate Currency
Lender, the Arrangers and each Lender, which attorneys and paralegals may be
employees of the Administrative Agent, such Alternate Currency Lender, the
Arrangers, or the Lenders) paid or incurred by the Administrative Agent, the
Alternate Currency Lenders, the Arrangers or any Lender in connection with
the
collection of the Obligations and enforcement of the Loan Documents. The
Administrative Agent, the Alternate Currency Lenders and the Arrangers shall
provide the Borrowers with a detailed statement of all reimbursements requested
under this Section
11.6(a).
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(b) Indemnity.
The Borrowers
hereby further agree to indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers,
the
Alternate Currency Lenders, the Issuing Banks and each and all of the Lenders
and each of their respective Affiliates, and each of the Administrative Agent’s,
Arrangers’, Alternate Currency Lender’s, Issuing Bank’s, Lender’s and
Affiliate’s directors, officers, employees, attorneys and agents (all such
persons, “Indemnitees”)
against all
losses, claims, damages, penalties, judgments, liabilities and expenses
(including, without limitation, all expenses of litigation or preparation
therefor whether or not such Indemnitee is a party thereto) which any of them
may pay or incur arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the other Loan
Documents, the transactions contemplated hereby or the direct or indirect
application or proposed application of the proceeds of any Loan hereunder except
to the extent that they are determined in a final non-appealable judgment by
a
court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence
or
willful misconduct of the party seeking indemnification or another
Indemnitee.
(c) Waiver
of
Certain Claims.
The Borrowers
further agree to assert no claim against any of the Indemnitees on any theory
of
liability seeking consequential, special, indirect, exemplary or punitive
damages.
(d) Survival
of
Agreements.
The obligations
and agreements of the Borrowers under this Section
11.6
shall survive the
termination of this Agreement.
11.7 Numbers
of
Documents.
If requested by
the Administrative Agent, all statements, notices, closing documents, and
requests hereunder shall be furnished to the Administrative Agent with
sufficient counterparts so that the Administrative Agent may furnish one to
each
of the Lenders.
11.8 Accounting.
Except with
respect to the pricing grid calculations in Section
2.15
and the financial
covenant calculations in Section
7.4,
both of which
shall be made in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles as in effect
on
the date hereof, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted and
all
accounting determinations hereunder shall be made in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time, consistently
applied.
11.9 Severability
of
Provisions.
Any provision in
any Loan Document that is held to be inoperative, unenforceable, or invalid
in
any jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction, be inoperative, unenforceable,
or invalid without affecting the remaining provisions in that jurisdiction
or
the operation, enforceability, or validity of that provision in any other
jurisdiction, and to this end the provisions of all Loan Documents are declared
to be severable.
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11.10 Nonliability
of
Lenders.
The relationship
between the Borrowers and the Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall be
solely that of borrower and lender. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any
Lender shall have any fiduciary responsibilities to the Borrowers or the
Guarantors. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender undertakes any
responsibility to any Borrower or Guarantor to review or inform any Borrower
or
Guarantor of any matter in connection with any phase of the Borrowers’ business
or operations.
11.11 GOVERNING
LAW.
ANY DISPUTE
BETWEEN ANY BORROWER AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY LENDER OR ANY OTHER
HOLDER OF OBLIGATIONS ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH, RELATED TO, OR INCIDENTAL
TO THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED BETWEEN THEM IN CONNECTION WITH, THIS AGREEMENT
OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, AND WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT,
EQUITY, OR OTHERWISE, SHALL BE RESOLVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS
OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
11.12 CONSENT
TO
JURISDICTION; SERVICE OF PROCESS; JURY TRIAL.
(a) EXCLUSIVE
JURISDICTION. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION
(b)
BELOW, EACH OF THE
PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT ALL DISPUTES AMONG THEM ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED
WITH, RELATED TO, OR INCIDENTAL TO THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED AMONG THEM
IN
CONNECTION WITH, THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS WHETHER
ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT, EQUITY, OR OTHERWISE, SHALL BE RESOLVED EXCLUSIVELY
BY STATE OR FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN NEW YORK, BUT THE PARTIES HERETO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ANY APPEALS FROM THOSE COURTS MAY HAVE TO BE HEARD BY A COURT
LOCATED OUTSIDE OF NEW YORK. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES IN ALL DISPUTES
BROUGHT PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION
(a)
ANY OBJECTION THAT
IT MAY HAVE TO THE LOCATION OF THE COURT CONSIDERING THE DISPUTE.
(b) OTHER
JURISDICTIONS.
EACH BORROWER
AGREES THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY LENDER OR ANY OTHER HOLDER OF
OBLIGATIONS SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO PROCEED AGAINST EACH BORROWER OR ITS
RESPECTIVE PROPERTY IN A COURT IN ANY LOCATION TO ENABLE SUCH PERSON TO (1)
OBTAIN PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER ANY BORROWERS OR (2) IN ORDER TO ENFORCE
A
JUDGMENT OR OTHER COURT ORDER ENTERED IN FAVOR OF SUCH PERSON. EACH BORROWER
AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT ASSERT ANY PERMISSIVE UNRELATED COUNTERCLAIMS IN ANY
PROCEEDING BROUGHT BY SUCH PERSON TO ENFORCE A JUDGMENT OR OTHER COURT ORDER
IN
FAVOR OF SUCH PERSON. EACH BORROWER WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY HAVE TO
THE
LOCATION OF THE COURT IN WHICH SUCH PERSON HAS COMMENCED A PROCEEDING DESCRIBED
IN THIS SUBSECTION
(b).
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(c) VENUE.
EACH BORROWER
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY OBJECTION
OF THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS) WHICH
IT
MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING
WITH
RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER INSTRUMENT, DOCUMENT OR AGREEMENT
EXECUTED OR DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH IN ANY JURISDICTION SET FORTH
ABOVE.
(d) WAIVER
OF JURY
TRIAL.
EACH OF THE
PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO HAVE A JURY PARTICIPATE IN
RESOLVING ANY DISPUTE, WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH, RELATED TO OR INCIDENTAL TO THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED
AMONG THEM IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER INSTRUMENT, DOCUMENT
OR AGREEMENT EXECUTED OR DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH. EACH OF THE PARTIES
HERETO AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF
ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY AND THAT ANY PARTY HERETO
MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT WITH ANY COURT
AS
WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE PARTIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR
RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.
(e) ADVICE
OF
COUNSEL.
EACH OF THE
PARTIES REPRESENTS TO EACH OTHER PARTY HERETO THAT IT HAS DISCUSSED THIS
AGREEMENT AND, SPECIFICALLY, THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION
11.6
AND THIS
SECTION
11.12,
WITH ITS
COUNSEL.
11.13 Other
Transactions.
Each of the
Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the Lenders, the Issuing Banks, the Swing
Line Bank, the Alternate Currency Lenders and the Borrowers acknowledge that
the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders (or Affiliates of the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders) may, from time to time, effect transactions for their own
accounts or the accounts of customers, and hold positions in loans or options
on
loans of the Company, the Company’s Subsidiaries and other companies that may be
the subject of this credit arrangement and nothing in this Agreement shall
impair the right of any such Person to enter into any such transaction (to
the
extent it is not expressly prohibited by the terms of this Agreement) or give
any other Person any claim or right of action hereunder as a result of the
existence of the credit arrangements hereunder, all of which are hereby waived.
In addition, certain Affiliates of one or more of the Lenders are or may be
securities firms and as such may effect, from time to time, transactions for
their own accounts or for the accounts of customers and hold positions in
securities or options on securities of the Company, the Company’s Subsidiaries
and other companies that may be the subject of this credit arrangement and
nothing in this Agreement shall impair the right of any such Person to enter
into any such transaction (to the extent it is not expressly prohibited by
the
terms of this Agreement) or give any other Person any claim or right of action
hereunder as a result of the existence of the credit arrangements hereunder,
all
of which are hereby waived. Other business units affiliated with the
Administrative Agent may from time to time provide other financial services
and
products to the Company and its Subsidiaries.
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ARTICLE
XII
THE
ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT
12.1 Appointment;
Nature of Relationship.
BNS is appointed
by the Lenders as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under each other Loan
Document, and each of the Lenders irrevocably authorizes the Administrative
Agent to act as the contractual representative of such Lender with the rights
and duties expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents. The
Administrative Agent agrees to act as such contractual representative upon
the
express conditions contained in this Article
XII.
Notwithstanding
the use of the defined term “Administrative Agent,” it is expressly understood
and agreed that the Administrative Agent shall not have any fiduciary
responsibilities to any Holder of Obligations by reason of this Agreement and
that the Administrative Agent is merely acting as the representative of the
Lenders with only those duties as are expressly set forth in this Agreement
and
the other Loan Documents. In its capacity as the Lenders’ contractual
representative, the Administrative Agent (i) does not assume any fiduciary
duties to any of the Holders of Obligations, and (ii) is acting as an
independent contractor, the rights and duties of which are limited to those
expressly set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Each of
the
Lenders, for itself and on behalf of its Affiliates as Holders of Obligations,
agrees to assert no claim against the Administrative Agent on any agency theory
or any other theory of liability for breach of fiduciary duty, all of which
claims each Holder of Obligations waives.
12.2 Powers.
The
Administrative Agent shall have and may exercise such powers under the Loan
Documents as are specifically delegated to the Administrative Agent by the
terms
of each thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.
The Administrative Agent shall have no implied duties or fiduciary duties to
the
Lenders, or any obligation to the Lenders to take any action hereunder or under
any of the other Loan Documents except any action specifically provided by
the
Loan Documents required to be taken by the Administrative Agent.
12.3 General
Immunity.
Neither the
Administrative Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents or employees
shall be liable to the Company, the Lenders or any Lender for any action taken
or omitted to be taken by it or them hereunder or under any other Loan Document
or in connection herewith or therewith except to the extent such action or
inaction is found in a final judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction
to
have arisen from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such
Person.
12.4 No
Responsibility for Loans, Creditworthiness, Recitals, Etc.
Neither the
Administrative Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents or employees
shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain, inquire into, or verify
(a) any statement, warranty or representation made in connection with any Loan
Document or any borrowing hereunder; (b) the performance or observance of any
of
the covenants or agreements of any obligor under any Loan Document; (c) the
satisfaction of any condition specified in Article
V,
except receipt of items required to be delivered solely to the Administrative
Agent; (d) the existence or possible existence of any Default or (e) the
validity, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other
instrument or writing furnished in connection therewith. The Administrative
Agent shall not be responsible to any Lender for any recitals, statements,
representations or warranties herein or in any of the other Loan Documents,
or
for the execution, effectiveness, genuineness, validity, legality,
enforceability, collectibility, or sufficiency of this Agreement or any of
the
other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby, or for the
financial condition of any guarantor of any or all of the Obligations, the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
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12.5 Action
on
Instructions of Lenders.
The
Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in
refraining from acting, hereunder and under any other Loan Document in
accordance with written instructions signed by the Required Lenders (or all
of
the Lenders in the event that and to the extent that this Agreement expressly
requires such), and such instructions and any action taken or failure to act
pursuant thereto shall be binding on all of the Lenders and on all owners of
Loans and on all Holders of Obligations. The Administrative Agent shall be
fully
justified in failing or refusing to take any action hereunder and under any
other Loan Document unless it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction
by
the Lenders pro rata against any and all liability, cost and expense that it
may
incur by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action.
12.6 Employment
of
Agents and Counsel.
The
Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties as the Administrative Agent
hereunder and under any other Loan Document by or through employees, agents,
and
attorneys-in-fact and shall not be answerable to the Lenders, except as to
money
or securities received by it or its authorized agents, for the default or
misconduct of any such agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with
reasonable care. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to advice of counsel
concerning the contractual arrangement between the Administrative Agent and
the
Lenders and all matters pertaining to the Administrative Agent’s duties
hereunder and under any other Loan Document.
12.7 Reliance
on
Documents; Counsel.
The
Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon any notice, consent,
certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, statement, paper or document believed
by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper
person or persons, and, in respect to legal matters, upon the opinion of counsel
selected by the Administrative Agent, which counsel may be employees of the
Administrative Agent.
12.8 The
Administrative
Agent’s, Issuing Banks’, Alternate Currency Lenders’ and Swing Line Bank’s
Reimbursement and Indemnification.
(a) The
Lenders agree
to reimburse and indemnify the Administrative Agent ratably in proportion to
their respective Pro Rata Shares to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrowers
(i) for any expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the
Lenders, in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration
and enforcement of the Loan Documents and (ii) for any liabilities,
obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs,
expenses or disbursements of any kind and nature whatsoever which may be imposed
on, incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent in any way relating
to or arising out of the Loan Documents or any other document delivered in
connection therewith or the transactions contemplated thereby, or the
enforcement of any of the terms thereof or of any such other documents;
provided
that no Lender
shall be liable for any of the foregoing to the extent any of the foregoing
is
found in a final non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction
to
have arisen from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the
Administrative Agent.
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(b) The
Lenders agree
to reimburse and indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks, the
Swing Line Bank and the Alternate Currency Lenders ratably in proportion to
their respective Pro Rata Shares to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrowers
(and without duplication of clause (a)
above) (i) any
amounts not reimbursed by any Borrower for which the Administrative Agent,
the
Issuing Banks, the Swing Line Bank and the Alternate Currency Lenders are
entitled to reimbursement by any Borrower under the Loan Documents, (ii) for
any
other expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank, the
Swing
Line Bank or any Alternate Currency Lender on behalf of the Lenders, in
connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration and
enforcement of the Loan Documents and (iii) for any liabilities, obligations,
losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or
disbursements of any kind and nature whatsoever which may be imposed on,
incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank,
the
Swing Line Bank or any Alternate Currency Lender in any way relating to or
arising out of the Loan Documents or any other document delivered in connection
therewith or the transactions contemplated thereby, or the enforcement of any
of
the terms thereof or of any such other documents; provided
that no Lender
shall be liable for any of the foregoing to the extent any of the foregoing
is
found in a final non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction
to
have arisen from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the
Administrative Agent, the applicable Issuing Bank, the Swing Line Bank or the
applicable Alternate Currency Lender.
12.9 Rights
as a
Lender.
With respect to
its Commitment, Loans made by it, Swing Line Loans made by it and Letters of
Credit issued by it, the Administrative Agent shall have the same rights and
powers hereunder and under any other Loan Document as any Lender or Issuing
Bank
and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and
the term “Lender” or “Lenders”, “Swing Line Bank”, “Issuing Bank” or “Issuing
Banks” shall, unless the context otherwise indicates, include the Administrative
Agent in its individual capacity. The Administrative Agent may accept deposits
from, lend money to, and generally engage in any kind of trust, debt, equity
or
other transaction, in addition to those contemplated by this Agreement or any
other Loan Document, with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in which such
Person is not prohibited hereby from engaging with any other
Person.
12.10 Lender
Credit
Decision.
Each Lender
acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the
Administrative Agent, the Arrangers or any other Lender and based on the
financial statements prepared by the Company and such other documents and
information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and
decision to enter into this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Each Lender
also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the
Administrative Agent, the Arrangers or any other Lender and based on such
documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue
to
make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
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12.11 Successor
Administrative Agent.
The
Administrative Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof
to
the Lenders and the Company. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders
shall have the right to appoint, subject to the Company’s approval, on behalf of
the Borrowers and the Lenders, a successor Administrative Agent. 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 notice of resignation, then the retiring
Administrative Agent may appoint, on behalf of the Borrowers and the Lenders,
a
successor Administrative Agent. Such successor Administrative Agent shall be
a
Lender or commercial bank having capital and retained earnings of at least
$500,000,000. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as the 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 and under the other Loan Documents. After any retiring Administrative
Agent’s resignation hereunder as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this
Article
XII
shall continue in
effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken
by
it while it was acting as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the
other
Loan Documents.
12.12 No
Duties
Imposed Upon Co-Syndication Agents, Co-Documentation Agents or
Arrangers.
None of the
Persons identified on the cover page to this Agreement, the signature pages
to
this Agreement or otherwise in this Agreement as a “Co-Syndication Agent”,
“Co-Documentation Agent” or “Arranger” shall have any right, power, obligation,
liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than, (a) expressly
granted indemnification rights or rights under the Fee Letter and (b) if such
Person is a Lender, those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting
the foregoing, none of the Persons identified on the cover page to this
Agreement, the signature pages to this Agreement or otherwise in this Agreement
as a “Co-Syndication Agent”, “Co-Documentation Agent” or “Arranger” shall have
or be deemed to have any fiduciary duty to or fiduciary relationship with any
Lender. In addition to the agreements set forth in Section 12.10, each of the
Lenders acknowledges that it has not relied, and will not rely, on any of the
Persons so identified in deciding to enter into this Agreement or in taking
or
not taking action hereunder.
ARTICLE
XIII
SETOFF;
RATABLE
PAYMENTS
13.1 Setoff.
In addition to,
and without limitation of, any rights of the Lenders under applicable law,
if
any Default occurs and is continuing, subject to the prior consent of the
Administrative Agent, any Indebtedness from any Lender to the Company or any
other Borrower (including all account balances, whether provisional or final
and
whether or not collected or available) may be offset and applied toward the
payment of the Obligations owing to such Lender, whether or not the Obligations,
or any part hereof, shall then be due.
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13.2 Ratable
Payments.
If any Lender,
whether by setoff or otherwise, has payment made to it upon its Loans (other
than payments received pursuant to Sections
4.1,
4.2
or 4.4
and payments
expressly hereunder provided to be distributed on other than a pro rata basis
or
payments made and distributed in accordance with Section
2.12)
in a greater
proportion than that received by any other Lender, such Lender agrees, promptly
upon demand, to purchase a portion of the Loans held by the other Lenders so
that after such purchase each Lender will hold its ratable proportion of Loans.
If any Lender, whether in connection with setoff or amounts which might be
subject to setoff or otherwise, receives collateral or other protection for
its
Obligation or such amounts which may be subject to setoff, such Lender agrees,
promptly upon demand, to take such action necessary such that all Lenders share
in the benefits of such collateral ratably in proportion to the obligations
owing to them. In case any such payment is disturbed by legal process, or
otherwise, appropriate further adjustments shall be made.
13.3 Application
of
Payments.
The
Administrative Agent shall apply all payments and prepayments in respect of
any
Obligations in the following order:
first,
to pay interest
on and then principal of any portion of the Loans which the Administrative
Agent
may have advanced on behalf of any Lender for which the Administrative Agent
has
not then been reimbursed by such Lender or the applicable Borrower and to pay
any Swing Line Loan, Alternate Currency Loan or Reimbursement Obligation that
has not been paid; second,
to the ratable
payment of the Obligations then due and payable; and third,
to the ratable
payment of all other Obligations.
13.4 Relations
Among
Lenders.
The Lenders are
not partners or co-venturers, and no Lender shall be liable for the acts or
omissions of, or (except as otherwise set forth herein in case of the
Administrative Agent) authorized to act for, any other Lender.
ARTICLE
XIV
BENEFIT
OF
AGREEMENT; ASSIGNMENTS; PARTICIPATIONS
14.1 Successors
and
Assigns.
The terms and
provisions of the Loan Documents shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit
of the Borrowers and the Lenders and their respective successors and assigns,
except that (a) no Borrower shall have any right to assign its rights or
obligations under the Loan Documents without the consent of all of the Lenders,
and any such assignment in violation of this Section
14.1(a)
shall be null and
void, and (b) any assignment by any Lender must be made in compliance with
Section
14.3.
Notwithstanding
clause (b)
of this
Section
14.1
or Section
14.3,
(i) any Lender
may at any time, without the consent of any Borrower or the Administrative
Agent
(unless a Default or Unmatured Default has occurred and is continuing, in which
case the consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required, which consent
shall not unreasonably be withheld), assign all or any portion of its rights
under this Agreement to a Federal Reserve Bank and (ii) any Lender which is
a
fund or commingled investment vehicle that invests in commercial loans in the
ordinary course of its business may at any time, without the consent of any
Borrower or the Administrative Agent (unless a Default or Unmatured Default
has
occurred and is continuing, in which case the consent of the Administrative
Agent shall be required, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld),
pledge or assign all or any part of its rights under this Agreement to a trustee
or other representative of holders of obligations owed or securities issued
by
such Lender as collateral to secure such obligations or securities; provided
that no such
assignment or pledge shall release the transferor Lender from its obligations
hereunder. The Administrative Agent may treat each Lender as the owner of the
Loans made by such Lender hereunder for all purposes hereof unless and until
such Lender complies with Section
14.3
in the case of an
assignment thereof or, in the case of any other transfer, a written notice
of
the transfer is filed with the Administrative Agent. Any assignee or transferee
of a Loan, Commitment, L/C Interest or any other interest of a lender under
the
Loan Documents agrees by acceptance thereof to be bound by all the terms and
provisions of the Loan Documents. Any request, authority or consent of any
Person, who at the time of making such request or giving such authority or
consent is the owner of any Loan, shall be conclusive and binding on any
subsequent owner, transferee or assignee of such Loan.
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14.2 Participations.
(a) Permitted
Participants; Effect.
Subject to the
terms set forth in this Section
14.2,
any Lender may,
in the ordinary course of its business and in accordance with applicable law,
at
any time sell to one or more banks or other entities (“Participants”)
participating
interests in any Loan owing to such Lender, any Commitment of such Lender,
any
L/C Interest of such Lender or any other interest of such Lender under the
Loan
Documents on a pro rata or non-pro rata basis. Each Lender that sells a
participating interest in any Loan or other interest to a Participant shall,
as
agent of the Borrower solely for the purpose of this Section
14.2,
record in book
entries maintained by such Lender the name and the amount of the participating
interest of each Participant entitled to receive payments in respect of such
participating interests. Moreover, notwithstanding such recordation, such
participation shall not be considered an assignment under Section
14.3
and such
Participant shall not be considered a Lender. In the event of any such sale
by a
Lender of participating interests to a Participant, such Lender’s obligations
under the Loan Documents shall remain unchanged, such Lender shall remain solely
responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations,
such Lender shall remain the owner of all Loans made by it for all purposes
under the Loan Documents, all amounts payable by the applicable Borrower under
this Agreement shall be determined as if such Lender had not sold such
participating interests, and the applicable Borrower and the Administrative
Agent shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection
with such Lender’s rights and obligations under the Loan Documents except that,
for purposes of Section
2.15,
Article
IV
and Section
9.2,
the Participants
shall be entitled to the same rights as if they were Lenders. Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, no Participant shall be entitled to receive
any
greater amount pursuant to Section
2.15
or Section
4.1
than the
transferor Lender would have been entitled to receive in respect of the amount
of the participation transferred by such transferor Lender to such Participant
had no such transfer occurred.
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(b) Voting
Rights.
Each Lender shall
retain the sole right to approve, without the consent of any Participant, any
amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of the Loan Documents other
than any amendment, modification or waiver with respect to any Loan, Letter
of
Credit or Commitment in which such Participant has an interest which forgives
principal, interest or fees or reduces the interest rate or fees payable
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement with respect to any such Loan or
Commitment, postpones any date fixed for any regularly-scheduled payment of
principal of, or interest or fees on, any such Loan or Commitment.
14.3 Assignments.
(a) Permitted
Assignments.
(i)
Any Lender (each
such assigning Lender under this Section 14.3
being an
“Assigning
Lender”)
may, in the
ordinary course of its business and in accordance with applicable law, at any
time assign to one or more banks or other entities (other than the Company
or
any of its Affiliates) (“Purchasers”)
all or a portion
of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including, without
limitation, its Commitment, any Loans owing to it, all of its participation
interests in existing Letters of Credit, Swing Line Loans and Alternate Currency
Loans, and its obligation to participate in additional Letters of Credit, Swing
Line Loans and Alternate Currency Loans hereunder) in accordance with the
provisions of this Section
14.3;
provided
that any
assignments of Revolving Loans and Commitments shall be made pro rata with
participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans, and shall require
the
consent of the Issuer, the Swing Line Bank and any applicable Alternate Currency
Lender. Such assignment shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit
C
hereto and shall not be permitted hereunder unless such assignment is either
for
all of such Assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under the Loan Documents
or, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and the
Company, involves loans and commitments as a consequence of which neither the
Assigning Lender nor the Purchaser will have a Commitment of less than
$5,000,000; provided
that the foregoing
restrictions with respect to such Commitments having a minimum aggregate amount
(A) shall not apply to any assignment between Lenders, or to an Affiliate or
Approved Fund of any Lender, and (B) in any event may be waived by the
Administrative Agent. The written consent of the Administrative Agent, and,
unless a Default has occurred and is continuing, the Company (which consent,
in
each such case, shall not be unreasonably withheld), shall be required prior
to
an assignment becoming effective with respect to a Purchaser which is not a
Lender or an Affiliate or Approved Fund of such Lender.
(ii) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender (each such Lender, a
“Granting
Bank”)
may grant to a
special purpose funding vehicle (each such special purpose funding vehicle,
a
“SPC”),
identified as
such in writing from time to time by the applicable Granting Bank to the
Administrative Agent and the Company, the option to provide to the Company
and
the other Borrowers all or any part of any Advance that such Granting Bank
would
otherwise be obligated to make to the applicable Borrower pursuant to this
Agreement; provided
that (i) nothing
herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPC to make any Advance, (ii) if
an
SPC elects not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to provide all or
any
part of such Advance, the applicable Granting Bank shall be obligated to make
such Advance pursuant to the terms hereof. The making of an Advance by any
SPC
hereunder shall utilize the Commitment of the applicable Granting Bank to the
same extent, and as if, such Advance were made by such Granting Bank. Each
party
hereto hereby agrees that no SPC shall be liable for any indemnity or other
similar payment obligation under this Agreement (all liability for which shall
remain with the applicable Granting Bank). All notices hereunder to any Granting
Bank or the related SPC, and all payments in respect of the Obligations due
to
such Granting Bank or the related SPC, shall be made to such Granting Bank.
In
addition, each Granting Bank shall vote as a Lender hereunder without giving
effect to any assignment under this Section
14.3(a)(ii),
and not SPC shall
have any vote as a Lender under this Agreement for any purpose. In furtherance
of the foregoing, each party hereto hereby agrees (which agreement shall survive
the termination of this Agreement) that, prior to the date that is one year
and
one day after the payment in full of all outstanding commercial paper or other
senior indebtedness of any SPC, it will not institute against, or join any
other
person in instituting against, such SPC any bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings under the laws of the United
States or any State thereto. In addition, notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Section
14.3,
any SPC may (A)
with notice to, but without the prior written consent of, the Company and the
Administrative Agent and without paying any processing or administrative fee
therefor, assign all or a portion of its interest in any Advances to the
Granting Bank or to any financial institutions (consented to by the Company
and
the Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms of Section
14.3(a)(i))
providing
liquidity and/or credit support to or for the account of such SPC to support
the
funding or maintenance of Advances and (B) disclose on a confidential basis
any
non-public information relating to its Advances to any rating agency, commercial
paper dealer or provider of any surety, guarantee or credit or liquidity
enhancement to such SPC. This Section
14.3(a)(ii) may
not be amended
without the written consent of each SPC affected thereby.
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(b) Effect;
Effective Date.
Upon (i) delivery
to the Administrative Agent and the Alternate Currency Lenders of a notice
of
assignment, substantially in the form attached as Appendix I to Exhibit
C
hereto (a “Notice
of
Assignment”),
together with
any consent required by Section
14.3(a),
(ii) payment of a
$3,500 fee by the assignee or the assignor (as agreed) to the Administrative
Agent for processing such assignment, and (iii) the completion of the recording
requirements in Section
14.3(c),
such assignment
shall become effective on the later of such date when the requirements in
clauses
(i),
(ii),
and (iii)
are met or the
effective date specified in such Notice of Assignment. The Notice of Assignment
shall contain a representation by the Purchaser to the effect that none of
the
consideration used to make the purchase of the Commitment, Loans and L/C
Obligations under the applicable assignment agreement are “plan assets” as
defined under ERISA and that the rights and interests of the Purchaser in and
under the Loan Documents will not be “plan assets” under ERISA. On and after the
effective date of such assignment, such Purchaser, if not already a Lender,
shall for all purposes be a Lender party to this Agreement and any other Loan
Documents executed by the Lenders and shall have all the rights and obligations
of a Lender under the Loan Documents, to the same extent as if it were an
original party hereto, and no further consent or action by any Borrower, the
Lenders, the Alternate Currency Lenders or the Administrative Agent shall be
required to release the Assigning Lender with respect to the percentage of
the
Aggregate Commitment, Loans and Letter of Credit, Swing Line Loans and Alternate
Currency Loan participations assigned to such Purchaser. Upon the consummation
of any assignment to a Purchaser pursuant to this Section
14.3(b),
the Assigning
Lender, the Administrative Agent, the Alternate Currency Lenders and the
Borrowers shall make appropriate arrangements so that, to the extent notes
have
been issued to evidence any of the transferred Loans, replacement notes are
issued to such Assigning Lender and new notes or, as appropriate, replacement
notes, are issued to such Purchaser, in each case in principal amounts
reflecting their Commitment, as adjusted pursuant to such assignment.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Borrower shall, at any
time,
be obligated to pay under Section
2.14(e)
to any Lender that
is a Purchaser, assignee or transferee any sum in excess of the sum which such
Borrower would have been obligated to pay to the Lender that was the Assigning
Lender, assignor or transferor had such assignment or transfer not been
effected.
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(c) The
Register.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement, each Borrower hereby designates
the
Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent hereby accepts such
designation, to serve as such Borrower’s contractual representative solely for
purposes of this Section
14.3(c).
In this
connection, the Administrative Agent shall maintain at its address referred
to
in Section
15.1
a copy of each
assignment delivered to and accepted by it pursuant to this Section
14.3
and
a register (the
“Register”)
for the
recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, the Commitment of each
Lender, the principal amount of and interest on the Loans owing to, each Lender
from time to time and whether such Lender is an original Lender or the assignee
of another Lender pursuant to an assignment under this Section
14.3.
The entries in
the Register shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest
error, and the Company and each of its Subsidiaries, the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register
as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement. The Register shall
be
available for inspection by any Borrower or any Lender at any reasonable time
and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
14.4 Confidentiality.
Subject to
Section 14.5,
the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders and their respective representatives shall
hold all nonpublic information obtained pursuant to the requirements of this
Agreement in accordance with such Person’s customary procedures for handling
confidential information of this nature and in accordance with safe and sound
commercial lending or investment practices and in any event may make disclosure
reasonably required by a prospective Transferee in connection with the
contemplated participation or assignment or as required or requested by any
Governmental Authority or any securities exchange or similar self-regulatory
organization or representative thereof or pursuant to a regulatory examination
or legal process, or to any direct or indirect contractual counterparty in
swap
agreements or such contractual counterparty’s professional advisor. In no event
shall the Administrative Agent or any Lender be obligated or required to return
any materials furnished by the Company; provided
that each
prospective Transferee shall be required to agree that if it does not become
a
participant or assignee it shall return all materials furnished to it by or
on
behalf of the Company in connection with this Agreement.
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14.5 Dissemination
of
Information.
Each Borrower
authorizes each Lender to disclose to any Participant or Purchaser or any other
Person acquiring an interest in the Loan Documents by operation of law (each
a
“Transferee”)
and any
prospective Transferee any and all information in such Lender’s possession
concerning the Company and its Subsidiaries; provided
that prior to any
such disclosure, such prospective Transferee shall agree to preserve in
accordance with Section
14.4
the
confidentiality of any confidential information described therein.
ARTICLE XV
NOTICES
15.1 Giving
Notice.
Except as
otherwise permitted by Section
2.10(d)
with respect to
Borrowing/Conversion/Continuation Notices, all notices and other communications
provided to any party hereto under this Agreement or any other Loan Documents
shall be in writing, including by facsimile or by email and addressed or
delivered to such party at its address set forth below its signature hereto
or
at such other address as may be designated by such party in a notice to the
other parties. Any notice, if mailed and properly addressed with postage
prepaid, shall be deemed given when received; any notice, if transmitted by
facsimile or email, shall be deemed given when transmitted.
15.2 Change
of
Address.
The Borrowers,
the Administrative Agent and any Lender may each change the address for service
of notice upon it by a notice in writing to the other parties
hereto.
15.3 Authority
of
Company.
Each of the
Subsidiary Borrowers, by its execution hereof or of an Assumption Letter (a)
irrevocably authorizes the Company, on behalf of such Subsidiary Borrower,
to
give and receive all notices under the Loan Documents and to make all elections
under the Loan Documents and to give all Borrowing/Conversion/Continuation
Notices on its behalf, (b) agrees to be bound by any such notices or elections
and (c) agrees that the Administrative Agent and Lenders may rely upon any
such
policies or elections as if they had been given or made by such Subsidiary
Borrower.
ARTICLE
XVI
COUNTERPARTS
This
Agreement may
be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall
constitute one agreement, and any of the parties hereto may execute this
Agreement by signing any such counterpart. This Agreement shall be effective
when it has been executed by the Company, the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders and each party has notified the Administrative Agent by telex or
telephone, that it has taken such action.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
the Company, the Subsidiary Borrowers, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent
have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
XXXXXXX
NAVIGATION
LIMITED,
as
the Company
By:
/s/
Xxxxx Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxxx
Xxxxx
Title:
CFO
Address: 000
Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: General
Counsel
Telephone
No.: (000)
000-0000
Facsimile
No.: (000)
000-0000
Email:
THE
BANK OF NOVA
SCOTIA,
as
Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank, Swing Line Bank and a Lender
By:
/s/
Xxx Xxxxxx
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx
Title: Managing Director
Address: The
Bank of Nova
Scotia
000
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx
0000
Xxx Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Xxx Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention:
Xxx
Xxxxxx
Telephone
No.:
(000)
000-0000
Facsimile
No.: (000)
000-0000
Email:
xxx_xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
THE
BANK OF NEW
YORK,
as
a Co-Syndication Agent and a Lender
By:
/s/
Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxxxx X.
Xxxx
Title:
Vice President
Address:
00000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx. #0000
Xxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention:
Telephone
No.: 000-000-0000
Facsimile
No.: 000-000-0000
Email:
xxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Notice
for borrowings to be
sent to the Operations Contact below:
Xx.
Xxxx Xxxxxxx/Xx. Xxxx
Xxxxxxx
The
Bank of New
York
Client
Management
Administration
Xxx
Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX
00000
Phone:
000-000-0000
Fax:
000-000-0000/6877
BANK
OF MONTREAL,
CHICAGO BRANCH
D/B/A
XXXXXX
XXXXXXX,
as
a Co-Syndication Agent and a Lender
By:
/s/
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx
Name:
Naghmet
Xxxxxxxxxxx
Title:
Vice President
Address:
0 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
Telephone
No.: 000-000-0000
Facsimile
No.: 000-000-0000
Email:
xxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx
BANK
OF AMERICA,
N.A.,
as
a Co-Documentation Agent and a Lender
By:
/s/
Xxxxxxxxx xx Xxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxxxx xx Xxxx
Title:
Vice President
Address:
Bank of America, N.A.
000
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention:
Xxxxxxxxx Xx Xxxx
Telephone
No.: 000-000-0000
Facsimile
No.: 000-000-0000
Email:
xxxxxxxxx.x.xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
XXXXX
FARGO BANK,
N.A.,
as
a Co-Documentation Agent and a Lender
By:
/s/
Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxx
Title:
RVP/SVP, Head of Technology Banking Group
Address: 000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
X.X. Xxx 000
Xxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
X.X. Xxx 000
Xxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention:
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Telephone
No.: 000-000-0000
Facsimile
No.: 000-000-0000
Email:
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
[Signature
page to
Credit Agreement]
Page
99
JPMorgan
Chase
Bank, N.A.,
as
a Lender
By:
/s/ Xxxxx
Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxxx
Xxxxx
Title:
Senior Vice President
Address:
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxx
Telephone
No.: 000-000-0000
Facsimile
No.: 000-000-0000
Email: xxxxx.xxxxx@xxxxx.xxx
[Signature
page to
Credit Agreement]
Page
100
COMERICA
BANK,
as
a Lender
By:
/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxx X.
Xxxxxxxxx
Title:
Vice President
Address:
Comerica Bank
Xxx Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxx
X.
Xxxxxxxxx
Telephone
No.: 000-000-0000
Facsimile
No.: 000-000-0000
Email:
xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
[Signature
page to
Credit Agreement]
Page
101
U.S.
National Bank,
N.A.,
as a
Lender
By:
/s/
Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxx
Title:
Vice President
Contact
- Credit
Matters
Address:
U.S.
Bank National Association
000 X.X. Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx 00000
000 X.X. Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Tel:
000-000-0000
Email:
xxxxxxx.xxxx@xxxxxx.xxx
Fax:
000-000-0000
Contact
- Credit
Matters
Attention: Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Commercial Loan Servicing Department
Tel: 000-000-0000
Fax:
000-000-0000
Email: xxxxxx.xxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx
Address: 000
X.X. Xxx Xxxxxx,
XX-0
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
[Signature
page to
Credit Agreement]
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102
The
Governor and
Company of the Bank of Ireland,
as
a Lender
By: /s/
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Title: Senior
Manager
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
Title: Deputy
Manager
Address:
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx 0
[Signature
page to
Credit Agreement]
Page
103
Nordea
Bank Finland
PLC,
as
a Lender
By:
/s/
Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxx
Title:
SVP Credit
By:
/s/
Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxxxx
Title:
First Vice President
Address:
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX, XX 00000
Attention:
Xxxxx Xxxxx
Telephone
No.: 000-000-0000
Facsimile
No.: 000-000-0000
Email:
xxxxx.xxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx
[Signature
page to
Credit Agreement]
Page
104
ANNEX
I
COMMITMENTS
AND AMOUNTS
Lender Amount
of Revolving
Loan Commitment
The
Bank of
Nova Scotia
|
$27,500,000
|
||
The
Bank of
New York
|
$27,500,000
|
||
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
|
$25,000,000
|
||
Xxxxx
Fargo
Bank, N.A.
|
$20,000,000
|
||
Bank
of
America, N.A.
|
$20,000,000
|
||
JPMorgan
Chase Bank
|
$17,500,000
|
||
U.S.
Bank
National Association
|
$17,500,000
|
||
Comerica
Bank
|
$15,000,000
|
||
Nordea
Bank
Finland PLC
|
$15,000,000
|
||
Bank
of
Ireland
|
$15,000,000
|