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Exhibit
10.2
EXECUTION
VERSION
AMENDED AND
RESTATED
FIRST LIEN CREDIT AND
GUARANTY AGREEMENT
dated as of March 8,
2007
as
amended and restated as of
May 20, 2008
among
MOVIE GALLERY,
INC.,
CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES
OF
MOVIE GALLERY,
INC.
as
Guarantors,
VARIOUS
LENDERS
and
WILMINGTON TRUST
COMPANY,
as Administrative
Agent
and
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST
COMPANY AMERICAS,
as Collateral
Agent
$626,488,750 Senior
Secured First Priority Credit Facilities
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS AND
INTERPRETATION
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1.1. Definitions
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1.2. Accounting Terms
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1.3. Interpretation,
etc.
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SECTION 2. LOANS AND SYNTHETIC LETTERS
OF CREDIT
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2.1. Term Loans
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35 |
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2.2. [RESERVED]
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36 |
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2.3. [RESERVED]
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36 |
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2.4. [RESERVED]
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36 |
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2.5. Issuance of Synthetic Letters of
Credit and Purchase of Participations Therein
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36 |
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2.6. Pro Rata Shares; Availability of
Funds
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45 |
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2.7. Use of Proceeds
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46 |
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2.8. Evidence of Debt; Register;
Lenders’ Books and Records; Notes.
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46 |
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2.9. Interest on Loans
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47 |
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2.10.
Conversion/Continuation
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50 |
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2.11. Default Interest
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50 |
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2.12. Fees
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51 |
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2.13. Scheduled Payments/Commitment
Reductions.
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2.14. Voluntary
Prepayments/Commitment Reductions
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2.15. Mandatory
Prepayments
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2.16. Application of
Prepayments
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56 |
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2.17. General Provisions Regarding
Payments
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2.18. Ratable Sharing
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58 |
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2.19. Making or Maintaining
Eurodollar Rate Loans
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2.20. Increased Costs; Capital
Adequacy
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60 |
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2.21. Taxes; Withholding,
etc.
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62 |
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2.22. Obligation to
Mitigate
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64 |
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2.23. Defaulting
Lenders
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2.24. Removal or Replacement of a
Lender
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65 |
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SECTION 3. CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
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3.1. Closing Date
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3.2. Conditions to Each Credit
Extension
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SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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4.1. Organization; Requisite Power
and Authority; Qualification.
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73 |
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4.2. Equity Interests and
Ownership
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73 |
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4.3. Due Authorization
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73 |
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4.4. No Conflict
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73 |
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4.5. Governmental
Consents
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74 |
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4.6. Binding
Obligation
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74 |
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4.7. Historical Financial
Statements
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74 |
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4.8. Projections
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74 |
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4.9. No Material Adverse
Change
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4.10. No Restricted Junior
Payments
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4.11. Adverse Proceedings,
etc.
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4.12. Payment of Taxes
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75 |
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4.13. Properties
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4.14. Environmental
Matters
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4.15. No Defaults
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4.16. Material
Contracts
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4.17. Governmental
Regulation
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4.18. Margin Stock
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77 |
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4.19. Employee Matters
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77 |
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4.20. Employee Benefit
Plans
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4.21. Certain Fees
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4.22. Solvency
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78 |
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4.23. Compliance with Statutes,
etc.
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4.24. Disclosure
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4.25. Patriot Act
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SECTION 5. AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
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5.1. Financial Statements and Other
Reports
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80 |
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5.2. Existence
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84 |
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5.3. Payment of Taxes and
Claims
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84 |
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5.4. Maintenance of
Properties
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84 |
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5.5. Insurance
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85 |
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5.6. Books and Records;
Inspections
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85 |
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5.7. Lenders Meetings
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85 |
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5.8. Compliance with
Laws
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86 |
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5.9. Environmental
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5.10. Subsidiaries
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87 |
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5.11. Additional Material Real Estate
Assets
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88 |
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5.12. Interest Rate
Protection
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88 |
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5.13. Further
Assurances
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5.14. Miscellaneous
Covenants
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SECTION 6. NEGATIVE COVENANTS
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6.1. Indebtedness
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6.2. Liens
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6.3. No Further Negative Pledges;
Negative Pledge
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94 |
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6.4. Restricted Junior
Payments
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6.5. Restrictions on Subsidiary
Distributions
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6.6. Investments
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96 |
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6.7. Financial
Covenants
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97 |
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6.8. Fundamental Changes; Disposition
of Assets; Acquisitions
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100 |
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6.9. Disposal of Subsidiary
Interests
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101 |
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6.10. Sales and
Lease-Backs
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102 |
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6.11. Transactions with Shareholders
and Affiliates.
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102 |
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6.12. Conduct of
Business
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102 |
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6.13. Amendments or Waivers of
Organizational Documents
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6.14. Limitation on Voluntary
Payments and Amendments or Waivers of the Second Lien Credit
Agreement
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103 |
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6.15. Amendments or Waivers with
respect to the Revolving Credit Documents
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6.16. Fiscal Year
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103 |
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6.17. Real Estate Guarantors
Covenants
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SECTION 7. GUARANTY
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7.1. Guaranty of the
Obligations
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7.2. Contribution by
Guarantors
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105 |
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7.3. Payment by
Guarantors
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106 |
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7.4. Liability of Guarantors
Absolute
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106 |
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7.5. Waivers by
Guarantors
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108 |
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7.6. Guarantors’ Rights of
Subrogation, Contribution, etc.
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109 |
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7.7. Subordination of Other
Obligations
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110 |
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7.8. Continuing
Guaranty
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110 |
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7.9. Authority of Guarantors or
Borrower
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110 |
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7.10. Financial Condition of
Borrower
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110 |
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7.11. Bankruptcy, etc.
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110 |
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7.12. Discharge of Guaranty Upon Sale
of Guarantor
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SECTION 8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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8.1. Events of Default
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SECTION 9. AGENTS
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9.1. Appointment of
Agents.
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9.2. Powers and Duties
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9.3. General Immunity
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115 |
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9.4. Agents Entitled to Act as
Lender
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116 |
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9.5. Lenders’ Representations,
Warranties and Acknowledgment
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117 |
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9.6. Right to
Indemnity
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117 |
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9.7. Successor Administrative Agent,
Collateral Agent and Synthetic LC Issuing Bank
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118 |
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9.8. Collateral Documents and
Guaranty
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121 |
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9.9. Intercreditor
Agreement
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121 |
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9.10. Withholding
Taxes
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SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS
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10.1. Notices
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10.2. Expenses
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123 |
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10.3. Indemnity
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124 |
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10.4. Set-Off
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125 |
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10.5. Amendments and
Waivers
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126 |
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10.6. Successors and Assigns;
Participations
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128 |
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10.7. Independence of
Covenants
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135 |
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10.8. Survival of Representations,
Warranties and Agreements
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135 |
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10.9. No Waiver; Remedies
Cumulative
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135 |
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10.10. Marshalling; Payments Set
Aside
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136 |
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10.11. Severability
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136 |
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10.12. Obligations Several;
Independent Nature of Lenders’ Rights
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10.13. Headings
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10.14. APPLICABLE LAW
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10.15. CONSENT TO
JURISDICTION
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137 |
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10.16. WAIVER OF JURY
TRIAL
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10.17. Confidentiality
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138 |
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10.18. Usury Savings
Clause
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138 |
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10.19. Counterparts
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139 |
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10.20. Effectiveness
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139 |
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10.21. Patriot Act
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10.22. Electronic Execution of
Assignments
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10.23. Post-Closing
Actions
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10.24. No Fiduciary
Duty
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140 |
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10.25. Effect of
Restatement
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| APPENDICES: |
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A
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Notice
Addresses |
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1A
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Fiscal
Years |
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1B
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Seasonal
Overadvance Facility Terms |
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2
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[RESERVED] |
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3
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Existing
Letters of Credit |
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3.1(g)(i)
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Closing
Date Mortgaged Properties |
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4.1
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Jurisdictions of Organization and Qualification |
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4.2
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Equity
Interests and Ownership |
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4.7
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Certain
Disclosures |
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4.13
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Real
Estate Assets |
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4.16
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Material
Contracts |
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6.1
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Certain
Indebtedness |
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6.2
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Certain
Liens |
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6.5
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Certain
Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions |
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6.6
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Certain
Investments |
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6.7A
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2008
Financial Covenant Methodology |
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6.7B
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2008
Financial Covenant Levels |
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6.11
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Certain
Affiliate Transactions |
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10.23
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Post-Closing Actions |
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| EXHIBITS: |
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A-1
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Funding
Notice |
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A-2
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Conversion/Continuation Notice |
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A-3
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Issuance
Notice |
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B
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Term Loan
Note |
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C
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Compliance Certificate |
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D
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Opinions
of Counsel |
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E
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Assignment Agreement |
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F
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Certificate Re Non-bank Status |
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G-1
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Closing
Date Certificate |
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G-2
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Solvency
Certificate |
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Counterpart Agreement |
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Pledge
and Security Agreement |
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Mortgage |
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K
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Landlord
Waiver and Consent Agreement |
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Intercompany Note |
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AMENDED AND
RESTATED
FIRST LIEN CREDIT AND
GUARANTY AGREEMENT
This AMENDED AND RESTATED
FIRST LIEN CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT , dated as of
March 8, 2007, as amended and restated as of May 20,
2008, is entered into by and among MOVIE GALLERY, INC. , a
Delaware corporation ( “Borrower” ), CERTAIN
SUBSIDIARIES OF BORROWER , as Guarantors, the Lenders party
hereto from time to time, WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY (
“Wilmington” ), as Administrative Agent
(together with its permitted successors in such capacity,
“Administrative Agent” ) DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST
COMPANY AMERICAS ( “DBTCA” ) as Collateral
Agent (together with its permitted successors in such capacity,
“Collateral Agent” ).
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, capitalized
terms used in these Recitals shall have the respective meanings set
forth for such terms in Section 1.1 hereof;
WHEREAS, the Credit
Parties had previously entered into a First Lien and Guaranty
Agreement, dated of March 8, 2007 (as amended prior to the
date hereof, the “ Existing First Lien Credit
Agreement ”), with the Lenders, Goldman Sachs Credit
Partners L.P. ( “GSCP” ) as administrative agent
and as syndication agent, and Wachovia Bank, National Association
as collateral agent and as documentation agent, pursuant to which
Lenders had extended certain credit facilities to Credit Parties in
an aggregate initial amount of $725,000,000, consisting of
$600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Term Loans, $100,000,000
aggregate principal amount of Revolving Commitments and $25,000,000
aggregate principal amount of Synthetic LC Commitments;
WHEREAS, on
October 16, 2007 (the “ Petition Date ”),
Credit Parties filed voluntary petitions for relief commencing
cases (collectively, the “ Cases ”) under
Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code with the Bankruptcy
Court;
WHEREAS , the Credit
Parties, as Debtors, had previously entered into a Secured
Super-Priority Debtor in Possession Credit and Guaranty Agreement,
dated of October 16, 2007 (as amended, the “ DIP
Credit Agreement ”), with the lenders party thereto, GSCP
as syndication agent and as documentation agent, and The Bank of
New York as administrative agent and as collateral agent, pursuant
to which the lenders thereunder had extended certain credit
facilities to the Debtors in an aggregate amount not to exceed
$150,000,000, consisting of $100,000,000 aggregate principal amount
of “Term Loans” (as defined in the DIP Credit
Agreement) and $50,000,000 aggregate principal amount of
“Revolving Commitments” (as defined in the DIP Credit
Agreement), the proceeds of which were used, among other things, to
refinance the Obligations under the Existing First Lien Credit
Agreement in respect of revolving loans, swing line loans and
letters of credit;
WHEREAS , on
April 10, 2008, the Bankruptcy Court confirmed the
Debtors’ Second Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of Movie
Gallery, Inc. and Its Debtor Subsidiaries Under Chapter 11 of the
Bankruptcy Code (as amended, supplemented or modified from time to
time, together with any “Plan Supplement” (as defined
in the Plan), the “Plan” );
WHEREAS , as part of
the implementation of the Plan, Borrower has requested Lenders to
amend and restate the Existing First Lien Credit Agreement on the
terms and conditions set forth herein, pursuant to which Lenders
have agreed, or otherwise are required pursuant to the Plan, to
extend certain credit facilities to Credit Parties in an aggregate
amount not to exceed $626,488,750, consisting of $602,988,750
aggregate principal amount of Term Loans, and $23,500,000 aggregate
principal amount of Synthetic LC Commitments, plus payment-in-kind
interest and other principal increases as provided
hereunder;
WHEREAS , Borrower has
secured and has agreed to continue to secure all of its Obligations
by granting to Joint First Lien Collateral Agent, for the benefit
of Secured Parties, a First Priority Lien on substantially all of
its assets, including a pledge of all of the Equity Interests of
each of its Domestic Subsidiaries (including the Real Estate
Guarantors) and 65% of all the Equity Interests of each of its
Foreign Subsidiaries, and Borrower has formed the Real Estate
Guarantors for purposes of holding Leasehold Property;
and
WHEREAS, Guarantors
(including the Real Estate Guarantors) have guaranteed and have
agreed to continue to guarantee the obligations of Borrower
hereunder and to secure their respective Obligations by granting to
Joint First Lien Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured
Parties, a First Priority Lien on substantially all of their
respective assets, including a pledge of all of the Equity
Interests of each of their respective Domestic Subsidiaries and 65%
of all the Equity Interests of each of their respective Foreign
Subsidiaries.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and
covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS AND
INTERPRETATION
1.1. Definitions. The
following terms used herein, including in the preamble, recitals,
exhibits and schedules hereto, shall have the following
meanings:
“Adjusted Eurodollar
Rate” means, for any Interest Rate Determination Date
with respect to an Interest Period for a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the
rate per annum obtained by dividing (and rounding upward to the
next whole multiple of 1/16 of 1%) (i) (a) the rate per
annum (rounded to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) equal to the rate
determined by Administrative Agent to be the offered rate which
appears on the page of the Telerate Screen which displays an
average British Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rate (such
page currently being page number 3740 or 3750, as applicable) for
deposits (for delivery on the first day of such period) with a term
equivalent to such period in Dollars, determined as of
approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) on such Interest
Rate Determination Date, or (b) in the event the rate
referenced in the preceding clause (a) does not appear on such
page or service or if such page or service shall cease to be
available, the rate per annum (rounded to the nearest 1/100 of 1%)
equal to the rate determined by Administrative Agent to be the
offered rate on such other page or other service which displays an
average British Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rate for
deposits (for delivery on the first day of such period) with a term
equivalent to such period in Dollars, determined as of
approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) on such Interest
Rate Determination Date, or (c) in the event the rates
referenced in the preceding clauses (a) and
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(b) are not available, the
rate per annum (rounded to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) equal to the
offered quotation rate to first class banks in the London interbank
market by JPMorgan Chase Bank for deposits (for delivery on the
first day of the relevant period) in Dollars of amounts in same day
funds comparable to the principal amount of the applicable Loan of
Administrative Agent, in its capacity as a Lender, for which the
Adjusted Eurodollar Rate is then being determined with maturities
comparable to such period as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London,
England time) on such Interest Rate Determination Date, by
(ii) an amount equal to (a) one minus (b) the
Applicable Reserve Requirement.
“Additional Letters
of Credit” means any letters of credit issued on the
following terms: (A) the Indebtedness or other obligations in
respect of such letters of credit shall be unsecured, except for
the Lien permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 6.2(s),
(B) the provisions thereof shall be on commercially reasonable
reimbursement agreement terms for cash collateralized letters of
credit and, to the extent applicable in such reimbursement
agreement, the covenants, events of default, subordination and
other provisions thereof (including any guarantees thereof) shall
be, in the aggregate, no less favorable to the Borrower and to the
Lenders than those contained in this Credit Agreement and
(C) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing or result therefrom.
“Administrative
Agent” as defined in the preamble hereto.
“Administrative
Questionnaire” means a questionnaire containing
administrative information regarding a Lender, in the form
customarily used by the Administrative Agent in transactions
similar to this Agreement.
“Adverse
Proceeding” means any action, suit, proceeding, hearing
(whether administrative, judicial or otherwise), governmental
investigation or arbitration (whether or not purportedly on behalf
of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) at law or in equity, or
before or by any Governmental Authority, domestic or foreign
(including any Environmental Claims), whether pending or, to the
knowledge of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, threatened
against or adversely affecting Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
or any property of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Affected
Lender” as defined in Section 2.19(b).
“Affected
Loans” as defined in Section 2.19(b).
“Affiliate” means, as applied to any Person,
any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by,
or under common control with, that Person. For the purposes of this
definition, “control” (including, with correlative
meanings, the terms “controlling”, “controlled
by” and “under common control with”), as applied
to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the
power (i) to vote 5% or more of the Securities having ordinary
voting power for the election of directors of such Person or
(ii) to direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies of that Person, whether through the ownership of voting
securities or by contract or otherwise.
“Agent”
means each of Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and Synthetic
LC Agent.
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“Agent
Affiliates” as defined in
Section 10.1(b).
“Aggregate Amounts
Due” as defined in Section 2.18.
“Aggregate
Payments” as defined in Section 7.2.
“Agreement” means this Amended and Restated
First Lien Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of March 8,
2007, as amended and restated as of May 20, 2008, as it may be
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
“Applicable Margin
Adjustment” means 0.25% on the first anniversary of the
Closing Date, plus an additional 0.25% on each date that is the end
of each six month period following such first anniversary of the
Closing Date.
“Applicable Reserve
Requirement” means, at any time, for any Eurodollar Rate
Loan, the maximum rate, expressed as a decimal, at which reserves
(including any basic marginal, special, supplemental, emergency or
other reserves) are required to be maintained with respect thereto
against “Eurocurrency liabilities” (as such term is
defined in Regulation D) under regulations issued from time to time
by the Board of Governors or other applicable banking regulator.
Without limiting the effect of the foregoing, the Applicable
Reserve Requirement shall reflect any other reserves required to be
maintained by such member banks with respect to (i) any
category of liabilities which includes deposits by reference to
which the applicable Adjusted Eurodollar Rate or any other interest
rate of a Loan is to be determined, or (ii) any category of
extensions of credit or other assets which include Eurodollar Rate
Loans. A Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be deemed to constitute
Eurocurrency liabilities and as such shall be deemed subject to
reserve requirements without benefits of credit for proration,
exceptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to
the applicable Lender. The rate of interest on Eurodollar Rate
Loans shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective
date of any change in the Applicable Reserve
Requirement.
“ Approved
Electronic Communications ” means any notice, demand,
communication, information, document or other material that any
Credit Party provides to Administrative Agent pursuant to any
Credit Document or the transactions contemplated therein which is
distributed to the Agents or to the lenders by means of electronic
communications pursuant to Section 10.1(b).
“Asset
Sale” means a sale, lease or sub-lease (as lessor or
sublessor), sale and leaseback, assignment, conveyance, exclusive
license (as licensor or sublicensor), transfer or other disposition
to, or any exchange of property with, any Person (other than
Borrower or any Guarantor Subsidiary), in one transaction or a
series of transactions, of all or any part of Borrower’s or
any of its Subsidiaries’ businesses, assets or properties of
any kind, whether real, personal, or mixed and whether tangible or
intangible, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, leased or
licensed, including the Equity Interests of any of Borrower’s
Subsidiaries, other than (i) inventory (or other assets) sold,
leased or licensed out in the ordinary course of business
(excluding any such sales, leases or licenses out by operations or
divisions discontinued or to be discontinued), and (ii) sales,
leases or licenses out of other assets for aggregate consideration
of less than $2,000,000 in the aggregate during any Fiscal
Year.
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“Assignment
Agreement” means an Assignment and Assumption Agreement
substantially in the form of Exhibit E, with such amendments or
modifications as may be approved by Administrative Agent (provided,
that the approval of the Requisite Lenders shall be required to
amend or modify any provision of Exhibit E that relates to
Restricted Sponsor Affiliates (such approval not to be unreasonably
withheld or delayed)).
“Assignment
Effective Date” as defined in
Section 10.6(b).
“Authorized
Officer” means, as applied to any Person, any individual
holding the position of chairman of the board (if an officer),
chief executive officer, president or one of its vice presidents
(or the equivalent thereof), and such Person’s chief
financial officer or treasurer.
“Bankruptcy
Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code
entitled “Bankruptcy,” as now and hereafter in effect,
or any successor statute.
“Bankruptcy
Court” means the United States Bankruptcy Court for the
Eastern District of Virginia, Richmond Division, or any other court
having competent jurisdiction over the Cases.
“Base
Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the
greater of (i) the Prime Rate in effect on such day and
(ii) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day
plus 1 / 2 of 1%. Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the
Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective
on the effective day of such change in the Prime Rate or the
Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively.
“Base Rate
Loan” means a Loan bearing interest at a rate determined
by reference to the Base Rate.
“Benchmark LIBOR
Rate” as defined in Section 2.5(m).
“Beneficiary” means each Agent, Synthetic LC
Issuing Bank, Lender and Lender Counterparty.
“Board of
Governors” means the Board of Governors of the United
States Federal Reserve System, or any successor thereto.
“Borrower”
as defined in the preamble hereto.
“Budget”
means the business plan and projected operating budget by the
Credit Parties, dated March 31, 2008 (which includes income
statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and a line item
for “total available liquidity”), on (i) a monthly
basis for the then-current Fiscal Year and (ii) on a quarterly
basis for the then-current Fiscal Year and through the next
succeeding two Fiscal Years (but in no event through a date that is
later than the Term Loan Maturity Date), and setting forth the
anticipated uses of the Commitments, and which shall provide for
the payment of the fees and expenses relating to the Commitments,
ordinary course administrative expenses, and working capital and
other general corporate needs, in form satisfactory to
Administrative Agent (it being understood and agreed that the form
of the Budget dated March 31, 2008 provided to Administrative
Agent on or prior to the Closing Date is acceptable to
Administrative Agent).
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“Business
Day” means (i) any day excluding Saturday, Sunday
and any day which is a legal holiday under the laws of the State of
New York or is a day on which banking institutions located in such
state are authorized or required by law or other governmental
action to close and (ii) with respect to all notices,
determinations, fundings and payments in connection with the
Adjusted Eurodollar Rate or any Eurodollar Rate Loans, the term
“Business Day” shall mean any day which is a
Business Day described in clause (i) and which is also a day
for trading by and between banks in Dollar deposits in the London
interbank market.
“Canadian
Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is incorporated,
organized or otherwise established under the laws of Canada or any
political subdivision of Canada.
“Capital
Contribution Notice” as defined in
Section 10.6(k)(ii).
“Capital
Lease” means, as applied to any Person, any lease of any
property (whether real, personal or mixed) by that Person as lessee
that, in conformity with GAAP, is or should be accounted for as a
capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person.
“Cases” as
defined in the recitals hereto.
“Cash”
means money, currency or a credit balance in any demand or Deposit
Account.
“Cash
Equivalents” means, as at any date of determination,
(i) marketable securities (a) issued or directly and
unconditionally guaranteed as to interest and principal by the
United States Government or (b) issued by any agency of the
United States the obligations of which are backed by the full faith
and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within one
year after such date; (ii) marketable direct obligations
issued by any state of the United States of America or any
political subdivision of any such state or any public
instrumentality thereof, in each case maturing within one year
after such date and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof,
a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from
Moody’s; (iii) commercial paper maturing no more than
one year from the date of creation thereof and having, at the time
of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A-1 from S&P
or at least P-1 from Moody’s; (iv) certificates of
deposit or bankers’ acceptances maturing within one year
after such date and issued or accepted by any Lender or by any
commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of
America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia that
(a) is at least “adequately capitalized” (as
defined in the regulations of its primary Federal banking
regulator) and (b) has Tier 1 capital (as defined in such
regulations) of not less than $100,000,000; (v) shares of any
money market mutual fund that (a) has substantially all of its
assets invested continuously in the types of investments referred
to in clauses (i) and (ii) above, (b) has net assets
of not less than $500,000,000, and (c) has the highest rating
obtainable from either S&P or Moody’s and
(vi) solely in respect of the cash management activities of
Subsidiaries of Borrower organized under the laws of Canada or any
province or territory thereof, equivalents to the investments
described in clause (i) above to the extent guaranteed
by the full faith and credit of the government of Canada and
equivalents of investments described in clauses (iii)
and (iv)
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above issued, accepted or
offered by the local office of any commercial bank organized under
the laws of Canada, or any province or territory thereof of such
Canadian Subsidiary, which bank has combined capital and surplus of
not less than $1,000,000,000.
“Certificate re
Non-Bank Status” means a certificate substantially in the
form of Exhibit F.
“ Change of
Control ” means, at any time after the Closing Date and
except as contemplated by the Plan, (i) any Person or
“group” (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5
under the Exchange Act) other than a Sponsor Affiliate
(a) shall have acquired beneficial ownership of 35% or more on
a fully diluted basis of the voting and/or economic interest in the
Equity Interests of Borrower (provided, that if such percentage is
exceeded as a result of an exchange of the Borrower’s Equity
Interests for Indebtedness, then this subclause (i)(a) shall not be
the basis of an Change of Control unless such Person or
“group” (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5
under the Exchange Act) other than a Sponsor Affiliate shall have
beneficial ownership of 50% or more on a fully diluted basis of the
voting and/or economic interest in the Equity Interests of Borrower
outstanding after giving effect to such exchange of the
Borrower’s Equity Interests for Indebtedness) or
(b) shall have obtained the power (whether or not exercised)
to elect a majority of the members of the board of directors (or
similar governing body) of Borrower; (ii) the majority of the
seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors (or
similar governing body) of Borrower cease to be occupied by Persons
who either (a) were members of the board of directors of
Borrower on the Closing Date or (b) were nominated for
election by the board of directors of Borrower, a majority of whom
were directors on the Closing Date or whose election or nomination
for election was previously approved by a majority of such
directors; or (iii) Borrower and Guarantors shall cease to be
the direct or indirect holders or owners of one hundred percent
(100%) of the Equity Interests of Real Estate Guarantors,
subject to the lien of the Pledge and Security
Agreement.
“Class”
means with respect to Lenders, each of the following classes of
Lenders: (i) Lenders having Term Loan Exposure and
(ii) Lenders having Synthetic LC Deposits.
“Closing
Date” means the date on which the conditions to
effectiveness of this Agreement under Section 3.1 and
Section 3.2 are satisfied or otherwise waived in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement.
“Closing Date
Certificate” means a Closing Date Certificate
substantially in the form of Exhibit G-1.
“Closing Date
Mortgaged Property” as defined in
Section 3.1(g).
“Collateral” means, collectively, all of the
real, personal and mixed property (including Equity Interests (but
limited to 65% of such interests in Foreign Subsidiaries as and to
the extent set forth in the Pledge and Security Agreement) and all
monies and other property of any kind received on account thereof)
in which Liens are purported to be granted pursuant to the
Collateral Documents as security for the Obligations.
“Collateral
Agent” as defined in the preamble hereto.
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“Collateral Agency
Agreement” means the Collateral Agency Agreement, dated
as of the Closing Date, by and among the Joint First Lien
Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent, the Revolving
Administrative Agent and the Company, as it may be amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
“Collateral
Documents” means the Pledge and Security Agreement, the
Mortgages, the Intellectual Property Security Agreements, the
Landlord Personal Property Collateral Access Agreements, if any,
and all other instruments, documents and agreements delivered by
any Credit Party pursuant to this Agreement or any of the other
Credit Documents, or constituting “Collateral
Documents” under and as defined in the Existing First Lien
Credit Agreement, in each case in order to grant to Collateral
Agent and/or Joint First Lien Collateral Agent, for the benefit of
Secured Parties, or perfect, a Lien on any real, personal or mixed
property of that Credit Party as security for the
Obligations.
“Collateral
Questionnaire” means a certificate in form satisfactory
to Collateral Agent that provides information with respect to the
personal or mixed property of each Credit Party.
“Commitment” means any Synthetic LC
Commitment or Term Loan Commitment.
“Compliance
Certificate” means a Compliance Certificate substantially
in the form of Exhibit C.
“Confirmation
Order” means the order by the Bankruptcy Court entered on
April 10, 2008 confirming the Plan.
“Consolidated
Adjusted EBITDA” means, for any period, an amount
determined for Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis equal to (x) Consolidated Net Income, plus , to
the extent reducing Consolidated Net Income, the sum, without
duplication, of amounts for (a) consolidated interest expense
(determined in accordance with GAAP), (b) provisions for taxes
based on income, (c) total depreciation expense,
(d) total amortization expense (excluding Rental Items
amortization, except for one time and incremental charges resulting
from changes in estimates and accounting principles),
(e) losses from Hedge Agreements, (f) losses from
discontinued operations, (g) losses from changes in estimates
and accounting principles (including subsequent changes related to
a change in the salvage value of rental inventory), (h) fees
and costs associated with the early extinguishment of debt,
(i) fees and other expenses made or incurred in connection
with the transactions contemplated hereby that are paid or
accounted for (without duplication) within 180 days of the Closing
Date, (j) reasonable fees or expenses relating to any issuance
of Equity Interests, permitted Investments, Permitted Acquisitions
or Indebtedness, whether or not such transaction is consummated, to
the extent deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income,
(k) with respect to any period (including any Fiscal Quarter)
during Fiscal Year 2008, costs and expenses actually incurred
resulting from administrative expenses paid with respect to the
Cases for professional fees and expenses and costs and expenses
with respect to severance obligations and/or employee retention
plans adopted by the Borrower and approved by the Bankruptcy Court
prior to the Closing Date; (l) with respect to any period
(including any Fiscal Quarter) during Fiscal Year 2008, amounts
paid
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as cure payments or similar
costs in connection with executory contracts assumed during the
Cases or as part of the Plan, (m) non-recurring costs, losses
and restructuring charges, in each case associated with general and
administration costs in connection with the implementation and
management of Real Estate Guarantors, (n) costs or losses
resulting directly from store closures, lease terminations and
liquidations of associated inventory which, in each case, commenced
prior to the Plan Effective Date, (o) costs and expenses with
respect to severance obligations and/or employee retention plans
not to exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate from and after the
Closing Date, (p) other non-Cash charges reducing Consolidated
Net Income (excluding any such non-Cash charge to the extent that
it represents an accrual or reserve for potential Cash charge in
any future period or amortization of a prepaid Cash charge that was
paid in a prior period), (q) non-recurring losses not to
exceed $10,000,0000 in the aggregate from and after the Closing
Date or (r) non-recurring costs, losses and restructuring
charges, in each case associated with general and administrative
costs (but in no event including costs associated with store
openings, closings and relocations) in connection with
consolidating the operations of the Movie Gallery division and the
Hollywood division not to exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate from
and after the Closing Date, minus (y) to the extent
increasing Consolidated Net Income, the sum, without duplication,
of amounts for (a) gains from Hedge Agreements,
(b) income from discontinued operations, (c) income from
changes in accounting principles (including subsequent changes
related to a change in the salvage value of rental inventory),
(c) gains resulting from liquidations of inventory commenced
prior to the Plan Effective Date, (d) other non-Cash gains
increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period (excluding any
such non-Cash gain to the extent it represents the reversal of an
accrual or reserve for potential Cash gain in any prior period) and
(e) non-recurring gains not to exceed $10,000,0000 in the
aggregate from and after the Closing Date. For all purposes of this
Agreement, Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA shall equal $2,385,193 for
the second Fiscal Quarter of 2007; $18,038,950 for the third Fiscal
Quarter of 2007; $44,312,703 for the fourth Fiscal Quarter of 2007;
and $56,473,694 for the first Fiscal Quarter of 2008.
“Consolidated
Capital Expenditures” means, for any period, the
aggregate of all expenditures of Borrower and its Subsidiaries
during such period determined on a consolidated basis that, in
accordance with GAAP, are or should be included in “purchase
of property and equipment” or similar items reflected in the
consolidated statement of cash flows of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries (but shall in any event exclude the purchase or
acquisition of assets pursuant to a Permitted
Acquisition).
“Consolidated
Current Assets” means, as at any date of determination,
the total assets of Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis that may properly be classified as current assets in
conformity with GAAP, excluding Cash and Cash
Equivalents.
“Consolidated
Current Liabilities” means, as at any date of
determination, the total liabilities of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis that may properly be
classified as current liabilities in conformity with GAAP,
excluding the current portion of long term debt.
“Consolidated Excess
Cash Flow” means, for any period, an amount (if positive)
equal to: (i) the sum, without duplication, of the amounts for
such period of (a) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, (b) the
Consolidated Working Capital Adjustment, (c) the
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amount by which amortization
of Rental Items exceeds cash purchases of Rental Items and
(d) extraordinary and non-recurring gains of the type
described in clause (e)(A) and (e)(B) of the definition of
“Consolidated Net Income” (not to exceed the aggregate
amounts referred to in such clauses) to the extent such gains are
received in cash during such period, minus (ii) the
sum, without duplication, of the amounts for such period paid in
cash from operating cash flow of (a) scheduled repayments of
Indebtedness for borrowed money (including Indebtedness under the
Seasonal Overadvance Facility, and excluding repayments of
Revolving Loans except to the extent the Revolving Commitments are
permanently reduced in connection with such repayments, but
including the principal component of Capital Leases),
(b) Consolidated Capital Expenditures (net of any proceeds of
(y) any related financings with respect to such expenditures
and (z) any sales of assets used to finance such
expenditures), (c) Consolidated Interest Expense,
(d) provisions for current taxes based on income of Borrower
and its Subsidiaries and payable in cash with respect to such
period, (e) the amount by which cash purchases of Rental Items
exceeds amortization of Rental Items, (f) extraordinary and
non-recurring costs, losses and restructuring charges of the type
described in clause (e)(B) of the definition of “Consolidated
Net Income”, in clauses (x)(q) and (x)(r) of the definition
of “Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA” (not to exceed the
aggregate amounts referred to in such clauses) or in clauses (x)(i)
through and including (x)(o) of the definition of
“Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA” to the extent such
charges are actually paid in cash during such period; (g) with
respect to Fiscal Year 2008, to the extent added in clause (x)(k)
of the definition of “Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA”,
costs and expenses actually incurred resulting from administrative
expenses with respect to the Cases which are for professional fees
and expenses and are paid in Cash; and (h) to the extent added
in clause (x)(l) of the definition of “Consolidated Adjusted
EBITDA”, amounts paid in Cash during such Fiscal Year as cure
payments or similar costs in connection with executory contracts
assumed during the Cases or as part of the Plan.
“Consolidated
Interest Expense” means, for any period, total interest
expense (including that portion attributable to Capital Leases in
accordance with GAAP and capitalized interest) of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis with respect to all
outstanding Indebtedness of Borrower and its Subsidiaries,
including all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges
owed with respect to letters of credit and net costs under Interest
Rate Agreements, but excluding, however, any amount not payable in
Cash and any amounts referred to in Section 2.12(e)(i) payable
on or before the Closing Date.
“Consolidated Net
Income” means, for any period, (i) the net income
(or loss) of Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis
for such period taken as a single accounting period determined in
conformity with GAAP, but excluding the effects of any of the
following, (ii) (a) the income (or loss) of any Person (other
than a Subsidiary of Borrower) in which any other Person (other
than Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) has a joint interest,
except to the extent of the amount of dividends or other
distributions actually paid to Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
by such Person during such period, (b) the income (or loss) of
any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary of
Borrower or is merged into or consolidated with Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries or that Person’s assets are acquired by
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (c) the income of any
Subsidiary of Borrower to the extent that the declaration or
payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Subsidiary of
that income is not at the time permitted by operation of the terms
of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree,
order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to
that
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Subsidiary, (d) any
after-tax gains or losses attributable to Asset Sales or returned
surplus assets of any Pension Plan, and (e) (to the extent not
included in clauses (a) through (d) above) any
(A) net extraordinary gains or (B) net extraordinary
losses.
“Consolidated
Working Capital” means, as at any date of determination,
the excess of Consolidated Current Assets over Consolidated Current
Liabilities (which may be a negative number).
“Consolidated
Working Capital Adjustment” means, for any period on a
consolidated basis, the amount (which may be a negative number) by
which Consolidated Working Capital as of the beginning of such
period exceeds (or is less than) Consolidated Working Capital as of
the end of such period.
“Contractual
Obligation” means, as applied to any Person, any
provision of any Security issued by that Person or of any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract, undertaking,
agreement or other instrument 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.
“Contributing
Guarantors” as defined in Section 7.2.
“Covenant
Measurement Date” as defined in
Section 10.6(k)(ii).
“Conversion/Continuation Date” means the
effective date of a continuation or conversion, as the case may be,
as set forth in the applicable Conversion/Continuation
Notice.
“Conversion/Continuation Notice” means a
Conversion/Continuation Notice substantially in the form of
Exhibit A-2.
“Counterpart
Agreement” means a Counterpart Agreement substantially in
the form of Exhibit H delivered by a Credit Party pursuant to
Section 5.10.
“Credit
Date” means the date of a Credit Extension.
“Credit
Document” means any of this Agreement, the Notes, if any,
the Collateral Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement, the
Collateral Agency Agreement, any documents or certificates executed
by Borrower in favor of Synthetic LC Issuing Bank relating to
Synthetic Letters of Credit, and all other documents, instruments
or agreements executed and delivered by a Credit Party for the
benefit of any Agent, Synthetic LC Issuing Bank or any Lender in
connection herewith or the Existing First Lien Credit
Agreement.
“Credit
Extension” means the making of a Loan, the issuing of a
Synthetic Letter of Credit, or the making of a Synthetic LC
Deposit.
“Credit
Party” means Borrower and each Guarantor.
“Currency
Agreement” means any foreign exchange contract, currency
swap agreement, futures contract, option contract, synthetic cap or
other similar agreement or arrangement, each of which is for the
purpose of hedging the foreign currency risk associated with
Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ operations and not for
speculative purposes.
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“Debtors”
means Borrower and each Guarantor that was a debtor in the
Cases.
“Default”
means a condition or event that, after notice or lapse of time or
both, would constitute an Event of Default.
“Default
Excess” means, with respect to any Defaulting Lender, the
excess, if any, of such Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata Share of
the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Loans of all Lenders
(calculated as if all Defaulting Lenders (including such Defaulting
Lender) had funded all of their respective Defaulted Loans) over
the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Loans of such
Defaulting Lender.
“Default
Period” means, with respect to any Defaulting Lender, the
period commencing on the date of the applicable Funding Default and
ending on the earliest of the following dates: (i) the date on
which all Commitments are cancelled or terminated and/or the
Obligations are declared or become immediately due and payable,
(ii) the date on which (a) the Default Excess with
respect to such Defaulting Lender shall have been reduced to zero
(whether by the funding by such Defaulting Lender of any Defaulted
Loans of such Defaulting Lender or by the non-pro rata application
of any voluntary or mandatory prepayments of the Loans in
accordance with the terms of Section 2.14 or Section 2.15
or by a combination thereof) and (b) such Defaulting Lender
shall have delivered to Borrower and Administrative Agent a written
reaffirmation of its intention to honor its obligations hereunder
with respect to its Commitments, and (iii) the date on which
Borrower, Administrative Agent and Requisite Lenders waive all
Funding Defaults of such Defaulting Lender in writing.
“Defaulted
Loan” as defined in Section 2.23.
“Defaulting
Lender” as defined in Section 2.23.
“Deposit
Account” means a demand, time, savings, passbook or like
account with a bank, savings and loan association, credit union or
like organization, other than an account evidenced by a negotiable
certificate of deposit.
“DIP Credit
Agreement” as defined in the recitals hereto.
“DIP Credit Facility
Obligations” means the “Obligations” as
defined in the DIP Credit Agreement.
“Disclosed
Matter” means the existence or occurrence of any matter
which has been disclosed by Borrower in any filing made by Borrower
with the Securities and Exchange Commission prior to the Closing
Date and after December 31, 2007 (including disclosures
regarding financial performance or condition as set forth in any
Form 10-K or Form 10-Q during such period); provided , that
no matter shall constitute a “Disclosed Matter” to the
extent it shall prove to be, or shall become, materially more
adverse to Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or to the
Lenders than it would have reasonably appeared to be on the basis
of the disclosure contained in any of the documents referred to
above in this definition.
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“ Disqualified
Equity Interests ” means any Equity Interest which, by
its terms (or by the terms of any security or other Equity
Interests into which it is convertible or for which it is
exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event or condition
(i) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely
for Equity Interests which are not otherwise Disqualified Equity
Interests), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise,
(ii) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other
than solely for Equity Interests which are not otherwise
Disqualified Equity Interests), in whole or in part,
(iii) provides for the scheduled payments or dividends in
cash, or (iv) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable
for Indebtedness or any other Equity Interests that would
constitute Disqualified Equity Interests, in each case, prior to
the date that is 91 days after the Term Loan Maturity
Date.
“Dollars”
and the sign “$” mean the lawful money of the
United States of America.
“Domestic
Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary organized under the laws
of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District
of Columbia.
“Eligible
Assignee” means (i) any Lender, any Affiliate of any
Lender and any Related Fund (any two or more Related Funds being
treated as a single Eligible Assignee for all purposes hereof), and
(ii) any commercial bank, insurance company, investment or
mutual fund or other entity that is an “accredited
investor” (as defined in Regulation D under the
Securities Act) and which extends credit or buys loans;
provided , neither Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries
shall be an Eligible Assignee (except as otherwise provided in
Section 10.6(k)).
“Employee Benefit
Plan” means any “employee benefit plan” as
defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA which is or was sponsored,
maintained or contributed to by, or required to be contributed by,
Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA
Affiliates.
“Environmental
Claim” means any investigation, notice, notice of
violation, claim, action, suit, proceeding, demand, abatement order
or other order or directive (conditional or otherwise), by any
Governmental Authority or any other Person, arising
(i) pursuant to or in connection with any actual or alleged
violation of any Environmental Law; (ii) in connection with
any Hazardous Material or any actual or alleged Hazardous Materials
Activity; or (iii) in connection with any actual or alleged
damage, injury, threat or harm to health, safety, natural resources
or the environment.
“Environmental
Laws” means any and all current or future foreign or
domestic, federal or state (or any subdivision of either of them),
statutes, ordinances, orders, rules, regulations, judgments,
Governmental Authorizations, or any other requirements of
Governmental Authorities relating to (i) environmental
matters, including those relating to any Hazardous Materials
Activity; (ii) the generation, use, storage, transportation or
disposal of Hazardous Materials; or (iii) occupational safety
and health, industrial hygiene, land use or the protection of
human, plant or animal health or welfare, in any manner applicable
to Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any Facility.
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“Equity
Interests” means any and all shares, interests,
participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital
stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests
in a Person (other than a corporation), including partnership
interests and membership interests, and any and all warrants,
rights or options to purchase or other arrangements or rights to
acquire any of the foregoing.
“ERISA”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time, and any successor thereto.
“ERISA
Affiliate” means, as applied to any Person, (i) any
corporation which is a member of a controlled group of corporations
within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Internal Revenue
Code of which that Person is a member; (ii) any trade or
business (whether or not incorporated) which is a member of a group
of trades or businesses under common control within the meaning of
Section 414(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that
Person is a member; and (iii) any member of an affiliated
service group within the meaning of Section 414(m) or
(o) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person, any
corporation described in clause (i) above or any trade or
business described in clause (ii) above is a member. Any
former ERISA Affiliate of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall
continue to be considered an ERISA Affiliate of Borrower or any
such Subsidiary within the meaning of this definition with respect
to the period such entity was an ERISA Affiliate of Borrower or
such Subsidiary and with respect to liabilities arising after such
period for which Borrower or such Subsidiary could be liable under
the Internal Revenue Code or ERISA.
“ERISA
Event” means (i) a “reportable event”
within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA and the
regulations issued thereunder with respect to any Pension Plan
(excluding those for which the provision for 30-day notice to the
PBGC has been waived by regulation); (ii) the failure to meet
the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Internal
Revenue Code with respect to any Pension Plan (whether or not
waived in accordance with Section 412(d) of the Internal
Revenue Code) or the failure to make by its due date a required
installment under Section 412(m) of the Internal Revenue Code
with respect to any Pension Plan or the failure to make any
required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (iii) the
provision by the administrator of any Pension Plan pursuant to
Section 4041(a)(2) of ERISA of a notice of intent to terminate
such plan in a distress termination described in
Section 4041(c) of ERISA; (iv) the withdrawal by
Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA
Affiliates from any Pension Plan with two or more contributing
sponsors or the termination of any such Pension Plan resulting in
liability to Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their
respective Affiliates pursuant to Section 4063 or 4064 of
ERISA; (v) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to
terminate any Pension Plan, or the occurrence of any event or
condition which might constitute grounds under ERISA for the
termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any
Pension Plan; (vi) the imposition of liability on Borrower,
any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates
pursuant to Section 4062(e) or 4069 of ERISA or by reason of
the application of Section 4212(c) of ERISA; (vii) the
withdrawal of Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their
respective ERISA Affiliates in a complete or partial withdrawal
(within the meaning of Sections 4203 and 4205 of ERISA) from any
Multiemployer Plan if there is any potential liability therefore,
or the receipt by Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their
respective ERISA Affiliates of notice from any Multiemployer Plan
that it is in reorganization or insolvency pursuant to
Section 4241 or 4245 of ERISA, or that it intends to terminate
or has terminated under Section 4041A or 4042 of ERISA;
(viii) the occurrence of an act or omission which could give
rise to the imposition on Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries
or
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any of their respective ERISA
Affiliates of fines, penalties, taxes or related charges under
Chapter 43 of the Internal Revenue Code or under Section 409,
Section 502(c), (i) or (l), or Section 4071 of ERISA
in respect of any Employee Benefit Plan; (ix) the assertion of
a material claim (other than routine claims for benefits) against
any Employee Benefit Plan other than a Multiemployer Plan or the
assets thereof, or against Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any
of their respective ERISA Affiliates in connection with any
Employee Benefit Plan; (x) receipt from the Internal Revenue
Service of notice of the failure of any Pension Plan (or any other
Employee Benefit Plan intended to be qualified under
Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code) to qualify under
Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the failure of
any trust forming part of any Pension Plan to qualify for exemption
from taxation under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue
Code; or (xi) the imposition of a Lien pursuant to
Section 401(a)(29) or 412(n) of the Internal Revenue Code or
pursuant to ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan.
“Eurodollar Rate
Loan” means a Loan bearing interest at a rate determined
by reference to the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate.
“Event of
Default” means each of the conditions or events set forth
in Section 8.1.
“Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
“Excluded
Properties” means the properties located at 404 Third
Avenue, NW, Aliceville, Alabama and 1311 Woodmount, Tuscumbie,
Alabama, collectively.
“Existing First Lien
Credit Agreement” as defined in the recitals
hereto.
“Facility”
means any real property (including all buildings, fixtures or other
improvements located thereon) now, hereafter or heretofore owned,
leased, operated or used by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or
any of their respective predecessors or Affiliates.
“Fair
Share” as defined in Section 7.2.
“Fair Share
Contribution Amount” as defined in
Section 7.2.
“Federal Funds
Effective Rate” means for any day, the rate per annum
(expressed, as a decimal, rounded upwards, if necessary, to the
next higher 1/100 of 1%) equal to the weighted average of the rates
on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal
Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as
published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business
Day next succeeding such day; provided , (i) if such
day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day
shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding
Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day,
and (ii) if no such rate is so published on such next
succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall
be the average rate charged to Administrative Agent, in its
capacity as a Lender, on such day on such transactions as
determined by Administrative Agent.
“Financial Officer
Certification” means, with respect to the financial
statements for which such certification is required, the
certification of the chief financial officer or (if such
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officer has been duly
appointed in accordance with the Organizational Documents of
Borrower) the chief accounting officer of Borrower that such
financial statements fairly present, in all material respects, the
financial condition of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the
dates indicated and the results of their operations and their cash
flows for the periods indicated, subject to changes resulting from
audit and normal year-end adjustments.
“First
Priority” means, with respect to any Lien purported to be
created in any Collateral pursuant to any Collateral Document, that
such Lien is the only Lien to which such Collateral is subject,
other than any Permitted Lien.
“Fiscal
Quarter” means each 13 week period after the end of the
Fiscal Year except the last period in Fiscal Year 2007 and in
Fiscal Year 2012, which shall be a 14 week period.
“Fiscal
Year” means any 52 week period ending on the first Sunday
following December 30, except for 2007 and 2012, respectively,
which shall be a 53 week period ending January 6, 2008 and
January 6, 2013, respectively (as set forth in Schedule 1A
hereto); references to a Fiscal Year with a number corresponding to
any calendar year ( e.g. , the “ 2007 Fiscal
Year ”) refer to the Fiscal Year ending on the first
Sunday following December 30 of such calendar year.
“Flood Hazard
Property” means any Real Estate Asset subject to a
mortgage in favor of Joint First Lien Collateral Agent, for the
benefit of the Secured Parties, and located in an area designated
by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood
or mud slide hazards.
“Foreign
Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic
Subsidiary.
“Funding
Default” as defined in Section 2.23.
“Funding
Guarantors” as defined in Section 7.2.
“Funding
Notice” means a notice substantially in the form of
Exhibit A-1.
“GAAP”
means, subject to the limitations on the application thereof set
forth in Section 1.2, United States generally accepted
accounting principles in effect as of the date of determination
thereof.
“Game
Crazy” means the Borrower’s business, operations
and locations, including www.gamecrazy.com, which, taken together,
constitutes the Borrower’s “Game Crazy” business
segment, and shall include all Equity Interests of any Subsidiary
owning Game Crazy assets and properties and the assets and
properties (tangible and intangible, real and personal) related to,
or used in connection with, such segment. The “Game
Crazy” segment includes the business, operations and
locations within Hollywood Video stores as well as free-standing
locations.
“Game Crazy
IPO” means any underwritten public offering by Borrower
of its and any other Credit Party’s common Equity Interests
in a Subsidiary formed to hold all the
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Game Crazy assets and
properties pursuant to a registration statement filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with the
Securities Act.
“Governmental
Acts” means any act or omission, whether rightful or
wrongful, of any present or future de jure or de facto government
or Governmental Authority.
“Governmental
Authority” means any federal, state, municipal, national
or other government, governmental department, commission, board,
bureau, court, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision
thereof or any entity, officer or examiner exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or
pertaining to any government or any court, in each case whether
associated with a state of the United States, the United States, or
a foreign entity or government.
“Governmental
Authorization” means any permit, license, authorization,
plan, directive, consent order or consent decree of or from any
Governmental Authority.
“Grantor”
as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement.
“GSCP” as
defined in the preamble.
“Guaranteed
Obligations” as defined in Section 7.1.
“Guarantor” means each of Borrower and each
Domestic Subsidiary of Borrower (including the Real Estate
Guarantors) and, at the election of Borrower and upon compliance
with Section 5.10, Movie Gallery Canada.
“Guarantor
Subsidiary” means each Guarantor other than
Borrower.
“Guaranty”
means the guaranty of each Guarantor set forth in
Section 7.
“Hazardous
Materials” means any chemical, material or substance,
exposure to which is prohibited, limited or regulated by any
Governmental Authority or which may or could pose a hazard to the
health and safety of the owners, occupants or any Persons in the
vicinity of any Facility or to the indoor or outdoor
environment.
“Hazardous Materials
Activity” means any past, current, proposed or threatened
activity, event or occurrence involving any Hazardous Materials,
including the use, manufacture, possession, storage, holding,
presence, existence, location, Release, threatened Release,
discharge, placement, generation, transportation, processing,
construction, treatment, abatement, removal, remediation, disposal,
disposition or handling of any Hazardous Materials, and any
corrective action or response action with respect to any of the
foregoing.
“Hedge
Agreement” means an Interest Rate Agreement or a Currency
Agreement entered into with a Lender Counterparty and satisfactory
to Administrative Agent.
“Highest Lawful
Rate” means the maximum lawful interest rate, if any,
that at any time or from time to time may be contracted for,
charged, or received under the laws applicable to any Lender which
are presently in effect or, to the extent allowed by law, under
such applicable laws which may hereafter be in effect and which
allow a higher maximum nonusurious interest rate than applicable
laws now allow.
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“Historical
Financial Statements” means as of the Closing Date,
(i) the audited financial statements of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, for the Fiscal Years ended January 1, 2006 and
December 31, 2006, consisting of balance sheets and the
related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’
equity and cash flows for such Fiscal Years, (ii) the
unaudited financial statements of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as
at the most recent Fiscal Quarter ending 45 days or more prior to
the Closing Date, consisting of a balance sheet and the related
consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity
and cash flows for the three-, six-or nine- fiscal month period, as
applicable, ending on such date, and (iii) the unaudited
financial statements of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the
most recent fiscal month ending 30 days or more prior to the
Closing Date, consisting of a balance sheet and related
consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity
and cash flows for such month; and, in the case of clauses (i),
(ii) and (iii), certified by the chief financial officer of
Borrower that they fairly present, in all material respects, the
financial condition of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the
dates indicated and the results of their operations and their cash
flows for the periods indicated, subject to changes resulting from
audit and normal year-end adjustments.
“Inactive
Entities” means (a) the following entities in which
Movie Gallery US, LLC, a Guarantor, has an ownership interest as of
the Closing Date: DVDStation, Inc. and Echo, LLC; and (b) the
following entity in which Borrower and Movie Gallery US, LLC, a
Guarantor, have an ownership interest as of the Closing Date: Movie
Gallery Mexico Inc., S. de R.L. de C.V.
“Increased-Cost
Lenders” as defined in Section 2.24.
“Indebtedness” , as applied to any Person,
means, without duplication, (i) all indebtedness for borrowed
money; (ii) that portion of obligations with respect to
Capital Leases that is properly classified as a liability on a
balance sheet in conformity with GAAP; (iii) notes payable and
drafts accepted representing extensions of credit whether or not
representing obligations for borrowed money; (iv) any
obligation owed for all or any part of the deferred purchase price
of property or services (excluding any such obligations incurred
under ERISA), which purchase price is (a) due more than six
months from the date of incurrence of the obligation in respect
thereof or (b) evidenced by a note or similar written
instrument; (v) all indebtedness secured by any Lien on any
property or asset owned or held by that Person regardless of
whether the indebtedness secured thereby shall have been assumed by
that Person or is nonrecourse to the credit of that Person;
(vi) the face amount of any letter of credit issued for the
account of that Person or as to which that Person is otherwise
liable for reimbursement of drawings; (vii) Disqualified
Equity Interests, (viii) the direct or indirect guaranty,
endorsement (otherwise than for collection or deposit in the
ordinary course of business), co-making, discounting with recourse
or sale with recourse by such Person of the obligation of another;
(ix) any obligation of such Person the primary purpose or
intent of which is to provide assurance to an obligee that the
obligation of the obligor thereof will be paid or discharged, or
any agreement relating thereto will be complied with, or the
holders thereof will be protected (in whole or in part) against
loss in respect thereof; (x) any liability of such Person for
an obligation of another through any agreement (contingent or
otherwise) (a) to purchase, repurchase or otherwise
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acquire such obligation or
any security therefor, or to provide funds for the payment or
discharge of such obligation (whether in the form of loans,
advances, stock purchases, capital contributions or otherwise) or
(b) to maintain the solvency or any balance sheet item, level
of income or financial condition of another if, in the case of any
agreement described under subclauses (a) or (b) of this
clause (x), the primary purpose or intent thereof is as described
in clause (ix) above; and (xi) all obligations of such
Person in respect of any exchange traded or over the counter
derivative transaction, including any Interest Rate Agreement and
Currency Agreement, whether entered into for hedging or speculative
purposes; provided , in no event shall (x) obligations
under any Interest Rate Agreement and any Currency Agreement be
deemed “Indebtedness” for any purpose under
Section 6.7 and (y)(A) deferred compensation arrangements or,
(B) severance obligations payable over time be deemed to be
“Indebtedness” hereunder.
“Indemnified
Liabilities” means, collectively, any and all
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages (including natural
resource damages), penalties, claims (including Environmental
Claims), actions, judgments, suits, costs (including the costs of
any investigation, study, sampling, testing, abatement, cleanup,
removal, remediation or other response action necessary to remove,
remediate, clean up or abate any Hazardous Materials Activity),
expenses and disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever
(including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for
Indemnitees in connection with any investigative, administrative or
judicial proceeding or hearing commenced or threatened by any
Person, whether or not any such Indemnitee shall be designated as a
party or a potential party thereto (it being agreed that, such
counsel fees and expenses shall be limited to one primary counsel,
and any additional special and local counsel in each appropriate
jurisdiction, for the Indemnitees, except in the case of actual or
potential conflicts of interest between or among the Indemnitees),
and any fees or expenses incurred by Indemnitees in enforcing this
indemnity), whether direct, indirect or consequential and whether
based on any federal, state or foreign laws, statutes, rules or
regulations (including securities and commercial laws, statutes,
rules or regulations and Environmental Laws), on common law or
equitable cause or on contract or otherwise, that may be imposed
on, incurred by, or asserted against any such Indemnitee, in any
manner relating to or arising out of (i) this Agreement or the
other Credit Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby (including the Lenders’ agreement to make Credit
Extensions, Synthetic LC Issuing Bank’s agreement to issue
Synthetic Letters of Credit or the use or intended use of the
proceeds thereof, or any enforcement of any of the Credit Documents
(including any sale of, collection from, or other realization upon
any of the Collateral or the enforcement of the Guaranty));
(ii) the statements contained in the commitment letter
delivered by any Lender to Borrower with respect to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement; or (iii) any
Environmental Claim or any Hazardous Materials Activity relating to
or arising from, directly or indirectly, any past or present
activity, operation, land ownership, or practice of Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries.
“Indemnitee” as defined in
Section 10.3.
“Installment” as defined in
Section 2.13.
“Intellectual
Property” as defined in the Pledge and Security
Agreement.
“Intellectual
Property Asset” means, at the time of determination, any
interest (fee, license or otherwise) then owned by any Credit Party
in any Intellectual Property.
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“Intellectual
Property Security Agreements” has the meaning assigned to
that term in the Pledge and Security Agreement.
“Intercompany
Note” means a promissory note substantially in the form
of Exhibit L evidencing Indebtedness owed among the Credit Parties
and their Subsidiaries.
“ Intercreditor
Agreement ” means that certain Amended and Restated
Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of March 8, 2007, as amended
and restated as of the Closing Date, among the Joint First Lien
Collateral Agent, Borrower and the Second Lien Collateral
Agent.
“Interest Coverage
Ratio” means the ratio as of the last day of any Fiscal
Quarter of (i) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the four
Fiscal Quarter period then ended to (ii) Consolidated Interest
Expense for such four Fiscal Quarter period.
“Interest Payment
Date” means with respect to (i) any Loan that is a
Base Rate Loan, each
March 31, June 30, September 30 and
December 31 of each year, commencing on the first such date to
occur after the Closing Date and the final maturity date of such
Loan; and (ii) any Loan that is a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the
last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan;
provided , in the case of each Interest Period of longer
than three months “Interest Payment Date” shall also
include each date that is three months, or an integral multiple
thereof, after the commencement of such Interest Period.
“Interest
Period” means, in connection with a Eurodollar Rate Loan,
an interest period of one-, two-, three- or six-months, as selected
by Borrower in the applicable Funding Notice or
Conversion/Continuation Notice, (i) initially, commencing on
the Credit Date or Conversion/Continuation Date thereof, as the
case may be; and (ii) thereafter, commencing on the day on
which the immediately preceding Interest Period expires;
provided , (a) if an Interest Period would otherwise
expire on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period
shall expire on the next succeeding Business Day unless no further
Business Day occurs in such month, in which case such Interest
Period shall expire on the immediately preceding Business Day;
(b) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day
of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically
corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest
Period) shall, subject to clause (c), of this definition, end on
the last Business Day of a calendar month; and (c) no Interest
Period with respect to any portion of the Term Loans shall extend
beyond the Term Loan Maturity Date.
“Interest Rate
Agreement” means any interest rate swap agreement,
interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement,
interest rate hedging agreement or other similar agreement or
arrangement, each of which is for the purpose of hedging the
interest rate exposure associated with Borrower’s and its
Subsidiaries’ operations and not for speculative
purposes.
“Interest Rate
Determination Date” means, with respect to any Interest
Period, the date that is two Business Days prior to the first day
of such Interest Period.
“Internal Revenue
Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
to the date hereof and from time to time hereafter, and any
successor statute.
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“Investment” means (i) any direct or
indirect purchase or other acquisition by Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries of, or of a beneficial interest in, any of the
Securities of any other Person (other than a Guarantor Subsidiary);
(ii) any direct or indirect redemption, retirement, purchase
or other acquisition for value, by any Subsidiary of Borrower from
any Person (other than Borrower or any Guarantor Subsidiary), of
any Equity Interests of such Person; and (iii) any direct or
indirect loan, advance (other than advances to employees for
moving, entertainment and travel expenses, drawing accounts and
similar expenditures in the ordinary course of business) or capital
contributions by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to any other
Person (other than Borrower or any Guarantor Subsidiary), including
all indebtedness and accounts receivable from that other Person
that are not current assets or did not arise from sales to that
other Person in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any
Investment shall be the original cost of such Investment plus the
cost of all additions thereto, without any adjustments for
increases or decreases in value, or write-ups, write-downs or
write-offs with respect to such Investment.
“Issuance
Notice” means an Issuance Notice substantially in the
form of Exhibit A-3.
“Joint First Lien
Collateral Agent” means the “Joint First Lien
Collateral Agent” as defined in the Collateral Agency
Agreement.
“Joint
Venture” means a joint venture, partnership or other
similar arrangement, whether in corporate, partnership or other
legal form; provided , in no event shall any corporate
Subsidiary of any Person be considered to be a Joint Venture to
which such Person is a party.
“Kiosk
Program” means the installation of movie rental kiosks in
various retail and other locations.
“Landlord Personal
Property Collateral Access Agreement” means a Landlord
Waiver and Consent Agreement substantially in the form of
Exhibit K with such amendments, restatements or modifications
as may be approved by Collateral Agent.
“Leasehold
Property” means any leasehold interest of any Credit
Party as lessee under any lease of real property.
“Lender”
means each “Lender” (as such term is defined under the
Existing First Lien Credit Agreement) that is a party to the
Existing First Lien Credit Agreement on the Closing Date, and any
other Person that becomes a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment
Agreement.
“Lender
Counterparty” means each Lender or any Affiliate of a
Lender counterparty to a Hedge Agreement (including any Person who
is a Lender (and any Affiliate thereof) as of the Closing Date but
subsequently, whether before or after entering into a Hedge
Agreement, ceases to be a Lender and any Person who enters into a
Hedge Agreement in connection with the transactions contemplated by
the Credit Documents prior to the Closing Date and is a Lender as
of the Closing Date), including each such Affiliate that enters
into a joinder agreement with Joint First Lien Collateral Agent and
the Administrative Agent.
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“Leverage
Ratio” means the ratio as of the last day of any Fiscal
Quarter of (i) Total First Lien Debt as of such day to
(ii) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the four-Fiscal Quarter
period ending on such date.
“Lien”
means (i) any lien, mortgage, pledge, assignment, security
interest, charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any
agreement to give any of the foregoing, any conditional sale or
other title retention agreement, and any lease or license in the
nature thereof) and any option, trust or other preferential
arrangement having the practical effect of any of the foregoing and
(ii) in the case of Securities, any purchase option, call or
similar right of a third party with respect to such
Securities.
“Loan”
means a Term Loan.
“Margin
Stock” as defined in Regulation U of the Board of
Governors as in effect from time to time.
“Material Adverse
Effect” means a material adverse effect on and/or
material adverse developments with respect to (i) the
business, operations, properties, assets or condition (financial or
otherwise) or prospects of Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a
whole; (ii) the ability of any Credit Party to fully and
timely perform its Obligations; (iii) the legality, validity,
binding effect or enforceability against a Credit Party of a Credit
Document to which it is a party; or (iv) the rights, remedies
and benefits available to, or conferred upon, any Agent and any
Lender or any Secured Party under any Credit Document;
provided , that no Disclosed Matter shall constitute a
Material Adverse Effect and (B) the occurrence of any matters
described on Schedule 4.7 hereto shall not constitute a Material
Adverse Effect.
“Material
Contract” means any contract or other arrangement to
which Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a party (other than
the Credit Documents) for which breach, nonperformance,
cancellation or failure to renew could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
“Material Real
Estate Asset” means (i) (a) any fee-owned Real
Estate Asset having a fair market value in excess of $250,000 as of
the date of the acquisition thereof and (b) all Leasehold
Properties other than those with respect to which the aggregate
payments under the remaining term of the lease are less than
$750,000 or (ii) any Real Estate Asset that the Requisite
Lenders have determined is material to the business, operations,
properties, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects
of Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investor
Services, Inc.
“Mortgage”
means a Mortgage substantially in the form of Exhibit J, as it
may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time.
“Movie Gallery
Canada” means Movie Gallery Canada, Inc., a wholly-owned
Subsidiary of Borrower organized under the laws of the Province of
New Brunswick.
“Multiemployer
Plan” means any Employee Benefit Plan which is a
“multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 3(37)
of ERISA.
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“NAIC”
means The National Association of Insurance Commissioners, and any
successor thereto.
“Narrative
Report” means (a) with respect to the financial
statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(b) and
Section 5.1(c), a narrative report describing the
operations of Borrower and its Subsidiaries which report meets the
requirements of Item 303 of Regulation S-K promulgated under
the Securities Act for the applicable Fiscal Quarter or Fiscal Year
and for the period from the beginning of the then current Fiscal
Year to the end of such period to which such financial statements
relate, and (b) with respect to the financial statements
delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(a), a narrative report
prepared on a basis consistent with, and setting forth the same
types of information as set forth in, the monthly financial
statement reporting package delivered to Administrative Agent prior
to the Closing Date.
“Net Asset Sale
Proceeds” means, with respect to any Asset Sale, an
amount equal to: (i) Cash payments (including any Cash
received by way of deferred payment pursuant to, or by monetization
of, a note receivable or otherwise, but only as and when so
received) received by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries from such
Asset Sale, minus (ii) any bona fide direct costs
incurred in connection with such Asset Sale, including
(a) income or gains taxes payable by the seller as a result of
any gain recognized in connection with such Asset Sale,
(b) payment of the outstanding principal amount of, premium or
penalty, if any, and interest on any Indebtedness (other than the
Loans) that is secured by a Lien on the stock or assets in question
and that is required to be repaid under the terms thereof as a
result of such Asset Sale and (c) a reasonable reserve for any
indemnification payments (fixed or contingent) attributable to
seller’s indemnities and representations and warranties to
purchaser in respect of such Asset Sale undertaken by Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries in connection with such Asset
Sale.
“Net
Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds” means an amount equal
to: (i) any Cash payments or proceeds received by Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries (a) under any casualty insurance
policy in respect of a covered loss thereunder or (b) as a
result of the taking of any assets of Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries by any Person pursuant to the power of eminent domain,
condemnation or otherwise, or pursuant to a sale of any such assets
to a purchaser with such power under threat of such a taking,
minus (ii) (a) any actual and reasonable costs incurred
by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the
adjustment or settlement of any claims of Borrower or such
Subsidiary in respect thereof, and (b) any bona fide
reasonable direct costs incurred in connection with any sale of
such assets as referred to in clause (i)(b) of this definition,
including income taxes payable as a result of any gain recognized
in connection therewith.
“Nonpublic
Information” means information which has not been
disseminated in a manner making it available to investors
generally, within the meaning of Regulation FD.
“Non-Core
Assets” means the following assets of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries which are not essential or material to the conduct
of the businesses of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries:
(i) aircraft of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries,
(ii) the “Reel.com” assets, (iii) the
“Rack Division” assets, (iv) the iBlast division
assets, (v) the assets and/or Equity Interests of MG
Automation, Inc. and MG Digital, Inc., (vi) the “Movie
Beam” assets , (vii) owned real estate on the
Closing Date and (viii) other assets which are not essential
or material
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to the conduct of the
businesses of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to the extent that
the value of each such asset, individually, does not exceed
$100,000, and the value of all such assets, in the aggregate, does
not exceed $500,000 in any Fiscal Year.
“Non-US
Lender” as defined in Section 2.21(c).
“Note”
means a Term Loan Note.
“Notice”
means a Funding Notice, an Issuance Notice, or a Conversion/
Continuation Notice.
“Obligations” means all obligations of every
nature of each Credit Party, including obligations from time to
time owed to the Agents (including former Agents), Synthetic LC
Issuing Bank, Synthetic LC Depositary Bank, the Lenders or any of
them and Lender Counterparties, under any Credit Document or Hedge
Agreement, whether for principal, interest (including interest
which, but for the filing of a petition in bankruptcy with respect
to such Credit Party, would have accrued on any Obligation, whether
or not a claim is allowed against such Credit Party for such
interest in the related bankruptcy proceeding), reimbursement of
amounts drawn under Synthetic Letters of Credit, payments for early
termination of Hedge Agreements, fees, expenses, indemnification or
otherwise.
“Obligee
Guarantor” as defined in Section 7.7.
“Organizational
Documents” means (i) with respect to any
corporation, its certificate or articles of incorporation or
organization, as amended, and its by-laws, as amended,
(ii) with respect to any limited partnership, its certificate
of limited partnership, as amended, and its partnership agreement,
as amended, (iii) with respect to any general partnership, its
partnership agreement, as amended, and (iv) with respect to
any limited liability company, its articles of organization, as
amended, and its operating agreement, as amended. In the event any
term or condition of this Agreement or any other Credit Document
requires any Organizational Document to be certified by a secretary
of state or similar governmental official, the reference to any
such “Organizational Document” shall only be to a
document of a type customarily certified by such governmental
official.
“Patriot
Act” as defined in Section 3.1(u).
“PBGC”
means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor
thereto.
“Pension
Plan” means any Employee Benefit Plan, other than a
Multiemployer Plan, which is subject to Section 412 of the
Internal Revenue Code or Section 302 of ERISA.
“Permitted
Acquisition” means any acquisition by Borrower or any of
its wholly-owned Subsidiaries, whether by purchase, merger or
otherwise, of all or substantially all of the assets of, all of the
Equity Interests of, or a business line or unit or a division of,
any Person; provided ,
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(i) |
immediately prior to, and after giving effect thereto, no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
or would result therefrom; |
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(ii) |
all transactions in connection therewith shall be consummated,
in all material respects, in accordance with all applicable laws
and in conformity with all applicable Governmental
Authorizations; |
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(iii) |
in the case of the acquisition of Equity Interests, all of the
Equity Interests (except for any such Securities in the nature of
directors’ qualifying shares required pursuant to applicable
law) acquired or otherwise issued by such Person or any newly
formed Subsidiary of Borrower in connection with such acquisition
shall be owned 100% by Borrower or a Guarantor Subsidiary thereof,
and Borrower shall have taken, or caused to be taken, as of the
date such Person becomes a Subsidiary of Borrower, each of the
actions set forth in Sections 5.10 and/or 5.11, as
applicable; |
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(iv) |
Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be in compliance with the
financial covenants set forth in Section 6.7 on a pro forma
basis after giving effect to such acquisition as of the last day of
the Fiscal Quarter most recently ended (as determined in accordance
with Section 6.7(e)); |
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(v) |
Borrower shall have delivered to Administrative Agent
(A) at least 10 Business Days prior to such proposed
acquisition, (i) a Compliance Certificate evidencing
compliance with Section 6.7 as required under clause (iv)
above and (ii) all other relevant financial information with
respect to such acquired assets, including the aggregate
consideration for such acquisition and any other information
required to demonstrate compliance with Section 6.7 and
(B) promptly upon request by Administrative Agent, (i) a
copy of the purchase agreement related to the proposed Permitted
Acquisition (and any related documents reasonably requested by
Administrative Agent) and (ii) quarterly and annual financial
statements of the Person whose Equity Interests or assets are being
acquired for the twelve month (12) month period immediately
prior to such proposed Permitted Acquisition, including any audited
financial statements that are available; |
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any Person or assets or division as acquired in accordance
herewith (y) shall be in same business or lines of business in
which Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries are engaged as of the
Closing Date or any business reasonably related thereto or a
reasonable extension thereof and (z) shall have generated
positive cash flow for the four quarter period most recently ended
prior to the date of such acquisition; and |
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the aggregate unused portion of the Revolving Commitments at
such time (after giving effect to the consummation of the
respective Permitted Acquisition and any financing thereof) shall
equal or exceed $50,000,000. |
“Permitted
Liens” means each of the Liens permitted pursuant to
Section 6.2.
“Person”
means and includes natural persons, corporations, limited
partnerships, general partnerships, limited liability companies,
limited liability partnerships, joint stock companies, Joint
Ventures, associations, companies, trusts, banks, trust companies,
land trusts, business trusts or other organizations, whether or not
legal entities, and Governmental Authorities.
“Plan” as
defined in the recitals hereto.
“Plan Effective
Date” means the “Effective Date” as defined
in the Plan.
“Platform”
as defined in Section 5.1(p).
“Pledge and Security
Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Pledge and
Security Agreement, dated as of March 8, 2007, as amended and
restated as of the Closing Date, to be executed by Borrower and
each Guarantor substantially in the form of Exhibit I, as it
may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time.
“Prime
Rate” means the rate of interest quoted in The Wall
Street Journal , Money Rates Section as the Prime Rate
(currently defined as the base rate on corporate loans posted by at
least 75% of the nation’s thirty (30) largest banks), as
in effect from time to time. The Prime Rate is a reference rate and
does not necessarily represent the lowest or best rate actually
charged to any customer. Agent or any other Lender may make
commercial loans or other loans at rates of interest at, above or
below the Prime Rate.
“Principal
Office” means, for each of Administrative Agent,
Collateral Agent, Synthetic LC Agent and Synthetic LC Issuing Bank,
such Person’s “Principal Office” as set forth on
Appendix A, or such other office or office of a third party or
sub-agent, as appropriate, as such Person may from time to time
designate in writing to Borrower, Administrative Agent and each
Lender.
“Projections” as defined in
Section 4.8.
“Pro Rata
Share” means (i) with respect to all payments,
computations and other matters relating to the Term Loan of any
Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing (a) the Term Loan
Exposure of that Lender by (b) the aggregate Term Loan
Exposure of all Lenders; and (ii) with respect to all
payments, computations and other matters relating to the
participations in Synthetic Letters of Credit, the Synthetic LC
Deposits or the Synthetic LC Disbursements, the percentage obtained
by dividing (a) the Synthetic LC Deposit of that Lender by
(b) the aggregate Synthetic LC Deposits of all Lenders. For
all other purposes with respect to each Lender, “Pro Rata
Share” means the percentage obtained by dividing (A) an
amount equal to the sum of the Term Loan Exposure and the Synthetic
LC Exposure of that Lender, by (B) an amount equal to the sum
of the aggregate Term Loan Exposure and the aggregate Synthetic LC
Exposure of all Lenders.
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“Real Estate
Asset” means, at any time of determination, any interest
(fee, leasehold or otherwise) then owned by any Credit Party in any
real property.
“Real Estate
Guarantors” means M.G.A. Realty I, LLC and MG Automation
LLC, each individually a Real Estate Guarantor, together with their
successors and assigns, including any trustee or other fiduciary
hereafter appointed as legal representative on behalf of such
person or on behalf of any such successor or assign.
“Register”
as defined in Section 2.8(b).
“Regulation D” means Regulation D
of the Board of Governors, as in effect from time to
time.
“Regulation
FD” means Regulation FD as promulgated by the US
Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act and
Exchange Act as in effect from time to time.
“Related
Fund” means, with respect to any Lender that is an
investment fund, any other investment fund that invests in
commercial loans and that is managed or advised by the same
investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such
investment advisor.
“Release”
means any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, pouring,
injection, escaping, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal,
dumping, leaching or migration of any Hazardous Material into the
indoor or outdoor environment (including the abandonment or
disposal of any barrels, containers or other closed receptacles
containing any Hazardous Material), including the movement of any
Hazardous Material through the air, soil, surface water or
groundwater.
“Rental
Items” means video cassette tapes, digital versatile disc
(DVD) or video discs (regardless of format), video games,
audiotapes and related equipment to the extent that such items were
acquired by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries for sale or rental
to their customers or are held by Borrower or such Subsidiary for
sale or rental to their customers.
“Replacement
Lender” as defined in Section 2.24.
“Requisite
Lenders” means one or more Lenders having or holding Term
Loan Exposure and/or Synthetic LC Exposure and representing more
than 50% of the sum of (i) the aggregate Term Loan Exposure of
all such Lenders and (ii) the aggregate Synthetic LC Exposure
of all such Lenders. For purposes of this definition, in respect of
Lenders that are Restricted Sponsor Affiliates, the aggregate
amount of Term Loan Exposure and/or Synthetic LC Exposure (
“Voting Power Determinants” ) shall be
determined by including all Voting Power Determinants held or
beneficially owned by Restricted Sponsor Affiliates so long as the
aggregate Voting Power Determinants held or beneficially owned by
all Restricted Sponsor Affiliates does not exceed 15% of all Voting
Power Determinants. If the aggregate Voting Power Determinants held
or beneficially owned by all Restricted Sponsor Affiliates
represent in excess of 15% of the aggregate Voting Power
Determinants held or beneficially owned by all
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Lenders (including all
Restricted Sponsor Affiliates), then, for purposes solely of this
definition, (x) the aggregate Voting Power Determinants held
or beneficially owned by all Restricted Sponsor Affiliates shall be
ratably reduced so as to equal, in the aggregate, 15% of the
aggregate Voting Power Determinants and (y) the Voting Power
Determinants held or beneficially owned by all Lenders other than
Restricted Sponsor Affiliates shall be ratably increased so as to
equal, in the aggregate, 85% of the aggregate Voting Power
Determinants. The foregoing limitations regarding Voting Power
Determinants shall not apply in respect to voting on a plan of
reorganization for the Borrower, or in respect to, consenting to,
supporting or opposing a sale of all or substantially all of the
assets of the Credit Parties taken as a whole in one or more series
of related transactions, in each case under Chapter 11 of the
Bankruptcy Code (following a Default or Event of Default described
in Section 8.1(f) or 8.1(g)) if (i) such plan of
reorganization, or such sale, provides that the Sponsor Affiliates
receive less than 5% of the value of the Equity Interests then
owned in the Borrower in exchange for the Equity Interests in
Borrower, or less than 5% of the proceeds of such sale, and
(ii) at such time, such Sponsor Affiliates do not then own
(beneficially or otherwise) any Second Lien Term Loans or other
Indebtedness under the Second Lien Credit Agreement (otherwise, the
Voting Power Determinants shall remain in effect).
“Restricted Junior
Payment” means (i) any dividend or other
distribution, direct or indirect, on account of any shares of any
class of stock of Borrower now or hereafter outstanding, except a
dividend payable solely in shares of that class of stock to the
holders of that class; (ii) any redemption, retirement,
sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for
value, direct or indirect, of any shares of any class of stock of
Borrower now or hereafter outstanding; (iii) any payment made
to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants,
options or other rights to acquire shares of any class of stock of
Borrower now or hereafter outstanding; and (iv) any payment or
prepayment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, or
redemption, purchase, retirement, defeasance (including
in-substance or legal defeasance), sinking fund or similar payment,
or any other payment (other than principal or interest), with
respect to the Indebtedness outstanding under the Second Lien
Credit Agreement, any Indebtedness under any Term Loan Refinancing
Indebtedness, and any other Indebtedness which is subordinated in
right of payment to the Obligations.
“Restricted Sponsor
Affiliates” means the Sponsor Affiliates, but only at
such times that the Sponsor Affiliates (i) have, in the
aggregate, ownership (beneficial or otherwise) of 20% or more of
the voting and/or economic interest in the Equity Interests of
Borrower, or (ii) have, individually or in the aggregate, the
power to direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies of Borrower or any of the Credit Parties, whether through
the ownership of voting securities or by contract or
otherwise.
“Revolver
Refinancing Indebtedness” means a refinancing, renewal or
extension of all of the Revolving Loans, commitment and other
revolving credit exposure under the Revolving Credit Agreement on
the following terms: (A) such refinancing, renewal or
extension shall not result in 50% or more of the Indebtedness and
commitment subject to any such refinancing, renewal or extension
being held by an Affiliate of any Credit Party, (B) the
Indebtedness and commitment subject to any such refinancing,
renewal or extension is in an aggregate principal and commitment
amount not greater than the aggregate principal and commitment
amount of the Revolving Loans and other revolving credit exposure
and
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commitments under the
Revolving Credit Agreement being renewed, refinanced or extended,
(C) the Indebtedness subject to any such refinancing, renewal
or extension shall have a final maturity which is no earlier than,
and does not require any scheduled amortization or other scheduled
payments of principal prior to, the three year anniversary of the
Closing Date, (D) the cash yield or cash interest on the
Indebtedness shall not exceed (i) LIBOR plus 6%, plus
(ii) 2% in upfront fees on the aggregate principal and
commitment amount of the Revolving Loans and other revolving credit
exposure and commitments under the Revolving Credit Agreement being
renewed, refinanced or extended (provided, that if the upfront fee
is greater than 2% then the excess amount thereof shall be
amortized through final maturity and be applied to reduce the
interest rate margin set forth in subclause (D)(i)), (E) the
covenants, events of default, subordination and other provisions
thereof (including any guarantees thereof) shall be, in the
aggregate, no less favorable to the Borrower and to the Lenders
than those contained in the Revolving Credit Documents, and the
lenders shall agree to be bound by the terms of the Intercreditor
Agreement and Collateral Agency Agreement and (F) no Default
or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or result
therefrom.
“Revolving
Administrative Agent” means the “Administrative
Agent” as defined in the Revolving Credit
Agreement.
“Revolving Credit
Agreement” means the Revolving Credit and Guaranty
Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among Borrower, certain
Subsidiaries of Borrower, the Revolving Administrative Agent, and
the other agents and lenders party thereto, as such may be amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in
accordance with this Agreement.
“Revolving Credit
Documents” means the “Credit Documents” as
defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement.
“Revolving
Loan” means a revolving loan made under the Revolving
Credit Agreement.
“Revolving Letter of
Credit” means a commercial or standby letter of credit
issued or to be issued under the Revolving Credit
Agreement.
“Revolving
Commitment” means the commitment of a lender under the
Revolving Credit Agreement to make or otherwise fund any Revolving
Loan and to acquire participations in Revolving Letters of Credit
thereunder and “Revolving Commitments” means
such commitments of all such lenders thereunder in the
aggregate.
“S&P”
means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, a division of
The McGraw Hill Corporation.
“Seasonal
Overadvance Facility” means a letter of credit
procurement facility provided by a Sponsor Affiliate on the
following terms: (A) the Indebtedness or other obligations
thereunder shall be unsecured, (B) the letters of credit
issued under the facility shall be used only for the purposes
described on Schedule 1B hereto, (C) the cash yield or cash
interest on the Indebtedness shall not exceed the rate applicable
for Loans under this Agreement at such time, (D) the
covenants, events of default, subordination and other provisions
thereof (including any
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guarantees thereof) shall be
as set forth on Schedule 1B hereto and shall be, in the aggregate,
no less favorable to the Borrower and to the Lenders than those
contained in the Second Lien Credit Documents as currently in
effect and (E) no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing or result therefrom.
“Second Lien
Collateral Agent” means the “Collateral
Agent” as defined in the Second Lien Credit
Agreement.
“Second Lien Credit
Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Second Lien
Term Loan and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of March 8, 2007,
as amended and restated as of the Closing Date, among Borrower,
certain Subsidiaries of Borrower, and the agents and lenders party
thereto, as such may be amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with this
Agreement.
“Second Lien Credit
Documents” means the “Credit Documents” as
defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.
“Second Lien Term
Loans” means term loans in an aggregate principal amount
of $117,141,030 outstanding on the Closing Date under the Second
Lien Credit Agreement.
“Secured Leverage
Ratio” means the ratio as of the last day of any Fiscal
Quarter of (i) Total Secured Debt as of such day to
(ii) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the four-Fiscal Quarter
period ending on such date.
“Secured
Parties” has the meaning assigned to that term in the
Pledge and Security Agreement.
“Securities” means any stock, shares,
partnership interests, voting trust certificates, certificates of
interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement or
arrangement, options, warrants, bonds, debentures, notes, or other
evidences of indebtedness, secured or unsecured, convertible,
subordinated or otherwise, or in general any instruments commonly
known as “securities” or any certificates of interest,
shares or participations in temporary or interim certificates for
the purchase or acquisition of, or any right to subscribe to,
purchase or acquire, any of the foregoing.
“Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from
time to time, and any successor statute.
“Solvency
Certificate” means a Solvency Certificate of the chief
financial officer of Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit
G-2.
“Solvent”
means, with respect to any Credit Party, that as of the date of
determination, determined on a going concern basis, both
(i) (a) the sum of such Credit Party’s debt
(including contingent liabilities) does not exceed the present fair
saleable value of such Credit Party’s present assets;
(b) such Credit Party’s capital is not unreasonably
small in relation to its business as contemplated on the Closing
Date and reflected in the Projections or with respect to any
transaction contemplated or undertaken after the Closing Date; and
(c) such Person has not incurred and does not intend to incur,
or believe (nor should it reasonably believe)
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that it will incur, debts
beyond its ability to pay such debts as they become due (whether at
maturity or otherwise); and (ii) such Person is
“solvent” within the meaning given that term and
similar terms under the Bankruptcy Code and applicable laws
relating to fraudulent transfers and conveyances. For purposes of
this definition, the amount of any contingent liability at any time
shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all of the facts
and circumstances existing at such time, including such Credit
Party’s rights to contribution, indemnification and
reimbursement, represents the amount that can reasonably be
expected to become an actual or matured liability (irrespective of
whether such contingent liabilities meet the criteria for accrual
under Statement of Financial Accounting Standard
No. 5).
“Sponsor
Affiliates” means Aspen Advisors, Condor Partners, Sopris
Capital Advisors LLC, Sopris Capital Management and Trendex Capital
Management and their respective Affiliates.
“Sub-Account” as defined in Section
2.5(i).
“Subject
Transaction” as defined in
Section 6.7(f).
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any
Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company,
association, joint venture or other business entity of which more
than 50% of the total voting power of shares of stock or other
ownership interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of
any contingency) to vote in the election of the Person or Persons
(whether directors, managers, trustees or other Persons performing
similar functions) having the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies thereof is at the time
owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one
or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination
thereof; provided , in determining the percentage of
ownership interests of any Person controlled by another Person, no
ownership interest in the nature of a “qualifying
share” of the former Person shall be deemed to be
outstanding.
“Synthetic LC
Agent” means Wachovia as agent on behalf of Synthetic LC
Issuing Bank and Synthetic LC Depositary Bank hereunder with
respect to the issuance of the Synthetic Letters of Credit,
together with its permitted successors and assigns in such capacity
or any successor or replacement Synthetic LC Agent
hereunder.
“Synthetic LC
Commitment” means the commitment of a Lender to acquire
participations in Synthetic Letters of Credit hereunder and
“Synthetic LC Commitments” means such
commitments of all Lenders. The aggregate amount of the Synthetic
LC Commitments as of the Closing Date is $23,500,000.
“Synthetic LC
Commitment Period” means the period from the Closing Date
to but excluding the Synthetic LC Commitment Termination
Date.
“Synthetic LC
Commitment Termination Date” means the earliest to occur
of (i) May 20, 2009, with respect to Wachovia in its
capacities as Synthetic LC Issuing Bank, Synthetic LC Agent and
Synthetic LC Depository Bank and May 20, 2012 with respect to
replacement Synthetic LC Issuing Bank, Synthetic LC Agent and
Synthetic LC Depositary Bank appointed after Wachovia has resigned
on May 20, 2009 pursuant to Section 9.7(e); (ii) the
date that is ninety (90) days following the date the aggregate
principal amount of the Term Loans
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hereunder do not exceed
$20,000,000, (iii) the date the Synthetic LC Commitments are
permanently reduced to zero pursuant to Section 2.14(b), or
(iv) the date of the termination of the Synthetic LC
Commitments pursuant to Section 8.1.
“Synthetic LC
Deposit” means, with respect to each Synthetic LC Lender,
the amount of such Synthetic LC Lender’s Synthetic LC
Commitment that such Synthetic LC Lender shall deposit in such
Synthetic LC Lender’s Sub-Account with Administrative Agent
on or before the Closing Date, and that amount shall in turn be
deposited by Administrative Agent in the Synthetic LC Deposit
Account on or before the Closing Date, as such amount may be
(a) reduced from time to time as a result of withdrawals by
the Synthetic LC Agent, on behalf of the Synthetic LC Issuing Bank,
from the Synthetic LC Deposit Account and debited by the
Administrative Agent to the Sub-Account of each Synthetic LC Lender
or reinstated from time to time as a result of payments by Borrower
to Administrative Agent, which payments shall be remitted to
Synthetic LC Agent and deposited into the Synthetic LC Deposit
Account and credited by Administrative Agent to the Sub-Account of
each such Synthetic LC Lender pursuant to Section 2.5, and
(b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to
assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 10.6 and,
“ Synthetic LC Deposits ” mean such deposits of
all Synthetic LC Lenders.
“Synthetic LC
Deposit Account” as defined in
Section 2.5(i).
“Synthetic LC
Deposit Return” as defined in
Section 2.5(m).
“Synthetic LC
Depositary Bank” shall mean Wachovia or any successor or
replacement Synthetic LC Depositary Bank hereunder
.
“Synthetic LC
Disbursement” means a payment made by Synthetic LC
Issuing Bank pursuant to a Synthetic Letter of Credit or an amount
otherwise due and owing to Synthetic LC Agent in respect of the
Synthetic Letter of Credit facility hereunder.
“Synthetic LC
Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender, as of any
date of determination, such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the
aggregate Synthetic LC Deposits and Synthetic LC Usage (other than
the portion of such Synthetic LC Usage represented by amounts
available for drawing, but not yet drawn, under Synthetic Letters
of Credit).
“Synthetic LC
Issuing Bank” means Wachovia as Synthetic LC Issuing Bank
hereunder with respect to Synthetic Letters of Credit, together
with its permitted successors and assigns in such capacity, or any
successor or replacement Synthetic LC Issuing Bank
hereunder.
“Synthetic LC
Lender” means a Lender having an interest in the
Synthetic LC Deposit Account or the Synthetic LC
Commitment.
“Synthetic LC
Reimbursement Date” as defined in
Section 2.5(d).
“Synthetic LC
Usage” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of
(i) the maximum aggregate amount which is, or at any time
thereafter may become, available for drawing under all Synthetic
Letters of Credit then outstanding, and (ii) the aggregate
amount of all Synthetic LC Disbursements not theretofore reimbursed
by or on behalf of Borrower.
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“Synthetic Letter of
Credit Limit” means, for so long as Wachovia shall be the
Synthetic LC Issuing Bank, $21,900,000, and at all other times,
$23,500,000, in all cases as may be reduced from time to time by
Borrower in connection with a reduction of the Synthetic LC
Commitments.
“Synthetic Letter of
Credit” means a commercial or standby letter of credit
issued or to be issued by Synthetic LC Issuing Bank under the
Synthetic LC Commitment pursuant to this Agreement, and shall
include, without limitation, those letters of credit issued under
the Existing First Lien Credit Agreement identified on Schedule 3
hereto.
“Tax”
means any present or future tax, levy, impost, duty, assessment,
charge, fee, deduction or withholding of any nature and whatever
called, by whomsoever, on whomsoever and wherever imposed, levied,
collected, withheld or assessed; provided , “Tax on
the overall net income” of a Person shall be construed as a
reference to a tax imposed by the jurisdiction in which that Person
is organized or in which that Person’s applicable principal
office (and/or, in the case of a Lender, its lending office) is
located or in which that Person (and/or, in the case of a Lender,
its lending office) is deemed to be doing business on all or part
of the net income, profits or gains (whether worldwide, or only
insofar as such income, profits or gains are considered to arise in
or to relate to a particular jurisdiction, or otherwise) of that
Person (and/or, in the case of a Lender, its applicable lending
office).
“Term Lender
Group” means a group of one or more Lenders, other than
Lenders that are Restricted Sponsor Affiliates, having or holding
Term Loan Exposure and representing more than 25% of the aggregate
Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders.
“Term
Loan” means a Term Loan made by a Lender to Borrower
pursuant to Section 2.1(a).
“Term Loan
Commitment” means the commitment of a Lender to make or
otherwise fund a Term Loan and “Term Loan
Commitments” means such commitments of all Lenders in the
aggregate. The aggregate amount of the Term Loan Commitments as of
the Closing Date is $602,988,750 plus payment-in-kind interest and
other principal increases hereunder.
“Term Loan
Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender, as of any
date of determination, the outstanding principal amount of the Term
Loans of such Lender; provided , at any time prior to the
making of the Term Loans, the Term Loan Exposure of any Lender
shall be equal to such Lender’s Term Loan
Commitment.
“Term Loan Maturity
Date” means the earliest to occur of
(i) May 20, 2012, (ii) the date that is ninety
(90) days following the date the aggregate principal amount of
the Term Loans hereunder do not exceed $20,000,000, or
(iii) the date that all Term Loans become due and payable in
full hereunder, whether by acceleration or otherwise.
“Term Loan
Note” means a promissory note in the form of
Exhibit B, as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time.
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“Term Loan
Refinancing Indebtedness” means Indebtedness incurred
solely in order to repay all or any portion of the Term Loans
hereunder on the following terms: (A) the Indebtedness
thereunder shall be unsecured and shall have a final maturity which
is later than, and does not require any scheduled amortization or
other scheduled payments of principal prior to, the five year
anniversary of the Closing Date, (B) the proceeds under the
facility shall be used only to repay the Term Loans hereunder,
(C) the cash yield or cash interest on the Indebtedness shall
not exceed 110% of applicable rate for Loans under this Agreement
at such time, (D) the covenants, events of default,
subordination and other provisions thereof (including any
guarantees thereof) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and shall be, in the aggregate, no less
favorable to the Borrower and to the Lenders than those contained
in the Second Lien Credit Documents (provided that such provisions
shall not include financial covenants, and shall be subject to
automatic amendment to conform to any amendments made to the Second
Lien Credit Documents) and (E) no Default or Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing or result
therefrom.
“Terminated
Lender” as defined in Section 2.24.
“Title
Policy” as defined in Section 3.1(g).
“Total First Lien
Debt” means, as at any date of determination,
Indebtedness with respect to Loans plus Synthetic LC Usage
(only to the extent drawn and not reimbursed) plus
Indebtedness with respect to Revolving Loans (minus the proceeds of
Revolving Loans used to secure issued and outstanding Additional
Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 6.2(s)) and Revolving
Letters of Credit (only to the extent drawn and not reimbursed)
plus Indebtedness with respect to Additional Letters of
Credit (if secured with the proceeds of Revolving Loans pursuant to
Section 6.2(s)).
“Total Secured
Debt” means, as at any date of determination,
Indebtedness with respect to Loans plus Synthetic LC Usage
(only to the extent drawn and not reimbursed) plus
Indebtedness with respect to Revolving Loans (minus the proceeds of
Revolving Loans used to secure issued and outstanding Additional
Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 6.2(s)) and Revolving
Letters of Credit (only to the extent drawn and not reimbursed)
plus Indebtedness with respect to Second Lien Term Loans
plus Indebtedness with respect to Additional Letters of
Credit (if secured with the proceeds of Revolving Loans pursuant to
Section 6.2(s)) plus any other Indebtedness of the
Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries secured by a Lien.
“Type of
Loan” means either a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Rate
Loan.
“UCC”
means the Uniform Commercial Code (or any similar or equivalent
legislation) as in effect in any applicable
jurisdiction.
“ U.S. Lender
” as defined in Section 2.21(c).
“ Wachovia
” means Wachovia Bank, National Association, a national
banking association, and its successors and assigns.
1.2. Accounting Terms
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all accounting terms
not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to
them in conformity with
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GAAP. Financial statements and other
information required to be delivered by Borrower to Lenders
pursuant to Section 5.1(b) and 5.1(c) shall be prepared in
accordance with GAAP as in effect at the time of such preparation
(and delivered together with the reconciliation statements provided
for in Section 5.1(e), if applicable). Subject to the
foregoing, calculations in connection with the definitions,
covenants and other provisions hereof shall utilize accounting
principles and policies in conformity with those used to prepare
the Historical Financial Statements. If at any time any change in
GAAP (or a change in the application of the policies thereof) would
affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set
forth in any Credit Document, and Borrower or Requisite Lenders
shall so request, Administrative Agent, Requisite Lenders and
Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or
requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of
such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of Requisite Lenders),
provided that, until so amended, such ratio or requirement shall
continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such
change therein and Borrower shall provide to Administrative Agent
and Lenders reconciliation statements provided for in
Section 5.1(e).
1.3. Interpretation,
etc. Any of the terms defined herein may, unless the context
otherwise requires, be used in the singular or the plural,
depending on the reference. References herein to any Section,
Appendix, Schedule or Exhibit shall be to a Section, an Appendix, a
Schedule or an Exhibit, as the case may be, hereof unless otherwise
specifically provided. The use herein of the word
“include” or “including”, when following
any general statement, term or matter, shall not be construed to
limit such statement, term or matter to the specific items or
matters set forth immediately following such word or to similar
items or matters, whether or not non-limiting language (such as
“without limitation” or “but not limited
to” or words of similar import) is used with reference
thereto, but rather shall be deemed to refer to all other items or
matters that fall within the broadest possible scope of such
general statement, term or matter. The terms lease and license
shall include sub-lease and sub-license, as applicable.
SECTION 2. LOANS AND
SYNTHETIC LETTERS OF CREDIT
2.1. Term
Loans.
(a) Loan Commitments .
Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender severally
agrees to make Loans to Borrower in an amount equal to such
Lender’s Term Loan Commitment. Borrower may make only one
borrowing under the Term Loan Commitment. Each Lender’s Term
Loan Commitment shall terminate immediately and without further
action on the Closing Date after giving effect to the funding of
such Lender’s Term Loan Commitment. Any amount borrowed under
this Section 2.1(a) and subsequently repaid or prepaid may not
be reborrowed. For the avoidance of doubt, as of the Closing Date
the Term Loans have been fully funded and the aggregate unfunded
Term Loan Commitments equal $0. Subject to Sections 2.14(a) and
2.15, all amounts owed hereunder with respect to the Term Loans
shall be paid in full no later than the Term Loan Maturity
Date.
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(b) Borrowing Mechanics
for Term Loans .
(i) Borrower shall deliver to
Administrative Agent a fully executed Funding Notice no later than
(i) one day prior to the Closing Date for Base Rate Loans, and
(ii) three days prior to the Closing Date for Eurodollar Rate
Loans. Promptly upon receipt by Administrative Agent of such
Funding Notice, Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of
the proposed borrowing.
(ii) Each Lender shall make
its Term Loan available to Administrative Agent not later than
12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Closing Date, by wire
transfer of same day funds in Dollars, at the Principal Office
designated by Administrative Agent. Upon satisfaction or waiver of
the conditions precedent specified herein, Administrative Agent
shall make the proceeds of the Term Loans available to Borrower on
the Closing Date by causing an amount of same day funds in Dollars
equal to the proceeds of all such Loans received by Administrative
Agent from Lenders to be credited to the account of Borrower at the
Principal Office designated by Administrative Agent or to such
other account as may be designated in writing to Administrative
Agent by Borrower.
2.2.
[RESERVED].
2.3.
[RESERVED].
2.4.
[RESERVED].
2.5. Issuance of Synthetic
Letters of Credit and Purchase of Participations
Therein.
(a) Synthetic Letters of
Credit . During the Synthetic LC Commitment Period, subject to
the terms and conditions hereof, Synthetic LC Issuing Bank agrees
to issue Synthetic Letters of Credit for the account of Borrower in
the aggregate amount up to but not exceeding the aggregate
Synthetic Letter of Credit Limit; provided , (i) each
Synthetic Letter of Credit shall be denominated in Dollars;
(ii) the stated amount of each Synthetic Letter of Credit
shall not be less than $50,000 or such lesser amount as is
acceptable to Synthetic LC Issuing Bank; (iii) after giving
effect to such issuance, in no event shall the Synthetic LC Usage
exceed the Synthetic Letter of Credit Limit; (iv) in no event
shall any standby Synthetic Letter of Credit issued by Wachovia as
Synthetic LC Issuing Bank have an expiration date later than the
earlier of (1) the tenth Business Day prior to the Synthetic
LC Commitment Termination Date or (2) the date which is one
year from the date of issuance of any such standby Synthetic Letter
of Credit; and (v) in no event shall any commercial Synthetic
Letter of Credit (1) have an expiration date later than the
earlier of (A) the tenth Business Day prior to the Synthetic
LC Commitment Termination Date and (B) the date which is 180
days from the date of issuance of such commercial Synthetic Letter
of Credit or (2) be issued if such commercial Synthetic Letter
of Credit is otherwise unacceptable to Synthetic LC Issuing Bank in
its reasonable discretion. Subject to the foregoing, Synthetic LC
Issuing Bank may agree that a standby Synthetic Letter of Credit
will automatically be extended for one or more successive periods
not to exceed one year each, unless Synthetic LC Issuing Bank
elects not to extend for any such additional period;
provided , Synthetic LC Issuing Bank shall not extend any
such Synthetic Letter of Credit if it has received written notice
that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time
Synthetic LC Issuing Bank must elect to allow such
extension.
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(b) Notice of Issuance
. Whenever Borrower desires the issuance of a Synthetic Letter of
Credit, it shall deliver to Administrative Agent (with a copy to
Synthetic LC Agent and Synthetic LC Issuing Bank) an Issuance
Notice no later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) at least three
Business Days (in the case of standby letters of credit) or five
Business Days (in the case of commercial letters of credit), or in
each case such shorter period as may be agreed to by Synthetic LC
Issuing Bank in any particular instance (including in connection
with Synthetic Letters of Credit to be issued on the Closing Date),
in advance of the proposed date of issuance. Upon satisfaction or
waiver of the conditions set forth in Section 3.2, Synthetic
LC Issuing Bank shall issue the requested Synthetic Letter of
Credit only in accordance with Synthetic LC Issuing Bank’s
standard operating procedures. Upon the issuance of any Synthetic
Letter of Credit or amendment or modification to a Synthetic Letter
of Credit, Synthetic LC Issuing Bank shall promptly notify
Administrative Agent (with a copy to Synthetic LC Agent) who shall
as soon as practicable notify each Synthetic LC Lender of such
issuance, which notice shall be accompanied by a copy of such
Synthetic Letter of Credit or amendment or modification to a
Synthetic Letter of Credit and the amount of such Lender’s
respective participation in such Synthetic Letter of Credit
pursuant to Section 2.5(e). Unless the Synthetic LC Issuing
Bank has received notice from the Administrative Agent to the
contrary, the Synthetic LC Issuing Bank shall be entitled to rely
on any certification from Borrower contained in any Issuance Notice
to the effect that the conditions precedent to the issuance of any
requested Synthetic Letter of Credit have been satisfied in
full.
(c) Responsibility of
Synthetic LC Issuing Bank With Respect to Requests for Drawings and
Payments . In determining whether to honor any drawing under
any Synthetic Letter of Credit by the beneficiary thereof,
Synthetic LC Issuing Bank shall be responsible only to examine the
documents delivered under such Synthetic Letter of Credit with
reasonable care so as to ascertain whether they appear on their
face to be in accordance with the terms and conditions of such
Synthetic Letter of Credit. As between Borrower and Synthetic LC
Issuing Bank, Borrower assumes all risks of the acts and omissions
of, or misuse of the Synthetic Letters of Credit issued by
Synthetic LC Issuing Bank, by the respective beneficiaries of such
Synthetic Letters of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation
of the foregoing, Synthetic LC Issuing Bank shall not be
responsible for: (i) 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
any such Synthetic Letter of Credit, even if it should in fact
prove to be in any or all respects invalid, insufficient,
inaccurate, fraudulent or forged; (ii) the validity or
sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or
purporting to transfer or assign any such Synthetic 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) failure of the beneficiary of any such
Synthetic Letter of Credit to comply fully with any conditions
required in order to draw upon such Synthetic Letter of Credit;
(iv) errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in
transmission or delivery of any messages, by mail, cable,
telegraph, telex or otherwise, whether or not they be in cipher;
(v) errors in interpretation of technical terms; (vi) any
loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document
required in order to make a drawing under any such Synthetic Letter
of Credit or of the proceeds thereof; (vii) the misapplication
by the beneficiary of any such Synthetic Letter of Credit of the
proceeds of any drawing under such Synthetic Letter of Credit; or
(viii) any consequences arising from causes beyond the control
of Synthetic LC Issuing Bank, including any Governmental Acts; none
of the above shall affect or impair, or prevent the vesting of, any
of Synthetic LC Issuing Bank’s rights or powers
hereunder.
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Without limiting the
foregoing and in furtherance thereof, any action taken or omitted
by Synthetic LC Issuing Bank under or in connection with the
Synthetic Letters of Credit or any documents and certificates
delivered thereunder, if taken or omitted in good faith, shall not
give rise to any liability on the part of Synthetic LC Issuing Bank
to Borrower. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
this Section 2.5(c), Borrower shall retain any and all rights
it may have against Synthetic LC Issuing Bank for any liability
arising solely out of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of
Synthetic LC Issuing Bank as determined by a final, non-appealable
order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(d) Reimbursement by
Borrower of Amounts Drawn or Paid Under Synthetic Letters of
Credit . In the event Synthetic LC Issuing Bank has determined
to honor a drawing under a Synthetic Letter of Credit or if
Borrower has not paid any Obligations that are due and owing to
Synthetic LC Issuing Bank or Synthetic LC Agent, Synthetic LC Agent
or Synthetic LC Issuing Bank, as the case may be, shall immediately
notify Borrower, Administrative Agent and, if applicable, Synthetic
LC Agent, and Borrower shall reimburse such Synthetic LC
Disbursement or other amount then due and owing to Synthetic LC
Issuing Bank or Synthetic LC Agent, by paying to Synthetic LC Agent
on behalf of itself or Synthetic LC Issuing Bank on or before the
Business Day immediately following the date of notice to Borrower,
Synthetic LC Agent, if applicable, and Administrative Agent (notice
delivered after 1 p.m. (New York City time) shall be deemed to be
on the next Business Day) of such Synthetic LC Disbursement (the
“Synthetic LC Reimbursement Date” ) an amount in
Dollars and in same day funds equal to the amount of such Synthetic
LC Disbursement. As soon as practicable following receipt by
Synthetic LC Agent of any payment from Borrower pursuant to this
paragraph in respect of any Synthetic LC Disbursement, Synthetic LC
Agent shall distribute such payment to Synthetic LC Issuing Bank
or, to the extent payments have been made from the Synthetic LC
Deposit Account pursuant to Section 2.5(e) below, to the
Synthetic LC Deposit Account for allocation by Administrative Agent
among the Sub-Accounts of the Synthetic LC Lenders in accordance
with their Pro Rata Shares.
(e) Lenders’
Purchase of Participations in Synthetic Letters of Credit .
(i) Immediately upon the issuance of each Synthetic Letter of
Credit, each Synthetic LC Lender shall be deemed to have purchased,
and hereby agrees to irrevocably purchase, from Synthetic LC
Issuing Bank a participation in such Synthetic Letter of Credit and
any Synthetic LC Disbursement thereunder in an amount equal to such
Lender’s Pro Rata Share (with respect to the Synthetic LC
Commitments) of the maximum amount which is or at any time may
become available to be drawn thereunder. In the event that Borrower
shall fail for any reason to reimburse Synthetic LC Issuing Bank or
the Synthetic LC Agent in respect of a Synthetic LC Disbursement as
provided in Section 2.5(d), Synthetic LC Issuing Bank or the
Synthetic LC Agent, as the case may be, shall promptly notify
Administrative Agent and Synthetic LC Agent, if applicable, and
Administrative Agent shall thereafter promptly notify each
Synthetic LC Lender, of the unreimbursed amount of such Synthetic
LC Disbursement, and Synthetic LC Depositary Bank shall pay to
Synthetic LC Issuing Bank or Synthetic LC Agent, as the case may
be, from the Synthetic LC Deposit Account, for the account of each
Synthetic LC Lender, an amount equal to such Synthetic LC
Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such Synthetic LC Disbursement, in
Dollars and in same day funds, at the office of Synthetic LC
Issuing Bank specified in such notice, not later than 12:00 p.m.
(New York City time) on the first business day (under the laws of
the jurisdiction in which such office of Synthetic LC Issuing Bank
is located) after the date
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notified by Synthetic LC
Issuing Bank. In the event that the Synthetic LC Deposit Account is
charged by Synthetic LC Agent to Synthetic LC Issuing Bank to
reimburse Synthetic LC Issuing Bank pursuant to this
Section 2.5(e), Borrower shall pay over to Administrative
Agent in reimbursement of the applicable Synthetic LC Disbursement
an amount equal to the amount so charged, as provided in paragraph
(d) above, and such payment shall be remitted by
Administrative Agent to Synthetic LC Agent for deposit into the
Synthetic LC Deposit Account. Each Synthetic LC Lender irrevocably
authorizes Synthetic LC Agent and the Synthetic LC Issuing Bank to
apply, or to permit the Synthetic LC Depositary Bank to apply,
amounts of its Synthetic LC Deposit held in the Synthetic LC
Deposit Account as provided in this Section 2.5(e). Any
payment made from the Synthetic LC Deposit Account pursuant to this
paragraph or otherwise to reimburse Synthetic LC Issuing Bank for
any Synthetic LC Disbursement shall not constitute a Loan and shall
not relieve Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such Synthetic
LC Disbursement. The Synthetic LC Depositary Bank agrees to make
available amounts in the Synthetic LC Deposit Account at the times
and for the purposes set forth in this Section 2.5(e), either
by application of such amounts to reimburse Synthetic LC Agent or
Synthetic LC Issuing Bank (if Synthetic LC Issuing Bank shall be
the Synthetic LC Depositary Bank) or by transfer of such amounts to
Synthetic LC Issuing Bank or Synthetic LC Agent, which shall apply
the amounts so transferred to reimburse Synthetic LC Issuing Bank
(if Synthetic LC Issuing Bank shall not be the Synthetic LC
Depositary Bank).
(f) Obligations
Absolute . The obligation of Borrower to reimburse Synthetic LC
Issuing Bank and Synthetic LC Agent for Synthetic LC Disbursements
made by them and the obligations of Synthetic LC Lenders under
Section 2.5(e) shall be unconditional and irrevocable and
shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms hereof under
all circumstances including any of the following circumstances:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Synthetic
Letter of Credit; (ii) the existence of any claim, set-off,
defense or other right which Borrower or any Lender may have at any
time against a beneficiary or any transferee of any Synthetic
Letter of Credit (or any Persons for whom any such transferee may
be acting), Synthetic LC Issuing Bank, Synthetic LC Agent, any
Synthetic LC Lender, any Lender or any other Person or, in the case
of a Synthetic LC Lender or a Lender, against Borrower, whether in
connection herewith, the transactions contemplated herein or any
unrelated transaction (including any underlying transaction between
Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries and the beneficiary for which
any Synthetic Letter of Credit was procured); (iii) any draft
or other document presented under any Synthetic Letter of Credit
proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any
respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any
respect; (iv) payment by Synthetic LC Issuing Bank to the
beneficiary or as otherwise required by law under any Synthetic
Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document
which does not substantially comply with the terms of such
Synthetic Letter of Credit; (v) any adverse change in the
business, operations, properties, assets, condition (financial or
otherwise) or prospects of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(vi) any breach hereof or any other Credit Document by any
party thereto; (vii) any other circumstance or happening
whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing;
(viii) the fact that an Event of Default or a Default shall
have occurred and be continuing; or (ix) the return of the
Synthetic LC Deposits; provided , in each case, that payment
by Synthetic LC Issuing Bank under the applicable Synthetic Letter
of Credit shall not have constituted gross negligence or willful
misconduct of Synthetic LC Issuing Bank under the circumstances in
question as determined by a final, non-appealable order issued by a
court of competent jurisdiction.
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(g) Indemnification .
Without duplication of any obligation of Borrower under
Section 10.2 or 10.3, in addition to amounts payable as
provided herein, Borrower hereby agrees to protect, indemnify, pay
and save harmless Synthetic LC Issuing Bank and Synthetic LC Agent
from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities, damages,
losses, costs, charges and expenses (including reasonable fees,
expenses and disbursements of counsel and reasonable allocated
costs of internal counsel) which Synthetic LC Issuing Bank or
Synthetic LC Agent may incur or be subject to as a consequence,
direct or indirect, of (i) the issuance of any Synthetic
Letter of Credit by Synthetic LC Issuing Bank, other than as a
result of (1) the gross negligence or willful misconduct of
Synthetic LC Issuing Bank as determined by a final, non-appealable
order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction or (2) the
wrongful dishonor by Synthetic LC Issuing Bank of a proper demand
for payment made under any Synthetic Letter of Credit issued by it,
or (ii) the failure of Synthetic LC Issuing Bank to honor a
drawing under any such Synthetic Letter of Credit as a result of
any Governmental Act.
(h) Synthetic LC Issuing
Bank Reports . Unless otherwise agreed by Synthetic LC Issuing
Bank and Administrative Agent, Synthetic LC Issuing Bank shall
report in writing to Administrative Agent (i) at least one
Business Day prior to each Business Day on which Synthetic LC
Issuing Bank issues, amends, renews or extends any Synthetic Letter
of Credit, the date of such issuance, amendment, renewal or
extension, and the aggregate face amount of the Synthetic Letters
of Credit issued, amended, renewed or extended by it and
outstanding after giving effect to such issuance, amendment,
renewal or extension (and whether the amount thereof has changed),
it being understood that unless Synthetic LC Issuing Bank has
received notice from Administrative Agent that such increase is not
then permitted by the terms of this Agreement by 12:00 noon (New
York City time), then Synthetic LC Issuing Bank shall effect the
issuance, renewal, extension or amendment resulting in an increase
in the amount of any Synthetic Letter of Credit, (ii) on each
Business Day on which Synthetic LC Issuing Bank makes a Synthetic
LC Disbursement, the date and amount of such Synthetic LC
Disbursement, (iii) on any Business Day on which Borrower
fails to reimburse a Synthetic LC Disbursement required to be
reimbursed to Synthetic LC Issuing Bank on such day, the date of
such failure and the amount of such Synthetic LC Disbursement and
(iv) on any other Business Day, such other information as
Administrative Agent shall reasonably request as to the Synthetic
Letters of Credit issued by Synthetic LC Issuing Bank and
outstanding on such Business Day.
(i) Establishment of
Synthetic LC Deposit Account and Sub-Accounts . On or prior to
the Closing Date, Synthetic LC Issuing Bank or Synthetic LC Agent
shall have established a deposit account (the “Synthetic
LC Deposit Account” ) of Synthetic LC Issuing Bank or
Synthetic LC Agent at the Synthetic LC Depositary Bank with the
title “Movie Gallery Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
Synthetic LC Deposit Account”. Administrative Agent shall
maintain records enabling it to determine at any time the amount of
the interest of each Synthetic LC Lender in the Synthetic LC
Deposit Account (the interest of each Synthetic LC Lender in the
Synthetic LC Deposit Account, as evidenced by such records, being
referred to as such Synthetic LC Lender’s
“Sub-Account” ). Each Sub-Account shall not be a
separate deposit account at the Synthetic LC Depositary Bank but
shall only be a notation in the records maintained by
Administrative Agent. Synthetic LC Issuing Bank, Synthetic LC Agent
and Synthetic LC Depositary Bank shall not be required to maintain
any records as to the interests of each Synthetic LC Lender (which
shall be maintained by Administrative Agent) or make any payments
directly to any Synthetic LC Lender (but only to Administrative
Agent for payment to
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any Synthetic LC Lender).
Synthetic LC Issuing Bank, Synthetic LC Agent and Synthetic LC
Depositary Bank shall not be required to maintain any records as to
the interests of each Synthetic LC Lender (which shall be
maintained by Administrative Agent) or make any payments directly
to any Synthetic LC Lender (but only to Administrative Agent for
payment to any Synthetic LC Lender). Administrative Agent shall
establish such additional Sub-Accounts for assignee Synthetic LC
Lenders as Administrative Agent shall determine pursuant to
Section 10.6(g). No Person shall have the right to make any
withdrawal from the Synthetic LC Deposit Account or to exercise any
other right or power with respect thereto except as expressly
provided in paragraph (l) below or in Section 10.6(g).
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each party hereto
acknowledges and agrees that the amounts on deposit in the
Synthetic LC Deposit Account are and will at all times be property
of Synthetic LC Agent or Synthetic LC Issuing Bank, as the case may
be, acting for the benefit of the Synthetic LC Lenders, and that no
amount on deposit at any time in the Synthetic LC Deposit Account
shall be the property of any of the Credit Parties, constitute
“Collateral” under the Credit Documents or otherwise be
available in any manner to satisfy any Obligations of any of the
Credit Parties under the Credit Documents. Each Synthetic LC Lender
agrees that its right, title and interest in and to the Synthetic
LC Deposit Account shall be limited to the right, acting through
Synthetic LC Agent or Synthetic LC Issuing Bank, as the case may
be, to require amounts in its Sub-Account to be applied as provided
in paragraph (l) below and that it will have no right to
require the return of its portion of the amounts in the Synthetic
LC Deposit Account other than as expressly provided in such
paragraph (l) (each Synthetic LC Lender hereby acknowledging
(i) that its portion of the amounts in the Synthetic LC
Deposit Account constitutes payment for its participations in
Synthetic Letters of Credit issued or to be issued hereunder,
(ii) that its portion of amounts in the Synthetic LC Deposit
Account and any investments made therewith shall be applied to
reimburse Synthetic LC Issuing Bank or Synthetic LC Agent hereunder
in respect of the Obligations arising in respect of the Synthetic
Letter of Credit facility hereunder and (iii) that Synthetic
LC Issuing Bank will be issuing, amending, renewing and extending
Synthetic Letters of Credit in reliance on the availability of such
Synthetic LC Lender’s portion of the amounts in the Synthetic
LC Deposit Account to discharge such Synthetic LC Lender’s
obligations in accordance with Section 2.5(e) in connection
with any Synthetic LC Disbursement thereunder). The funding of the
Synthetic LC Deposits, the establishment and funding of the
Synthetic LC Deposit Account and the agreements with respect
thereto set forth in this Agreement constitute arrangements among
Administrative Agent, Synthetic LC Agent, Synthetic LC Issuing Bank
and the Synthetic LC Lenders with respect to the funding
obligations of the Synthetic LC Lenders under this Agreement, and
the amounts in the Synthetic LC Deposit Account do not constitute a
loan or extension of credit to any Credit Party. No Credit Party
shall have any responsibility or liability to the Synthetic LC
Lenders, the Agents or any other Person in respect of the
establishment, maintenance, administration or misappropriation of
the Synthetic LC Deposit Account (or any Sub-Account) or with
respect to the investment of amounts held therein, including
pursuant to paragraph (n) below. Each of Administrative Agent,
Synthetic LC Agent, Synthetic LC Issuing Bank and the Synthetic LC
Depositary Bank hereby waives any right of setoff against the
Synthetic LC Deposit Account that it may have under applicable law
or otherwise with respect to amounts owed to it by Synthetic LC
Lenders other than in its capacity as Synthetic LC Issuing Bank or
Synthetic LC Agent with respect to unreimbursed Synthetic LC
Disbursements (it being agreed that such waiver shall not reduce
the rights of the Synthetic LC Depositary Bank, in its capacity as
Synthetic LC Issuing Bank or otherwise, to apply or require the
application of the amounts in the Synthetic LC Deposit Account in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement).
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(j) Funding of Synthetic
LC Deposits .
(i) Subject to the terms and
conditions hereof, each Synthetic LC Lender severally agrees to
transfer to Administrative Agent for deposit in such Synthetic LC
Lender’s Sub-Account with Administrative Agent in an
aggregate amount up to but not exceeding such Synthetic LC
Lender’s Synthetic LC Commitment. As of the Closing Date, the
Synthetic LC Deposits have been fully funded in the amount of
$23,500,000 and the aggregate unfunded Synthetic LC Commitments
equal $0.
(ii) Borrower shall deliver
to Administrative Agent (with a copy to Synthetic LC Agent) a fully
executed Funding Notice requesting that Synthetic LC Lenders make
Synthetic LC Deposits no later than three Business Days prior to
the Closing Date.
(iii) Notice of receipt of
such Funding Notice in respect of Synthetic LC Deposits, together
with the amount of each Synthetic LC Lender’s Pro Rata Share
thereof shall be provided by Administrative Agent to each Synthetic
LC Lender and to Synthetic LC Depositary Bank.
(iv) To the extent not
already deposited with the Synthetic LC Depositary Bank, each
Synthetic LC Lender shall make the amount of its Synthetic LC
Deposit available to Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m.
(New York City time) on the Closing Date by wire transfer of same
day funds in Dollars, at the Principal Office designated by
Administrative Agent. Upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions
precedent specified herein, Administrative Agent shall remit to
Synthetic LC Agent within one (1) Business Day after the
Closing Date, the proceeds of such Synthetic LC Deposits for
deposit by Synthetic LC Agent into the Synthetic LC Deposit
Account. No conditions precedent related to the Synthetic LC
Deposit Account or Synthetic Letter of Credit may be waived without
the prior written consent of Synthetic LC Agent.
(v) Borrower may only request
Synthetic LC Lenders to make Synthetic LC Deposits on the Closing
Date.
(vi) Synthetic LC Deposits
shall be available, on the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth herein, for application pursuant to Section 2.5(e) to
reimburse such Synthetic LC Lender’s Pro Rata Share of
Synthetic LC Disbursements that are not reimbursed by Borrower. The
obligations of Synthetic LC Lenders to make the deposits required
by this Section 2.5(j) are several, and no Synthetic LC Lender
shall be responsible for any other Synthetic LC Lender’s
failure to make its deposit as so required.
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(k) Synthetic LC Deposits
in Synthetic LC Deposit Account . The following amounts will be
deposited in the Synthetic LC Deposit Account at the following
times:
(i) Each Synthetic LC Lender
shall make such Synthetic LC Lender’s Synthetic LC Deposits
available to Administrative Agent in accordance with
Section 2.5(j). Thereafter, the Synthetic LC Deposits shall be
available, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
herein, for application pursuant to Section 2.5(e) to
reimburse Synthetic LC Issuing Bank and Synthetic LC Agent for such
Synthetic LC Lender’s Pro Rata Share of Synthetic LC
Disbursements that are not reimbursed by Borrower.
(ii) On any date prior to the
Synthetic LC Commitment Termination Date on which Administrative
Agent, Synthetic LC Agent or Synthetic LC Issuing Bank receives any
reimbursement payment from Borrower in respect of a Synthetic LC
Disbursement with respect to which amounts were withdrawn from the
Synthetic LC Deposit Account to reimburse Synthetic LC Issuing
Bank, subject to subparagraph (iii) below, Administrative
Agent shall remit to Synthetic LC Agent, or Synthetic LC Issuing
Bank shall transfer to Synthetic LC Agent, which shall deposit in
the Synthetic LC Deposit Account, and Administrative Agent shall
credit to the Sub-Accounts of the Synthetic LC Lenders, the portion
of such reimbursement payment to be deposited therein, in
accordance with Section 2.5(e).
(iii) If at any time when any
amount is required to be deposited in the Synthetic LC Deposit
Account under subparagraph (ii) above the sum of such amount
and the amount held in the Synthetic LC Deposit Account at such
time would exceed the total Synthetic LC Deposits, then such excess
shall not be deposited in the Synthetic LC Deposit Account and
shall instead be paid to Administrative Agent, which shall pay to
each Synthetic LC Lender its Pro Rata Share of such
excess.
(iv) Concurrently with the
effectiveness of any assignment by any Synthetic LC Lender of all
or any portion of its Synthetic LC Deposit, Administrative Agent
shall transfer into the Sub-Account of the assignee the
corresponding portion of the amount on deposit in the
assignor’s Sub-Account in accordance with
Section 10.6(g).
(l) Withdrawals From and
Closing of Synthetic LC Deposit Account . Amounts on deposit in
the Synthetic LC Deposit Account shall be withdrawn and distributed
(or transferred, in the case of subparagraph (iv) below) as
follows:
(i) On each date on which
Synthetic LC Issuing Bank or Synthetic LC Agent is to be reimbursed
by the Synthetic LC Lenders pursuant to Section 2.5(e) for any
Synthetic LC Disbursement made by Synthetic LC Issuing Bank or
amounts owed to Synthetic LC Agent in connection with the Synthetic
Letters of Credit or the Credit Documents, Administrative Agent
shall instruct Synthetic LC Agent to, and Synthetic LC Agent shall
to the extent funds are available, withdraw from the Synthetic LC
Deposit Account the amount of such unreimbursed Synthetic LC
Disbursement (and Administrative Agent shall debit the Sub-Account
of each Synthetic LC Lender in the amount of such Synthetic LC
Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such unreimbursed Synthetic LC
Disbursement) and Synthetic LC Agent shall apply such amount to
reimburse Synthetic LC Issuing Bank or Synthetic LC Agent for such
Synthetic LC Disbursement (if such Synthetic LC Issuing Bank shall
be the Synthetic LC Depositary Bank) or transfer such amount to
Administrative Agent, which shall apply the amount so transferred
to reimburse Synthetic LC Issuing Bank (if Synthetic LC Issuing
Bank shall not be the Synthetic LC Depositary Bank), all in
accordance with Section 2.5(e).
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(ii) Concurrently with each
voluntary reduction of the total Synthetic LC Commitments pursuant
to and in accordance with Section 2.14 or 2.16, the Synthetic
Letter of Credit Limit shall be reduced by the same amount of any
such reduction, Administrative Agent shall instruct Synthetic LC
Agent to, and Synthetic LC Agent shall to the extent funds are
available, withdraw from the Synthetic LC Deposit Account and
Synthetic LC Agent shall remit such funds to Administrative Agent
and Administrative Agent shall pay to each Synthetic LC Lender such
Synthetic LC Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any amount by which
the Synthetic LC Deposits, after giving effect to such reduction of
the total Synthetic LC Commitments, would exceed the greater of the
total Synthetic LC Commitments and the total Synthetic LC Usage
(and the Synthetic LC Depositary Bank agrees to pay over such
amounts in the Synthetic LC Deposit Account to Synthetic LC Agent
in accordance with the terms hereof).
(iii) Concurrently with any
reduction of the total Synthetic LC Commitments to zero pursuant to
and in accordance with Section 2.14, 2.15 or Section 8,
Administrative Agent shall instruct Synthetic LC Agent to, and
Synthetic LC Agent shall to the extent funds are available,
withdraw from the Synthetic LC Deposit Account and Synthetic LC
Agent shall remit such funds to Administrative Agent and
Administrative Agent shall pay to each Synthetic LC Lender such
Synthetic LC Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the excess at such
time of the aggregate amount of the Synthetic LC Deposits over the
Synthetic LC Usage (and the Synthetic LC Depositary Bank agrees to
pay over such amounts in the Synthetic LC Deposit Account to
Administrative Agent).
(iv) Concurrently with the
effectiveness of any assignment by any Synthetic LC Lender of all
or any portion of its Synthetic LC Deposit, the corresponding
portion of the assignor’s Sub-Account shall be transferred on
the records of Administrative Agent from the assignor’s
Sub-Account to the assignee’s Sub-Account in accordance with
Section 10.6(g) and, if required by Section 10.6(g),
Administrative Agent shall close such assignor’s
Sub-Account.
(v) Upon the reduction of
each of the total Synthetic LC Commitments and the Synthetic LC
Usage to zero, Administrative Agent shall instruct Synthetic LC
Agent to, and Synthetic LC Agent shall to the extent funds are
available, withdraw from the Synthetic LC Deposit Account and
Synthetic LC Agent shall remit such funds to Administrative Agent
and Administrative Agent shall pay to each Synthetic LC Lender the
entire remaining amount of such Synthetic LC Lender’s
Synthetic LC Deposit, and shall close the Synthetic LC Deposit
Account (and the Synthetic LC Depositary Bank agrees to pay over
such amounts in the Synthetic LC Deposit Account to Administrative
Agent).
Each Synthetic LC Lender
irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that its Synthetic LC
Deposit may be applied or withdrawn from time to time as set forth
in this paragraph (l).
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(m) Investment of Amounts
in Synthetic LC Deposit Account . The Synthetic LC Depositary
Bank shall invest, or cause to be invested, the amounts held from
time to time in the Synthetic LC Deposit Account so as to earn for
the account of Synthetic LC Agent, acting on behalf of each
Synthetic LC Lender, a return thereon (the “Synthetic LC
Deposit Return” ) for each day at a rate per annum equal
to (i) the one month LIBOR rate as determined by Synthetic LC
Depositary Bank on such day (or if such day was not a Business Day,
the first Business Day immediately preceding such day) based on
rates for deposits in dollars (as set forth by Bloomberg L.P.-page
BTMM or any other comparable publicly available service as may be
selected by Synthetic LC Depositary Bank) (the “Benchmark
LIBOR Rate” ) minus (ii) 0.15% per annum (based
on a 365/366 day year). The Benchmark LIBOR Rate will be reset on
the last Business Day of each month and on the day of any Synthetic
LC Disbursement. The Synthetic LC Deposit Return accrued through
and including
March 31, June 30, September 30 and
December 31 of each year shall be paid by the Synthetic LC
Depositary Bank to Administrative Agent, for payment to each
Synthetic LC Lender, on the second Business Day following such last
day, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Closing
Date, and on the date on which each of the total Synthetic LC
Deposits and the Synthetic LC Usage shall have been reduced to
zero.
(n) Sufficiency of
Synthetic LC Deposits to Provide for Undrawn/ Unreimbursed
Synthetic Letters of Credit . Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement, including Sections 2.1 and 2.5, no
Synthetic Letter of Credit shall be issued or increased as to its
stated amount if, after giving effect to such issuance or increase,
the aggregate amount of the Synthetic LC Deposits would be less
than the Synthetic LC Usage or the Synthetic LC Usage would be
greater than the Synthetic Letter of Credit Limit. Administrative
Agent agrees to provide, at the request of Synthetic LC Issuing
Bank or Synthetic LC Agent, information to such Synthetic LC
Issuing Bank or Synthetic LC Agent, respectively, as to the
aggregate amount of the Synthetic LC Deposits and the Synthetic LC
Usage.
(o) Satisfaction of
Synthetic LC Lender Funding Obligations . Borrower and
Synthetic LC Issuing Bank each acknowledge and agree that,
notwithstanding any other provision contained in this Agreement,
the deposits by Synthetic LC Agent for Administrative Agent, on
behalf of each Synthetic LC Lender, in the Synthetic LC Deposit
Account on and after the Closing Date of funds equal to such
Synthetic LC Lender’s Synthetic LC Commitment will fully
discharge the obligation of such Synthetic LC Lender to reimburse
such Synthetic LC Lender’s Pro Rata Share of Synthetic LC
Disbursements that are not reimbursed by Borrower pursuant to
Section 2.5(d), and that no other or further payments shall be
required to be made by any Synthetic LC Lender in respect of any
such reimbursement obligations.
2.6. Pro Rata Shares;
Availability of Funds.
(a) Pro Rata Shares .
All Loans and Synthetic LC Deposits shall be made, and all
participations purchased, by Lenders simultaneously and
proportionately to their respective Pro Rata Shares, it being
understood that no Lender shall be responsible for any default by
any other Lender in such other Lender’s obligation to make a
Loan or Synthetic LC Deposit requested hereunder or purchase a
participation required hereby nor shall any Term Loan Commitment or
any Synthetic LC Commitment of any Lender be increased or decreased
as a result of a default by any other Lender in such other
Lender’s obligation to make a Loan requested hereunder or
purchase a participation required hereby.
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(b) Availability of
Funds . Unless Administrative Agent shall have been notified by
any Lender prior to the applicable Credit Date that such Lender
does not intend to make available to Administrative Agent the
amount of such Lender’s Loan or Synthetic LC Deposit
requested on such Credit Date, Administrative Agent may assume that
such Lender has made such amount available to Administrative Agent
on such Credit Date and Administrative Agent may, in its sole
discretion, but shall not be obligated to, make available to
Borrower a corresponding amount on such Credit Date. If such
corresponding amount is not in fact made available to
Administrative Agent by such Lender, Administrative Agent shall be
entitled to recover such corresponding amount on demand from such
Lender together with interest thereon, for each day from such
Credit Date until the date such amount is paid to Administrative
Agent, at the customary rate set by Administrative Agent for the
correction of errors among banks for three Business Days and
thereafter at the Base Rate. If such Lender does not pay such
corresponding amount forthwith upon Administrative Agent’s
demand therefor, (i) in the case of Loans, Administrative
Agent shall promptly notify Borrower and Borrower shall immediately
pay such corresponding amount to Administrative Agent together with
interest thereon, for each day from such Credit Date until the date
such amount is paid to Administrative Agent, at the rate payable
hereunder for the applicable Loans and (ii) in the case of
Synthetic LC Deposits, Administrative Agent may withdraw from the
Synthetic LC Deposit Account such corresponding amount together
with interest thereon, for each day from such Credit Date until the
date of such withdrawal by Administrative Agent, at the rate for
Synthetic LC Deposits provided in Section 2.5(m). Nothing in
this Section 2.6(b) shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from
its obligation to fulfill its Synthetic LC Commitments and Term
Loan Commitments hereunder or to prejudice any rights that Borrower
may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such
Lender hereunder.
2.7. Use of Proceeds.
The proceeds of the Synthetic Letters of Credit made after the
Closing Date, and the proceeds of the Term Loans, shall be applied
by Borrower for working capital and general corporate purposes of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. No portion of the proceeds of
any Credit Extension shall be used in any manner that causes or
might cause such Credit Extension or the application of such
proceeds to violate Regulation T, Regulation U or
Regulation X of the Board of Governors or any other regulation
thereof or to violate the Exchange Act.
2.8. Evidence of Debt;
Register; Lenders’ Books and Records; Notes.
(a) Lenders’
Evidence of Debt . Each Lender shall maintain on its internal
records an account or accounts evidencing the Obligations of
Borrower to such Lender, including the amounts of the Loans made by
it and each repayment and prepayment in respect thereof. Any such
recordation shall be conclusive and binding on Borrower, absent
manifest error; provided , that the failure to make any such
recordation, or any error in such recordation, shall not affect any
Lender’s Commitments or Borrower’s Obligations in
respect of any applicable Loans; and provided further
, in the event of any inconsistency between the Register and any
Lender’s records, the recordations in the Register shall
govern.
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(b) Register .
Administrative Agent (or its agent or sub-agent appointed by it)
shall maintain at the Principal Office a register for the
recordation of the names and addresses of Lenders, the Loans of
each Lender and the Synthetic LC Commitments and Synthetic LC
Deposits of each Lender from time to time (the
“Register” ). The Register shall be available
for inspection by Borrower, any Lender (with respect to any entry
relating to such Lender’s Loans or Synthetic LC Deposits and
any entry relating to any Restricted Sponsor Affiliate’s
Loans or Synthetic LC Deposits), Synthetic LC Issuing Bank (with
respect to any entry relating to Synthetic Letters of Credit or
Synthetic LC Deposits) or Synthetic LC Depositary Bank (with
respect to any entry relating to Synthetic Letters of Credit or
Synthetic LC Deposits) at any reasonable time and from time to time
upon reasonable prior notice. Administrative Agent shall record, or
shall cause to be recorded, in the Register the Loans of each
Lender and the Synthetic LC Commitments and the Synthetic LC
Deposits of each Lender, each in accordance with the provisions of
Section 10.6, and each repayment or prepayment in respect of
the principal amount of the Loans and each withdrawal from
Synthetic LC Deposit Account, and any such recordation shall be
conclusive and binding on Borrower and each Lender, absent manifest
error; provided , failure to make any such recordation, or
any error in such recordation, shall not affect any Lender’s
Synthetic LC Commitments or Borrower’s Obligations in respect
of any Loan or Synthetic LC Deposit. Borrower hereby designates
Administrative Agent to serve as Borrower’s agent solely for
purposes of maintaining the Register as provided in this
Section 2.8, and Borrower hereby agrees that, to the extent
Administrative Agent serves in such capacity, Administrative Agent
and its officers, directors, employees, agents, sub-agents and
affiliates shall constitute “Indemnitees.”
(c) Notes . If so
requested by any Lender by written notice to Borrower (with a copy
to Administrative Agent) at least two Business Days prior to the
Closing Date, or at any time thereafter, Borrower shall execute and
deliver to such Lender (and/or, if applicable and if so specified
in such notice, to any Person who is an assignee of such Lender
pursuant to Section 10.6) on the Closing Date (or, if such
notice is delivered after the Closing Date, promptly after
Borrower’s receipt of such notice) a Note or Notes to
evidence such Lender’s Term Loan.
2.9. Interest on
Loans.
(a) Except as otherwise set
forth herein, each Loan shall bear interest on the unpaid principal
amount thereof from the date made through repayment (whether by
acceleration or otherwise) thereof as follows:
(i) [ RESERVED
] ;
(ii) [ RESERVED
] ;
(iii) in the case of Term
Loans:
(1) if a Base Rate Loan,
(A) at the Base Rate plus 6.25% per annum plus the
Applicable Margin Adjustment then in effect (if any), plus
(B) interest at 2.75% per annum minus the Applicable
Margin Adjustment then in effect (if any) to be added to the
principal amount of such Term Loans (it being understood that the
amounts described in this subclause (B) shall not be paid to
Lenders holding Term Loans as cash interest); or
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(2) if a Eurodollar Rate
Loan, (A) at the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate plus 7.25% per
annum plus the Applicable Margin Adjustment then in effect (if
any), plus (B) interest at 2.75% per annum minus
the Applicable Margin Adjustment then in effect (if any) to be
added to the principal amount of such Term Loans (it being
understood that the amounts described in this subclause
(B) shall not be paid to Lenders holding Term Loans as cash
interest);
(b) The basis for determining
the rate of interest with respect to any Loan, and the Interest
Period with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, shall be selected
by Borrower and notified to Administrative Agent and Lenders
pursuant to the applicable Funding Notice or
Conversion/Continuation Notice, as the case may be. If on any day a
Loan is outstanding with respect to which a Funding Notice or
Conversion/Continuation Notice has not been delivered to
Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms hereof specifying
the applicable basis for determining the rate of interest, then for
that day such Loan shall be a Base Rate Loan.
(c) In connection with
Eurodollar Rate Loans there shall be no more than five
(5) Interest Periods outstanding at any time. In the event
Borrower fails to specify between a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar
Rate Loan in the applicable Funding Notice or
Conversion/Continuation Notice, such Loan (if outstanding as a
Eurodollar Rate Loan) will be automatically converted into a Base
Rate Loan on the last day of the then-current Interest Period for
such Loan (or if outstanding as a Base Rate Loan will remain as, or
(if not then outstanding) will be made as, a Base Rate Loan). In
the event Borrower fails to specify an Interest Period for any
Eurodollar Rate Loan in the applicable Funding Notice or
Conversion/Continuation Notice, Borrower shall be deemed to have
selected an Interest Period of one month. As soon as practicable
after 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on each Interest Rate
Determination Date, Administrative Agent shall determine (which
determination shall, absent manifest error, be final, conclusive
and binding upon all parties) the interest rate that shall apply to
the Eurodollar Rate Loans for which an interest rate is then being
determined for the applicable Interest Period and shall promptly
give notice thereof (in writing or by telephone confirmed in
writing) to Borrower and each Lender.
(d) Interest payable pursuant
to Section 2.9(a) shall be computed (i) in the case of
Base Rate Loans on the basis of a 365-day or 366-day year, as the
case may be, and (ii) in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, on
the basis of a 360-day year, in each case for the actual number of
days elapsed in the period during which it accrues. In computing
interest on any Loan, the date of the making of such Loan or the
first day of an Interest Period applicable to such Loan or, with
respect to a Term Loan, the last Interest Payment Date with respect
to such Term Loan or, with respect to a Base Rate Loan being
converted from a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the date of conversion of
such Eurodollar Rate Loan to such Base Rate Loan, as the case may
be, shall be included, and the date of payment of such Loan or the
expiration date of an Interest Period applicable to such Loan or,
with respect to a Base Rate Loan being converted to a
Eurodollar
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Rate Loan, the date of
conversion of such Base Rate Loan to such Eurodollar Rate Loan, as
the case may be, shall be excluded; provided , if a Loan is
repaid on the same day on which it is made, one day’s
interest shall be paid on that Loan.
(e) Except as otherwise set
forth herein, interest on each Loan (i) shall accrue on a
daily basis and shall be payable in arrears on each Interest
Payment Date with respect to interest accrued on and to each such
payment date; (ii) shall accrue on a daily basis and shall be
payable in arrears upon any prepayment of that Loan, whether
voluntary or mandatory, to the extent accrued on the amount being
prepaid; and (iii) shall accrue on a daily basis and shall be
payable in arrears at maturity of the Loans, including final
maturity of the Loans; provided , however, with respect to
any voluntary prepayment of a Base Rate Loan, accrued interest
shall instead be payable on the applicable Interest Payment
Date.
(f) Borrower agrees to pay to
Administrative Agent, for the account of Synthetic LC Issuing Bank
and the Synthetic LC Lenders as described in paragraph
(g) below, with respect to any Synthetic LC Disbursement,
interest on the amount paid by Synthetic LC Issuing Bank in respect
of each such Synthetic LC Disbursement from the date of such
Synthetic LC Disbursement to but excluding the date such amount is
reimbursed by or on behalf of Borrower at a rate equal to
(i) for the period from the date of such Synthetic LC
Disbursement to but excluding the applicable Synthetic LC
Reimbursement Date, the rate of interest otherwise payable
hereunder with respect to Term Loans that are Base Rate Loans, and
(ii) thereafter, a rate which is 2% per annum in excess
of the rate of interest otherwise payable hereunder with respect to
Term Loans that are Base Rate Loans.
(g) Interest payable pursuant
to Section 2.9(f) shall be computed on the basis of a
365/366-day year for the actual number of days elapsed in the
period during which it accrues, and shall be payable on demand or,
if no demand is made, on the date on which the related drawing
under a Synthetic LC Disbursement is reimbursed in full by or on
behalf of Borrower. Promptly upon receipt by Administrative Agent
of any payment of interest due in respect of Synthetic LC
Disbursements pursuant to Section 2.9(f), Administrative Agent
shall distribute to each Synthetic LC Lender, out of the interest
received by Administrative Agent in respect of the period from the
date of such Synthetic LC Disbursement to but excluding the date on
which such Synthetic LC Disbursement is reimbursed by or on behalf
of Borrower, the amount that such Synthetic LC Lender would have
been entitled to receive in respect of the letter of credit fee
that would have been payable in respect of such Synthetic Letter of
Credit for such period if no Synthetic LC Disbursement had been
made under such Synthetic Letter of Credit; in the event Synthetic
LC Issuing Bank shall have been reimbursed for all or any portion
of such Synthetic LC Disbursement pursuant to Section 2.5(e),
Administrative Agent shall distribute to each Synthetic LC Lender
(other than a Defaulting Lender) such Lender’s Pro Rata Share
of any interest received by Administrative Agent in respect of that
portion of such Synthetic LC Disbursement so reimbursed by Lenders
for the period from the date on which Lenders made such
reimbursement to but excluding the date on which such portion of
such Synthetic LC Disbursement is reimbursed by Borrower, net of
any amounts paid to such Lender pursuant to the immediately
preceding sentence in respect of letter of credit fees for such
period in respect of such Letter of Credit. All interest payable
pursuant to Section 2.9(f) that is not distributed to Lenders
as described in the preceding sentence shall be for the account of
the Synthetic LC Issuing Bank.
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2.10.
Conversion/Continuation.
(a) Subject to
Section 2.19 and so long as no Default or Event of Default
shall have occurred and then be continuing, Borrower shall have the
option:
(i) to convert at any time
all or any part of any Term Loan equal to $5,000,000 and integral
multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount from one Type of
Loan to another Type of Loan; provided, a Eurodollar Rate Loan may
only be converted on the expiration of the Interest Period
applicable to such Eurodollar Rate Loan unless Borrower shall pay
all amounts due under Section 2.19 in connection with any such
conversion; or
(ii) upon the expiration of
any Interest Period applicable to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, to
continue all or any portion of such Loan equal to $5,000,000 and
integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount as a
Eurodollar Rate Loan.
Borrower shall deliver a
Conversion/Continuation Notice to Administrative Agent no later
than 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) at least one Business Day in
advance of the proposed conversion date (in the case of a
conversion to a Base Rate Loan) and at least three Business Days in
advance of the proposed conversion/continuation date (in the case
of a conversion to, or a continuation of, a Eurodollar Rate Loan).
Except as otherwise provided herein, a Conversion/Continuation
Notice for conversion to, or continuation of, any Eurodollar Rate
Loans (or telephonic notice in lieu thereof) shall be irrevocable
on and after the related Interest Rate Determination Date, and
Borrower shall be bound to effect a conversion or continuation in
accordance therewith.
2.11. Default Interest
. The principal amount of all Loans outstanding and not paid
when due and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any
interest payments on the Loans or any fees or other amounts owed
hereunder and not paid when due, shall thereafter bear interest
(including post-petition interest in any proceeding under the
Bankruptcy Code or other applicable bankruptcy laws) payable on
demand at a rate that is 2% per annum in excess of the
interest rate otherwise payable hereunder with respect to the
applicable Loans (or, in the case of any such fees and other
amounts, at a rate which is 2% per annum in excess of the
interest rate otherwise payable hereunder for Base Rate Loans);
provided , in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, upon the
expiration of the Interest Period in effect at the time any such
increase in interest rate is effective such Eurodollar Rate Loans
shall thereupon become Base Rate Loans and shall thereafter bear
interest payable upon demand at a rate which is 2% per annum
in excess of the interest rate otherwise payable hereunder for Base
Rate Loans. Payment or acceptance of the increased rates of
interest provided for in this Section 2.11 is not a permitted
alternative to timely payment and shall not constitute a waiver of
any Event of Default or otherwise prejudice or limit any rights or
remedies of Collateral Agent, Administrative Agent or any
Lender.
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2.12. Fees.
(a) [ RESERVED
] .
(b) Borrower agrees to pay to
Lenders having Synthetic LC Deposits letter of credit fees equal to
(i) the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate plus 5.75% per annum
times (ii) the average daily amount of total Synthetic LC
Deposits (it being understood that the Synthetic LC Deposit Return
paid to Administrative Agent on behalf of the Synthetic LC Lenders
pursuant to Section 2.5(m) during the applicable period
referred to in Section 2.12(d) shall be credited towards
payment of the fees referred to in this Section 2.12(b) for
such period). All fees referred to in this Section 2.12(b)
shall be paid to Administrative Agent at its Principal Office and
upon receipt, Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute to
each Lender its Pro Rata Share thereof.
(c) Borrower agrees to pay
the following fees:
(i) [ RESERVED
] ;
(ii) directly to Synthetic LC
Issuing Bank, for its own account, a fronting fee equal to
0.50% per annum, times the average aggregate daily maximum
amount available to be drawn under all Synthetic Letters of Credit
(determined as of the close of business on any date of
determination);
(iii) [ RESERVED
] ; and
(iv) directly to Synthetic LC
Issuing Bank, for its own account, such documentary and processing
charges for any issuance, amendment, transfer or payment of a
Synthetic Letter of Credit as are in accordance with Synthetic LC
Issuing Bank’s standard schedule for such charges and as in
effect at the time of such issuance, amendment, transfer or
payment, as the case may be.
(d) All fees referred to in
Section 2.12(a), 2.12(b) and 2.12(c)(ii) shall be calculated
on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days
elapsed and shall be payable quarterly in arrears on
March 31, June 30, September 30 and
December 31 of each year until the Synthetic LC Commitment
Termination Date, commencing on the first such date to occur after
the Closing Date, and on the Synthetic LC Commitment Termination
Date (it being understood that the Synthetic LC Deposit Return paid
to Administrative Agent on behalf of the Synthetic LC Lenders
pursuant to Section 2.5(m) during the applicable period shall
be credited towards payment of the fees referred to in
Section 2.12(b) for such period).
(e) In addition to any of the
foregoing fees, Borrower agrees to pay: (i) to Agents such
other fees in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon;
(ii) to each of the Lenders then holding Term Loans, its Pro
Rata Share of the following: (A) on the Closing Date, 1.75% of
the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans outstanding on the
Closing Date, (B) on the Closing Date, 0.75% of the aggregate
principal amount of the Term Loans outstanding on the Closing Date,
to be added to the principal amount of each such Lender’s
Term Loans, (C) on the date that is eighteen (18) months
after the Closing Date, 0.50% of the aggregate principal amount of
the Term Loans (including capitalized interest) outstanding on such
date and (D) on the date that is twenty four (24) months
after the Closing Date, 0.50% of the aggregate principal amount of
the Term Loans (including capitalized interest) outstanding on such
date; and (iii) to Administrative Agent for the account of
each Synthetic LC Lender, the fees set forth in Section 2.5(m)
(it being understood that the Synthetic LC Deposit Return paid to
Administrative Agent
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on behalf of the Synthetic LC
Lenders pursuant to Section 2.5(m) during the applicable
period shall be credited towards payment of the fees referred to in
Section 2.12(b) for such period), and (iv) to Synthetic
LC Agent on the Closing Date, the fee payable to Synthetic LC Agent
with respect to the Synthetic Letter of Credit facility.
2.13. Scheduled
Payments/Commitment Reductions.
The principal amount of the
Term Loans shall be repaid in consecutive quarterly installments
(each, an “Installment” ) of 0.25% of the
original aggregate principal amount thereof, each on the last day
of each calendar quarter of each year commencing on June 30,
2008.
Notwithstanding the
foregoing, (x) such Installments shall be reduced in inverse
order of maturity in connection with any voluntary or mandatory
prepayments of the Term Loans, in accordance with Sections 2.14,
2.15 and 2.16, as applicable; and (y) the Term Loans, together
with all other amounts owed hereunder with respect thereto, shall,
in any event, be paid in full no later than the Term Loan Maturity
Date.
2.14. Voluntary
Prepayments/Commitment Reductions.
(a) Voluntary
Prepayments .
(i) Any time and from time to
time:
(1) with respect to Base Rate
Loans, Borrower may prepay any such Loans on any Business Day in
whole or in part, in an aggregate minimum amount of $1,000,000 and
integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount (or, if
less, the then remaining outstanding balance thereof);
(2) with respect to
Eurodollar Rate Loans, Borrower may prepay any such Loans on any
Business Day in whole or in part in an aggregate minimum amount of
$1,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that
amount (or, if less, the then remaining outstanding balance
thereof); and
(3) [ RESERVED
] .
(ii) All such prepayments
shall be made:
(1) upon not less than three
Business Days’ prior written or telephonic notice in the case
of Base Rate Loans; and
(2) upon not less than five
Business Days’ prior written or telephonic notice in the case
of Eurodollar Rate Loans; and
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(3) [ RESERVED
] ;
in each case given to
Administrative Agent by 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date
required and, if given by telephone, as soon as practicable
confirmed in writing to Administrative Agent (and Administrative
Agent will promptly transmit such telephonic or original notice for
Term Loans by telefacsimile or telephone to each Lender). Upon the
giving of any such notice, the principal amount of the Loans
specified in such notice shall become due and payable on the
prepayment date specified therein. Any such voluntary prepayment
shall be applied as specified in Section 2.16(a), and shall be
without penalty or premium of any kind, except to the extent of
breakage and other costs specifically provided for under this
Agreement.
(b) Voluntary Commitment
Reductions .
(i) [ RESERVED
] .
(ii) Borrower may, upon not
less than three Business Days’ prior written or telephonic
notice confirmed in writing to Administrative Agent (which original
written or telephonic notice Administrative Agent will promptly
transmit by telefacsimile or telephone to each applicable Lender
and Synthetic LC Issuing Bank), at any time and from time to time
terminate in whole or permanently reduce in part, without premium
or penalty, the Synthetic LC Commitments in an amount up to the
amount by which the Synthetic LC Commitments exceed the Synthetic
LC Usage at the time of such proposed termination or reduction;
provided , any such partial reduction of the Synthetic LC
Commitments shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of $1,000,000
and integral multiples of $500,000 in excess of that
amount.
(iii) Borrower’s notice
to Administrative Agent shall designate the date (which shall be a
Business Day) of such termination or reduction and the amount of
any partial reduction, and such termination or reduction of the
Synthetic LC Commitments shall be effective on the date specified
in Borrower’s notice and shall reduce the Synthetic LC
Commitments of each Lender proportionately to its Pro Rata Share
thereof.
2.15. Mandatory
Prepayments.
(a) Asset Sales . No
later than the first Business Day following the date of receipt by
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any Net Asset Sale Proceeds,
Borrower shall prepay the Loans as set forth in
Section 2.16(b) in an aggregate amount equal to such Net Asset
Sale Proceeds; provided , (i) so long as no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and
(ii) to the extent that aggregate Net Asset Sale Proceeds from
the Closing Date through the applicable date of determination do
not exceed $3,000,000, Borrower shall have the option, directly or
through one or more of its Subsidiaries, to invest such Net Asset
Sale Proceeds within three hundred sixty five days of receipt
thereof (A) in long-term productive assets (including the
assets of another Person (or the Equity Interests of a Person
owning such assets) of the general type used in the business of
Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (B) to the extent such Net
Asset Sale Proceeds constitute proceeds of Non-Core Assets, in
Rental Items or inventory held for sale at stores; provided
further , pending any such investment all such Net Asset
Sale Proceeds may be applied to prepay Revolving Loans under the
Revolving Credit Agreement to the extent outstanding (without a
reduction in Revolving Commitments thereunder).
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(b) Insurance/Condemnation
Proceeds . No later than the first Business Day following the
date of receipt by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or
Collateral Agent and/or Joint First Lien Collateral Agent as loss
payee, of any Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds, Borrower shall
prepay the Loans as set forth in Section 2.16(b) in an
aggregate amount equal to such Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds;
provided , (i) so long as no Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and (ii) to the
extent that aggregate Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds from the
Closing Date through the applicable date of determination do not
exceed $10,000,000, Borrower shall have the option, directly or
through one or more of its Subsidiaries to invest such Net
Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds within three hundred sixty five
days of receipt thereof in long term productive assets of the
general type used in the business of Borrower and its Subsidiaries,
which investment may include the repair, restoration or replacement
of the applicable assets thereof; provided further ,
pending any such investment all such Net Insurance/Condemnation
Proceeds, as the case may be, may be applied to prepay Revolving
Loans under the Revolving Credit Agreement to the extent
outstanding (without a reduction in Revolving Commitments
thereunder).
(c) Issuance of Equity
Securities . On the date of receipt by Borrower of any Cash
proceeds from a capital contribution to, or the issuance of any
Equity Interests of, Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other
than (w) proceeds of Equity Interests of the Borrower (that
are not Disqualified Equity Interests) issued to a Restricted
Sponsor Affiliate that is not a Credit Party (provided no Default
or Event of Default shall have occurred and be then continuing),
(x) proceeds of the issuance of Equity Interests issued
pursuant to the Plan, (y) pursuant to any employee stock or
stock option compensation plan, or (z) proceeds of the
issuance of Equity Interests (that are not Disqualified Equity
Interests) to finance the purchase of a Permitted Acquisition or
Permitted Investment within 180 days of such issuance (provided no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be then
continuing)) Borrower shall prepay the Loans as set forth in
Section 2.16(b) in an aggregate amount equal to 50% of such
proceeds, net of underwriting discounts and commissions and other
reasonable costs and expenses associated therewith, including
reasonable legal fees and expenses; provided , during any
period in which the Secured Leverage Ratio (determined for any such
period by reference to the Compliance Certificate delivered
pursuant to Section 5.1(d) calculating the Secured Leverage
Ratio as of the last day of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter)
(i) shall be 2.50:1.00 or less, Borrower shall only be
required to make the prepayments and/or reductions otherwise
required hereby in an amount equal to 25% of such net proceeds and
(ii) shall be 2.00:1.00 or less, Borrower shall not be
required to make the prepayments and/or reductions otherwise
required hereby; provided , further , that
notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Section 2.15(c), 100% of the proceeds of the Game Crazy IPO
permitted by Section 6.8(j)(B), net of underwriting discounts
and commissions and other reasonable costs and expenses associated
therewith, including reasonable legal fees and expenses, shall be
applied to prepay the Loans as set forth in
Section 2.16(b).
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(d) Issuance of Debt .
On the date of receipt by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of
any Cash proceeds from the incurrence of any Indebtedness of
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than with respect to any
Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 6.1,
excluding Indebtedness incurred under Section 6.1(r) which
must be applied to prepay the Loans as provided hereunder),
Borrower shall prepay the Loans as set forth in
Section 2.16(b) in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of such
proceeds, net of underwriting discounts and commissions and other
reasonable costs and expenses associated therewith, including
reasonable legal fees and expenses.
(e) Consolidated Excess
Cash Flow . In the event that there shall be Consolidated
Excess Cash Flow in any Fiscal Year (commencing with the Fiscal
Year ending 2008), Borrower shall, no later than ninety
(90) days after the end of each such Fiscal Year, prepay the
Loans as set forth in Section 2.16(b) in an aggregate amount
equal to (i) 75% of such Consolidated Excess Cash Flow
minus (ii) voluntary repayments of the Loans and
Revolving Loans (excluding repayments of Revolving Loans except to
the extent the Revolving Commitments are permanently reduced in
connection with such repayments) during such Fiscal Year;
provided , that if, as of the last day of the most recently
ended Fiscal Year, the Secured Leverage Ratio (determined for any
such period by reference to the Compliance Certificate delivered
pursuant to Section 5.1(d) calculating the Secured Leverage
Ratio as of the last day of such Fiscal Year) (i)(A) shall be
2.00:1.00 or less, Borrower shall only be required to make the
prepayments and/or reductions otherwise required hereby in an
amount equal to 50% of such Consolidated Excess Cash Flow or
(B) shall be 1.50:1.00 or less, Borrower shall only be
required to make the prepayments and/or reductions otherwise
required hereby in an amount equal to 25% of such Consolidated
Excess Cash Flow, in each case minus (ii) voluntary
repayments of the Loans and Revolving Loans (excluding repayments
of Revolving Loans except to the extent the Revolving Commitments
are permanently reduced in connection with such repayments) during
such Fiscal Year; provided , further , that
prepayments under this Section 2.15(e) shall not be required
at the end of any Fiscal Year following the Closing Date to the
extent such prepayments would, if given effect on the last day of
such Fiscal Year, result in the aggregate Cash and Cash Equivalents
of Borrower and its Subsidiaries (minus the aggregate amount of
Revolving Loans then outstanding under the Revolving Credit
Agreement) on such date being reduced to below the sum of
$50,000,000 plus the cash interest payments in respect of the Loans
and in respect of Indebtedness under the Revolving Credit Agreement
that would accrue during the Fiscal Quarter immediately following
the Fiscal Year to which such prepayment relates.
(f) Excess Cash . At
the end of any of the first three Fiscal Quarters in any Fiscal
Year (commencing with the Fiscal Quarter ending April 6,
2008), Borrower shall, no later than fifty (50) days after the
end of each such Fiscal Quarter, prepay the Loans as set forth in
Section 2.16(b) in an aggregate amount equal to (i) 100%
of the Credit Parties’ Cash plus Cash Equivalents on hand at
such date minus (ii) voluntary repayments of the Loans
and Revolving Loans (excluding repayments of Revolving Loans except
to the extent the Revolving Commitments are permanently reduced in
connection with such repayments) during such Fiscal Quarter;
provided , that prepayments under this Section 2.15(f)
shall not be required at the end of any of the first three Fiscal
Quarters of any Fiscal Year to the extent such prepayments would,
if given effect on the last day of the Fiscal Quarter, result in
the aggregate Cash and Cash Equivalents of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries (minus the aggregate amount of Revolving Loans then
outstanding under the Revolving Credit Agreement) on such date
being reduced to below the sum of $50,000,000 plus the cash
interest payments in respect of the Loans and in respect of
Indebtedness under the Revolving Credit Agreement that would accrue
during the Fiscal Quarter immediately following the Fiscal Quarter
to which such prepayment relates.
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(g) Prepayment
Certificate . Concurrently with any prepayment of the Loans
pursuant to Sections 2.15(a) through 2.15(f), Borrower shall
deliver to Administrative Agent a certificate of an Authorized
Officer demonstrating in reasonable detail the calculation of the
amounts and sources of the applicable net proceeds or Consolidated
Excess Cash Flow, as the case may be. In the event that Borrower
shall subsequently determine that the actual amount received
exceeded the amount set forth in such certificate, Borrower shall
promptly make an additional prepayment of the Loans, and Borrower
shall concurrently therewith deliver to Administrative Agent a
certificate of an Authorized Officer demonstrating the derivation
of such excess.
2.16. Application of
Prepayments.
(a) Application of
Voluntary Prepayments by Type of Loans . Subject to
Section 2.17(h), any prepayment of any Loan pursuant to
Section 2.14(a) shall be applied as specified by Borrower in
the applicable notice of prepayment; provided , in the event
Borrower fails to specify the Loans to which any such prepayment
shall be applied, such prepayment shall be applied to prepay the
Term Loans to reduce the scheduled remaining Installments of
principal of the Term Loans in inverse order of
maturity.
(b) Application of
Mandatory Prepayments . Subject to Section 2.17(h), any
amount required to be paid pursuant to Sections 2.15(a) through
2.15(f) shall be applied as follows (so long as, after giving
effect to the transactions pursuant to Sections 2.15(a) through
2.15(f) and such application of payments below, no Event of Default
has occurred and is then continuing:
first , to prepay the
Terms Loans, applied to the remaining scheduled Installments of
principal of the Term Loans in inverse order of maturity, and
thereafter to any remaining principal amount of the Term
Loans;
second , to prepay
Second Lien Term Loans in accordance with the Second Lien Credit
Agreement;
third , to prepay the
Revolving Loans and pay any outstanding reimbursement obligations
with respect to Revolving Letters of Credit and to pay any
outstanding reimbursement obligations with respect to Synthetic
Letters of Credit, in each case to the full extent thereof, on a
pro rata basis (in accordance with the outstanding principal amount
of the Revolving Loans and amount of outstanding reimbursement
obligations with respect to Revolving Letters of Credit, on the one
hand, and the amount of outstanding reimbursement obligations with
respect to Synthetic Letters of Credit, on the other hand);
and
fourth , to cash
collateralize, on a pro rata basis, outstanding Revolving Letters
of Credit (without a reduction in the Revolving Commitments) on the
one hand, and outstanding Synthetic Letters of Credit and reduce
the Synthetic LC Commitments by the amount of such cash
collateralization, on the other hand.
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(c) Application of
Prepayments of Loans to Base Rate Loans and Eurodollar Rate
Loans . Considering each Class of Loans being prepaid
separately, any prepayment shall be applied first to Base Rate
Loans to the full extent thereof before application to Eurodollar
Rate Loans, in each case in a manner which minimizes the amount of
any payments required to be made by Borrower pursuant to
Section 2.19(c).
2.17. General Provisions
Regarding Payments.
(a) All payments by Borrower
of principal, interest, fees and other Obligations shall be made in
Dollars in same day funds (except in the case of interest to be
added to principal as provided in Section 2.9(a)(iii), which
shall be paid by adding such amounts to the principal of the Term
Loans), without defense, setoff or counterclaim, free of any
restriction or condition, and delivered to Administrative Agent not
later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date due at the
Principal Office designated by Administrative Agent for the account
of Lenders; for purposes of computing interest and fees, funds
received by Administrative Agent after that time on such due date
shall be deemed to have been paid by Borrower on the next
succeeding Business Day.
(b) All payments in respect
of the principal amount of any Loan shall be accompanied by payment
of accrued interest on the principal amount being repaid or
prepaid, and all such payments (and, in any event, any payments in
respect of any Loan on a date when interest is due and payable with
respect to such Loan) shall be applied to the payment of interest
then due and payable before application to principal.
(c) Administrative Agent (or
its agent or sub-agent appointed by it) shall promptly distribute
to each Lender at such address as such Lender shall indicate in
writing, such Lender’s applicable Pro Rata Share of all
payments and prepayments of principal and interest due hereunder,
together with all other amounts due thereto, including all fees
payable with respect thereto, to the extent received by
Administrative Agent.
(d) Notwithstanding the
foregoing provisions hereof, if any Conversion/ Continuation Notice
is withdrawn as to any Affected Lender or if any Affected Lender
makes Base Rate Loans in lieu of its Pro Rata Share of any
Eurodollar Rate Loans, Administrative Agent shall give effect
thereto in apportioning payments received thereafter.
(e) Whenever any payment to
be made hereunder with respect to any Loan shall be stated to be
due on a day that is not a Business Day, such payment shall be made
on the next succeeding Business Day.
(f) Borrower hereby
authorizes Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Synthetic LC
Agent and Joint First Lien Collateral Agent to charge any
Borrower’s accounts with Administrative Agent, Collateral
Agent and Joint First Lien Collateral Agent in order to cause
timely payment to be made to Administrative Agent, Collateral
Agent, Synthetic LC Agent and Joint First Lien Collateral Agent of
all principal, interest, fees and expenses due hereunder (subject
to sufficient funds being available in its accounts for that
purpose).
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(g) Administrative Agent
shall deem any payment by or on behalf of Borrower hereunder that
is not made in same day funds prior to 12:00 p.m. (New York City
time) to be a non-conforming payment. Any such payment shall not be
deemed to have been received by Administrative Agent until the
later of (i) the time such funds become available funds, and
(ii) the applicable next Business Day. Administrative Agent
shall give prompt notice to Borrower and each applicable Lender
(confirmed in writing) if any payment is non-conforming. Any
non-conforming payment may constitute or become a Default or Event
of Default in accordance with the terms of Section 8.1(a).
Interest shall continue to accrue on any principal as to which a
non-conforming payment is made until such funds become available
funds (but in no event less than the period from the date of such
payment to the next succeeding applicable Business D
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