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AMENDED AND RESTATED SECOND LIEN CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT

Guarantee Agreement

AMENDED AND RESTATED SECOND LIEN CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT | Document Parties: MOVIE GALLERY INC | CapitalSource Finance LLC | CITIGROUP FINANCIAL PRODUCT, INC | CONTEXT/TQA SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES MASTER FUND, LTD | DISTRESSED/HIGH YIELD TRADING OPPORTUNITIES FUND LTD | Goldman Sachs Credit Partners LP | HARBINGER CAPITAL PARTNERS MASTER FUND I, LTD | Hollywood Entertainment Corporation | LA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LTD | Managing Member, Context Capital Management, LLC | MG AUTOMATION LLC | MGA REALTY I, LLC | Movie Gallery US, LLC | MOVIE GALLERY, INC | PAR Capital Management, Inc | PIERCE DIVERSIFIED STRATEGY MASTER FUND, LLC | WELLS FARGO BANK, NA You are currently viewing:
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MOVIE GALLERY INC | CapitalSource Finance LLC | CITIGROUP FINANCIAL PRODUCT, INC | CONTEXT/TQA SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES MASTER FUND, LTD | DISTRESSED/HIGH YIELD TRADING OPPORTUNITIES FUND LTD | Goldman Sachs Credit Partners LP | HARBINGER CAPITAL PARTNERS MASTER FUND I, LTD | Hollywood Entertainment Corporation | LA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LTD | Managing Member, Context Capital Management, LLC | MG AUTOMATION LLC | MGA REALTY I, LLC | Movie Gallery US, LLC | MOVIE GALLERY, INC | PAR Capital Management, Inc | PIERCE DIVERSIFIED STRATEGY MASTER FUND, LLC | WELLS FARGO BANK, NA

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Title: AMENDED AND RESTATED SECOND LIEN CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT
Governing Law: New York     Date: 5/28/2008
Industry: Recreational Activities     Law Firm: Milbank Tweed;Kirkland Ellis     Sector: Services

AMENDED AND RESTATED SECOND LIEN CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT, Parties: movie gallery inc , capitalsource finance llc , citigroup financial product  inc , context/tqa special opportunities master fund  ltd , distressed/high yield trading opportunities fund ltd , goldman sachs credit partners lp , harbinger capital partners master fund i  ltd , hollywood entertainment corporation , la capital management ltd , managing member  context capital management  llc , mg automation llc , mga realty i  llc , movie gallery us  llc , movie gallery  inc , par capital management  inc , pierce diversified strategy master fund  llc , wells fargo bank  na
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Exhibit 10.3

EXECUTION COPY

AMENDED AND RESTATED

SECOND LIEN CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT

dated as of May 20, 2008

among

MOVIE GALLERY, INC.,

CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF

MOVIE GALLERY, INC.

as Guarantors,

VARIOUS LENDERS,

and

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.

as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent

 

 

$117,141,030 Senior Secured Second Priority Credit Facilities

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

     Page

SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

   2

1.1. Definitions

   2

1.2. Accounting Terms

   29

1.3. Interpretation, etc.

   30

SECTION 2. LOANS

   30

2.1. Loans

   30

2.2. [Reserved]

   30

2.3. [Reserved]

   30

2.4. Evidence of Debt; Register; Lenders’ Books and Records; Notes

   30

2.5. Interest on Loans

   31

2.6. Continuation

   32

2.7. Default Interest

   33

2.8. Fees

   33

2.9. Payments at Maturity

   33

2.10. Voluntary Prepayments/Call Protection

   33

2.11. Mandatory Prepayments

   34

2.12. Application of Prepayments

   37

2.13. General Provisions Regarding Payments

   37

2.14. Ratable Sharing

   38

2.15. Maintaining Eurodollar Rate Loans

   39

2.16. Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy

   41

2.17. Taxes; Withholding, etc.

   42

2.18. Obligation to Mitigate

   44

2.19. Removal or Replacement of a Lender

   44

SECTION 3. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

   45

3.1. Effective Date

   45

3.2. Notices

   51

SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

   52

4.1. Organization; Requisite Power and Authority; Qualification

   52

4.2. Equity Interests and Ownership

   52

4.3. Due Authorization

   52

4.4. No Conflict

   52

4.5. Governmental Consents

   53

4.6. Binding Obligation

   53

4.7. Historical Financial Statements

   53

4.8. Projections

   53

4.9. No Material Adverse Change

   54

4.10. No Restricted Junior Payments

   54

4.11. Adverse Proceedings, etc.

   54

4.12. Payment of Taxes

   54

4.13. Properties

   54

4.14. Environmental Matters

   55

4.15. No Defaults

   56

4.16. Material Contracts

   56

 


4.17. Governmental Regulation

   56

4.18. Margin Stock

   56

4.19. Employee Matters

   56

4.20. Employee Benefit Plans

   57

4.21. Certain Fees

   57

4.22. Solvency

   57

4.23. Compliance with Statutes, etc.

   58

4.24. Disclosure

   58

4.25. Patriot Act

   58

SECTION 5. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

   59

5.1. Financial Statements and Other Reports

   59

5.2. Existence

   63

5.3. Payment of Taxes and Claims

   63

5.4. Maintenance of Properties

   63

5.5. Insurance

   63

5.6. Books and Records; Inspections

   64

5.7. Lenders Meetings

   64

5.8. Compliance with Laws

   65

5.9. Environmental

   65

5.10. Subsidiaries

   66

5.11. Additional Material Real Estate Assets

   67

5.12. Further Assurances

   67

5.13. Miscellaneous Covenants

   67

SECTION 6. NEGATIVE COVENANTS

   68

6.1. Indebtedness

   68

6.2. Liens

   70

6.3. No Further Negative Pledges

   73

6.4. Restricted Junior Payments

   73

6.5. Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions

   74

6.6. Investments

   74

6.7. Fundamental Changes; Disposition of Assets; Acquisitions

   76

6.8. Disposal of Subsidiary Interests

   77

6.9. Sales and Lease-Backs

   77

6.10. Transactions with Shareholders and Affiliates

   78

6.11. Conduct of Business

   78

6.12. Amendments or Waivers of Organizational Documents

   78

6.13. [Reserved]

   79

6.14. Limitation on Amendments or Waivers of the First Lien Credit Agreement, etc.

   79

6.15. Fiscal Year

   79

6.16. Real Estate Guarantors Covenants

   79

SECTION 7. GUARANTY

   80

7.1. Guaranty of the Obligations

   80

7.2. Contribution by Guarantors

   81

7.3. Payment by Guarantors

   81

7.4. Liability of Guarantors Absolute

   82

 

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7.5. Waivers by Guarantors

   84

7.6. Guarantors’ Rights of Subrogation, Contribution, etc.

   84

7.7. Subordination of Other Obligations

   85

7.8. Continuing Guaranty

   85

7.9. Authority of Guarantors or Borrower

   85

7.10. Financial Condition of Borrower

   85

7.11. Bankruptcy, etc.

   86

7.12. Discharge of Guaranty Upon Sale of Guarantor

   86

SECTION 8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT

   86

8.1. Events of Default

   86

SECTION 9. AGENTS

   89

9.1. Appointment of Agents

   89

9.2. Powers and Duties

   90

9.3. General Immunity

   90

9.4. Agents Entitled to Act as Lender

   92

9.5. Lenders’ Representations, Warranties and Acknowledgment

   92

9.6. Right to Indemnity

   92

9.7. Successor Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent

   93

9.8. Collateral Documents and Guaranty

   94

9.9. Intercreditor Agreement

   94

SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS

   94

10.1. Notices

   94

10.2. Expenses

   96

10.3. Indemnity

   96

10.4. Set-Off

   97

10.5. Amendments and Waivers

   98

10.6. Successors and Assigns; Participations

   99

10.7. Independence of Covenants

   104

10.8. Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements

   104

10.9. No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative

   104

10.10. Marshalling; Payments Set Aside

   104

10.11. Severability

   104

10.12. Obligations Several; Independent Nature of Lenders’ Rights

   105

10.13. Headings

   105

10.14. APPLICABLE LAW

   105

10.15. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION

   105

10.16. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

   105

10.17. Confidentiality

   106

10.18. Usury Savings Clause

   107

10.19. Counterparts

   107

10.20. Effectiveness

   107

10.21. Patriot Act

   107

10.22. Electronic Execution of Assignments

   107

10.23. Post-Closing Actions

   108

10.24. No Fiduciary Duty

   108

10.25. Effect of Restatement

   109

 

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APPENDICES:    A    Lender Exposure
   B    Notice Addresses
SCHEDULES:    1A    Fiscal Years
   1B    Seasonal Overadvance Facility Terms
   3.1(g)(i)    Effective Date Mortgaged Properties
   4.1    Jurisdictions of Organization and Qualification
   4.2    Equity Interests and Ownership
   4.7    Certain Disclosures
   4.13    Real Estate Assets
   4.16    Material Contracts
   6.1    Certain Indebtedness
   6.2    Certain Liens
   6.5    Certain Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions
   6.6    Certain Investments
   6.10    Certain Affiliate Transactions
   10.23    Post-Closing Actions
EXHIBITS:      
   A    Continuation Notice
   B    Note
   C    Compliance Certificate
   D    Opinions of Counsel
   E    Assignment Agreement
   F    Certificate Re Non-bank Status
   G-1    Effective Date Certificate
   G-2    Solvency Certificate
   H    Counterpart Agreement
   I    Pledge and Security Agreement
   J    Mortgage
   K    Landlord Waiver and Consent Agreement
   L   

Intercompany Note

 


AMENDED AND RESTATED

SECOND LIEN CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT

This AMENDED AND RESTATED SECOND LIEN CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT , dated 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, and WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. ( “Wells Fargo” ), as Administrative Agent (together with its permitted successors in such capacity, “Administrative Agent” ) and as Collateral Agent (together with its permitted successors in such capacity, “Collateral Agent” ).

RECITALS:

WHEREAS, this Agreement amends and restates in its entirety the Second Lien Credit and Guaranty Agreement (the “ Original Agreement ”), dated as of March 8, 2007, entered into by and among the Borrower, certain Subsidiaries of Borrower, as Guarantors, the Lenders party thereto, Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P. as Lead Arranger and Syndication Agent, and CapitalSource Finance LLC, as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent;

WHEREAS, capitalized terms used in these Recitals shall have the respective meanings set forth for such terms in Section 1.1 hereof;

WHEREAS, Lenders under the Original Agreement had agreed to extend a term loan credit facility to Borrower, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $175,000,000 (plus the amount of any interest that is paid in the form of additional principal thereto) to be used to, together with the proceeds of the First Lien Term Loans advanced under the First Lien Credit Facilities, (i) to fund the refinancing of the Existing Indebtedness and (ii) to pay certain other fees and expenses relating to the credit facility established hereunder;

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 Original 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 $117,141,030, consisting of Loans, plus payment-in-kind interest and other principal increases as provided hereunder, to be used (i) to fund the transactions contemplated by the Plan, including the refinancing of the DIP Credit Facility Obligations, and the payment of administrative fees and other fees and expenses relating to the Debtors’ implementation of the Plan, (ii) to pay certain other fees and expenses relating to the credit facilities established hereunder and (iii) for general working capital and other corporate purposes of Borrower and its Subsidiaries;

WHEREAS, Borrower has agreed to secure all of its Obligations by granting to Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a Second Priority Lien on substantially all of its assets, including a pledge of all of the Equity Interests of each of its Domestic Subsidiaries and 65% of all the Equity Interests of each of its Foreign Subsidiaries; and

WHEREAS, Guarantors have agreed to guarantee the obligations of Borrower hereunder and to secure their respective Obligations by granting to Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a Second 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 (including Borrower) 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

 

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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 (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 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(r), (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 the First Lien 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.

“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 2.15(b).

“Affected Loans” as defined in Section 2.15(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 and Collateral Agent.

“Agent Affiliates” as defined in Section 10.1(b).

 

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“Aggregate Amounts Due” as defined in Section 2.14.

“Aggregate Payments” as defined in Section 7.2.

“Agreement” means this Amended and Restated Second 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” means (1) until the first anniversary of the Effective Date, 12.75% per annum in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans and 11.75% in the case of Base Rate Loans and (2) from the first anniversary of the Effective Date, 13.00% per annum in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans and 12.00% in the case of Base Rate Loans, which shall increase by an additional 0.25% per annum each six months thereafter; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the occurrence of an Interest Event, then, as of the next Interest Payment Date, the Applicable Margin shall be 8.00% per annum in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans and 7.00% in the case of Base Rate Loans.

“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

 

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(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.

“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.

“Beneficiary” means each Agent and Lender.

“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” has the meaning ascribed to that term in the First Lien Credit Agreement, provided that after any Discharge of First Lien Obligations, “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 Maturity Date), and which shall provide for the payment of the fees and expenses relating to ordinary course administrative expenses, working capital and other general corporate needs, in form satisfactory to Administrative Agent or the Requisite Lenders.

 

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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 Minnesota 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.

“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 the 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)  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.

 

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“Certificate re Non-Bank Status” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F.

Change of Control ” means, at any time after the Effective 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 Effective Date or (b) were nominated for election by the board of directors of Borrower, a majority of whom were directors on the Effective 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.

“Collateral” means, collectively, all of the real, personal and mixed property (including Equity Interests (but limited to 65% of such interests in the case of 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.

“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 Original Agreement, in each case in order to grant to 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.

“Compliance Certificate” means a Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C.

 

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“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 Effective 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 resulting from administrative expenses paid with respect to the Cases for professional fees and expenses and costs and expenses actually incurred with respect to severance obligations and/or employee retention plans adopted by the Borrower and approved by the Bankruptcy Court prior to the Effective Date; (l) with respect to any period (including any Fiscal Quarter) during Fiscal Year 2008, amounts paid 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 Effective Date and (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 $10,000,000 in the aggregate from and after the Effective 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 relocation) 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 Effective 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), (d) gains resulting from liquidations of inventory commenced prior to the Plan Effective Date, (e) 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 (f) non-recurring gains not to exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate from and after the Effective Date. For all purposes of this Agreement, Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA shall equal

 

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$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 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 clauses (x)(l) through and including (x)(o) 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.

 

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“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 2.8(c) payable on or before the Effective 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 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.

“Continuation Date” means the effective date of a continuation as set forth in the applicable Continuation Notice.

“Continuation Notice” means a Continuation Notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A.

“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.

 

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“Contributing Guarantors” as defined in Section 7.2.

“Counterpart Agreement” means a Counterpart Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit H delivered by a Credit Party pursuant to Section 5.10.

“Credit Document” means any of this Agreement, the Notes, if any, the Collateral Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement and all other documents, instruments or agreements executed and delivered by a Credit Party for the benefit of any Agent or any Lender in connection herewith.

“Credit Extension” means the making of a Loan.

“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.

“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.

“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.

“Discharge of First Lien Obligations” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Intercreditor 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 Effective 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.

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

 

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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 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.

“Effective Date” means the date on which the conditions precedent in Section 3 shall be satisfied and the Administrative Agent shall have received the Effective Date Certificate.

“Effective Date Certificate” means an Effective Date Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit G-1.

“Effective Date Mortgaged Property” as defined in Section 3.1(g).

“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.

“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

 

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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 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 Property” means the properties located at 404 Third Avenue, NW, Aliceville, Alabama and 1311 Woodmount, Tuscumbie, Alabama, collectively.

“Existing Indebtedness” means Indebtedness and other obligations outstanding under that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of April 27, 2005 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified), among the Borrower, Movie Gallery Canada, Inc., the banks, financial institutions and other lenders named therein, Wachovia Bank, National Association, as U.S. administrative agent, Congress Financial Corporation (Canada), as Canadian administrative agent, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as syndication agent, and Bank of America, N.A., Calyon New York Branch and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, as co-documentation agents.

“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.

 

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“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 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 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 Lien Agent” means the “Administrative Agent” under and as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement.

“First Lien Credit Agreement” means (i) the Amended and Restated First Lien Term Loan and Guaranty Agreement dated as of the Effective Date among Borrower, certain Subsidiaries of Borrower and the other agents and lenders party thereto, as such may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with this Agreement and (ii) any other First Lien Credit Agreement (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement), in each instance under each of clauses (i) and (ii), as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. In each instance where a defined term used herein is defined as used in the First Lien Credit Agreement and the First Lien Credit Agreement in effect at such time does not define such term, then such defined term used in this Agreement shall have the meaning of the defined term in the First Lien Credit Agreement then in effect that is substantially similar to the defined term that is defined in the initial First Lien Credit Agreement.

“First Lien Credit Documents” shall mean the “Credit Documents” as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement.

“First Lien Credit Facilities” means the credit facilities in an aggregate principal amount of $626,488,750 under the First Lien Credit Agreement described in clause (i) of such defined term, and any Refinancing (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) of such facilities in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement.

“First Lien Term Loans” means term loans in an aggregate principal amount of $602,988,750 made pursuant to the First Lien Credit Agreement.

 

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“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 “ 2012 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 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 Guarantors” as defined in Section 7.2.

“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 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.

 

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“Grantor” as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement.

“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” has the meaning assigned to that term in the First Lien Credit Agreement.

“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.

“Historical Financial Statements” means as of the Effective 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 Effective 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 Effective 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.

 

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“Inactive Entities” means (a) the following entities in which Movie Gallery US, LLC, a Guarantor, has an ownership interest as of the Effective 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 Effective Date: Movie Gallery Mexico Inc., S. de R.L. de C.V.

“Increased Amount Date” as defined in Section 2.20.

“Increased-Cost Lenders” as defined in Section 2.19.

“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 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) deferred compensation arrangements and (y) 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

 

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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, 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.

“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.

“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 Effective Date, among the Joint First Lien Collateral Agent (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement), Borrower and the Collateral Agent.

“Interest Event” shall be deemed to have occurred if, at any time after the date that a Discharge of First Lien Obligations occurs, the ratio on 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 (giving pro forma effect for the conversion of any interest paid-in-kind under this Agreement to interest payable in Cash) for such four Fiscal-Quarter period is greater than 2.00:1.00.

“Interest Payment Date” means 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.

 

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“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 Continuation Notice, (i) initially, commencing on the Effective Date or 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 the calendar month that is closest to the applicable first, second, third or sixth month of such Interest Period; and (c) no Interest Period with respect to any portion of any of the Loans shall extend beyond the 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.

“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.

“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.

 

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“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 financial institution listed on the signature pages hereto as a Lender, and any other Person that becomes a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment Agreement.

“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 Loan deemed to have been made by a Lender to Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1(a).

“Loan Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender, as of any date of determination, the outstanding principal amount of the Loans of such Lender.

“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

 

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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.

“Maturity Date” means the earliest to occur of (i) November 20, 2012, and (ii) the date that all such Loans become due and payable in full hereunder, whether by acceleration or otherwise.

“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.

“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 Effective 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

 

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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., (vi) the “Movie Beam” assets, (vii) owned real estate on the Effective Date and (viii) other assets which are not essential or material 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 2.17(c).

“Note” means a promissory note in the form of Exhibit B, as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

“Obligations” means all obligations of every nature of each Credit Party, including obligations from time to time owed to the Agents (including former Agents), the Lenders or any of them, under any Credit Document, 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), fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise.

“Obligee Guarantor” as defined in Section 7.7.

“Original Agreement” as defined in the recitals.

“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.

 

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“Patriot Act” as defined in Section 3.1(s).

“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 ,

 

  (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;

 

  (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;

 

  (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;

 

  (iv) Borrower shall have delivered to Administrative Agent (A) at least 10 Business Days prior to such proposed acquisition, all relevant financial information with respect to such acquired assets, including the aggregate consideration for such acquisition 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;

 

  (v) 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 Effective 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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  (vi) prior to the Discharge of First Lien Obligations, the aggregate unused portion of the Revolving Credit 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.

“PIK Interest” as defined in Section 2.5(e).

“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 Effective 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 Administrative Agent’s “Principal Office” as set forth on Appendix B, or such other office or office of a third party or sub-agent, as appropriate, as Administrative Agent may from time to time designate in writing to Borrower and each Lender.

“Projections” as defined in Section 4.8.

“Pro Rata Share” means with respect to all payments, computations and other matters relating to any Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing (a) the Loan Exposure of that Lender by (b) the aggregate Loan 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 2.4(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 the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries for sale or rental to their customers or are held by the Borrower or such Subsidiary for sale or rental to their customers.

“Replacement Lender” as defined in Section 2.19.

“Required Prepayment Date” as defined in Section 2.12(b).

“Requisite Lenders” means one or more Lenders having or holding Loan Exposure representing more than 50% of the aggregate Loan Exposure of all Lenders, provided that, if the Loan Exposure held or beneficially owned by Restricted Sponsor Affiliates exceeds 15% of the aggregate Loan Exposure of all Lenders, then, for purposes of this definition, the Loan Exposure of the Restricted Sponsor Affiliates shall be ratably reduced so as to equal, in the aggregate, 15% and the Loan Exposure held or beneficially owned by all the other Lenders shall be ratably increased so as to equal, in the aggregate, 85%.

“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

 

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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 any 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” has the meaning ascribed to that term in the First Lien Credit Agreement.

“Revolving Agent” means the “Administrative Agent” under and as defined in the Revolving Credit Facility.

“Revolving Credit Commitments” means the aggregate commitments of the lenders under the Revolving Credit Facility to extend loans and other financial accommodations thereunder.

“Revolving Credit Facility” means that certain Revolving Credit and Guarantee Agreement, dated as of the Effective Date, by and among the Credit Parties, the Revolving Agent, and the lenders from time to time party thereto.

“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 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 Credit Documents as currently in effect and (E) no Default or Event of Default shall result therefrom.

“Second Priority” means, with respect to any Lien purported to be created in any Collateral pursuant to any Collateral Document, that such Lien is (i) the only Lien to which such Collateral is subject, other than any Permitted Lien and (ii) junior in priority to the Liens created under or relating to the First Lien Credit Documents in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

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“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 Effective Date and reflected in the Projections or with respect to any transaction contemplated or undertaken after the Effective Date; and (c) such Person has not incurred and does not intend to incur, or believe (nor should it reasonably believe) 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.

“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

 

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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.

“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 Loan Refinancing Indebtedness” has the meaning ascribed to that term in the First Lien Credit Agreement.

“Terminated Lender” as defined in Section 2.19.

“Title Policy” as defined in Section 3.1(g)(iii).

“Total Secured Debt” means, as at any date of determination, Indebtedness with respect to Loans plus Indebtedness outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility plus Indebtedness with respect to First Lien Term Loans plus “Synthetic LC Usage” under (and as defined in) the First Lien Credit Agreement (only to the extent drawn and not reimbursed) 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 2.17(c).

Waivable Mandatory Prepayment ” as defined in Section 2.12(b).

Wells Fargo ” as defined in the preamble.

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 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

 

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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

2.1. Loans.

(a) Loans . Each Lender shall be deemed to have made, on the Effective Date, a Loan to Borrower in an amount equal to the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Appendix A hereto. Any amount repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Subject to Sections 2.10(a) and 2.11, all amounts owed hereunder with respect to the Loans shall be paid in full no later than the Maturity Date.

2.2. [Reserved].

2.3. [Reserved].

2.4. 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 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 and Loans of each Lender (the “Register” ). The Register shall be available for inspection by Borrower or any Lender (with respect to any entry relating to such Lender’s Loans) 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 in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.6, and each repayment or prepayment in respect of the principal amount of the Loans, 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 Borrower’s Obligations in respect of any Loan. Borrower hereby designates Wells Fargo to serve as Borrower’s agent solely for purposes of maintaining the Register as provided in this Section 2.4, and Borrower hereby agrees that, to the extent Wells Fargo serves in such capacity, Wells Fargo 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 Effective 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 Effective Date (or, if such notice is delivered after the Effective Date, promptly after Borrower’s receipt of such notice) a Note or Notes to evidence such Lender’s Loan.

2.5. Interest on Loans.

(a) Except as otherwise set forth herein, Loans shall bear interest on the unpaid principal amount thereof from the Effective Date through repayment (whether by acceleration or otherwise) thereof as follows:

(1) if a Base Rate Loan, at the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin; or

(2) if a Eurodollar Rate Loan, at the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate plus the Applicable Margin.

(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 Continuation Notice. If on any day a Loan is outstanding with respect to which a 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.

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a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Rate Loan in the applicable Continuation Notice, such Loan (if outstanding as a Eurodollar Rate Loan) will be automatically continued as 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 a Base Rate Loan). In the event Borrower fails to specify an Interest Period for any Eurodollar Rate Loan in the applicable 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 2.5(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 the last Interest Payment Date with respect to such Loan shall be included, and the date of payment of such Loan or the expiration date of an Interest Period applicable to such Loan 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. Interest will be paid by adding such interest to the principal amount of the outstanding Loans (“ PIK Interest ”), in each case, on each Interest Payment Date; provided that, all interest shall be paid in cash on each Interest Payment Date following an Interest Event. The obligation of Borrower to pay all such PIK Interest so added shall be automatically evidenced by this Agreement or, if applicable, all Notes. Upon request of Administrative Agent or any Lender, Borrower shall confirm in writing the principal amount then outstanding on Loans, including all PIK Interest so added.

2.6. Continuation. Subject to Section 2.15 and so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and then be continuing, Borrower shall have the option, 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 Continuation Notice to Administrative Agent no later than 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) at least three Business Days in advance of the proposed continuation date. Except as otherwise provided herein, a Continuation Notice for 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 continuation in accordance therewith.

 

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2.7. 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 2.7 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 Administrative Agent or any Lender.

2.8. Fees.

(a) On the date that is eighteen (18) months from the Effective Date, the Borrower shall pay a fee to the Lenders in an amount equal to 0.50% of the then unpaid principal amount of each Loan (including any accrued PIK Interest), which amount shall be added to the outstanding principal amount of the Loans.

(b) On the second anniversary of the Effective Date, the Borrower shall pay a fee to the Lenders in an amount equal to 0.50% of the then unpaid principal amount of each Loan (including any accrued PIK Interest), which amount shall be added to the outstanding principal amount of the Loans.

(c) Borrower agrees to pay to Lenders and to Agents such other fees in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon.

2.9. Payments at Maturity.

The Loans, together with all other amounts owed hereunder with respect thereto, shall be paid in full no later than the Maturity Date.

2.10. Voluntary Prepayments/Call Protection.

(a) Voluntary Prepayments .

(i) Subject to the terms of Section 2.10(b) below and after or concurrently with the Discharge of First Lien Obligations at any time and from time to time, 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.

 

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(ii) All such prepayments shall be made:

(1) upon not less than three Business Day’s 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;

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 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 2.12(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) Call Protection . In the event all or any portion of the Loans are repaid for any reason other than a prepayment required under Section 2.11(a), (b), (c) and (e) prior to the second anniversary of the Effective Date, such repayments will be made at (i) 102.0% of the amount repaid if such repayment occurs after the Effective Date, but on or prior to the second anniversary of the Effective Date and (ii) at 101.0% of the amount repaid if such repayment occurs after the second anniversary of the Effective Date but on or prior to the third anniversary of the Effective Date.

2.11. Mandatory Prepayments. Subject to the Intercreditor Agreement:

(a) Asset Sales . Subject to Section 2.12(b) and after the Discharge of First Lien Obligations, 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 2.12(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 Effective 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 Facility to the extent outstanding (without a reduction in Revolving Commitment thereunder).

 

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(b) Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds . Subject to Section 2.12(b) and after the Discharge of First Lien Obligations, no later than the first Business Day following the date of receipt by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or Administrative Agent as loss payee, of any Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds, Borrower shall prepay the Loans as set forth in Section 2.12(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 Effective 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 Facility to the extent outstanding (without reduction in Revolving Commitments thereunder).

(c) Issuance of Equity Securities . Subject to Section 2.12(b) and after the Discharge of First Lien Obligations, 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 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 2.12(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 2.11(c), 100% of the proceeds of the Game Crazy IPO permitted by Section 6.7(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 2.12(a).

(d) Issuance of Debt . Subject to Section 2.12(b) and after the Discharge of First Lien Obligations, 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), Borrower shall prepay the Loans as set forth in Section 2.12(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.

 

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(e) Consolidated Excess Cash Flow . Subject to Section 2.12(b) and after the Discharge of First Lien Obligations, 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 2.12(b) in an aggregate amount equal to (i) 75% of such Consolidated Excess Cash Flow minus (ii) voluntary repayments of the Loans, First Lien Term 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, First Lien Term 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 2.11(e) shall not be required at the end of any Fiscal Year following the Effective 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 Facility) 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 Facility 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 2.12(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 2.11(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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amount 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 in an amount equal to such excess, and Borrower shall concurrently therewith deliver to Administrative Agent a certificate of an Authorized Officer demonstrating the derivation of such excess.

2.12. Application of Prepayments.

(a) Application of Prepayments of Loans . Prepayments of Loans 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 2.15(c).

(b) Waivable Mandatory Prepayment . Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding except the limitations of the Intercreditor Agreement, in the event Borrower is required to make any mandatory prepayment (a “Waivable Mandatory Prepayment” ) of the Loans, not less than three Business Days prior to the date (the “Required Prepayment Date” ) on which Borrower is required to make such Waivable Mandatory Prepayment, Borrower shall notify Administrative Agent of the amount of such prepayment, and Administrative Agent will promptly thereafter notify each Lender of the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such Waivable Mandatory Prepayment and such Lender’s option to refuse such amount. Each such Lender may exercise such option by giving written notice to Borrower and Administrative Agent of its election to do so on or before the first Business Day prior to the Required Prepayment Date (it being understood that any Lender which does not notify Borrower and Administrative Agent of its election to exercise such option on or before the first Business Day prior to the Required Prepayment Date shall be deemed to have elected, as of such date, not to exercise such option). On the Required Prepayment Date, Borrower shall pay to Administrative Agent that portion of the Waivable Mandatory Prepayment payable to those Lenders that have elected not to exercise such option, to prepay the Loans of such Lenders (which prepayment shall be applied in accordance with Section 2.12(a)).

2.13. 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, 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.

 

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(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 Continuation Notice is withdrawn as to any Affected Lender or if any Affected Lender maintains 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 to charge Borrower’s accounts with Administrative Agent, if any, in order to cause timely payment to be made to Administrative Agent of all principal, interest, fees and expenses due hereunder (subject to sufficient funds being available in its accounts for that purpose).

(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 telephonic 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 Day) at the rate determined pursuant to Section 2.7 from the date such amount was due and payable until the date such amount is paid in full.

(h) Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and not otherwise been waived, and the maturity of the Obligations shall have been accelerated pursuant to Section 8.1, or any Event of Default under Section 8.1(f) or (g) shall have occurred, all payments or proceeds received by Agents hereunder in respect of any of the Obligations, shall be applied in accordance with the application arrangements described in Section 7.2 of the Pledge and Security Agreement.

2.14. Ratable Sharing. Lenders hereby agree among themselves that if any of them shall, whether by voluntary payment (other than a voluntary prepayment of Loans made and applied in accordance with the terms hereof), through the exercise of any right of set-off or banker’s lien, by counterclaim or cross action or by the enforcement of any right under the Credit Documents or otherwise, or as adequate protection of a deposit treated as cash collateral under the Bankruptcy Code, receive payment or reduction of a proportion of the aggregate amount of principal, interest, fees and other amounts then due and owing to such Lender hereunder or under

 

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the other Credit Documents (collectively, the “Aggregate Amounts Due” to such Lender) which is greater than the proportion received by any other Lender in respect of the Aggregate Amounts Due to such other Lender, then the Lender receiving such proportionately greater payment shall (a) notify Administrative Agent and each other Lender of the receipt of such payment and (b) apply a portion of such payment to purchase participations (which it shall be deemed to have purchased from each seller of a participation simultaneously upon the receipt by such seller of its portion of such payment) in the Aggregate Amounts Due to the other Lenders so that all such recoveries of Aggregate Amounts Due shall be shared by all Lenders in proportion to the Aggregate Amounts Due to them; provided , if all or part of such proportionately greater payment received by such purchasing Lender is thereafter recovered from such Lender upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of Borrower or otherwise, those purchases shall be rescinded and the purchase prices paid for such participations shall be returned to such purchasing Lender ratably to the extent of such recovery, but without interest. Borrower expressly consents to the foregoing arrangement and agrees that any holder of a participation so purchased may exercise any and all rights of banker’s lien, set-off or counterclaim with respect to any and all monies owing by Borrower to that holder with respect thereto as fully as if that holder were owed the amount of the participation held by that holder.

2.15. Maintaining Eurodollar Rate Loans.

(a) Inability to Determine Applicable Interest Rate . In the event that Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto), on any Interest Rate Determination Date with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Loans, that by reason of circumstances affecting the London interbank market adequate and fair means do not exist for ascertaining the interest rate applicable to such Loans on the basis provided for in the definition of Adjusted Eurodollar Rate, Administrative Agent shall on such date give notice (by telefacsimile or by telephone confirmed in writing) to Borrower and each Lender of such determination, whereupon (i) no Loans may continue as Eurodollar Rate Loans until such time as Administrative Agent notifies Borrower and Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, and (ii) any Continuation Notice given by Borrower with respect to the Loans in respect of which such determination was made shall be deemed to be a Continuation Notice into Base Rate Loans.

(b) Illegality or Impracticability of Eurodollar Rate Loans . In the event that on any date any Lender shall have determined (which determination shall be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto but shall be made only after consultation with Borrower and Administrative Agent) that the making, maintaining or continuation of its Eurodollar Rate Loans (i) has become unlawful as a result of compliance by such Lender in good faith with any law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order (or would conflict with any such treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order not having the force of law even though the failure to comply therewith would not be unlawful), or (ii) has become impracticable, as a result of contingencies occurring after the date hereof which materially and adversely affect the London interbank market or the position of such Lender in that market, then, and in any such event, such Lender shall be an “Affected Lender” and it shall on that day give notice (by telefacsimile or by telephone confirmed in writing) to Borrower and Administrative Agent of such determination (which notice Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each other Lender). Thereafter (1) the Affected Lender’s obligation to maintain its outstanding Eurodollar

 

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Rate Loans (the “Affected Loans” ) shall be terminated at the earlier to occur of the expiration of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the Affected Loans or when required by law, and (2) the Affected Loans shall automatically convert into Base Rate Loans on the date of such termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent a determination by an Affected Lender as described above relates to a Eurodollar Rate Loan then being requested by Borrower pursuant to a Continuation Notice, Borrower shall have the option, subject to the provisions of Section 2.15(c), to rescind such Continuation Notice as to all Lenders by giving notice (by telefacsimile or by telephone confirmed in writing) to Administrative Agent of such rescission on the date on which the Affected Lender gives notice of its determination as described above (which notice of rescission Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each other Lender). Except as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, nothing in this Section 2.15(b) shall affect the obligation of any Lender other than an Affected Lender to maintain Loans as Eurodollar Rate Loans in accordance with the terms hereof.

(c) Compensation for Breakage or Non-Commencement of Interest Periods . Borrower shall compensate each Lender, upon written request by such Lender (which request shall set forth the basis for requesting such amounts), for all reasonable losses, expenses and liabilities (including any interest paid by such Lender to Lenders of funds borrowed by it to carry its Eurodollar Rate Loans and any loss, expense or liability sustained by such Lender in connection with the liquidation or re-employment of such funds but excluding loss of anticipated profits) which such Lender may sustain: (i) if for any reason (other than a default by such Lender or a rescission pursuant to Section 2.15(b)) a borrowing of any Eurodollar Rate Loan does not occur on a date specified therefor in a continuation of any Eurodollar Rate Loan does not occur on a date specified therefor in a Continuation Notice or a telephonic request for continuation; (ii) if any prepayment or other principal payment of any of its Eurodollar Rate Loans occurs on a date prior to the last day of an Interest Period applicable to that Loan; or (iii) if any prepayment of any of its Eurodollar Rate Loans is not made on any date specified in a notice of prepayment given by Borrower.

(d) Booking of Eurodollar Rate Loans . Any Lender may carry or transfer Eurodollar Rate Loans at, to, or for the account of any of its branch offices or the office of an Affiliate of such Lender.

(e) Assumptions Concerning Funding of Eurodollar Rate Loans . Calculation of all amounts payable to a Lender under this Section 2.15 and under Section 2.16 shall be made as though such Lender had actually funded each of its relevant Eurodollar Rate Loans through the purchase of a Eurodollar deposit bearing interest at the rate obtained pursuant to clause (i) of the definition of Adjusted Eurodollar Rate in an amount equal to the amount of such Eurodollar Rate Loan and having a maturity comparable to the relevant Interest Period and through the transfer of such Eurodollar deposit from an offshore office of such Lender to a domestic office of such Lender in the United States of America; provided , however , each Lender may fund each of its Eurodollar Rate Loans in any manner it sees fit and the foregoing assumptions shall be utilized only for the purposes of calculating amounts payable under this Section 2.15 and under Section 2.16.

 

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2.16. Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy.

(a) Compensation For Increased Costs and Taxes . Subject to the provisions of Section 2.17 (which shall be controlling with respect to the matters covered thereby), in the event that any Lender shall determine (which determination shall, absent manifest error, be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto) that any law, treaty or governmental rule, regulation or order, or any change therein or in the interpretation, administration or application thereof (including the introduction of any new law, treaty or governmental rule, regulation or order), or any determination of a court or Governmental Authority, in each case that becomes effective after the date hereof, or compliance by such Lender with any guideline, request or directive issued or made after the date hereof by any central bank or other governmental or quasi-governmental authority (whether or not having the force of law): (i) subjects such Lender (or its applicable lending office) to any additional Tax (other than any Tax on the overall net income of such Lender) with respect to this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents or any of its obligations hereunder or thereunder or any payments to such Lender (or its applicable lending office) of principal, interest, fees or any other amount payable hereunder; (ii) imposes, modifies or holds applicable any reserve (including any marginal, emergency, supplemental, special or other reserve), special deposit, compulsory loan, FDIC insurance or similar requirement against assets held by, or deposits or other liabilities in or for the account of, or advances or loans by, or other credit extended by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any office of such Lender (other than any such reserve or other requirements with respect to Eurodollar Rate Loans that are reflected in the definition of Adjusted Eurodollar Rate); or (iii) imposes any other condition (other than with respect to a Tax matter) on or affecting such Lender (or its applicable lending office) or its obligations hereunder or the London interbank market; and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender of agreeing to maintain Loans hereunder or to reduce any amount received or receivable by such Lender (or its applicable lending office) with respect thereto; then, in any such case, Borrower shall promptly pay to such Lender, upon receipt of the statement referred to in the next sentence, such additional amount or amounts (in the form of an increased rate of, or a different method of calculating, interest or otherwise as such Lender in its sole discretion shall determine) as may be necessary to compensate such Lender for any such increased cost or reduction in amounts received or receivable hereunder. Such Lender shall deliver to Borrower (with a copy to Administrative Agent) a written statement, setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for calculating the additional amounts owed to such Lender under this Section 2.16(a), which statement shall be conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto absent manifest error.

(b) Capital Adequacy Adjustment . In the event that any Lender shall have determined that the adoption, effectiveness, phase-in or applicability after the Effective Date of any law, rule or regulation (or any provision thereof) regarding capital adequacy, or any change therein or in the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by any Lender (or its applicable lending office) with any guideline, request or directive regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) of any such Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on the capital of such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender as a consequence of, or with reference to, such Lender’s Loans or participations therein or other obligations hereunder with respect to the Loans to a level below that which such Lender or such controlling corporation could have achieved but for such adoption, effectiveness, phase-in, applicability, change or compliance (taking into consideration the policies of such

 

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Lender or such controlling corporation with regard to capital adequacy), then from time to time, within five Business Days after receipt by Borrower from such Lender of the statement referred to in the next sentence, Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such controlling corporation on an after-tax basis for such reduction. Such Lender shall deliver to Borrower (with a copy to Administrative Agent) a written statement, setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for calculating the additional amounts owed to Lender under this Section 2.16(b), which statement shall be conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto absent manifest error.

(c) Notice . Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation for any increased costs or reduction in amounts received or receivable or reduction in return on capital shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such compensation; provided that Borrower shall not be under any obligation to compensate any Lender under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 2.16 with respect to increased costs or reductions with respect to any period prior to the date that is 180 days prior to the date of the delivery of the statement required pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b); provided further that the foregoing limitation shall not apply to any increased costs or reductions arising out of the retroactive application of any change in any law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation or order within such 180-day period.

2.17. Taxes; Withholding, etc.

(a) Payments to Be Free and Clear . All sums payable by any Credit Party hereunder and under the other Credit Documents shall (except to the extent required by law) be paid free and clear of, and without any deduction or withholding on account of, any Tax (other than a Tax on the overall net income of any Lender) imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by or within the United States of America or any political subdivision in or of the United States of America or any other jurisdiction from or to which a payment is made by or on behalf of any Credit Party or by any federation or organization of which the United States of America or any such jurisdiction is a member at the time of payment.

(b) Withholding of Taxes . If any Credit Party or any other Person is required by law to make any deduction or withholding on account of any such Tax from any sum paid or payable by any Credit Party to Administrative Agent or any Lender under any of the Credit Documents: (i) Borrower shall notify Administrative Agent of any such requirement or any change in any such requirement as soon as Borrower becomes aware of it; (ii) Borrower shall pay any such Tax before the date on which penalties attach thereto, such payment to be made (if the liability to pay is imposed on any Credit Party) for its own account or (if that liability is imposed on Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be) on behalf of and in the name of Administrative Agent or such Lender; (iii) the sum payable by such Credit Party in respect of which the relevant deduction, withholding or payment is required shall be increased to the extent necessary to ensure that, after the making of that deduction, withholding or payment, Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, receives on the due date a net sum equal to what it would have received had no such deduction, withholding or payment been required or made; and (iv) within thirty days after paying any sum from which it is required by law to make any deduction or withholding, and within thirty days after the due date of payment of any Tax which it is required by clause (ii) above to pay, Borrower shall deliver to

 

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Administrative Agent evidence satisfactory to the other affected parties of such deduction, withholding or payment and of the remittance thereof to the relevant taxing or other authority; provided, no such additional amount shall be required to be paid to any Lender under clause (iii) above except to the extent that any change after the date hereof (in the case of each Lender listed on the signature pages hereof on the Effective Date) or after the effective date of the Assignment Agreement pursuant to which such Lender became a Lender (in the case of each other Lender) in any such requirement for a deduction, withholding or payment as is mentioned therein shall result in an increase in the rate of such deduction, withholding or payment from that in effect at the date hereof or at the date of such Assignment Agreement, as the case may be, in respect of payments to such Lender.

(c) Evidence of Exemption From U.S. Withholding Tax . Each Lender that is not a United States Person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code) for U.S. federal income tax purposes (a “Non-US Lender” ) shall deliver to Administrative Agent for transmission to Borrower, on or prior to the Effective Date (in the case of each Lender listed on the signature pages hereof on the Effective Date) or on or prior to the date of the Assignment Agreement pursuant to which it becomes a Lender (in the case of each other Lender), and at such other times as may be necessary in the determination of Borrower or Administrative Agent (each in the reasonable exercise of its discretion), (i) two original copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI (or any successor forms), properly completed and duly executed by such Lender, and such other documentation required under the Internal Revenue Code and reasonably requested by Borrower to establish that such Lender is not subject to deduction or withholding of United States federal income tax with respect to any payments to such Lender of principal, interest, fees or other amounts payable under any of the Credit Documents, or (ii) if such Lender is not a “bank” or other Person described in Section 881(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI pursuant to clause (i) above, a Certificate re Non-Bank Status together with two original copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or any successor form), properly completed and duly executed by such Lender, and such other documentation required under the Internal Revenue Code and reasonably requested by Borrower to establish that such Lender is not subject to deduction or withholding of United States federal income tax with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest payable under any of the Credit Documents. Each Lender that is a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code) for United States federal income tax purposes (a “ U.S. Lender ”) shall deliver to Administrative Agent and Borrower on or prior to the Effective Date (or, if later, on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement) two original copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or any successor form), properly completed and duly executed by such Lender, certifying that such U.S. Lender is entitled to an exemption from United States backup withholding tax, or otherwise prove that it is entitled to such an exemption. Each Lender required to deliver any forms, certificates or other evidence with respect to United States federal income tax withholding matters pursuant to this Section 2.17(c) hereby agrees, from time to time after the initial delivery by such Lender of such forms, certificates or other evidence, whenever a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders such forms, certificates or other evidence obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, that such Lender shall promptly deliver to Administrative Agent for transmission to Borrower two new original copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI, or a Certificate re Non-Bank Status and two original copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or any successor form), as the case

 

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may be, properly completed and duly executed by such Lender, and such other documentation required under the Internal Revenue Code and reasonably requested by Borrower to confirm or establish that such Lender is not subject to deduction or withholding of United States federal income tax with respect to payments to such Lender under the Credit Documents, or notify Administrative Agent and Borrower of its inability to deliver any such forms, certificates or other evidence. Borrower shall not be required to pay any additional amount to any Non-US Lender under Section 2.17(b)(iii) if such Lender shall have failed (1) to deliver the forms, certificates or other evidence referred to in the second sentence of this Section 2.17(c), or (2) to notify Administrative Agent and Borrower of its inability to deliver any such forms, certificates or other evidence, as the case may be; provided , if such Lender shall have satisfied the requirements of the first sentence of this Section 2.17(c) on the Effective Date or on the date of the Assignment Agreement pursuant to which it became a Lender, as applicable, nothing in this last sentence of Section 2.17(c) shall relieve Borrower of its obligation to pay any additional amounts pursuant this Section 2.17 in the event that, as a result of any change in any applicable law, treaty or governmental rule, regulation or order, or any change in the interpretation, administration or application thereof, such Lender is no longer properly entitled to deliver forms, certificates or other evidence at a subsequent date establishing the fact that such Lender is not subject to withholding as described herein.

2.18. Obligation to Mitigate. Each Lender agrees that, as promptly as practicable after the officer of such Lender responsible for administering its Loans becomes aware of the occurrence of an event or the existence of a condition that would cause such Lender to become an Affected Lender or that would entitle such Lender to receive payments under Section 2.15, 2.16 or 2.17, it will, to the extent not inconsistent with the internal policies of such Lender and any applicable legal or regulatory restrictions, use reasonable efforts to (a) maintain its Credit Extensions, including any Affected Loans, through another office of such Lender, or (b) take such other measures as such Lender may deem reasonable, if as a result thereof the circumstances which would cause such Lender to be an Affected Lender would cease to exist or the additional amounts which would otherwise be required to be paid to such Lender pursuant to Section 2.15, 2.16 or 2.17 would be materially reduced and if, as determined by such Lender in its sole discretion, the making, issuing, funding or maintaining of such Loans through such other office or in accordance with such other measures, as the case may be, would not otherwise adversely affect such Loans or the interests of such Lender; provided , such Lender will not be obligated to utilize such other office pursuant to this Section 2.18 unless Borrower agrees to pay all incremental expenses incurred by such Lender as a result of utilizing such other office a


 
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