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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
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SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS AND
INTERPRETATION
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1.1. Definitions
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1.2. Accounting Terms
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1.3. Interpretation, etc.
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SECTION 2. LOANS
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2.1. Loans
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2.2. [Reserved]
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30 |
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2.3. [Reserved]
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2.4. Evidence of Debt; Register;
Lenders’ Books and Records; Notes
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2.5. Interest on Loans
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2.6. Continuation
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2.7. Default Interest
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2.8. Fees
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2.9. Payments at Maturity
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2.10. Voluntary Prepayments/Call
Protection
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2.11. Mandatory Prepayments
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2.12. Application of
Prepayments
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2.13. General Provisions Regarding
Payments
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2.14. Ratable Sharing
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2.15. Maintaining Eurodollar Rate
Loans
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2.16. Increased Costs; Capital
Adequacy
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2.17. Taxes; Withholding,
etc.
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2.18. Obligation to Mitigate
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2.19. Removal or Replacement of a
Lender
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SECTION 3. CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
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3.1. Effective Date
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3.2. Notices
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SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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4.1. Organization; Requisite Power and
Authority; Qualification
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4.2. Equity Interests and
Ownership
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4.3. Due Authorization
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4.4. No Conflict
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4.5. Governmental Consents
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4.6. Binding Obligation
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4.7. Historical Financial
Statements
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4.8. Projections
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4.9. No Material Adverse
Change
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4.10. No Restricted Junior
Payments
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4.11. Adverse Proceedings,
etc.
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4.12. Payment of Taxes
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4.13. Properties
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4.14. Environmental Matters
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4.15. No Defaults
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4.16. Material Contracts
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4.17. Governmental Regulation
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4.18. Margin Stock
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4.19. Employee Matters
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4.20. Employee Benefit Plans
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4.21. Certain Fees
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4.22. Solvency
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4.23. Compliance with Statutes,
etc.
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4.24. Disclosure
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4.25. Patriot Act
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SECTION 5. AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
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5.1. Financial Statements and Other
Reports
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5.2. Existence
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5.3. Payment of Taxes and
Claims
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5.4. Maintenance of
Properties
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5.5. Insurance
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5.6. Books and Records;
Inspections
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5.7. Lenders Meetings
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5.8. Compliance with Laws
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5.9. Environmental
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5.10. Subsidiaries
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5.11. Additional Material Real Estate
Assets
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5.12. Further Assurances
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5.13. Miscellaneous Covenants
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SECTION 6. NEGATIVE COVENANTS
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6.1. Indebtedness
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6.2. Liens
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6.3. No Further Negative
Pledges
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6.4. Restricted Junior
Payments
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6.5. Restrictions on Subsidiary
Distributions
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6.6. Investments
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6.7. Fundamental Changes; Disposition of
Assets; Acquisitions
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6.8. Disposal of Subsidiary
Interests
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6.9. Sales and Lease-Backs
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6.10. Transactions with Shareholders and
Affiliates
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6.11. Conduct of Business
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6.12. Amendments or Waivers of
Organizational Documents
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6.13. [Reserved]
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6.14. Limitation on Amendments or
Waivers of the First Lien Credit Agreement, etc.
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6.15. Fiscal Year
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6.16. Real Estate Guarantors
Covenants
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SECTION 7. GUARANTY
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7.1. Guaranty of the
Obligations
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7.2. Contribution by
Guarantors
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7.3. Payment by Guarantors
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7.4. Liability of Guarantors
Absolute
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7.5. Waivers by Guarantors
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7.6. Guarantors’ Rights of
Subrogation, Contribution, etc.
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7.7. Subordination of Other
Obligations
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7.8. Continuing Guaranty
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7.9. Authority of Guarantors or
Borrower
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7.10. Financial Condition of
Borrower
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7.11. Bankruptcy, etc.
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7.12. Discharge of Guaranty Upon Sale of
Guarantor
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SECTION 8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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8.1. Events of Default
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SECTION 9. AGENTS
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9.1. Appointment of Agents
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9.2. Powers and Duties
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9.3. General Immunity
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9.4. Agents Entitled to Act as
Lender
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9.5. Lenders’ Representations,
Warranties and Acknowledgment
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9.6. Right to Indemnity
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9.7. Successor Administrative Agent and
Collateral Agent
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9.8. Collateral Documents and
Guaranty
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9.9. Intercreditor Agreement
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SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS
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10.1. Notices
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10.2. Expenses
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10.3. Indemnity
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10.4. Set-Off
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10.5. Amendments and Waivers
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10.6. Successors and Assigns;
Participations
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10.7. Independence of
Covenants
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10.8. Survival of Representations,
Warranties and Agreements
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10.9. No Waiver; Remedies
Cumulative
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10.10. Marshalling; Payments Set
Aside
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10.11. Severability
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10.12. Obligations Several; Independent
Nature of Lenders’ Rights
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10.13. Headings
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10.14. APPLICABLE LAW
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10.15. CONSENT TO
JURISDICTION
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10.16. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
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10.17. Confidentiality
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10.18. Usury Savings Clause
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10.19. Counterparts
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107 |
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10.20. Effectiveness
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10.21. Patriot Act
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107 |
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10.22. Electronic Execution of
Assignments
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107 |
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10.23. Post-Closing Actions
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108 |
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10.24. No Fiduciary Duty
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108 |
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10.25. Effect of Restatement
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| APPENDICES: |
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A |
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Lender
Exposure |
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B |
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Notice
Addresses |
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| SCHEDULES: |
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1A |
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Fiscal
Years |
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1B |
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Seasonal
Overadvance Facility Terms |
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3.1(g)(i) |
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Effective
Date Mortgaged Properties |
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4.1 |
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Jurisdictions of Organization and Qualification |
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4.2 |
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Equity
Interests and Ownership |
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4.7 |
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Certain
Disclosures |
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4.13 |
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Real Estate
Assets |
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4.16 |
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Material
Contracts |
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6.1 |
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Certain
Indebtedness |
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6.2 |
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Certain
Liens |
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6.5 |
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Certain
Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions |
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6.6 |
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Certain
Investments |
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6.10 |
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Certain
Affiliate Transactions |
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10.23 |
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Post-Closing
Actions |
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| EXHIBITS: |
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A |
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Continuation
Notice |
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B |
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Note |
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C |
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Compliance
Certificate |
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D |
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Opinions of
Counsel |
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E |
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Assignment
Agreement |
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F |
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Certificate
Re Non-bank Status |
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G-1 |
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Effective
Date Certificate |
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G-2 |
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Solvency
Certificate |
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Counterpart
Agreement |
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Pledge and
Security Agreement |
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Mortgage |
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K |
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Landlord
Waiver and Consent Agreement |
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Intercompany Note
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AMENDED AND
RESTATED
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
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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 ,
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immediately prior to, and after giving effect thereto, no
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all transactions in connection therewith shall be consummated,
in all material respects, in accordance with all applicable laws
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in the case of the acquisition of Equity Interests, all of the
Equity Interests (except for any such Securities in the nature of
directors’ qualifying shares required pursuant to applicable
law) acquired or otherwise issued by such Person or any newly
formed Subsidiary of Borrower in connection with such acquisition
shall be owned 100% by Borrower or a Guarantor Subsidiary thereof,
and Borrower shall have taken, or caused to be taken, as of the
date such Person becomes a Subsidiary of Borrower, each of the
actions set forth in Sections 5.10 and/or 5.11, as
applicable; |
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(iv) |
Borrower 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; |
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(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.
(c) In connection with the
Eurodollar Rate Loans there shall be no more than five
(5) Interest Periods outstanding at any time. In the event
Borrower fails to specify between
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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.
(g) Prepayment
Certificate . Concurrently with any prepayment of the Loans
pursuant to Sections 2.11(a) through 2.11(f), Borrower shall
deliver to Administrative Agent a certificate of an Authorized
Officer demonstrating in reasonable detail the calculation of
the
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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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