Exhibit 10.1
$150,000,000
CREDIT AND GUARANTEE
AGREEMENT
among
SIRVA WORLDWIDE,
INC.,
a Debtor and
Debtor-in-Possession, as Borrower,
SIRVA, INC.,
a Debtor and
Debtor-in-Possession, as a Guarantor,
THE OTHER GUARANTORS
NAMED HEREIN,
Each a Debtor and
Debtor-in-Possession
and
THE SEVERAL
LENDERS
FROM TIME TO TIME
PARTIES HERETO, and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
N.A.,
as administrative
agent
Dated as of
February 6, 2008
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES
INC., as
as sole lead arranger
and sole bookrunner
Table
of Contents
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SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS
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2
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1.1.
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Defined
Terms
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1.2.
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Other Definitional
Provisions
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23
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SECTION 2. AMOUNT AND
TERMS OF COMMITMENTS
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2.1.
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Revolving Credit
Commitments
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2.2.
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Procedure for Revolving
Credit Borrowing
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2.3.
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Termination or
Reduction of Revolving Credit Commitments
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24
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2.4.
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Term Loans
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25
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2.5.
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Term Notes
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2.6.
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Procedure for Term Loan
Borrowing
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25
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2.7.
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Repayment of
Loans
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25
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2.8.
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Priority and
Liens
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2.9.
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Payment of
Obligations
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2.10.
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No Discharge; Survival
of Claims
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2.11.
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Conversion to Exit
Facility Agreement
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SECTION 3. LETTERS OF
CREDIT
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3.1.
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L/C
Commitment
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3.2.
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Procedure for Issuance
of Letters of Credit
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3.3.
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Fees, Commissions and
Other Charges
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3.4.
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L/C
Participations
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3.5.
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Reimbursement
Obligation of the Borrower
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3.6.
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Obligations
Absolute
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33
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3.7.
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Letter of Credit
Payments
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3.8.
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Application
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SECTION 4. GENERAL
PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT
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4.1.
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Interest Rates and
Payment Dates
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4.2.
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Conversion and
Continuation Options
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35
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4.3.
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Minimum Amounts of
Sets
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35
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4.4.
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Optional and Mandatory
Prepayments and Commitment Reductions
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35
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4.5.
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Commitment Fees;
Administrative Agent’s Fee; Other Fees
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37
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4.6.
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Computation of Interest
and Fees
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37
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4.7.
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Inability to Determine
Interest Rate
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38
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4.8.
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Pro Rata Treatment and
Payments
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38
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4.9.
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Illegality
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41
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4.10.
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Requirements of
Law
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4.11.
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Taxes
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4.12.
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Indemnity
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47
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4.13.
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Certain
Rules Relating to the Payment of Additional Amounts
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4.14.
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Controls on Prepayment
if Aggregate Outstanding Revolving Credit Exceeds Aggregate
Revolving Credit Commitments
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SECTION 5. REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
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5.1.
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Financial
Condition
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5.2.
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No Change
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5.3.
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Corporate Existence;
Compliance with Law
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51
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5.4.
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Corporate Power;
Authorization; Enforceable Obligations
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5.5.
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No Legal Bar
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52
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5.6.
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No Material
Litigation
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52
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5.7.
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No Default
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52
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5.8.
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Ownership of Property;
Liens
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52
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5.9.
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Intellectual
Property
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5.10.
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Taxes
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53
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5.11.
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Federal
Regulations
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5.12.
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ERISA
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5.13.
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Investment Company Act;
Other Regulations
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54
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5.14.
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Subsidiaries
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5.15.
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Environmental
Matters
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5.16.
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No Material
Misstatements
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5.17.
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Labor
Matters
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5.18.
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The Orders
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5.19.
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Use of
Proceeds
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SECTION 6. CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
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6.1.
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Conditions to Initial
Extension of Credit
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6.2.
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Conditions to Each
Other Extension of Credit
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SECTION 7. AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
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7.1.
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Financial
Statements
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7.2.
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Certificates; Other
Information
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7.3.
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Payment of
Obligations
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7.4.
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Conduct of Business and
Maintenance of Existence
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7.5.
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Maintenance of
Property; Insurance
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7.6.
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Inspection of Property;
Books and Records; Discussions
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64
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7.7.
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Notices
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7.8.
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Environmental
Laws
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7.9.
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Tax Shelter
Regulations
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SECTION 8. NEGATIVE
COVENANTS
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8.1.
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Minimum
EBITDA
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8.2.
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Limitation on
Indebtedness
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8.3.
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Limitation on
Liens
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8.4.
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Limitation on Guarantee
Obligations
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8.5.
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Limitation on
Fundamental Changes
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8.6.
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Limitation on Sale of
Assets
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8.7.
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Limitation on Loans and
Dividends to Holding
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8.8.
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Limitation on Capital
Expenditures
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8.9.
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Limitation on
Investments, Loans and Advances
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8.10.
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Limitations on Certain
Acquisitions
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8.11.
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Limitation on
Transactions with Affiliates
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8.12.
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Limitation on Sales and
Leasebacks
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8.13.
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Limitation on Changes
in Fiscal Year
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8.14.
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Limitation on Lines of
Business; Creation of Subsidiaries
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8.15.
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Limitation on Synthetic
Purchase Agreements
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8.16.
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Limitation on
Modifications of Tax Sharing Agreement
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8.17.
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Limitations on Currency
and Commodity Hedging Transactions
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80
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8.18.
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Chapter 11
Claims
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8.19.
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Use of
Proceeds
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80
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8.20.
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Reorganization
Plan
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8.21.
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Covenants of Holding
Companies
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8.22.
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Limitation on Negative
Pledge Clauses
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SECTION 9. EVENTS OF
DEFAULT
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SECTION 10. THE
Administrative
Agent
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10.1.
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Appointment
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10.2.
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Delegation of
Duties
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10.3.
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Exculpatory
Provisions
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87
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10.4.
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Reliance by
Administrative Agent
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10.5.
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Notice of
Default
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10.6.
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Acknowledgements and
Representations by Lenders
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10.7.
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Indemnification
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10.8.
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Administrative Agent in
its Individual Capacity
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10.9.
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Successor
Administrative Agent
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SECTION 11. GUARANTEE
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11.1.
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Guarantee
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11.2.
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Right of
Contribution
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11.3.
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No
Subrogation
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11.4.
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Amendments, etc. with
respect to the Obligations
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91
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11.5.
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Guarantee Absolute and
Unconditional
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11.6.
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Reinstatement
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11.7.
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Payments
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SECTION 12. REMEDIES;
APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS
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12.1.
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Remedies; Obtaining the
Collateral Upon Default
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12.2.
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Remedies; Disposition
of the Collateral
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93
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12.3.
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Application of
Proceeds
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94
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12.4.
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WAIVER OF
CLAIMS
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12.5.
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Remedies
Cumulative
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12.6.
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Discontinuance of
Proceedings
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96
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SECTION 13. MISCELLANEOUS
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13.1.
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Amendments and
Waivers
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13.2.
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Notices
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98
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13.3.
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No Waiver; Cumulative
Remedies
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99
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13.4.
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Survival of
Representations and Warranties
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99
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13.5.
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Payment of Expenses and
Taxes
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99
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13.6.
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Successors and Assigns;
Participations and Assignments
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100
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13.7.
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Adjustments;
Set-off
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104
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13.8.
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Counterparts
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105
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13.9.
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Severability
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105
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13.10.
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Integration
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105
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13.11.
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GOVERNING
LAW
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106
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13.12.
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Submission To
Jurisdiction; Waivers
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106
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13.13.
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Absence of Prejudice to
the Pre-petition Lenders with Respect to Matters Before the
Bankruptcy Court
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106
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13.14.
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Judgment
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107
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13.15.
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Acknowledgements
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107
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13.16.
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WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL
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107
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13.17.
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Confidentiality
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SCHEDULES
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A
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Notices
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B
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List of
Guarantors
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C
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Existing Letters of
Credit
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D
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Designated Foreign
Currencies
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5.2
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Material Adverse Effect
Disclosure
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5.4
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Consents
Required
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5.6
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Litigation
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5.8
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Real
Property
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5.9
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Intellectual Property
Claims
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5.15
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Subsidiaries
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6.1(d)
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Lien
Searches
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8.2(d)
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Permitted
Indebtedness
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8.3(j)
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Permitted
Liens
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8.4(a)
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Permitted Guarantee
Obligations
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8.9(c)
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Permitted
Investments
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8.11(v)
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Permitted Transactions
with Affiliates
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EXHIBITS
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A-1
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Form of Revolving
Credit Note
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A-2
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Form of Term
Note
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B
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Form of Interim
Order
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C
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Exit Facility Term
Sheet
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D-1
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Form of Opinion of
Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Special Counsel to the Loan
Parties
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D-2
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Form of Opinion of
Eryk J. Spytek, In-house Counsel to the Loan Parties
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E
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Form of U.S. Tax
Compliance Certificate
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F
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Form of Assignment
and Acceptance
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G
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Assumption
Agreement
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H
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Form of Borrowing
Certificate
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I
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Form of Closing
Certificate
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v
CREDIT AND
GUARANTEE AGREEMENT (the “ Agreement ”), dated
as of February 6, 2008, among (i) SIRVA WORLDWIDE, INC.,
a Delaware corporation (the “ Borrower ”), which
is a debtor and debtor-in-possession in a case pending under
Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, (ii) SIRVA, INC., a
Delaware corporation (“ Holding ”), and each of
the direct and indirect domestic Subsidiaries of Holding designated
as a Guarantor on Schedule B hereto (such Subsidiaries,
collectively with Holding, the “ Guarantors ”
and together with the Borrower and Holding, the “
Debtors ” and each a “ Debtor ”),
each of which Guarantors is a debtor and a debtor-in-possession in
a case pending under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code (the cases
of the Borrower and the Guarantors, each a “ Case
” and, collectively, the “ Cases ”),
(iii) the several banks and other financial institutions from
time to time parties to this Agreement (as further defined in
subsection 1.1, the “ Lenders ”), and
(iv) JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., (“ JPMCB
”), as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder (in
such capacity, the “ Administrative Agent
”).
INTRODUCTORY
STATEMENT:
On
February 5, 2008 (the “ Petition Date ”),
the Debtors filed voluntary petitions with the Bankruptcy Court
(such term and other capitalized terms used in this Introductory
Statement being used with the meanings given to such terms in
subsection 1.1) initiating the Cases and have continued in the
possession of their assets and in the management of their
businesses pursuant to Bankruptcy Code Sections 1107 and
1108.
Pursuant to this
Agreement and the Orders, the Lenders are making available to the
Borrower a $150,000,000 debtor-in-possession facility consisting of
(i) a term loan in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
$65,000,000, and (ii) a revolving loan in an aggregate
principal amount not to exceed $85,000,000, including a letter of
credit facility in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
$60,000,000 (in each case, subject to mandatory and optional
reductions in accordance with subsection 4.4), all of the
Borrower’s obligations under which are guaranteed by the
Guarantors, and that is automatically convertible to an exit
facility upon the satisfaction (or waiver) of certain conditions,
all of the Borrower’s obligations under each of which are
guaranteed by the Guarantors.
The proceeds of
the Loans and the Letters of Credit will be used to repay certain
indebtedness outstanding on the Petition Date and to provide
working capital for, and for other general corporate purposes of,
the Loan Parties, in all cases subject to the terms of this
Agreement and the Orders.
To provide
guarantees for the repayment of the Loans, the reimbursement of any
draft drawn under the Letters of Credit and the payment of the
other Obligations of the Debtors hereunder and under the other Loan
Documents, the Debtors are providing to the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders, pursuant to this Agreement and the Orders, the
following (each as more fully described herein):
(a)
a guarantee from each of the Guarantors of the due and punctual
payment and performance of the Obligations of the Borrower
hereunder and under the Notes;
(b)
with respect to the Obligations of the Loan Parties hereunder, an
allowed administrative expense claim entitled to the benefits of
Bankruptcy Code Section 364(c)(1) in each of the Cases,
having a superpriority over any and all administrative expenses of
the kind specified in Bankruptcy Code Sections 503(b) or
507(b);
(c)
pursuant to Bankruptcy Code Section 364(c)(2) a perfected
first priority (subject to permitted exceptions) lien on all
present and after-acquired property of the Debtors not subject to a
lien on the Petition Date;
(d)
pursuant to Bankruptcy Code Section 364(c)(3) a perfected
junior lien on, and security interest in, all present and
after-acquired property of the Debtors that is otherwise subject to
a valid and perfected lien on the Petition Date (other than to
secure the Prepetition Credit Facility Obligations) or a valid lien
perfected (but not granted) after the Petition Date to the extent
such post-Petition Date perfection in respect of a pre-Petition
Date claim is expressly permitted under the Bankruptcy Code;
and
(e)
pursuant to Bankruptcy Code Section 364(d)(1) a perfected
first priority (subject to permitted exceptions), senior priming
lien on (x) all present and after-acquired property of the
Debtors that is subject to a lien on the Petition Date to secure
the Prepetition Credit Facility Obligations and (y) all
present and after-acquired assets that are presently subject to
liens that are junior to the liens that secure the Prepetition
Credit Facility Obligations.
All of the claims
and the Liens granted hereunder and pursuant to the Orders in the
Cases to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be subject
to the Carve Out and the Permitted Liens, but in each case only to
the extent provided in subsection 2.8 and the Orders.
Accordingly, the
parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS
1.1.
Defined Terms . As used in this Agreement, the
following terms shall have the following meanings:
“ ABR ”: for any day,
a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16
of 1%) equal to the greater of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on
such day and (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on
such day plus 1/2 of 1%. For purposes hereof: “
Prime Rate ” shall mean the rate of interest per annum
publicly announced from time to time by JPMCB as its prime rate in
effect at its principal office in New York City (the Prime Rate not
being intended to be the lowest rate of interest charged by JPMCB
in connection with extensions of credit to debtors); and “
Federal Funds Effective Rate ” shall mean, for any
day, the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds
transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by
federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business
Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate
is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the
average of the quotations for the day of such transactions received
by the Administrative Agent from three federal funds brokers of
recognized standing selected by it. Any change in the ABR due
to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective
Rate
2
shall be effective as
of the opening of business on the effective day of such change in
the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate,
respectively.
“ ABR Loans ”: Loans
the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the
ABR.
“ Acceleration ”: as
defined in subsection 9(e).
“ Accounts ”: as
defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of
New York from time to time; and, with respect to the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries, all such Accounts of such Persons, whether now
existing or existing in the future, including, without limitation,
(a) all accounts receivable of such Person (whether or not
specifically listed on schedules furnished to the Administrative
Agent), including, without limitation, all accounts created by or
arising from all of such Person’s sales of goods or rendition
of services made under any of its trade names, or through any of
its divisions, (b) all unpaid rights of such Person (including
rescission, replevin, reclamation and stopping in transit) relating
to the foregoing or arising therefrom, (c) all rights to any
goods represented by any of the foregoing, including, without
limitation, returned or repossessed goods, (d) all reserves
and credit balances held by such Person with respect to any such
accounts receivable of any obligors, (e) all letters of
credit, guarantees or collateral for any of the foregoing and
(f) all insurance policies or rights relating to any of the
foregoing.
“ Administrative Agent
”: as defined in the Preamble hereto.
“ Affiliate ”: as to
any Person, any other Person (other than a Subsidiary) which,
directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is
under common control with, such Person. For purposes of this
definition, “control” of a Person means the power,
directly or indirectly, either to (a) vote 20% or more of the
securities having ordinary voting power for the election of
directors of such Person or (b) direct or cause the direction
of the management and policies of such Person, whether by contract
or otherwise.
“ Aggregate Outstanding Revolving
Credit ”: as to any Revolving Credit Lender at any
time, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate
principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans made by such
Revolving Credit Lender then outstanding and (b) such
Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment
Percentage of the L/C Obligations then outstanding.
“ Agreement ”: this
Credit Agreement, as amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise
modified from time to time.
“ Applicable Margin ”:
as applied to any given type of Loans, (a) with respect
to ABR Loans, 5.5% per annum and (b) with respect to
Eurodollar Loans, 6.5% per annum.
“ Application ”: an
application, in such form as the Issuing Lender may specify from
time to time, requesting the Issuing Lender to open a Letter of
Credit.
“ Approved Fund ”: as
defined in subsection 13.6(b).
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“ Asset Sale ”: any
sale, issuance, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition (a
“ Disposition ”) by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries, in one or a series of related transactions, of any
real or personal, tangible or intangible, property (including,
without limitation, Capital Stock) of the Borrower or such
Subsidiary to any Person (other than to the Borrower or any of its
Wholly Owned Subsidiaries) which yields gross proceeds to the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (valued at the initial
principal amount thereof in the case of non-cash proceeds
consisting of notes or other debt securities and valued at fair
market value in the case of other non-cash proceeds) in excess of
$250,000, provided that the term Asset Sale shall not
include any Disposition by any Insurance Subsidiary of its property
in the ordinary course of conducting its insurance
business.
“ Alternative Financing ” as
defined in Section 2.11.
“ Assignee ”: as
defined in subsection 13.6(b).
“ Assignment and Acceptance
”: an Assignment and Acceptance, substantially in the
form of Exhibit F.
“ Assumption Agreement
”: the supplement to the Guarantee substantially in the
form of Exhibit G attached hereto.
“ Available Revolving Credit
Commitment ”: as to any Revolving Credit Lender at
any time, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the
amount of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit
Commitment at such time over (b) the sum of
(i) the aggregate unpaid principal amount at such time of all
Revolving Credit Loans made by such Revolving Credit Lender, and
(ii) an amount equal to such Revolving Credit Lender’s
Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the outstanding L/C
Obligations at such time; collectively, as to all the Lenders, the
“ Available Revolving Credit Commitments
”.
“ Bankruptcy Code ”:
the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, as heretofore and hereafter
amended, and codified as 11 U.S.C. §§101 et
seq.
“ Bankruptcy Court ”:
the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New
York, or any other court having jurisdiction over the Cases from
time to time.
“ Board ”: the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
“ Borrower ”: as
defined in the Preamble hereto.
“ Borrowing Date ”:
any Business Day specified in a notice pursuant to
subsection 2.2, 2.6 or 3.2 as a date on which the Borrower
requests the Lenders to make Loans hereunder or the Issuing Lender
to issue Letters of Credit hereunder.
“ Budget ”: the cash
flow projections of the Loan Parties, showing anticipated cash
receipts and disbursements on a rolling thirteen- week basis for
the period from the Petition Date through July 31, 2008 (with
any period outside of the 13 week period
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reflected in a monthly
summary), in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent and as thereafter updated in accordance with subsection
6.1(p).
“ Business Day
”: a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on
which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or
required by law to close, except that, when used in connection with
a Eurodollar Loan, “Business Day” shall mean any
Business Day on which dealings in Dollars between banks may be
carried on in London, England and New York, New York.
“ Capital Expenditures
”: with respect to any Person for any period, the sum
of the aggregate of all expenditures by such Person and its
consolidated Subsidiaries during such period (exclusive of
expenditures made for Investments permitted by subsection 8.9)
which, in accordance with GAAP, are or should be included in
“capital expenditures” and are reflected in the
consolidated statement of cash flows of such Person for such
period.
“ Capital Stock ”: any
and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents
(however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all
equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a
corporation) and any and all warrants or options to purchase any of
the foregoing.
“ Carve Out ”: the
meaning set forth in subsection 2.8(a).
“ Cases ”: the meaning
set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
“ Cash Collateral ”:
the meaning set forth in Section 363(a) of the Bankruptcy
Code.
“ Cash Equivalents ”:
(a) securities issued or fully guaranteed or insured by the
United States Government or any agency or instrumentality thereof,
(b) time deposits, certificates of deposit or bankers’
acceptances of (i) any Lender or (ii) any commercial bank
having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 and the
commercial paper of the holding company of which is rated at least
A-2 or the equivalent thereof by Standard & Poor’s
Ratings Group (a division of The McGraw Hill Companies Inc.) or any
successor rating agency (“ S&P ”) or at
least P-2 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s Investors
Service, Inc. or any successor rating agency (“
Moody’s ”) (or if at such time neither is
issuing ratings, then a comparable rating of such other nationally
recognized rating agency as shall be approved by the Administrative
Agent in its reasonable judgment), (c) commercial paper rated
at least A-2 or the equivalent thereof by S&P or at least P-2
or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s (or if at such time
neither is issuing ratings, then a comparable rating of such other
nationally recognized rating agency as shall be approved by the
Administrative Agent in its reasonable judgment),
(d) investments in money market funds complying with the risk
limiting conditions of Rule 2a-7 or any successor rule of
the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Investment Company
Act, and (e) investments similar to any of the foregoing
denominated in foreign currencies approved by the board of
directors of the Borrower, in each case provided in clauses (a),
(b), (c) and (e) above only, maturing within twelve
months after the date of acquisition.
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“ Cash Management Banks ”:
the collective reference to National City Bank, LaSalle Bank and
Harris Bank.
“ Change of Control ”:
(a) the acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly,
beneficially or of record, by any Person or group (within the
meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder as
in effect on the date hereof) of shares representing more than 50%
of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued
and outstanding capital stock of Holding, or (b) the
occupation of a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on
the Board of Directors of Holding by Persons who were neither
(i) nominated by the Board of Directors of Holding nor
(ii) appointed by directors so nominated.
“ Closing Date ”: the
date on which all the conditions precedent set forth in
subsection 6.1 shall be satisfied or waived, which date is
February 6, 2008.
“ Code ”: the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“ Collateral ”: all
property of the Loan Parties, now owned or hereafter acquired, as
more particularly described in the Orders.
“ Commercial Letter of Credit
”: as defined in subsection 3.1(a).
“ Commitment ”: as to
any Lender, the sum of the Term Loan Commitment and the Revolving
Credit Commitment of such Lender.
“ Commonly Controlled Entity
”: an entity, whether or not incorporated, which is
under common control with the Borrower within the meaning of
Section 4001 of ERISA or is part of a group which includes the
Borrower and which is treated as a single employer under
Section 414 of the Code.
“ Conduit Lender ”:
any special purpose corporation organized and administered by any
Lender for the purpose of making Loans otherwise required to be
made by such Lender and designated by such Lender in a written
instrument delivered to the Administrative Agent (a copy of which
shall be provided by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower on
request); provided that the designation by any Lender of a
Conduit Lender shall not relieve the designating Lender of any of
its obligations under this Agreement, including, without
limitation, its obligation to fund a Loan if, for any reason, its
Conduit Lender fails to fund any such Loan, and the designating
Lender (and not the Conduit Lender) shall have the sole right and
responsibility to deliver all consents and waivers required or
requested under this Agreement with respect to its Conduit Lender,
and provided , further , that no Conduit Lender shall
(a) be entitled to receive any greater amount pursuant to any
provision of this Agreement, including without limitation
subsection 4.10, 4.11, 4.12 or 13.5, than the designating Lender
would have been entitled to receive in respect of the extensions of
credit made by such Conduit Lender if such designating Lender had
not designated such Conduit Lender hereunder, (b) be deemed to
have any Term Loan Commitment or Revolving Credit Commitment or
(c) be designated if such designation would otherwise increase
the costs of any Facility to the Borrower.
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“ Confirmation Order
”: an order of the Bankruptcy Court confirming the
Reorganization Plan.
“ Consolidated Net Income
”: for any period, net income of Holding and its
consolidated Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“ Contractual Obligation
”: as to any Person, any provision of any material
security issued by such Person or of any material agreement,
instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or
by which it or any of its property is bound.
“ Conversion Date ”:
the date upon which the conditions to effectiveness of the Exit
Facility Agreement set forth therein shall have been satisfied or
waived.
“ CRS Holding ”: SIRVA
Relocation, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and Wholly
Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower.
“ Debtors ”: as
defined in the Preamble.
“ Default ”: any of
the events specified in Section 9, whether or not any
requirement for the giving of notice (other than, in the case of
subsection 9(e), a Default Notice), the lapse of time, or
both, or any other condition specified in Section 9, has been
satisfied.
“ Default Notice ”: as
defined in subsection 9(e).
“ Designated Foreign Currencies
”: the currencies set forth on Schedule D and any other
available and freely convertible foreign currency selected by the
Borrower and approved by the Administrative Agent and all of the
Revolving Credit Lenders in accordance with
subsection 13.1(b).
“ Disclosure Statement
”: the Disclosure Statement, dated as of
January 28, 2008, distributed to certain holders of claims (as
defined in Section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code) against
the Debtors.
“ Disinterested Director
”: as defined in subsection 8.11.
“ Disposition ”: as
defined in the definition of the term “Asset Sale” in
this subsection 1.1.
“ Dollar Equivalent ”:
with respect to any amount in respect of any Letter of Credit
denominated in any Designated Foreign Currency, at any date of
determination thereof, an amount in Dollars equivalent to such
amount calculated on the basis of the Spot Rate of
Exchange.
“ Dollars ” and “
$ ”: dollars in lawful currency of the United
States of America.
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“ Domestic Subsidiary
”: any Subsidiary of the Borrower which is not a
Foreign Subsidiary.
“ EBITDA ”: for any
period, Consolidated Net Income for such period adjusted to exclude
the following items (without duplication) of income or expense to
the extent that such items are included in the calculation of
Consolidated Net Income: (a) interest expense, net
(excluding any interest expense or interest income included in
operating income or loss), (b) total income tax expense,
(c) depreciation expense (d) the expense associated with
amortization of intangible and other assets (including amortization
or other expense recognition of any costs associated with asset
write-ups in accordance with APB Nos. 16 and 17) (e) income
and/or loss from discontinued operations, (f) gains and/or
losses on the sale of assets (excluding the sale of operating
assets in the normal course of business), (g) gains/losses
from the extinguishment of liabilities, (h) non-cash long-term
asset impairment charges, and (i) up to $13,000,000 of fees,
costs and expenses related to the restructuring efforts of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including the Cases. For the
purposes of calculating EBITDA for any month (each such month, a
“ Reference Period ”), if at any time during
such Reference Period the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
shall have made any Material Disposition, the EBITDA for such
Reference Period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the EBITDA
(if positive) attributable to the property that is the subject of
such Material Disposition for such Reference Period or increased by
an amount equal to the EBITDA (if negative) attributable thereto
for such Reference Period. As used in this definition, “
Material Disposition ” means any Disposition of
property or series of related Dispositions of property that
(x) constitutes assets comprising all or substantially all of
an operating unit of a business or constitutes all or substantially
all of the common stock of a Person and (y) yields gross
proceeds to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of
$1,000,000.
“ Effective Date ”: as
defined in the Reorganization Plan.
“ Employee Relocation Business
”: the business of providing relocation services
including home sale and purchase assistance, management of tenant
responsibilities and other services to corporations that assist
employees in their relocation needs, and other business related
thereto.
“ Environmental Costs
”: any and all costs or expenses (including, without
limitation, attorney’s and consultant’s fees,
investigation and laboratory fees, response costs, court costs and
litigation expenses, fines, penalties, damages, settlement
payments, judgments and awards), of whatever kind or nature, known
or unknown, contingent or otherwise, arising out of, or in any way
relating to, any violation of, noncompliance with or liability
under any Environmental Laws or any orders, requirements, demands,
or investigations of any person related to any Environmental
Laws. Environmental Costs include any and all of the
foregoing, without regard to whether they arise out of or are
related to any past, pending or threatened proceeding of any
kind.
“ Environmental Laws
”: any and all foreign, Federal, state, local or
municipal laws, rules, orders, regulations, statutes, ordinances,
codes, decrees, requirements of any
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Governmental Authority
properly promulgated and having the force and effect of law or
other Requirements of Law (including, without limitation, common
law) regulating, relating to or imposing liability or standards of
conduct concerning protection of human health or the environment,
as now or at any relevant time hereafter are or at any relevant
time have been, in effect.
“ Environmental Permits ”:
any and all permits, licenses, registrations, notifications,
exemptions and any other authorization required under any
Environmental Law.
“ ERC ”: Executive
Relocation Corporation, a Michigan corporation.
“ ERISA ”: the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from
time to time.
“ Eurocurrency Reserve
Requirements ”: for any day as applied to a
Eurodollar Loan, the aggregate (without duplication) of the rates
(expressed as a decimal fraction) of reserve requirements in effect
on such day (including, without limitation, basic, supplemental,
marginal and emergency reserves under any regulations of the Board
or other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction with respect
thereto) dealing with reserve requirements prescribed for
eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency
Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board) maintained by a
member bank of the Federal Reserve System.
“ Eurodollar Base Rate
”: with respect to each day during each Interest Period
pertaining to a Eurodollar Loan, the rate per annum determined by
the Administrative Agent to be the arithmetic mean (rounded to the
nearest 1/100th of 1%) of the offered rates for deposits in Dollars
with a term comparable to such Interest Period that appears on the
Telerate British Bankers Assoc. Interest Settlement Rates
Page (as defined below) at approximately 11:00 A.M.,
London time, on the second full Business Day preceding the first
day of such Interest Period; provided , however ,
that if there shall at any time no longer exist a Telerate British
Bankers Assoc. Interest Settlement Rates Page, “Eurodollar
Base Rate” shall mean, with respect to each day during each
Interest Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Loan, the rate per annum
equal to the rate at which JPMCB is offered deposits in Dollars at
or about 10:00 A.M., New York City time, two Business Days
prior to the beginning of such Interest Period in the interbank
eurodollar market where the eurodollar and foreign currency and
exchange operations are then being conducted for delivery on the
first day of such Interest Period for the number of days comprised
therein and in an amount comparable to the amount of its Eurodollar
Loan to be outstanding during such Interest Period. “
Telerate British Bankers Assoc. Interest Settlement Rates
Page ” shall mean the display designated as
Page 3750 (or such other page on which any Designated
Foreign Currency then appears) on the Telerate System (or such
other page as may replace such page on such service for
the purpose of displaying the rates at which Dollar deposits are
offered by leading banks in the London interbank deposit
market).
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“ Eurodollar Loans ”:
Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the
Eurodollar Rate.
“ Eurodollar Rate ”:
with respect to each day during each Interest Period pertaining to
a Eurodollar Loan, a rate per annum determined for such day in
accordance with the following formula (rounded upward to the
nearest 1/100th of 1%):
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Eurodollar Base
Rate
|
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1.00 - Eurocurrency
Reserve Requirements
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“ Event of Default ”:
any of the events specified in Section 9, provided that
any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or
both, or any other condition, has been satisfied.
“ Exchange Act ”: the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to
time.
“ Existing Issuing Lender
”: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as issuer
of the Existing Letters of Credit.
“ Existing Letters of Credit
”: the letters of credit described on Schedule C
outstanding as of the Petition Date and issued under the
Prepetition Credit Facility.
“ Exit Facility Agreement
”: the Credit and Guarantee Agreement having terms
substantially as those set forth in the term sheet attached hereto
as Exhibit C, as such agreement becomes effective pursuant to
subsection 2.11, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time with the consent of the Administrative
Agent.
“ Extension of Credit
”: as to any Lender, the making of a Loan by such
Lender or the issuance of, or participation in, a Letter of Credit
by such Lender.
“ Facility ”: each of
(a) the Term Loan Commitments and the Term Loans made
thereunder, and (b) the Revolving Credit Commitments and the
Extensions of Credit made thereunder.
“ Federal Funds Effective Rate
”: as defined in the definition of the term
“ABR” in this subsection 1.1.
“ Final Order ”: an
order of the Bankruptcy Court entered in the Cases, in
substantially the form of the Interim Order, with such
modifications thereto as are reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent.
“ Financing Lease ”:
any lease of property, real or personal, the obligations of the
lessee in respect of which are required in accordance with GAAP to
be capitalized on a balance sheet of the lessee.
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“ Foreign Backstop Letters of
Credit ”: any Standby Letter of Credit issued to
any Person for the account of the Borrower to provide credit
support for Indebtedness of any Foreign Subsidiary to such Person
which is permitted under subsection 8.2.
“ Foreign Subsidiary
”: any Subsidiary of the Borrower which is organized
and existing under the laws of any jurisdiction outside of the
United States of America or that is a Foreign Subsidiary
Holdco.
“ Foreign Subsidiary Holdco
”: North American International Holding Corporation, a
Delaware corporation, and any other Subsidiary of the Borrower that
has no material assets other than securities of one or more Foreign
Subsidiaries, and other assets relating to an ownership interest in
any such securities or Subsidiaries.
“ Former Plan ”: any
employee benefit plan in respect of which the Borrower or a
Commonly Controlled Entity has engaged in a transaction described
in Section 4069 or Section 4212(c) of
ERISA.
“ GAAP ”: with respect
to the covenants contained in subsections 8.1 and 8.8 and all
defined terms relating thereto, generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States of America in effect on the Closing
Date, and, for all other purposes under this Agreement, generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States of America in
effect from time to time.
“ Governmental Authority
”: any nation or government, any state or other
political subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or
pertaining to government, including, without limitation, the
European Union.
“ Guarantee Obligation
”: as to any Person (the “ guaranteeing
person ”), any obligation of (a) the guaranteeing
person or (b) another Person (including, without limitation,
any bank under any letter of credit) to induce the creation of
which the guaranteeing person has issued a reimbursement,
counterindemnity or similar obligation, in either case guaranteeing
or in effect guaranteeing any Indebtedness, leases, dividends or
other obligations (the “ primary obligations ”)
of any other third Person (the “ primary obligor
”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including,
without limitation, any such obligation of the guaranteeing person,
whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such primary
obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security
therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (A) for the
purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (B) to
maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor
or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary
obligor, (iii) to purchase property, securities or services
primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary
obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of
such primary obligation or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold
harmless the owner of any such primary obligation against loss in
respect thereof; provided , however , that the term
Guarantee Obligation shall not include (x) endorsements of
instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of
business or (y) the obligations of any Insurance Subsidiary
pursuant to insurance policies issued by such Insurance Subsidiary
in the
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ordinary course of its
insurance business. The amount of any Guarantee Obligation of
any guaranteeing person shall be deemed to be the lower of
(a) an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of
the primary obligation in respect of which such Guarantee
Obligation is made and (b) the maximum amount for which such
guaranteeing person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the
instrument embodying such Guarantee Obligation, unless such primary
obligation and the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing
person may be liable are not stated or determinable, in which case
the amount of such Guarantee Obligation shall be such guaranteeing
person’s maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect
thereof as determined by the Borrower in good faith.
“ Guarantees ”: the
collective reference to the guarantees hereby delivered to the
Administrative Agent (a copy of which will be provided to each
Lender) or delivered pursuant to an executed Assumption Agreement
guaranteeing the obligations and liabilities of the Borrower
hereunder, under any Permitted Hedging Arrangement entered into
with any Lender or any affiliate thereof, under any cash management
services provided by any Lender or any affiliate thereof, under any
Notes and/or under any of the other Loan Documents.
“ Guarantors ”: as
defined in the Preamble.
“ Holding ”: as
defined in the Preamble hereto.
“ Holding Companies ”:
the collective reference to Holding, CMS Holding, LLC and RS
Acquisition Holding, LLC.
“ Indebtedness ”: of
any Person at any date, (a) all indebtedness of such Person
for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property
or services (other than trade liabilities incurred in the ordinary
course of business and payable in accordance with customary
practices), (b) any other indebtedness of such Person which is
evidenced by a note, bond, debenture or similar instrument,
(c) all obligations of such Person under Financing Leases,
(d) all obligations of such Person in respect of
bankers’ acceptances issued or created for the account of
such Person, (e) for purposes of subsection 8.2 and
subsection 9(e) only, all obligations of such Person in
respect of interest rate protection agreements, interest rate
futures, interest rate options, interest rate caps and any other
interest rate hedge arrangements and (f) all indebtedness or
obligations of the types referred to in the preceding clauses
(a) through (e) to the extent secured by any Lien on any
property owned by such Person even though such Person has not
assumed or otherwise become liable for the payment thereof.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall
“Indebtedness” include (i) obligations of CRS
Holding, SRHL, any of their respective Subsidiaries or any other
Subsidiary of the Borrower primarily engaged in the Employee
Relocation Business to make payments under or with respect to
mortgage notes payable in the ordinary course of business in
connection with the provision of relocation services or
(ii) such mortgage notes
“ Insolvency ”: with
respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such Plan is
insolvent within the meaning of Section 4245 of
ERISA.
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“ Insolvent ”:
pertaining to a condition of Insolvency.
“ Insurance Subsidiaries
”: the collective reference to any Subsidiaries of the
Borrower engaged solely in the business of underwriting insurance
or reinsurance and related activities.
“ Intellectual Property
”: as defined in subsection 5.9.
“ Interest Payment Date
”: (a) as to any ABR Loan, the last day of each
month to occur while such Loan is outstanding, and the final
maturity date of such Loan, (b) as to any Eurodollar Loan
having an Interest Period of three months or less, (i) each
day which is one month, or a whole multiple thereof, after the
first day of such Interest Period and (ii) the last day of
such Interest Period.
“ Interest Period ”:
with respect to any Eurodollar Loan:
(a)
initially, the period commencing on the borrowing or conversion
date, as the case may be, with respect to such Eurodollar Loan and
ending one or three months thereafter, as selected by the
Borrower in its notice of borrowing or notice of conversion, as the
case may be, given with respect thereto; and
(b)
thereafter, each period commencing on the last day of the next
preceding Interest Period applicable to such Eurodollar Loan and
ending one or three months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower
by irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent not less than
three Business Days prior to the last day of the then current
Interest Period with respect thereto;
provided that all of the foregoing
provisions relating to Interest Periods are subject to the
following:
(i)
if any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day that is not a
Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next
succeeding Business Day unless the result of such extension would
be to carry such Interest Period into another calendar month in
which event such Interest Period shall end on the immediately
preceding Business Day;
(ii)
(A) in the case of the Revolving Credit Loans, any Interest
Period that would otherwise extend beyond the Termination Date
shall (for all purposes other than subsection 4.12) end on the
Termination Date and (B) in the case of the Term Loans, any
Interest Period that would otherwise extend beyond the Maturity
Date shall (for all purposes other than subsection 4.12) end
on the Maturity Date;
(iii)
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 end on the last Business Day of a calendar month;
and
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(iv)
the Borrower shall select Interest Periods so as not to require a
scheduled payment of any Eurodollar Loan during an Interest Period
for such Loan.
“ Interest Rate Protection
Agreement ”: any interest rate protection
agreement, interest rate future, interest rate option, interest
rate cap or collar or other interest rate hedge arrangement and
with (a) any Lender or any affiliate of any Lender or any such
lender, or (b) any financial institution reasonably acceptable
to the Administrative Agent, to or under which the Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries is or becomes a party or a
beneficiary.
“ Interim Order ”: an
order of the Bankruptcy Court entered in the Cases granting interim
approval of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents and granting the Liens and Superpriority
Claims described in the Introductory Statement in favor of the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders, substantially in the form of
Exhibit B hereto, or otherwise in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
“ Inventory ”: as
defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of
New York from time to time; and, with respect to the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries, all such Inventory of the Borrower and such
Subsidiaries, including, without limitation: (a) all
goods, wares and merchandise held for sale or lease and
(b) all goods returned or repossessed by the Borrower or such
Subsidiaries.
“ Investment Company Act
”: the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended from
time to time.
“ Investments ”: as
defined in subsection 8.9.
“ Issuing Lender ”:
the Administrative Agent or any affiliate thereof, in its capacity
as issuer of any Letter of Credit.
“ JPMCB ”: JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A.
“ JPMorgan ”: J.P.
Morgan Securities Inc.
“ L/C Fee Payment Date
”: with respect to any Letter of Credit, the last day
of each month to occur after the date of issuance thereof to and
including the first such day to occur on or after the date of
expiry thereof.
“ L/C Obligations ”:
at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate
then undrawn and unexpired amount of the then outstanding Letters
of Credit (including, without limitation, in the case of
outstanding Letters of Credit in any Designated Foreign Currency,
the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired
amount thereof) and (b) the aggregate amount of drawings under
Letters of Credit which have not then been reimbursed pursuant to
subsection 3.5(a) (including, without limitation, in the
case of Letters of Credit in any Designated Foreign Currency, the
Dollar Equivalent of the unreimbursed aggregate amount of drawings
thereunder, to the extent that such amount has not been converted
into Dollars in accordance with subsection 3.5(a)).
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“ L/C Participants ”:
the collective reference to all the Revolving Credit Lenders other
than the Issuing Lender.
“ Lenders ”: the
several banks and other financial institutions from time to time
parties to this Agreement.
“ Letters of Credit ”:
as defined in subsection 3.1(a).
“ Lien ”: any
mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, security deposit
arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge or
other security interest or any preference, priority or other
security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or
nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, any conditional
sale or other title retention agreement and any Financing Lease
having substantially the same economic effect as any of the
foregoing).
“ Loan ”: a Revolving
Credit Loan or a Term Loan, as the context shall require;
collectively, the “ Loans ”.
“ Loan Documents ”:
this Agreement, any Notes, and the Applications, each as
amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to
time.
“ Loan Parties ”: the
Borrower, Holding, the other Guarantors and each other Subsidiary
of Holding that is a party to a Loan Document; individually, a
“ Loan Party ”.
“ Local Agents ”:
those independently owned local moving and storage companies that
have entered into certain contractual arrangements with the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to provide customers with local
sales, packing or warehousing services and/or a portion of the
hauling services required to support the operations of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries, or any combination of such
services.
“ Material Adverse Effect
”: a material adverse effect on (a) the business,
operations, assets or financial condition of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or of Holding and its Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, or (b) the validity or enforceability of
this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, taken as a
whole, or (c) the rights and remedies of the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders under the Loan Documents, taken as a
whole.
“ Materials of Environmental
Concern ”: any gasoline or petroleum (including,
without limitation, crude oil or any fraction thereof) or petroleum
products or any hazardous or toxic substances or materials or
wastes defined or regulated as such in or under or which may give
rise to liability under any applicable Environmental Law,
including, without limitation, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls
and urea-formaldehyde insulation.
“ Material Subsidiary
”: the collective reference to any Subsidiary of the
Borrower that had (a) total revenues of more than $1,000,000
during the most recently completed period of four consecutive
fiscal quarters of the Borrower or (b) total assets of more
than $500,000 as of the last day of such period.
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“ Maturity Date ”:
June 30, 2008.
“ Moody’s ”: as
defined in the definition of “Cash Equivalents” in this
subsection 1.1.
“ Multiemployer Plan
”: a Plan which is a multiemployer plan as defined in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
“ Net Cash Proceeds ”:
with respect to any Asset Sale, any Recovery Event, the issuance of
any debt securities or any borrowings by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries (other than issuances and borrowings permitted
pursuant to subsection 8.2, except as otherwise specified), an
amount equal to the gross proceeds in cash and Cash Equivalents of
such Asset Sale, Recovery Event, issuance or borrowing, net of
(a) reasonable attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees,
brokerage, consultant and other customary fees, underwriting
commissions and other reasonable fees and expenses actually
incurred in connection with such Asset Sale, Recovery Event,
issuance or borrowing, (b) taxes paid or reasonably estimated
to be payable as a result thereof, (c) appropriate amounts
provided or to be provided by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, with respect to
any liabilities associated with such Asset Sale or Recovery Event
and retained by the Borrower or any such Subsidiary after such
Asset Sale or Recovery Event and other appropriate amounts to be
used by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to discharge or pay
on a current basis any other liabilities associated with such Asset
Sale or Recovery Event and (d) in the case of a sale, Recovery
Event of or involving an asset subject to a Lien securing any
Indebtedness, payments made and installment payments required to be
made to repay such Indebtedness, including, without limitation,
payments in respect of principal, interest and prepayment premiums
and penalties.
“ Non-Excluded Taxes
”: as defined in subsection 4.11.
“ Notes ”: the
collective reference to the Revolving Credit Notes and the Term
Notes.
“ Obligations ”:
(a) the principal of and interest on the Loans and the Notes
and the Letters of Credit outstanding, and (b) the fees and
all other present and future, fixed or contingent, obligations and
liabilities (monetary or otherwise) of the Loan Parties to the
Lenders, each Issuing Lender and the Administrative Agent under the
Loan Documents, including without limitation, all costs and
expenses payable pursuant to subsection 13.5, (c) the
obligations and liabilities of the Borrower under any Permitted
Hedging Arrangement entered into by the Borrower and any Lender or
affiliate thereof, and (d) the obligations and liabilities of
the Borrower under any cash management services provided by any
Lender or affiliate thereof.
“ Orders ”: the
collective reference to the Interim Order and the Final
Order.
“ Owner/Operators ”:
individuals who are retained by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries as independent contractors and who own and drive their
own tractors on behalf of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries.
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“ Participants ”: as
defined in subsection 13.6(c).
“ PBGC ”: the Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle A of
Title IV of ERISA (or any successor thereto).
“ Permitted Hedging Arrangement
”: as defined in subsection 8.17.
“ Permitted Liens ”:
Liens permitted by subsection 8.3.
“ Person ”: an
individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company,
business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated
association, joint venture, Governmental Authority or other entity
of whatever nature.
“ Petition Date ”: as
defined in the Introductory Statement.
“ Plan ”: at a
particular time, any employee benefit plan which is covered by
ERISA and in respect of which the Borrower or a Commonly Controlled
Entity is an “employer” as defined in
Section 3(5) of ERISA.
“ Prepetition Credit Facility
”: the Credit Agreement, dated as of December 1,
2003, as amended through the Petition Date, among the
Borrower, the foreign subsidiary borrowers party thereto, the
Prepetition Credit Facility Lender, the Prepetition Credit Facility
Agent and the other agents party thereto.
“ Prepetition Credit Facility
Agent ”: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity
as administrative agent under the Prepetition Credit
Facility.
“ Prepetition Credit Facility
Lenders ”: the several banks and other financial
institutions and entities from time to time parties to the
Prepetition Credit Facility.
“ Prepetition Credit Facility
Obligations ”: all of the Loan Parties’
obligations incurred under, pursuant to or in connection with the
Prepetition Credit Facility and all of the collateral and ancillary
documents executed and delivered in connection
therewith.
“ Prepetition Secured Parties
”: the Prepetition Credit Facility Agent and the
Prepetition Credit Facility Lenders.
“ Prime Rate ”: as
defined in the definition of the term “ABR” in this
subsection 1.1.
“ Pro Forma Balance Sheet
”: as defined in subsection 5.1(b).
“ Prohibited Claim ”:
any action or objection with respect to (a) claims of the
Prepetition Secured Parties against the Loan Parties or the Liens
which secure the Prepetition Credit Facility Obligations,
(b) the Superpriority Claims or Liens granted to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to subsections
2.8(a), (b), or (c) the Superpriority Claims or Liens granted
to the Prepetition Secured Parties pursuant to subsection
2.8(c).
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“ Recovery Event ”:
any settlement of or payment in respect of any property or casualty
insurance claim or any condemnation proceeding relating to any
asset of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries giving rise to Net
Cash Proceeds to the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may
be, in excess of $250,000, to the extent that such settlement or
payment does not constitute reimbursement or compensation for
amounts previously paid or to be paid by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries in respect of any loss, casualty or
condemnation.
“ Register ”: as
defined in subsection 13.6(b).
“ Regulation D ”:
Regulation D of the Board as in effect from time to
time.
“ Regulation T ”:
Regulation T of the Board as in effect from time to
time.
“ Regulation U ”:
Regulation U of the Board as in effect from time to
time.
“ Regulation X ”:
Regulation X of the Board as in effect from time to
time.
“ Reimbursement Obligations
”: the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the
Issuing Lender pursuant to subsection 3.5(a) for amounts
drawn under Letters of Credit.
“ Reinvested Amount ”:
with respect to any Recovery Event, that portion of the Net Cash
Proceeds thereof as shall, according to a certificate of a
Responsible Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative
Agent within 30 days of such Recovery Event, be used to repair or
replace the asset that was the subject of such Recovery Event
within 180 days of the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds with
respect to any such Recovery Event; provided that
(a) any Net Cash Proceeds of such Recovery Event shall be
immediately (i) deposited in a cash collateral account
established at JPMCB to be held as collateral in favor of the
Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders on terms
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and shall
remain on deposit in such cash collateral account until such
certificate of a Responsible Officer is delivered to the
Administrative Agent or (ii) used to make a prepayment of the
Revolving Credit Loans in accordance with subsection 4.4(a);
provided that, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to
the contrary, the Borrower may not request any Extension of Credit
under the Revolving Credit Commitments that would reduce the
aggregate amount of the Available Revolving Credit Commitments to
an amount that is less than the amount of any such prepayment until
such certificate of a Responsible Officer is delivered to the
Administrative Agent and (b) any Net Cash Proceeds not so
reinvested by the date required pursuant to the terms of this
definition shall be utilized on such day to prepay the Loans
pursuant to subsection 4.4(c).
“ Relocation SPV Financing
”: means the financing of (a) purchases of
residential properties, fixtures and related assets (including the
funding of the full purchase price of such residential properties,
fixtures and assets (including the pay-off of any existing mortgage
thereon), (b) the funding of advances to employees of
customers in respect of the equity value of residential properties,
fixtures and assets of such employees), and (c) other ordinary
course Employee Relocation Business activities of CRS Holding,
SRHL, ERC, any of their respective Subsidiaries or any other
Subsidiary of the Borrower
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engaged in the Employee
Relocation Business, in each case by a special-purpose Subsidiary
of Holding that is not a Subsidiary of the Borrower or an
unaffiliated third party (the “ Relocation SPV
”), provided that (a) the lender of any
Indebtedness of any borrower or obligor with respect to such
financing shall not have any recourse to Holding or any Loan Party
for payment of such Indebtedness, (b) such Indebtedness shall
not be secured by any property or assets of Holding or any Loan
Party other than property or assets the Disposition of which is
permitted under clause (x) of subsection 8.6(a) and
(c) such financing shall be upon terms and pursuant to
documentation (as amended, supplemented, extended, renewed or
replaced from time to time) in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, as evidenced by its
written approval thereof (such approval not to be unreasonably
withheld).
“ Reorganization ”:
with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such
plan is in reorganization within the meaning of Section 4241
of ERISA.
“ Reorganization Plan
”: the Debtors’ Joint Plan of Reorganization
under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, substantially in the form
attached to the Disclosure Statement, together with changes thereto
acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
“ Reportable Event ”:
any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA,
other than those events as to which the thirty day notice period is
waived pursuant to the Regulations promulgated under
Section 4043 of ERISA.
“ Required Lenders ”:
at any time, Lenders the Total Credit Percentages of which
aggregate greater than 50%.
“ Requirement of Law
”: as to any Person, the certificate of incorporation
and by-laws or other organizational or governing documents of such
Person, and any law, statute, ordinance, code, decree, treaty,
rule or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a
court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to
or binding upon such Person or any of its material property or to
which such Person or any of its material property is subject,
including, without limitation, laws, ordinances and regulations
pertaining to zoning, occupancy and subdivision of real properties;
provided that the foregoing shall not apply to any
non-binding recommendation of any Governmental
Authority.
“ Responsible Officer
”: as to any Person, any of the following officers of
such Person: (a) the chief executive officer or the
president of such Person and, with respect to financial matters,
the chief financial officer, chief restructuring officer, the
treasurer or the controller of such Person, (b) any vice
president of such Person or, with respect to financial matters, any
assistant treasurer or assistant controller of such Person, who has
been designated in writing to the Administrative Agent as a
Responsible Officer by such chief executive officer or president of
such Person or, with respect to financial matters, such chief
financial officer of such Person, (c) with respect to
subsection 7.7 and without limiting the foregoing, the general
counsel of such Person and (d) with respect to ERISA matters,
the senior vice president - human resources (or substantial
equivalent) of such Person.
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“ Revolving Credit Commitment
”: as to any Revolving Credit Lender, its obligation to
make Revolving Credit Loans to, and/or issue or participate in
Letters of Credit issued on behalf of, the Borrower in an aggregate
amount not to exceed at any one time outstanding the amount agreed
to by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and such Lender, or,
in the case of any Lender that is an Assignee, the amount of the
assigning Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment assigned to
such Assignee pursuant to subsection 13.6(b) (in each
case as such amount may be adjusted from time to time as provided
herein); collectively, as to all the Revolving Credit Lenders, the
“ Revolving Credit Commitments ”. The
original amount of the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments of
the Revolving Credit Lenders is $85,000,000.
“ Revolving Credit Commitment
Percentage ”: as to any Revolving Credit Lender,
the percentage of the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments
constituted by its Revolving Credit Commitment (or, if the
Revolving Credit Commitments have terminated or expired, the
percentage which (a) the sum of (i) such Lender’s
then outstanding Revolving Credit Loans plus (ii) such
Lender’s interests in the aggregate L/C Obligations then
outstanding then constitutes of (b) the sum of (i) the
aggregate Revolving Credit Loans of all the Revolving Credit
Lenders then outstanding plus (ii) the aggregate L/C
Obligations then outstanding).
“ Revolving Credit Commitment
Period ”: the period from and including the Closing
Date to but not including the Termination Date, or such earlier
date as the Revolving Credit Commitments shall terminate as
provided herein.
“ Revolving Credit Lender
”: any Lender having a Revolving Credit Commitment
hereunder and/or a Revolving Credit Loan outstanding
hereunder.
“ Revolving Credit Loans
”: as defined in subsection 2.1(a).
“ Revolving Credit Note
”: as defined in subsection 2.1(c).
“ S&P ”: as
defined in the definition of “Cash Equivalents” in this
subsection 1.1.
“ Securities Act ”:
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to
time.
“ Securitization ” as
defined in Section 2.11.
“ Set ”: the
collective reference to Eurodollar Loans, the then current Interest
Periods with respect to all of which begin on the same date and end
on the same later date (whether or not such Loans shall originally
have been made on the same day).
“ Single Employer Plan
”: any Plan which is covered by Title IV of ERISA, but
which is not a Multiemployer Plan.
“ Spot Rate of Exchange
”: with respect to any Designated Foreign Currency, at
any date of determination thereof, the spot rate of exchange in
London that appears on the display page applicable to such
Designated Foreign Currency on the Telerate System (or such other
page as may replace such page for the purpose of
displaying the spot rate of
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exchange in London);
provided that if there shall at any time no longer exist
such a page, the spot rate of exchange shall be determined by
reference to another similar rate publishing service selected by
the Administrative Agent and, if no such similar rate publishing
service is available, by reference to the published rate of the
Administrative Agent in effect at such date for similar commercial
transactions.
“ SRHL ”: SIRVA
Relocation Holdings Limited, a company organized under the laws of
England and Wales.
“ Standby Letter of Credit
”: as defined in subsection 3.1(a).
“ Sterling ”: British
pounds sterling.
“ Subsidiary ”: as to
any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited liability company
or other entity (a) of which shares of stock or other
ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock
or such other ownership interests having such power only by reason
of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board
of directors or other managers of such corporation, partnership,
limited liability company or other entity are at the time owned by
such Person, or (b) the management of which is otherwise
controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, or both, by such Person and, in the case of this
clause (b), which is treated as a consolidated subsidiary for
accounting purposes. Unless otherwise qualified, all
references to a “Subsidiary” or to
“Subsidiaries” in this Agreement shall refer to a
Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
“ Superpriority Claim
”: a claim against any Loan Party in any of the Cases
which is an administrative expense claim having priority over any
or all administrative expenses of the kind specified in Sections
503(b) or 507(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, including a
claim pursuant to Section 364(c)(1) of the Bankruptcy
Code.
“ Synthetic Purchase Agreement
”: any agreement pursuant to which the Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries is or may become obligated to make any payment
(except as otherwise permitted by this Agreement) to any third
party (other than the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) in
connection with the purchase or the notional purchase by such third
party or any Affiliate thereof from a Person other than the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any Capital Stock of
Holding.
“ Tax Sharing Agreement
”: the Tax Sharing Agreement, dated as of
December 1, 2003, among Holding, the Borrower and certain
other Subsidiaries of Holding, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, as amended through the
date hereof and as the same may be further amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with
subsection 8.16.
“ Term Loan Commitment
”: as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender, if
any, to make a Term Loan to the Borrower hereunder in a principal
amount not to exceed the amount agreed to by the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent and such Lender. The original aggregate
amount of the Term Loan Commitments is $65,000,000.
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“ Term Loan Lender ”:
each Lender which has a Term Loan Commitment or which has a Term
Loan outstanding hereunder.
“ Term Loan Percentage
”: as to any Term Loan Lender at any time, the
percentage which such Lender’s Term Loan Commitment
constitutes of the aggregate Term Loan Commitment (or, at any time
after the Closing Date, the percentage which such Lender’s
Term Loans then outstanding constitutes of the aggregate principal
amount of Term Loans then outstanding).
“ Term Loans ”: as
defined in subsection 2.4 hereof.
“ Term Note ”: as
defined in subsection 2.5 hereof.
“ Termination Date ”:
the earliest to occur of (a) the Maturity Date, (b) 30
days after entry of the Interim Order if the Final Order has not
been entered prior thereto, (c) the acceleration of the Loans
and the termination of the Commitments in accordance with the terms
hereof and (d) if the Conversion Date does not occur
simultaneously therewith, the Effective Date.
“ Total Credit Percentage
”: as to any Lender at any time, the percentage of the
aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments (or, in the case of the
termination or expiration of the Revolving Credit Commitments, the
Aggregate Outstanding Revolving Credit of the Lenders) and
aggregate outstanding Term Loans of the Lenders, then constituted
by such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment (or, in the case
of the termination or expiration of the Revolving Credit
Commitments, such Lender’s Aggregate Outstanding Revolving
Credit) and outstanding Term Loans.
“ Transferee ”: any
Participant or Assignee.
“ Type ”: as to any
Loan, its nature as an ABR Loan or a Eurodollar Loan.
“ Underfunding ”: the
excess of the present value of all accrued benefits under a Plan
(based on those assumptions used to fund such Plan), determined as
of the most recent annual valuation date, over the value of the
assets of such Plan allocable to such accrued benefits.
“ Uniform Customs ”:
the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (1993
Revision), International Chamber of Commerce Publication
No. 500, as the same may be amended from time to
time.
“ U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate
”: as defined in subsection 4.11(b).
“ Wholly Owned Subsidiary
”: as to any Person, any Subsidiary of such Person of
which such Person owns, directly or indirectly through one or more
Wholly Owned Subsidiaries, all of the Capital Stock of such
Subsidiary other than directors qualifying shares or shares held by
nominees.
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1.2.
Other Definitional Provisions (a) Unless
otherwise specified therein, all terms defined in this Agreement
shall have the defined meanings when used in any Notes, any other
Loan Document or any certificate or other document made or
delivered pursuant hereto.
(b)
As used herein and in any Notes and any other Loan Document, and
any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto
or thereto, accounting terms relating to the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries not defined in subsection 1.1 and accounting
terms partly defined in subsection 1.1, to the extent not
defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under
GAAP.
(c)
The words “hereof”, “herein” and
“hereunder” and words of similar import when used in
this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to
any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section,
subsection, Schedule and Exhibit references are to this
Agreement unless otherwise specified. The phrase “the
date hereof” and phrases of similar import when used in this
Agreement shall refer to February 6, 2008.
(d)
The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally
applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such
terms.
SECTION 2. AMOUNT AND
TERMS OF COMMITMENTS
2.1.
Revolving Credit Commitments (a) Subject to the terms and
conditions hereof, each Revolving Credit Lender severally agrees to
make revolving credit loans (“ Revolving Credit Loans
”) to the Borrower from time to time during the Revolving
Credit Commitment Period in an aggregate principal amount at any
one time outstanding which, when added to such Revolving Credit
Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the then
outstanding L/C Obligations, does not exceed the amount of such
Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment then in effect.
During the Revolving Credit Commitment Period the Borrower may use
the Revolving Credit Commitments by borrowing, prepaying the
Revolving Credit Loans in whole or in part, and reborrowing, all in
accordance with the terms and conditions hereof.
(b)
The Revolving Credit Loans shall be made in Dollars and may from
time to time be (i) Eurodollar Loans, (ii) ABR Loans or
(iii) a combination thereof, as determined by the Borrower and
notified to the Administrative Agent in accordance with subsections
2.2 and 4.2, provided that no Revolving Credit Loan shall be
made as a Eurodollar Loan after the day that is one month prior to
the Termination Date.
(c)
The Borrower agrees that, upon the request to the Administrative
Agent by any Revolving Credit Lender made on or prior to the
Closing Date or in connection with any assignment pursuant to
subsection 13.6(b), in order to evidence such Lender’s
Revolving Credit Loans the Borrower will execute and deliver to
such Lender a promissory note substantially in the form of
Exhibit A-1, with appropriate insertions as to payee, date and
principal amount (each, as amended, supplemented, replaced or
otherwise modified from time to time, a “ Revolving Credit
Note ”), payable to the order of such Lender and in a
principal amount equal to the aggregate unpaid principal amount of
all Revolving Credit Loans made by such Lender to the
Borrower. Each Revolving Credit Note shall (i) be dated
the Closing Date, (ii) be stated to
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mature on the Termination Date and
(iii) provide for the payment of interest in accordance with
subsection 4.1.
2.2.
Procedure for Revolving Credit Borrowing The Borrower
may borrow under the Revolving Credit Commitments during the
Revolving Credit Commitment Period on any Business Day,
provided that the Borrower shall give the Administrative
Agent irrevocable notice (which notice must be received by the
Administrative Agent prior to (a) 12:30 P.M., New York
City time, at least three Business Days prior to the requested
Borrowing Date, if all or any part of the requested Revolving
Credit Loans are to be initially Eurodollar Loans or
(b) 12:30 P.M., New York City time, at least one Business
Day prior to the requested Borrowing Date, otherwise) specifying
(i) the amount to be borrowed, (ii) the requested
Borrowing Date, (iii) whether the borrowing is to be of
Eurodollar Loans, ABR Loans or a combination thereof and
(iv) if the borrowing is to be entirely or partly of
Eurodollar Loans, the respective amounts of each such Type of Loan,
the respective lengths of the initial Interest Periods
therefor. Each borrowing under the Revolving Credit
Commitments shall be in an amount equal to (x) in the case of
ABR Loans, except any ABR Loan to be used solely to pay a like
amount of outstanding Reimbursement Obligations, $2,000,000 or a
whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof (or, if the then
Available Revolving Credit Commitments are (A) less than
$2,000,000, $1,000,000 or a whole multiple thereof or (B) less
than $1,000,000, such lesser amount) and (y) in the case of
Eurodollar Loans, $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in
excess thereof. Upon receipt of any such notice from the
Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each
Revolving Credit Lender thereof. Subject to the satisfaction
of the conditions precedent specified in subsection 6.2, each
Revolving Credit Lender will make the amount of its pro rata
share of each borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans available to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the Borrower at the office
of the Administrative Agent specified in subsection 13.2 prior
to 12:30 P.M., New York City time, or at such other office of
the Administrative Agent or at such other time as to which the
Administrative Agent shall notify such Revolving Credit Lender and
the Borrower reasonably in advance of the Borrowing Date with
respect thereto, on the Borrowing Date requested by the Borrower in
Dollars and in funds immediately available to the Administrative
Agent. Such borrowing will then be made available to the
Borrower by the Administrative Agent crediting the account of the
Borrower on the books of such office with the aggregate of the
amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by the Revolving
Credit Lenders and in like funds as received by the Administrative
Agent.
2.3.
Termination or Reduction of Revolving Credit Commitments
The Borrower shall have the right, upon not less than three
Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent (which will
promptly notify the Lenders thereof), to terminate the Revolving
Credit Commitments or, from time to time, to reduce the amount of
the Revolving Credit Commitments; provided that no such
termination or reduction shall be permitted if, after giving effect
thereto and to any prepayments of the Revolving Credit Loans made
on the effective date thereof, the aggregate principal amount of
the Revolving Credit Loans then outstanding, when added to the then
outstanding L/C Obligations, would exceed the Revolving Credit
Commitments then in effect. Any such reduction shall be in an
amount equal to $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in
excess thereof and shall reduce permanently the Revolving Credit
Commitments then in effect.
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2.4.
Term Loans . Subject to the terms and conditions
hereof, each Term Loan Lender severally agrees to make a term loan
(collectively, the “ Term Loans ”) to the
Borrower on the Closing Date in a principal amount not to exceed
the amount of such Lender’s Term Loan Commitment agreed to by
the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and such Lender. The Term
Loans may from time to time be (x) Eurodollar Loans,
(y) ABR Loans or (z) a combination thereof, as determined
by the Borrower and notified to the Administrative Agent in
accordance with subsections 2.6 and 4.2.
2.5.
Term Notes . The Borrower agrees that, upon the
request to the Administrative Agent by any Term Loan Lender, in
order to evidence such Lender’s Term Loan, the Borrower will
execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note substantially
in the form of Exhibit A-2 (each, as amended, supplemented,
replaced or otherwise modified from time to time, a “ Term
Note ”), with appropriate insertions therein as to payee,
date and principal amount, payable to the order of such Term Loan
Lender and in a principal amount equal to the lesser of
(a) the amount set of such Lender’s Term Loan Commitment
and (b) the unpaid principal amount of the Term Loans made by
such Term Loan Lender to the Borrower. Each Term Note shall
(i) be dated the Closing Date, (ii) be payable as
provided in subsection 2.7(a) and (iii) provide for the
payment of interest in accordance with subsection 4.1.
2.6.
Procedure for Term Loan Borrowing . The Borrower shall
give the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice (which notice must
be received by the Administrative Agent prior to 12:30 P.M.,
New York City time), at least (a) three Business Days prior to
the Closing Date if all or any part of the Term Loans are to be
initially Eurodollar Loans or (b) one Business Day prior to
the Closing Date, in all other cases, requesting that the Term Loan
Lenders make the Term Loans on the Closing Date and specifying
(i) the amount to be borrowed, (ii) whether the Term
Loans are to be initially Eurodollar Loans, ABR Loans or a
combination thereof and (iii) if the Term Loans are to be
entirely or partly Eurodollar Loans, the respective amounts of each
such Type of Loan and the respective lengths of the initial
Interest Periods therefor. Upon receipt of such notice the
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Term Loan Lender
thereof. Each Term Loan Lender will make the amount of its
pro rata share of the Term Loans available to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the Borrower at the office
of the Administrative Agent specified in subsection 13.2 prior to
12:30 P.M., New York City time, on the Closing Date in Dollars
and in funds immediately available to the Administrative
Agent. The Administrative Agent shall on such date credit the
account of the Borrower on the books of such office of the
Administrative Agent with the aggregate of the amounts made
available to the Administrative Agent by the Term Loan Lenders and
in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent.
2.7.
Repayment of Loans . (a) The Borrower hereby
unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the
account of (i) each Revolving Credit Lender, the then unpaid
principal amount of each Revolving Credit Loan of such Lender, on
the Termination Date (or such earlier date on which the Revolving
Credit Loans become due and payable pursuant to Section 9);
and (ii) each Term Loan Lender, the then unpaid principal
amount of the Term Loans of such Lender, on the Termination Date
(or such earlier date on which the Term Loans become due and
payable pursuant to Section 9). The Borrower hereby
further agrees to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of
the Loans from time to time outstanding from the date hereof until
payment in full thereof at the rates per annum, and on the dates,
set forth in subsection 4.1.
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(b)
Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an
account or accounts evidencing indebtedness of the Borrower to such
Lender resulting from each Loan of such Lender from time to time,
including, without limitation, the amounts of principal and
interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time under
this Agreement.
(c)
The Administrative Agent shall maintain the Register pursuant to
subsection 13.6(b), and a subaccount therein for each Lender,
in which shall be recorded (i) the amount of each Loan made
hereunder, the Type thereof and each Interest Period, if any,
applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or
interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the
Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) both the amount of
any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from the
Borrower and each Lender’s share thereof.
(d)
The entries made in the Register and the accounts of each Lender
maintained pursuant to subsection 2.7(b) shall, to the
extent permitted by applicable law, be prima facie
evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations of the
Borrower therein recorded; provided , however , that
the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain
the Register or any such account, or any error therein, shall not
in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay (with
applicable interest) the Loans made to the Borrower by such Lender
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
2.8.
Priority and Liens . (a) The Loan Parties hereby
covenant, represent and warrant that, upon entry of the Interim
Order (and the Final Order, as applicable), the Obligations of the
Loan Parties hereunder and under the other Loan Documents,
(i) pursuant to Section 364(c)(1) of the Bankruptcy
Code, shall at all times constitute allowed Superpriority Claims,
(ii) pursuant to Section 364(c)(2) of the Bankruptcy
Code, shall be secured by a perfected first priority Lien on all
Collateral, including without limitation, all cash maintained in
any Cash Collateral account for Letters of Credit and any direct
investments of the funds contained therein, that is otherwise not
encumbered by a valid and perfected Lien as of the Petition Date,
(iii) pursuant to Section 364(c)(3) of the
Bankruptcy Code, shall be secured by a perfected junior Lien upon
all Collateral that is subject to valid, perfected and
non-avoidable Liens in existence on the Petition Date or valid
Liens perfected (other than to secure the Prepetition Credit
Facility Obligations) (but not granted) thereafter to the extent
such post-Petition Date perfection in respect of a pre-Petition
Date claim is expressly permitted under the Bankruptcy Code, and
(iv) pursuant to Section 364(d)(1) of the Bankruptcy
Code, shall be secured by a perfected first priority priming Lien
upon all Collateral (x) that is subject to a valid Lien or
security interest in effect on the Petition Date to secure the
Prepetition Credit Facility Obligations, (y) that is subject
to a Lien granted after the Petition Date to provide adequate
protection in respect of the Prepetition Credit Facility
Obligations or (z) that is presently subject to a valid Lien
in effect on the Petition Date that is junior to the Liens that
secure the Prepetition Credit Facility Obligations, subject and
subordinate in each case with respect to subclauses
(i) through (iv) above, only to the Carve Out, provided
that (i) following the Termination Date amounts in any Letter
of Credit Cash Collateral account shall not be subject to the Carve
Out and (ii) in the event of a liquidation of the
Debtors’ estates the amount of the Carve Out shall be funded
into a segregated account prior to the making of the
distributions. For purposes hereof, the “ Carve
Out ” shall mean (A) all fees required to be paid to
the Clerk of the Bankruptcy Court and to the Office of the United
States Trustee under section 1930(a) of title 28 of the United
States Code, (B) fees and expenses
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incurred by a trustee under section
726(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, and (C) following receipt
of notice by the Administrative Agent after the occurrence and
during the continuance of an Event of Default, the payment of
accrued and unpaid professional fees and expenses incurred by the
Debtors and any statutory committee appointed in the Cases and
allowed by the Court, in an aggregate amount not exceeding $5
million (plus all unpaid professional fees and expenses allowed by
the Bankruptcy Court that were incurred prior to the giving of
notice by the Administrative Agent of the occurrence of such Event
of Default), provided that (x) the Carve Out shall not be
available to pay any such professional fees and expenses incurred
in connection with the initiation or prosecution of any Prohibited
Claims or the initiation or prosecution of any claims, causes of
action, adversary proceedings or other litigation against the
Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Prepetition Credit Facility
Lenders or the Prepetition Credit Facility Agent and (y) so
long as an Event of Default shall not have occurred and be
continuing, the Carve Out shall not be reduced by the payment of
fees and expenses allowed by Bankrupty Court and payable under
Sections 328, 330 and 331 of the Bankruptcy Code. Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, the Carve Out shall not be used to
commence or prosecute (but up to $50,000 may be used to
investigate) any Prohibited Claim.
(b)
As to all Collateral, including without limitation, all cash, Cash
Equivalents and real property the title to which is held by any
Loan Party, or the possession of which is held by any Loan Party in
the form of a leasehold interest, each Loan Party hereby assigns
and conveys as security, grants a security interest in,
hypothecates, mortgages, pledges and sets over unto the
Administrative Agent all of the right, title and interest of the
Borrower and such Guarantor in all of such Collateral, including
without limitation, all cash, Cash Equivalents and owned real
property and in all such leasehold interests, together in each case
with all of the right, title and interest of the Borrower and such
Guarantor in and to all buildings, improvements, and fixtures
related thereto, any lease or sublease thereof, all general
intangibles relating thereto (except for any “intent to
use” trademark applications for which a statement of use has
not been filed and accepted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office, solely to the extent that the grant of a Lien or security
interest in such applications would result in cancellation or
voiding of same) and all proceeds thereof. The Borrower and
each Guarantor acknowledges that, pursuant to the Orders, the Liens
granted in favor of the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the
Lenders) in all of the Collateral shall be perfected without the
recordation of any Uniform Commercial Code financing statements,
notices of Lien or other instruments of mortgage or
assignment. The Borrower and each Guarantor further agrees
that (a) the Administrative Agent shall have the rights and
remedies set forth in Section 12 in respect of the Collateral
and (b) if requested by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower
and each of the Guarantors shall enter into separate security
agreements, pledge agreements and fee and leasehold mortgages with
respect to such Collateral on terms reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent.
(c)
Each Loan Party acknowledges and agrees that the Prepetition
Secured Parties shall receive (a) as adequate protection for,
and to the extent of, any diminution in the value of the
Prepetition Secured Parties’ respective interests in their
collateral whether resulting from the imposition of the automatic
stay, the priming described in subsection 2.8(a) above, the
use of the Prepetition Secured Parties’ cash collateral or
the use, sale, lease, depreciation, decline in market price or
other diminution in value of the Prepetition Secured Parties’
collateral (i) on the first Business Day of each calendar
month beginning with March 1, 2008, the monthly payment of an
amount calculated at the Eurodollar Rate plus 350 basis points on
all amounts
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outstanding under the Prepetition Credit
Facility for the preceding month, (ii) a Superpriority Claim
junior only to the Superpriority Claim granted to (A) the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders and (B) the Cash
Management Banks; and (iii) a replacement Lien on the
Collateral having a priority immediately junior to the priming and
other Liens granted in favor of (A) the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and
(B) the Cash Management Banks; the Orders (subject and
subordinate, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above,
to the Carve Out and valid and perfected Liens which are senior
(after giving effect to the Orders) to the Liens granted to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to the Orders and
(b) as further adequate protection, the payment on a current
basis of the reasonable fees and expenses (including, but not
limited to, the reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel
and third-party consultants, including financial consultants,
appraisers and auditors) incurred by the agents under the
Prepetition Credit Facility (including any unpaid prepetition fees
and expenses) and the continuation of the payment on a current
basis of the administration and letter of credit fees, if any, that
are provided for thereunder.
2.9.
Payment of Obligations . Upon the maturity (whether by
acceleration or otherwise) of any of the Obligations under this
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, the Lenders shall be
entitled to immediate payment of such Obligations without further
application to or order of the Bankruptcy Court.
2.10.
No Discharge; Survival of Claims . The Borrower and
each Guarantor agrees that to the extent its Obligations hereunder
are not satisfied in full, (a) its Obligations arising
hereunder shall not be discharged by the entry of a Confirmation
Order (and each Loan Party, pursuant to
Section 1141(d)(4) of the Bankruptcy Code, hereby waives
any such discharge) and (b) the Superpriority Claim granted to
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to the Orders and
described in subsection 2.8 and the Liens granted to the
Administrative Agent pursuant to the Orders and described in
subsection 2.8 shall not be affected in any manner by the entry of
a Confirmation Order.
2.11.
Conversion to Exit Facility Agreement . Upon
(a) the Administrative Agent’s satisfaction that Holding
and its Subsidiaries, as applicable, shall have made arrangements
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (i) that either
(A) the Relocation SPV Financing with LaSalle Bank, N.A. as
agent for the receivables purchase program maintained through SIRVA
Relocation Credit, LLC as the same may have been modified prior to
the Petition Date (including, without limitation, an amendment to
terminate the tranche B commitment thereunder) (the “
Securitization ”), shall be in effect or (B) an
alternative Relocation SPV Financing or other source of liquidity,
in each case, replacing the Securitization (the “
Alternative Financing ”) shall be in effect, pursuant
to terms in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent, and (ii) for the operation of the Loan Parties cash
management system with the Cash Management Banks (or replacement
institutions) following the Effective Date, (b) the delivery
by the Borrower to the Administrative of a certificate of a
Responsible Officer of the Borrower stating that, on and as of the
date of the conversion of the facilities provided for herein into
the facilities provided for in the Exit Facility Agreement,
(x) each of the representations and warranties made by any
Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document
(or in any amendment, modification or supplement hereto or thereto)
to which it is a party, and each of the representations and
warranties contained in any certificate furnished at any time by or
on behalf of any Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement or any other
Loan
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Document, shall be true and correct in all
material respects on and as of such date as if made on and as of
such date, except to the extent that such representations and
warranties relate to a particular date, in which case such
representations and warranties were true and correct in all
material respects on and as of such earlier date, and (y) no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
on such date or after giving effect to the conversion to be made on
such date, and (c) the satisfaction or waiver of the other
conditions precedent to effectiveness set forth in the Exit
Facility Agreement, then automatically and without any further
consent or action required by the Administrative Agent or any
Lender:
(i)
the Borrower, in its capacity as reorganized SIRVA
Worldwide, Inc., Holding, in its capacity as a reorganized
Debtor, and each Guarantor, in its capacity as a reorganized
Debtor, to the extent such Person is required under the Exit
Facility Agreement to continue to be a guarantor thereunder, shall
assume all obligations in respect of the Loans hereunder and all
other monetary obligations in respect hereof,
(ii)
each Loan hereunder shall be continued as a Loan under the Exit
Facility Agreement,
(iii)
each Lender hereunder shall be a Lender under the Exit Facility
Agreement and
(iv)
this Agreement shall terminate and be superseded and replaced by,
and deemed amended and restated in its entirety in the form of, the
Exit Facility Agreement (with such changes and insertions
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the
Borrower thereto incorporated as necessary to make such technical
changes necessary to effectuate the intent of this subsection
2.11), and the Commitments hereunder shall terminate.
Notwithstanding the
foregoing, all obligations of the Borrower and the Guarantors to
the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender, and the Lenders under
this Agreement and any other Loan Document (except the Exit
Facility Agreement) which are expressly stated in this Agreement or
such other Loan Document as surviving such agreement’s
termination shall, as so specified, survive without prejudice and
remain in full force and effect. Each of the Loan Parties,
the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Lender shall
take such actions and execute and deliver such agreements,
instruments or other documents as the Administrative Agent may
reasonably request to give effect to the provisions of this
subsection 2.11.
SECTION 3. LETTERS OF
CREDIT
3.1.
L/C Commitment .
(a)
Prior to the Closing Date, the Existing Issuing Lender has issued
the Existing Letters of Credit which, from and after the Closing
Date, shall, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, constitute
Letters of Credit hereunder. Subject to the terms and conditions
hereof, the Issuing Lender, in reliance on the agreements of the
other Revolving Credit Lenders set forth in subsection 3.4(a),
agrees to issue letters of credit (the letters of credit issued on
and after the Closing Date pursuant to this Section 3,
together with the Existing Letters of Credit, collectively, the
“ Letters of Credit ”) for the account of the
Borrower on any Business Day during the Revolving Credit Commitment
Period in such form as may be
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approved from time to
time by the Issuing Lender; provided that the Issuing Lender
shall not issue any Letter of Credit if, after giving effect to
such issuance, (i) the sum of the Letters of Credit (other
than Foreign Backstop Letters of Credit) and the Dollar Equivalent
of the then outstanding L/C Obligations in respect of any Foreign
Backstop Letters of Credit would exceed $60,000,000 (it being
understood and agreed that the Administrative Agent shall calculate
the Dollar Equivalent of the then outstanding L/C Obligations in
respect of any Foreign Backstop Letters of Credit on the date on
which the Borrower has requested that the Issuing Lender issue a
Letter of Credit for purposes of determining compliance with this
clause (i)) or (ii) the Aggregate Outstanding Revolving Credit
of all the Revolving Credit Lenders would exceed the Revolving
Credit Commitments of all the Revolving Credit Lenders then in
effect. Each Letter of Credit shall (i) be denominated
in Dollars or, in the case of Foreign Backstop Letters of Credit,
in Dollars or any Designated Foreign Currency and shall be either
(A) a standby letter of credit issued to support obligations
of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, contingent or
otherwise, which finance the working capital and business needs of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course
of business (a “ Standby Letter of Credit ”), or
(B) a commercial letter of credit in respect of the purchase
of goods or services by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in
the ordinary course of business (a “ Commercial Letter of
Credit ”), (ii) expire no later than five days prior
to the Termination Date and (iii) unless otherwise agreed by
the Administrative Agent, expire no later than 365 days after its
date of issuance in the case of Standby Letters of Credit, and 180
days after its date of issuance in the case of Commercial Letters
of Credit.
(b)
Each Letter of Credit shall be subject to the Uniform Customs and,
to the extent not inconsistent therewith, the laws of the State of
New York.
(c)
The Issuing Lender shall not at any time issue any Letter of Credit
hereunder if such issuance would conflict with, or cause the
Issuing Lender or any L/C Participant to exceed any limits imposed
by, any applicable Requirement of Law.
3.2.
Procedure for Issuance of Letters of Credit . The
Borrower may from time to time request that the Issuing Lender
issue a Letter of Credit by delivering to the Issuing Lender, at
its address for notices specified herein, an Application therefor,
completed to the reasonable satisfaction of the Issuing Lender, and
such other certificates, documents and other papers and information
as the Issuing Lender may reasonably request. Upon receipt of
any Application, the Issuing Lender will process such Application
and the certificates, documents and other papers and information
delivered to it in connection therewith in accordance with its
customary procedures and shall promptly issue the Letter of Credit
requested thereby (but in no event shall the Issuing Lender be
required to issue any Letter of Credit earlier than three Business
Days after its receipt of the Application therefor and all such
other certificates, documents and other papers and information
relating thereto) by issuing the original of such Letter of Credit
to the beneficiary thereof or as otherwise may be agreed by the
Issuing Lender and the Borrower. The Issuing Lender shall
furnish a copy of such Letter of Credit to the Borrower promptly
following the issuance thereof. The Issuing Lender shall
promptly furnish to the Administrative Agent, which shall in turn
promptly furnish to the Lenders, notice of the issuance of each
Letter of Credit (including the amount thereof).
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3.3.
Fees, Commissions and Other Charges . (a) The
Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of
the Issuing Lender and the L/C Participants, a letter of credit
commission with respect to each Letter of Credit issued for the
account of the Borrower, computed for the period from and including
the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit to the expiration
date of such Letter of Credit (the “ L/C Period
”), computed at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable
Margin then in effect for Eurodollar Loans that are Revolving
Credit Loans, calculated on the basis of a 365- (or 366-, as the
case may be) day year, of the aggregate amount available to be
drawn under such Letter of Credit, payable for the L/C Period
monthly (without duplication) in arrears on each L/C Fee Payment
Date with respect to such Letter of Credit and (if applicable) on
the Termination Date or such earlier date as the Revolving Credit
Commitments shall terminate as provided herein. Such
commission shall be payable to the Administrative Agent for the
account of the Revolving Credit Lenders to be shared ratably among
them in accordance with their respective Revolving Credit
Commitment Percentages. The Borrower shall also pay to the
Administrative Agent, for the account of the Issuing Lender, a fee
equal to 1/4 of 1% per annum of the aggregate amount available to
be drawn under such Letter of Credit, payable for the L/C Period
monthly (without duplication) in arrears on each L/C Fee Payment
Date with respect to such Letter of Credit and (if applicable) on
the Termination Date or such other date as the Revolving Credit
Commitments shall terminate. Such commissions and fees shall
be nonrefundable. Such fees and commissions shall be payable
in Dollars, notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit may be
denominated in any Designated Foreign Currency. In respect of
a Letter of Credit denominated in any Designated Foreign Currency,
such fees and commissions shall be converted into Dollars at the
Spot Rate of Exchange on the date on which they are paid (or, if
such date is not a Business Day, at the Spot Rate of Exchange on
the Business Day next preceding such date).
(b)
In addition to the foregoing commissions and fees, the Borrower
shall pay or reimburse the Issuing Lender for such normal and
customary costs and expenses as are incurred or charged by the
Issuing Lender in issuing, effecting payment under, amending or
otherwise administering any Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing
Lender.
(c)
The Administrative Agent shall, promptly following its receipt
thereof, distribute to the Issuing Lender and the L/C Participants
all commissions and fees received by the Administrative Agent for
their respective accounts pursuant to this subsection.
3.4.
L/C Participations . (a) The Issuing Lender
irrevocably agrees to grant and hereby grants to each L/C
Participant, and, to induce the Issuing Lender to issue Letters of
Credit hereunder, each L/C Participant irrevocably agrees to accept
and purchase and hereby accepts and purchases from the Issuing
Lender, on the terms and conditions hereinafter stated, for such
L/C Participant’s own account and risk an undivided interest
equal to such L/C Participant’s Revolving Credit Commitment
Percentage (determined on the date of issuance of the relevant
Letter of Credit) in the Issuing Lender’s obligations and
rights under each Letter of Credit issued or continued hereunder
and the amount of each draft paid by the Issuing Lender
thereunder. Each L/C Participant unconditionally and
irrevocably agrees with the Issuing Lender that, if a draft is paid
under any Letter of Credit for which the Issuing Lender is not
reimbursed in full by the Borrower in respect of such Letter of
Credit in accordance with subsection 3.5(a), such L/C
Participant shall pay to the Issuing Lender upon demand (which
demand, in the case of any demand made in respect of any draft
under a Letter of Credit denominated in any Designated
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Foreign Currency, shall not be made prior to
the date that the amount of such draft shall be converted into
Dollars in accordance with subsection 3.5(a)) at the Issuing
Lender’s address for notices specified herein an amount equal
to such L/C Participant’s Revolving Credit Commitment
Percentage of the amount of such draft, or any part thereof, which
is not so reimbursed; provided that nothing in this
paragraph shall relieve the Issuing Lender of any liability
resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the
Issuing Lender, or otherwise affect any defense or other right that
any L/C Participant may have as a result of such gross negligence
or willful misconduct.
(b)
If any amount required to be paid by any L/C Participant to the
Issuing Lender on demand by the Issuing Lender pursuant to
subsection 3.4(a) in respect of any unreimbursed portion
of any payment made by the Issuing Lender under any Letter of
Credit is paid to the Issuing Lender within three Business Days
after the date such demand is made, such L/C Participant shall pay
to the Issuing Lender on demand an amount equal to the product of
(i) such amount, times (ii) the daily average Federal
Funds Effective Rate during the period from and including the date
such payment is required to the date on which such payment is
immediately available to the Issuing Lender, times (iii) a
fraction the numerator of which is the number of days that elapse
during such period and the denominator of which is 360. If
any such amount required to be paid by any L/C Participant pursuant
to subsection 3.4(a) is not in fact made available to the
Issuing Lender by such L/C Participant within three Business Days
after the date such payment is due, the Issuing Lender shall be
entitled to recover from such L/C Participant, on demand, such
amount with interest thereon calculated from such due date at the
rate per annum applicable to ABR Loans that are Revolving Credit
Loans. A certificate of the Issuing Lender submitted to any
L/C Participant with respect to any amounts owing under this
subsection (which shall include calculations of any such
amounts in reasonable detail) shall be conclusive in the absence of
manifest error.
(c)
Whenever, at any time after the Issuing Lender has made payment
under any Letter of Credit and has received from any L/C
Participant its pro rata share of such payment in accordance
with subsection 3.4(a), the Issuing Lender receives any
payment related to such Letter of Credit (whether directly from the
Borrower in respect of such Letter of Credit or otherwise), or any
payment of interest on account thereof, the Issuing Lender will, if
such payment is received prior to 1:00 P.M., New York City
time, on a Business Day, distribute to such L/C Participant its
pro rata share thereof prior to the end of such
Business Day and otherwise the Issuing Lender will distribute such
payment on the next succeeding Business Day; provided ,
however , that in the event that any such payment received
by the Issuing Lender shall be required to be returned by the
Issuing Lender, such L/C Participant shall return to the Issuing
Lender the portion thereof previously distributed by the Issuing
Lender to it.
3.5.
Reimbursement Obligation of the Borrower . (a)
The Borrower agrees to reimburse the Issuing Lender, upon receipt
by the Borrower of notice from the Issuing Lender of the date and
amount of a draft presented under any Letter of Credit and paid by
the Issuing Lender, for the amount of such draft so paid and any
taxes, fees, charges or other costs or expenses reasonably incurred
by the Issuing Lender in connection with such payment. Each
such payment shall be made to the Issuing Lender, at its address
for notices specified herein in the currency in which such Letter
of Credit is denominated (except that, in the case of any Letter of
Credit denominated in any Designated Foreign Currency, in the event
that such payment is not
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made to the Issuing Lender within three
Business Days of the date of receipt by the Borrower of such
notice, upon notice by the Issuing Lender to the Borrower, such
payment shall be made in Dollars, in an amount equal to the Dollar
Equivalent of the amount of such payment converted on the date of
such notice into Dollars at the Spot Rate of Exchange on such date)
and in immediately available funds, on the date on which the
Borrower receives such notice, if received prior to
11:00 A.M., New York City time, on a Business Day and
otherwise on the next succeeding Business Day. Any conversion
by the Issuing Lender of any payment to be made in respect of any
Letter of Credit denominated in any Designated Foreign Currency
into Dollars in accordance with this
subsection 3.5(a) shall be conclusive and binding upon
the Borrower and the Revolving Credit Lenders in the absence of
manifest error; provided that upon the request of the
Borrower or any Revolving Credit Lender, the Issuing Lender shall
provide to the Borrower or Revolving Credit Lender a certificate
including reasonably detailed information as to the calculation of
such conversion.
(b)
Interest shall be payable on any and all amounts remaining unpaid
by the Borrower under this subsection (i) from the date
the draft presented under the affected Letter of Credit is paid to
the date on which the Borrower is required to pay such amounts
pursuant to paragraph (a) above at the rate which would then
be payable on any outstanding ABR Loans that are Revolving Credit
Loans and (ii) thereafter until payment in full at the rate
which would be payable on any outstanding ABR Loans that are
Revolving Credit Loans which were then overdue.
3.6.
Obligations Absolute . (a) Each of the
Borrower’s obligations under this Section 3 shall be
absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances and
irrespective of any set-off, counterclaim or defense to payment
which the Borrower may have or have had against the Issuing Lender,
any L/C Participant or any beneficiary of a Letter of Credit,
provided that this paragraph shall not relieve the Issuing
Lender or any L/C Participant of any liability resulting from the
gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Issuing Lender or
such L/C Participant, or otherwise affect any defense or other
right that the Borrower may have as a result of any such gross
negligence or willful misconduct.
(b)
The Borrower also agrees with the Issuing Lender that the Issuing
Lender and the L/C Participants shall not be responsible for, and
the Borrower’s Reimbursement Obligations under
subsection 3.5(a) shall not be affected by, among other
things, the validity or genuineness of documents or of any
endorsements thereon, even though such documents shall in fact
prove to be invalid, fraudulent or forged, or any dispute between
or among the Borrower and any beneficiary of any Letter of Credit
or any other party to which such Letter of Credit may be
transferred or any claims whatsoever of the Borrower against any
beneficiary of such Letter of Credit or any such transferee,
provided that this paragraph shall not relieve the Issuing
Lender or any L/C Participant of any liability resulting from the
gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Issuing Lender or
such L/C Participant, or otherwise affect any defense or other
right that the Borrower may have as a result of any such gross
negligence or willful misconduct.
(c)
Neither the Issuing Lender nor any L/C Participant shall be liable
for any error, omission, interruption or delay in transmission,
dispatch or delivery of any message or advice, however transmitted,
in connection with any Letter of Credit, except for errors or
omissions caused by such Person’s gross negligence or willful
misconduct.
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(d)
The Borrower agrees that any action taken or omitted by the Issuing
Lender under or in connection with any Letter of Credit or the
related drafts or documents, if done in the absence of gross
negligence or willful misconduct and in accordance with the
standards of care specified in the Uniform Commercial Code of the
State of New York, shall be binding on the Borrower and shall not
result in any liability of the Issuing Lender or any L/C
Participant to the Borrower.
3.7.
Letter of Credit Payments . If any draft shall be
presented for payment under any Letter of Credit, the Issuing
Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower of the date and amount
thereof. The responsibility of the Issuing Lender to the
Borrower in respect of any Letter of Credit in connection with any
draft presented for payment under such Letter of Credit shall, in
addition to any payment obligation expressly provided for in such
Letter of Credit, be limited to determining that the documents
(including each draft) delivered under such Letter of Credit in
connection with such presentment are in conformity with such Letter
of Credit, provided that this paragraph shall not relieve
the Issuing Lender of any liability resulting from the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of the Issuing Lender, or
otherwise affect any defense or other right that the Borrower may
have as a result of any such gross negligence or willful
misconduct.
3.8.
Application . To the extent that any provision of any
Application related to any Letter of Credit is inconsistent with
the provisions of this Section 3, the provisions of this
Section 3 shall apply.
SECTION 4. GENERAL
PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO
LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT
4.1.
Interest Rates and Payment Dates . (a) Each
Eurodollar Loan shall bear interest for each day during each
Interest Period with respect thereto at a rate per annum equal to
the Eurodollar Rate determined for such day plus the Applicable
Margin in effect for such day.
(b)
Each ABR Loan shall bear interest for each day that it is
outstanding at a rate per annum equal to the ABR for such day plus
the Applicable Margin in effect for such day.
(c)
If any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, all
outstanding Loans and other Obligations under the Loan Documents
shall bear interest at a rate per annum which is (i) in the
case of the Loans, the rate that would otherwise be applicable
thereto pursuant to the relevant foregoing provisions of this
subsection plus 2.00%, (ii) in the case interest, the
rate that would be otherwise applicable to principal of the related
Loan pursuant to the relevant foregoing provisions of this
subsection (other than clause (i) above) plus 2.00% and
(iii) in the case of, fees, commissions or other amounts, the
rate described in paragraph (b) of this subsection for
ABR Loans that are Revolving Credit Loans plus 2.00%, in each case
from the date of such non-payment until such amount is paid in full
(as well after as before judgment).
(d)
Interest shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date,
provided that interest accruing pursuant to paragraph
(c) of this subsection shall be payable from time to time on
demand.
(e)
It is the intention of the parties hereto to comply strictly with
applicable usury laws; accordingly, it is stipulated and agreed
that the aggregate of all amounts which
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constitute interest under applicable usury
laws, whether contracted for, charged, taken, reserved, or
received, in connection with the indebtedness evidenced by this
Agreement or any Notes, or any other document relating or referring
hereto or thereto, now or hereafter existing, shall never exceed
under any circumstance whatsoever the maximum amount of interest
allowed by applicable usury laws.
4.2.
Conversion and Continuation Options . (a) The
Borrower may elect from time to time to convert outstanding Term
Loans and Revolving Credit Loans from Eurodollar Loans to ABR Loans
by giving the Administrative Agent at least two Business
Days’ prior irrevocable notice of such election,
provided that any such conversion of Eurodollar Loans may
only be made on the last day of an Interest Period with respect
thereto. The Borrower may elect from time to time to convert
outstanding Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans from ABR Loans to
Eurodollar Loans by giving the Administrative Agent at least three
Business Days’ prior irrevocable notice of such
election. Any such notice of conversion to Eurodollar Loans
shall specify the length of the initial Interest Period or Interest
Periods therefor. Upon receipt of any such notice the
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each affected Lender
thereof. All or any part of outstanding Eurodollar Loans and
ABR Loans may be converted as provided herein, provided that
(i) (unless the Required Lenders otherwise consent) no Loan
may be converted into a Eurodollar Loan when any Default or Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing and, in the case of any
Default, the Administrative Agent has given notice to the Borrower
that no such conversions may be made and (ii) no Loan may be
converted into a Eurodollar Loan after the date that is one month
prior to the Maturity Date.
(b)
Any Eurodollar Loan may be continued as such upon the expiration of
the then current Interest Period with respect thereto by the
Borrower giving notice to the Administrative Agent of the length of
the next Interest Period to be applicable to such Loan, determined
in accordance with the applicable provisions of the term
“Interest Period” set forth in subsection 1.1,
provided that no Eurodollar Loan may be continued as such
(i) (unless the Required Lenders otherwise consent) when any
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and, in
the case of any Default, the Administrative Agent has given notice
to the Borrower that no such continuations may be made or
(ii) after the date that is one month prior to the Maturity
Date, and provided , further , that in the case of
Eurodollar Loans made or outstanding in Dollars, if the Borrower
shall fail to give any required notice as described above in this
paragraph or if such continuation is not permitted pursuant to the
preceding proviso such Eurodollar Loans shall be automatically
converted to ABR Loans on the last day of such then expiring
Interest Period. Upon receipt of any such notice of
continuation pursuant to this subsection 4.2(b), the
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each affected Lender
thereof.
4.3.
Minimum Amounts of Sets . All borrowings, conversions
and continuations of Loans hereunder and all selections of Interest
Periods hereunder shall be in such amounts and be made pursuant to
such elections so that, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate
principal amount of the Eurodollar Loans comprising each Set shall
be equal to $5,000,000, or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess
thereof, and so that there shall not be more than 5 Sets at any one
time outstanding.
4.4.
Optional and Mandatory Prepayments and Commitment Reductions
. (a) The Borrower may at any time and from time to
time prepay the Loans in whole or in part,
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subject to subsection 4.12, without
premium or penalty, upon at least three Business Days’
irrevocable notice by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent (in
the case of Eurodollar Loans) or at least one Business Day’s
irrevocable notice by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent (in
the case of ABR Loans), specifying, in the case of any prepayment
of Loans, the date and amount of prepayment and whether the
prepayment is (i) of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans, or
a combination thereof, and (ii) of Eurodollar Loans, ABR Loans
or a combination thereof, and, in each case if a combination
thereof, the principal amount allocable to each. Upon the
receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly
notify each affected Lender thereof. If any such notice is
given, the amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable
on the date specified therein, together with (if a Eurodollar Loan
is prepaid other than at the end of the Interest Period applicable
thereto) any amounts payable pursuant to subsection 4.12 and,
in the case of prepayments of the Term Loans only, accrued interest
to such date on the amount prepaid. Partial prepayments of
the Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to this subsection shall
(unless the Borrower otherwise directs) be applied, first ,
to payment of the Revolving Credit Loans then outstanding,
second , to payment of any Reimbursement Obligations then
outstanding and, last , to cash collateralize any
outstanding L/C Obligation on terms reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent. Partial prepayments pursuant to this
subsection 4.4(a) shall be in an aggregate principal
amount of $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess
thereof, provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any
Loan may be prepaid in its entirety.
(b)
Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4.14, if, at any
time during the Revolving Credit Commitment Period, the Aggregate
Outstanding Revolving Credit with respect to all of the Revolving
Credit Lenders exceeds the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments
then in effect, the Borrower shall, without notice or demand,
immediately repay the Revolving Credit Loans in an aggregate
principal amount equal to such excess together with interest
accrued to the date of such payment or prepayment and any amounts
payable under subsection 4.12. To the extent that after
giving effect to any prepayment of the Loans required by the
preceding sentence, such Aggregate Outstanding Revolving Credit
exceeds the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect,
the Borrower shall, without notice or demand, immediately cash
collateralize the then outstanding L/C Obligations in an amount
equal to such excess upon terms reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent.
(c)
If on or after the Closing Date:
(i)
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall make an Asset Sale
(other than pursuant to clause (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v),
(ix) or (x) of subsection 8.6(a)), or
(ii)
a Recovery Event occurs,
then, in each case, the
Borrower shall prepay, in accordance with subsection 4.4(d),
the Loans and cash collateralize the L/C Obligations in an amount
equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds thereof minus any
Reinvested Amount, in each such case with such prepayment to be
made on the Business Day following the date of receipt of any such
Net Cash Proceeds (except that, if any such Net Cash Proceeds are
eligible to be reinvested in accordance with the definition of the
term “Reinvested Amount” in subsection 1.1 and the
Borrower has not elected to reinvest such proceeds, such prepayment
to be made on the earlier of (1) the date on which the
certificate of a
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Responsible Officer of
the Borrower to such effect is delivered to the Administrative
Agent in accordance with such definition and (2) the last day
of the period within which a certificate setting forth such
election is required to be delivered in accordance with such
definition). Nothing in this paragraph (c) shall limit
the rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders set forth in
Section 9.
(d)
Prepayments pursuant to subsection 4.4(c) shall be applied,
first , to prepay Term Loans then outstanding, second
, to prepay Revolving Credit Loans then outstanding, third ,
to pay any Reimbursement Obligations then outstanding and,
last , to cash collateralize any outstanding L/C Obligations
on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent.
(e)
Amounts prepaid on account of Term Loans pursuant to
subsection 4.4(a) or 4.4(c) may not be
reborrowed.
(f)
The Revolving Credit Commitments shall be permanently reduced by
the amount of all prepayments of Revolving Credit Loans, payments
of Reimbursement Obligations and cash collateralizations of L/C
Obligations, in each case, made under subsection 4.4(b) or
4.4(c).
4.5.
Commitment Fees; Administrative Agent’s Fee; Other
Fees . (a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the
Administrative Agent, for the account of each Revolving Credit
Lender, a commitment fee for the period from and including the
first day of the Revolving Credit Commitment Period to the
Termination Date, computed at the rate of 0.50% per annum on the
average daily amount of the Available Revolving Credit Commitment
of such Revolving Credit Lender during the period for which payment
is made, payable monthly in arrears on the last day of each month
and on the Termination Date or such earlier date as the Revolving
Credit Commitments shall terminate as provided herein, commencing
on March 1, 2008.
(b)
The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent any fees in
the amounts and on the dates previously agreed to in writing by the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent in connection with this
Agreement.
4.6.
Computation of Interest and Fees . (a) Interest
(other than interest based on the Prime Rate) shall be calculated
on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual days elapsed; and
commitment fees and interest based on the Prime Rate shall be
calculated on the basis of a 365- (or 366-, as the case may be) day
year for the actual days elapsed. The Administrative Agent
shall as soon as practicable notify the Borrower and the affected
Lenders of each determination of a Eurodollar Rate. Any
change in the interest rate on a Loan resulting from a change in
the ABR or the Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements shall become
effective as of the opening of business on the day on which such
change becomes effective. The Administrative Agent shall as
soon as practicable notify the Borrower and the affected Lenders of
the effective date and the amount of each such change in interest
rate.
(b)
Each determination of an interest rate by the Administrative Agent
pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be conclusive and
binding on the Borrower and the Lenders in the absence of manifest
error. The Administrative Agent shall, at the request of the
Borrower or any Lender, deliver to the Borrower or such Lender a
statement showing in
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reasonable detail the calculations used by the
Administrative Agent in determining any interest rate pursuant to
subsection 4.1, excluding any Eurodollar Base Rate which is
based upon the Telerate British Bankers Assoc. Interest Settlement
Rates Page and any ABR which is based upon the Prime
Rate.
4.7.
Inability to Determine Interest Rate . If prior to the
first day of any Interest Period, the Administrative Agent shall
have determined (which determination shall be conclusive and
binding upon the Borrower) that, by reason of circumstances
affecting the relevant market, adequate and reasonable means do not
exist for ascertaining the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest
Period, the Administrative Agent shall give telecopy or telephonic
notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders as soon as
practicable thereafter. If such notice is given (a) any
Eurodollar Loans requested to be made on the first day of such
Interest Period shall be made as ABR Loans and (b) any Loans
that were to have been converted on the first day of such Interest
Period to or continued as Eurodollar Loans shall be converted to or
continued as ABR Loans. If any such repayment occurs on a day
which is not the last day of the then current Interest Period with
respect to such Eurodollar Loan, the Borrower shall pay to each of
the Revolving Credit Lenders such amounts, if any, as may be
required pursuant to subsection 4.12. Until such notice
has been withdrawn by the Administrative Agent, no further
Eurodollar Loans shall be made or continued as such, nor shall the
Borrower have the right to convert ABR Loans to Eurodollar
Loans.
4.8.
Pro Rata Treatment and Payments . (a) Each
borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans by the Borrower from the
Revolving Credit Lenders hereunder shall be made, each payment by
the Borrower on account of any commitment fee in respect of the
Revolving Credit Commitments hereunder shall be allocated by the
Administrative Agent, and any reduction of the Revolving Credit
Commitments of the Revolving Credit Lenders shall be allocated by
the Administrative Agent, in each case, pro rata according to the
relevant Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages of the Revolving
Credit Lenders. Each payment (including each prepayment) by
the Borrower on account of principal of and interest on any
Revolving Credit Loans shall be allocated by the Administrative
Agent pro rata according to the respective outstanding principal
amounts of such Revolving Credit Loans then held by the Revolving
Credit Lenders. Each payment (including each prepayment) by
the Borrower on account of principal of and interest on any Term
Loans shall be allocated by the Administrative Agent pro rata
according to the respective outstanding principal amounts of the
Term Loans then held by the Term Loan Lenders. All payments
(including prepayments) to be made by the Borrower hereunder,
whether on account of principal, interest, fees, Reimbursement
Obligations or otherwise, shall be made without set-off or
counterclaim or, except as permitted under subsection 4.11, other
deduction and shall be made prior to 1:00 P.M., New York City
time, on the due date thereof to the Administrative Agent, for the
account of the Lenders holding the relevant Loans or the L/C
Participants, as the case may be, at the Administrative
Agent’s office specified in subsection 13.2, in Dollars
or, in the case of L/C Obligations in any Designated Foreign
Currency, such Designated Foreign Currency and, whether in Dollars
or any Designated Foreign Currency, in immediately available
funds. Payments received by the Administrative Agent after
such time shall be deemed to have been received on the next
Business Day. The Administrative Agent shall distribute such
payments to such Lenders, if any such payment is received prior to
1:00 P.M., New York City time, on a Business Day, in like
funds as received prior to the end of such Business Day and
otherwise the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to
such Lenders on the next succeeding Business Day. If any
payment hereunder (other than payments
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on
the Eurodollar Loans) becomes due and payable on a day other than a
Business Day, the maturity of such payment shall be extended to the
next succeeding Business Day, and, with respect to payments of
principal, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable
rate during such extension. If any payment on a Eurodollar
Loan becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day,
the maturity of such payment shall be extended to the next
succeeding Business Day (and, with respect to payments of
principal, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable
rate during such extension) unless the result of such extension
would be to extend such payment into another calendar month, in
which event such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding
Business Day.
(b)
Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing
by any Revolving Credit Lender prior to a borrowing that such
Revolving Credit Lender will not make the amount that would
constitute its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of such
borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative
Agent may assume that such Revolving Credit Lender is making such
amount available to the Administrative Agent, and the
Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make
available to the Borrower in respect of such borrowing a
corresponding amount. If such amount is not made available to
the Administrative Agent by the required time on the Borrowing Date
therefor, such Revolving Credit Lender shall pay to the
Administrative Agent, on demand, such amount with interest thereon
at a rate equal to the daily average Federal Funds Effective Rate
for the period until such Revolving Credit Lender makes such amount
immediately available to the Administrative Agent. A
certificate of the Administrative Agent submitted to any Revolving
Credit Lender with respect to any amounts owing under this
subsection shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest
error. If such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving
Credit Commitment Percentage of such borrowing is not made
available to the Administrative Agent by such Revolving Credit
Lender within three Business Days of such Borrowing Date, the
Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower of the failure of
such Revolving Credit Lender to make such amount available to the
Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent shall also be
entitled to recover such amount with interest thereon at the rate
per annum applicable to ABR Loans hereunder, on demand, from the
Borrower.
(c)
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement:
(i)
If at any time a Revolving Credit Lender shall not make a Revolving
Credit Loan required to be made by it hereunder (any such Lender, a
“ Defaulting Lender ”), the Borrower shall have
the right to seek one or more Persons reasonably satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent and the Borrower to each become a
substitute Revolving Credit Lender and assume all or part of the
Revolving Credit Commitment of such Defaulting Lender. In
such event, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and any such
substitute Revolving Credit Lender shall execute and deliver, and
such Defaulting Lender shall thereupon be deemed to have executed
and delivered, an appropriately completed Assignment and Acceptance
to effect such substitution.
(ii)
In determining the Required Lenders, any Lender that at the time is
a Defaulting Lender (and the Loans and Revolving Credit Commitment
of such Defaulting Lender) shall be excluded and disregarded.
No commitment fee shall accrue
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for the account of
a Defaulting Lender so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting
Lender.
(iii)
If at any time the Borrower shall be required to make any payment
under any Loan Document to or for the account of a Defaulting
Lender, then the Borrower, so long as it is then permitted to
borrow Revolving Credit Loans hereunder, may set off and otherwise
apply its obligation to make such payment against the obligation of
such Defaulting Lender to make such Loan with respect to which
there has been a Default. In such event, the amount so set off and
otherwise applied shall be deemed to constitute a Revolving Credit
Loan by such Defaulting Lender made on the date of such set-off and
included within any borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably determine.
(iv)
If, with respect to any Defaulting Lender, which for the purposes
of this subsection 4.8(c)(iv), shall include any Revolving
Credit Lender (i) that has commenced any case, proceeding or
other action (A) under any existing or future law of any
jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, seeking to have an
order for relief entered with respect to it, or seeking to
adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment, winding-up, liquidation, dissolution,
composition or other relief with respect to it or its debts, or
(B) has sought appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian,
conservator or other similar official for it or for all or any
substantial part of its assets, or having made a general assignment
for the benefit of its creditors; or (ii) with respect to
which there shall be commenced against such Defaulting Lender any
case, proceeding or other action of a nature referred to in clause
(i) above which (A) results in the entry of an order for
relief or any such adjudication or appointment or (B) remains
undismissed, undischarged, unstayed or unbonded for a period of 60
days; or (iii) there shall be commenced against such
Defaulting Lender any case, proceeding or other action seeking
issuance of a warrant of attachment, execution, distraint or
similar process against all or any substantial part of its assets
which results in the entry of an order for any such relief which
shall not have been vacated, discharged, stayed or bonded pending
appeal within 60 days from the entry thereof; or (iv) any
Defaulting Lender shall take any corporate action in furtherance
of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in,
any of the acts set forth in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) above;
or (v) any Defaulting Lender shall be generally unable to, or
shall admit in writing its general inability to, pay its debts as
they become due; the Borrower shall be required to pay any amount
under any Loan Document to or for the account of such Defaulting
Lender, then the Borrower, so long as it is then permitted to
borrow Revolving Credit Loans hereunder, may satisfy such payment
obligation by paying such amount to the Administrative Agent, to be
(to the extent permitted by applicable law and to the extent not
utilized by the Administrative Agent to satisfy obligations of the
Defaulting Lender owing to it) held by the Administrative Agent in
escrow pursuant to its standard terms (including as to the earning
of interest), and applied (together with any accrued interest) by
it from time to time to make any Revolving Credit Loans or other
payments as and when required to be made by such Defaulting Lender
hereunder.
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4.9.
Illegality . Notwithstanding any other provision
herein, if the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law
or in the interpretation or application thereof occurring after the
Closing Date shall make it unlawful for any Lender to make or
maintain any Eurodollar Loans (a) such Lender shall promptly
give written notice of such circumstances to the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent (which notice shall be withdrawn whenever such
circumstances no longer exist), (b) the commitment of such
Lender hereunder to make Eurodollar Loans, continue Eurodollar
Loans as such and convert an ABR Loan to a Eurodollar Loan shall
forthwith be cancelled and, until such time as it shall no longer
be unlawful for such Lender to make or maintain Eurodollar Loans,
such Lender shall then have a commitment only to make an ABR Loan
when a is requested and (c) such Lender’s Loans then
outstanding as Eurodollar Loans, if any, shall be converted
automatically to ABR Loans on the respective last days of the then
current Interest Periods with respect to such Loans or within such
earlier period as required by law. If any such conversion or
prepayment of a Eurodollar Loan occurs on a day which is not the
last day of the then current Interest Period with respect
thereto, the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such amounts, if
any, as may be required pursuant to
subsection 4.12.
4.10.
Requirements of Law. (a) If the adoption of or
any change in any Requirement of Law or in the interpretation or
application thereof applicable to any Lender, or compliance by any
Lender with any request or directive (whether or not having the
force of law) from any central bank or other Governmental
Authority, in each case made subsequent to the Closing Date (or, if
later, the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender):
(i)
shall subject such Lender to any tax of any kind whatsoever with
respect to any Letter of Credit, any Application or any Eurodollar
Loans made or maintained by it or its obligation to make or
maintain Eurodollar Loans, or change the basis of taxation of
payments to such Lender in respect thereof (except for Non-Excluded
Taxes covered by subsection 4.11 (including Non-Excluded Taxes
imposed solely by reason of any failure of such Lender to comply
with its obligations (if any) under subsection 4.11(b) or
4.11(c) or with respect to fees paid under this Agreement) and
changes in taxes measured by or imposed upon the overall net
income, or franchise taxes, or taxes measured by or imposed upon
overall capital or net worth, or branch taxes (in the case of such
capital, net worth or branch taxes, imposed in lieu of such net
income tax), of such Lender or its applicable lending office,
branch, or any affiliate thereof);
(ii)
shall impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve, special
deposit, compulsory loan or similar requirement against assets held
by, deposits or other liabilities in or for the account of,
advances, loans or other extensions of credit by, or any other
acquisition of funds by, any office of such Lender which is not
otherwise included in the determination of the Eurodollar Rate
hereunder; or
(iii)
shall impose on such Lender any other condition (excluding any tax
of any kind whatsoever);
and the result of any
of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender, by an
amount which such Lender deems to be material, of making,
converting into, continuing or maintaining Eurodollar Loans or
issuing or participating in Letters of Credit or to reduce any
amount receivable hereunder in respect thereof, then, in any such
case, upon notice to the Borrower from
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such Lender, through
the Administrative Agent, in accordance herewith, the Borrower
shall promptly pay such Lender, upon its demand, any additional
amounts necessary to compensate such Lender for such increased cost
or reduced amount receivable with respect to such Eurodollar Loans
or Letters of Credit, provided that, in any such case, the
Borrower may elect to convert the Eurodollar Loans made by such
Lender hereunder to ABR Loans by giving the Administrative Agent at
least one Business Day’s notice of such election, in which
case the Borrower shall promptly pay to such Lender, upon demand,
without duplication, amounts theretofor required to be paid to such
Lender pursuant to this subsection 4.10(a) and such
amounts, if any, as may be required pursuant to
subsection 4.12. If any Lender becomes entitled to claim any
additional amounts pursuant to this subsection, it shall provide
prompt notice thereof to the Borrower, through the Administrative
Agent, certifying (x) that one of the events described in this
paragraph (a) has occurred and describing in reasonable detail
the nature of such event, (y) as to the increased cost or
reduced amount resulting from such event and (z) as to the
additional amount demanded by such Lender and a reasonably detailed
explanation of the calculation thereof. Such a certificate as to
any additional amounts payable pursuant to this
subsection submitted by such Lender, through the
Administrative Agent, to the Borrower shall be conclusive in the
absence of manifest error. This covenant shall survive the
termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all
other amounts payable hereunder.
(b)
If any Lender shall have determined that the adoption of or any
change in any Requirement of Law regarding capital adequacy or in
the interpretation or application thereof or compliance by such
Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender with any request
or directive regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the
force of law) from any Governmental Authority, in each case, made
subsequent to the Closing Date (or, if later, the date on which
such Lender becomes a Lender), does or shall have the effect of
reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or such
corporation’s capital as a consequence of such Lender’s
obligations hereunder or under or in respect of any Letter of
Credit to a level below that which such Lender or such corporation
could have achieved but for such change or compliance (taking into
consideration such Lender’s or such corporation’s
policies with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by
such Lender to be material, then from time to time, within ten
Business Days after submission by such Lender to the Borrower (with
a copy to the Administrative Agent) of a written request therefor
certifying (x) that one of the events described in this
paragraph (b) has occurred and describing in reasonable detail
the nature of such event, (y) as to the reduction of the rate
of return on capital resulting from such event and (z) as to
the additional amount or amounts demanded by such Lender or
corporation and a reasonably detailed explanation of the
calculation thereof, the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such
additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or
corporation for such reduction. Such a certificate as to any
additional amounts payable pursuant to this
subsection submitted by such Lender, through the
Administrative Agent, to the Borrower shall be conclusive in the
absence of manifest error. This covenant shall survive the
termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all
other amounts payable hereunder.
4.11.
Taxes . (a) Except as provided below in this
subsection, all payments made by the Borrower under this Agreement
and any Notes shall be made free and clear of, and without
deduction or withholding for or on account of, any present or
future income, stamp or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties,
charges, fees, deductions or withholdings, now or hereafter
imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any
Governmental Authority, excluding taxes
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measured by or imposed upon the overall net
income (including net income taxes imposed by means of a backup
withholding tax) of any Lender or its applicable lending office, or
any branch or affiliate thereof, and all franchise taxes,
branch taxes, taxes on doing business or taxes measured by or
imposed upon the overall capital or net worth of any Lender or its
applicable lending office, or any branch or affiliate thereof, in
each case imposed: (i) by the jurisdiction under the
laws of which such Lender, applicable lending office, branch or
affiliate is organized or is located, or in which its principal
executive office is located, or any nation within which such
jurisdiction is located or any political subdivision thereof; or
(ii) by reason of any connection between the jurisdiction
imposing such tax and such Lender, applicable lending office,
branch or affiliate other than a connection arising solely from
such Lender having executed, delivered or performed its obligations
under, or received payment under or enforced, this Agreement or any
Notes. If any such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties,
charges, fees, deductions or withholdings (“ Non-Excluded
Taxes ”) are required to be withheld from any amounts
payable to the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder or
under any Notes, the amounts so payable to the Administrative Agent
or such Lender shall be increased to the extent necessary to yield
to the Administrative Agent or such Lender (after payment of all
Non-Excluded Taxes) interest or any such other amounts payable
hereunder at the rates or in the amounts specified in this
Agreement, provided , however , that the Borrower
shall be entitled to deduct and withhold any Non-Excluded Taxes and
shall not be required to increase any such amounts payable to any
Lender, (x) if such Lender fails to comply with the
requirements of paragraph (b) or (c) of this
subsection or (y) with respect to any Non-Excluded Taxes
imposed in connection with the payment of any fees paid under this
Agreement unless such Non-Excluded Taxes are imposed as a result of
a change in treaty, law or regulation that occurred after such
Lender becomes a Lender hereunder (or, if such Lender is a foreign
intermediary or flow-through entity for U.S. federal income tax
purposes, after the relevant beneficiary or member of such Lender
became such a beneficiary or member, if later). Whenever any
Non-Excluded Taxes are payable by the Borrower, as promptly as
possible thereafter the Borrower shall send to the Administrative
Agent for its own account or for the account of such Lender, as the
case may be, a certified copy of an original official receipt
received by the Borrower showing payment thereof. If the Borrower
fails to pay any Non-Excluded Taxes when due to the appropriate
taxing authority or fails to remit to the Administrative Agent the
required receipts or other required documentary evidence, the
Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
for any incremental taxes, interest or penalties that may become
payable by the Administrative Agent or any Lender as a result of
any such failure. The agreements in this subsection 4.11 shall
survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the
Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
(b)
Each Lender that is not incorporated under the laws of the United
States of America or a state thereof shall:
(X)
on or before the date of any payment by the Borrower under this
Agreement or any Notes to such Lender, deliver to the Borrower and
the Administrative Agent (A) two duly completed copies of
United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (certifying
that it is a resident of the applicable country within the meaning
of the income tax treaty between the United States and that
country) or Form W-8ECI, or successor applicable form, as the
case may be, certifying that it is entitled to receive all
payments under this Agreement and
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any
Notes without deduction or withholding of any United States federal
income taxes and (B) such other forms, documentation or
certifications, as the case may be, certifying that it is entitled
to an exemption from United States backup withholding tax with
respect to payments under this Agreement and any Notes;
(i)
deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent two further
copies of any such form or certification on or before the date that
any such form or certification expires or becomes obsolete and
after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most
recent form or certificate previously delivered by it to the
Borrower; and
(ii)
obtain such extensions of time for filing and completing such forms
or certifications as may reasonably be requested by the Borrower or
the Administrative Agent; or
(Y)
in the case of any such Lender that is not a “bank”
within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the
Code,
(i)
represent to the Borrower (for the benefit of the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent) that it is not a bank within the meaning of
Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code;
(ii)
agree to furnish to the Borrower on or before the date of any
payment by the Borrower, with a copy to the Administrative Agent,
(A) two certificates substantially in the form of
Exhibit E (any such certificate a “ U.S. Tax
Compliance Certificate ”) and (B) two accurate and
complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service
Form W-8BEN, or successor applicable form certifying to such
Lender’s legal entitlement at the date of such certificate to
an exemption from U.S. withholding tax under the provisions of
Section 871(h) or Section 881(c) of the Code
with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and any
Notes (and to deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent
two further copies of such form or certificate on or before the
date it expires or becomes obsolete and after the occurrence of any
event requiring a change in the most recently provided form or
certificate and, if necessary, obtain any extensions of time
reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent
for filing and completing such forms or certificates);
and
(iii)
agree, to the extent legally entitled to do so, upon reasonable
request by the Borrower, to provide to the Borrower (for the
benefit of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) such other
forms as may be reasonably required in order to establish the legal
entitlement of such Lender to an exemption from withholding with
respect to payments under this Agreement and any Notes,
provided that in determining the reasonableness of a
request under this clause (iii) such Lender shall be entitled
to consider the cost (to the extent unreimbursed by the Borrower)
which would be imposed on such Lender of complying with such
request; or
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(Z)
in the case of any such Lender that is a foreign intermediary or
flow-through entity for U.S. federal income tax
purposes,
(i)
on or before the date of any payment by the Borrower under this
Agreement or any Notes to such Lender, deliver to the Borrower and
the Administrative Agent two accurate and complete original signed
copies of United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY;
and
(A)
with respect to each beneficiary or member of such Lender that is a
bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the
Code, on or before the date of any payment by the Borrower under
this Agreement or any Notes to such Lender, also deliver to the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent (I) two duly
completed copies of United States Internal Revenue Service
Form W-8BEN (certifying that such beneficiary or member is a
resident of the applicable country within the meaning of the income
tax treaty between the United States and that country),
Form W-8ECI or Form W-9, or successor applicable form, as
the case may be, in each case certifying that each such beneficiary
or member is entitled to receive all payments under this Agreement
and any Notes without deduction or withholding of any United States
federal income taxes and (II) such oth
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