Exhibit 10.73
CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT
dated as of October 26, 2007
among
SYNTAX-BRILLIAN CORPORATION
and
SYNTAX-BRILLIAN SPE, INC.,
as Borrowers
CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF SYNTAX-BRILLIAN CORPORATION,
as Guarantors,
VARIOUS LENDERS,
and
SILVER POINT FINANCE, LLC,
as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, and Lead
Arranger
$250,000,000 Senior Secured Credit Facilities
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 1.
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DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION |
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1.1
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Definitions |
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2 |
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1.2
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Accounting Terms |
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45 |
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1.3
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Interpretation, etc |
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45 |
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SECTION 2.
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LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT |
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45 |
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2.1
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Term Loans |
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45 |
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2.2
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Revolving Loans |
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2.3
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Issuance of Letters of Credit and
Purchase of Participations Therein |
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2.4
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Pro Rata Shares; Availability of
Funds |
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2.5
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Use of Proceeds |
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2.6
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Evidence of Debt; Register;
Lenders’ Books and Records; Notes |
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2.7
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Interest on Loans |
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2.8
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Conversion/Continuation |
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2.9
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Default Interest |
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2.10
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Fees |
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2.11
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Scheduled Payments/Commitment
Reductions |
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2.12
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Voluntary Prepayments/Commitment
Reductions |
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57 |
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2.13
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Mandatory Prepayments/Commitment
Reductions |
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58 |
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2.14
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Application of
Prepayments/Reductions |
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60 |
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2.15
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General Provisions Regarding
Payments |
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2.16
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Ratable Sharing |
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66 |
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2.17
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Making or Maintaining LIBOR Rate
Loans |
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66 |
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2.18
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Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy;
Reserves on LIBOR Rate Loans |
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68 |
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2.19
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Taxes; Withholding, etc |
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70 |
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2.20
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Obligation to Mitigate |
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73 |
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2.21
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Defaulting Lenders |
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73 |
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2.22
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Removal or Replacement of a
Lender |
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74 |
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SECTION 3.
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CONDITIONS PRECEDENT |
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75 |
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3.1
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Closing Date |
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3.2
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Conditions to Each Credit
Extension |
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80 |
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SECTION 4.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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4.1
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Organization; Requisite Power and
Authority; Qualification |
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4.2
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Capital Stock and Ownership |
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4.3
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Due Authorization |
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4.4
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No Conflict |
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4.5
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Governmental Consents |
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83 |
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4.6
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Binding Obligation |
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83 |
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4.7
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Historical Financial Statements |
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83 |
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4.8
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Projections |
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83 |
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4.9
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No Material Adverse Change |
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84 |
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4.10
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No Restricted Junior Payments |
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4.11
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Adverse Proceedings, etc |
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84 |
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4.12
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Payment of Taxes and Other
Amounts |
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4.13
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Properties |
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4.14
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Environmental Matters |
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4.15
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No Defaults |
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86 |
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4.16
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Material Contracts |
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86 |
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4.17
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Governmental Regulation |
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86 |
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4.18
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Margin Stock |
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86 |
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4.19
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Employee Matters |
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86 |
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4.20
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Employee Benefit Plans |
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87 |
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4.21
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Certain Fees |
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88 |
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4.22
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Solvency |
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88 |
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4.23
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Intentionally Omitted |
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88 |
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4.24
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Compliance with Statutes, etc |
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88 |
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4.25
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Disclosure |
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88 |
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4.26
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Terrorism Laws |
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88 |
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4.27
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Insurance |
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88 |
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4.28
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Common Enterprise |
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89 |
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4.29
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Security Interest in Collateral |
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89 |
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4.30
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Affiliate Transactions |
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89 |
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4.31
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Intellectual Property |
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4.32
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Permits, Etc |
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90 |
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4.33
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Customers and Suppliers |
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90 |
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4.34
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Flood Zone |
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90 |
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SECTION 5.
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AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
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91 |
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5.1
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Financial Statements and Other
Reports |
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5.2
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Existence |
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97 |
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5.3
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Payment of Taxes and Claims |
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97 |
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5.4
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Maintenance of Properties |
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97 |
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5.5
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Insurance |
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97 |
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5.6
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Books and Records; Inspections |
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5.7
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Lenders Meetings |
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5.8
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Compliance with Laws |
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5.9
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Environmental |
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5.10
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Subsidiaries |
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5.11
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Additional Material Real Estate
Assets |
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102 |
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5.12
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Intentionally Omitted |
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103 |
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5.13
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Intentionally Omitted |
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103 |
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5.14
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Further Assurances |
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103 |
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5.15
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Miscellaneous Business Covenants |
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103 |
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5.16
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Use of Proceeds |
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103 |
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5.17
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Post Closing Matters |
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104 |
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5.18
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Key Man Insurance |
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104 |
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5.19
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Foreign Credit Insurance |
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104 |
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5.20
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Projections |
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104 |
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5.21
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Independent Director |
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104 |
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SECTION 6.
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NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
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6.1
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Indebtedness |
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6.2
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Liens |
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107 |
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6.3
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No Further Negative Pledges |
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108 |
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6.4
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Restricted Junior Payments |
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108 |
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6.5
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Restrictions on Subsidiary
Distributions |
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109 |
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6.6
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Investments |
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109 |
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6.7
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Financial Covenants |
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110 |
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6.8
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Fundamental Changes; Disposition of
Assets; Acquisitions |
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112 |
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6.9
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Disposal of Subsidiary Interests |
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114 |
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6.10
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Sales and Lease Backs |
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114 |
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6.11
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Transactions with Shareholders and
Affiliates |
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114 |
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6.12
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Conduct of Business |
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114 |
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6.13
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Permitted Activities of SPV |
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114 |
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6.14
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Amendments or Waivers of Certain
Contractual Obligations |
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115 |
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6.15
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Customers and Suppliers |
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115 |
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6.16
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Fiscal Year |
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115 |
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6.17
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Deposit Accounts |
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115 |
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6.18
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Amendments to Organizational
Agreements and Material Contracts |
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115 |
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6.19
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Prepayments of Certain
Indebtedness |
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115 |
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6.20
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Issuance of Capital Stock |
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116 |
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6.21
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Affiliate Payments |
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116 |
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6.22
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Accounts |
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116 |
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6.23
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Judgments and Litigations |
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116 |
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6.24
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Panel Inventory |
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116 |
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SECTION 7.
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GUARANTY |
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116 |
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7.1
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Guaranty of the Obligations |
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116 |
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7.2
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Contribution by Guarantors |
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117 |
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7.3
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Payment by Guarantors |
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117 |
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7.4
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Liability of Guarantors Absolute |
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118 |
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7.5
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Waivers by Guarantors |
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120 |
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7.6
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Guarantors’ Rights of
Subrogation, Contribution, etc |
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120 |
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7.7
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Subordination of Other
Obligations |
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121 |
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7.8
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Continuing Guaranty |
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121 |
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7.9
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Authority of Guarantors or
Borrowers |
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121 |
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7.10
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Financial Condition of Borrowers |
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121 |
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7.11
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Bankruptcy, etc. |
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122 |
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7.12
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Discharge of Guaranty Upon Sale of
Guarantor |
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122 |
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7.13
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Taxes |
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123 |
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SECTION 8.
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EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
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123 |
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8.1
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Events of Default |
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123 |
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SECTION 9.
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AGENTS |
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126 |
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9.1
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Appointment of Agents |
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126 |
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9.2
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Powers and Duties |
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127 |
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9.3
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General Immunity |
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127 |
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9.4
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Agents Entitled to Act as Lender |
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128 |
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9.5
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Lenders’ Representations,
Warranties and Acknowledgment |
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129 |
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9.6
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Right to Indemnity |
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129 |
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9.7
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Successor Administrative Agent |
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130 |
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9.8
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Collateral Matters, Collateral,
Documents and Guaranty |
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132 |
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9.9
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Posting of Approved Electronic
Communications |
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133 |
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9.10
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Proofs of Claim |
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134 |
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9.11
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Agents and Arrangers |
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135 |
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SECTION 10.
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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135 |
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10.1
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Notices |
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135 |
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10.2
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Expenses |
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135 |
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10.3
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Indemnity |
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136 |
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10.4
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Set Off |
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137 |
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10.5
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Amendments and Waivers |
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137 |
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10.6
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Successors and Assigns;
Participations |
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139 |
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10.7
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Special Purpose Funding Vehicles |
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142 |
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10.8
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Independence of Covenants |
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143 |
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10.9
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Survival of Representations,
Warranties and Agreements |
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143 |
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10.10
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No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative |
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143 |
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10.11
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Marshalling; Payments Set Aside |
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144 |
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10.12
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Severability |
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144 |
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10.13
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Obligations Several; Independent
Nature of Lenders’ Rights |
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144 |
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10.14
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Headings |
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144 |
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10.15
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APPLICABLE LAW |
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144 |
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10.16
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CONSENT TO JURISDICTION |
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145 |
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10.17
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WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
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145 |
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10.18
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Confidentiality |
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146 |
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10.19
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Usury Savings Clause |
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147 |
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10.20
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Counterparts |
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147 |
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10.21
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Effectiveness |
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147 |
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10.22
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Patriot Act |
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147 |
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10.23
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Disclosure |
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148 |
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10.24
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Appointment for Perfection |
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148 |
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10.25
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Advertising and Publicity |
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148 |
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10.26
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Foreign Currency |
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148 |
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10.27
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Immunity |
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149 |
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APPENDICES:
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A-1 |
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Tranche A Term Loan Commitments |
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A-2 |
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Tranche A-1 Term Loan
Commitments |
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A-3 |
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Revolving Commitments |
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B |
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Notice Addresses |
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SCHEDULES:
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1.1(a) |
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Certain Material Real Estate
Assets |
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1.1(b) |
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Contractor Agreements |
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1.1(c) |
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Panel Deposit Agreements |
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1.1(d) |
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Contractor Documents |
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4.1 |
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Jurisdictions of Organization and
Qualification |
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4.2 |
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Capital Stock and Ownership |
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4.13 |
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Real Estate Assets |
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4.16 |
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Material Contracts |
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4.27 |
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Insurance |
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5.17 |
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Certain Post Closing Matters |
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6.1 |
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Certain Indebtedness |
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6.2 |
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Certain Liens |
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6.6 |
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Certain Investments |
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6.8(c) |
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Foreign Subsidiaries to be
Dissolved |
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6.11 |
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Certain Affiliate Transactions |
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EXHIBITS:
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A-1 |
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Funding Notice |
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A-2 |
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Conversion/Continuation Notice |
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A-3 |
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Issuance Notice |
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B-1 |
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Tranche A Term Loan Note |
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B-2 |
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Tranche A-1 Term Loan Note |
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B-3 |
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Revolving Loan Note |
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C |
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Compliance Certificate |
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D |
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Opinions of Counsel |
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E |
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Assignment Agreement |
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F |
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Certificate Regarding Non-bank
Status |
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G-1 |
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Closing Date Certificate |
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G-2 |
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Solvency Certificate |
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Counterpart Agreement |
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I-1 |
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Pledge and Security Agreement |
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I-2 |
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Hong Kong Fixed and Floating Security
Document |
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I-3 |
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Hong Kong Share Charge |
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[Reserved] |
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K |
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Landlord Consent and Subordination
Agreement |
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L |
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Borrowing Base Certificate |
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M |
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Bailee’s Letter |
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CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT
This
CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT , dated as of October 26,
2007 is entered into by and among , SYNTAX-BRILLIAN
CORPORATION , a Delaware corporation (“ Company
”), SYNTAX-BRILLIAN SPE, INC., a Delaware corporation
(“ SPV ”, and together with the Company, each a
“ Borrower ” and collectively, the “
Borrowers ”) and CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF
COMPANY , as Guarantors, the Lenders party hereto from time to
time and SILVER POINT FINANCE, LLC (“ Silver
Point ”), as Administrative Agent (in such capacity,
“ Administrative Agent ”), Collateral Agent (in
such capacity, “ Collateral Agent ”), and Lead
Arranger (in such capacity, the “ Lead Arranger
”).
RECITALS:
WHEREAS , capitalized terms used in these Recitals shall
have the respective meanings set forth for such terms in
Section 1.1 hereof;
WHEREAS , Lenders have agreed to extend certain credit
facilities to Borrowers, in an aggregate principal amount not to
exceed $250,000,000, consisting of (a) $110,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of Tranche A Term Loans to be made to the Company,
(b) $40,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Tranche A-1 Term
Loans to be made to the SPV, and (c) up to $100,000,000
aggregate principal amount of Revolving Commitments to be made
available to the Company, which will include a $10,000,000
sub-facility for the issuance of Letters of Credit, the proceeds of
which will be used to (i) repay the Existing Indebtedness (as
hereinafter defined), (ii) finance the acquisition by SPV of
up to $40,000,000 of Panel Inventory (as hereinafter defined) to be
applied in accordance with the Panel Deposit Agreements (as
hereinafter defined), (iii) finance the working capital and
general corporate purposes of the Company and its Subsidiaries
(including the payment of the amounts specified in the Flow of
Funds Agreement), and (iv) pay fees and expenses associated
with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the
refinancing of the Existing Indebtedness. The Letters of Credit
will be used for general working capital purposes;
WHEREAS , Company has agreed to secure all of its
Obligations as a Borrower of the Tranche A Term Loans, the
Revolving Loans and the Letters of Credit and as a Guarantor of the
Tranche A-1 Term Loans by granting to Collateral Agent, for the
benefit of Secured Parties, a First Priority Lien on substantially
all of its assets, including a pledge of all of the Capital Stock
of each of its Domestic Subsidiaries and sixty five percent (65%)
of all the Capital Stock of each of its first tier Foreign
Subsidiaries;
WHEREAS , SPV has agreed to secure all of its Obligations as
a Borrower of the Tranche A-1 Term Loans by granting to Collateral
Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a First Priority Lien on
all of its assets;
WHEREAS , each Guarantor has agreed to guarantee the
obligations of Borrowers hereunder and to secure all of its
Obligations by granting to Collateral Agent, for the benefit of
Secured Parties, a First Priority Lien on substantially all of its
assets, including a pledge of all of the Capital Stock of each of
its Domestic Subsidiaries and sixty five percent (65%) of all the
Capital Stock of each of its first tier Foreign Subsidiaries.
NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the premises and the
agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties
hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS AND
INTERPRETATION
1.1
Definitions. The following terms used herein, including in the
preamble, recitals, exhibits and schedules hereto, shall have the
following meanings:
“Account(s)” means any account or Account as
defined under the UCC.
“Account Debtor” means each Person who is in any
way obligated on or in connection with any Account.
“Adjusted LIBOR Rate” means, for any Interest
Rate Determination Date with respect to an Interest Period for a
LIBOR Rate Loan, the greater of (A) four percent (4.0%) per
annum and (B) the rate per annum obtained by dividing (and
rounding upward to the next whole multiple of one-sixteenth of one
percent (1/16 of 1%)) (i) (a) the rate per annum (rounded to
the nearest one-hundredth of one percent (1/100 of 1%)) equal to
the rate determined by Administrative Agent to be the offered rate
which appears on the page of the Reuters Screen which displays an
average British Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rate (such
page currently being Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page) for deposits (for
delivery on the first day of such period) with a term equivalent to
such period in Dollars, determined as of approximately
11:00 a.m. (London, England time) on such Interest Rate
Determination Date, or (b) in the event the rate referenced in
the preceding clause (a) does not appear on such page or
service or if such page or service shall cease to be available, the
rate per annum (rounded to the nearest one-hundredth of one percent
(1/100 of 1%)) equal to the rate determined by Administrative Agent
to be the offered rate on such other page or other service which
displays an average British Bankers Association Interest Settlement
Rate for deposits (for delivery on the first day of such period)
with a term equivalent to such period in Dollars, determined as of
approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) on such
Interest Rate Determination Date, or (c) in the event the
rates referenced in the preceding clauses (a) and (b) are not
available, the rate per annum (rounded to the nearest one-hundredth
of one percent (1/100 of 1%)) equal to the offered quotation rate
to first class banks in the London interbank market for deposits
(for delivery on the first day of the relevant period) in Dollars
of amounts in same day funds comparable to the principal amount of
the applicable Loan, for which the Adjusted LIBOR Rate is then
being determined with maturities comparable to such period as of
approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) on such
Interest Rate Determination Date as determined by Administrative
Agent in accordance with its customary practices, by (ii) an
amount equal to (a) one, minus (b) the Applicable
Reserve Requirement.
“Adjusted Working Capital Assets” means, as at
any date of determination, an amount determined on a consolidated
basis for Company and its Subsidiaries equal to (i) the sum,
without duplication, of the amounts as such date of determination
of (a) Cash, plus (b) Cash Equivalents, plus (c) the
net amount at such date of all Accounts outstanding other than
Accounts for which the Account Debtor is either SCHOT or Olevia Far
East, plus (d) Inventory.
“Administrative Agent” as defined in the
preamble hereto.
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“
Administrative Agent’s Account ” means an
account at a bank designated by Administrative Agent from time to
time as the account into which Credit Parties shall make all
payments to Administrative Agent for the benefit of Agents and
Lenders holding the Tranche A Term Loans and the Tranche A-1 Term
Loans under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.
“Administrative Agent Loan Account” means an
account maintained hereunder by the Administrative Agent on its
books of account at the Payment Office, and with respect to each
Borrower, in which Company will be charged by the Administrative
Agent with all Tranche A Term Loans made to, and all other
Obligations with respect to the Tranche A Term Loans incurred by,
Company, and in which SPV will be charged by the Administrative
Agent with all Tranche A-1 Term Loans made to, and all other
Obligations with respect to the Tranche A-1 Term Loans incurred by,
SPV.
“Adverse Proceeding” means any action, suit,
proceeding (whether administrative, judicial or otherwise),
governmental investigation or arbitration (whether or not
purportedly on behalf of Company or any of its Subsidiaries) at law
or in equity, or before or by any Governmental Authority, domestic
or foreign (including any Environmental Claims) or other regulatory
body or any mediator or arbitrator whether pending or, to the best
knowledge of Company or any of its Subsidiaries, threatened against
or affecting Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any property of
Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Affected Lender” as defined in
Section 2.17(b).
“Affected Loans” as defined in
Section 2.17(b).
“Affiliate” means, as applied to any Person, any
other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or
under common control with, that Person. For the purposes of this
definition, " control ” (including, with
correlative meanings, the terms " controlling, ”
“ controlled by ” and " under common
control with " ), as applied to any Person, means the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power (i) to vote
five percent (5%) or more of the Securities having ordinary voting
power for the election of directors of such Person, or (ii) to
direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of
that Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or
by contract or otherwise. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein, in no event shall any Agent, Borrowing Base Agent or Lender
be considered an “Affiliate” of any Credit Party.
“Agent” means (i) each of Administrative
Agent and Collateral Agent and (ii) solely with respect to
Section 9, each of Administrative Agent, Borrowing Base Agent
and Collateral Agent.
“Agent Advances” as defined in
Section 9.8(c).
“Aggregate Amounts Due” as defined in
Section 2.16.
“Aggregate Payments” as defined in
Section 7.2.
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“Agreement” means this Credit and Guaranty
Agreement, dated as of October 26, 2007, as it may be amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time and any
annexes, exhibits, schedules to any of the foregoing.
“Applicable Borrower” means (i) with
respect to the Tranche A Term Loans, Company, (ii) with
respect to the Tranche A-1 Term Loans, SPV, and (iii) with
respect to the Revolving Loans, Company.
“Applicable Margin” means (i) with respect
to LIBOR Rate Loans, a percentage, per annum, equal to six percent
(6.0%); and (ii) with respect to Base Rate Loans, a
percentage, per annum, equal to five percent (5.0%).
“Applicable Reserve Requirement” means, at any
time, for any LIBOR Rate Loan, the maximum rate, expressed as a
decimal, at which reserves (including any basic marginal, special,
supplemental, emergency or other reserves) are required to be
maintained with respect thereto against “Eurocurrency
Liabilities” (as such term is defined in Regulation D)
under regulations issued from time to time by the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System or other applicable banking
regulator. Without limiting the effect of the foregoing, the
Applicable Reserve Requirement shall reflect any other reserves
required to be maintained by such member banks with respect to
(i) any category of liabilities which includes deposits by
reference to which the applicable Adjusted LIBOR Rate or any other
interest rate of a Loan is to be determined, or (ii) any category
of extensions of credit or other assets which include LIBOR Rate
Loans. A LIBOR Rate Loan shall be deemed to constitute Eurocurrency
liabilities and as such shall be deemed subject to reserve
requirements without benefits of credit for proration, exceptions
or offsets that may be available from time to time to the
applicable Lender. The rate of interest on LIBOR Rate Loans shall
be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any
change in the Applicable Reserve Requirement.
“Asset Sale” means a sale, lease or sublease (as
lessor or sublessor), sale and leaseback, assignment, conveyance,
transfer or other disposition to, or any exchange of property with,
any Person, in one transaction or a series of transactions, of all
or any part of Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’
businesses, assets or properties of any kind, whether real,
personal, or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, whether now
owned or hereafter acquired, including the Capital Stock of any of
Company’s Subsidiaries, other than inventory sold or leased
in the ordinary course of business.
“Assignment Agreement” means an Assignment and
Assumption Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit E,
with such amendments or modifications as may be approved by
Administrative Agent.
“Attributable Debt” means as of the date of
determination thereof, without duplication, (i) in connection
with a sale and leaseback transaction, the net present value
(discounted according to GAAP at the cost of debt implied in the
lease) of the obligations of the lessee for rental payments during
the then-remaining term of any applicable lease, and (ii) the
principal balance outstanding under any synthetic lease, tax
retention operating lease, off-balance sheet loan or similar
off-balance sheet financing product to which such Person is a
party, where
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such
transaction is considered borrowed money indebtedness for tax
purposes but is classified as an operating lease in accordance with
GAAP.
“Authorized Officer” means, as applied to any
Person, any individual holding the position of chairman of the
board (if an officer), chief executive officer, president, chief
financial officer or treasurer, in each case, whose signatures and
incumbency have been certified to Administrative Agent.
“Availability” means, as of any date of
determination, the amount equal to the lesser of (a) the sum of the
Revolving Commitments of each Lender at such time, and (b)
(i) for the period from the Closing Date until the date that
is ninety (90) days following the Closing Date, (A)
$150,000,000, plus the amount, if any, by which the Borrowing Base
at such time exceeds $150,000,000, minus (B) the aggregate
principal amount of the Term Loans outstanding at such time, and
(ii) for the period from the date that is 90 days
following the Closing Date until the Revolving Credit Termination
Date, (A) the Borrowing Base at such time, minus (B) the
aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans outstanding at such
time.
“
Bailee’s Letter ” means a Bailee Letter
substantially in the form of Exhibit M with such amendments or
modifications as may be approved by Collateral Agent.
“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United
States Code entitled “Bankruptcy,” or any similar
legislation in a relevant jurisdiction, in each case, as now and
hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.
“Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum
equal to the greater of (A) five percent (5.0%) per annum and
(B) the greater of (i) the Prime Rate in effect on such
day, and (ii) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on
such day plus 1.0%). Any change in the Base Rate due to a
change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall
be effective on the effective day of such change in the Prime Rate
or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively.
“Base Rate Loan” means a Loan bearing interest
at a rate determined by reference to the Base Rate.
“Beneficiary” means each Agent, Borrowing Base
Agent and Lender.
“Borrower” and “Borrowers” as
defined in the preamble hereto.
“Borrowing Base” means, at any time, the
difference between (i) the sum of (A) up to eighty-five
percent (85.0%) of the value of the Net Amount of Eligible Accounts
of the Credit Parties at such time, less the amount, if any, of the
Dilution Reserve, plus (B) for the period from
the Closing Date until the date that is ninety (90) days
following the Closing Date, up to twenty-five percent (25.0%) of
the value of the Net Amount of Eligible Foreign Accounts of the
Credit Parties at such time, less the amount, if any, of the
Dilution Reserve, plus (C) up to eighty-five
percent (85.0%) of the Net Orderly Liquidation Value of Eligible
Inventory of the Credit Parties, as set forth in the most recent
Inventory appraisal obtained by the Administrative Agent,
plus (D) for the period from the Closing Date
until the date that is ninety (90) days following the Closing Date,
the lesser of (x) up to thirty-seven and one-half percent
(37.5%) of the value of the Eligible Panel Inventory of SPV, and
(y) the aggregate outstanding principal
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amount
of the Tranche A-1 Term Loan, in each case, as determined by the
Borrowing Base Agent and the Administrative Agent in their
reasonable business judgment, and (ii) such reserves (other
than the Dilution Reserve) as the Administrative Agent or the
Borrowing Base Agent may deem appropriate in the exercise of their
reasonable business judgment, including, without limitation any
reserves or other adjustments established by the Borrowing Base
Agent or the Administrative Agent on the basis of any collateral
audits conducted hereunder. In the event that the Administrative
Agent or the Borrowing Base Agent, at any time in their reasonable
discretion, determines that the Dollar amount of Eligible Accounts
or Eligible Foreign Accounts collectable by Credit Parties is
reduced or diluted as a result of discounts or rebates granted by
Credit Parties to the respective Account Debtor(s), returned or
rejected Inventory or services, or such other reasons or factors as
the Administrative Agent or the Borrowing Base Agent reasonably
deems applicable, the Administrative Agent or the Borrowing Base
Agent may, in their reasonable discretion, reduce or otherwise
modify the percentage of Eligible Accounts or Eligible Foreign
Accounts, as applicable, included within the Borrowing Base and/or
reduce the dollar amount of Eligible Accounts or Eligible Foreign
Accounts, as applicable, by an amount determined by Administrative
Agent or the Borrowing Base Agent in their reasonable credit
judgment.
“Borrowing Base Agent” means The CIT
Group/Commercial Services, Inc., in its capacity as borrowing base
agent, together with its permitted successors and assigns in
accordance with Section 9.7.
“Borrowing Base Agent’s Account” means an
account at a bank designated by Borrowing Base Agent from time to
time as the account into which Credit Parties shall make all
payments to Borrowing Base Agent for the benefit of Agents,
Borrowing Base Agent and Lenders holding Revolving Loans under this
Agreement and the other Credit Documents.
“Borrowing Base Agent Loan Account” means an
account maintained hereunder by the Borrowing Base Agent on its
books of account at the Payment Office, and with respect to
Company, in which Company will be charged by the Borrowing Base
Agent with all Revolving Loans made to, and all other Obligations
with respect to the Revolving Loans incurred by, and Letter of
Credit Usage incurred for the account of, Company.
“Borrowing Base Certificate” means a certificate
signed by an Authorized Officer of each Borrower and setting forth
the calculation of the Borrowing Base in compliance with
Section 5.1(q), substantially in the form of
Exhibit L.
“Business Day” means (i) any day excluding
Saturday, Sunday and any day which is a legal holiday under the
laws of the State of New York or is a day on which banking
institutions located in such state are authorized or required by
law or other governmental action to close, and (ii) with respect to
all notices, determinations, fundings and payments in connection
with the Adjusted LIBOR Rate or any LIBOR Rate Loans, the term
" Business Day ” shall mean any day which is a
Business Day described in clause (i) and which is also a day
for trading by and between banks in Dollar deposits in the London
interbank market.
“Business Trade Secrets” as defined in
Section 4.31.
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“Capital Lease” means, as applied to any Person,
any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) any
property (whether real, personal or mixed) by that Person as lessee
(or the equivalent) that, in conformity with GAAP, is or should be
accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that
Person.
“Capital Stock” means any and all shares,
interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated)
of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership
interests in a Person (other than a corporation), including
partnership interests and membership interests, and any and all
warrants, rights or options to purchase or other arrangements or
rights to acquire any of the foregoing.
“Cash” means money, currency or a credit balance
in any demand or Deposit Account.
“Cash Equivalents” means, as at any date of
determination, (i) marketable securities (a) issued or
directly and unconditionally guaranteed as to interest and
principal by the United States Government, or (b) issued by
any agency of the United States the obligations of which are backed
by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case
maturing within one year after such date; (ii) marketable
direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of
America or any political subdivision of any such state or any
public instrumentality thereof, in each case maturing within one
year after such date and having, at the time of the acquisition
thereof, a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from
Moody’s; (iii) commercial paper maturing no more than
one year from the date of creation thereof and having, at the time
of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A-1 from S&P
or at least P-1 from Moody’s; (iv) certificates of
deposit or bankers’ acceptances maturing within one year
after such date and issued or accepted by any Lender or by any
commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of
America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia that
(a) is at least " adequately capitalized ”
(as defined in the regulations of its primary Federal banking
regulator), and (b) has Tier 1 capital (as defined in such
regulations) of not less than $100,000,000; and (v) shares of
any money market mutual fund that (a) has at least ninety five
percent (95%) of its assets invested continuously in the types of
investments referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above,
(b) has net assets of not less than $500,000,000, and
(c) has the highest rating obtainable from either S&P or
Moody’s.
“Certificate Regarding Non-Bank Status” means a
certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F.
“Change of Control” means, at any time,
(i) any Person or " group ” (within the
meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act)
(a) shall have acquired, directly or indirectly, beneficial or
of record ownership of twenty-five percent (25.0%) or more on a
fully diluted basis of the voting and/or economic interest in the
outstanding Capital Stock of Company or (b) shall have
obtained the power (whether or not exercised) to elect a majority
of the members of the board of directors (or similar governing
body) of Company; or (ii) Company shall cease to beneficially
own and control one hundred percent (100%) on a fully diluted basis
of the economic and voting interest in the outstanding Capital
Stock of each other Credit Party (except to the extent expressly
permitted pursuant to Section 6.8 hereof); or (iii) the
majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of
directors (or similar governing body) of
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Company
cease to be occupied by Persons who either (a) were members of
the board of directors of Company on the Closing Date, or
(b) were nominated for election or appointed by the board of
directors of Company, a majority of whom were directors on the
Closing Date or whose election or nomination for election was
previously approved by a majority of such directors; or
(iv) any event, transaction or occurrence as a result of which
James Ching Hua Li shall for any reason cease to be actively
engaged in the day-to-day management of Company in the role he
serves on the Closing Date, unless an interim or permanent
successor reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent and the
Requisite Lenders is appointed within a period of time deemed
reasonable by Administrative Agent.
“Class” means (i) with respect to Lenders,
each of the following classes of Lenders: (a) Lenders having
Tranche A Term Loan Exposure, (b) Lenders having Tranche A-1
Term Loan Exposure, and (c) Lenders having Revolving Exposure,
and (ii) with respect to Loans, each of the following classes
of Loans: (a) Tranche A Term Loans, (b) Tranche A-1 Term
Loans, and (c) Revolving Loans.
“Closing Date” means the date on which the Term
Loans are made.
“Closing Date Certificate” means a Closing Date
Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit G-1.
“Collateral” means, collectively, all of the
property and assets and all interests therein and proceeds thereof
now owned or hereafter acquired by any Person upon which a Lien is
granted or purported to be granted by such Person pursuant to the
Collateral Documents or any other Credit Documents as security for
the Obligations.
“Collateral Access Agreement” means any Landlord
Collateral Access Agreements, Bailee Letters, or any other
agreement, acknowledgement or certificate in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Agents and the Borrowing Base Agent
pursuant to which a mortgagee or lessor of real property on which
Collateral is stored or otherwise located, or a warehouseman,
processor, converter facility or other bailee of Inventory or other
property owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
acknowledges the Liens under the Collateral Documents and
subordinates or waives any Liens held by such Person on such
property and, in the case of any such agreement with a mortgagee or
lessor, permits the Collateral Agent reasonable access to and the
use of such real property during the continuance of an Event of
Default to assemble, complete and sell any Collateral stored or
otherwise located thereon.
“Collateral Agent” as defined in the preamble
hereto.
“Collateral Documents” means the Pledge and
Security Agreement, the Mortgages, the Hong Kong Fixed and Floating
Security Document, the Hong Kong Share Charge, any Collateral
Access Agreements, the Collateral Questionnaire and all other
acknowledgments, certificates, control agreements, financing
statements (and non-U.S. equivalents thereof), instruments,
documents and agreements delivered by any Credit Party pursuant to
this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents in order to
grant to Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a
Lien on any real, personal or mixed property of that
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Party as security for the Obligations, in each case, as such
Collateral Documents may be amended or otherwise modified from time
to time.
“Collateral Questionnaire” means a perfection
certificate in form satisfactory to Collateral Agent that provides
information with respect to the personal or mixed property of each
Credit Party.
“Commitment” means any Revolving Commitment,
Tranche A Term Loan Commitment or Tranche A-1 Term Loan
Commitment.
“Communications” as defined in
Section 9.9(a).
“Company” as defined in the preamble
hereto.
“
Company Obligations ” means all liabilities and
obligations of every nature of each Company and its Subsidiaries
(other than SPV) from time to time owed to the Agents (including
former Agents), Borrowing Base Agent, the Lenders or any of them or
Issuing Bank, under any Credit Document, in connection with the
Tranche A Term Loans, the Revolving Commitments, and the Revolving
Loans, whether for principal, interest (including interest which,
but for the filing of a petition in bankruptcy with respect to such
Credit Party, would have accrued on any such Company Obligation,
whether or not a claim is allowed against such Credit Party for
such interest in the related bankruptcy proceeding), reimbursement
of amounts drawn under Letters of Credit or payments made by
Administrative Agent or any Lender under or in connection with any
L/C Funding Support, fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise
and whether primary, secondary, direct, indirect, contingent, fixed
or otherwise (including obligations of performance).
“Compliance Certificate” means a Compliance
Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C.
“Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA” means, for any
period, an amount determined for Company and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis equal to:
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Consolidated Interest Expense, plus |
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provisions for taxes based on income, plus |
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total depreciation expense, plus |
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total amortization expense, plus |
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(excluding any such non-Cash item to the extent that it represents
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period), minus |
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the sum, without duplication of the amounts for such period
of: |
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other non-Cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income for
such period (excluding any such non-Cash item to the extent it
represents the reversal of an accrual or reserve for potential Cash
item in any prior period), plus |
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interest income, plus |
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“Consolidated Capital Expenditures” means, for
any period, the aggregate of all expenditures of Company and its
Subsidiaries during such period determined on a consolidated basis
that, in accordance with GAAP, are or should be included in
" purchase of property and equipment (including the portion
of liabilities under any Capital Lease that is or should be
capitalized in accordance with GAAP) or which should otherwise be
capitalized ” or similar items reflected in the
consolidated statement of cash flows of Company and its
Subsidiaries.
“Consolidated Cash Interest Expense” means, for
any period, Consolidated Interest Expense for such period,
excluding any amount not payable in Cash.
“Consolidated Current Assets” means, as at any
date of determination, the total assets of Company and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis that may properly be
classified as current assets in conformity with GAAP after
deducting any appropriate and adequate reserves therefor in
conformity with GAAP, excluding Cash and Cash Equivalents.
“Consolidated Current Liabilities” means, as at
any date of determination, the total liabilities of Company and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis that may properly be
classified as current liabilities in conformity with GAAP,
excluding (i) the current portion of long term debt, and
(ii) outstanding Revolving Loans.
“Consolidated Excess Cash Flow” means, for any
period, an amount (if positive) determined for Company and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis equal to:
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voluntary and scheduled repayments of Consolidated Total Debt
(excluding repayments of any revolving credit indebtedness except
to the extent the obligation of the relevant lenders to make such
revolving credit available is permanently reduced or terminated in
connection with such repayments, to the extent of such reduction or
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provisions for current taxes based on income of Company and its
Subsidiaries and payable in cash with respect to such period. |
“Consolidated Fixed Charges” means, for any
period, the sum, without duplication, of the amounts determined for
Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis equal
to:
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Consolidated Cash Interest Expense, plus |
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(ii) |
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scheduled payments of principal on Consolidated Total Debt,
plus |
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(iii) |
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Consolidated Capital Expenditures, plus |
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(iv) |
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dividends or distributions paid in cash, plus |
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the portion of taxes based on income actually paid in cash and
provisions for cash income taxes, as each of the foregoing is made
during such period in conformity with GAAP. |
“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, for any
period, total interest expense (including that portion attributable
to Capital Leases in accordance with GAAP and capitalized interest)
of Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis with
respect to all outstanding Consolidated Total Debt, including all
commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect
to letters of credit and net costs under Interest Rate
Agreements.
“Consolidated Liquidity” means, for any period,
an amount determined for Company and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis equal to the sum of (i) unrestricted
cash-on-hand of the Credit Parties, held in a deposit account in
the United States, which is subject to a control agreement in favor
of the Collateral Agent, which is free and clear of all Liens
(other than Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent securing the
Obligations), plus (ii) Availability at such
time.
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“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any
period:
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the net income (or loss) of Company and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis for such period taken as a single accounting
period determined in conformity with GAAP, minus |
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the sum of: |
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the income (or loss) of any Person (other than a Subsidiary of
Company) in which any other Person (other than Company or any of
its Subsidiaries) has a joint interest, except to the extent of the
amount of dividends or other distributions actually paid to Company
or any of its Subsidiaries by such Person during such period,
plus |
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the income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it
becomes a Subsidiary of Company or is merged into or consolidated
with Company or any of its Subsidiaries or that Person’s
assets are acquired by Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
plus |
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the income of any Subsidiary of Company to the extent that the
declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by
that Subsidiary of that income is not at the time permitted by
operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument,
judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation
applicable to that Subsidiary, plus |
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any after-tax gains or losses attributable to Asset Sales or
returned surplus assets of any Pension Plan, plus |
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(to the extent not included in clauses (a) through
(d) above) any net extraordinary gains or net extraordinary
losses. |
“Consolidated Total Debt” means, without
duplication, as at any date of determination: the aggregate amount
of all Indebtedness of Company and its Subsidiaries determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Working Capital” means, as at any
date of determination, the excess or deficiency of Consolidated
Current Assets over Consolidated Current Liabilities.
“Consolidated Working Capital Adjustment” means,
for any period on a consolidated basis, the amount (which may be a
negative number) by which Consolidated Working Capital as of the
beginning of such period exceeds (or is less than) Consolidated
Working Capital as of the end of such period.
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“Contractor” means a manufacturer and/or
processor engaged by SPV to assemble Panel Inventory and other
components into LCD Televisions on behalf of SPV, which Contractor
shall be reasonably acceptable to the Agents.
“Contractor Agreement” means an agreement
between SPV and a Contractor, pursuant to which the Contractor (and
each of its subcontractors) disclaims ownership, subject to the
terms specified therein, in the Panel Inventory, the components and
the completed LCD Televisions. Each Contractor Agreement in effect
on the Closing Date is specified on Schedule 1.1(b)
hereto.
“
Contractor Documents ” means each of the documents and
agreements specified on Schedule 1.1(d) entered into between a
Contractor and a Credit Party.
“Contractual Obligation” means, as applied to
any Person, any provision of any Security issued by that Person or
of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract, undertaking,
agreement or other instrument to which that Person is a party or by
which it or any of its properties is bound or to which it or any of
its properties is subject.
“Contributing Guarantors” as defined in
Section 7.2.
“Conversion/Continuation Date” means the
effective date of a continuation or conversion, as the case may be,
as set forth in the applicable Conversion/Continuation
Notice.
“Conversion/Continuation Notice” means a
Conversion/Continuation Notice substantially in the form of
Exhibit A-2.
“Counterpart Agreement” means a Counterpart
Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit H delivered by
a Credit Party pursuant to Section 5.10.
“Credit Date” means the date of a Credit
Extension.
“Credit Document” means any of this Agreement,
the Notes, if any, the Collateral Documents, the Fee Letter, the
Intercompany Subordination Agreement, the Flow of Funds Agreement,
any Contractor Agreement, any Panel Deposit Agreement, any Letter
of Credit Applications, the Factoring Assignment Agreement, all
documents, instruments and agreements relating to L/C Funding
Support, including any reimbursement agreements or other documents
or certificates executed by Company in favor of Issuing Bank
relating to Letters of Credit, and all other certificates,
documents, instruments or agreements executed and delivered by a
Credit Party for the benefit of any Agent, Borrowing Base Agent,
Issuing Bank or any Lender in connection herewith.
“Credit Extension” means the making, conversion
or continuance of a Loan or the issuance, amendment, extension or
renewal of a Letter of Credit.
“Credit Party” means each Borrower and each
Guarantor.
“Currency Agreement” means any foreign exchange
contract, currency swap agreement, futures contract, option
contract, synthetic or other similar agreement or
arrangement,
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each of
which is for the purpose of hedging the foreign currency risk
associated with Company’s and its Subsidiaries’
operations and not for speculative purposes.
“Default” means a condition or event that, after
notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of
Default.
“Default Excess” means, with respect to any
Defaulting Lender, the excess, if any, of such Defaulting
Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of Loans of all Lenders (calculated as if all
Defaulting Lenders (other than such Defaulting Lender) had funded
all of their respective Defaulted Loans) over the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of all Loans of such Defaulting
Lender.
“Default Period” means, with respect to any
Defaulting Lender, the period commencing on the date of the
applicable Funding Default and ending on the earliest of the
following dates: (i) the date on which all Commitments are
cancelled or terminated and/or the Obligations are declared or
become immediately due and payable, (ii) the date on which
(a) the Default Excess with respect to such Defaulting Lender
shall have been reduced to zero (whether by the funding by such
Defaulting Lender of any Defaulted Loans of such Defaulting Lender
or by the non-pro rata application of any voluntary or mandatory
prepayments of the Loans in accordance with the terms of
Section 2.12 or Section 2.13 or by a combination
thereof), and (b) such Defaulting Lender shall have delivered
to each Applicable Borrower and Administrative Agent a written
reaffirmation of its intention to honor its obligations hereunder
with respect to its Commitments, and (iii) the date on which
the Credit Parties, Administrative Agent and Requisite Lenders
waive all Funding Defaults of such Defaulting Lender in
writing.
“Defaulted Loan” as defined in
Section 2.21.
“Defaulting Lender” as defined in
Section 2.21.
“Default Rate” means any interest payable
pursuant to Section 2.9.
“Deposit Account” means a demand, time, savings,
passbook or like account with a bank, savings and loan association,
credit union or like organization, other than an account evidenced
by a negotiable certificate of deposit.
“Dilution” means a percentage, based upon the
experience during a period determined by the Administrative Agent
or the Borrowing Base Agent in its reasonable business judgment,
that is the result of dividing the dollar amount of (a) bad
debt write-downs, discounts, warranty claims, advertising
allowances, credits, or other dilutive items with respect to the
Credit Parties’ Accounts during such period, by (b) the
Credit Parties’ billings with respect to Accounts during such
period.
“Dilution Reserve” means, as of any date of
determination, an amount sufficient to reduce the advance rate
against Eligible Accounts or Eligible Foreign Accounts, as
applicable, by one percentage point for each percentage point by
which Dilution is in excess of 5%.
"
Disqualified Capital Stock ” means Capital Stock that,
by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is
convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the
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happening of any event, (a) matures (excluding any maturity as
the result of an optional redemption by the issuer thereof) or is
mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or
otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in
whole or in part, on or prior to the first anniversary of the Final
Maturity Date, (b) is convertible into or exchangeable (unless
at the sole option of the issuer thereof) for (i) debt
securities or (ii) any Capital Stock referred to in clause
(a) above, in each case at any time prior to the first
anniversary of the Final Maturity Date, (c) contains any
repurchase obligation that may come into effect prior to payment in
full of all Obligations, (d) requires cash dividend payments
prior to one year after the Final Maturity Date, (e) does not
provide that any claims of any holder of such Capital Stock may
have against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including any
claims as judgment creditor or other creditor in respect of claims
for the breach of any covenant contained therein) shall be fully
subordinated (including a full remedy bar) to the Obligations in a
manner satisfactory to Administrative Agent, (f) provides the
holders of such Capital Stock thereof with any rights to receive
any cash upon the occurrence of a change of control prior to the
first anniversary date on which the Obligations have been
irrevocably paid in full, unless the rights to receive such cash
are contingent upon the Obligations being irrevocably paid in full,
or (g) is prohibited by the terms of this Agreement. As used
in this definition “Final Maturity Date” means
October 26, 2012.
“Dollars” and the sign “$”
mean the lawful money of the United States of America.
“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary
organized under the laws of the United States of America, any State
thereof or the District of Columbia.
“Eligible Account” means an Account which has
been included in a Borrowing Base Certificate as an Eligible
Account to determine the Borrowing Base, and as to which Account,
unless otherwise approved by Administrative Agent and the Borrowing
Base Agent in their reasonable discretion, the following is true
and accurate as of the time it was utilized to determine the
Borrowing Base:
(i)
such Account arose in the ordinary course of the business of a
Credit Party out of either (a) a bona fide sale of Inventory
by a Credit Party, and in such case such Inventory has in fact been
shipped to the appropriate Account Debtor or the sale has otherwise
been consummated in accordance with such order, or
(b) services performed by a Credit Party under an enforceable
contract (written or oral), and in such case such services have in
fact been performed for the appropriate Account Debtor in
accordance with such contract;
(ii)
such Account represents a legally valid and enforceable claim which
is due and owing to a Credit Party by such Account Debtor and for
at least such amount as is represented by Company and SPV to
Borrowing Base Agent in the applicable Borrowing Base
Certificate;
(iii)
such Account is evidenced by an invoice dated not later than the
date of shipment of the related Inventory or the performance of the
services, or other evidence of billing reasonably acceptable to
Administrative Agent and Borrowing Base Agent giving
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rise to such
Account is owing less than one hundred twenty (120) days after
the date of the invoice corresponding to such Account and less than
sixty (60) days after the due date of the invoice
corresponding to such Account;
(iv)
the unpaid balance of such Account as represented by Company and
SPV to Borrowing Base Agent in the applicable Borrowing Base
Certificate is not subject to any defense, counterclaim, setoff,
contra account, credit, allowance or adjustment actually known to a
Credit Party or asserted by the Account Debtor because of returned,
rejected, repossessed, disputed, inferior or damaged Inventory or
services, or for any other reason;
(v) the
transactions resulting in the creation of such Account comply with
all applicable local, state and federal laws and regulations of the
jurisdiction in which such Account was created where the failure to
comply therewith could reasonably be expected to impair the
collectibility of such Account;
(vi)
such Accounts do not represent a right to receive progress payments
and other advance billings that are due prior to the completion of
performance by a Credit Party of the subject contract for goods or
services;
(vii)
such Account does not arise in a transaction wherein goods are
placed on consignment or are sold pursuant to a guaranteed sale, a
sale or return, a sale on approval, a bill and hold, or any other
terms by reason of which the payment by the Account Debtor may be
conditional;
(viii)
such Account is lawfully owned by a Credit Party free and clear of
any Lien other than the Lien in favor of Collateral Agent for the
benefit of Agents, Borrowing Base Agent and Lenders granted
pursuant to the Collateral Documents and otherwise continues to be
in full conformity with all representations and warranties made by
a Credit Party to Agents, Borrowing Base Agent and Lenders with
respect thereto in the Credit Documents;
(ix)
such Account is not owing by an Account Debtor who, as of the date
of determination, has failed to pay fifty percent (50%) or more of
the aggregate amount of its Accounts owing to a Credit Party within
less than one hundred twenty (120) days after the date of the
invoices corresponding to such Accounts and less than sixty
(60) days after the due dates of the invoices corresponding to
such Accounts;
(x)
such Account is unconditionally payable in Dollars and is not
represented by any note, trade acceptance, draft or other
negotiable instrument or by any chattel paper, except any such as
has been endorsed and delivered by a Credit Party pursuant to or in
accordance with the Collateral Documents or this Agreement on or
prior to such Account’s inclusion in any applicable Borrowing
Base Certificate;
(xi) no
Credit Party has received, with respect to such Account, any notice
of the death of any general partner of the related Account Debtor,
nor of the dissolution, liquidation, termination of existence,
insolvency, business failure, creditors meeting of the related
Account Debtor for the purposes of obtaining any financial
concession or
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accommodation,
appointment of a receiver or trustee for any part of the property
of, assignment for the benefit of creditors by, or the filing of a
petition in bankruptcy or the commencement of any proceeding under
any bankruptcy or insolvency laws by or against, such Account
Debtor;
(xii)
the Account Debtor on such Account is not:
(a) an
Affiliate of Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(b) the
United States of America or any department, agency, or
instrumentality thereof, or any other foreign or domestic
governmental entity, in each case, unless such Credit Party has
complied with the provisions of the Federal Assignment of Claims
Act (or the non-U.S. equivalent thereof, as applicable);
(c) a
Person who is formed under the laws of a jurisdiction outside of
the United States, unless such Account is secured by a letter of
credit or a guaranty issued by a bank reasonably acceptable to
Administrative Agent and Borrowing Base Agent and in form and
substance acceptable to Administrative Agent and Borrowing Base
Agent, in the exercise of their reasonable credit judgment;
(d) an
individual; or
(e) a
supplier to or creditor of a Credit Party, unless such Account
Debtor has executed a no-offset letter satisfactory to
Administrative Agent and Borrowing Base Agent;
(xiii)
such Account is not subject to collection by an outside claims
processor;
(xiv)
the otherwise Eligible Accounts of any Account Debtor do not exceed
20% of all Eligible Accounts, provided , that such
percentage as applied to a particular Account Debtor and its
Affiliates is subject to reduction by Administrative Agent and
Borrowing Base Agent in their reasonable business judgment if the
creditworthiness of such Account Debtor deteriorates; and
(xv)
such Account is not owing by an Account Debtor the continued
collectability of whose obligations Administrative Agent and
Borrowing Base Agent shall have determined, acting in the exercise
of its reasonable credit judgment, have become materially impaired
and Administrative Agent or Borrowing Base Agent shall have
notified Company are thus not deemed to constitute Eligible
Accounts; and
(xvi)
such Account satisfies any other eligibility criteria established
from time to time by Administrative Agent and the Borrowing Base
Agent, all in accordance with ordinary and customary lending
standards, as reasonably determined by them.
Any
Account which is at any time an Eligible Account but which fails to
meet any of the foregoing requirements at a subsequent date of
determination, shall immediately cease to be an Eligible Account
for so long as it does not meet any of the foregoing requirements;
provided , that such requirements may be revised from time
to time by Administrative Agent or
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the
Borrowing Base Agent in the exercise of its reasonable business
judgment to address the results of any audits performed by Agents
or Borrowing Base Agent after the Closing Date. Eligible Accounts
shall be calculated net of customer deposits and unapplied cash
remitted to any Credit Party.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, Accounts of a Credit Party shall be deemed to be
Eligible Accounts if such Accounts are generated in the ordinary
course of business of such Credit Party and are purchased and
credit approved and continue to be credit approved, in each case by
Factor, under the Factoring Agreement and are and continue to be
subject to the Factoring Assignment Agreement.
“Eligible Assignee” means (i) in the case
of the Revolving Loans or Revolving Commitments, (a) any Lender
with Revolving Exposure or any Affiliate (other than a natural
person) of any Lender with Revolving Exposure, (b) a
commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States, or
any state thereof, and having total assets or net worth in excess
of $500,000,000, (c) a commercial bank organized under the
laws of any other country which is a member of the Organization for
Economic Cooperation and Development or a political subdivision of
any such country and which has total assets or net worth in excess
of $500,000,000, provided that such bank is acting through a
branch or agency located in the United States, and (d) a
finance company, insurance company, or other financial institution
or fund that is engaged in making, purchasing, or otherwise
investing in commercial loans in the ordinary course of its
business and having (together with its Affiliates) total assets or
net worth in excess of $500,000,000, (ii) in the case of the
Term Loans, (a) any Lender, any Affiliate of any Lender and
any Related Fund (any two or more Related Funds being treated as a
single Eligible Assignee for all purposes hereof), and (b) any
commercial bank, insurance company, investment or mutual fund or
other entity that is an " accredited investor ”
(as defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act) and
which extends credit or buys loans as one of its businesses, and
(iii) any other Person (other than a natural Person) approved
by Administrative Agent; provided , that neither Company nor
any Affiliate of Company shall, in any event, be an Eligible
Assignee.
“Eligible Foreign Accounts” means an Account
(a) that satisfies all of the criteria for an Eligible Account
set forth in the definition thereof (other than clauses (iii),
(ix), (xii)(c) and (xv) thereof), (b) for which the
Account Debtor is SCHOT, and (c) that is evidenced by an
invoice dated not later than the date of shipment of the related
Inventory or the performance of the services, or other evidence of
billing reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent and Borrowing
Base Agent giving rise to such Account and is owing less than one
hundred eighty (180) days after the date of the invoice
corresponding to such Account and less than sixty (60) days
after the due date of the invoice corresponding to such Account;
provided , that if SCHOT has failed to pay fifty percent
(50%) or more of the aggregate amount of its Accounts owing to a
Credit Party within one hundred eighty (180) days after the
date of the invoice corresponding to such Accounts or within sixty
(60) days since the original due date of the invoices
corresponding to such Accounts, no Accounts owing to the Credit
Parties from SCHOT shall be deemed to be Eligible Foreign
Accounts.
“Eligible Inventory” means all Inventory
consisting of all finished goods, raw materials and RMA Inventory
of any Credit Party which meets each of the following
requirements:
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(i) it
is lawfully owned by a Credit Party free and clear of any Lien
other than the Lien in favor of Collateral Agent for the benefit of
Agents, Borrowing Base Agent and Lenders granted pursuant to the
Collateral Documents and otherwise continues to be in full
conformity with all representations and warranties made by the
Credit Parties to Agents, Borrowing Base Agent and Lenders with
respect thereto in the Credit Documents;
(ii) it
was acquired in the ordinary course of business of a Credit Party,
does not represent damaged, obsolete or unsaleable goods and may be
lawfully sold;
(iii)
it is in the possession and control of a Credit Party and it is
stored and held in facilities owned by a Credit Party or, if such
facilities are not so owned, Collateral Agent is in possession of a
Collateral Access Agreement;
(iv) it
is not Inventory produced in violation of the Fair Labor Standards
Act and subject to the “hot goods” provisions contained
in Title 29 U.S.C. §215;
(v) it
is located in the United States or in any territory or possession
of the United States that has adopted Article 9 of the
UCC;
(vi) it
is not “in transit” or held or acquired by a Credit
Party on consignment other than Inventory (A) in transit
between one United States location of a Credit Party to another
United States location of a Credit Party or (B) in transit to
a Person party to a Collateral Access Agreement;
(vii)
it is not tooling;
(viii)
no Account has been created or issued with respect to it;
(ix) no
document of title has been created or issued with respect to it,
other than documents of title with respect thereto that are
consigned and delivered to Collateral Agent at a location within
the United States;
(x) it
does not consist of goods that are slow moving (which for purposes
of this Agreement, shall mean goods that will not be sold within
three (3) months based on the last six (6) months of
sales of such good, but shall exclude any new goods that have been
available for sale for less than three (3) months as
determined in Administrative Agent’s and Borrowing Base
Agent’s reasonable discretion), supplies or goods that
constitute spare parts, packaging and shipping materials, bill and
hold goods or defective goods;
(xi) it
is not work in process;
(xii)
it is not capitalized expenses constituting Inventory; and
(xiii)
Administrative Agent or Borrowing Base Agent shall not have
determined in its reasonable credit judgment, that such Inventory
is no longer saleable to its intended purchasers.
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In
addition, the following shall not be deemed to be Eligible
Inventory:
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returned units under repair; |
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parts for repairs; |
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marketing and testing units; |
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damaged goods under dispute; |
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lower of cost or market reserve; and |
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Kolin rebate Inventory adjustments. |
Inventory
which is at any time Eligible Inventory but which fails to meet any
of the foregoing requirements at a subsequent date of determination
shall forthwith cease to be Eligible Inventory for so long as it
does not meet any of the foregoing requirements; provided ,
that such requirements may be revised from time to time by
Administrative Agent or Borrowing Base Agent in the exercise of its
reasonable business judgment to address the results of any
appraisals or audits performed by Agents or Borrowing Base Agent
after the Closing Date.
“Eligible Panel Inventory” means all Panel
Inventory of SPV which meets each of the following
requirements:
(i) it
is lawfully owned by SPV free and clear of all Liens and otherwise
continues to be in full conformity with all representations and
warranties made by the Credit Parties to Agents, Borrowing Base
Agent and Lenders with respect thereto in the Credit
Documents;
(ii) it
was acquired in the ordinary course of business of SPV, does not
represent damaged, obsolete or unsaleable goods and may be lawfully
sold;
(iii)
it is in the possession and control of, or “in transit”
to, a Contractor that has executed a Contractor Agreement in favor
of the SPV, or “in transit” to a Credit Party or a
customer of a Credit Party;
(iv) it
is not produced in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or
subject to the “hot goods” provisions contained in
Title 29 U.S.C. §215;
(v) no
Account has been created or issued with respect to it;
(vi) no
document of title has been created or issued with respect to it,
other than documents of title with respect thereto that are
(x) issued in the name of a Contractor that has executed a
Contractor Agreement in favor of the SPV, so long as such Panel
Inventory is held outside the United States, or (y) issued in
the name of SPV and consigned and delivered to Collateral Agent at
a location within the United States; and
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(vii)
Administrative Agent or Borrowing Base Agent shall not have
determined in its reasonable credit judgment, that such Panel
Inventory is no longer saleable to its intended purchasers.
Panel
Inventory which is at any time Eligible Panel Inventory but which
fails to meet any of the foregoing requirements at a subsequent
date of determination shall forthwith cease to be Eligible Panel
Inventory for so long as it does not meet any of the foregoing
requirements; provided , that such requirements may be
revised from time to time by Administrative Agent or Borrowing Base
Agent in the exercise of its reasonable business judgment to
address the results of any appraisals or audits performed by Agents
or Borrowing Base Agent after the Closing Date.
“Employee Benefit Plan” means any "
employee benefit plan ” as defined in
Section 3(3) of ERISA which is or was sponsored, maintained or
contributed to by, or required to be contributed by, Company, any
of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA
Affiliates.
“Environmental Claim” means any investigation,
notice, notice of violation, claim, action, suit, proceeding,
demand, abatement order complaint, summons, citation, direction,
penalty, fine, investigation or other order, directive or
proceeding (conditional or otherwise), by any Governmental
Authority or any other Person, arising (i) pursuant to or in
connection with any actual or alleged violation of any
Environmental Law; (ii) in connection with any Hazardous
Material or any actual or alleged Hazardous Materials Activity; or
(iii) in connection with any actual or alleged damage, injury,
threat or harm to health, safety, natural resources or the
environment.
“Environmental Laws” means any and all current
or future foreign or domestic, federal, state or local (or any
subdivision of any of them), statutes, ordinances, orders, rules,
by-laws, regulations, judgments, guidelines, policies, Governmental
Authorizations, or any other requirements of Governmental
Authorities imposing liability or establishing standards of conduct
for or relating to (i) public health and safety, protection of
the environment or other environmental matters, including those
relating to any Hazardous Materials Activity; (ii) the
generation, use, storage, transportation or disposal of Hazardous
Materials; or (iii) occupational safety and health, industrial
hygiene, land use or the protection of human, plant or animal
health or welfare.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and any
successor thereto, in each case together with the regulations
thereunder.
“ERISA Affiliate” means, as applied to any
Person, (i) any corporation which is a member of a controlled
group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the
Internal Revenue Code of which that Person is a member;
(ii) any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which
is a member of a group of trades or businesses under common control
within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the Internal Revenue Code
of which that Person is a member; and (iii) any member of an
affiliated service group within the meaning of Section 414(m) or
(o) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person, any
corporation described in clause (i) above or any trade or
business described in clause (ii) above is a member. Any
former
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ERISA
Affiliate of Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall continue to
be considered an ERISA Affiliate of Company or any such Subsidiary
within the meaning of this definition with respect to the period
such entity was an ERISA Affiliate of Company or such Subsidiary
and with respect to liabilities arising after such period for which
Company or such Subsidiary could be liable under the Internal
Revenue Code or ERISA.
“ERISA Event” means (i) a "
reportable event ” within the meaning of
Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations issued thereunder
with respect to any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan (excluding
those for which the provision for 30-day notice to the PBGC has
been waived by regulation); (ii) the failure to meet the minimum
funding standard of Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code
with respect to any Pension Plan (whether or not waived in
accordance with Section 412(d) of the Internal Revenue Code) or the
failure to make by its due date a required installment under
Section 412(m) of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to any
Pension Plan or the failure to make any required contribution to a
Multiemployer Plan; (iii) notice of intent to terminate a
Pension Plan in a distress termination described in Section 4041(c)
of ERISA; (iv) the withdrawal by Company, any of its
Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates from any
Pension Plan with two or more non-related contributing sponsors or
the termination of any such Pension Plan resulting in liability to
Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA
Affiliates pursuant to Section 4063 or 4064 of ERISA;
(v) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate
any Pension Plan, or the occurrence of any event or condition which
might reasonably constitute grounds under ERISA for the termination
of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension
Plan; (vi) the imposition of liability on Company, any of its
Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates pursuant
to Section 4062(e) or 4069 of ERISA or by reason of the application
of Section 4212(c) of ERISA; (vii) the withdrawal of Company,
any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates
in a complete or partial withdrawal (within the meaning of
Sections 4203 and 4205 of ERISA) from any Multiemployer Plan
if there is any liability or potential liability therefor, or the
receipt by Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their
respective ERISA Affiliates of notice from any Multiemployer Plan
that it is in reorganization or insolvency pursuant to
Section 4241 or 4245 of ERISA, or that it intends to terminate
or has terminated under Section 4041A or 4042 of ERISA;
(viii) the occurrence of an act or omission which could give
rise to the imposition on Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any
of their respective ERISA Affiliates of fines, penalties, taxes or
related charges under Chapter 43 of the Internal Revenue Code
or under Section 409, Section 502(c), (i) or (l), or
Section 4071 of ERISA in respect of any Employee Benefit Plan;
(ix) the assertion of a material claim (other than routine
claims for benefits) against any Employee Benefit Plan or the
assets thereof, or against Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any
of their respective ERISA Affiliates in connection with any
Employee Benefit Plan; (x) receipt from the Internal Revenue
Service of notice of the failure of any Pension Plan (or any other
Employee Benefit Plan intended to be qualified under Section 401(a)
of the Internal Revenue Code) to qualify under Section 401(a) of
the Internal Revenue Code, or the failure of any trust forming part
of any Pension Plan to qualify for exemption from taxation under
Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code; (xi) the
imposition of a Lien pursuant to Section 401(a)(29) or 412(n)
of the Internal Revenue Code or pursuant to ERISA with respect to
any Pension Plan, (xii) the imposition of any material liability
under Title IV of ERISA, other than the PBGC premiums due but not
delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon Company, any of
its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates;
(xiii) any equivalent event, action, condition, proceeding or
otherwise under similar laws of any other
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jurisdiction, or (xiv) any other event or condition with
respect to a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan that could
reasonably be expected to result in material liability of Company
or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Event of Default” means each of the conditions
or events set forth in Section 8.1.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended from time to time, and any successor
statute.
“Existing Credit Documents” means (i) the
Amended and Restated Factoring Agreement, dated as of
November 22, 2006, between The CIT Group/Commercial Services,
Inc. and Syntax Corporation, and (ii) the Amended and Restated
Business Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of December 13,
2006 and as amended February 21, 2007, by and among Preferred
Bank, Company, Syntax Groups Corporation, and Syntax Corporation,
in each case, together with all documents executed in connection
therewith, and in each case, as amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time prior to the Closing
Date.
“Existing Indebtedness” means Indebtedness and
other obligations outstanding under the Existing Credit
Documents.
“Extraordinary Receipts” means any cash received
by or paid to or for the account of Company or any of its
Subsidiaries not in the ordinary course of business, including any
foreign, United States, state or local tax refunds, pension plan
reversions, judgments, proceeds of settlements or other
consideration of any kind in connection with any cause of action,
condemnation awards (and payments in lieu thereof), indemnity
payments and any purchase price adjustment received in connection
with any purchase agreement and proceeds of insurance (excluding,
however, any Net Asset Sale Proceeds which are subject to
Section 2.13(a) and any Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds
which are subject to Section 2.13(b)).
“Facility” means any real property (including
all buildings, fixtures or other improvements located thereon) now,
hereafter or heretofore owned, leased, operated or used by Company
or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective predecessors
or Affiliates.
“Factor” means The CIT Group/Commercial
Services, Inc., in its capacity as factor under the Factoring
Agreement.
“Factoring Agreement” means the Amended and
Restated Factoring Agreement, dated as of November 22, 2006, by and
between Syntax Corporation and the Factor, and as later
supplemented to add Company and Syntax Group Corporation, as
parties thereto, as amended by the amendment dated as of the date
hereof and described in Section 3.1 and as otherwise amended
or modified from time to time in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
“Factoring Assignment Agreement” means the
Assignment and Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of the Closing
Date, between the Factor and the Borrowing Base Agent, as the same
may be amended or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Fair Share Contribution Amount” as defined in
Section 7.2.
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“Fair Share” as defined in
Section 7.2.
“Federal Funds Effective Rate” means for any
day, the rate per annum (expressed, as a decimal, rounded upwards,
if necessary, to the next higher one-hundredth of one percent
(1/100 of 1%)) equal to the weighted average of the rates on
overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal
Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as
published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business
Day next succeeding such day; provided , that, (i) if such
day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for
such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next
preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding
Business Day, and (ii) if no such rate is so published on such
next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for
such day shall be the average of the quotations for the day of such
transactions received by Administrative Agent from three Federal
funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
“Fee Letter” means the letter agreement dated
the date hereof between Company and Administrative Agent.
“Financial Officer Certification” means, with
respect to the financial statements for which such certification is
required, the certification of the chief financial officer of
Company that such financial statements fairly present, in all
material respects, the financial condition of Company and its
Subsidiaries as at the dates indicated and the results of their
operations and their cash flows for the periods indicated, in each
case in conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis,
subject, in the case of interim financial statements, to changes
resulting from normal audit and year-end adjustments.
“Financial Plan” as defined in
Section 5.1(i).
“First Priority” means, with respect to any Lien
purported to be created in any Collateral pursuant to any
Collateral Document, that such Lien is a valid, legal and
enforceable Lien having priority over all other Liens to which such
Collateral is subject, other than any Permitted Lien that is
permitted to have priority over the Lien of the Collateral
Agent.
“Fiscal Quarter” means a fiscal quarter of any
Fiscal Year.
“Fiscal Year” means the fiscal year of Company
and its Subsidiaries ending on June 30th of each calendar
year.
“Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means the ratio as
of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter of (a) Consolidated Adjusted
EBITDA for the four-Fiscal Quarter period then ending, taken as a
single accounting period to (b) Consolidated Fixed Charges for
such four-Fiscal Quarter period ( provided , that
(i) for the four Fiscal Quarter period ending
December 31, 2007, Consolidated Fixed Charges shall be the
Consolidated Fixed Charges for the Fiscal Quarter ending
December 31, 2007 multiplied by four, (ii) for the four
Fiscal Quarter period ending March 31, 2008, Consolidated
Fixed Charges shall be the Consolidated Fixed Charges for the two
Fiscal Quarter period ending March 31, 2008 multiplied by two,
and (iii) for the four Fiscal Quarter period ending
June 30, 2008, Consolidated Fixed Charges shall be the
Consolidated Fixed Charges for the three Fiscal Quarter period
ending June 30, 2008 multiplied by 4/3).
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“Flood Hazard Property” means any Real Estate
Asset subject to a mortgage in favor of Collateral Agent, for the
benefit of the Secured Parties, and located in an area designated
by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood
or mud slide hazards.
“Flow of Funds Agreement” means that certain
Flow of Funds Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, duly
executed by each Credit Party, each Agent, Borrowing Base Agent,
each Lender and any other person party thereto, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agents, in connection with
the disbursement of Loan proceeds in accordance with
Section 2.5 of this Agreement.
“Foreign Currency” as defined in
Section 10.26.
“Foreign Currency Conversion Date” as defined in
Section 10.26.
“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that
is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
“Funding Default” as defined in
Section 2.21.
“Funding Guarantor” as defined in
Section 7.2.
“Funding Notice” means a notice substantially in
the form of Exhibit A-1.
“GAAP” means, subject to the limitations on the
application thereof set forth in Section 1.2, United States
generally accepted accounting principles in effect as of the date
of determination thereof.
“Governmental Acts” means any act or omission,
whether rightful or wrongful, of any present or future de jure or
de facto government or Governmental Authority.
“Governmental Authority” means any Federal,
state, municipal, national or other government, governmental
department, commission, board, bureau, court, agency or
instrumentality or political subdivision thereof or any entity or
officer exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or
administrative functions of or pertaining to any government or any
court, in each case whether associated with a state of the United
States, the United States, or a foreign entity or government.
“Governmental Authorization” means any permit,
license, authorization, plan, directive, consent order or consent
decree of or from any Governmental Authority.
“Granting Lender” as defined in
Section 10.7.
“Grantor” as defined in the Pledge and Security
Agreement.
“
Guarantee ” means, with respect to any Person, any
obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or
having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or
other obligation of any other Person in any manner, whether
directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the
guarantor, direct or indirect, that is (a) an obligation of
such Person the primary purpose or intent of which is to provide
assurance to an
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obligee
that the obligation of the obligor thereof will be paid or
discharged, or any agreement relating thereto will be complied
with, or the holders thereof will be protected (in whole or in
part) against loss in respect thereof; or (b) a liability of
such Person for an obligation of another through any agreement
(contingent or otherwise) (i) to purchase, repurchase or
otherwise acquire such obligation or any security therefor, or to
provide funds for the payment or discharge of such obligation
(whether in the form of loans, advances, stock purchases, capital
contributions or otherwise) or (ii) to maintain the solvency
or any balance sheet item, level of income or financial condition
of another if, in the case of any agreement described under
subclauses (i) or (ii) of this clause (b), the primary
purpose or intent thereof is as described in clause
(a) above.
“Guaranteed Obligations” as defined in
Section 7.1.
“Guarantor” means (i) with respect to the
Company Obligations, each Domestic Subsidiary of Company (other
than SPV), and (ii) with respect to the SPV Obligations,
Company and each Domestic Subsidiary of Company (other than the
SPV).
“Guaranty” means the guaranty of each Guarantor
set forth in Section 7.
“Hazardous Materials” shall include, without
regard to amount and/or concentration (a) any element,
compound, or chemical that is defined, listed or otherwise
classified as a contaminant, pollutant, toxic pollutant, toxic or
hazardous substances, extremely hazardous substance or chemical,
hazardous waste, medical waste, biohazardous or infectious waste,
special waste, or solid waste under Environmental Laws;
(b) petroleum, petroleum-based or petroleum-derived products;
(c) polychlorinated biphenyls; (d) any substance exhibiting a
hazardous waste characteristic under Environmental Law including
but not limited to corrosivity, ignitibility, toxicity or
reactivity as well as any radioactive or explosive materials; and
(e) any asbestos-containing materials.
“Hazardous Materials Activity” means any past,
current, proposed or threatened activity, event or occurrence
involving any Hazardous Materials, including the use, manufacture,
possession, storage, holding, presence, existence, location,
Release, threatened Release, discharge, placement, generation,
transportation, processing, construction, treatment, abatement,
removal, remediation, disposal, disposition or handling of any
Hazardous Materials, and any Remedial Action with respect to any of
the foregoing.
“Highest Lawful Rate” means the maximum lawful
interest rate, if any, that at any time or from time to time may be
contracted for, charged, or received under the laws applicable to
any Lender which are presently in effect or, to the extent allowed
by law, under such applicable laws which may hereafter be in effect
and which allow a higher maximum nonusurious interest rate than
applicable laws now allow.
“Historical Financial Statements” means as of
the Closing Date, (i) the audited financial statements of
Company and its Subsidiaries, for the Fiscal Year ended
June 30, 2007, consisting of balance sheets and the related
consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and
cash flows for such Fiscal Year, and (ii) for the interim
period from July 1, 2007 to the Closing Date, internally
prepared, unaudited financial statements of Company and its
Subsidiaries, consisting of a balance sheet and the related
consolidated statements of income,
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stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each quarterly period
completed prior to forty-six (46) days before the Closing Date
and for each monthly period completed prior to thirty-one (31) days
prior to the Closing Date, in the case of clauses (i) and
(ii), certified by the chief financial officer of Company that such
financial statements fairly present, in all material respects, the
financial condition of Company and its Subsidiaries as at the dates
indicated and the results of their operations and their cash flows
for the periods indicated, subject, if applicable, to changes
resulting from audit and normal year end adjustments.
“Hong Kong Fixed and Floating Security Document”
means the Hong Kong law fixed and floating security document to be
granted by Company in favor of Collateral Agent for the benefit of
the Secured Parties, substantially in the form of
Exhibit I-2.
“Hong Kong Share Charge” means the Hong Kong law
share charge to be granted by Vivitar Corporation in favor of the
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties,
substantially in the form of Exhibit I-3.
“Increased Cost Lender” as defined in
Section 2.22.
“Indebtedness , ” as applied to any
Person, means, without duplication, (i) all indebtedness for
borrowed money; (ii) that portion of obligations with respect
to Capital Leases that is properly classified as a liability on a
balance sheet in conformity with GAAP; (iii) all obligations
of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds or similar instruments or
upon which interest payments are customarily paid and all
obligations in respect of drafts accepted representing extensions
of credit whether or not representing obligations for borrowed
money; (iv) any obligation owed for all or any part of the
deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding trade
payables incurred in the ordinary course of business having a term
of less than four (4) months that are not overdue by more than
sixty (60) days) which purchase price is (a) due more
than four (4) months from the date of incurrence of the
obligation in respect thereof or (b) evidenced by a note or
similar written instrument; (v) all obligations created or
arising under any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement with respect to property acquired by such person,
(vi) all indebtedness secured by any Lien on any property or
asset owned or held by that Person regardless of whether the
indebtedness secured thereby shall have been assumed by that Person
or is nonrecourse to the credit of that Person; (vii) the face
amount of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued,
bankers’ acceptances facilities, surety bond and similar
credit transactions for the account of that Person or as to which
that Person is otherwise liable for reimbursement of drawings or
drafts; (viii) the direct or indirect guaranty, endorsement
(otherwise than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of
business), co-making, discounting with recourse or sale with
recourse by such Person of the obligation of another; (ix) any
obligation of such Person the primary purpose or intent of which is
to provide assurance to an obligee that the obligation of the
obligor thereof will be paid or discharged, or any agreement
relating thereto will be complied with, or the holders thereof will
be protected (in whole or in part) against loss in respect thereof;
(x) any liability of such Person for an obligation of another
through any agreement (contingent or otherwise) (a) to
purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire such obligation or any
security therefor, or to provide funds for the payment or discharge
of such obligation (whether in the form of loans, advances, stock
purchases, capital contributions or otherwise) or (b) to
maintain the solvency or any balance sheet item, level of income or
financial condition of another if, in the case of any agreement
described under
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subclauses (a) or (b) of this clause (x), the primary
purpose or intent thereof is as described in clause (ix) above;
(xi) all obligations of such Person in respect of any exchange
traded or over the counter derivative transaction, including any
Interest Rate Agreement and Currency Agreement, whether entered
into for hedging or speculative purposes; (xii) all
obligations of such Person, contingent or otherwise, to purchase,
redeem, retire or otherwise acquire for value any Capital Stock of
such Person and (xii) all Attributable Debt of such Person.
The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of
any partnership or joint venture in which such Person is a general
partner or joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly
non-recourse to such Person.
“Indemnified Liabilities” means, collectively,
any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages (including
natural resource damages), penalties, claims (including
Environmental Claims), costs (including the costs of any
investigation, study, sampling, testing, abatement, cleanup,
removal, remediation or other response action necessary to remove,
remediate, clean up or abate any Hazardous Materials Activity),
expenses and disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever
(including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for
Indemnitees in connection with any investigative, administrative or
judicial proceeding commenced or threatened by any Person, whether
or not any such Indemnitee shall be designated as a party or a
potential party thereto, and any fees or expenses incurred by
Indemnitees in enforcing this indemnity), whether direct, indirect
or consequential and whether based on any Federal, state or foreign
laws, statutes, rules or regulations (including securities and
commercial laws, statutes, rules or regulations and Environmental
Laws), on common law or equitable cause or on contract or
otherwise, that may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against
any such Indemnitee, in any manner relating to or arising out of
(i) this Agreement or the other Credit Documents or the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including the
Lenders’ agreement to make Credit Extensions or the use or
intended use of the proceeds thereof, or any enforcement of any of
the Credit Documents (including any sale of, collection from, or
other realization upon any of the Collateral or the enforcement of
the Guaranty)); (ii) the statements contained in the
commitment letter or proposal letter delivered by any Lender to
Company with respect to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement; or (iii) any Environmental Claim against or any
Hazardous Materials Activity relating to or arising from, directly
or indirectly, any past or present activity, operation, land
ownership, or practice of Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Indemnitee” as defined in
Section 10.3(a).
“Indemnitee Agent Party” as defined in
Section 9.6.
“Insolvency Proceeding” means any proceeding
commenced by or against any Person under any provision of the
Bankruptcy Code or under any other national, state, provincial or
federal bankruptcy or insolvency law, assignments for the benefit
of creditors, formal or informal moratoria, compositions,
extensions generally with creditors, or proceedings seeking
reorganization, arrangement, or other similar relief.
“
Intercompany Subordination Agreement ” means that
certain Intercompany Subordination Agreement, dated as of the date
hereof, made by the Credit Parties and their
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Subsidiaries in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of
the Agents, Borrowing Base Agent and the Lenders.
“Interest Payment Date” means with respect to
(i) any Base Rate Loan, (a) the last day of each month,
commencing on the first such date to occur after the Closing Date,
and (b) the final maturity date of such Loan; and
(ii) any LIBOR Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period
applicable to such Loan.
“Interest Period” means, in connection with a
LIBOR Rate Loan, an interest period of one, two or three months, as
selected by the Applicable Borrower in the applicable Funding
Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice, (i) initially,
commencing on the Credit Date or Conversion/Continuation Date
thereof, as the case may be; and (ii) thereafter, commencing
on the day on which the immediately preceding Interest Period
expires; provided , that, (a) if an Interest Period
would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day, such
Interest Period shall expire on the next succeeding Business Day
unless no further Business Day occurs in such month, in which case
such Interest Period shall expire on the immediately preceding
Business Day; (b) any Interest Period that begins on the last
Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no
numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of
such Interest Period) shall, subject to clauses (c) and
(d) of this definition, end on the last Business Day of a
calendar month; (c) no Interest Period with respect to any
portion of any Term Loans shall extend beyond the Term Loan
Maturity Date; and (d) no Interest Period with respect to any
portion of the Revolving Loans shall extend beyond the Revolving
Commitment Termination Date.
“Interest Rate Agreement” means any interest
rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate
collar agreement, interest rate hedging agreement or other similar
agreement or arrangement, each of which is (i) for the purpose
of hedging the interest rate exposure associated with
Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ operations,
(ii) approved by Administrative Agent, and (iii) not for
speculative purposes.
“Interest Rate Determination Date” means, with
respect to any Interest Period, the date that is two Business Days
prior to the first day of such Interest Period.
“Internal Control Event” means a material
weakness in, or fraud that involves management of Company, which
fraud has a material effect on Company’s internal controls
over, public reporting, in each case as described in the Securities
Laws.
“Internal Revenue Code” means the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended to the date hereof and from time
to time hereafter, and any successor statute.
“Inventory” means, with respect to any Person,
all of such Person’s now owned and hereafter existing or
acquired goods, wherever located, which (a) are held by such
Person for sale; or (b) consist of raw materials, work in process,
finished goods or materials used or consumed in its business.
“Investment” means (i) any direct or
indirect purchase or other acquisition by Company or any of its
Subsidiaries of, or of a beneficial interest in, any of the
Securities of any other Person; (ii) any direct or indirect
redemption, retirement, purchase or other acquisition for
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value,
by any Subsidiary of Company from any Person, of any Capital Stock
of such Person; (iii) any direct or indirect loan, advance or
capital contributions by Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any
other Person, including all Indebtedness and Accounts from that
other Person that are not current assets or did not arise from
sales to that other Person in the ordinary course of business; and
(iv) any direct or indirect Guarantee of any obligations of
any other Person. The amount of any Investment shall be the
original cost of such Investment plus the cost of all
additions thereto, without any adjustments for increases or
decreases in value, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with
respect to such Investment.
“Issuance Notice” means an Issuance Notice
substantially in the form of Exhibit A-3.
“Issuing Bank” means any financial institution
designated by the Administrative Agent to issue Letters of Credit,
in each case together with its permitted successors and assigns in
such capacity, and the term “Issuing Bank” in each such
instance, shall mean the Issuing Bank with respect to such Letter
of Credit.
“Joint Venture” means a joint venture,
partnership or other similar arrangement, whether in corporate,
partnership or other legal form; provided , that, in no
event shall any corporate Subsidiary of any Person be considered to
be a Joint Venture to which such Person is a party.
“Landlord Collateral Access Agreement” means a
Landlord Consent and Subordination Agreement substantially in the
form of Exhibit K with such amendments or modifications as may
be approved by Collateral Agent.
“Landlord Consent and Estoppel” means, with
respect to any Leasehold Property, a letter, certificate or other
instrument in writing from the lessor under the related lease,
pursuant to which, among other things, the landlord consents to the
granting of a Mortgage on such Leasehold Property by the Credit
Party tenant, such Landlord Consent and Estoppel to be in form and
substance acceptable to Collateral Agent in its reasonable
discretion, but in any event, sufficient for Collateral Agent to
obtain a Title Policy with respect to such Mortgage.
“LCD Television” means a television that
utilizes liquid crystal display technology.
“L/C Funding Support” means any reimbursement
arrangement, guaranty, cash collateral arrangement or other credit
support provided by Administrative Agent to an Issuing Bank in
respect of any Letter of Credit issued for the benefit of
Company.
“Lead Arranger” as defined in the preamble
hereto.
“Leasehold Property” means any leasehold
interest of any Credit Party as lessee under any lease of real
property, other than any such leasehold interest designated from
time to time by Collateral Agent in its reasonable discretion as
not being required to be included in the Collateral.
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“Lender” means each lender listed on the
signature pages hereto as a Lender, and any other Person that
becomes a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment Agreement other
than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to
an Assignment Agreement.
“Letter of Credit” means a standby letter of
credit issued or to be issued by and Issuing Bank for the benefit
of the Company.
“Letter of Credit Application” as defined in
Section 2.3(a).
“Letter of Credit Sublimit” means the lesser of
(i) $10,000,000, and (ii) Availability at such time.
“Letter of Credit Usage” means, as at any date
of determination and without duplication, the sum of (i) the
maximum aggregate amount which is, or at any time thereafter may
become, available for drawing under all Letters of Credit then
outstanding, and (ii) the aggregate amount of all drawings
under Letters of Credit honored by Issuing Bank the repayment of
which shall not, at such time, have been funded with a drawing of a
Revolving Loan.
“Leverage Ratio” means the ratio as of the last
day of any Fiscal Quarter of:
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“LIBOR Rate Loan” means a Loan bearing interest
at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBOR Rate.
“Lien” means (i) any lien, mortgage,
pledge, assignment, hypothec, deed of trust, security interest,
charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any agreement to give
any of the foregoing, any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement, and any lease in the nature thereof) and any option,
trust or other preferential arrangement having the practical effect
of any of the foregoing, and (ii) in the case of Securities,
any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with
respect to such Securities.
“Loan” means a Tranche A Term Loan, a Tranche
A-1 Term Loan, and a Revolving Loan.
“Margin Stock” as defined in Regulation U
of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as in
effect from time to time.
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material
adverse effect on and/or material adverse developments with respect
to (i) the business operations, properties, assets, condition
(financial or otherwise) or prospects of Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (ii) a significant portion of
the industry or business segment in which Company or its
Subsidiaries operate or rely upon if such effect or development is
reasonably likely to have a material adverse
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effect
on Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (iii) the
ability of any Credit Party to fully and timely perform its
Obligations; (iv) the legality, validity, binding effect, or
enforceability against a Credit Party of a Credit Document to which
it is a party; (v) the Collateral or the Collateral
Agent’s Liens (on behalf of itself and the Secured Parties)
on the Collateral or the priority of such Liens; or (vi) the
rights, remedies and benefits available to, or conferred upon, any
Agent, Borrowing Base Agent, and any Lender or any Secured Party
under any Credit Document.
“Material Contract” means, collectively,
(a) any contract or other arrangement to which Company or any
of its Subsidiaries is a party (other than the Credit Documents)
for which breach, nonperformance, cancellation or failure to renew
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and
(b) any agreement or instrument evidencing or governing
(i) Indebtedness, in an aggregate principal amount of
$1,000,000 or more, (ii) each contract or agreement to which
Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party involving aggregate
consideration payable to or by Company or such Subsidiary during
any calendar year of $1,000,000 or more (other than purchase orders
in the ordinary course of the business of Company or such
Subsidiary and other than contracts that by their terms may be
terminated by Company or such Subsidiary in the ordinary course of
its business upon less than 60 days’ notice without
penalty or premium), (iii) all Contractor Documents, and
(iv) any agreement that the Company files with the SEC as a
“Material Contract”.
“Material Improvements” means the buildings,
improvements, structures and fixtures now or subsequently located
on the Real Estate Assets that are used in connection with the
business of Company or any of its Subsidiaries and are material to
the operation thereof.
“Material Real Estate Asset” means (i)
(a) any fee-owned Real Estate Asset having a fair market value
in excess of $500,000 as of any date of determination, and
(b) all Leasehold Properties other than those with respect to
which the aggregate payments under the term of the lease are less
than $2,500,000 per annum, or (ii) any Real Estate Asset that
the Requisite Lenders have determined is material to the business,
operations, properties, assets, condition (financial or otherwise)
or prospects of Company or any Subsidiary thereof, including any
listed on Schedule 1.1(a).
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investor
Services, Inc.
“Mortgage” means a Mortgage executed by a Credit
Party in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the
Secured Parties, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Collateral Agent, as the same may be amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time.
“Multiemployer Plan” means any Employee Benefit
Plan which is a " multiemployer plan ” as
defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA or such equivalent plan
under non-U.S. law.
“NAIC” means The National Association of
Insurance Commissioners, and any successor thereto.
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“Narrative Report” means, with respect to the
financial statements for which such narrative report is required, a
narrative report describing the operations of Company and its
Subsidiaries in the form prepared for presentation to senior
management thereof for the applicable month, Fiscal Quarter or
Fiscal Year and for the period from the beginning of the then
current Fiscal Year to the end of such period to which such
financial statements relate with comparison to and variances from
the immediately preceding period and budget; provided , that
so long as Company files the applicable 10-Q and 10-K reports for
the applicable reporting period, such reports shall be deemed to be
the “Narrative Report” for such period.
“Net Amount of Eligible Accounts” means
(i) in the case of Accounts not purchased by Factor under the
Factoring Agreement, the aggregate unpaid invoice amount of
Eligible Accounts less, without duplication, sales, excise or
similar taxes, returns, discounts, chargebacks, claims, advance
payments, credits, rebates and allowances of any nature at any time
issued, owing, granted, outstanding, available or claimed with
respect to such Eligible Accounts, and (ii) in the case of
Accounts purchased by Factor under the Factoring Agreement and sums
due under the Factoring Agreement, deductions for factoring
charges, discounts, estimated anticipation, chargebacks based upon
disputes and returns, chargebacks of department risk accounts
purchased with recourse, and all other charges, offsets and
reserves under the Factoring Agreement.
“Net Amount of Eligible Foreign Accounts” means
the aggregate unpaid invoice amount of Eligible Foreign Accounts
less, without duplication, sales, excise or similar taxes, returns,
discounts, chargebacks, claims, advance payments, credits, rebates
and allowances of any nature at any time issued, owing, granted,
outstanding, available or claimed with respect to such Eligible
Foreign Accounts.
“Net Asset Sale Proceeds” means, with respect to
any Asset Sale, an amount equal to: (i) the sum of Cash
payments and Cash Equivalents received by Company or any of its
Subsidiaries from such Asset Sale (including any Cash or Cash
Equivalents received by way of deferred payment pursuant to, or by
monetization of, a note receivable or otherwise, but only as and
when so received), minus (ii) any bona fide direct
costs incurred in connection with such Asset Sale, including
(a) income or gains taxes paid or payable by the seller as a
result of any gain recognized in connection with such Asset Sale
during the tax period the sale occurs (after taking into account
any available tax credits or deductions and any tax-sharing
arrangements), (b) payment of the outstanding principal amount
of, premium or penalty, if any, and interest on any Indebtedness
(other than the Loans) that is secured by a Lien on the stock or
assets in question and that is required to be repaid under the
terms thereof as a result of such Asset Sale, and (c) a
reasonable reserve for any indemnification payments (fixed or
contingent) attributable to seller’s indemnities and
representations and warranties to purchaser in respect of such
Asset Sale undertaken by Company or any of its Subsidiaries in
connection with such Asset Sale; provided that upon release of any
such reserve, the amount released shall be considered Net Asset
Sale Proceeds).
“Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds” means an
amount equal to: (i) any Cash payments or proceeds received by
Company or any of its Subsidiaries (a) under any casualty,
business interruption or " key man ” insurance
policies in respect of any covered loss thereunder, or (b) as
a result of the taking of any assets of Company or any of its
Subsidiaries by
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any
Person pursuant to the power of eminent domain, condemnation or
otherwise, or pursuant to a sale of any such assets to a purchaser
with such power under threat of such a taking, minus (ii)
(a) any actual and reasonable costs incurred by Company or any
of its Subsidiaries in connection with the adjustment or settlement
of any claims of Company or such Subsidiary in respect thereof, and
(b) any bona fide direct costs incurred in connection with any
sale of such assets as referred to in clause (i)(b) of this
definition, including income taxes paid or payable as a result of
any gain recognized in connection therewith (after taking into
account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax-sharing
arrangements).
“Net Mark-to-Market Exposure” of a Person means,
as of any date of determination, the excess (if any) of all
unrealized losses over all unrealized profits of such Person
arising from Rate Management Transactions. As used in this
definition, “unrealized losses” means the fair market
value of the cost to such Person of replacing such Rate Management
Transaction as of the date of determination (assuming the Rate
Management Transaction were to be terminated as of that date), and
“unrealized profits” means the fair market value of the
gain to such Person of replacing such Rate Management Transaction
as of the date of determination (assuming such Rate Management
Transaction were to be terminated as of that date).
“Net Orderly Liquidation Value” means, with
respect to Eligible Inventory, as of any date of determination, the
net orderly liquidation value thereof, minus deductions for
expenses related to any proposed liquidation of such Eligible
Inventory, as determined by an independent third party appraiser
acceptable to the Agents and the Lenders, taking into account the
difference in the net orderly liquidation value between finished
goods, raw materials and RMA Inventory.
“Non-U.S. Lender” as defined in
Section 2.19(e).
“Note” means a Tranche A Term Loan Note, a
Tranche A-1 Term Loan Note or a Revolving Loan Note.
“Notice” means a Funding Notice, an Issuance
Notice, or a Conversion/Continuation Notice.
“Obligations” means collectively, the Company
Obligations and the SPV Obligations.
“Obligations Currency” as defined in
Section 10.26.
“Obligee Guarantor” as defined in
Section 7.7.
“Operating Lease Obligations” means all
obligations for the payment of rent for any real or personal
property under leases or agreements to lease, other than with
respect to Capital Leases.
“Organizational Documents” means (i) with
respect to any corporation, its certificate or articles of
incorporation or organization, as amended, and its by laws, as
amended, (ii) with respect to any limited partnership, its
certificate of limited partnership, as amended, and
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its
partnership agreement, as amended, (iii) with respect to any
general partnership, its partnership agreement, as amended,
(iv) with respect to any limited liability company, its
articles of organization, as amended, and its operating agreement,
as amended and (v) with respect to any other type of entity,
its corresponding organizational documents. In the event any term
or condition of this Agreement or any other Credit Document
requires any Organizational Document to be certified by a secretary
of state or similar governmental official, the reference to any
such " Organizational Document ” shall only be
to a document of a type customarily certified by such governmental
official.
“Other Taxes” means any and all present or
future stamp, registration, recording, filing, transfer,
documentary, excise or property Taxes, charges or similar levies
arising from any payment made hereunder or under any of the other
Credit Documents or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of,
or otherwise with respect to or in connection with, any Credit
Document.
“Panel Deposit” means a deposit made with a
Panel Manufacturer towards the purchase price of Panel
Inventory.
“Panel Deposit Agreement ” means an agreement
between SPV and a Panel Manufacturer satisfactory to the Collateral
Agent pursuant to which SPV agrees to make a Panel Deposit with
such Panel Manufacturer for application to the purchase price of
Panel Inventory that SPV has ordered from Panel Manufacturer. Each
Panel Deposit Agreement in effect on the Closing Date is specified
on Schedule 1.1(c) hereto.
“Panel Inventory” means thin-filmed transistor
liquid crystal display panels designed for installation into LCD
Televisions; provided, however , that, solely for purposes
of the definition of the term “Eligible Panel
Inventory”, the term “Panel Inventory” shall also
include, without duplication, the LCD Televisions manufactured from
the panels described above.
"
Panel Manufacturer ” means a manufacturer,
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, that produces Panel
Inventory for, among others, SPV.
“Participant ” as defined in
Section 10.6(h).
“Patriot Act” means the Uniting and
Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to
Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA Patriot Act of 2001).
“Payment Office” means (i) with respect to
the Borrowing Base Agent, the Borrowing Base Agent’s office
located at 300 South Grand Avenue, 12th Floor, Los Angeles,
California 90071 or at such other office or offices of the
Borrowing Base Agent as may be designated in writing from time to
time by the Borrowing Base Agent to the Collateral Agent and the
Borrowers and (ii) with respect to the Administrative Agent,
the Administrative Agent’s office located at Two Greenwich
Plaza, 1st Floor, Greenwich, Connecticut 06830 or at such other
office or offices of the Administrative Agent as may be designated
in writing from time to time by the Administrative Agent to the
Collateral Agent and the Borrowers.
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“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation or any successor thereto and any equivalent entity
under non-U.S. law.
“Pension Plan” means any Employee Benefit Plan,
other than a Multiemployer Plan, which is subject to
Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 302
of ERISA, and equivalent plans under non-U.S. law.
“Permitted Acquisition” means any acquisition by
Company or any of its wholly owned Subsidiaries, whether by
purchase, merger or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the
assets of, all of the Capital Stock of, or a business line or unit
or a division of, any Person; provided ,
(a) immediately
prior to, and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result
therefrom;
(b) all
transactions in connection therewith shall be consummated, in all
material respects, in accordance with all applicable laws and in
conformity with all applicable Governmental Authorizations;
(c) in
the case of the acquisition of Capital Stock, all of the Capital
Stock (except for any such Securities in the nature of
directors’ qualifying shares required pursuant to applicable
law) acquired or otherwise issued by such Person or any newly
formed Subsidiary of Company in connection with such acquisition
shall be owned one hundred percent (100%) by Company or a Guarantor
Subsidiary thereof, and Company shall have taken, or caused to be
taken, as of the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary of Company,
each of the actions set forth in Sections 5.10 and/or 5.11, as
applicable;
(d) Company
and its Subsidiaries shall be in compliance with the financial
covenants set forth in Section 6.7 on a pro forma basis after
giving effect to such acquisition as of the last day of the Fiscal
Quarter most recently ended, (as determined in accordance with
Section 6.7 (j));
(e) Company
shall have delivered to Administrative Agent (A) at least 30
Business Days prior to such proposed acquisition, a Compliance
Certificate evidencing compliance with Section 6.7 as required
under clause (iv) above, together with all relevant financial
information with respect to such acquired assets, including the
aggregate consideration for such acquisition and any other
information required to demonstrate compliance with
Section 6.7;
(f) any
Person or assets or division as acquired in accordance herewith
(y) shall be in same business or lines of business in which
Company and/or its Subsidiaries are engaged as of the Closing Date
and (z) shall have generated positive cash flow for the four
quarter period most recently ended prior to the date of such
acquisition;
(g) the
acquisition shall have been approved by the board of directors or
other governing body or controlling Person of the Person acquired
or the Person from whom such assets or division is acquired;
and
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(h) as
of the date of the acquisition, the chief executive officer or the
chief financial officer of Company shall provide a certificate to
Administrative Agent and the Lenders certifying as to the matters
set forth in the foregoing clauses and further certifying that the
acquisition shall not have a Material Adverse Effect.
“Permitted Liens” means each of the Liens
permitted pursuant to Section 6.2.
“Person” means and includes natural persons,
corporations, limited partnerships, general partnerships, limited
liability companies, limited liability partnerships, joint stock
companies, Joint Ventures, associations, companies, trusts, banks,
trust companies, land trusts, business trusts or other
organizations, whether or not legal entities, and Governmental
Authorities.
“Platform” as defined in
Section 9.9(b).
“Pledge and Security Agreement” means the Pledge
and Security Agreement to be executed by each Borrower and each
Guarantor substantially in the form of Exhibit I, as it may be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
“Prepayment Date” as defined in
Section 2.14(c).
“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest publicly
announced by the Reference Bank in New York, New York from time to
time as its reference rate, base rate or prime rate. The Prime Rate
is a reference rate and does not necessarily represent the lowest
or best rate actually charged to any customer. Any Agent, Borrowing
Base Agent or any other Lender may make commercial loans or other
loans at rates of interest at, above or below the Prime Rate.
“Principal Office” means, for each of
Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank and Borrowing Base Agent, such
Person’s " Principal Office ” as set
forth on Appendix B, or such other office as such Person may
from time to time designate in writing to Company, Administrative
Agent and each Lender.
“Projections” as defined in
Section 4.8.
“Pro Rata Share” means (i) with respect to
all payments, computations and other matters relating to the
Tranche A Term Loan of any Lender, the percentage obtained by
dividing (a) the Tranche A Term Loan Exposure of that Lender,
by (b) the aggregate Tranche A Term Loan Exposure of all
Lenders; (ii) with respect to all payments, computations and
other matters relating to the Tranche A-1 Term Loan of any Lender,
the percentage obtained by dividing (a) the Tranche A-1 Term
Loan Exposure of that Lender, by (b) the aggregate Tranche A-1
Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders; and (iii) with respect to
all payments, computations and other matters relating to the
Revolving Commitment or Revolving Loans of any Lender or any
Letters of Credit issued or participations purchased therein by any
Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing (a) the Revolving
Exposure of that Lender, by (b) the aggregate Revolving
Exposure of all Lenders. For all other purposes with respect to
each Lender, “ Pro Rata Share ” means the
percentage obtained by dividing (A) an amount equal to the sum
of the Tranche A Term Loan Exposure, the Tranche A-1 Term Loan
Exposure and the Revolving Exposure of that Lender, by
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(B) an amount equal to the sum of the aggregate Tranche A Term
Loan Exposure, the aggregate Tranche A-1 Term Loan Exposure and the
aggregate Revolving Exposure of all Lenders.
“Rate Management Transaction” means any
transaction (including an agreement with respect thereto) now
existing or hereafter entered by any Credit Party which is a rate
swap, basis swap, forward rate transaction, commodity swap,
commodity option, equity or equity index swap, equity or equity
index option, bond option, interest rate option, foreign exchange
transaction, cap transaction, floor transaction, collar
transaction, forward transaction, currency swap transaction,
cross-currency rate swap transaction, currency option or any other
similar transaction (including any option with respect to any of
these transactions) or any combination thereof, whether linked to
one or more interest rates, foreign currencies, commodity prices,
equity prices or other financial measures; provided , that,
in order to qualify as a Rate Management Transaction under this
Agreement for any purpose other than the definition of the term
“Indebtedness”, any such transaction shall be entered
into for risk management purposes associated with Company’s
and its Subsidiaries’ operations and not for speculative
purposes.
“Real Estate Asset” means, at any time of
determination, any interest (fee, leasehold or otherwise) then
owned by any Credit Party in any real property.
“Record Document” means, with respect to any
Leasehold Property, (i) the lease evidencing such Leasehold
Property or a memorandum thereof, executed and acknowledged by the
owner of the affected real property, as lessor, or (ii) if
such Leasehold Property was acquired or subleased from the holder
of a Recorded Leasehold Interest, the applicable assignment or
sublease document, executed and acknowledged by such holder, in
each case in form sufficient to give such constructive notice upon
recordation and otherwise in form reasonably satisfactory to
Collateral Agent.
“Recorded Leasehold Interest” means a Leasehold
Property with respect to which a Record Document has been recorded
in all places necessary or desirable, in Administrative
Agent’s reasonable judgment, to give constructive notice of
such Leasehold Property to third-party purchasers and encumbrances
of the affected real property.
“Reference Bank” means JPMorgan Chase Bank and
its successors and any other commercial bank designated by
Administrative Agent to the Applicable Borrower from time to
time.
“Refusal Option” as defined in
Section 2.14(c).
“Regulation D” means Regulation D of
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as in effect
from time to time.
“Reimbursement Date” as defined in
Section 2.3(d).
“Related Fund” means, with respect to any Lender
that is an investment fund, any other investment fund that invests
in commercial loans and that is managed or advised by the same
investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such
investment advisor. With respect to Silver Point, Related Fund
shall also include any swap, special purpose vehicles
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purchasing or acquiring security interests in collateralized loan
obligations or any other vehicle through which Silver Point may
leverage its investments from time to time.
“Release” means any release, spill, emission,
leaking, pumping, pouring, injection, escaping, deposit, disposal,
discharge, dispersal, dumping, leaching or migration of any
Hazardous Material into the indoor or outdoor environment
(including the abandonment or disposal of any barrels, containers
or other closed receptacles containing any Hazardous Material),
including the movement of any Hazardous Material through the air,
soil, surface water or groundwater.
“Remedial Action” means all actions taken to
(i) clean up, remove, remediate, contain, treat, monitor,
assess, evaluate or in any other way address Hazardous Materials in
the indoor or outdoor environment; (ii) prevent or minimize a
Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials so they do not
migrate or endanger or threaten to endanger public health or
welfare or the indoor or outdoor environment; (iii) perform
pre-remedial studies and investigations and post-remedial operation
and maintenance activities; or (iv) any other actions
authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9601.
“Replacement Lender” as defined in
Section 2.22.
“Requisite Class Lenders” means, at any
time of determination, but subject to the provisions of
Section 2.21, (i) for the Class of Lenders having Tranche
A Term Loan Exposure and/or Tranche A-1 Term Loan Exposure, Lenders
holding more than fifty percent (50%) of sum of the aggregate
Tranche A Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders and the aggregate
Tranche A-1 Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders; and (ii) for
the Class of Lenders having Revolving Exposure, Lenders holding
more than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate Revolving Exposure
of all Lenders.
“Requisite Lenders” means Requisite
Class Lenders with respect to each of (i) the Class of
Lenders having Tranche A Term Loan Exposure and/or Tranche A-1 Term
Loan Exposure; and (ii) the Class of Lenders having Revolving
Exposure.
“Restricted Junior Payment” means (i) any
dividend or other distribution, direct or indirect, on account of
any shares of any class of stock of Company or any of its
Subsidiaries now or hereafter outstanding, except a dividend
payable solely in shares of that class of stock to the holders of
that class; (ii) any redemption, retirement, sinking fund or
similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or
indirect, of any shares of any class of stock of Company or any of
its Subsidiaries now or hereafter outstanding; (iii) any
payment made to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any
outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire shares of
any class of stock of Company or any of its Subsidiaries now or
hereafter outstanding; (iv) any management or similar fees
payable to any Affiliate of any Credit Party, and (v) any
payment or prepayment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest
on, or redemption, purchase, retirement, defeasance (including
in-substance or legal defeasance), sinking fund or similar payment
with respect to, any subordinated Indebtedness.
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“Revenues” means, for any period, the gross
revenues of Company and its Subsidiaries generated from sales to
Account Debtors located in the United States, on a consolidated
basis, calculated in accordance with GAAP.
“Revolving Commitment” means the commitment of a
Lender to make or otherwise fund any Revolving Loan and to acquire
participations in Letters of Credit and “ Revolving
Commitments ” means such commitments of all Lenders in
the aggregate. The amount of each Lender’s Revolving
Commitment, if any, is set forth on Appendix A-3 or in the
applicable Assignment Agreement, subject to any adjustment or
reduction pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof. The
aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments as of the Closing
Date is $100,000,000.
“Revolving Commitment Period” means the period
from the Closing Date to but excluding the Revolving Commitment
Termination Date.
“Revolving Commitment Termination Date” means
the earliest to occur of (i) October 31, 2007, if the
Term Loans are not made on or before that date;
(ii) October 26, 2012; (iii) the date the Revolving
Commitments are permanently reduced to zero pursuant to
Section 2.12(b) or 2.13; and (iv) the date of the termination
of the Revolving Commitments pursuant to Section 8.1.
“Revolving Exposure” means, with respect to any
Lender as of any date of determination, (i) prior to the
termination of the Revolving Commitments, that Lender’s
Revolving Commitment; and (ii) after the termination of the
Revolving Commitments, the sum, without duplication, of
(a) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the
Revolving Loans of that Lender and (b) the aggregate amount of
all participations by that Lender in obligations of Administrative
Agent in respect of any L/C Funding Support.
“Revolving Loan” means a Loan made by a Lender
to Company pursuant to Section 2.2(a) and/or
Section 2.22.
“Revolving Loan Note” means a promissory note in
the form of Exhibit B-3, as it may be amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time.
“Revolving Loan Register” as defined in
Section 2.6(b).
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RMA Inventory” means merchandise returned to a Credit
Party from customers.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s
Ratings Group, a division of The McGraw Hill Corporation.
“SCHOT” means South China House of Technology
Consultants Ltd., a company formed under the laws of Hong
Kong.
“Secured Parties” means the Agents, Borrowing
Base Agent and the Lenders.
“Securities” means any stock, shares,
partnership interests, voting trust certificates, certificates of
interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement or
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arrangement, options, warrants, bonds, debentures, notes, or other
evidences of indebtedness, secured or unsecured, convertible,
subordinated or otherwise, or in general any instruments commonly
known as " securities ” or any certificates of
interest, shares or participations in temporary or interim
certificates for the purchase or acquisition of, or any right to
subscribe to, purchase or acquire, any of the foregoing.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of
1933, as amended from time to time, and any successor
statute.
“Securities Laws” means the Securities Act, the
Exchange Act, Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the applicable
accounting and auditing principles, rules, standards and practices
promulgated, approved or incorporated by the Securities and
Exchange Commission or the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board, as each of the foregoing may be amended and in effect on any
applicable date hereunder.
“Silver Point” as defined in the preamble
hereto.
“Solvency Certificate” means a Solvency
Certificate of the chief financial officer of Company substantially
in the form of Exhibit G-2.
“Solvent” means, with respect to any Credit
Party, that as of the date of determination, both (i) (a) the
sum of such Credit Party’s debt and liabilities (including
contingent liabilities) does not exceed the present fair saleable
value of such Credit Party’s present assets; (b) such
Credit Party’s capital is not unreasonably small in relation
to its business as contemplated on the Closing Date and reflected
in the Projections or with respect to any transaction contemplated
or undertaken after the Closing Date; and (c) such Person has
not incurred and does not intend to incur, or believe (nor should
it reasonably believe) that it will incur, debts beyond its ability
to pay such debts as they become due (whether at maturity or
otherwise); and (ii) such Person is " solvent
” within the meaning given that term and similar terms
under applicable laws relating to fraudulent transfers and
conveyances. For purposes of this definition, the amount of any
contingent liability at any time shall be computed as the amount
that, in light of all of the facts and circumstances existing at
such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to
become an actual or matured liability (irrespective of whether such
contingent liabilities meet the criteria for accrual under
Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 5).
“SPC” as defined in Section 10.7.
“Specified Account Debtor” means each of SCHOT
and Olevia Far East, in each case, so long as, at the time of
determination thereof, such Person owes $10,000,000 or more in the
aggregate to any one or more of the Credit Parties.
“Specified Party” means each of (i) Taiwan
Kolin Co. Ltd., (ii) DigiMedia Technology Co., Ltd. and
(iii) TCV Group.
“Specified Preferred Bank Indebtedness” as
defined in Section 6.1.
“SPV” as defined in the preamble hereto.
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“SPV Obligations” means all liabilities and
obligations of every nature of SPV from time to time owed to the
Agents (including former Agents), the Lenders or any of them under
any Credit Document in respect of the Tranche A-1 Term Loan,
whether for principal, interest (including interest which, but for
the filing of a petition in bankruptcy with respect to SPV, would
have accrued on any such Obligation, whether or not a claim is
allowed against SPV for such interest in the related bankruptcy
proceeding), fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise and
whether primary, secondary, direct, indirect, contingent, fixed or
otherwise (including obligations of performance).
“Subject Transaction” as defined in
Section 6.7.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person,
any corporation, partnership, limited liability company,
association, joint venture or other business entity of which more
than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power of shares of
stock or other ownership interests entitled (without regard to the
occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of the
Person or Persons (whether directors, managers, trustees or other
Persons performing similar functions) having the power to direct or
cause the direction of the management and policies thereof is at
the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that
Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a
combination thereof; provided , that, in determining the
percentage of ownership interests of any Person controlled by
another Person, no ownership interest in the nature of a "
qualifying share ” of the former Person shall be
deemed to be outstanding.
“Tax” means any present or future tax, levy,
impost, duty, assessment, charge, fee, deduction or withholding of
any nature and whatever called, by whomsoever, on whomsoever and
wherever imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed;
(including, without limitation, real estate taxes); provided
, that “ Tax on the overall net income ”
of a Person shall be construed as a reference to a tax imposed by
the jurisdiction in which that Person is organized or in which that
Person’s applicable principal office (and/or, in the case of
a Lender, its lending office) is located or in which that Person
(and/or, in the case of a Lender, its lending office) is deemed to
be doing business (other than a jurisdiction in which such Person
is treated as doing business as a result of its entering into any
Credit Document or its participation in the transactions governed
thereby) on all or part of the net income, profits or gains
(whether worldwide, or only insofar as such income, profits or
gains are considered to arise in or to relate to a particular
jurisdiction, or otherwise) of that Person (and/or, in the case of
a Lender, its applicable lending office).
“Tax-Related Person” means a Person (including a
beneficial owner of an interest in a pass-through entity) whose
income is realized through or determined by reference to an Agent,
a Lender or Participant or any Tax Related Person of any of the
foregoing.
“Term Loan” means a Tranche A Term Loan or a
Tranche A-1 Term Loan.
“Term Loan Commitment” means the Tranche A Term
Loan Commitment, or the Tranche A-1 Term Loan Commitment, and
“Term Loan Commitments” means such commitments
of all Lenders.
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“Term Loan Maturity Date” means the Tranche A
Term Loan Maturity Date and the Tranche A-1 Term Loan Maturity
Date.
“Term Loan Register ” as defined in
Section 2.6(b).
“Terminated Lender” as defined in
Section 2.22.
“Terrorism Laws ” means any of the following
(a) Executive Order 13224 issued by the President of the
United States, (b) the Terrorism Sanctions Regulations (Title
31 Part 595 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations),
(c) the Terrorism List Governments Sanctions Regulations
(Title 31 Part 596 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations),
(d) the Foreign Terrorist Organizations Sanctions Regulations
(Title 31 Part 597 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations),
(e) the Patriot Act (as it may be subsequently codified),
(f) all other present and future legal requirements of any
Governmental Authority addressing, relating to, or attempting to
eliminate, terrorist acts and acts of war and (g) any
regulations promulgated pursuant thereto or pursuant to any legal
requirements of any Governmental Authority governing terrorist acts
or acts of war.
“Title Policy” as defined in
Section 5.11.
“Tooling Expenditures” means expenditures in
respect of jigs, dies, fixtures, molds, patterns, taps, gauges,
other equipment and manufacturing aids, all components of these
items, and replacements of these items, used for the production of
parts and components of Inventory of the Credit Parties.
“Total Utilization of Revolving Commitments”
means, as at any date of determination and without duplication, the
sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding
Revolving Loans (other than Revolving Loans made for the purpose of
reimbursing Issuing Bank for any amount drawn, or which may be
drawn, under any Letter of Credit, but not yet so applied), and
(ii) the Letter of Credit Usage.
“Tranche A Term Loan” means a Tranche A Term
Loan made by a Lender to Company pursuant to
Section 2.1(a)(i).
“Tranche A Term Loan Commitment” means the
commitment of a Lender to make or otherwise fund a Tranche A Term
Loan and “Tranche A Term Loan Commitments” means
such commitments of all Lenders in the aggregate. The amount of
each Lender’s Tranche A Term Loan Commitment, if any, is set
forth on Appendix A 1 or in the applicable Assignment
Agreement, subject to any adjustment or reduction pursuant to the
terms and conditions hereof. The aggregate amount of the Tranche A
Term Loan Commitments as of the Closing Date is $110,000,000.
“Tranche A Term Loan Exposure” means, with
respect to any Lender, as of any date of determination, the
outstanding principal amount of the Tranche A Term Loans of such
Lender; provided , that at any time prior to the making of
the Tranche A Term Loans, the Tranche A Term Loan Exposure of any
Lender shall be equal to such Lender’s Tranche A Term Loan
Commitment.
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“Tranche A Term Loan Maturity Date” means the
earlier of (i) October 26, 2012, and (ii) the date that
all Tranche A Term Loans shall become due and payable in full
hereunder, whether by acceleration or otherwise.
“Tranche A Term Loan Note” means a promissory
note in the form of Exhibit B-1, as it may be amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
“Tranche A-1 Term Loan” means a Tranche A-1 Term
Loan made by a Lender to SPV pursuant to
Section 2.1(a)(ii).
“Tranche A-1 Term Loan Commitment” means the
commitment of a Lender to make or otherwise fund a Tranche A-1 Term
Loan and “Tranche A-1 Term Loan Commitments”
means such commitments of all Lenders in the aggregate. The amount
of each Lender’s Tranche A-1 Term Loan Commitment, if any, is
set forth on Appendix A 2 or in the applicable Assignment
Agreement, subject to any adjustment or reduction pursuant to the
terms and conditions hereof. The aggregate amount of the Tranche
A-1 Term Loan Commitments as of the Closing Date is
$40,000,000.
“Tranche A-1 Term Loan Exposure” means, with
respect to any Lender, as of any date of determination, the
outstanding principal amount of the Tranche A-1 Term Loans of such
Lender; provided , that at any time prior to the making of
the Tranche A-1 Term Loans, the Tranche A-1 Term Loan Exposure of
any Lender shall be equal to such Lender’s Tranche A-1 Term
Loan Commitment.
“Tranche A-1 Term Loan Maturity Date” means the
earlier of (i) October 26, 2012, and (ii) the date that
all Tranche A-1 Term Loans shall become due and payable in full
hereunder, whether by acceleration or otherwise.
“Tranche A-1 Term Loan Note” means a promissory
note in the form of Exhibit B-2, as it may be amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
“Transaction Costs” means the fees, costs and
expenses payable by Company or any of Company’s Subsidiaries
on or before the Closing Date in connection with the transactions
contemplated by the Credit Documents.
“Type of Loan” means with respect to either Term
Loans or Revolving Loans, a Base Rate Loan or a LIBOR Rate
Loan.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code (or any
similar or equivalent legislation) as in effect in any applicable
jurisdiction.
“Unadjusted LIBOR Rate Component” means that
component of the interest costs to the Applicable Borrower in
respect of a LIBOR Rate Loan that is based upon the rate obtained
pursuant to clause (B)(i) of the definition of Adjusted LIBOR
Rate.
“Waivable Prepayment” as defined in
Section 2.14(c).
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1.2
Accounting Terms. Except as otherwise expressly provided
herein, all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meanings assigned to them in conformity with GAAP.
Financial statements and other information required to be delivered
by Company to Lenders pursuant to Section 5.1(a), 5.1(b) and
5.1(c) shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP as in effect at
the time of such preparation (and delivered together with the
reconciliation statements provided for in Section 5.1(e), if
applicable). Subject to the foregoing, calculations in connection
with the definitions, covenants and other provisions hereof shall
utilize accounting principles and policies in conformity with those
used to prepare the Historical Financial Statements.
1.3
Interpretation, etc. Any of the terms defined herein may,
unless the context otherwise requires, be used in the singular or
the plural, depending on the reference. References herein to any
Section, Appendix, Schedule or Exhibit shall be to a Section, an
Appendix, a Schedule or an Exhibit, as the case may be, hereof
unless otherwise specifically provided. The use in any Credit
Document of the words “include” or
“including,” when following any general statement, term
or matter, shall not be construed to limit such statement, term or
matter to the specific items or matters set forth immediately
following such word or to similar items or matters, whether or not
no limiting language (such as “without limitation” or
“but not limited to” or words of similar import) is
used with reference thereto, but rather shall be deemed to refer to
all other items or matters that fall within the broadest possible
scope of such general statement, term or matter. The use herein of
the word “issue” or “issuance” with respect
to any Letter of Credit shall be deemed to include any amendment,
extension renewal or replacement thereof.
SECTION 2. LOANS AND LETTERS OF
CREDIT
2.1 Term Loans.
(a)
Loan Commitments . Subject to the terms and conditions
hereof,
(i) each
Lender severally agrees to make, on the Closing Date, a Tranche A
Term Loan to Company in an amount equal to such Lender’s
Tranche A Term Loan Commitment; and
(ii) each
Lender severally agrees to make, on the Closing Date, Tranche A-1
Term Loan to SPV in an amount equal to such Lender’s Tranche
A-1 Term Loan Commitment.
The
Applicable Borrowers may make only one borrowing under each of the
Tranche A Term Loan Commitment and the Tranche A-1 Term Loan
Commitment which shall be on the Closing Date. The aggregate
principal amount of Term Loans borrowed by the Borrowers on the
Closing Date must be $150,000,000. Any amount borrowed under this
Section 2.1(a) and subsequently repaid or prepaid may not be
reborrowed. Subject to Sections 2.11 and 2.12, all amounts
owed hereunder with respect to the Tranche A Term Loans and the
Tranche A-1 Term Loans shall be paid in full no later than the
Tranche A Term Loan Maturity Date and the Tranche A-1 Term Loan
Maturity Date, respectively. Each Lender’s Tranche A Term
Loan Commitment and Tranche A-1 Term Loan Commitment shall
terminate immediately and without
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further
action on the Closing Date after giving effect to the funding of
such Lender’s Tranche A Term Loan Commitment and Tranche A-1
Term Loan Commitment, if any, on such date.
(b)
Borrowing Mechanics for Term Loans .
(i) The
Applicable Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent a fully
executed Funding Notice no later than 11 a.m. (New York time) on
the Closing Date. Promptly upon receipt by Administrative Agent of
such Funding Notice, Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender
of the proposed borrowing. Administrative Agent and Lenders may act
without liability upon the basis of written, telecopied or
telephonic notice believed by Administrative Agent in good faith to
be from the Applicable Borrower (or from any Authorized Officer
thereof designated in writing purportedly from the Applicable
Borrower to Administrative Agent). Administrative Agent and each
Lender shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any Authorized
Officer’s authority to request a Term Loan on behalf of the
Applicable Borrower until Administrative Agent receives written
notice to the contrary. Administrative Agent and Lenders shall have
no duty to verify the authenticity of the signature appearing on
any written Funding Notice.
(ii) Each
Lender shall make its Tranche A Term Loan and/or Tranche A-1 Term
Loan, as the case may be, available to Administrative Agent not
later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Closing
Date, by wire transfer of same day funds in Dollars, to
Administrative Agent’s Account. Upon satisfaction or waiver
of the conditions precedent specified herein, Administrative Agent
shall make the proceeds of the Term Loans available to the
Applicable Borrower on the Closing Date by causing an amount of
same day funds in Dollars equal to the proceeds of all such Loans
received by Administrative Agent from Lenders with a Tranche Term
Loan A Commitment or a Tranche A-1 Term Loan Commitment, as
applicable, to be credited to the account designated by the
Applicable Borrower in the Flow of Funds Agreement.
2.2
Revolving Loans.
(a)
Revolving Commitment . During the Revolving Commitment
Period, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender
severally agrees to make Revolving Loans to Company in an aggregate
amount up to but not exceeding such Lender’s Revolving
Commitment; provided, that after giving effect to the making of any
Revolving Loans in no event shall the Total Utilization of
Revolving Commitments exceed Availability at such time. Amounts
borrowed pursuant to this Section 2.2(a) may be repaid and
reborrowed during the Revolving Commitment Period. Each
Lender’s Revolving Commitment shall expire on the Revolving
Commitment Termination Date and all Revolving Loans and all other
amounts owed hereunder with respect to the Revolving Loans and the
Revolving Commitments shall be paid in full no later than such
date.
(b)
Borrowing Mechanics for Revolving Loans .
(i)
Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans shall be made in an
aggregate minimum amount of $1,000,000 and integral multiples of
$500,000 in excess of
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that
amount, and Revolving Loans that are LIBOR Rate Loans shall be in
an aggregate minimum amount of $1,000,000 and integral multiples of
$500,000 in excess of that amount.
(ii) Whenever
Company desires that Lenders make Revolving Loans, Company shall
deliver to Borrowing Base Agent a fully executed and delivered
Funding Notice no later than 10:00 a.m. (New York City time)
at least three Business Days in advance of the proposed Credit Date
in the case of a LIBOR Rate Loan, and at least one Business Day in
advance of the proposed Credit Date in the case of a Revolving Loan
that is a Base Rate Loan. Except as otherwise provided herein, a
Funding Notice for a Revolving Loan that is a LIBOR Rate Loan shall
be irrevocable when given, and Company shall be bound to make a
borrowing in accordance therewith. Borrowing Base Agent and Lenders
may act without liability upon the basis of written, telecopied or
telephonic notice believed by Borrowing Base Agent in good faith to
be from Company (or from any Authorized Officer thereof designated
in writing purportedly from Company to Borrowing Base Agent).
Borrowing Base Agent and each Lender shall be entitled to rely
conclusively on any Authorized Officer’s authority to request
a Revolving Loan on behalf of Company until Borrowing Base Agent
receives written notice to the contrary. Borrowing Base Agent and
Lenders shall have no duty to verify the authenticity of the
signature appearing on any written Funding Notice.
(iii) Notice
of receipt of each Funding Notice in respect of Revolving Loans,
together with the amount of each Lender’s Pro Rata Share
thereof, if any, together with the applicable interest rate, shall
be provided by Borrowing Base Agent to each applicable Lender with
a Revolving Commitment by telefacsimile with reasonable promptness,
but (provided that Borrowing Base Agent shall have received such
notice by 10:00 a.m. (New York City time)) not later than 2:00
p.m. (New York City time) on the same day as Borrowing Base
Agent’s receipt of such Notice from Company.
(iv) Each
Lender shall make the amount of its Revolving Loan available to
Borrowing Base Agent not later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City
time) on the applicable Credit Date by wire transfer of same day
funds in Dollars, to Borrowing Base Agent’s Account. Except
as provided herein, upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions
precedent specified herein, Borrowing Base Agent shall make the
proceeds of such Revolving Loans available to Company on the
applicable Credit Date by causing an amount of same day funds in
Dollars equal to the proceeds of all such Revolving Loans received
by Borrowing Base Agent from Lenders to be credited to the account
of Company or such other account as may be designated in writing to
Borrowing Base Agent by Company.
2.3
Issuance of Letters of Credit and Purchase of Participations
Therein
(a)
Letters of Credit . During the Revolving Commitment Period,
subject to the terms and conditions hereof, Issuing Bank agrees to
issue Letters of Credit for the account of Company in the aggregate
amount up to but not exceeding the Letter of Credit Sublimit.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Letter of Credit shall be issued
only if (and upon issuance Company shall be deemed to represent and
warrant that) (i) each Letter of Credit shall be denominated
in Dollars; (ii) the stated amount of each Letter of Credit
shall not be less than an amount acceptable to Issuing Bank;
(iii) after giving effect to such issuance, in no event shall
the Total Utilization of Revolving Commitments exceed Availability
at such time; (iv) after giving
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effect
to such issuance, in no event shall the Letter of Credit Usage
exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit then in effect; (v) in no
event shall any standby Letter of Credit have an expiration date
later than the earlier of (1) the date that is thirty
(30) days prior to the Revolving Commitment Termination Date,
and (2) the date which is one year from the date of issuance
of such standby Letter of Credit; and (vi) the aggregate
number of Letters of Credit outstanding at such time is not in
excess of ten (10); provided , Issuing Bank shall not extend
any such Letter of Credit if it has received written notice that an
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time Issuing
Bank must elect to allow such extension; provided ,
further , in the event a Funding Default exists, Issuing
Bank shall not be required to issue any Letter of Credit unless
Issuing Bank has entered into arrangements satisfactory to it and
Company to eliminate Issuing Bank’s risk with respect to the
participation in Letters of Credit of the Defaulting Lender,
including by cash collateralizing such Defaulting Lender’s
Pro Rata Share of the Letter of Credit Usage.
(b)
Notice of Issuance . Whenever Company desires the issuance
of a Letter of Credit, it shall deliver to Borrowing Base Agent an
Issuance Notice no later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time)
at least three (3) Business Days, in advance of the proposed
date of issuance. Upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set
forth in Section 3.2, Issuing Bank shall issue the requested
Letter of Credit only in accordance with Issuing Bank’s
standard operating procedures. Upon the issuance of any Letter of
Credit or amendment or modification to a Letter of Credit,
Borrowing Base Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of such
issuance, which notice shall be accompanied by a copy of such
Letter of Credit or amendment or modification to a Letter of Credit
and the amount of such Lender’s respective participation in
such Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 2.3(e).
(c)
Responsibility of Issuing Bank With Respect to Requests for
Drawings and Payments . In determining whether to honor any
drawing under any Letter of Credit by the beneficiary thereof,
Issuing Bank shall be responsible only to examine the documents
delivered under such Letter of Credit with reasonable care so as to
ascertain whether they appear on their face to be in accordance
with the terms and conditions of such Letter of Credit. As between
Company and Issuing Bank, Company assumes all risks of the acts and
omissions of, or misuse of the Letters of Credit issued by Issuing
Bank, by the respective beneficiaries of such Letters of Credit. In
furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, Issuing Bank
shall not be responsible for: (i) the form, validity,
sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or legal effect of any document
submitted by any party in connection with the application for and
issuance of any such Letter of Credit, even if it should in fact
prove to be in any or all respects invalid, insufficient,
inaccurate, fraudulent or forged; (ii) the validity or
sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or
purporting to transfer or assign any such Letter of Credit or the
rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in
part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason;
(iii) failure of the beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit to
comply fully with any conditions required in order to draw upon
such Letter of Credit; (iv) errors, omissions, interruptions
or delays in transmission or delivery of any messages, by mail,
cable, telegraph, telex or otherwise, whether or not they be in
cipher; (v) errors in interpretation of technical terms;
(vi) any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any
document required in order to make a drawing under any such Letter
of Credit or of the proceeds thereof; (vii) the misapplication
by the beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit of the proceeds of
any drawing under such Letter of Credit; or (viii) any consequences
arising from causes beyond the control of Issuing Bank, including
any Governmental Acts; none of the above shall affect or impair, or
prevent the vesting
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of, any
of Issuing Bank’s rights or powers hereunder. Without
limiting the foregoing and in furtherance thereof, any action taken
or omitted by Issuing Bank under or in connection with the Letters
of Credit or any documents and certificates delivered thereunder,
if taken or omitted in good faith, shall not give rise to any
liability on the part of Issuing Bank to Company. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.3(c),
Company shall retain any and all rights it may have against Issuing
Bank for any liability arising solely out of the gross negligence
or willful misconduct of Issuing Bank.
(d)
Reimbursement by Company of Amounts Drawn or Paid Under Letters
of Credit . In the event Issuing Bank has determined to honor a
drawing under a Letter of Credit, it shall immediately notify
Company and Borrowing Base Agent, and Company shall reimburse
Issuing Bank on or before the Business Day immediately following
the date on which such drawing under a Letter of Credit is honored
(the “ Reimbursement Date ”) in an amount in
Dollars and in same day funds equal to the amount of such honored
drawing; provided , that anything contained herein to
the contrary notwithstanding, (i) unless Company shall have
notified Borrowing Base Agent and Issuing Bank prior to
10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the date such drawing is
honored that Company intends to reimburse Issuing Bank for the
amount of such honored drawing with funds other than the proceeds
of Revolving Loans, Company shall be deemed to have given a timely
Funding Notice to Borrowing Base Agent requesting Lenders to make
Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans on the Reimbursement Date
in an amount in Dollars equal to the amount of such honored
drawing, and (ii) notwithstanding any failure of any condition
specified in Section 3.2 to be satisfied, Lenders shall, on
the Reimbursement Date, make Revolving Loans that are Base Rate
Loans in the amount of such honored drawing, the proceeds of which
shall be applied directly by Borrowing Base Agent to reimburse
Issuing Bank for the amount of such honored drawing; and
provided further , if for any reason proceeds of
Revolving Loans are not received by Issuing Bank on the
Reimbursement Date in an amount equal to the amount of such honored
drawing, Company shall reimburse Issuing Bank, on demand, in an
amount in same day funds equal to the excess of the amount of such
honored drawing over the aggregate amount of such Revolving Loans,
if any, which are so received. Nothing in this Section 2.3(d)
shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to make
Revolving Loans on the terms and conditions set forth herein, and
Company shall retain any and all rights it may have against any
Lender resulting from the failure of such Lender to make such
Revolving Loans under this Section 2.3(d).
(e)
Lenders’ Purchase of Participations in Letters of
Credit . Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of
Credit, each Lender having a Revolving Commitment shall be deemed
to have purchased, and hereby agrees to unconditionally and
irrevocably purchase, from Issuing Bank a participation in such
Letter of Credit and any drawings honored thereunder in an amount
equal to such Lender’s Pro Rata Share (with respect to the
Revolving Commitments) of the maximum amount which is or at any
time may become available to be drawn thereunder. In the event that
Company shall fail for any reason to reimburse Issuing Bank as
provided in Section 2.3(d), Issuing Bank shall promptly notify
each Lender of the unreimbursed amount of such honored drawing and
of such Lender’s respective participation therein based on
such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Commitments.
Each Lender shall make available to Issuing Bank an amount equal to
its respective participation, in Dollars and in same day funds, at
the office of Issuing Bank specified in such notice, not later than
12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the first business day
(under the laws of the jurisdiction in which
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such
office of Issuing Bank is located) after the date notified by
Issuing Bank. Each such Lender acknowledges and agrees that its
obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this paragraph in
respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and
shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any
amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or the
occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination
of the Revolving Commitments, and that each such payment shall be
made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction
whatsoever. In the event that any Lender fails to make available to
Issuing Bank on such business day the amount of such Lender’s
participation in such Letter of Credit as provided in this
Section 2.3(e), Issuing Bank shall be entitled to recover such
amount on demand from such Lender together with interest thereon
for three (3) Business Days at the rate customarily used by
Issuing Bank for the correction of errors among banks and
thereafter at the Base Rate. Nothing in this Section 2.3(e)
shall be deemed to prejudice the right of any Lender to recover
from Issuing Bank any amounts made available by such Lender to
Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section in the event that it is
determined that the payment with respect to a Letter of Credit in
respect of which payment was made by such Lender constituted gross
negligence or willful misconduct on the part of Issuing Bank. In
the event Issuing Bank shall have been reimbursed by other Lenders
pursuant to this Section 2.3(e) for all or any portion of any
drawing honored by Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit, such
Issuing Bank shall distribute to each Lender which has paid all
amounts payable by it under this Section 2.3(e) with respect
to such honored drawing such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of all
payments subsequently received by Issuing Bank from Company in
reimbursement of such honored drawing when such payments are
received. Any such distribution shall be made to a Lender at its
primary address set forth below its name on Appendix B or at
such other address as such Lender may request.
(f)
Obligations Absolute . The obligation of Company to
reimburse Issuing Bank for drawings honored under the Letters of
Credit issued by it and to repay any Revolving Loans made by
Lenders pursuant to Section 2.3(d) and the obligations of
Lenders under Section 2.3(e) shall be unconditional and
irrevocable and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms
hereof under all circumstances including any of the following
circumstances: (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of
any Letter of Credit; (ii) the existence of any claim, set
off, defense or other right which Company or any Lender may have at
any time against a beneficiary or any transferee of any Letter of
Credit (or any Persons for whom any such transferee may be acting),
Issuing Bank, Lender or any other Person or, in the case of a
Lender, against Company, whether in connection herewith, the
transactions contemplated herein or any unrelated transaction
(including any underlying transaction between Company or one of its
Subsidiaries and the beneficiary for which any Letter of Credit was
procured); (iii) any draft or other document presented under
any Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or
insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue
or inaccurate in any respect; (iv) payment by Issuing Bank
under any Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other
document which does not substantially comply with the terms of such
Letter of Credit; (v) any adverse change in the business,
operations, properties, assets, condition (financial or otherwise)
or prospects of Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (vi) any breach
hereof or any other Credit Document by any party thereto;
(vii) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether
or not similar to any of the foregoing; or (viii) the fact
that an Event of Default or a Default shall have occurred and be
continuing; provided, in each case, the foregoing shall not be
construed to excuse the Issuing Bank from liabilities to the extent
of any direct damages (as opposed to consequential damages, claims
in respect of which are hereby waived by Company to the
extent
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permitted by applicable law) suffered by Company that are caused by
Issuing Bank’s gross negligence or willful misconduct of
Issuing Bank in payment of the applicable Letter of Credit under
the circumstances in question.
(g)
Indemnification . Without duplication of any obligation of
Company under Section 10.2 or 10.3, in addition to amounts
payable as provided herein, Company hereby agrees to protect,
indemnify, pay and save harmless Issuing Bank, Borrowing Base Agent
and each Lender from and against any and all claims, demands,
liabilities, damages, losses, costs, charges and expenses
(including reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of counsel
and allocated costs of internal counsel) which Issuing Bank may
incur or be subject to as a consequence, direct or indirect, of (i)
the issuance of any Letter of Credit by Issuing Bank, other than as
a result of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Issuing
Bank, or (ii) the failure of Issuing Bank to honor a drawing
under any such Letter of Credit as a result of any Governmental
Act.
2.4
Pro Rata Shares; Availability of Funds.
(a)
Pro Rata Shares . All Loans shall be made, and all
participations purchased, by Lenders simultaneously and
proportionately to their respective Pro Rata Shares, it being
understood that no Lender shall be responsible for any default by
any other Lender in such other Lender’s obligation to make a
Loan requested hereunder or purchase a participation required
hereby nor shall any Term Loan Commitment or any Revolving
Commitment of any Lender be increased or decreased as a result of a
default by any other Lender in such other Lender’s obligation
to make a Loan requested hereunder or purchase a participation
required hereby.
(b)
Availability of Funds . Unless Borrowing Base Agent or
Administrative Agent, as applicable, shall have been notified by
any Lender prior to the applicable Credit Date that such Lender
does not intend to make available to Borrowing Base Agent or
Administrative Agent, as applicable, the amount of such
Lender’s Loan requested on such Credit Date, Borrowing Base
Agent or Administrative Agent, as applicable, may assume that such
Lender has made such amount available to Borrowing Base Agent or
Administrative Agent, as applicable, on such Credit Date and
Borrowing Base Agent or Administrative Agent, as applicable, may,
in its reasonable discretion, but shall not be obligated to, make
available to the Applicable Borrower a corresponding amount on such
Credit Date. If such corresponding amount is not in fact made
available to Borrowing Base Agent or Administrative Agent, as
applicable, by such Lender, Borrowing Base Agent or Administrative
Agent, as applicable, shall be entitled to recover such
corresponding amount on demand from such Lender together with
interest thereon, for each day from such Credit Date until the date
such amount is paid to Borrowing Base Agent or Administrative
Agent, as applicable, at the customary rate set by Borrowing Base
Agent and Administrative Agent, as applicable, for the correction
of errors among banks for three (3) Business Days and thereafter at
the Base Rate. If such Lender does not pay such corresponding
amount forthwith upon Borrowing Base Agent’s or
Administrative Agent’s, as applicable, demand therefor,
Borrowing Base Agent or Administrative Agent, as applicable, shall
promptly notify the Applicable Borrower and the Applicable Borrower
shall immediately pay such corresponding amount to Borrowing Base
Agent or Administrative Agent, as applicable, together with
interest thereon, for each day from such Credit Date until the date
such amount is paid to Borrowing Base Agent or Administrative
Agent, as applicable, at the rate payable hereunder for
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Base
Rate Loans. Nothing in this Section 2.4(b) shall be deemed to
relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its Term Loan
Commitments and Revolving Commitments hereunder or to prejudice any
rights that any Borrower may have against any Lender as a result of
any default by such Lender hereunder.
2.5
Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Tranche A Term Loans and
the Revolving Loans, if any, made on the Closing Date shall be
applied by Company to (i) repay the Existing Indebtedness,
(ii) finance the general corporate purposes of the Company and
its Subsidiaries (including the payment of those items specified in
the Flow of Funds Agreement), and (iii) pay fees and expenses
associated with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and
the refinancing of the Existing Indebtedness. The proceeds of the
Tranche A-1 Term Loans shall be applied by SPV to finance the
acquisition by SPV of $40 million of Panel Inventory in
accordance with the terms of the Panel Deposit Agreements. The
proceeds of the Revolving Loans, and the Letters of Credit made
after the Closing Date shall be applied by Company for working
capital and general corporate purposes of Company and its
Subsidiaries; provided , that (i) in no event shall the
proceeds of any Revolving Loans be used to make or facilitate any
Investment or Restricted Junior Payment not otherwise permitted
hereunder; and (ii) in the event that the Credit Parties
desire to purchase any Panel Inventory with the proceeds of any
Revolving Loans, the proceeds of any such Loans shall be loaned by
Company to SPV, and such Panel Inventory shall be purchased solely
by SPV. No portion of the proceeds of any Credit Extension shall be
used in any manner that causes or might cause such Credit Extension
or the application of such proceeds to violate Regulation T,
Regulation U or Regulation X of the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System or any other regulation thereof or to
violate the Exchange Act.
2.6
Evidence of Debt; Register; Lenders’ Books and Records;
Notes.
(a)
Lenders’ Evidence of Debt . Each Lender shall maintain
on its internal records an account or accounts evidencing the
Obligations of the Applicable Borrower to such Lender, including
the amounts of the Loans made by it and each repayment and
prepayment in respect thereof. Any such recordation shall be
conclusive and binding on the Applicable Borrower, absent manifest
error; provided, that the failure to make any such recordation, or
any error in such recordation, shall not affect any Lender’s
Commitments or the Applicable Borrower’s Obligations in
respect of any applicable Loans; and provided further that, in the
event of any inconsistency between the Registers and any
Lender’s records, the recordations in the Register shall
govern.
(b)
Register . Borrowing Base Agent shall maintain at its
Principal Office a register for the recordation of the names and
addresses of Lenders and the Revolving Commitments and Revolving
Loans of each Lender from time to time (the “Revolving
Loan Register” ). Administrative Agent shall maintain at
its Principal Office a register for the recordation of the names
and addresses of Lenders and the Tranche A Term Loans and Tranche
A-1 Term Loans of each Lender from time to time (the “Term
Loan Register” and together with the Revolving Loan
Register, collectively, the “Registers” ). The
Registers shall be available for inspection by Borrowers or any
Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable
prior notice. Borrowing Base Agent shall record in the Revolving
Loan Register the Revolving Commitments and the Revolving Loans,
and each repayment or
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prepayment in respect of the principal amount of the Revolving
Loans, and any such recordation shall be conclusive and binding on
Borrower and each Lender, absent manifest error; provided ,
that failure to make any such recordation, or any error in such
recordation, shall not affect any Lender’s Revolving
Commitments or any Borrower’s Obligations in respect of any
Revolving Loan. Company hereby designates the entity serving as
Borrowing Base Agent to serve as Company’s agent solely for
purposes of maintaining the Revolving Loan Register as provided in
this Section 2.6, and Company hereby agrees that, to the
extent such entity serves in such capacity, the entity serving as
Borrowing Base Agent and its officers, directors, employees, agents
and affiliates shall constitute “Indemnitees”.
Administrative Agent shall record in the Term Loan Register the
Tranche A Term Loan Commitments, the Tranche A-1 Term Loan
Commitments, the Tranche A Term Loans and the Tranche A-1 Term
Loans, and each repayment or prepayment in respect of the principal
amount of the Tranche A Term Loans and the Tranche A-1 Term Loans,
and any such recordation shall be conclusive and binding on the
Applicable Borrower and each Lender, absent manifest error;
provided , that failure to make any such recordation, or any
error in such recordation, shall not affect any Lender’s
Tranche A Term Loan Commitments or Tranche A-1 Term Loan
Commitments or the Applicable Borrower’s Obligations in
respect of any Tranche A Term Loan or Tranche A-1 Term Loan, as
applicable. Each Borrower hereby designates the entity serving as
Administrative Agent to serve as such Borrower’s agent solely
for purposes of maintaining the Term Loan Register as provided in
this Section 2.6, and each Borrower hereby agrees that, to the
extent such entity serves in such capacity, the entity serving as
Administrative Agent and its officers, directors, employees, agents
and affiliates shall constitute “Indemnitees”.
(c)
Notes . If so requested by any Lender by written notice to
the Applicable Borrower (with a copy to Administrative Agent and
the Borrowing Base Agent) at least two (2) Business Days prior
to the Closing Date, or at any time thereafter, the Applicable
Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender (and/or, if
applicable and if so specified in such notice, to any Person who is
an assignee of such Lender pursuant to Section 10.6) on the
Closing Date (or, if such notice is delivered after the Closing
Date, promptly after the Applicable Borrower’s receipt of
such notice) a Note or Notes to evidence such Lender’s
Tranche A Term Loan, Tranche A-1 Term Loan, or Revolving Loan, as
the case may be.
2.7
Interest on Loans.
(a) Except
as otherwise set forth herein, each Class of Loan shall bear
interest on the unpaid principal amount thereof from the date made
through repayment (whether by acceleration or otherwise) thereof as
follows:
(i) if
a Base Rate Loan, at the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin;
or
(ii) if
a LIBOR Rate Loan, at the Adjusted LIBOR Rate plus the Applicable
Margin .
(b) The
basis for determining the rate of interest with respect to any
Loan, and the Interest Period with respect to any LIBOR Rate Loan,
shall be selected by the Applicable Borrower and notified to
Borrowing Base Agent, Administrative Agent and Lenders pursuant
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the
applicable Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice, as the
case may be. If on any day a Loan is outstanding with respect to
which a Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice has not
been delivered to Borrowing Base Agent and Administrative Agent, as
applicable, in accordance with the terms hereof specifying the
applicable basis for determining the rate of interest, then for
that day such Loan shall be a Base Rate Loan.
(c) In
connection with LIBOR Rate Loans there shall be no more than
(i) in the case of Tranche A Term Loans, two (2) Interest
Periods outstanding at any time, (ii) in the case of Tranche
A-1 Term Loans, two (2) Interest Periods outstanding at any
time, and (iii) in the case of Revolving Loans, two
(2) Interest Periods outstanding at any time. In the event the
Applicable Borrower fails to specify between a Base Rate Loan or a
LIBOR Rate Loan in the applicable Funding Notice or
Conversion/Continuation Notice, such Loan (if outstanding as a
LIBOR Rate Loan) will be automatically converted into a Base Rate
Loan on the last day of the then current Interest Period for such
Loan (or if outstanding as a Base Rate Loan will remain as, or (if
not then outstanding) will be made as, a Base Rate Loan). In the
event the Applicable Borrower fails to specify an Interest Period
for any LIBOR Rate Loan in the applicable Funding Notice or
Conversion/Continuation Notice, the Applicable Borrower shall be
deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month. As soon as
practicable after 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on each
Interest Rate Determination Date, Borrowing Base Agent or
Administrative Agent, as applicable, shall determine (which
determination shall, absent manifest error, be final, conclusive
and binding upon all parties) the interest rate that shall apply to
the LIBOR Rate Loans for which an interest rate is then being
determined for the applicable Interest Period and shall promptly
give notice thereof (in writing or by telephone confirmed in
writing) to the Applicable Borrower and each applicable
Lender.
(d) Interest
payable pursuant to Section 2.7(a) shall be computed on the
basis of a 360 day year with respect to LIBOR Rate Loans and
365/66 day year with respect to Base Rate Loans, in each case
for the actual number of days elapsed in the period during which it
accrues. In computing interest on any Loan, the date of the making
of such Loan or the first day of an Interest Period applicable to
such Loan or, with respect to a Base Rate Loan being converted from
a LIBOR Rate Loan, the date of conversion of such LIBOR Rate Loan
to such Base Rate Loan, as the case may be, shall be included, and
the date of payment of such Loan or the expiration date of an
Interest Period applicable to such Loan or, with respect to a Base
Rate Loan being converted to a LIBOR Rate Loan, the date of
conversion of such Base Rate Loan to such LIBOR Rate Loan, as the
case may be, shall be excluded; provided , that if a Loan is
repaid on the same day on which it is made, one day’s
interest shall be paid on that Loan.
(e) Except
as otherwise set forth herein, interest on each Loan shall be
payable in arrears (i) on and to each Interest Payment Date
applicable to that Loan; (ii) upon any prepayment of that
Loan, whether voluntary or mandatory, to the extent accrued on the
amount being prepaid; and (iii) at maturity, including final
maturity.
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2.8
Conversion/Continuation.
(a) Subject
to Section 2.17 and so long as no Default or Event of Default
shall have occurred and then be continuing, the Applicable Borrower
shall have the option:
(i) to
convert at any time all or any part of any Term Loan or Revolving
Loan equal to $1,000,000 and integral multiples of $500,000 in
excess of that amount from one Type of Loan to another Type of
Loan; provided , that a LIBOR Rate Loan may only be
converted on the expiration of the Interest Period applicable to
such LIBOR Rate Loan unless the Applicable Borrower shall pay all
amounts due under Section 2.17 in connection with any such
conversion; or
(ii) upon
the expiration of any Interest Period applicable to any LIBOR Rate
Loan, to continue all or any portion of such Loan equal to
$1,000,000 and integral multiples of $500,000 in excess of that
amount as a LIBOR Rate Loan.
(b) The
Applicable Borrower shall deliver a Conversion/Continuation Notice
to Borrowing Base Agent and Administrative Agent no later than
10:00 a.m. (New York City time) at least one Business Day in
advance of the proposed conversion date (in the case of a
conversion to a Base Rate Loan) and at least three
(3) Business Days in advance of the proposed
conversion/continuation date (in the case of a conversion to, or a
continuation of, a LIBOR Rate Loan). Except as otherwise provided
herein, a Conversion/Continuation Notice for conversion to, or
continuation of, any LIBOR Rate Loans (or telephonic notice in lieu
thereof) shall be irrevocable on and after the related Interest
Rate Determination Date, and the Applicable Borrower shall be bound
to effect a conversion or continuation in accordance
therewith.
2.9
Default Interest. Upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, the principal amount of all
Loans outstanding and, to the extent permitted by applicable law,
any interest payments on the Loans or any fees or other amounts
owed hereunder, shall thereafter bear interest (including post
petition interest in any proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or
other applicable bankruptcy laws) payable on demand at a rate that
is two percent ( 2%) per annum in excess of the interest
rate otherwise payable hereunder with respect to the applicable
Loans (or, in the case of any such fees and other amounts, at a
rate which is two percent ( 2%) per annum in excess of the
interest rate otherwise payable hereunder for Base Rate Loans);
provided , that in the case of LIBOR Rate Loans, upon the
expiration of the Interest Period in effect at the time any such
increase in interest rate is effective such LIBOR Rate Loans shall
thereupon become Base Rate Loans and shall thereafter bear interest
payable upon demand at a rate which is two percent ( 2%) per
annum in excess of the interest rate otherwise payable hereunder
for Base Rate Loans. Payment or acceptance of the increased rates
of interest provided for in this Section 2.9 is not a
permitted alternative to timely payment and shall not constitute a
waiver of any Event of Default or otherwise prejudice or limit any
rights or remedies of any Agent, Borrowing Base Agent or any
Lender.
2.10 Fees.
(a) (i) Company
agrees to pay to Borrowing Base Agent for the ratable benefit of
Lenders having Revolving Exposure letter of credit fees equal to
(1) the interest rate
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applicable to Revolving Loans that are LIBOR Rate Loans (including
both the Adjusted LIBOR Rate (determined for an Interest Period of
one month as of the first Business Day of such month) and the
Applicable Margin components thereof and after giving effect to any
Default Rate of interest that may be payable thereon at such time
under Section 2.9), times (2) the average aggregate daily
maximum amount available to be drawn under all Letters of Credit
(regardless of whether any conditions for drawing could then be met
and determined as of the close of business on any date of
determination); and
(ii) All
fees referred to in this Section 2.10(a) shall be paid to an
account designed by Borrowing Base Agent and upon receipt,
Borrowing Base Agent shall promptly distribute to each applicable
Lender its Pro Rata Share thereof.
(b) Company
agrees to pay directly to Issuing Bank, for its own account, such
documentary and processing charges for any issuance, amendment,
transfer or payment of a Letter of Credit as are in accordance with
Issuing Bank’s standard schedule for such charges and as in
effect at the time of such issuance, amendment, transfer or
payment, as the case may be.
(c) Company
agrees to pay directly to Borrowing Base Agent, for its own account
(as reimbursement of fees and expenses paid by Borrowing Base Agent
to the Issuing Bank) the fees and expenses relating to such
documentary and processing charges for any issuance, amendment,
transfer or payment of a Letter of Credit as are in accordance with
Issuing Bank’s standard schedule for such charges and as in
effect at the time of such issuance, amendment, transfer or
payment, as the case may be.
(d) All
fees referred to in Sections 2.10(a), 2.10(b) and 2.10(c)
shall be calculated on the basis of a 360 day year and the
actual number of days elapsed and shall be payable monthly in
arrears on the last day of each month during the Revolving
Commitment Period ( provided , that the fees referred to in
Sections 2.10(b) and 2.10(c) shall continue to be paid at
anytime Letters of Credit are issued and outstanding), commencing
on the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, and on the
Revolving Commitment Termination Date.
(e) In
addition to the foregoing fees, Company agrees to pay to Agents all
fees specified in the Fee Letter in the amounts and at the times
specified therein and to Agents such other fees in the amounts and
at the times separately agreed upon.
2.11 Scheduled Payments/Commitment Reductions.
(a) The
aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Tranche A Term Loans and
the Tranche A-1 Term Loans, together with all other amounts owed
hereunder with respect thereto, shall be paid in full no later than
the Tranche A Term Loan Maturity Date and the Tranche A-1 Term Loan
Maturity Date, respectively.
(b) The
Revolving Commitments shall be reduced in connection with any
voluntary or mandatory reductions of the Revolving Commitments in
accordance with Sections 2.11, 2.12, and 2.13, as applicable,
and shall be terminated on the Revolving Commitment Termination
Date, and all other amounts owed hereunder with respect thereto
shall, in any event, be paid in full no later than the Revolving
Commitment Termination Date.
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2.12 Voluntary Prepayments/Commitment Reductions.
(a)
Voluntary Prepayments .
(i) Subject
to Sections 2.12(a)(iii) and 2.17(c) and the terms of the Fee
Letter, any time and from time to time:
(1)
with respect to Base Rate Loans, the Applicable Borrower may prepay
any such Loans on any Business Day in whole or in part, in an
aggregate minimum amount of $1,000,000 and integral multiples of
$500,000 in excess of that amount; and
(2)
with respect to LIBOR Rate Loans, the Applicable Borrower may
prepay any such Loans on any Business Day in whole or in part
(together with any amounts due pursuant to Section 2.17(c)) in
an aggregate minimum amount of $1,000,000 and integral multiples of
$500,000 in excess of that amount.
(ii) All
such prepayments shall be made:
(1)
upon not less than one Business Day’s prior written or
telephonic notice in the case of Base Rate Loans; and
(2)
upon not less than three (3) Business Days’ prior
written or telephonic notice in the case of LIBOR Rate Loans,
in each
case given to Borrowing Base Agent or Administrative Agent, as
applicable, by 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date
required and, if given by telephone, promptly confirmed in writing
to Borrowing Base Agent and Administrative Agent, as applicable,
(and Borrowing Base Agent and Administrative Agent, as applicable,
will promptly transmit such telephonic or original notice for Term
Loans or Revolving Loans, as the case may be, by telefacsimile or
telephone to each Lender). Upon the giving of any such notice, the
principal amount of the Loans specified in such notice shall become
due and payable on the prepayment date specified therein.
(iii) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, no Term Loan may be
voluntarily prepaid at any time when any Revolving Loans are
outstanding.
(b)
Voluntary Commitment Reductions .
(i) Subject
to the terms of the Fee Letter, any time and from time to time,
Company may, upon not less than three (3) Business Days’
prior written or telephonic notice confirmed in writing to
Borrowing Base Agent and Administrative Agent (which original
written or telephonic notice Borrowing Base Agent and
Administrative Agent will promptly transmit by telefacsimile or
telephone to each applicable Lender), at any time and from time to
time terminate in whole or permanently reduce in part the Revolving
Commitments in an amount up to the amount by which the Revolving
Commitments exceed the Total
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Utilization of Revolving Commitments at the time of such proposed
termination or reduction; provided , that any such partial
reduction of the Revolving Commitments shall be in an aggregate
minimum amount of $1,000,000 and integral multiples of $500,000 in
excess of that amount.
(ii) Company’s
notice to Borrowing Base Agent and Administrative Agent shall
designate the date (which shall be a Business Day) of such
termination or reduction and the amount of any partial reduction,
and such termination or reduction of the Revolving Commitments
shall be effective on the date specified in Company’s notice
and shall reduce the Revolving Commitment of each Lender
proportionately to its Pro Rata Share thereof.
2.13 Mandatory Prepayments/Commitment Reductions.
(a)
Asset Sales . No later than the first Business Day following
the date of receipt by Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any
Net Asset Sale Proceeds, the Applicable Borrower shall prepay the
Loans as set forth in Section 2.14(b) in an aggregate amount
equal to such Net Asset Sale Proceeds; provided , that
(i) so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, and (ii) to the extent that
aggregate Net Asset Sale Proceeds from the Closing Date through the
applicable date of determination do not exceed $250,000, the
Applicable Borrower shall have the option, directly or through one
or more of its Subsidiaries, to invest Net Asset Sale Proceeds
within one hundred eighty (180) days of receipt thereof in
long term productive assets of the general type used in the
business of Company and its Subsidiaries; so long as (x) such
assets shall be subject to the First Priority Lien in favor of the
Collateral Agent and (y) the Applicable Borrower delivers to
the Collateral Agent, concurrently with or prior to the Asset Sale,
a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Applicable Borrower
stating that such Net Asset Sale Proceeds will be used in
compliance with this Section 2.13(a); provided
further , that pending any such investment all such Net
Asset Sale Proceeds shall be applied to prepay Revolving Loans to
the extent outstanding (without a reduction in Revolving
Commitments).
(b)
Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds . No later than the first
Business Day following the date of receipt by Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, or Administrative Agent as loss payee, of any Net
Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds, the Applicable Borrower shall
prepay the Loans as set forth in Section 2.14(b) in an
aggregate amount equal to such Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds;
provided , (i) so long as no Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and (ii) to the
extent that aggregate Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds from the
Closing Date through the applicable date of determination do not
exceed $250,000, the Applicable Borrower shall have the option,
directly or through one or more of its Subsidiaries to invest such
Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds within one hundred eighty
(180) days of receipt thereof in long term productive assets
of the general type used in the business of Company and its
Subsidiaries, which investment may include the repair, restoration
or replacement of the applicable assets thereof, so long as
(x) such assets shall be subject to the First Priority Lien in
favor of the Collateral Agent and (y) the Applicable Borrower
delivers to the Collateral Agent, concurrently with or prior to the
receipt of such Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds, a certificate
of an Authorized Officer of the Applicable Borrower stating that
such Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds will be used in compliance
with this Section 2.13(b); provided further ,
that pending any such investment all
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such Net
Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds, as the case may be, shall be
applied to prepay Revolving Loans to the extent outstanding
(without a reduction in Revolving Commitments).
(c)
Issuance of Equity Securities . On the date of receipt by
Company of any Cash proceeds from a capital contribution to, or the
issuance of any Capital Stock of, Company or any of its
Subsidiaries (other than capital contributions from, and issuances
of any Capital Stock to, those persons disclosed in writing to the
Administrative Agent prior to the Closing Date), Company shall
prepay the Loans as set forth in Section 2.14(b) in an
aggregate amount equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of such
proceeds, net of underwriting discounts and commissions and other
reasonable costs and expenses associated therewith, including
reasonable legal fees and expenses.
(d)
Issuance of Debt . On the date of receipt by Company or any
of its Subsidiaries of any Cash proceeds from the incurrence of any
Indebtedness of Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than with
respect to any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to
Section 6.1(a)-(n)), the Applicable Borrower shall prepay the
Loans as set forth in Section 2.14(b) in an aggregate amount
equal to one hundred percent (100%) of such proceeds, net of
underwriting discounts and commissions and other reasonable costs
and expenses associated therewith, including reasonable legal fees
and expenses.
(e)
Consolidated Excess Cash Flow . In the event that there
shall be Consolidated Excess Cash Flow for any Fiscal Year
(commencing with Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2008), Company
shall, no later than ninety (90) days after the end of such
Fiscal Year, prepay the Loans as set forth in Section 2.14(b)
in an aggregate amount equal to fifty percent (50.0%) of such
Consolidated Excess Cash Flow.
(f)
Extraordinary Receipts . No later than the first Business
Day following the date of receipt by Company or any of its
Subsidiaries of any Extraordinary Receipts, the Applicable Borrower
shall prepay the Loans as set forth in Section 2.14(b) in an
aggregate amount equal to such Extraordinary Receipts.
(g)
Loans . Company shall from time to time prepay the Loans to
the extent necessary so that the Total Utilization of Revolving
Commitments plus the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the
Term Loans shall not at any time exceed the Borrowing Base then in
effect (or, in the case of the period from the Closing Date until
the date that is the 90th day following the Closing Date, an amount
equal to $150,000,000 plus the amount, if any, by which the
Borrowing Base exceeds $150,000,000); provided , that all
such prepayments shall be applied, to the extent applicable, first,
to the principal amount of Revolving Loans outstanding at such
time, second, to provide cash collateral in respect of the
Obligations, to be held as security for Borrower’s
reimbursement Obligations in respect of the outstanding Letters of
Credit under arrangements reasonably acceptable to Borrowing Base
Agent, equal to one hundred and five percent (105%) of the Letter
of Credit Usage at any time prior to the stated expiry of all
outstanding Letters of Credit, and third, to the principal amount
of the Term Loans outstanding at such time.
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(h)
Term Loans . The Applicable Borrowers shall immediately
prepay the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans pursuant
to Section 2.15(h) in the event that the Revolving Commitments
are terminated for any reason.
(i)
Proceeds from Factor . Any funds received by Borrowing Base
Agent from (i) Factor, pursuant to the Factoring Agreement, or
(ii) in connection with any receivables management agreement
or other similar arrangement that Credit Parties may enter into
from time to time, shall be applied to reduce the Revolving Loans
on a daily basis; provided , that if an Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, such funds shall be applied
pursuant to Section 2.15(h).
(j)
Prepayment Certificate . Concurrently with any prepayment of
the Loans and/or reduction of the Revolving Commitments pursuant to
Sections 2.13(a)-(h), Borrowers shall deliver to
Administrative Agent a certificate of an Authorized Officer
demonstrating the calculation of the amount of the applicable net
proceeds, Consolidated Excess Cash Flow or other applicable
financial tests or proceeds giving rise to the prepayment, as the
case may be. In the event that Company or any of its Subsidiaries
shall subsequently determine that the actual amount received
exceeded the amount set forth in such certificate, the Applicable
Borrower shall promptly make an additional prepayment of the Loans
and/or the Revolving Commitments shall be permanently reduced in an
amount equal to such excess, and Borrowers shall concurrently
therewith deliver to Administrative Agent a certificate of an
Authorized Officer demonstrating the derivation of such
excess.
2.14 Application of Prepayments/Reductions.
(a)
Application of Voluntary Prepayments of Loans . Any
prepayment of any Revolving Loan pursuant to Section 2.12
shall be applied to repay outstanding Revolving Loans to the full
extent thereof. Any voluntary prepayment of any Term Loan pursuant
to Section 2.12 shall be applied to repay outstanding Term
Loans on a pro rata basis (in accordance with the respective
outstanding principal amounts thereof); provided , however,
that no Term Loan may be voluntarily prepaid at any time when any
Revolving Loans are outstanding.
(b)
Application of Mandatory Prepayments .
(i) So
long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, any mandatory prepayment of any Loan pursuant to
Section 2.13(a) and (b) shall be applied as
follows:
(w) if
such proceeds are with respect to Eligible Inventory, Eligible
Accounts, Eligible Foreign Accounts or Eligible Panel Inventory
(collectively, “Borrowing Base Assets” ), then
such proceeds shall be applied,
first , to prepay principal
of the Revolving Loans;
second , to prepay principal
of the Term Loans (on a pro rata basis); and
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third , to any other
Obligations then outstanding;
(x) if
such proceeds are with respect to any Collateral other than
Borrowing Base Assets, then such proceeds shall be applied,
first , to prepay principal
of the Revolving Loans; provided , that the Borrowing Base
Agent imposes a permanent block against the Borrowing Base, in each
case, on a dollar-for-dollar basis with such prepayment;
second , to prepay principal
of the Term Loans (on a pro rata basis); and
third , to any other
Obligations then outstanding;
(z) if
such proceeds are with respect to both (1) Borrowing Base
Assets and (2) other Collateral, then such proceeds shall be
applied,
first , to prepay principal
of the Revolving Loans; provided , that the Borrowing Base
Agent imposes a permanent block against the Borrowing Base in an
amount equal to the amount of such prepayment that is in excess of
the Revolving Loans supported by such Borrowing Base Assets
determined using the advance rates under the Borrowing Base against
such Borrowing Base Assets (determined at the time of such sale or
other disposition or event resulting in such insurance
proceeds);
second , to prepay principal
of the Term Loans (on a pro rata basis);
third , to prepay principal
of the Revolving Loans; and
fourth , to any other
Obligations then outstanding,
(ii) So
long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any
mandatory prepayment of any Loan pursuant to Sections 2.13(c)
through (h) shall be applied as follows:
first , to prepay principal
of the Revolving Loans; provided , that the Borrowing Base
Agent imposes a permanent block against the Borrowing Base, in each
case, on a dollar-for-dollar basis with such prepayment;
second, to prepay principal
of the Term Loans (on a pro rata basis); and
third , to any other
Obligations then outstanding.
(iii) If
an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, all payments
shall be applied pursuant to Section 2.15(h). Nothing
contained herein shall modify the provisions of Section 2.15(b) or
the Fee Letter regarding the requirement that all prepayments be
accompanied by accrued interest and fees on the principal amount
being prepaid
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to the
date of such prepayment and any amount required pursuant to the
terms of the Fee Letter, or any requirement otherwise contained
herein to pay all other amounts as the same become due and
payable.
(c)
Waiver of Certain Prepayments . Anything contained
herein to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event any Borrower
is required to make any mandatory or elects to make a voluntary
prepayment (a “ Waivable Prepayment ”) of the
Term Loans, not less than three (3) Business Days prior to the
date (the “ Prepayment Date ”) on which the
Applicable Borrower is required to make such Waivable Prepayment,
the Applicable Borrower shall notify Administrative Agent of the
amount of such prepayment, and Administrative Agent will promptly
thereafter notify each Lender holding an outstanding Term Loan of
the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such Waivable
Prepayment and such Lender’s option to refuse such amount
(the “Refusal Option” ). Each such Lender may
exercise the Refusal Option by giving written notice to the
Applicable Borrower and Administrative Agent of its election to do
so on or before the first Business Day prior to the Prepayment Date
(it being understood that any Lender which does not notify the
Applicable Borrower and Administrative Agent of its election to
exercise its Refusal Option on or before the first Business Day
prior to the Prepayment Date shall be deemed to have elected, as of
such date, not to exercise such Refusal Option). On the Prepayment
Date, the Applicable Borrower shall pay to Administrative Agent the
amount of the Waivable Prepayment, which amount shall be applied
(i) in an amount equal to that portion of the Waivable
Prepayment payable pro rata to those Lenders that have elected not
to exercise the Refusal Option, to prepay the Term Loans of such
Lenders, and (ii) to the extent of any excess, to the
Applicable Borrower for working capital and general corporate
purposes.
(d)
Application of Prepayments of Loans to Base Rate Loans and LIBOR
Rate Loans . Considering each Class of Loans being prepaid
separately, any prepayment thereof shall be applied first to Base
Rate Loans to the full extent thereof before application to LIBOR
Rate Loans, in each case in a manner which minimizes the amount of
any payments required to be made by the Applicable Borrower
pursuant to Section 2.17(c).
2.15 General Provisions Regarding Payments.
(a) All
payments by any Credit Party of principal, interest, fees and other
Obligations shall be made in Dollars in same day funds, without,
recoupment, setoff, counterclaim or other defense free of any
restriction or condition, and delivered to Borrowing Base Agent
(with respect to Revolving Loans) and Administrative Agent (with
respect to Term Loans) not later than 12:00 p.m. (New York
City time) on the date due to Borrowing Base Agent’s Account
or Administrative Agent’s Account, as applicable, for the
account of Lenders; funds received by Borrowing Base Agent or
Administrative Agent, as applicable, after that time on such due
date shall be deemed to have been paid on the next Business
Day.
(b) All
payments in respect of the principal amount of any Loan (other than
voluntary prepayments of Revolving Loans) shall be accompanied by
payment of accrued interest on the principal amount being repaid or
prepaid, and all commitment fees and other amounts (including those
amounts specified in the Fee Letter) payable with respect to the
principal amount being repaid or prepaid.
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(c) Borrowing
Base Agent or Administrative Agent, as applicable, shall promptly
distribute to each Lender at such address as such Lender shall
indicate in writing, such Lender’s applicable Pro Rata Share
of all payments and prepayments of principal and interest due
hereunder, together with all other amounts due thereto, including
all fees payable with respect thereto, to the extent received by
Borrowing Base Agent or the Administrative Agent, as
applicable.
(d) Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions hereof, if any Conversion/ Continuation
Notice is withdrawn as to any Affected Lender or if any Affected
Lender makes Base Rate Loans in lieu of its Pro Rata Share of any
LIBOR Rate Loans, Borrowing Base Agent or Administrative Agent, as
applicable, shall give effect thereto in apportioning payments
received thereafter.
(e) Subject
to the provisos set forth in the definition of “
Interest Period, ” whenever any payment to be made
hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day that is not a Business
Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day
and such extension of time shall be included in the computation of
the payment of interest hereunder or of the commitment fees
hereunder.
(f) Company
hereby authorizes Borrowing Base Agent to charge Company’s
accounts with Borrowing Base Agent or any of its Affiliates in
order to cause timely payment to be made to Borrowing Base Agent of
all principal, interest, fees and expenses with respect to the
Revolving Loans due hereunder (subject to sufficient funds being
available in its accounts for that purpose). The Lenders and the
Borrower also hereby authorize the Borrowing Base Agent to, and the
Borrowing Base Agent may, from time to time, charge the Borrowing
Base Agent Loan Account of the Borrower with any amount due and
payable by the Borrower with respect to the Revolving Loans under
any Credit Document. Each of the Lenders and the Company agrees
that the Borrowing Base Agent shall have the right to make such
charges whether or not any Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing or whether any of the conditions
precedent in Section 3.2 have been satisfied. Any amount
charged to the Borrowing Base Agent Loan Account of the Company
shall be deemed a Revolving Loan hereunder made by the Lenders to
the Company, funded by the Borrowing Base Agent on behalf of the
Lenders and subject to Section&
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