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Exhibit
10.4
REVOLVING CREDIT AND
GUARANTY AGREEMENT
dated as of May 20,
2008
among
MOVIE GALLERY,
INC.,
CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES
OF
MOVIE GALLERY,
INC.
as
Guarantors,
VARIOUS
LENDERS
SOPRIS PARTNERS SERIES A
OF SOPRIS CAPITAL PARTNERS, LP
as
Arranger,
THE BANK OF NEW
YORK,
as Administrative
Agent,
and
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST
COMPANY AMERICAS,
as Collateral
Agent
$100,000,000 Senior
Secured First Priority Revolving Credit Facility
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS AND
INTERPRETATION
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1.1. Definitions
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1.2. Accounting Terms
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1.3. Interpretation, etc.
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1.4. Timing of Payment or
Performance
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SECTION 2. REVOLVING LOANS
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2.1. Revolving Loans and
Commitments
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2.2. Pro Rata Shares; Availability of
Funds
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2.3. Use of Proceeds
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2.4. Evidence of Debt; Register;
Lenders’ Books and Records; Revolving Loan Notes
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2.5. Interest on Revolving
Loans
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2.6. Conversion/Continuation
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2.7. Default Interest
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2.8. Fees
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2.9. Voluntary Prepayments/Commitment
Reductions
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2.10. Mandatory Prepayments
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2.11. Application of
Prepayments
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2.12. General Provisions Regarding
Payments
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2.13. Ratable Sharing
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2.14. Making or Maintaining Eurodollar
Rate Loans
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2.15. Increased Costs; Capital
Adequacy
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2.16. Taxes; Withholding,
etc.
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2.17. Obligation to Mitigate
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2.18. Defaulting Lenders
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2.19. Removal or Replacement of a
Lender
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SECTION 3. CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
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3.1. Closing Date
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3.2. Conditions to Each Credit
Extension
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SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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4.1. Organization; Requisite Power and
Authority; Qualification
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4.2. Equity Interests and
Ownership
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4.3. Due Authorization
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4.4. No Conflict
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4.5. Governmental Consents
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4.6. Binding Obligation
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4.7. Borrowing Base
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4.8. Historical Financial Statements and
Projections
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4.9. No Material Adverse
Change
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4.10. No Restricted Junior
Payments
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4.11. Adverse Proceedings,
etc.
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4.12. Payment of Taxes
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4.13. Properties
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4.14. Environmental Matters
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4.15. No Defaults
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4.16. Material Contracts
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4.17. Governmental Regulation
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4.18. Margin Stock
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4.19. Employee Matters
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4.20. Employee Benefit Plans
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4.21. Certain Fees
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4.22. Solvency
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4.23. Compliance with Statutes,
etc.
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4.24. Disclosure
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4.25. Patriot Act
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SECTION 5. AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
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5.1. Financial Statements and Other
Reports
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5.2. Existence
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5.3. Payment of Taxes and
Claims
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5.4. Maintenance of
Properties
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5.5. Insurance
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5.6. Books and Records;
Inspections
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5.7. Lenders Meetings
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5.8. Compliance with Laws
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5.9. Environmental
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5.10. Subsidiaries
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5.11. Additional Material Real Estate
Assets
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5.12. Interest Rate
Protection
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5.13. Further Assurances
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5.14. Miscellaneous Covenants
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SECTION 6. NEGATIVE COVENANTS
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6.1. Indebtedness
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6.2. Liens
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6.3. No Further Negative Pledges;
Negative Pledge
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6.4. Restricted Junior
Payments
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6.5. Restrictions on Subsidiary
Distributions
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6.6. Investments
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6.7. Financial Covenants
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6.8. Fundamental Changes; Disposition of
Assets; Acquisitions
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6.9. Disposal of Subsidiary
Interests
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6.10. Sales and Lease-Backs
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6.11. Transactions with Shareholders and
Affiliates.
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6.12. Conduct of Business
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6.13. Amendments or Waivers of
Organizational Documents
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6.14. Amendments or Waivers of the
Second Lien Credit Documents
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6.15. Amendments or Waivers of the First
Lien Term Credit Documents
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6.16. Fiscal Year
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6.17. Real Estate Guarantors
Covenants
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SECTION 7. GUARANTY
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7.1. Guaranty of the
Obligations
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7.2. Contribution by
Guarantors
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7.3. Payment by Guarantors
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7.4. Liability of Guarantors
Absolute
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7.5. Waivers by Guarantors
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7.6. Guarantors’ Rights of
Subrogation, Contribution, etc.
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7.7. Subordination of Other
Obligations
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7.8. Continuing Guaranty
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7.9. Authority of Guarantors or
Borrower
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7.10. Financial Condition of
Borrower
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7.11. Bankruptcy, etc.
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7.12. Discharge of Guaranty Upon Sale of
Guarantor
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SECTION 8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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8.1. Events of Default
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SECTION 9. AGENTS
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9.1. Appointment of Agents
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9.2. Powers and Duties
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9.3. General Immunity
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9.4. Agents Entitled to Act as
Lender
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9.5. Lenders’ Representations,
Warranties and Acknowledgment
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9.6. Right to Indemnity
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9.7. Successor Administrative Agent and
Collateral Agent
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9.8. Collateral Documents and
Guaranty
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9.9. Intercreditor Agreement
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9.10. Withholding Taxes
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SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS
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10.1. Notices
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10.2. Expenses
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10.3. Indemnity
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10.4. Set-Off
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10.5. Amendments and Waivers
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10.6. Successors and Assigns;
Participations
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10.7. Independence of
Covenants
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10.8. Survival of Representations,
Warranties and Agreements
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10.9. No Waiver; Remedies
Cumulative
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10.10. Marshalling; Payments Set
Aside
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10.11. Severability
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10.12. Obligations Several; Independent
Nature of Lenders’ Rights
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10.13. Headings
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10.14. APPLICABLE LAW
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10.15. CONSENT TO
JURISDICTION
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10.16. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
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10.17. Confidentiality
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10.18. Usury Savings Clause
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10.19. Counterparts
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10.20. Effectiveness
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10.21. Patriot Act
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10.22. Electronic Execution of
Assignments
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10.23. Post-Closing Actions
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10.24. No Fiduciary Duty
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APPENDICES:
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Revolving Commitments
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Notice Addresses
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SCHEDULES:
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Fiscal
Years |
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3.1(g)(i) |
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Closing
Date Mortgaged Properties |
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4.1 |
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Jurisdictions of Organization and Qualification |
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4.2 |
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Equity
Interests and Ownership |
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4.8 |
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Certain
Disclosures |
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4.13 |
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Real
Estate Assets |
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4.16 |
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Material
Contracts |
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6.1 |
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Certain
Indebtedness |
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6.2 |
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Certain
Liens |
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Certain
Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions |
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Certain
Investments |
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Certain
Affiliate Transactions |
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10.23 |
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Post-Closing Actions |
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EXHIBITS:
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A-1 |
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Funding Notice
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Conversion/Continuation
Notice
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Revolving Loan Note
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Compliance Certificate
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Borrowing Base Certificate
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Assignment Agreement
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Certificate Re Non-bank
Status
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Closing Date Certificate
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G-2 |
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Solvency Certificate
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Counterpart Agreement
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Pledge and Security Agreement
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Mortgage
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Landlord Waiver and Consent
Agreement
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Intercompany Note
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v
REVOLVING CREDIT AND
GUARANTY AGREEMENT
REVOLVING CREDIT AND
GUARANTY AGREEMENT , dated as of May 20, 2008, by and
among MOVIE GALLERY, INC. , a Delaware corporation (
“Borrower” ), CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF
BORROWER , as Guarantors, the Lenders party hereto from time to
time,, SOPRIS PARTNERS SERIES A OF SOPRIS CAPITAL PARTNERS,
LP , as Arranger ( “Arranger”) , THE BANK
OF NEW YORK, as Administrative Agent (together with its
permitted successors in such capacity, “Administrative
Agent” ), and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
, as Collateral Agent (together with its permitted successors in
such capacity, “Collateral Agent” ).
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, capitalized
terms used in these Recitals shall have the respective meanings set
forth for such terms in Section 1.1 hereof;
WHEREAS, the Credit
Parties had previously entered into a First Lien and Guaranty
Agreement, dated of March 8, 2007 (as amended prior to the
date hereof, the “ Existing First Lien Credit
Agreement ”), with the lenders party thereto (the
“Senior Term Lenders” ), Goldman Sachs Credit
Partners L.P. ( “GSCP” ) as administrative agent
and as syndication agent, and Wachovia Bank, National Association
as Collateral Agent and as documentation agent, pursuant to
which the Senior Term Lenders had extended certain credit
facilities to Credit Parties in an aggregate initial amount of
$725,000,000, consisting of $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount
of Term Loans, $100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Revolving
Commitments and $25,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Synthetic
LC Commitments (as defined in the Existing First Lien Credit
Agreement);
WHEREAS, on
October 16, 2007 (the “ Petition Date ”),
Credit Parties filed voluntary petitions for relief commencing
cases (collectively, the “ Cases ”) under
Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code with the Bankruptcy
Court;
WHEREAS , the Credit
Parties, as Debtors, had previously entered into a Secured
Super-Priority Debtor in Possession Credit and Guaranty Agreement,
dated of October 16, 2007 (as amended, the “ DIP
Credit Agreement ”), with the lenders party thereto, GSCP
as syndication agent and as documentation agent, and The Bank of
New York as administrative agent and as Collateral Agent ,
pursuant to which the lenders thereunder had extended certain
credit facilities to the Debtors in an aggregate amount not to
exceed $150,000,000, consisting of $100,000,000 aggregate principal
amount of “Term Loans” (as defined in the DIP Credit
Agreement) and $50,000,000 aggregate principal amount of
“Revolving Commitments” (as defined in the DIP Credit
Agreement), the proceeds of which were used, among other things, to
refinance the Obligations under the Existing First Lien Credit
Agreement in respect of Revolving Loans, Swing Line Loans and
Letters of Credit (all as defined therein);
WHEREAS , on
April 10, 2008, the Bankruptcy Court confirmed the
Debtors’ Second Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of Movie
Gallery, Inc. and Its Debtor Subsidiaries Under Chapter 11 of the
Bankruptcy Code (as amended, supplemented or modified from time to
time, together with any “Plan Supplement” (as defined
in the Plan), the “Plan” );
WHEREAS , as part of
the implementation of the Plan, Borrower, the Senior Term Lenders
and the Senior Term Administrative Agent are amending and restating
the Existing First Lien Credit Agreement pursuant to which the
Senior Term Lenders have agreed, or otherwise are required pursuant
to the Plan, to extend certain credit facilities to the Credit
Parties in an aggregate amount not to exceed $626,488,750,
consisting of $602,988,750 aggregate principal amount of Senior
Term Loans, and $23,500,000 aggregate principal amount of Synthetic
LC Commitments (as defined in the Existing First Lien Credit
Agreement, plus payment-in-kind interest and other principal
increases;
WHEREAS , as part of
the implementation of the Plan, Borrower has requested the Lenders
to enter into this Agreement pursuant to which the Lenders have
agreed to extend a revolving credit facility to the Credit Parties
in an aggregate amount not to exceed $100,000,000 in aggregate
principal amount of Revolving Loans, to be used (i) to fund
the transactions contemplated by the Plan, including the
refinancing of the DIP Credit Facility Obligations, and the payment
of administrative fees and other fees and expenses relating to the
Debtors’ exit from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection,
(ii) to pay certain other fees and expenses relating to the
credit facilities established hereunder and (iii) and for
general corporate purposes of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries;
WHEREAS , Borrower has
agreed to secure all of its Obligations by granting to
Collateral Agent , for the benefit of Secured Parties, a
First Priority Lien on substantially all of its assets, including a
pledge of all of the Equity Interests of each of its Domestic
Subsidiaries (including the Real Estate Guarantors) and 65% of all
the Equity Interests of each of its Foreign Subsidiaries, and
Borrower has formed the Real Estate Guarantors for purposes of
holding Leasehold Property; and
WHEREAS, Guarantors
(including the Real Estate Guarantors) have agreed to guarantee the
obligations of Borrower hereunder and to secure their respective
Obligations by granting to Collateral Agent , for the
benefit of Secured Parties, a First Priority Lien on substantially
all of their respective assets, including a pledge of all of the
Equity Interests of each of their respective Domestic Subsidiaries
and 65% of all the Equity Interests of each of their respective
Foreign Subsidiaries.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and
covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS AND
INTERPRETATION
1.1. Definitions. The
following terms used herein, including in the preamble, recitals,
exhibits and schedules hereto, shall have the following
meanings:
“Adjusted Eurodollar
Rate” means, for any Interest Rate Determination Date
with respect to an Interest Period for a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the
rate per annum obtained by dividing (and rounding upward to the
next whole multiple of 1/16 of 1%) (i) (a) the rate per
annum (rounded to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) equal to the rate
determined by Administrative Agent to be the offered rate which
appears on the page of the Telerate Screen which displays
an
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average British Bankers
Association Interest Settlement Rate (such page currently being
page number 3740 or 3750, as applicable) for deposits (for delivery
on the first day of such period) with a term equivalent to such
period in Dollars, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m.
(London, England time) on such Interest Rate Determination Date, or
(b) in the event the rate referenced in the preceding clause
(a) does not appear on such page or service or if such page or
service shall cease to be available, the rate per annum (rounded to
the nearest 1/100 of 1%) equal to the rate determined by
Administrative Agent to be the offered rate on such other page or
other service which displays an average British Bankers Association
Interest Settlement Rate for deposits (for delivery on the first
day of such period) with a term equivalent to such period in
Dollars, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England
time) on such Interest Rate Determination Date, or (c) in the
event the rates referenced in the preceding clauses (a) and
(b) are not available, the rate per annum (rounded to the
nearest 1/100 of 1%) equal to the offered quotation rate to first
class banks in the London interbank market by JPMorgan Chase Bank
for deposits (for delivery on the first day of the relevant period)
in Dollars of amounts in same day funds comparable to the principal
amount of the applicable Loan of Administrative Agent, in its
capacity as a Lender, for which the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate is
then being determined with maturities comparable to such period as
of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) on such Interest
Rate Determination Date, by (ii) an amount equal to
(a) one minus (b) the Applicable Reserve
Requirement.
“Administrative
Agent” as defined in the preamble hereto.
“Adverse
Proceeding” means any action, suit, proceeding, hearing
(whether administrative, judicial or otherwise), governmental
investigation or arbitration (whether or not purportedly on behalf
of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) at law or in equity, or
before or by any Governmental Authority, domestic or foreign
(including any Environmental Claims), whether pending or, to the
knowledge of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, threatened
against or adversely affecting Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
or any property of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Affected
Lender” as defined in Section 2.14(b).
“Affected
Loans” as defined in Section 2.14(b).
“Affiliate” means, as applied to any Person,
any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by,
or under common control with, that Person. For the purposes of this
definition, “control” (including, with correlative
meanings, the terms “controlling”, “controlled
by” and “under common control with”), as applied
to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the
power (i) to vote 5% or more of the Securities having ordinary
voting power for the election of directors of such Person or
(ii) to direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies of that Person, whether through the ownership of voting
securities or by contract or otherwise.
“Agent”
means each of Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent
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“Agent
Affiliates” as defined in
Section 10.1(b).
“Aggregate Amounts
Due” as defined in Section 2.13.
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“Aggregate
Payments” as defined in Section 7.2.
“Agreement” means this Revolving Credit and
Guaranty Agreement, dated as of May 20, 2008, as it may be
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
“Applicable Reserve
Requirement” means, at any time, for any Eurodollar Rate
Loan, the maximum rate, expressed as a decimal, at which reserves
(including any basic marginal, special, supplemental, emergency or
other reserves) are required to be maintained with respect thereto
against “Eurocurrency liabilities” (as such term is
defined in Regulation D) under regulations issued from time to time
by the Board of Governors or other applicable banking regulator.
Without limiting the effect of the foregoing, the Applicable
Reserve Requirement shall reflect any other reserves required to be
maintained by such member banks with respect to (i) any
category of liabilities which includes deposits by reference to
which the applicable Adjusted Eurodollar Rate or any other interest
rate of a Revolving Loan is to be determined, or (ii) any
category of extensions of credit or other assets which include
Eurodollar Rate Loans. A Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be deemed to
constitute Eurocurrency liabilities and as such shall be deemed
subject to reserve requirements without benefits of credit for
proration, exceptions or offsets that may be available from time to
time to the applicable Lender. The rate of interest on Eurodollar
Rate Loans shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the
effective date of any change in the Applicable Reserve
Requirement.
“ Approved
Electronic Communications ” means any notice, demand,
communication, information, document or other material that any
Credit Party provides to Administrative Agent pursuant to any
Credit Document or the transactions contemplated therein which is
distributed to the Agents or to the lenders by means of electronic
communications pursuant to Section 10.1(b).
“Arranger”
as defined in the preamble hereto.
“Asset
Sale” means a sale, lease or sub-lease (as lessor or
sublessor), sale and leaseback, assignment, conveyance, exclusive
license (as licensor or sublicensor), transfer or other disposition
to, or any exchange of property with, any Person (other than
Borrower or any Guarantor Subsidiary), in one transaction or a
series of transactions, of all or any part of Borrower’s or
any of its Subsidiaries’ businesses, assets or properties of
any kind, whether real, personal, or mixed and whether tangible or
intangible, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, leased or
licensed, including the Equity Interests of any of Borrower’s
Subsidiaries, other than (i) inventory (or other assets) sold,
leased or licensed out in the ordinary course of business
(excluding any such sales, leases or licenses out by operations or
divisions discontinued or to be discontinued), and (ii) sales,
leases or licenses out of other assets for aggregate consideration
of less than $2,000,000 in the aggregate during any Fiscal
Year.
“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.
“Assignment
Effective Date” as defined in
Section 10.6(b).
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“Authorized
Officer” means, as applied to any Person, any individual
holding the position of chairman of the board (if an officer),
chief executive officer, president or one of its vice presidents
(or the equivalent thereof), and such Person’s chief
financial officer or treasurer.
“Availability” means, at any time of
calculation, the amount by which (a) the Borrowing Base
exceeds (b) the outstanding aggregate amount of all
Obligations.
“ Availability
Reserve ” means each of: (a) if and to the extent
not otherwise reflected in the calculation of the Net Retail Value
of Eligible Inventory, a reserve in an amount to be established by
the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion with respect to
rental payments or other charges arising under leases relating to,
or licenses for the use of, any Credit Party’s leased
premises or other Collateral locations located in jurisdictions in
which a landlord, warehouseman, or third party processor has
statutory rights to the Collateral, and for which the Credit Party
has not delivered to the Administrative Agent a landlord’s
waiver in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent; (b) a shrink reserve in an amount to be
established by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion
based on historical shrink results; (c) a gift certificate
reserve in an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the gift
certificates and gift cards issued by the Credit Parties
outstanding on the date the reserve is determined; (d) a
layaway reserve equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the
Credit Parties’ layaway liabilities; (e) reserves for
any past due sales taxes payable by any Credit Party; (f) any
reserves which Administrative Agent may reasonably require from
time to time pursuant to this Agreement; (g) $12,500,000 (or
such lesser amount as Administrative Agent may establish in its
discretion from time to time) and (h) such other reserves as
the Administrative Agent deems necessary in its commercially
reasonable judgment as a result of (x) negative forecasts or
trends in the Credit Parties’ business, industry, prospects,
profits, operations or financial condition or (y) other
issues, circumstances or facts that could otherwise negatively
affect the Credit Parties, their business, prospects, profits,
operations, industry, financial condition or assets.
“Bankruptcy
Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code
entitled “Bankruptcy,” as now and hereafter in effect,
or any successor statute.
“Bankruptcy
Court” means the United States Bankruptcy Court for the
Eastern District of Virginia, Richmond Division, or any other court
having competent jurisdiction over the Cases.
“Base
Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the
greater of (i) the Prime Rate in effect on such day and
(ii) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day
plus 1 / 2 of 1%. Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the
Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective
on the effective day of such change in the Prime Rate or the
Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively.
“Base Rate
Loan” means a Revolving Loan bearing interest at a rate
determined by reference to the Base Rate.
“Beneficiary” means each Agent, Lender and
Lender Counterparty.
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“Board of
Governors” means the Board of Governors of the United
States Federal Reserve System, or any successor thereto.
“Borrower”
as defined in the preamble hereto.
“ Borrowing Base
” means the sum of (a) eighty-five percent (85%) of
aggregate outstanding Eligible Accounts Receivable, less the
amount, if any, of the Dilution Reserve for Trade Accounts
Receivable, plus (b) eighty-five percent (85%) of
aggregate outstanding Eligible Credit Card Receivables, less
the amount, if any, of the Dilution Reserve for Credit Card
Receivables, plus (c) eighty-five percent (85%) of
the Net Retail Liquidation Value of Eligible Inventory, plus
(d) eighty-five percent (85%) of the Net Retail
Liquidation Value of aggregate outstanding Eligible Documentary
Letters of Credit Inventory, less (e) any applicable
Availability Reserves. Standards of eligibility and reserves may be
revised and adjusted from time to time by the Administrative Agent
in its reasonable discretion, with any such revisions and
adjustments to be effective upon the earlier of the date of the
next Borrowing Base Certificate required to be delivered pursuant
to the terms of this Agreement or ten (10) Business Days after
delivery to the Borrower of written notice thereof.
“ Borrowing Base
Certificate ” means a certificate demonstrating the
calculation of the Borrowing Base, in substantially the form of
Exhibit D.
“Budget”
means the business plan and projected operating budget by the
Credit Parties, dated March 31, 2008 (which includes income
statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and a line item
for “total available liquidity”), on (i) a monthly
basis for the then-current Fiscal Year and (ii) on a quarterly
basis for the then-current Fiscal Year and through the next
succeeding two Fiscal Years (but in no event through a date that is
later than the Term Loan Maturity Date), and setting forth the
anticipated uses of the Commitments, and which shall provide for
the payment of the fees and expenses relating to the Commitments,
ordinary course administrative expenses, and working capital and
other general corporate needs, in form satisfactory to
Administrative Agent (it being understood and agreed that the form
of the Budget dated March 31, 2008 provided to Administrative
Agent on or prior to the Closing Date is acceptable to
Administrative Agent).
“Business
Day” means (i) any day excluding Saturday, Sunday
and any day which is a legal holiday under the laws of the State of
New York or is a day on which banking institutions located in such
state are authorized or required by law or other governmental
action to close and (ii) with respect to all notices,
determinations, fundings and payments in connection with the
Adjusted Eurodollar Rate or any Eurodollar Rate Loans, the term
“Business Day” shall mean any day which is a
Business Day described in clause (i) and which is also a day
for trading by and between banks in Dollar deposits in the London
interbank market.
“Canadian
Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is incorporated,
organized or otherwise established under the laws of Canada or any
political subdivision of Canada.
“Capital
Lease” means, as applied to any Person, any lease of any
property (whether real, personal or mixed) by that Person as lessee
that, in conformity with GAAP, is or should be accounted for as a
capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person.
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“Cases” as
defined in the recitals hereto.
“Cash”
means money, currency or a credit balance in any demand or Deposit
Account.
“Cash
Equivalents” means, as at any date of determination,
(i) marketable securities (a) issued or directly and
unconditionally guaranteed as to interest and principal by the
United States Government or (b) issued by any agency of the
United States the obligations of which are backed by the full faith
and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within one
year after such date; (ii) marketable direct obligations
issued by any state of the United States of America or any
political subdivision of any such state or any public
instrumentality thereof, in each case maturing within one year
after such date and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof,
a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from
Moody’s; (iii) commercial paper maturing no more than
one year from the date of creation thereof and having, at the time
of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A-1 from S&P
or at least P-1 from Moody’s; (iv) certificates of
deposit or bankers’ acceptances maturing within one year
after such date and issued or accepted by any Lender or by any
commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of
America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia that
(a) is at least “adequately capitalized” (as
defined in the regulations of its primary Federal banking
regulator) and (b) has Tier 1 capital (as defined in such
regulations) of not less than $100,000,000; (v) shares of any
money market mutual fund that (a) has substantially all of its
assets invested continuously in the types of investments referred
to in clauses (i) and (ii) above, (b) has net assets
of not less than $500,000,000, and (c) has the highest rating
obtainable from either S&P or Moody’s and
(vi) solely in respect of the cash management activities of
Subsidiaries of Borrower organized under the laws of Canada or any
province or territory thereof, equivalents to the investments
described in clause (i) above to the extent guaranteed
by the full faith and credit of the government of Canada and
equivalents of investments described in clauses (iii)
and (iv) above issued, accepted or offered by
the local office of any commercial bank organized under the laws of
Canada, or any province or territory thereof of such Canadian
Subsidiary, which bank has combined capital and surplus of not less
than $1,000,000,000.
“Certificate re
Non-Bank Status” means a certificate substantially in the
form of Exhibit F.
“Closing
Date” means the date on which the conditions to
effectiveness of this Agreement under Section 3.1 and
Section 3.2 are satisfied or otherwise waived in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement.
“Closing Date
Certificate” means a Closing Date Certificate
substantially in the form of Exhibit G-1.
“Closing Date
Mortgaged Property” as defined in
Section 3.1(g).
“Collateral” means, collectively, all of the
real, personal and mixed property (including Equity Interests (but
limited to 65% of such interests in Foreign Subsidiaries as and to
the extent set forth in the Pledge and Security Agreement) and all
monies and other property of any kind received on account thereof)
in which Liens are purported to be granted pursuant to the
Collateral Documents as security for the Obligations.
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“Collateral
Agent” as defined in the preamble hereto
“ Collateral Agency
Agreement ” means the Collateral Agency Agreement, dated
as of the Closing Date, by and among the Collateral Agent, the
First Lien Term Loan Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent
and the Company, as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time.
“Collateral
Documents” means the Pledge and Security Agreement, the
Mortgages, the Intellectual Property Security Agreements, the
Landlord Personal Property Collateral Access Agreements, if any,
and all other instruments, documents and agreements delivered by
any Credit Party pursuant to this Agreement or any of the other
Credit Documents, in each case in order to grant to the Collateral
Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, or perfect, a Lien on
any real, personal or mixed property of that Credit Party as
security for the Obligations.
“Collateral
Questionnaire” means a certificate in form satisfactory
to Administrative Agent that provides information with respect to
the personal or mixed property of each Credit Party.
“Compliance
Certificate” means a Compliance Certificate substantially
in the form of Exhibit C.
“Confirmation
Order” means the order by the Bankruptcy Court entered on
April 10, 2008 confirming the Plan.
“Consolidated
Adjusted EBITDA” means, for any period, an amount
determined for Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis equal to (x) Consolidated Net Income, plus , to
the extent reducing Consolidated Net Income, the sum, without
duplication, of amounts for (a) consolidated interest expense
(determined in accordance with GAAP), (b) provisions for taxes
based on income, (c) total depreciation expense,
(d) total amortization expense (excluding Rental Items
amortization, except for one time and incremental charges resulting
from changes in estimates and accounting principles),
(e) losses from Hedge Agreements, (f) losses from
discontinued operations, (g) losses from changes in estimates
and accounting principles (including subsequent changes related to
a change in the salvage value of rental inventory), (h) fees
and costs associated with the early extinguishment of debt,
(i) fees and other expenses made or incurred in connection
with the transactions contemplated hereby that are paid or
accounted for (without duplication) within 180 days of the Closing
Date, (j) reasonable fees or expenses relating to any issuance
of Equity Interests, permitted Investments, Permitted Acquisitions
or Indebtedness, whether or not such transaction is consummated, to
the extent deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income,
(k) with respect to any period (including any Fiscal Quarter)
during Fiscal Year 2008, costs and expenses actually incurred
resulting from administrative expenses paid with respect to the
Cases for professional fees and expenses and costs and expenses
with respect to severance obligations and/or employee retention
plans adopted by the Borrower and approved by the Bankruptcy Court
prior to the Closing Date; (l)
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with respect to any period
(including any Fiscal Quarter) during Fiscal Year 2008, amounts
paid as cure payments or similar costs in connection with executory
contracts assumed during the Cases or as part of the Plan,
(m) non-recurring costs, losses and restructuring charges, in
each case associated with general and administration costs in
connection with the implementation and management of Real Estate
Guarantors, (n) costs or losses resulting directly from store
closures, lease terminations and liquidations of associated
inventory which, in each case, commenced prior to the Plan
Effective Date, (o) costs and expenses with respect to
severance obligations and/or employee retention plans not to exceed
$5,000,000 in the aggregate from and after the Closing Date,
(p) other non-Cash charges reducing Consolidated Net Income
(excluding any such non-Cash charge to the extent that it
represents an accrual or reserve for potential Cash charge in any
future period or amortization of a prepaid Cash charge that was
paid in a prior period), (q) non-recurring losses not to
exceed $10,000,0000 in the aggregate from and after the Closing
Date or (r) non-recurring costs, losses and restructuring
charges, in each case associated with general and administrative
costs (but in no event including costs associated with store
openings, closings and relocations) in connection with
consolidating the operations of the Movie Gallery division and the
Hollywood division not to exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate from
and after the Closing Date, minus (y) to the extent
increasing Consolidated Net Income, the sum, without duplication,
of amounts for (a) gains from Hedge Agreements,
(b) income from discontinued operations, (c) income from
changes in accounting principles (including subsequent changes
related to a change in the salvage value of rental inventory),
(c) gains resulting from liquidations of inventory commenced
prior to the Plan Effective Date, (d) other non-Cash gains
increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period (excluding any
such non-Cash gain to the extent it represents the reversal of an
accrual or reserve for potential Cash gain in any prior period) and
(e) non-recurring gains not to exceed $10,000,0000 in the
aggregate from and after the Closing Date. For all purposes of this
Agreement, Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA shall equal $2,385,193 for
the second Fiscal Quarter of 2007; $18,038,950 for the third Fiscal
Quarter of 2007; $44,312,703 for the fourth Fiscal Quarter of 2007;
and $56,473,694 for the first Fiscal Quarter of 2008.
“Consolidated
Capital Expenditures” means, for any period, the
aggregate of all expenditures of Borrower and its Subsidiaries
during such period determined on a consolidated basis that, in
accordance with GAAP, are or should be included in “purchase
of property and equipment” or similar items reflected in the
consolidated statement of cash flows of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries (but shall in any event exclude the purchase or
acquisition of assets pursuant to a Permitted
Acquisition).
“Consolidated
Current Assets” means, as at any date of determination,
the total assets of Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis that may properly be classified as current assets in
conformity with GAAP, excluding Cash and Cash
Equivalents.
“Consolidated
Current Liabilities” means, as at any date of
determination, the total liabilities of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis that may properly be
classified as current liabilities in conformity with GAAP,
excluding the current portion of long term debt.
“Consolidated
Interest Expense” means, for any period, total interest
expense (including that portion attributable to Capital Leases in
accordance with GAAP and capitalized
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interest) of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis with respect to all
outstanding Indebtedness of Borrower and its Subsidiaries,
including all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges
owed with respect to letters of credit and net costs under Interest
Rate Agreements, but excluding, however, any amount not payable in
Cash and any amounts referred to in Section 2.12(e)(i) of the
First Lien Term Credit Agreement payable on or before the Closing
Date.
“Consolidated Net
Income” means, for any period, (i) the net income
(or loss) of Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis
for such period taken as a single accounting period determined in
conformity with GAAP, but excluding the effects of any of the
following, (ii) (a) the income (or loss) of any Person (other
than a Subsidiary of Borrower) in which any other Person (other
than Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) has a joint interest,
except to the extent of the amount of dividends or other
distributions actually paid to Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
by such Person during such period, (b) the income (or loss) of
any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary of
Borrower or is merged into or consolidated with Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries or that Person’s assets are acquired by
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (c) the income of any
Subsidiary of Borrower to the extent that the declaration or
payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Subsidiary of
that income is not at the time permitted by operation of the terms
of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree,
order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that
Subsidiary, (d) any after-tax gains or losses attributable to
Asset Sales or returned surplus assets of any Pension Plan, and
(e) (to the extent not included in clauses (a) through
(d) above) any (A) net extraordinary gains or
(B) net extraordinary losses.
“Consolidated
Working Capital” means, as at any date of determination,
the excess of Consolidated Current Assets over Consolidated Current
Liabilities (which may be a negative number).
“Consolidated
Working Capital Adjustment” means, for any period on a
consolidated basis, the amount (which may be a negative number) by
which Consolidated Working Capital as of the beginning of such
period exceeds (or is less than) Consolidated Working Capital as of
the end of such period.
“Contractual
Obligation” means, as applied to any Person, any
provision of any Security issued by that Person or of any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract, undertaking,
agreement or other instrument to which that Person is a party or by
which it or any of its properties is bound or to which it or any of
its properties is subject.
“Contributing
Guarantors” as defined in Section 7.2.
“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.
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“Credit Card
Issuer” means any person (including, without limitation,
a bank) (other than any Credit Party or any of their Affiliates)
who issues or whose members issue credit cards, including, without
limitation, MasterCard or VISA bank credit or debit cards or other
bank credit or debit cards issued through MasterCard International,
Inc., Visa, U.S.A., Inc. or Visa International and American
Express, Discover, Diners Club, Carte Blanche and other bank or
non-bank credit or debit cards.
“Credit Card
Processor” means any servicing or processing agent or any
factor or financial intermediary who facilitates, services,
processes or manages the credit authorization, billing, transfer or
payment procedures with respect to sales transactions of any Credit
Party involving credit cards or debit card purchases by customers
using credit cards or debit cards issued by any Credit Card
Issuer.
“Credit Card
Receivables” means collectively, (a) all present and
future rights of a Credit Party to payment from any Credit Card
Issuer, Credit Card Processor or other third party arising from
sales of goods or rendition of services to customers who have
purchased such goods or services using a credit or debit card and
(b) all present and future rights of a Credit Party to payment
from any Credit Card Issuer, Credit Card Processor or other third
party in connection with the sale or transfer of Accounts (as
defined in the UCC) arising pursuant to the sale of goods or
rendition of services to customers who have purchased such goods or
services using a credit card or a debit card.
“Credit
Date” means the date of a Credit Extension.
“Credit
Document” means any of this Agreement, the Revolving Loan
Notes, if any, the Collateral Documents, the Collateral Agency
Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement and all other documents,
instruments or agreements executed and delivered by a Credit Party
for the benefit of any Agent or any Lender in connection
herewith.
“Credit
Extension” means the making of a Revolving
Loan.
“Credit
Party” means Borrower and each Guarantor.
“Currency
Agreement” means any foreign exchange contract, currency
swap agreement, futures contract, option contract, synthetic cap or
other similar agreement or arrangement, each of which is for the
purpose of hedging the foreign currency risk associated with
Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ operations and not for
speculative purposes.
“Debtors”
means Borrower and each Guarantor that was a debtor in the
Cases.
“Default”
means a condition or event that, after notice or lapse of time or
both, would constitute an Event of Default.
“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 Revolving Loans of
all Lenders (calculated as if all Defaulting Lenders (including
such Defaulting Lender) had funded all of their respective
Defaulted Loans) over the aggregate outstanding principal amount of
all Revolving Loans of such Defaulting Lender.
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“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 Revolving 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 Revolving Loans in
accordance with the terms of Section 2.9 or Section 2.10
or by a combination thereof) and (b) such Defaulting Lender
shall have delivered to Borrower and Administrative Agent a written
reaffirmation of its intention to honor its obligations hereunder
with respect to its Revolving Commitments, and (iii) the date
on which Borrower, Administrative Agent and Requisite Lenders waive
all Funding Defaults of such Defaulting Lender in
writing.
“Defaulted
Loan” as defined in Section 2.18.
“Defaulting
Lender” as defined in Section 2.18.
“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
Percentage” means, as of any date of determination, a
percentage, based upon the experience of the immediately preceding
52- or 53-week period corresponding to the determination of the
then current Fiscal Year, that is the result of dividing the dollar
amount of (a) bad debt write-downs, discounts, advertising
allowances, credits or other dilutive items with respect to the
Accounts of the Credit Parties for such period by (b) the
Credit Parties’ gross sales of Inventory during such period
(excluding intercompany sales).
“Dilution
Reserve” means, as of any date of determination, an
amount sufficient to reduce the advance rate against Eligible
Accounts Receivable or Eligible Credit Card Receivables, as the
case may be, by one percentage point for each percentage point by
which the Dilution Percentage exceeds five percent (5%).
“DIP Credit
Agreement” as defined in the recitals hereto.
“DIP Credit Facility
Obligations” means the “Obligations” as
defined in the DIP Credit Agreement.
“Disclosed
Matter” means the existence or occurrence of any matter
which has been disclosed by Borrower in any filing made by Borrower
with the Securities and Exchange Commission prior to the Closing
Date and after December 31, 2007 (including disclosures
regarding financial performance or condition as set forth in any
Form 10-K or Form 10-Q during such period); provided , that
no matter shall constitute a “Disclosed Matter” to the
extent it shall prove to be, or shall become, materially more
adverse to Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or to the
Lenders than it would have reasonably appeared to be on the basis
of the disclosure contained in any of the documents referred to
above in this definition.
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“Disqualified Equity
Interests” means any Equity Interest which, by its terms
(or by the terms of any security or other Equity Interests into
which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon
the happening of any event or condition (i) matures or is
mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Equity Interests
which are not otherwise Disqualified Equity Interests), pursuant to
a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, (ii) is redeemable at
the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Equity
Interests which are not otherwise Disqualified Equity Interests),
in whole or in part, (iii) provides for the scheduled payments
or dividends in cash, or (iv) is or becomes convertible into
or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Equity Interests that
would constitute Disqualified Equity Interests, in each case, prior
to the date that is 91 days after the Term Loan Maturity Date (as
defined in the First Lien Term Credit Agreement).
“Dollars”
and the sign “$” mean the lawful money of the
United States of America.
“Domestic
Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary organized under the laws
of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District
of Columbia.
“Eligible
Assignee” means (i) any Lender, any Affiliate of any
Lender and any Related Fund (any two or more Related Funds being
treated as a single Eligible Assignee for all purposes hereof), and
(ii) any commercial bank, insurance company, investment or
mutual fund or other entity that is an “accredited
investor” (as defined in Regulation D under the
Securities Act) and which extends credit or buys loans;
provided , neither Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries
shall be an Eligible Assignee.
“Eligible Accounts
Receivable” means the gross amount of Trade Accounts
Receivable that are subject to a valid, first priority and fully
perfected security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent, on
behalf of the Lenders, which conform to the warranties contained
herein and which, at all times, continue to be acceptable to the
Administrative Agent in the exercise of its reasonable business
judgment, less , without duplication, the sum of:
(a) any returns, discounts, claims, credits, finance or
service charges and allowances of any nature (whether issued,
owing, granted, claimed or outstanding), and (b) reserves for
any such Trade Accounts Receivable that arise from or are subject
to or include: (i) sales to the United States of America, any
state or other governmental entity or to any agency, department or
division thereof, except for any such sales as to which such Credit
Party has complied with the Assignment of Claims Act of 1940 or any
other applicable statute, rules or regulation, to the
Administrative Agent’s satisfaction in the exercise of its
reasonable business judgment; (ii) foreign sales, other than
sales which otherwise comply with all of the other criteria for
eligibility hereunder and are (x) secured by letters of credit
(in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent) issued or confirmed by, and payable at, banks
having a place of business in the United States of America, or
(y) to customers residing in Canada provided such Accounts do
not exceed Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) in the aggregate
at any one time; (iii) Accounts (as defined in the UCC) that
remain unpaid more than ninety (90) days from the date when
first due; (iv) contra accounts; (v) sales to any other
Credit Party or any Affiliate of a Credit Party; (vi) bill and
hold (deferred shipment) or consignment sales; (vii) sales to
any customer which is: (A) insolvent, (B) the debtor in
any bankruptcy, insolvency, arrangement, reorganization,
receivership or similar proceedings under any federal or state law,
(C) negotiating, or has called a meeting of its
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creditors for purposes of
negotiating, a compromise of its debts, or (D) or has a credit
rating or financial reputation unacceptable to the Administrative
Agent; (viii) all sales to any customer if fifty percent
(50%) or more of the aggregate dollar amount of all
outstanding invoices to such customer are unpaid more than ninety
(90) days from the date when first due; (ix) pre-billed
receivables and receivables arising from progress billing;
(x) an amount representing, historically, returns, discounts,
claims, credits, allowances and applicable terms; (xi) sales
not payable in United States currency.
“Eligible Credit
Card Receivables” means the gross amount of Credit Card
Receivables that are subject to a valid, exclusive first priority
and fully perfected security interest in favor of the Collateral
Agent on behalf of the Lenders, less, without duplication, the sum
of (a) any returns, discounts, claims, credits and allowances
of any nature (whether issued, owing, granted or outstanding),
(b) Credit Card Receivables that remain unpaid for more than
five (5) days from the date of the transaction, and
(c) reserves for amounts representing, historically, returns,
discounts, claims, credits, allowances and applicable
terms.
“Eligible
Documentary Letters of Credit Inventory” means that
portion of Inventory (without duplication of Eligible Inventory),
the purchase of which is supported by a documentary letter of
credit having an initial expiry of sixty (60) days or less;
provided , that:
(a) Such Inventory shall be
deemed to be Eligible Inventory, regardless of the fact that it
would otherwise be excluded from Eligible Inventory solely because
it is not present in the United States of America, and/or is in the
possession of third-parties who have not executed a notice of
security interest in favor of Collateral Agent , for the
benefit of the Lenders;
(b) The documentary letter of
credit which relates to such shipment names Administrative Agent as
consignee of the subject Inventory and Administrative Agent or
Issuing Bank has control over the documents which evidence
ownership of the subject Inventory (such as by providing
Administrative Agent a customs brokers agreement in form and
substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent);
(c) Such Inventory has not
yet been delivered to such Credit Party’s warehouse and has
been in transit from the applicable foreign location for no more
than forty-five (45) calendar days;
(d) The aggregate amount of
such Inventory, at any one time, does not exceed five percent
(5%) of Availability;
(e) Such Inventory is fully
insured against all risks, and a policy or certificate of such
insurance, in form and substance acceptable to Administrative
Agent, with an endorsement naming Administrative Agent as loss
payee, is delivered to Administrative Agent; and
(f) All the terms and
conditions applicable to such documentary Letters of Credit are
satisfactory to Administrative Agent in its sole
discretion.
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“Eligible
Inventory” mean the gross amount of Inventory (other than
Inventory received on consignment) that is subject to a valid,
exclusive, first priority and fully perfected security interest in
favor of the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, and which
conforms to the warranties contained herein and which, at all
times, continues to be acceptable to the Administrative Agent in
the exercise of its reasonable business judgment, less ,
without duplication, any (a) work-in-process,
(b) supplies and raw materials (other than raw materials in an
aggregate amount not to exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000)),
(c) Inventory not present in the United States of America,
(d) Inventory returned or rejected by any of the Credit
Party’s customers (other than goods that are undamaged and
resalable in the normal course of business) and goods to be
returned to a Credit Party’s suppliers, (e) Inventory in
transit to third parties (other than (i) with respect to
Rental Items, customers, and (ii) a Credit Party’s
agents or warehouses), or in the possession of a warehouseman,
bailee, third party processor, or other third party, unless such
warehouseman, bailee or third party has executed a notice of
security interest agreement (in form and substance satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent) and the Collateral Agent shall have a
First Priority perfected security interest in such Inventory, and
(f) any reserves required by the Administrative Agent in its
reasonable discretion, including reserves for special order goods,
discontinued, slow-moving (as that term applies in the Credit
Parties’ business) and obsolete Inventory (which will not
include Rental Items with respect to video or game formats that are
no longer manufactured so long as there is reasonable demand
therefor from the Credit Parties’ customers), market value
declines, bill and hold (deferred shipment), consignment sales,
shrinkage and any applicable customs, freight, duties and
Taxes.
“Employee Benefit
Plan” means any “employee benefit plan” as
defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA which is or was sponsored,
maintained or contributed to by, or required to be contributed by,
Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA
Affiliates.
“Environmental
Claim” means any investigation, notice, notice of
violation, claim, action, suit, proceeding, demand, abatement order
or other order or directive (conditional or otherwise), by any
Governmental Authority or any other Person, arising
(i) pursuant to or in connection with any actual or alleged
violation of any Environmental Law; (ii) in connection with
any Hazardous Material or any actual or alleged Hazardous Materials
Activity; or (iii) in connection with any actual or alleged
damage, injury, threat or harm to health, safety, natural resources
or the environment.
“Environmental
Laws” means any and all current or future foreign or
domestic, federal or state (or any subdivision of either of them),
statutes, ordinances, orders, rules, regulations, judgments,
Governmental Authorizations, or any other requirements of
Governmental Authorities relating to (i) environmental
matters, including those relating to any Hazardous Materials
Activity; (ii) the generation, use, storage, transportation or
disposal of Hazardous Materials; or (iii) occupational safety
and health, industrial hygiene, land use or the protection of
human, plant or animal health or welfare, in any manner applicable
to Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any Facility.
“Equity
Interests” means any and all shares, interests,
participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital
stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests
in a Person (other than a corporation), including partnership
interests and membership interests, and any and all warrants,
rights or options to purchase or other arrangements or rights to
acquire any of the foregoing.
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“ERISA”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time, and any successor thereto.
“ERISA
Affiliate” means, as applied to any Person, (i) any
corporation which is a member of a controlled group of corporations
within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Internal Revenue
Code of which that Person is a member; (ii) any trade or
business (whether or not incorporated) which is a member of a group
of trades or businesses under common control within the meaning of
Section 414(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that
Person is a member; and (iii) any member of an affiliated
service group within the meaning of Section 414(m) or
(o) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person, any
corporation described in clause (i) above or any trade or
business described in clause (ii) above is a member. Any
former ERISA Affiliate of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall
continue to be considered an ERISA Affiliate of Borrower or any
such Subsidiary within the meaning of this definition with respect
to the period such entity was an ERISA Affiliate of Borrower or
such Subsidiary and with respect to liabilities arising after such
period for which Borrower or such Subsidiary could be liable under
the Internal Revenue Code or ERISA.
“ERISA
Event” means (i) a “reportable event”
within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA and the
regulations issued thereunder with respect to any Pension Plan
(excluding those for which the provision for 30-day notice to the
PBGC has been waived by regulation); (ii) the failure to meet
the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Internal
Revenue Code with respect to any Pension Plan (whether or not
waived in accordance with Section 412(d) of the Internal
Revenue Code) or the failure to make by its due date a required
installment under Section 412(m) of the Internal Revenue Code
with respect to any Pension Plan or the failure to make any
required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (iii) the
provision by the administrator of any Pension Plan pursuant to
Section 4041(a)(2) of ERISA of a notice of intent to terminate
such plan in a distress termination described in
Section 4041(c) of ERISA; (iv) the withdrawal by
Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA
Affiliates from any Pension Plan with two or more contributing
sponsors or the termination of any such Pension Plan resulting in
liability to Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their
respective Affiliates pursuant to Section 4063 or 4064 of
ERISA; (v) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to
terminate any Pension Plan, or the occurrence of any event or
condition which might constitute grounds under ERISA for the
termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any
Pension Plan; (vi) the imposition of liability on Borrower,
any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates
pursuant to Section 4062(e) or 4069 of ERISA or by reason of
the application of Section 4212(c) of ERISA; (vii) the
withdrawal of Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their
respective ERISA Affiliates in a complete or partial withdrawal
(within the meaning of Sections 4203 and 4205 of ERISA) from any
Multiemployer Plan if there is any potential liability therefore,
or the receipt by Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their
respective ERISA Affiliates of notice from any Multiemployer Plan
that it is in reorganization or insolvency pursuant to
Section 4241 or 4245 of ERISA, or that it intends to terminate
or has terminated under Section 4041A or 4042 of ERISA;
(viii) the occurrence of an act or omission which could give
rise to the imposition on Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any
of their respective ERISA Affiliates of fines, penalties, taxes or
related charges under
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Chapter 43 of the Internal
Revenue Code or under Section 409, Section 502(c),
(i) or (l), or Section 4071 of ERISA in respect of any
Employee Benefit Plan; (ix) the assertion of a material claim
(other than routine claims for benefits) against any Employee
Benefit Plan other than a Multiemployer Plan or the assets thereof,
or against Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their
respective ERISA Affiliates in connection with any Employee Benefit
Plan; (x) receipt from the Internal Revenue Service of notice
of the failure of any Pension Plan (or any other Employee Benefit
Plan intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the
Internal Revenue Code) to qualify under Section 401(a) of the
Internal Revenue Code, or the failure of any trust forming part of
any Pension Plan to qualify for exemption from taxation under
Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code; or (xi) the
imposition of a Lien pursuant to Section 401(a)(29) or 412(n)
of the Internal Revenue Code or pursuant to ERISA with respect to
any Pension Plan.
“Eurodollar Rate
Loan” means a Revolving Loan bearing interest at a rate
determined by reference to the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate.
“Event of
Default” means each of the conditions or events set forth
in Section 8.1.
“Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
“Excluded
Properties” means the properties located at 404 Third
Avenue, NW, Aliceville, Alabama and 1311 Woodmount, Tuscumbie,
Alabama, collectively.
“Existing First Lien
Credit Agreement” as defined in the recitals
hereto.
“Facility”
means any real property (including all buildings, fixtures or other
improvements located thereon) now, hereafter or heretofore owned,
leased, operated or used by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or
any of their respective predecessors or Affiliates.
“Fair
Share” as defined in Section 7.2.
“Fair Share
Contribution Amount” as defined in
Section 7.2.
“Federal Funds
Effective Rate” means for any day, the rate per annum
(expressed, as a decimal, rounded upwards, if necessary, to the
next higher 1/100 of 1%) equal to the weighted average of the rates
on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal
Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as
published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business
Day next succeeding such day; provided , (i) if such
day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day
shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding
Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day,
and (ii) if no such rate is so published on such next
succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall
be the average rate charged to Administrative Agent, in its
capacity as a Lender, on such day on such transactions as
determined by Administrative Agent.
“Fee
Letter” means the Letter Agreement, dated the Closing
Date, among Borrower, Arranger and Administrative Agent.
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“Financial
Covenants” means the covenants set forth in
Section 6.7 of the First Lien Term Credit Agreement and any
covenants in replacement thereof (or otherwise based upon
Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ financial performance)
included in any refinancing of the Indebtedness under the First
Lien Term Credit Agreement permitted under this Agreement and the
Intercreditor Agreement.
“Financial Officer
Certification” means, with respect to the financial
statements for which such certification is required, the
certification of the chief financial officer or (if such officer
has been duly appointed in accordance with the Organizational
Documents of Borrower) the chief accounting officer of Borrower
that such financial statements fairly present, in all material
respects, the financial condition of Borrower and its Subsidiaries
as at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and
their cash flows for the periods indicated, subject to changes
resulting from audit and normal year-end adjustments.
“First Lien Term
Administrative Agent” means the “Administrative
Agent” as defined in the First Lien Term Credit
Agreement.
“First Lien Term
Credit Agreement” means the Amended and Restated First
Lien Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of March 8, 2007,
as amended and restated as of May 20, 2008, by and among the
Credit Parties, the lenders party thereto from time to time,
Wilmington Trust Company, as Administrative Agent, and Deutsche
Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral Agent.
“First Lien Term
Credit Documents” means the “Credit
Documents” as defined in the First Lien Term Credit
Agreement.
“First Lien Term
Loans” means term loans in an aggregate principal amount
of $626,700,000 outstanding on the Closing Date under the First
Lien Term Credit Agreement.
“First
Priority” means, with respect to any Lien purported to be
created in any Collateral pursuant to any Collateral Document, that
such Lien is the only Lien to which such Collateral is subject,
other than any Permitted Lien.
“Fiscal
Quarter” means each 13 week period after the end of the
Fiscal Year except the last period in Fiscal Year 2007 and in
Fiscal Year 2012, which shall be a 14 week period.
“Fiscal
Year” means any 52 week period ending on the first Sunday
following December 30, except for 2007 and 2012, respectively,
which shall be a 53 week period ending January 6, 2008 and
January 6, 2013, respectively (as set forth in Schedule 1
hereto); references to a Fiscal Year with a number corresponding to
any calendar year ( e.g. , the “ 2007 Fiscal
Year ”) refer to the Fiscal Year ending on the first
Sunday following December 30 of such calendar year.
“Flood Hazard
Property” means any Real Estate Asset subject to a
mortgage in favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the
Secured Parties, and located in an area designated by the Federal
Emergency Management Agency as having special flood or mud slide
hazards.
“Foreign
Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic
Subsidiary.
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“Funding
Default” as defined in Section 2.18.
“Funding
Guarantors” as defined in Section 7.2.
“Funding
Notice” means a notice substantially in the form of
Exhibit A-1.
“GAAP”
means, subject to the limitations on the application thereof set
forth in Section 1.2, United States generally accepted
accounting principles in effect as of the date of determination
thereof.
“Game
Crazy” means the Borrower’s business, operations
and locations, including www.gamecrazy.com, which, taken together,
constitutes the Borrower’s “Game Crazy” business
segment, and shall include all Equity Interests of any Subsidiary
owning Game Crazy assets and properties and the assets and
properties (tangible and intangible, real and personal) related to,
or used in connection with, such segment. The “Game
Crazy” segment includes the business, operations and
locations within Hollywood Video stores as well as freestanding
locations.
“ Game Crazy IPO
” means any underwritten public offering by Borrower of its
and any other Credit Party’s common Equity Interests in a
Subsidiary formed to hold all the Game Crazy assets and properties
pursuant to a registration statement filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission in accordance with the Securities
Act.
“Governmental
Acts” means any act or omission, whether rightful or
wrongful, of any present or future de jure or de facto government
or Governmental Authority.
“Governmental
Authority” means any federal, state, municipal, national
or other government, governmental department, commission, board,
bureau, court, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision
thereof or any entity, officer or examiner exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or
pertaining to any government or any court, in each case whether
associated with a state of the United States, the United States, or
a foreign entity or government.
“Governmental
Authorization” means any permit, license, authorization,
plan, directive, consent order or consent decree of or from any
Governmental Authority.
“Grantor”
as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement.
“Guaranteed
Obligations” as defined in Section 7.1.
“Guarantor” means each of Borrower and each
Domestic Subsidiary of Borrower (including, the Real Estate
Guarantors) and, at the election of Borrower and upon compliance
with Section 5.10, Movie Gallery Canada.
“Guarantor
Subsidiary” means each Guarantor other than
Borrower.
“Guaranty”
means the guaranty of each Guarantor set forth in
Section 7.
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“Hazardous
Materials” means any chemical, material or substance,
exposure to which is prohibited, limited or regulated by any
Governmental Authority or which may or could pose a hazard to the
health and safety of the owners, occupants or any Persons in the
vicinity of any Facility or to the indoor or outdoor
environment.
“Hazardous Materials
Activity” means any past, current, proposed or threatened
activity, event or occurrence involving any Hazardous Materials,
including the use, manufacture, possession, storage, holding,
presence, existence, location, Release, threatened Release,
discharge, placement, generation, transportation, processing,
construction, treatment, abatement, removal, remediation, disposal,
disposition or handling of any Hazardous Materials, and any
corrective action or response action with respect to any of the
foregoing.
“Hedge
Agreement” means an Interest Rate Agreement or a Currency
Agreement entered into with a Lender Counterparty and satisfactory
to Administrative Agent.
“Highest Lawful
Rate” means the maximum lawful interest rate, if any,
that at any time or from time to time may be contracted for,
charged, or received under the laws applicable to any Lender which
are presently in effect or, to the extent allowed by law, under
such applicable laws which may hereafter be in effect and which
allow a higher maximum nonusurious interest rate than applicable
laws now allow.
“Historical
Financial Statements” means as of the Closing Date,
(i) the audited financial statements of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, for the Fiscal Years ended January 1, 2006 and
December 31, 2006, consisting of balance sheets and the
related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’
equity and cash flows for such Fiscal Years, (ii) the
unaudited financial statements of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as
at the most recent Fiscal Quarter ending 45 days or more prior to
the Closing Date, consisting of a balance sheet and the related
consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity
and cash flows for the three-, six-or nine- fiscal month period, as
applicable, ending on such date, and (iii) the unaudited
financial statements of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the
most recent fiscal month ending 30 days or more prior to the
Closing Date, consisting of a balance sheet and related
consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity
and cash flows for such month; and, in the case of clauses (i),
(ii) and (iii), certified by the chief financial officer of
Borrower that they fairly present, in all material respects, the
financial condition of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the
dates indicated and the results of their operations and their cash
flows for the periods indicated, subject to changes resulting from
audit and normal year-end adjustments.
“Inactive
Entities” means (a) the following entities in which
Movie Gallery US, LLC, a Guarantor, has an ownership interest as of
the Closing Date: DVDStation, Inc. and Echo, LLC; and (b) the
following entity in which Borrower and Movie Gallery US, LLC, a
Guarantor, have an ownership interest as of the Closing Date: Movie
Gallery Mexico Inc., S. de R.L. de C.V.
“Increased-Cost
Lenders” as defined in Section 2.19.
“Indebtedness” , as applied to any Person,
means, without duplication, (i) all indebtedness for borrowed
money; (ii) that portion of obligations with respect to
Capital Leases
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that is properly classified
as a liability on a balance sheet in conformity with GAAP;
(iii) notes payable and drafts accepted representing
extensions of credit whether or not representing obligations for
borrowed money; (iv) any obligation owed for all or any part
of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding
any such obligations incurred under ERISA), which purchase price is
(a) due more than six months from the date of incurrence of
the obligation in respect thereof or (b) evidenced by a note
or similar written instrument; (v) all indebtedness secured by
any Lien on any property or asset owned or held by that Person
regardless of whether the indebtedness secured thereby shall have
been assumed by that Person or is nonrecourse to the credit of that
Person; (vi) the face amount of any letter of credit issued
for the account of that Person or as to which that Person is
otherwise liable for reimbursement of drawings;
(vii) Disqualified Equity Interests, (viii) the direct or
indirect guaranty, endorsement (otherwise than for collection or
deposit in the ordinary course of business), co-making, discounting
with recourse or sale with recourse by such Person of the
obligation of another; (ix) any obligation of such Person the
primary purpose or intent of which is to provide assurance to an
obligee that the obligation of the obligor thereof will be paid or
discharged, or any agreement relating thereto will be complied
with, or the holders thereof will be protected (in whole or in
part) against loss in respect thereof; (x) any liability of
such Person for an obligation of another through any agreement
(contingent or otherwise) (a) to purchase, repurchase or
otherwise acquire such obligation or any security therefor, or to
provide funds for the payment or discharge of such obligation
(whether in the form of loans, advances, stock purchases, capital
contributions or otherwise) or (b) to maintain the solvency or
any balance sheet item, level of income or financial condition of
another if, in the case of any agreement described under subclauses
(a) or (b) of this clause (x), the primary purpose or
intent thereof is as described in clause (ix) above; and
(xi) all obligations of such Person in respect of any exchange
traded or over the counter derivative transaction, including any
Interest Rate Agreement and Currency Agreement, whether entered
into for hedging or speculative purposes; provided , in no
event shall (x) obligations under any Interest Rate Agreement
and any Currency Agreement be deemed “Indebtedness” for
any purpose under Section 6.7 and (y)(A) deferred compensation
arrangements or, (B) severance obligations payable over time
be deemed to be “Indebtedness” hereunder.
“Indemnified
Liabilities” means, collectively, any and all
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages (including natural
resource damages), penalties, claims (including Environmental
Claims), actions, judgments, suits, costs (including the costs of
any investigation, study, sampling, testing, abatement, cleanup,
removal, remediation or other response action necessary to remove,
remediate, clean up or abate any Hazardous Materials Activity),
expenses and disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever
(including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for
Indemnitees in connection with any investigative, administrative or
judicial proceeding or hearing commenced or threatened by any
Person, whether or not any such Indemnitee shall be designated as a
party or a potential party thereto (it being agreed that, such
counsel fees and expenses shall be limited to one primary counsel,
and any additional special and local counsel in each appropriate
jurisdiction, for the Indemnitees, except in the case of actual or
potential conflicts of interest between or among the Indemnitees),
and any fees or expenses incurred by Indemnitees in enforcing this
indemnity), whether direct, indirect or consequential and whether
based on any federal, state or foreign laws, statutes, rules or
regulations (including securities and commercial laws, statutes,
rules or regulations and Environmental Laws), on common law or
equitable cause or on contract or otherwise, that may be imposed
on, incurred by, or asserted against any such Indemnitee, in any
manner relating to or arising out of (i) this
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Agreement or the other Credit
Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby
(including the Lenders’ agreement to make Credit Extensions
or the use or intended use of the proceeds thereof, or any
enforcement of any of the Credit Documents (including any sale of,
collection from, or other realization upon any of the Collateral or
the enforcement of the Guaranty)); (ii) the statements
contained in the commitment letter delivered by any Lender to
Borrower with respect to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement; or (iii) any Environmental Claim or any Hazardous
Materials Activity relating to or arising from, directly or
indirectly, any past or present activity, operation, land
ownership, or practice of Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries.
“Indemnitee” as defined in
Section 10.3.
“Intellectual
Property” as defined in the Pledge and Security
Agreement.
“Intellectual
Property Asset” means, at the time of determination, any
interest (fee, license or otherwise) then owned by any Credit Party
in any Intellectual Property.
“Intellectual
Property Security Agreements” has the meaning assigned to
that term in the Pledge and Security Agreement.
“Intercompany
Note” means a promissory note substantially in the form
of Exhibit L evidencing Indebtedness owed among the Credit Parties
and their Subsidiaries.
“ Intercreditor
Agreement ” means that certain Amended and Restated
Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of March 8, 2007, as amended
and restated as of the Closing Date, among the Collateral Agent,
Borrower and the Second Lien Collateral Agent.
“Interest Payment
Date” means with respect to (i) any Revolving Loan
that is a Base Rate Loan, the last day of each calendar month of
each year, commencing on the first such date to occur after the
Closing Date and the final maturity date of such Revolving Loan;
and (ii) any Revolving Loan that is a Eurodollar Rate Loan,
the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Revolving
Loan.
“Interest
Period” means, in connection with a Eurodollar Rate Loan,
an interest period of one month, as selected by Borrower in the
applicable Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice,
(i) initially, commencing on the Credit Date or
Conversion/Continuation Date thereof, as the case may be; and
(ii) thereafter, commencing on the day on which the
immediately preceding Interest Period expires; provided ,
(a) if an Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that
is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall expire on the
next succeeding Business Day unless no further Business Day occurs
in such month, in which case such Interest Period shall expire on
the immediately preceding Business Day; (b) any Interest
Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or
on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the
calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall, subject
to clause (c) of this definition, end on the last Business Day
of a calendar month; and (c) no Interest Period shall extend
beyond the Revolving Commitment Termination Date.
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“Interest Rate
Agreement” means any interest rate swap agreement,
interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement,
interest rate hedging agreement or other similar agreement or
arrangement, each of which is for the purpose of hedging the
interest rate exposure associated with Borrower’s and its
Subsidiaries’ operations and not for speculative
purposes.
“Interest Rate
Determination Date” means, with respect to any Interest
Period, the date that is two Business Days prior to the first day
of such Interest Period.
“Internal Revenue
Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
to the date hereof and from time to time hereafter, and any
successor statute.
“ Inventory
” means all of each of the Credit Parties’ present and
hereafter acquired inventory (as defined in the UCC) and including,
without limitation, all merchandise, inventory and goods, and all
additions, substitutions and replacements thereof, wherever
located, together with all goods and materials used or usable in
manufacturing, processing, packaging or shipping same in all stages
of production from raw materials through work-in-process to
finished goods and all proceeds thereof of whatever
sort.
“Investment” means (i) any direct or
indirect purchase or other acquisition by Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries of, or of a beneficial interest in, any of the
Securities of any other Person (other than a Guarantor Subsidiary);
(ii) any direct or indirect redemption, retirement, purchase
or other acquisition for value, by any Subsidiary of Borrower from
any Person (other than Borrower or any Guarantor Subsidiary), of
any Equity Interests of such Person; and (iii) any direct or
indirect loan, advance (other than advances to employees for
moving, entertainment and travel expenses, drawing accounts and
similar expenditures in the ordinary course of business) or capital
contributions by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to any other
Person (other than Borrower or any Guarantor Subsidiary), including
all indebtedness and accounts receivable from that other Person
that are not current assets or did not arise from sales to that
other Person in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any
Investment shall be the original cost of such Investment plus the
cost of all additions thereto, without any adjustments for
increases or decreases in value, or write-ups, write-downs or
write-offs with respect to such Investment.
“Joint
Venture” means a joint venture, partnership or other
similar arrangement, whether in corporate, partnership or other
legal form; provided , in no event shall any corporate
Subsidiary of any Person be considered to be a Joint Venture to
which such Person is a party.
“Kiosk
Program” means the installation of movie rental kiosks in
various retail and other locations.
“Landlord Personal
Property Collateral Access Agreement” means a Landlord
Waiver and Consent Agreement substantially in the form of
Exhibit K with such amendments, restatements or modifications
as may be approved by Collateral Agent.
“Leasehold
Property” means any leasehold interest of any Credit
Party as lessee under any lease of real property.
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“Lender”
means the parties hereto designated as “Lenders” on the
signature pages hereto and any other Person that becomes a party
hereto pursuant to an Assignment Agreement.
“Lender
Counterparty” means each Lender or any Affiliate of a
Lender counterparty to a Hedge Agreement (including any Person who
is a Lender (and any Affiliate thereof) as of the Closing Date but
subsequently, whether before or after entering into a Hedge
Agreement, ceases to be a Lender and any Person who enters into a
Hedge Agreement in connection with the transactions contemplated by
the Credit Documents prior to the Closing Date and is a Lender as
of the Closing Date), including each such Affiliate that enters
into a joinder agreement with Collateral Agent and the
Administrative Agent.
“Lien”
means (i) any lien, mortgage, pledge, assignment, security
interest, charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any
agreement to give any of the foregoing, any conditional sale or
other title retention agreement, and any lease or license in the
nature thereof) and any option, trust or other preferential
arrangement having the practical effect of any of the foregoing and
(ii) in the case of Securities, any purchase option, call or
similar right of a third party with respect to such
Securities.
“Margin
Stock” as defined in Regulation U of the Board of
Governors as in effect from time to time.
“Material Adverse
Effect” means a material adverse effect on and/or
material adverse developments with respect to (i) the
business, operations, properties, assets or condition (financial or
otherwise) or prospects of Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a
whole; (ii) the ability of the Credit Parties, taken as a
whole, to fully and timely perform their Obligations;
(iii) the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability
against a Credit Party of a Credit Document to which it is a party;
or (iv) the rights, remedies and benefits available to, or
conferred upon, any Agent and any Lender or any Secured Party under
any Credit Document; provided , that (A) no Disclosed
Matter shall constitute a Material Adverse Effect, (B) the
occurrence of any matters described on Schedule 4.8 hereto shall
not constitute a Material Adverse Effect and (C) the Cases,
implementation of the Plan (including the components thereof) and
emergence from Chapter 11, shall not be the basis of a Material
Adverse Effect.
“Material
Contract” means any contract or other arrangement to
which Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a party (other than
the Credit Documents) for which breach, nonperformance,
cancellation or failure to renew could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
“Material Real
Estate Asset” means (i) (a) any fee-owned Real
Estate Asset having a fair market value in excess of $250,000 as of
the date of the acquisition thereof and (b) all Leasehold
Properties other than those with respect to which the aggregate
payments under the remaining term of the lease are less than
$750,000 or (ii) any Real Estate Asset that the Requisite
Lenders have determined is material to the business, operations,
properties, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects
of Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investor
Services, Inc.
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“Mortgage”
means a Mortgage substantially in the form of Exhibit J, as it
may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time.
“Movie Gallery
Canada” means Movie Gallery Canada, Inc., a wholly-owned
Subsidiary of Borrower organized under the laws of the Province of
New Brunswick.
“Multiemployer
Plan” means any Employee Benefit Plan which is a
“multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 3(37)
of ERISA.
“NAIC”
means The National Association of Insurance Commissioners, and any
successor thereto.
“Narrative
Report” means (a) with respect to the financial
statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(b) and
Section 5.1(c), a narrative report describing the
operations of Borrower and its Subsidiaries which report meets the
requirements of Item 303 of Regulation S-K promulgated under
the Securities Act for the applicable Fiscal Quarter or Fiscal Year
and for the period from the beginning of the then current Fiscal
Year to the end of such period to which such financial statements
relate, and (b) with respect to the financial statements
delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(a), a narrative report
prepared on a basis consistent with, and setting forth the same
types of information as set forth in, the monthly financial
statement reporting package delivered to Administrative Agent prior
to the Closing Date.
“ Net Retail
Liquidation Value ” means the value of Inventory that is
estimated to be receivable in an orderly “going out of
business” sale, as determined from time to time by an
appraisal company selected by the Administrative Agent after
consultation with the Borrower.
“Nonpublic
Information” means information which has not been
disseminated in a manner making it available to investors
generally, within the meaning of Regulation FD.
“Non-Core
Assets” means the following assets of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries which are not essential or material to the conduct
of the businesses of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries:
(i) aircraft of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries,
(ii) the “Reel.com” assets, (iii) the
“Rack Division” assets, (iv) the iBlast division
assets, (v) the assets and/or Equity Interests of MG
Automation, Inc. and MG Digital, Inc., (vi) the “Movie
Beam” assets, (vii) owned real estate on the Closing
Date and (viii) other assets which are not essential or
material to the conduct of the businesses of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries to the extent that the value of each such asset,
individually, does not exceed $100,000, and the value of all such
assets, in the aggregate, does not exceed $500,000 in any Fiscal
Year.
“Non-US
Lender” as defined in Section 2.19(c).
“Notice”
means a Funding Notice or a Conversion/ Continuation
Notice.
“Obligations” means all obligations of every
nature of each Credit Party, including obligations from time to
time owed to the Agents (including former Agents), the Lenders or
any of them and Lender Counterparties, under any Credit Document or
Hedge Agreement, whether for principal, interest (including
interest which, but for the filing of a petition in bankruptcy with
respect to such Credit Party, would have accrued on any
Obligation,
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whether or not a claim is
allowed against such Credit Party for such interest in the related
bankruptcy proceeding), payments for early termination of Hedge
Agreements, fees, expenses, indemnification or
otherwise.
“Obligee
Guarantor” as defined in Section 7.7.
“Organizational
Documents” means (i) with respect to any
corporation, its certificate or articles of incorporation or
organization, as amended, and its by-laws, as amended,
(ii) with respect to any limited partnership, its certificate
of limited partnership, as amended, and its partnership agreement,
as amended, (iii) with respect to any general partnership, its
partnership agreement, as amended, and (iv) with respect to
any limited liability company, its articles of organization, as
amended, and its operating agreement, as amended. In the event any
term or condition of this Agreement or any other Credit Document
requires any Organizational Document to be certified by a secretary
of state or similar governmental official, the reference to any
such “Organizational Document” shall only be to a
document of a type customarily certified by such governmental
official.
“Patriot
Act” as defined in Section 3.1(s).
“PBGC”
means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor
thereto.
“Pension
Plan” means any Employee Benefit Plan, other than a
Multiemployer Plan, which is subject to Section 412 of the
Internal Revenue Code or Section 302 of ERISA.
“Permitted
Acquisition” means any acquisition by Borrower or any of
its wholly-owned Subsidiaries, whether by purchase, merger or
otherwise, of all or substantially all of the assets of, all of the
Equity Interests of, or a business line or unit or a division of,
any Person; provided ,
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immediately prior to, and after giving effect thereto, no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
or would result therefrom; |
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all transactions in connection therewith shall be consummated,
in all material respects, in accordance with all applicable laws
and in conformity with all applicable Governmental
Authorizations; |
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in the case of the acquisition of Equity Interests, all of the
Equity Interests (except for any such Securities in the nature of
directors’ qualifying shares required pursuant to applicable
law) acquired or otherwise issued by such Person or any newly
formed Subsidiary of Borrower in connection with such acquisition
shall be owned 100% by Borrower or a Guarantor Subsidiary thereof,
and Borrower shall have taken, or caused to be taken, as of the
date such Person becomes a Subsidiary of Borrower, each of the
actions set forth in Sections 5.10 and/or 5.11, as
applicable; |
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Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be in compliance with the
financial covenants set forth in Section 6.7 on a pro forma
basis after giving effect to such acquisition as of the last day of
the Fiscal Quarter most recently ended (as determined in accordance
with Section 6.7(e)); |
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Borrower shall have delivered to Administrative Agent
(A) at least 10 Business Days prior to such proposed
acquisition, (i) a Compliance Certificate evidencing
compliance with Section 6.7 as required under clause (iv)
above and (ii) all other relevant financial information with
respect to such acquired assets, including the aggregate
consideration for such acquisition and any other information
required to demonstrate compliance with Section 6.7 and
(B) promptly upon request by Administrative Agent, (i) a
copy of the purchase agreement related to the proposed Permitted
Acquisition (and any related documents reasonably requested by
Administrative Agent) and (ii) quarterly and annual financial
statements of the Person whose Equity Interests or assets are being
acquired for the twelve month (12) month period immediately
prior to such proposed Permitted Acquisition, including any audited
financial statements that are available; |
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any Person or assets or division as acquired in accordance
herewith (y) shall be in same business or lines of business in
which Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries are engaged as of the
Closing Date or any business reasonably related thereto or a
reasonable extension thereof and (z) shall have generated
positive cash flow for the four quarter period most recently ended
prior to the date of such acquisition; and |
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the aggregate unused portion of the Revolving Commitments at
such time (after giving effect to the consummation of the
respective Permitted Acquisition and any financing thereof) shall
equal or exceed $50,000,000. |
“Permitted
Liens” means each of the Liens permitted pursuant to
Section 6.2.
“Person”
means and includes natural persons, corporations, limited
partnerships, general partnerships, limited liability companies,
limited liability partnerships, joint stock companies, Joint
Ventures, associations, companies, trusts, banks, trust companies,
land trusts, business trusts or other organizations, whether or not
legal entities, and Governmental Authorities.
“Plan” as
defined in the recitals hereto.
“Plan Effective
Date” means the “Effective Date” as defined
in the Plan.
“Platform”
as defined in Section 5.1(p).
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“Pledge and Security
Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Pledge and
Security Agreement, dated as of March 8, 2007, as amended and
restated as of the Closing Date, to be executed by Borrower and
each Guarantor substantially in the form of Exhibit I, as it
may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time.
“Prime
Rate” means the rate of interest quoted in The Wall
Street Journal , Money Rates Section as the Prime Rate
(currently defined as the base rate on corporate loans posted by at
least 75% of the nation’s thirty (30) largest banks), as
in effect from time to time. The Prime Rate is a reference rate and
does not necessarily represent the lowest or best rate actually
charged to any customer. Agent or any other Lender may make
commercial loans or other loans at rates of interest at, above or
below the Prime Rate.
“Principal
Office” means, for each of Administrative Agent and
Collateral Agent, such person’s “Principal
Office” as set forth on Appendix B, or such other office or
office of a third party or sub-agent, as appropriate, as such
person may from time to time designate in writing to Borrower and
each Lender.
“Projections” as defined in
Section 4.8.
“Pro Rata
Share” means with respect each Lender, the percentage
obtained by dividing (a) the Revolving Exposure of that Lender
by (b) the aggregate Revolving Exposure of all
Lenders.
“Real Estate
Asset” means, at any time of determination, any interest
(fee, leasehold or otherwise) then owned by any Credit Party in any
real property.
“Real Estate
Guarantors” means M.G.A. Realty I, LLC and MG Automation
LLC, each individually a Real Estate Guarantor, together with their
successors and assigns, including any trustee or other fiduciary
hereafter appointed as legal representative on behalf of such
person or on behalf of any such successor or assign.
“Register”
as defined in Section 2.4(b).
“Regulation D” means Regulation D
of the Board of Governors, as in effect from time to
time.
“Regulation
FD” means Regulation FD as promulgated by the US
Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act and
Exchange Act as in effect from time to time.
“Related
Fund” means, with respect to any Lender that is an
investment fund, any other investment fund that invests in
commercial loans and that is managed or advised by the same
investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such
investment advisor.
“Release”
means any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, pouring,
injection, escaping, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal,
dumping, leaching or migration of any Hazardous Material into the
indoor or outdoor environment (including the abandonment or
disposal of any barrels, containers or other closed receptacles
containing any Hazardous Material), including the movement of any
Hazardous Material through the air, soil, surface water or
groundwater.
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“Rental
Items” means video cassette tapes, digital versatile disc
(DVD) or video discs (regardless of format), video games,
audiotapes and related equipment to the extent that such items were
acquired by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries for sale or rental
to their customers or are held by Borrower or such Subsidiary for
sale or rental to their customers.
“Replacement
Lender” as defined in Section 2.19.
“Requisite
Lenders” means one or more Lenders having or holding
Revolving Exposure and representing more than 50% of the aggregate
Revolving Exposure of all Lenders.
“Restricted Junior
Payment” means (i) any dividend or other
distribution, direct or indirect, on account of any shares of any
class of stock of Borrower now or hereafter outstanding, except a
dividend payable solely in shares of that class of stock to the
holders of that class; (ii) any redemption, retirement,
sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for
value, direct or indirect, of any shares of any class of stock of
Borrower now or hereafter outstanding; (iii) any payment made
to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants,
options or other rights to acquire shares of any class of stock of
Borrower now or hereafter outstanding; and (iv) any payment or
prepayment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, or
redemption, purchase, retirement, defeasance (including
in-substance or legal defeasance), sinking fund or similar payment,
or any other payment (other than principal or interest), with
respect to the Indebtedness outstanding under the Second Lien
Credit Agreement and any other Indebtedness which is subordinated
in right of payment to the Obligations.
“Revolving
Commitment” means the commitment of a Lender to make or
otherwise fund any Revolving Loan 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 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) the third anniversary of the Closing Date,
(ii) the date the Revolving Commitments are permanently
reduced to zero pursuant to Section 2.9(b), and (iii) 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 of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the
Revolving Loans of that Lender.
“Revolving
Loan” means a loan made by a Lender to Borrower pursuant
to Section 2.1(a).
“Revolving 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.
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“S&P”
means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, a division of
The McGraw Hill Corporation.
“Seasonal
Overadvance Facility” means the letter of credit
procurement facility provided by Arranger substantially on the
terms set forth in the Letter of Credit Facility Agreement dated as
of May 20, 2008, between Arranger and the Borrower which
permits the Borrower to request letters of credit in an aggregate
face amount of not more than $25,000,000, and which Indebtedness
thereunder shall be unsecured.
“Second Lien
Collateral Agent” means the “Collateral
Agent” as defined in the Second Lien Credit
Agreement.
“Second Lien Credit
Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Second Lien
Term Loan and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of March 8, 2007,
as amended and restated as of the Closing Date, among Borrower,
certain Subsidiaries of Borrower, and the agents and lenders party
thereto, as such may be amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with this
Agreement.
“Second Lien Credit
Documents” means the “Credit Documents” as
defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.
“Second Lien Term
Loans” means term loans in an aggregate principal amount
of $117,141,029.56 outstanding on the Closing Date under the Second
Lien Credit Agreement.
“Secured
Parties” has the meaning assigned to that term in the
Pledge and Security Agreement.
“Securities” means any stock, shares,
partnership interests, voting trust certificates, certificates of
interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement or
arrangement, options, warrants, bonds, debentures, notes, or other
evidences of indebtedness, secured or unsecured, convertible,
subordinated or otherwise, or in general any instruments commonly
known as “securities” or any certificates of interest,
shares or participations in temporary or interim certificates for
the purchase or acquisition of, or any right to subscribe to,
purchase or acquire, any of the foregoing.
“Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from
time to time, and any successor statute.
“Solvency
Certificate” means a Solvency Certificate of the chief
financial officer of Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit
G-2.
“Solvent”
means, with respect to any Credit Party, that as of the date of
determination, determined on a going concern basis, both
(i) (a) the sum of such Credit Party’s debt
(including contingent liabilities) does not exceed the present fair
saleable value of such Credit Party’s present assets;
(b) such Credit Party’s capital is not unreasonably
small in relation to its business as contemplated on the Closing
Date and reflected in the Projections or with respect to any
transaction contemplated or undertaken after the Closing Date; and
(c) such Person has not incurred and does not intend to incur,
or believe (nor should it reasonably believe)
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that it will incur, debts
beyond its ability to pay such debts as they become due (whether at
maturity or otherwise); and (ii) such Person is
“solvent” within the meaning given that term and
similar terms under the Bankruptcy Code and applicable laws
relating to fraudulent transfers and conveyances. For purposes of
this definition, the amount of any contingent liability at any time
shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all of the facts
and circumstances existing at such time, including such Credit
Party’s rights to contribution, indemnification and
reimbursement, represents the amount that can reasonably be
expected to become an actual or matured liability (irrespective of
whether such contingent liabilities meet the criteria for accrual
under Statement of Financial Accounting Standard
No. 5).
“Sopris”
means Sopris Capital Advisors LLC together with its co-investors as
of the Closing Date, and their Affiliates.
“Specified Equity
Contribution” means the proceeds received by the Borrower
from Sopris in connection with the issuance by the Borrower of
additional Equity Interest to Sopris, which proceeds are applied
and/or used by the Borrower and the other Credit Parties in a
manner required or not prohibited by the terms of this
Agreement.
“Subject
Transaction” as defined in
Section 6.7(f).
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any
Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company,
association, joint venture or other business entity of which more
than 50% of the total voting power of shares of stock or other
ownership interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of
any contingency) to vote in the election of the Person or Persons
(whether directors, managers, trustees or other Persons performing
similar functions) having the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies thereof is at the time
owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one
or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination
thereof; provided , in determining the percentage of
ownership interests of any Person controlled by another Person, no
ownership interest in the nature of a “qualifying
share” of the former Person shall be deemed to be
outstanding.
“Tax”
means any present or future tax, levy, impost, duty, assessment,
charge, fee, deduction or withholding of any nature and whatever
called, by whomsoever, on whomsoever and wherever imposed, levied,
collected, withheld or assessed; provided , “Tax on
the overall net income” of a Person shall be construed as a
reference to a tax imposed by the jurisdiction in which that Person
is organized or in which that Person’s applicable principal
office (and/or, in the case of a Lender, its lending office) is
located or in which that Person (and/or, in the case of a Lender,
its lending office) is deemed to be doing business on all or part
of the net income, profits or gains (whether worldwide, or only
insofar as such income, profits or gains are considered to arise in
or to relate to a particular jurisdiction, or otherwise) of that
Person (and/or, in the case of a Lender, its applicable lending
office).
“Terminated
Lender” as defined in Section 2.19.
“Title
Policy” as defined in Section 3.1(g).
“Total Utilization
of Revolving Commitments” means, as at any date of
determination, the sum of the aggregate principal amount of all
outstanding Revolving Loans.
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“Type of
Loan” means a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Rate
Loan.
“UCC”
means the Uniform Commercial Code (or any similar or equivalent
legislation) as in effect in any applicable
jurisdiction.
“ U.S. Lender
” as defined in Section 2.19(c).
1.2. Accounting Terms.
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all accounting terms
not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to
them in conformity with GAAP. Financial statements and other
information required to be delivered by Borrower to Lenders
pursuant to Section 5.1(b) and 5.1(c) shall be prepared in
accordance with GAAP as in effect at the time of such preparation
(and delivered together with the reconciliation statements provided
for in Section 5.1(e), if applicable). Subject to the
foregoing, calculations in connection with the definitions,
covenants and other provisions hereof shall utilize accounting
principles and policies in conformity with those used to prepare
the Historical Financial Statements. If at any time any change in
GAAP (or a change in the application of the policies thereof) would
affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set
forth in any Credit Document, and Borrower or Requisite Lenders
shall so request, Administrative Agent, Requisite Lenders and
Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or
requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of
such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of Requisite Lenders),
provided that, until so amended, such ratio or requirement shall
continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such
change therein and Borrower shall provide to Administrative Agent
and Lenders reconciliation statements provided for in
Section 5.1(e).
1.3. Interpretation,
etc. Any of the terms defined herein may, unless the context
otherwise requires, be used in the singular or the plural,
depending on the reference. References herein to any Section,
Appendix, Schedule or Exhibit shall be to a Section, an Appendix, a
Schedule or an Exhibit, as the case may be, hereof unless otherwise
specifically provided. The use herein of the word
“include” or “including”, when following
any general statement, term or matter, shall not be construed to
limit such statement, term or matter to the specific items or
matters set forth immediately following such word or to similar
items or matters, whether or not non-limiting language (such as
“without limitation” or “but not limited
to” or words of similar import) is used with reference
thereto, but rather shall be deemed to refer to all other items or
matters that fall within the broadest possible scope of such
general statement, term or matter. The terms lease and license
shall include sub-lease and sub-license, as applicable.
1.4. Timing of Payment or
Performance When the payment of any obligation or the
performance of any covenant, duty or obligation is stated to be due
or performance required on a day that is not a Business Day, the
date of such payment or performance shall extend to the immediately
succeeding Business Day and such extension of time shall be
reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be;
provided , that with respect to any payment of interest on
or principal of Eurodollar Rate Loans, if such extension would
cause any such payment to be made on the next succeeding calendar
month, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding
Business Day.
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SECTION 2. REVOLVING
LOANS
2.1. Revolving Loans and
Commitments.
(a) Revolving
Commitments . During the Revolving Commitment Period, subject
to the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender severally agrees to
make Revolving Loans to Borrower 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 the lesser of:
(i) the Borrowing Base;
and
(ii) the Revolving
Commitments then in effect.
Amounts borrowed pursuant to this
Section 2.1(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
$500,000 and integral multiples of $250,000 in excess of that
amount, and Revolving Loans that are Eurodollar 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 Borrower
desires that Lenders make Revolving Loans, Borrower shall deliver
to Administrative 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 Eurodollar 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 Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be
irrevocable on and after the related Interest Rate Determination
Date, and Borrower shall be bound to make a borrowing in accordance
therewith.
(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
Administrative Agent to each applicable Lender by telefacsimile
with reasonable promptness, but (provided Administrative 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
Administrative Agent’s receipt of such Notice from
Borrower.
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(iv) Each Lender shall make
the amount of its Revolving Loan available to Administrative 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, at the
Principal Office designated by Administrative Agent. Except as
provided herein, upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions
precedent specified herein, Administrative Agent shall make the
proceeds of such Revolving Loans available to Borrower 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 Administrative Agent from Lenders to be credited to the account
of Borrower at the Principal Office designated by Administrative
Agent or such other account as may be designated in writing to
Administrative Agent by Borrower.
2.2. Pro Rata Shares;
Availability of Funds.
(a) Pro Rata Shares .
All Revolving Loans shall be made 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
Revolving Loan requested hereunder or purchase a participation
required hereby nor shall 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 Revolving Loan
requested hereunder or purchase a participation required
hereby.
(b) Availability of
Funds . Unless Administrative Agent shall have been notified by
any Lender prior to the applicable Credit Date that such Lender
does not intend to make available to Administrative Agent the
amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loan requested on such
Credit Date, Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has
made such amount available to Administrative Agent on such Credit
Date and Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, but
shall not be obligated to, make available to Borrower a
corresponding amount on such Credit Date. If such corresponding
amount is not in fact made available to Administrative Agent by
such Lender, Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such
corresponding amount on demand from such Lender together with
interest thereon, for each day from such Credit Date until the date
such amount is paid to Administrative Agent, at the customary rate
set by Administrative Agent for the correction of errors among
banks for three Business Days and thereafter at the Base Rate. If
such Lender does not pay such corresponding amount forthwith upon
Administrative Agent’s demand therefor, Administrative Agent
shall promptly notify Borrower and Borrower shall immediately pay
such corresponding amount to Administrative Agent together with
interest thereon, for each day from such Credit Date until the date
such amount is paid to Administrative Agent, at the rate payable
hereunder for the applicable Revolving Loans.
2.3. Use of Proceeds.
The proceeds of the Revolving Loans made on the Closing Date shall
be applied by the Borrower to fund the transactions contemplated by
the Plan, including the refinancing of the DIP Credit Facility
Obligations, and the payment of administrative fees and other fees
and expenses relating to the Debtors’ exit from Chapter 11
bankruptcy protection, and to pay certain other fees and expenses
relating to the credit facilities established hereunder. The
proceeds of the Revolving Loans made after the Closing Date shall
be applied by Borrower for working capital and general corporate
purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. No portion of the
proceeds of any Credit Extension shall be used in any manner that
causes or might cause such Credit Extension or the application of
such proceeds to violate Regulation T, Regulation U or
Regulation X of the Board of Governors or any other regulation
thereof or to violate the Exchange Act.
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2.4. Evidence of Debt;
Register; Lenders’ Books and Records; Revolving Loan
Notes.
(a) Lenders’
Evidence of Debt . Each Lender shall maintain on its internal
records an account or accounts evidencing the Obligations of
Borrower to such Lender, including the amounts of the Revolving
Loans made by it and each repayment and prepayment in respect
thereof. Any such recordation shall be conclusive and binding on
Borrower, absent manifest error; provided , that the failure
to make any such recordation, or any error in such recordation,
shall not affect any Lender’s Revolving Commitments or
Borrower’s Obligations in respect of any applicable Revolving
Loans; and provided further , in the event of any
inconsistency between the Register and any Lender’s records,
the recordations in the Register shall govern.
(b) Register .
Administrative Agent (or its agent or sub-agent appointed by it)
shall maintain at the Principal Office a register for the
recordation of the names and addresses of Lenders, the Revolving
Commitments and Revolving Loans of each from time to time (the
“Register” ). The Register shall be available
for inspection by Borrower, any Lender (with respect to any entry
relating to such Lender’s Revolving Loans at any reasonable
time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
Administrative Agent shall record, or shall cause to be recorded,
in the Register the Revolving Commitments and the Revolving Loans
of each Lender in accordance with the provisions of
Section 10.6, and each repayment or prepayment in respect of
the principal amount of the Revolving Loans and any such
recordation shall be conclusive and binding on Borrower and each
Lender, absent manifest error; provided , failure to make
any such recordation, or any error in such recordation, shall not
affect any Lender’s Revolving Commitments or Borrower’s
Obligations in respect of any Revolving Loan. Borrower hereby
designates Administrative Agent to serve as Borrower’s agent
solely for purposes of maintaining the Register as provided in this
Section 2.4, and Borrower hereby agrees that, to the extent
Administrative Agent serves in such capacity, Administrative Agent
and its officers, directors, employees, agents, sub-agents and
affiliates shall constitute “Indemnitees.”
(c) Revolving Loan
Notes . If so requested by any Lender by written notice to
Borrower (with a copy to Administrative Agent) at least two
Business Days prior to the Closing Date, or at any time thereafter,
Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender (and/or, if
applicable and if so specified in such notice, to any Person who is
an assignee of such Lender pursuant to Section 10.6) on the
Closing Date (or, if such notice is delivered after the Closing
Date, promptly after Borrower’s receipt of such notice) a
Revolving Loan Note to evidence such Lender’s Revolving
Loan.
2.5. Interest on Revolving
Loans.
(a) Except as otherwise set
forth herein, each Revolving 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 1.5% ; or
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(ii) if a Eurodollar Rate
Loan, at the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate plus 3.0%;
(b) The basis for determining
the rate of interest with respect to any Revolving Loan, and the
Interest Period with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, shall be
selected by Borrower and notified to Administrative Agent and
Lenders pursuant to the applicable Funding Notice or
Conversion/Continuation Notice, as the case may be. If on any day a
Revolving Loan is outstanding with respect to which a Funding
Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice has not been delivered to
Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms hereof specifying
the applicable basis for determining the rate of interest, then for
that day such Revolving Loan shall be a Base Rate Loan.
(c) In connection with
Eurodollar Rate Loans there shall be no more than five
(5) Interest Periods outstanding at any time. In the event
Borrower fails to specify between a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar
Rate Loan in the applicable Funding Notice or
Conversion/Continuation Notice, such Revolving Loan (if outstanding
as a Eurodollar Rate Loan) will be automatically converted into a
Base Rate Loan on the last day of the then-current Interest Period
for such Revolving Loan (or if outstanding as a Base Rate Loan will
remain as, or (if not then outstanding) will be made as, a Base
Rate Loan). In the event Borrower fails to specify an Interest
Period for any Eurodollar Rate Loan in the applicable Funding
Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice, Borrower shall be deemed
to have selected an Interest Period of one month. As soon as
practicable after 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on each Interest
Rate Determination Date, Administrative Agent shall determine
(which determination shall, absent manifest error, be final,
conclusive and binding upon all parties) the interest rate that
shall apply to the Eurodollar Rate Loans for which an interest rate
is then being determined for the applicable Interest Period and
shall promptly give notice thereof (in writing or by telephone
confirmed in writing) to Borrower and each Lender.
(d) Interest payable pursuant
to Section 2.5(a) shall be computed (i) in the case of
Base Rate Loans on the basis of a 365-day or 366-day year, as the
case may be, and (ii) in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, on
the basis of a 360-day year, in each case for the actual number of
days elapsed in the period during which it accrues. In computing
interest on any Revolving Loan, the date of the making of such
Revolving Loan or the first day of an Interest Period applicable to
such Revolving Loan, with respect to a Base Rate Loan being
converted from a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the date of conversion of
such Eurodollar Rate Loan to such Base Rate Loan, as the case may
be, shall be included, and the date of payment of such Revolving
Loan or the expiration date of an Interest Period applicable to
such Revolving Loan or, with respect to a Base Rate Loan being
converted to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the date of conversion of such
Base Rate Loan to such Eurodollar Rate Loan, as the case may be,
shall be excluded; provided , if a Revolving Loan is repaid
on the same day on which it is made, one day’s interest shall
be paid on that Revolving Loan.
(e) Except as otherwise set
forth herein, interest on each Revolving Loan (i) shall accrue
on a daily basis and shall be payable in arrears on each Interest
Payment Date with respect to interest accrued on and to each such
payment date; (ii) shall accrue on a daily basis and shall be
payable in arrears upon any prepayment of that Revolving Loan,
whether voluntary or mandatory, to the extent accrued on the amount
being prepaid; and (iii) shall accrue on a daily
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basis and shall be payable in
arrears at maturity of the Revolving Loans, including final
maturity of the Revolving Loans; provided , however, with
respect to any voluntary prepayment of a Base Rate Loan, accrued
interest shall instead be payable on the applicable Interest
Payment Date.
2.6.
Conversion/Continuation.
(a) Subject to
Section 2.14 and so long as no Default or Event of Default
shall have occurred and then be continuing, Borrower shall have the
option:
(i) to convert at any time
all or any part of any Revolving Loan equal to $5,000,000 and
integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount from one
Type of Loan to another Type of Loan; provided, a Eurodollar Rate
Loan may only be converted on the expiration of the Interest Period
applicable to such Eurodollar Rate Loan unless Borrower shall pay
all amounts due under Section 2.14 in connection with any such
conversion; or
(ii) upon the expiration of
any Interest Period applicable to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, to
continue all or any portion of such Loan equal to $5,000,000 and
integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount as a
Eurodollar Rate Loan.
Borrower shall deliver a
Conversion/Continuation Notice to Administrative Agent no later
than 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) at least one Business Day in
advance of the proposed conversion date (in the case of a
conversion to a Base Rate Loan) and at least three Business Days in
advance of the proposed conversion/continuation date (in the case
of a conversion to, or a continuation of, a Eurodollar Rate Loan).
Except as otherwise provided herein, a Conversion/Continuation
Notice for conversion to, or continuation of, any Eurodollar Rate
Loans (or telephonic notice in lieu thereof) shall be irrevocable
on and after the related Interest Rate Determination Date, and
Borrower shall be bound to effect a conversion or continuation in
accordance therewith.
2.7. Default Interest
The principal amount of all Revolving Loans outstanding and not
paid when due and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any
interest payments on the Revolving Loans or any fees or other
amounts owed hereunder and not paid when due, shall thereafter bear
interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under
the Bankruptcy Code or other applicable bankruptcy laws) payable on
demand at a rate that is 2% per annum in excess of the
interest rate otherwise payable hereunder with respect to the
applicable Revolving Loans (or, in the case of any such fees and
other amounts, at a rate which is 2% per annum in excess of
the interest rate otherwise payable hereunder for Base Rate Loans);
provided , in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, upon the
expiration of the Interest Period in effect at the time any such
increase in interest rate is effective such Eurodollar Rate Loans
shall thereupon become Base Rate Loans and shall thereafter bear
interest payable upon demand at a rate which is 2% per annum
in excess of the interest rate otherwise payable hereunder for Base
Rate Loans. Payment or acceptance of the increased rates of
interest provided for in this Section 2.7 is not a permitted
alternative to timely payment and shall not constitute a waiver of
any Event of Default or otherwise prejudice or limit any rights or
remedies of Collateral Agent, Administrative Agent or any
Lender.
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2.8. Fees.
(a) In addition to the fees
or other payments due under the Fee Letter, Borrower agrees to pay
to Lenders commitment fees equal to (1) the average of the
daily difference between (a) the Revolving Commitments and
(b) the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding
Revolving Loans, times (2) 0.375% per annum. All fees
referred to in this Section 2.8(a) shall be paid to
Administrative Agent at its Principal Office and upon receipt,
Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute to each Lender its
Pro Rata Share thereof.
(b) All fees referred to in
Section 2.8(a) shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day
year and the actual number of days elapsed and shall be payable
quarterly in arrears on
March 31, June 30, September 30 and
December 31 of each year during the Revolving Commitment
Period, commencing on the first such date to occur after the
Closing Date, and on the Revolving Commitment Termination
Date.
2.9. Voluntary
Prepayments/Commitment Reductions.
(a) Voluntary
Prepayments .
(i) Any time and from time to
time:
(1) with respect to Base Rate
Loans, Borrower may prepay any such Revolving Loans on any Business
Day in whole or in part, in an aggregate minimum amount of
$1,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that
amount (or, if less, the then remaining outstanding balance
thereof); and
(2) with respect to
Eurodollar Rate Loans, Borrower may prepay any such Loans on any
Business Day in whole or in part in an aggregate minimum amount of
$1,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that
amount (or, if less, the then remaining outstanding balance
thereof).
(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
Business Days’ prior written or telephonic notice in the case
of Eurodollar Rate Loans.
in each case given to Administrative
Agent, by 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date required and,
if given by telephone, promptly confirmed in writing to
Administrative Agent (and Administrative Agent will promptly
transmit such telephonic or original notice for
Revolving
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Loans by telefacsimile or telephone to
each Lender). Upon the giving of any such notice, the principal
amount of the Revolving Loans specified in such notice shall become
due and payable on the prepayment date specified therein. Any such
voluntary prepayment shall be applied as specified in
Section 2.11(a), and shall be without penalty or premium of
any kind, except to the extent of breakage and other costs
specifically provided for under this Agreement.
(b) Voluntary Commitment
Reductions .
(i) Borrower may, upon not
less than three Business Days’ prior written or telephonic
notice confirmed in writing to Administrative Agent (which original
written or telephonic notice Administrative Agent will promptly
transmit by telefacsimile or telephone to each applicable Lender),
at any time and from time to time terminate in whole or permanently
reduce in part, without premium or penalty, the Revolving
Commitments in an amount up to the amount by which the Revolving
Commitments exceed the Total Utilization of Revolving Commitments
at the time of such proposed termination or reduction;
provided , any such partial reduction of the Revolving
Commitments shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of $1,000,000
and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that
amount.
(ii) Borrower’s notice
to Administrative Agent shall designate the date (which shall be a
Business Day) of such termination or reduction and the amount of
any partial reduction, and such termination or reduction of the
Revolving Commitments shall be effective on the date specified in
Borrower’s notice and shall reduce the Revolving Commitment
of each Lender proportionately to its Pro Rata Share
thereof.
2.10. Mandatory
Prepayments. In the event that at any time the Total
Utilization of Revolving Commitments shall exceed the lesser of
(i) the Borrowing Base and (ii) the aggregate Revolving
Commitments, Borrower shall immediately make a payment to the
Administrative Agent in the amount of such excess.
2.11. Application of
Prepayments. Subject to Section 2.12(h), any prepayment of
any Revolving Loan pursuant to Section 2.9(a) shall be applied
as follows:
first , to repay
outstanding Base Rate Loans to the full extent thereof;
and
second , to repay
outstanding Eurodollar Rate Loans to the full extent
thereof.
2.12. General Provisions
Regarding Payments.
(a) All payments by Borrower
of principal, interest, fees and other Obligations shall be made in
Dollars in same day funds, without defense, setoff or counterclaim,
free of any restriction or condition, and delivered to
Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time)
on the date due at the Principal Office designated by
Administrative Agent for the account of Lenders; for purposes of
computing interest and fees, funds received by Administrative Agent
after that time on such due date shall be deemed to have been paid
by Borrower on the next succeeding Business Day.
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(b) All payments in respect
of the principal amount of any Revolving Loan (other than voluntary
prepayments) shall be accompanied by payment of accrued interest on
the principal amount being repaid or prepaid, and all such payments
(and, in any event, any payments in respect of any Revolving Loan
on a date when interest is due and payable with respect to such
Revolving Loan) shall be applied to the payment of interest then
due and payable before application to principal.
(c) Administrative Agent (or
its agent or sub-agent appointed by it) shall promptly distribute
to each Lender at such address as such Lender shall indicate in
writing, such Lender’s applicable Pro Rata Share of all
payments and prepayments of principal and interest due hereunder,
together with all other amounts due thereto, including all fees
payable with respect thereto, to the extent received by
Administrative Agent.
(d) Notwithstanding the
foregoing provisions hereof, if any Conversion/ Continuation Notice
is withdrawn as to any Affected Lender or if any Affected Lender
makes Base Rate Loans in lieu of its Pro Rata Share of any
Eurodollar Rate Loans, Administrative Agent shall give effect
thereto in apportioning payments received thereafter.
(e) Subject to the provisos
set forth in the definition of “Interest Period” as
they may apply to Revolving Loans, whenever any payment to be made
hereunder with respect to any Revolving Loan shall be stated to be
due on a day that is not a Business Day, such payment shall be made
on the next succeeding Business Day and such extension of time
shall be included in the computation of the payment of interest
hereunder or of the Revolving Commitment fees hereunder.
(f) Borrower hereby
authorizes Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent to charge
Borrower’s accounts with Administrative Agent and Collateral
Agent in order to cause timely payment to be made to Administrative
Agent and Collateral Agent of all principal, interest, fees and
expenses due hereunder (subject to sufficient funds being available
in its accounts for that purpose).
(g) Administrative Agent
shall deem any payment by or on behalf of Borrower hereunder that
is not made in same day funds prior to 12:00 p.m. (New York City
time) to be a non-conforming payment. Any such payment shall not be
deemed to have been received by Administrative Agent until the
later of (i) the time such funds become available funds, and
(ii) the applicable next Business Day. Administrative Agent
shall give prompt notice to Borrower and each applicable Lender
(confirmed in writing) if any payment is non-conforming. Any
non-conforming payment may constitute or become a Default or Event
of Default in accordance with the terms of Section 8.1(a).
Interest shall continue to accrue on any principal as to which a
non-conforming payment is made until such funds become available
funds (but in no event less than the period from the date of such
payment to the next succeeding applicable Business Day) at the rate
determined pursuant to Section 2.7 from the date such amount
was due and payable until the date such amount is paid in
full.
(h) If an Event of Default
shall have occurred and not otherwise been waived and the maturity
of the Obligations shall have been accelerated pursuant to
Section 8.1, or any Event of Default under Section 8.1(f)
or (g) shall have occurred, or as to any mandatory
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prepayments under
Section 2.10 at any time an Event of Default shall have
occurred and not otherwise been waived in accordance with the terms
hereof, then, in each case, all payments or proceeds received by
Agents hereunder in respect of any of the Obligations, shall be
applied in accordance with the application arrangements described
in Section 7.2 of the Pledge and Security
Agreement.
2.13. Ratable Sharing.
Lenders hereby agree among themselves that if any of them shall,
whether by voluntary payment (other than a voluntary prepayment of
Revolving Loans made and applied in accordance with the terms
hereof), through the exercise of any right of set-off or
banker’s Lien, by counterclaim or cross action or by the
enforcement of any right under the Credit Documents or otherwise,
or as adequate protection of a deposit treated as cash collateral
under the Bankruptcy Code, receive payment or reduction of a
proportion of the aggregate amount of principal, interest, fees and
other amounts then due and owing to such Lender hereunder or under
the other Credit Documents (collectively, the “Aggregate
Amounts Due” to such Lender) which is greater than the
proportion received by any other Lender in respect of the Aggregate
Amounts Due to such other Lender, then the Lender receiving such
proportionately greater payment shall (a) notify
Administrative Agent and each other Lender of the receipt of such
payment and (b) apply a portion of such payment to purchase
participations (which it shall be deemed to have purchased from
each seller of a participation simultaneously upon the receipt by
such seller of its portion of such payment) in the Aggregate
Amounts Due to the other Lenders so that all such recoveries of
Aggregate Amounts Due shall be shared by all Lenders in proportion
to the Aggregate Amounts Due to them; provided , if all or
part of such proportionately greater payment received by such
purchasing Lender is thereafter recovered from such Lender upon the
bankruptcy or reorganization of Borrower or otherwise, those
purchases shall be rescinded and the purchase prices paid for such
participations shall be returned to such purchasing Lender ratably
to the extent of such recovery, but without interest. Borrower
expressly consents to the foregoing arrangement and agrees that any
holder of a participation so purchased may exercise any and all
rights of banker’s lien, set-off or counterclaim with respect
to any and all monies owing by Borrower to that holder with respect
thereto as fully as if that holder were owed the amount of the
participation held by that holder.
2.14. Making or
Maintaining Eurodollar Rate Loans.
(a) Inability to Determine
Applicable Interest Rate . In the event that Administrative
Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be final and
conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto), on any Interest
Rate Determination Date with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Loans,
that by reason of circumstances affecting the London interbank
market adequate and fair means do not exist for ascertaining the
interest rate applicable to such Revolving Loans on the basis
provided for in the definition of Adjusted Eurodollar Rate,
Administrative Agent shall on such date give notice (by
telefacsimile or by telephone confirmed in writing) to Borrower and
each Lender of such determination, whereupon (i) no Revolving
Loans may be made as, or converted to, Eurodollar Rate Loans until
such time as Administrative Agent notifies Borrower and Lenders
that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist,
and (ii) any Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice
given by Borrower with respect to the Revolving Loans in respect of
which such determination was made shall be deemed to be a Funding
Notice for or Conversion/Continuation Notice into Base Rate
Loans.
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(b) Illegality or
Impracticability of Eurodollar Rate Loans . In the event that
on any date any Lender shall have determined (which determination
shall be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto
but shall be made only after consultation with Borrower and
Administrative Agent) that the making, maintaining or continuation
of its Eurodollar Rate Loans (i) has become unlawful as a
result of compliance by such Lender in good faith with any law,
treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order (or would
conflict with any such treaty, governmental rule, regulation,
guideline or order not having the force of law even though the
failure to comply therewith would not be unlawful), or
(ii) has become impracticable, as a result of contingencies
occurring after the date hereof which materially and adversely
affect the London interbank market or the position of such Lender
in that market, then, and in any such event, such Lender shall be
an “Affected Lender” and it shall on that day
give notice (by telefacsimile or by telephone confirmed in writing)
to Borrower and Administrative Agent of such determination (which
notice Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each other
Lender). Thereafter (1) the obligation of the Affected Lender
to make Revolving Loans as, or to convert Revolving Loans to,
Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended until such notice shall be
withdrawn by the Affected Lender, (2) to the extent such
determination by the Affected Lender relates to a Eurodollar Rate
Loan then being requested by Borrower pursuant to a Funding Notice
or a Conversion/Continuation Notice, the Affected Lender shall make
such Revolving Loan as (or continue such Revolving Loan as or
convert such Revolving Loan to, as the case may be) a Base Rate
Loan, (3) the Affected Lender’s obligation to maintain
its outstanding Eurodollar Rate Loans (the “Affected
Loans” ) shall be terminated at the earlier to occur of
the expiration of the Interest Period then in effect with respect
to the Affected Loans or when required by law, and (4) the
Affected Loans shall automatically convert into Base Rate Loans on
the date of such termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the
extent a determination by an Affected Lender as described above
relates to a Eurodollar Rate Loan then being requested by Borrower
pursuant to a Funding Notice or a Conversion/Continuation Notice,
Borrower shall have the option, subject to the provisions of
Section 2.14(c), to rescind such Funding Notice or
Conversion/Continuation Notice as to all Lenders by giving notice
(by telefacsimile or by telephone confirmed in writing) to
Administrative Agent of such rescission on the date on which the
Affected Lender gives notice of its determination as described
above (which notice of rescission Administrative Agent shall
promptly transmit to each other Lender). Except as provided in the
immediately preceding sentence, nothing in this
Section 2.14(b) shall affect the obligation of any Lender
other than an Affected Lender to make or maintain Revolving Loans
as, or to convert Revolving Loans to, Eurodollar Rate Loans in
accordance with the terms hereof.
(c) Compensation for
Breakage or Non-Commencement of Interest Periods . Borrower
shall compensate each Lender, upon written request by such Lender
(which request shall set forth the basis for requesting such
amounts), for all reasonable losses, expenses and liabilities
(including any interest paid by such Lender to Lenders of funds
borrowed by it to make or carry its Eurodollar Rate Loans and any
loss, expense or liability sustained by such Lender in connection
with the liquidation or re-employment of such funds but excluding
loss of anticipated profits) which such Lender may sustain:
(i) if for any reason (other than a default by such Lender or
a rescission pursuant to Section 2.14(b)) a borrowing of any
Eurodollar Rate Loan does not occur on a date specified therefor in
a Funding Notice or a telephonic request for borrowing, or a
conversion to or continuation of any Eurodollar Rate Loan does not
occur on a date specified therefor in a Conversion/Continuation
Notice or a telephonic request for conversion or continuation;
(ii) if any prepayment or other principal payment of, or any
conversion of, any of
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its Eurodollar Rate Loans
occurs on a date prior to the last day of an Interest Period
applicable to that Revolving Loan; or (iii) if any prepayment
of any of its Eurodollar Rate Loans is not made on any date
specified in a notice of prepayment given by Borrower.
(d) Booking of Eurodollar
Rate Loans . Any Lender may make, carry or transfer Eurodollar
Rate Loans at, to, or for the account of any of its branch offices
or the office of an Affiliate of such Lender.
(e) Assumptions Concerning
Funding of Eurodollar Rate Loans . Calculation of all amounts
payable to a Lender under this Section 2.14 and under
Section 2.15 shall be made as though such Lender had actually
funded each of its relevant Eurodollar Rate Loans through the
purchase of a Eurodollar deposit bearing interest at the rate
obtained pursuant to clause (i) of the definition of Adjusted
Eurodollar Rate in an amount equal to the amount of such Eurodollar
Rate Loan and having a maturity comparable to the relevant Interest
Period and through the transfer of such Eurodollar deposit from an
offshore office of such Lender to a domestic office of such Lender
in the United States of America; provided , however ,
each Lender may fund each of its Eurodollar Rate Loans in any
manner it sees fit and the foregoing assumptions shall be utilized
only for the purposes of calculating amounts payable under this
Section 2.14 and under Section 2.15.
2.15. Increased Costs;
Capital Adequacy.
(a) Compensation For
Increased Costs and Taxes . Subject to the provisions of
Section 2.16 (which shall be controlling with respect to the
matters covered thereby), in the event that any Lender) shall
determine (which determination shall, absent manifest error, be
final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto) that any
law, treaty or governmental rule, regulation or order, or any
change therein or in the interpretation, administration or
application thereof (including the introduction of any new law,
treaty or governmental rule, regulation or order), or any
determination of a court or Governmental Authority, in each case
that becomes effective after the date hereof, or compliance by such
Lender with any guideline, request or directive issued or made
after the date hereof by any central bank or other governmental or
quasi-governmental authority (whether or not having the force of
law): (i) subjects such Lender (or its applicable lending
office) to any additional Tax (other than any Tax on the overall
net income of such Lender) with respect to this Agreement or any of
the other Credit Documents or any of its obligations hereunder or
thereunder or any payments to such Lender (or its applicable
lending office) of principal, interest, fees or any other amount
payable hereunder; (ii) imposes, modifies or holds applicable
any reserve (including any marginal, emergency, supplemental,
special or other reserve), special deposit, compulsory loan, FDIC
insurance or similar requirement against assets held by, or
deposits or other liabilities in or for the account of, or advances
or loans by, or other credit extended by, or any other acquisition
of funds by, any office of such Lender (other than any such reserve
or other requirements with respect to Eurodollar Rate Loans that
are reflected in the definition of Adjusted Eurodollar Rate); or
(iii) imposes any other condition (other than with respect to
a Tax matter) on or affecting such Lender (or its applicable
lending office) or its obligations hereunder or the London
interbank market; and the result of any of the foregoing is to
increase the cost to such Lender of agreeing to make, making or
maintaining Revolving Loans hereunder, or to reduce any amount
received or receivable by such Lender (or its applicable lending
office) with respect thereto; then, in any such case,
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Borrower shall promptly pay
to such Lender, upon receipt of the statement referred to in the
next sentence, such additional amount or amounts (in the form of an
increased rate of, or a different method of calculating, interest
or otherwise as such Lender in its sole discretion shall determine)
as may be necessary to compensate such Lender for any such
increased cost or reduction in amounts received or receivable
hereunder. Such Lender shall deliver to Borrower (with a copy to
Administrative Agent) a written statement, setting forth in
reasonable detail the basis for calculating the additional amounts
owed to such Lender under this Section 2.15(a), which
statement shall be conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto
absent manifest error.
(b) Capital Adequacy
Adjustment . In the event that any Lender shall have determined
that the adoption, effectiveness, phase-in or applicability after
the Closing Date of any law, rule or regulation (or any provision
thereof) regarding capital adequacy, or any change therein or in
the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental
Authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the
interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by any
Lender (or its applicable lending office) with any guideline,
request or directive regarding capital adequacy (whether or not
having the force of law) of any such Governmental Authority,
central bank or comparable agency, has or would have the effect of
reducing the rate of return on the capital of such Lender or any
corporation controlling such Lender as a consequence of, or with
reference to, such Lender’s Revolving Loans, Revolving
Commitments or other obligations hereunder with respect to the
Revolving Loans to a level below that which such Lender or such
controlling corporation could have achieved but for such adoption,
effectiveness, phase-in, applicability, change or compliance
(taking into consideration the policies of such Lender or such
controlling corporation with regard to capital adequacy), then from
time to time, within five Business Days after receipt by Borrower
from such Lender of the statement referred to in the next sentence,
Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts
as will compensate such Lender or such controlling corporation on
an after-tax basis for such reduction. Such Lender shall deliver to
Borrower (with a copy to Administrative Agent) a written statement,
setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for calculating the
additional amounts owed to Lender under this Section 2.15(b),
which statement shall be conclusive and binding upon all parties
hereto absent manifest error.
(c) Notice . Failure
or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation for any
increased costs or reduction in amounts received or receivable or
reduction in return on capital shall not constitute a waiver of
such Lender’s right to demand such compensation;
provided that Borrower shall not be under any obligation to
compensate any Lender under paragraph (a) or (b) of this
Section 2.15 with respect to increased costs or reductions
with respect to any period prior to the date that is 180 days prior
to the date of the delivery of the statement required pursuant to
paragraph (a) or (b); provided further that the
foregoing limitation shall not apply to any increased costs or
reductions arising out of the retroactive application of any change
in any law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation or order within
such 180-day period.
2.16. Taxes; Withholding,
etc.
(a) Payments to Be Free
and Clear . All sums payable by any Credit Party hereunder and
under the other Credit Documents shall (except to the extent
required by law) be paid free and clear of, and without any
deduction or withholding on account of, any Tax (other
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than a Tax on the overall net
income of any Lender) imposed, levied, collected, withheld or
assessed by or within the United States of America or any political
subdivision in or of the United States of America or any other
jurisdiction from or to which a payment is made by or on behalf of
any Credit Party or by any federation or organization of which the
United States of America or any such jurisdiction is a member at
the time of payment.
(b) Withholding of
Taxes . If any Credit Party or any other Person is required by
law to make any deduction or withholding on account of any such Tax
from any sum paid or payable by any Credit Party to Administrative
Agent or any Lender under any of the Credit Documents:
(i) Borrower shall notify Administrative Agent of any such
requirement or any change in any such requirement as soon as
Borrower becomes aware of it; (ii) Borrower shall pay any such
Tax before the date on which penalties attach thereto, such payment
to be made (if the liability to pay is imposed on any Credit Party)
for its own account or (if that liability is imposed on
Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be) on behalf
of and in the name of Administrative Agent or such Lender;
(iii) the sum payable by such Credit Party in respect of which
the relevant deduction, withholding or payment is required shall be
increased to the extent necessary to ensure that, after the making
of that deduction, withholding or payment, Administrative Agent or
such Lender, as the case may be, receives on the due date a net sum
equal to what it would have received had no such deduction,
withholding or payment been required or made; and (iv) within
thirty days after paying any sum from which it is required by law
to make any deduction or withholding, and within thirty days after
the due date of payment of any Tax which it is required by clause
(ii) above to pay, Borrower shall deliver to Administrative
Agent evidence satisfactory to the other affected parties of such
deduction, withholding or payment and of the remittance thereof to
the relevant taxing or other authority; provided , no such
additional amount shall be required to be paid to any Lender under
clause (iii) above except to the extent that any change after
the date hereof (in the case of each Lender on the Closing Date) or
after the effective date of the Assignment Agreement pursuant to
which such Lender became a Lender (in the case of each other
Lender) in any such requirement for a deduction, withholding or
payment as is mentioned therein shall result in an increase in the
rate of such deduction, withholding or payment from that in effect
at the date hereof or at the date of such Assignment Agreement, as
the case may be, in respect of payments to such Lender.
(c) Evidence of Exemption
From U.S. Withholding Tax . Each Lender that is not a United
States Person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30)
of the Internal Revenue Code) for U.S. federal income tax purposes
(a “Non-US Lender” ) shall deliver to
Administrative Agent for transmission to Borrower, on or prior to
the Closing Date (in the case of each Lender on the Closing Date)
or on or prior to the date of the Assignment Agreement pursuant to
which it becomes a Lender (in the case of each other Lender), and
at such other times as may be necessary in the determination of
Borrower or Administrative Agent (each in the reasonable exercise
of its discretion), (i) two original copies of Internal
Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI (or any successor forms),
properly completed and duly executed by such Lender, and such other
documentation required under the Internal Revenue Code and
reasonably requested by Borrower to establish that such Lender is
not subject to deduction or withholding of United States federal
income tax with respect to any payments to such Lender of
principal, interest, fees or other amounts payable under any of the
Credit Documents, or (ii) if such Lender is not a
“bank” or other Person described in
Section 881(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and cannot
deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI pursuant to
clause (i) above, a
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Certificate re Non-Bank
Status together with two original copies of Internal Revenue
Service Form W-8BEN (or any successor form), properly completed and
duly executed by such Lender, and such other documentation required
under the Internal by Borrower to establish that such Lender is not
subject to deduction or withholding of United States federal income
tax with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest payable
under any of the Credit Documents. Each Lender that is a United
States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30)
of the Internal Revenue Code) for United States federal income tax
purposes (a “ U.S. Lender ”) shall deliver to
Administrative Agent and Borrower on or prior to the Closing Date
(or, if later, on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes
a party to this Agreement) two original copies of Internal Revenue
Service Form W-9 (or any successor form), properly completed and
duly executed by such Lender, certifying that such U.S. Lender is
entitled to an exemption from United States backup withholding tax,
or otherwise prove that it is entitled to such an exemption. Each
Lender required to deliver any forms, certificates or other
evidence with respect to United States federal income tax
withholding matters pursuant to this Section 2.16(c) hereby
agrees, from time to time after the initial delivery by such Lender
of such forms, certificates or other evidence, whenever a lapse in
time or change in circumstances renders such forms, certificates or
other evidence obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, that
such Lender shall promptly deliver to Administrative Agent for
transmission to Borrower two new original copies of Internal
Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI , or a Certificate re
Non-Bank Status and two original copies of Internal Revenue Service
Form W-8BEN (or any successor form), as the case may be, properly
completed and duly executed by such Lender, and such other
documentation required under the Internal Revenue Code and
reasonably requested by Borrower to confirm or establish that such
Lender is not subject to deduction or withholding of United States
federal income tax with respect to payments to such Lender under
the Credit Documents, or notify Administrative Agent and Borrower
of its inability to deliver any such forms, certificates or other
evidence. Borrower shall not be required to pay any additional
amount to any Non-US Lender under Section 2.16(b)(iii) if such
Lender shall have failed (1) to deliver the forms,
certificates or other evidence referred to in the second sentence
of this Section 2.16(c), or (2) to notify Administrative
Agent and Borrower of its inability to deliver any such forms,
certificates or other evidence, as the case may be; provided
, if such Lender shall have satisfied the requirements of the first
sentence of this Section 2.16(c) on the Closing Date or on the
date of the Assignment Agreement pursuant to which it became a
Lender, as applicable, nothing in this last sentence of
Section 2.16(c) shall relieve Borrower of its obligation to
pay any additional amounts pursuant this Section 2.16 in the
event that, as a result of any change in any applicable law, treaty
or governmental rule, regulation or order, or any change in the
interpretation, administration or application thereof, such Lender
is no longer properly entitled to deliver forms, certificates or
other evidence at a subsequent date establishing the fact that such
Lender is not subject to withholding as described
herein.
2.17. Obligation to
Mitigate. Each Lender agrees that, as promptly as practicable
after the officer of such Lender responsible for administering its
Revolving Loans becomes aware of the occurrence of an event or the
existence of a condition that would cause such Lender to become an
Affected Lender or that would entitle such Lender to receive
payments under Section 2.14, 2.15 or 2.16, it will, to the
extent not inconsistent with the internal policies of such Lender
and any applicable legal or regulatory restrictions, use reasonable
efforts to (a) make, issue, fund or maintain its Credit
Extensions, including any Affected Loans, through another office of
such Lender, or (b) take such other measures as such Lender
may deem reasonable, if as
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a result thereof the circumstances which
would cause such Lender to be an Affected Lender would cease to
exist or the additional amounts which would otherwise be required
to be paid to such Lender pursuant to Section 2.14, 2.15 or
2.16 would be materially reduced and if, as determined by such
Lender in its sole discretion, the making, issuing, funding or
maintaining of such Revolving Commitments or Revolving Loans
through such other office or in accordance with such other
measures, as the case may be, would not otherwise adversely affect
such Revolving Commitments or Revolving Loans or the interests of
such Lender; provided , such Lender will not be obligated to
utilize such other office pursuant to this Section 2.17 unless
Borrower agrees to pay all incremental expenses incurred by such
Lender as a result of utilizing such other office as described
above. A certificate as to the amount of any such expenses payable
by Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.17 (setting forth in
reasonable detail the basis for requesting such amount) submitted
by such Lender to Borrower (with a copy to Administrative Agent)
shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
2.18. Defaulting
Lenders. Anything contained herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, in the event that any Lender, other than at the
direction or request of any regulatory agency or authority,
defaults (a “Defaulting Lender ”) in its
obligation to fund (a “Funding Default” ) any
Revolving Loan (in each case, a “Defaulted Loan”
), then (a) during any Default Period with respect to such
Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender shall be deemed not to be
a “Lender” for purposes of voting on any matters
(includ
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