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REVOLVING CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT

Guarantee Agreement

REVOLVING CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT | Document Parties: MOVIE GALLERY INC | Aspen Advisors LLC | BANK OF NEW YORK | COX EQUITY PARTNERS, LTD | DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY | ENTERASPEN LIMITED | Goldman Sachs Credit Partners LP | HOLLYWOOD ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION | MG AUTOMATION LLC | MGA REALTY I, LLC | Movie Gallery US, LLC | MOVIE GALLERY, INC | PACIF GP, LLC | PRIVATE ADVISORS, LLC | Sopris Capital Advisors LLC | Sopris Capital LLC | SOPRIS CAPITAL PARTNERS, LP | SPV DOS LLC | Synthetic LC | Wachovia Bank, National Association You are currently viewing:
This Guarantee Agreement involves

MOVIE GALLERY INC | Aspen Advisors LLC | BANK OF NEW YORK | COX EQUITY PARTNERS, LTD | DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY | ENTERASPEN LIMITED | Goldman Sachs Credit Partners LP | HOLLYWOOD ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION | MG AUTOMATION LLC | MGA REALTY I, LLC | Movie Gallery US, LLC | MOVIE GALLERY, INC | PACIF GP, LLC | PRIVATE ADVISORS, LLC | Sopris Capital Advisors LLC | Sopris Capital LLC | SOPRIS CAPITAL PARTNERS, LP | SPV DOS LLC | Synthetic LC | Wachovia Bank, National Association

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Title: REVOLVING CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT
Governing Law: New York     Date: 5/28/2008
Industry: Recreational Activities     Law Firm: Haynes Boone;Sonnenschein Nath;Kirkland Ellis     Sector: Services

REVOLVING CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT, Parties: movie gallery inc , aspen advisors llc , bank of new york , cox equity partners  ltd , deutsche bank trust company , enteraspen limited , goldman sachs credit partners lp , hollywood entertainment corporation , mg automation llc , mga realty i  llc , movie gallery us  llc , movie gallery  inc , pacif gp  llc , private advisors  llc , sopris capital advisors llc , sopris capital llc , sopris capital partners  lp , spv dos llc , synthetic lc , wachovia bank  national association
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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

 

     Page

SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

   2

1.1. Definitions

   2

1.2. Accounting Terms

   32

1.3. Interpretation, etc.

   32

1.4. Timing of Payment or Performance

   32

SECTION 2. REVOLVING LOANS

   33

2.1. Revolving Loans and Commitments

   33

2.2. Pro Rata Shares; Availability of Funds

   34

2.3. Use of Proceeds

   34

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

   35

2.5. Interest on Revolving Loans

   35

2.6. Conversion/Continuation

   37

2.7. Default Interest

   37

2.8. Fees

   38

2.9. Voluntary Prepayments/Commitment Reductions

   38

2.10. Mandatory Prepayments

   39

2.11. Application of Prepayments

   39

2.12. General Provisions Regarding Payments

   39

2.13. Ratable Sharing

   41

2.14. Making or Maintaining Eurodollar Rate Loans

   41

2.15. Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy

   43

2.16. Taxes; Withholding, etc.

   44

2.17. Obligation to Mitigate

   46

2.18. Defaulting Lenders

   47

2.19. Removal or Replacement of a Lender

   48

SECTION 3. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

   49

3.1. Closing Date

   49

3.2. Conditions to Each Credit Extension

   55

SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

   56

4.1. Organization; Requisite Power and Authority; Qualification

   56

4.2. Equity Interests and Ownership

   56

4.3. Due Authorization

   56

4.4. No Conflict

   56

4.5. Governmental Consents

   57

4.6. Binding Obligation

   57

4.7. Borrowing Base

   57

4.8. Historical Financial Statements and Projections

   58

4.9. No Material Adverse Change

   58

4.10. No Restricted Junior Payments

   58

4.11. Adverse Proceedings, etc.

   58

4.12. Payment of Taxes

   59

4.13. Properties

   59

 

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4.14. Environmental Matters

   59

4.15. No Defaults

   60

4.16. Material Contracts

   60

4.17. Governmental Regulation

   60

4.18. Margin Stock

   60

4.19. Employee Matters

   61

4.20. Employee Benefit Plans

   61

4.21. Certain Fees

   62

4.22. Solvency

   62

4.23. Compliance with Statutes, etc.

   62

4.24. Disclosure

   62

4.25. Patriot Act

   63

SECTION 5. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

   63

5.1. Financial Statements and Other Reports

   63

5.2. Existence

   68

5.3. Payment of Taxes and Claims

   68

5.4. Maintenance of Properties

   68

5.5. Insurance

   69

5.6. Books and Records; Inspections

   69

5.7. Lenders Meetings

   69

5.8. Compliance with Laws

   70

5.9. Environmental

   70

5.10. Subsidiaries

   71

5.11. Additional Material Real Estate Assets

   72

5.12. Interest Rate Protection

   72

5.13. Further Assurances

   72

5.14. Miscellaneous Covenants

   73

SECTION 6. NEGATIVE COVENANTS

   73

6.1. Indebtedness

   74

6.2. Liens

   76

6.3. No Further Negative Pledges; Negative Pledge

   78

6.4. Restricted Junior Payments

   78

6.5. Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions

   79

6.6. Investments

   80

6.7. Financial Covenants

   81

6.8. Fundamental Changes; Disposition of Assets; Acquisitions

   81

6.9. Disposal of Subsidiary Interests

   83

6.10. Sales and Lease-Backs

   83

6.11. Transactions with Shareholders and Affiliates.

   83

6.12. Conduct of Business

   84

6.13. Amendments or Waivers of Organizational Documents

   84

6.14. Amendments or Waivers of the Second Lien Credit Documents

   84

6.15. Amendments or Waivers of the First Lien Term Credit Documents

   84

6.16. Fiscal Year

   85

6.17. Real Estate Guarantors Covenants

   85

 

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SECTION 7. GUARANTY

   86

7.1. Guaranty of the Obligations

   86

7.2. Contribution by Guarantors

   87

7.3. Payment by Guarantors

   87

7.4. Liability of Guarantors Absolute

   88

7.5. Waivers by Guarantors

   90

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

   90

7.7. Subordination of Other Obligations

   91

7.8. Continuing Guaranty

   91

7.9. Authority of Guarantors or Borrower

   91

7.10. Financial Condition of Borrower

   91

7.11. Bankruptcy, etc.

   92

7.12. Discharge of Guaranty Upon Sale of Guarantor

   92

SECTION 8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT

   92

8.1. Events of Default

   92

SECTION 9. AGENTS

   95

9.1. Appointment of Agents

   95

9.2. Powers and Duties

   96

9.3. General Immunity

   96

9.4. Agents Entitled to Act as Lender

   97

9.5. Lenders’ Representations, Warranties and Acknowledgment

   98

9.6. Right to Indemnity

   98

9.7. Successor Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent

   98

9.8. Collateral Documents and Guaranty

   100

9.9. Intercreditor Agreement

   100

9.10. Withholding Taxes

   101

SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS

   101

10.1. Notices

   101

10.2. Expenses

   102

10.3. Indemnity

   103

10.4. Set-Off

   104

10.5. Amendments and Waivers

   104

10.6. Successors and Assigns; Participations

   106

10.7. Independence of Covenants

   110

10.8. Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements

   110

10.9. No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative

   110

10.10. Marshalling; Payments Set Aside

   110

10.11. Severability

   110

10.12. Obligations Several; Independent Nature of Lenders’ Rights

   110

10.13. Headings

   111

10.14. APPLICABLE LAW

   111

10.15. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION

   111

10.16. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

   111

10.17. Confidentiality

   112

10.18. Usury Savings Clause

   113

10.19. Counterparts

   113

 

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10.20. Effectiveness

   113

10.21. Patriot Act

   113

10.22. Electronic Execution of Assignments

   113

10.23. Post-Closing Actions

   114

10.24. No Fiduciary Duty

   114

 

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APPENDICES:

  A   

Revolving Commitments

  B   

Notice Addresses

SCHEDULES:

  1    Fiscal Years
  3.1(g)(i)    Closing Date Mortgaged Properties
  4.1    Jurisdictions of Organization and Qualification
  4.2    Equity Interests and Ownership
  4.8    Certain Disclosures
  4.13    Real Estate Assets
  4.16    Material Contracts
  6.1    Certain Indebtedness
  6.2    Certain Liens
  6.5    Certain Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions
  6.6    Certain Investments
  6.11    Certain Affiliate Transactions
  10.23    Post-Closing Actions

EXHIBITS:

  A-1   

Funding Notice

  A-2   

Conversion/Continuation Notice

  B   

Revolving Loan Note

  C   

Compliance Certificate

  D   

Borrowing Base Certificate

  E   

Assignment Agreement

  F   

Certificate Re Non-bank Status

  G-1   

Closing Date Certificate

  G-2   

Solvency Certificate

  H   

Counterpart Agreement

  I   

Pledge and Security Agreement

  J   

Mortgage

  K   

Landlord Waiver and Consent Agreement

  L   

Intercompany Note

 

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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 .

“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 ,

 

  (i) immediately prior to, and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom;

 

  (ii) all transactions in connection therewith shall be consummated, in all material respects, in accordance with all applicable laws and in conformity with all applicable Governmental Authorizations;

 

  (iii) in the case of the acquisition of Equity Interests, all of the Equity Interests (except for any such Securities in the nature of directors’ qualifying shares required pursuant to applicable law) acquired or otherwise issued by such Person or any newly formed Subsidiary of Borrower in connection with such acquisition shall be owned 100% by Borrower or a Guarantor Subsidiary thereof, and Borrower shall have taken, or caused to be taken, as of the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary of Borrower, each of the actions set forth in Sections 5.10 and/or 5.11, as applicable;

 

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  (iv) 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));

 

  (v) 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;

 

  (vi) 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

 

  (vii) 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:

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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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