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Exhibit
10.1
Execution Copy
CREDIT
AGREEMENT
Dated as of July 11,
2008
among
O’REILLY AUTOMOTIVE,
INC.,
as the Lead
Borrower
for
The Other Borrowers From Time
to Time Party Hereto,
The Guarantors From Time to
Time Party Hereto,
BANK OF AMERICA,
N.A.,
as Administrative Agent,
Collateral Agent,
Swing Line Lender and L/C
Issuer,
and
The Other Lenders From Time
to Time Party Hereto
LEHMAN COMMERCIAL PAPER
INC.,
as Syndication
Agent
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
N.A.
BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST
COMPANY and
GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL
CORPORATION,
as Co-Documentation
Agents
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES
LLC
and LEHMAN BROTHERS
INC.,
as Joint Lead
Arrangers
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES
LLC
LEHMAN BROTHERS
INC.
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES
INC.
BB&T CAPITAL MARKETS
and
GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL
MARKETS, INC.,
as Joint Book
Runners
WELLS FARGO RETAIL
FINANCE, LLC
SUNTRUST BANK,
NA
BURDALE CAPITAL FINANCE,
INC. and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
as Senior Managing
Agents
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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Section
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ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING
TERMS
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1 |
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1.01
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Defined
Terms |
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1.02
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Other
Interpretive Provisions |
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51 |
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1.03
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Accounting Terms |
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52 |
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1.04
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Rounding |
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1.05
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Times of
Day |
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53 |
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1.06
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Letter of
Credit Amounts |
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53 |
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1.07
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Certifications |
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53 |
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ARTICLE II. THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT
EXTENSIONS
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53 |
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2.01
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Committed
Loans; Reserves |
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2.02
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Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Committed
Loans |
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2.03
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Letters
of Credit |
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58 |
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2.04
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Swing
Line Loans |
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66 |
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2.05
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Prepayments |
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68 |
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2.06
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Termination or Reduction of Commitments |
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70 |
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2.07
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Repayment
of Loans |
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71 |
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2.08
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Interest |
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71 |
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2.09
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Fees |
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72 |
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2.10
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Computation of Interest and Fees |
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72 |
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2.11
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Evidence
of Debt |
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73 |
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2.12
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Payments
Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback |
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73 |
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2.13
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Sharing
of Payments by Lenders |
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75 |
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2.14
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Settlement Amongst Lenders |
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75 |
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ARTICLE III. TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND
ILLEGALITY; APPOINTMENT OF LEAD BORROWER
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76 |
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3.01
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Taxes |
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76 |
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3.02
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Illegality |
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78 |
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3.03
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Inability
to Determine Rates |
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79 |
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3.04
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Increased
Costs; Reserves on LIBO Rate Loans |
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79 |
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3.05
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Compensation for Losses |
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80 |
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3.06
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Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders |
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81 |
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3.07
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Survival |
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81 |
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3.08
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Designation of Lead Borrower as Borrowers’
Agent |
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81 |
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ARTICLE IV. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO
CREDIT EXTENSIONS
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82 |
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4.01
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Conditions of Initial Credit Extension |
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82 |
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4.02
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Conditions to all Credit Extensions |
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85 |
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| ARTICLE V. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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86 |
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5.01
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Existence, Qualification and Power |
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86 |
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5.02
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Authorization; No Contravention |
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86 |
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5.03
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Governmental Authorization; Other Consents |
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86 |
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5.04
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Binding
Effect |
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86 |
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5.05
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Financial
Statements; No Material Adverse Effect |
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87 |
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5.06
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Litigation |
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87 |
(i)
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5.07
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No
Default |
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87 |
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5.08
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Ownership
of Property; Liens |
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88 |
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5.09
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Environmental Compliance |
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88 |
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5.10
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Insurance |
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89 |
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5.11
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Taxes |
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89 |
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5.12
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ERISA
Compliance |
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89 |
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5.13
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Subsidiaries; Equity Interests |
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90 |
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5.14
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Margin
Regulations; Investment Company Act |
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90 |
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5.15
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Disclosure |
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90 |
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5.16
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Compliance with Laws |
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90 |
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5.17
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Intellectual Property |
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91 |
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5.18
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Labor
Matters |
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91 |
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5.19
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Security
Documents |
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91 |
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5.20
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Solvency |
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92 |
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5.21
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Deposit
Accounts; Credit Card Arrangements |
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92 |
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5.22
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Brokers |
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93 |
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5.23
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Customer
and Trade Relations |
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93 |
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5.24
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Casualty |
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93 |
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5.25
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Acquisition |
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93 |
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ARTICLE VI. AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
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93 |
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6.01
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Financial
Statements |
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94 |
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6.02
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Certificates; Other Information |
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95 |
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6.03
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Notices |
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97 |
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6.04
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Payment
of Obligations |
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98 |
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6.05
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Preservation of Existence, Etc. |
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98 |
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6.06
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Maintenance of Properties |
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98 |
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6.07
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Maintenance of Insurance |
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98 |
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6.08
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Compliance with Law |
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100 |
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6.09
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Books and
Records; Accountants |
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100 |
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6.10
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Inspection Rights |
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100 |
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6.11
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Use of
Proceeds |
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101 |
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6.12
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Additional Loan Parties |
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102 |
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6.13
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Cash
Management |
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102 |
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6.14
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Information Regarding the Collateral |
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103 |
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6.15
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Physical
Inventories |
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104 |
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6.16
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Environmental Laws |
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104 |
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6.17
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Further
Assurances |
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104 |
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6.18
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Compliance with Terms of Leaseholds |
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105 |
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6.19
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Condemnation of Mortgaged Properties |
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105 |
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ARTICLE VII. NEGATIVE
COVENANTS
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106 |
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7.01
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Liens |
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106 |
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7.02
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Investments |
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106 |
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7.03
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Indebtedness; Disqualified Stock |
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106 |
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7.04
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Fundamental Changes |
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106 |
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7.05
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Dispositions |
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107 |
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7.06
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Restricted Payments |
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107 |
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7.07
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Voluntary
Prepayments of Indebtedness |
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107 |
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7.08
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Change in
Nature of Business |
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108 |
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7.09
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Transactions with Affiliates |
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108 |
(ii)
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7.10
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Burdensome Agreements |
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108 |
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7.11
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Amendment
of Material Documents |
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108 |
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7.12
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Fiscal
Year |
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108 |
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7.13
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Deposit
Accounts; Credit Card Processors |
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109 |
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7.14
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Financial
Covenants |
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109 |
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7.15
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Store
Closings |
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109 |
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ARTICLE VIII. EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND
REMEDIES
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110 |
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8.01
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Events of
Default |
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110 |
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8.02
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Remedies
Upon Event of Default |
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112 |
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8.03
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Application of Funds |
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113 |
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ARTICLE IX. ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT
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114 |
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9.01
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Appointment and Authority |
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114 |
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9.02
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Rights as
a Lender |
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115 |
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9.03
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Exculpatory Provisions |
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115 |
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9.04
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Reliance
by Agents |
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116 |
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9.05
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Delegation of Duties |
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116 |
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9.06
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Resignation of Agents |
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117 |
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9.07
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Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other
Lenders |
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117 |
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9.08
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No Other
Duties, Etc. |
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117 |
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9.09
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Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim |
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118 |
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9.10
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Collateral and Guaranty Matters |
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118 |
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9.11
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Notice of
Transfer |
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119 |
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9.12
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Reports
and Financial Statements |
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119 |
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9.13
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Agency
for Perfection |
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120 |
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9.14
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Indemnification of Agents |
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120 |
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9.15
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Relation
among Lenders |
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120 |
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9.16
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Defaulting Lender |
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120 |
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ARTICLE X. MISCELLANEOUS
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121 |
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10.01
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Amendments, Etc. |
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121 |
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10.02
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Notices;
Effectiveness; Electronic Communications |
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123 |
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10.03
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No
Waiver; Cumulative Remedies |
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125 |
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10.04
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Expenses;
Indemnity; Damage Waiver |
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125 |
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10.05
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Payments
Set Aside |
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127 |
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10.06
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Successors and Assigns |
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127 |
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10.07
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Treatment
of Certain Information; Confidentiality |
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131 |
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10.08
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Right of
Setoff |
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132 |
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10.09
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Interest
Rate Limitation |
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132 |
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10.10
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Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness |
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132 |
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10.11
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Survival |
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132 |
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10.12
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Severability |
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133 |
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10.13
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Replacement of Lenders |
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133 |
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10.14
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Governing
Law; Jurisdiction; Etc. |
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133 |
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10.15
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Waiver of
Jury Trial |
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134 |
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10.16
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No
Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility |
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135 |
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10.17
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USA
PATRIOT Act Notice |
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135 |
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10.18
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Foreign
Asset Control Regulations |
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136 |
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10.19
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Time of
the Essence |
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136 |
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10.20
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Press
Releases |
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136 |
(iii)
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10.21
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Additional Waivers |
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136 |
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10.22
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No Strict
Construction |
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138 |
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10.23
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Attachments |
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138 |
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SIGNATURES
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S-1 |
(iv)
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| SCHEDULES |
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1.01
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Borrowers |
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1.02
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Guarantors |
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1.03
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Immaterial Subsidiaries |
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1.04
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Existing
Letters of Credit |
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2.01
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Commitments and Applicable Percentages |
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4.01(a)(x)
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Security
Documents |
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4.01(a)(xi)
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Loan
Documents |
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5.01
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Loan
Parties’ Organizational Information |
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5.06
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Litigation |
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5.08(b)(1)
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Owned
Real Estate |
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5.08(b)(2)
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Leased
Real Estate |
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5.09
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Environmental Matters |
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5.10
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Insurance |
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5.13
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Subsidiaries; Other Equity Investments |
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5.17
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Intellectual Property Matters |
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5.18
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Collective Bargaining Agreements |
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5.21(a)
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DDAs |
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5.21(b)
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Credit
Card Arrangements |
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6.02
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Financial
and Collateral Reporting |
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6.13
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Designated Accounts |
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7.01
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Existing
Liens |
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7.02
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Existing
Investments |
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7.03
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Existing
Indebtedness |
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10.02
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Administrative Agent’s Office; Certain Addresses for
Notices |
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| EXHIBITS |
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Form of |
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A
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Committed
Loan Notice |
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B
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Swing
Line Loan Notice |
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C-1
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Tranche A
Note |
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C-2
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Tranche
A-1 Note |
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C-3
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Swing
Line Note |
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D
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Compliance Certificate |
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E
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Borrowing
Base Certificate |
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F
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Assignment and Assumption |
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G
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Credit
Card Processor Notification |
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H
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Collateral Access Agreement |
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I
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Joinder
Agreement |
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J
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Facility
Guaranty |
(v)
CREDIT AGREEMENT
This CREDIT AGREEMENT is
entered into as of July 11, 2008, among
O’REILLY AUTOMOTIVE,
INC., a Missouri corporation (the “ Lead Borrower
”);
the Persons named on
Schedule 1.01 hereto (collectively, with the Lead Borrower
and each other Person that from time to time becomes a
“Borrower” hereunder, the “ Borrowers
”);
the Subsidiaries of the Lead
Borrower named on Schedule 1.02 hereto;
each lender from time to time
party hereto (collectively, the “ Lenders ” and
individually, a “ Lender ”);
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as
Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C
Issuer;
LEHMAN COMMERCIAL PAPER INC.,
as Syndication Agent; and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY, AND GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL
CORPORATION, as Co-Documentation Agents.
The Borrowers have requested
that the Lenders provide a revolving credit facility, and the
Lenders have indicated their willingness to lend and the L/C Issuer
has indicated its willingness to issue Letters of Credit, in each
case on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
In consideration of the
mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties
hereto covenant and agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING
TERMS
1.01 Defined Terms .
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
meanings set forth below:
“ Accelerated
Borrowing Base Delivery Event ” means either (i) the
occurrence and continuance of any Event of Default, or
(ii) the failure of the Borrowers to maintain Availability at
least equal to twenty percent (20%) of the Loan Cap. For
purposes of this Agreement, the occurrence of an Accelerated
Borrowing Base Delivery Event shall be deemed continuing
(i) so long as such Event of Default is continuing, and/or
(ii) if the Accelerated Borrowing Base Delivery Event arises
as a result of the Borrowers’ failure to maintain
Availability as required in the immediately preceding sentence,
until Availability has equaled or exceeded twenty percent
(20%) of the Loan Cap for forty-five (45) consecutive
calendar days, in which case an Accelerated Borrowing Base Delivery
Event shall no longer be deemed to be continuing for purposes of
this Agreement.
“ Accommodation
Payment ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.21(d) .
“ Account
” means “account” as defined in the UCC, and also
means a right to payment of a monetary obligation, whether or not
earned by performance, (a) for property that has been or is to
be sold, leased, licensed, assigned, or otherwise disposed of,
(b) for services rendered or to be rendered, or
(c) arising out of the use of a credit or charge card or
information contained on or for use with the card.
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“ ACH ”
means automated clearing house transfers.
“ Acquisition
” means, with respect to any Person, (a) an Investment
in, or a purchase of a Controlling interest in, the Equity
Interests of any other Person, (b) a purchase or other
acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets or properties
of, another Person or of any business unit of another Person,
(c) any merger or consolidation of such Person with any other
Person or other transaction or series of transactions resulting in
the acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets, or a
Controlling interest in the Equity Interests, of any Person, or
(d) any acquisition of Store locations of any Person for which
the aggregate consideration payable in connection with such
acquisition is $50,000,000 or more in any single transaction or
$100,000,000 or more in the aggregate in any twelve (12) month
period, in each case in any transaction or group of transactions
which are part of a common plan.
“ Act ”
has the meaning specified in Section 10.17 .
“ Adjusted LIBO
Rate ” means, with respect to any LIBO Borrowing for any
Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if
necessary, to the next 1/16 of one percent (1%)) equal to
(a) the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period multiplied
by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate. The Adjusted LIBO Rate
will be adjusted automatically as to all LIBO Borrowings then
outstanding as of the effective date of any change in the Statutory
Reserve Rate.
“ Adjustment
Date ” means the first day of each Fiscal Quarter,
commencing September 30, 2008.
“ Administrative
Agent ” means Bank of America in its capacity as
administrative agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any
successor administrative agent.
“ Administrative
Agent’s Office ” means the Administrative
Agent’s address as set forth on Schedule 10.02 , or
such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from
time to time notify the Lead Borrower and the Lenders.
“ Administrative
Questionnaire ” means an Administrative Questionnaire in
a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
“ Affiliate
” means, with respect to any Person, another Person that
directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries,
Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the
Person specified.
“ Agent(s)
” means, individually, the Administrative Agent or the
Collateral Agent, and collectively means both of them.
“ Agent Parties
” has the meaning specified in Section 10.02(c)
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“ Aggregate
Commitments ” means the sum of the Aggregate Tranche A
Commitments of all the Tranche A Lenders and the Aggregate Tranche
A-1 Commitments of all the Tranche A-1 Lenders.
“ Aggregate Tranche
A Commitments ” means, at any time, the sum of the
Tranche A Commitments at such time. As of the Closing Date, the
Aggregate Tranche A Commitments are $1,075,000,000.
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“ Aggregate Tranche
A-1 Commitments ” means, at any time, the sum of the
Tranche A-1 Commitments at such time. As of the Closing Date, the
Aggregate Tranche A-1 Commitments are $125,000,000.
“ Agreement
” means this Credit Agreement.
“ Allocable
Amount ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.21(d) .
“ Applicable
Margin ” means:
(a) From and after the
Closing Date until the first Adjustment Date, the percentages set
forth in Level III of the pricing grid below; and
(b) From and after the first
Adjustment Date, the Applicable Margin shall be determined from the
following pricing grid based upon the Average Daily Availability
for the Fiscal Quarter ended immediately preceding such Adjustment
Date; provided , however, that through March 31, 2009,
the Applicable Margin shall not be established at Level I or Level
II (even if the Average Daily Availability requirements for Level I
or Level II have been met); provided further that
notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the
Administrative Agent may, and at the direction of the Required
Lenders shall, immediately increase the Applicable Margin to that
set forth in Level IV (even if the Average Daily Availability
requirements for a different Level have been met and without
limiting the right of the Administrative Agent or the Required
Lenders to charge interest at the Default Rate as provided in
Section 2.08(b) ); provided further if the Loan
Parties’ financial statements or Borrowing Base Certificates
are at any time restated or otherwise revised (including as a
result of an audit) or if the information set forth in such
financial statements or any Borrowing Base Certificate otherwise
proves to be false or incorrect such that the Applicable Margin
would have been higher than was otherwise in effect during any
period, without constituting a waiver of any Default or Event of
Default arising as a result thereof, interest due under this
Agreement shall be immediately recalculated at the rate set forth
in Level IV for any applicable periods and shall be due and payable
(to the extent not already paid) on demand.
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Average Daily Availability
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Tranche A
LIBO Margin |
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Tranche A and
Swing Line Loan
Prime Margin |
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Tranche A-1
LIBO Margin |
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Tranche A-1
Prime Margin |
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than or equal to $675,000,000 |
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2.00 |
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1.00 |
% |
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3.25 |
% |
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2.25 |
% |
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than or equal to $375,000,000 but less than
$675,000,000 |
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2.25 |
% |
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1.25 |
% |
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3.50 |
% |
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2.50 |
% |
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III
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Greater
than or equal to $200,000,000 but less than
$375,000,000 |
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2.50 |
% |
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1.50 |
% |
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3.75 |
% |
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2.75 |
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$200,000,000 |
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2.75 |
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1.75 |
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4.00 |
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3.00 |
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“ Applicable
Percentage ” means (a) with respect to each Credit
Extension under the Tranche A Commitments, the Tranche A Applicable
Percentage, (b) with respect to each Credit Extension under
the Tranche A-1 Commitments, the Tranche A-1 Applicable Percentage,
and (c) with respect to each Lender, that percentage that the
sum of the Tranche A Commitment and Tranche A-1 Commitment of such
Lender bears to the aggregate of the Tranche A Commitments and
Tranche A-1 Commitments of all Lenders hereunder, in each case as
the context provides. If the commitment of each Lender to make
Loans and the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit
Extensions have been terminated pursuant to
Section 8.02 or if the Aggregate Commitments have
expired, then the Applicable Percentage of each Lender shall be
determined based on the Applicable Percentage of such Lender most
recently in effect, giving effect to any subsequent assignments.
The initial Applicable Percentage of each Lender is set forth
opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 2.01 or in the
Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a
party hereto, as applicable.
“ Applicable
Rate ” means, at any time of calculation, (a) with
respect to Commercial Letters of Credit, a per annum rate equal to
fifty percent (50%) of the Applicable Margin for Tranche A
Loans which are LIBO Rate Loans, and (b) with respect to
Standby Letters of Credit, a per annum rate equal to the Applicable
Margin for Tranche A Loans which are LIBO Rate Loans.
“ Appraised
Value ” means (a) with respect to Eligible
Inventory, the appraised orderly liquidation value, net of costs
and expenses to be incurred in connection with any such
liquidation, which value is expressed as a percentage of Cost of
the Eligible Inventory as set forth in the Borrowers’
inventory stock ledger, which value shall be determined from time
to time by the most recent appraisal undertaken by an independent
appraiser engaged by the Administrative Agent (in the case of any
appraisal after the Closing Date, pursuant to
Section 6.10(b) hereof), or (b) with respect to
Eligible Real Estate, the fair market value of the Eligible Real
Estate as set forth in the most recent appraisal of the Eligible
Real Estate as determined from time to time by an independent
appraiser engaged by the Administrative Agent (in the case of any
appraisal after the Closing Date, pursuant to
Section 6.10(b) hereof), which appraisal shall assume,
among other things, a marketing time of not greater than twelve
(12) months (unless a longer period is otherwise agreed to by
the Administrative Agent) or less than three
(3) months.
“ Approved Fund
” means any Fund that is administered or managed by
(a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an
entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a
Lender.
“ Arrangers
” means, collectively, Banc of America Securities LLC and
Lehman Brothers Inc., in their capacities as joint lead
arrangers.
“ Assignee Group
” means two or more Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of
one another or two or more Approved Funds managed by the same
investment advisor.
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“ Assignment and
Assumption ” means an assignment and assumption entered
into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any
party whose consent is required by Section 10.06(b)) ,
and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form
of Exhibit F or any other form approved by the
Administrative Agent.
“ Attributable
Indebtedness ” means, on any date, (a) in respect of
any Capital Lease Obligation of any Person, the capitalized amount
thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person
prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP, and (b) in
respect of any Synthetic Lease Obligation (other than any Capital
Lease Obligation), the capitalized amount of the remaining lease or
similar payments under the relevant lease or other applicable
agreement or instrument that would appear on a balance sheet of
such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if
such lease, agreement or instrument were accounted for as a capital
lease.
“ Audited Financial
Statements ” means, collectively, (a) the audited
consolidated balance sheet of the Lead Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, and
the related consolidated statements of income or operations,
Shareholders’ Equity and cash flows for such fiscal year of
the Lead Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including the notes
thereto, and (b) the audited consolidated balance sheet of CSK
and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended February 3,
2008, and the related consolidated statements of income or
operations, Shareholders’ Equity and cash flows for such
fiscal year of CSK and its Subsidiaries, including the notes
thereto.
“ Auto-Extension
Letter of Credit ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.03(b)(iii) .
“ Availability
” means, as of any date of determination thereof by the
Administrative Agent, the result, if a positive number,
of:
(a) The Loan Cap as of such
date
Minus
(b) The Total Outstandings on
such date.
“ Availability
Period ” means the period from and including the Closing
Date to the earliest of (a) the Maturity Date, (b) the
date of termination of the Aggregate Commitments pursuant to
Section 2.06 , and (c) the date of termination of
the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and of the obligation
of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions pursuant to
Section 8.02 .
“ Availability
Reserves ” means, without duplication of any other
Reserves or items that are otherwise addressed or excluded through
eligibility criteria, such reserves as the Administrative Agent
from time to time determines in its Permitted Discretion, in
accordance with the provisions of Section 2.01(b) , as
being appropriate (a) to reflect the impediments to the
Agents’ ability to realize upon the Collateral included in
the Borrowing Base, (b) to reflect claims and liabilities that
the Administrative Agent determines will need to be satisfied in
connection with the realization upon the Collateral included in the
Borrowing Base, (c) to reflect criteria, events, conditions,
contingencies or risks which adversely affect any component of the
Borrowing Base, or the assets, business, financial performance or
financial condition of any Loan Party, (d) to reflect that a
Default or an Event of Default then exists, or (e) as Bank
Product Reserves and Cash Management Reserves.
“ Average Daily
Availability ” means, as of any date of determination,
the average daily Availability for the immediately preceding Fiscal
Quarter.
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“ Bank of
America ” means Bank of America, N.A. and its
successors.
“ Bank Products
” means any services of facilities provided to any Loan Party
or any Subsidiary by a Lender or any of its Affiliates, including,
without limitation, on account of (a) corporate credit cards,
(b) credit or debit card processing services, (c) Swap
Contracts, (d) purchase cards, and (e) leasing, but
excluding Cash Management Services.
“ Bank Products
Reserves ” means such reserves as the Administrative
Agent from time to time determines in its Permitted Discretion, in
accordance with the provisions of Section 2.01(b) , as
reflecting the liabilities of the Loan Parties with respect to Bank
Products then provided or outstanding.
“ Blocked
Account ” has the meaning specified in
Section 6.13(a)(ii) .
“ Blocked Account
Agreement ” means, with respect to a Blocked Account
established by a Loan Party, an agreement, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, establishing
Control (as defined in the Security Agreement) of such account by
the Collateral Agent and whereby the bank maintaining such account
agrees, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a Cash
Dominion Event (and delivery of notice thereof from the
Administrative Agent to the Lead Borrower and the Blocked Account
Bank party to such agreement) to comply only with the instructions
originated by the Collateral Agent without the further consent of
any Loan Party.
“ Blocked Account
Bank ” means each bank with whom deposit accounts are
maintained in which any funds of any of the Loan Parties from one
or more DDAs are concentrated and with whom a Blocked Account
Agreement has been, or is required to be, executed in accordance
with the terms hereof.
“ Borrower
Materials ” has the meaning specified in
Section 6.02 .
“ Borrowers
” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph
hereto.
“ Borrowing
” means a Committed Borrowing or a Swing Line Borrowing, as
the context may require.
“ Borrowing Base
” means, at any time of calculation, the sum of the Tranche A
Borrowing Base and, as long as the Tranche A-1 Commitments have not
been terminated in full in accordance with the provisions hereof,
Incremental Availability.
“ Borrowing Base
Certificate ” means a certificate substantially in the
form of Exhibit E hereto (with such changes therein as may
be required by the Administrative Agent to reflect the components
of and reserves against the Borrowing Base as provided for
hereunder from time to time), executed by a Responsible Officer of
the Lead Borrower.
“ Business
” means the sale at retail or wholesale of automotive parts,
tools, accessories, oil, paint, and related chemical products and
related equipment.
“ Business Day
” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on
which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of,
or are in fact closed in, the state where the Administrative
Agent’s Office is located and, if such day relates to any
LIBO Rate Loan, means any such day on which dealings in Dollar
deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank
market.
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“ Capital
Expenditures ” means, with respect to any Person for any
period and without duplication, (a) all expenditures made
(whether made in the form of cash or other property) or costs
incurred for the acquisition or improvement of fixed or capital
assets of such Person (excluding normal replacements and
maintenance which are properly charged to current operations), in
each case that are (or should be) set forth as capital expenditures
in a Consolidated statement of cash flows of such Person for such
period, in each case prepared in accordance with GAAP, less
(b) any expenditure which is contractually required to be, and
is, reimbursed to such Person in cash by a third party (including
landlords and developers) during such period of calculation. For
purposes of this definition, the purchase price of equipment that
is purchased substantially contemporaneously with the trade-in or
sale of similar equipment or with insurance proceeds therefrom
shall be included in Capital Expenditures only to the extent of the
gross amount by which such purchase price exceeds the credit
granted to such Person for the equipment being traded in by the
seller of such new equipment, the proceeds of such sale or the
amount of the insurance proceeds, as the case may be.
“ Capital Lease
Obligations ” means, with respect to any Person for any
period, the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts
under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to
use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which
obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as
liabilities on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP and the
amount of which obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof
determined in accordance with GAAP.
“ Cash Collateral
Account ” means an account established by one or more of
the Loan Parties with Bank of America, in the name of the
Collateral Agent (or as the Collateral Agent shall otherwise
direct) and under the sole and exclusive dominion and control of
the Collateral Agent, in which deposits are made in accordance with
Section 2.03(g) or Section 8.02(c)
.
“ Cash
Collateralize ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.03(g) .
“ Cash Dominion
Event ” means either (a) the occurrence and
continuance of any Event of Default, or (b) the failure of the
Borrowers to maintain Availability at least equal to fifteen
percent (15%) of the Loan Cap for five (5) consecutive
Business Days. For purposes of this Agreement, the occurrence of a
Cash Dominion Event shall be deemed continuing (i) so long as
such Event of Default is continuing, and/or (ii) if the Cash
Dominion Event arises as a result of the Borrowers’ failure
to maintain Availability as required under the immediately
preceding sentence, until Availability has equaled or exceeded
fifteen percent (15%) of the Loan Cap for forty-five
(45) consecutive calendar days, in which case a Cash Dominion
Event shall no longer be deemed to be continuing for purposes of
this Agreement; provided that a Cash Dominion Event may be
discontinued no more than twice in any twelve (12) consecutive
month period.
“ Cash Management
Reserves ” means such reserves as the Administrative
Agent, from time to time, determines in its Permitted Discretion,
in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.01(b) ,
as reflecting the reasonably anticipated liabilities of the Loan
Parties with respect to Cash Management Services then provided or
outstanding.
“ Cash Management
Services ” means any one or more of the following types
of services or facilities provided to any Loan Party by a Lender or
any of its Affiliates: (a) ACH transactions, (b) cash
management services, including, without limitation, controlled
disbursement services, treasury, depository, overdraft, and
electronic funds transfer services and (c) foreign exchange
facilities.
“ Cash Receipts
” has the meaning specified in Section 6.13(c)
.
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“ CERCLA ”
means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq.
“ CERCLIS
” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Information System maintained by the
United States Environmental Protection Agency.
“ CFC ”
means a Subsidiary that is (i) a controlled foreign
corporation under Section 957 of the Code, (ii) a
Subsidiary substantially all of the assets of which consist of
Equity Interests in Subsidiaries described in clause (i) of
this definition, or (iii) an entity treated as disregarded for
United States federal income tax purposes that owns more than 65%
of the voting Equity Interests of a Subsidiary described in clauses
(i) or (ii) of this definition.
“ Change in Law
” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of
any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any
law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law,
rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation
or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or
(c) the making or issuance of any request, guideline or
directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any
Governmental Authority.
“ Change of
Control ” means an event or series of events by
which:
(a) any “person”
or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d)
and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but excluding any
employee benefit plan of such person or its subsidiaries, and any
person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other
fiduciary or administrator of any such plan) becomes the
“beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), directly or indirectly,
of 50% or more of the Equity Interests of the Lead Borrower
entitled to vote for members of the board of directors or
equivalent governing body of the Lead Borrower on a fully-diluted
basis; or
(b) during any period of 12
consecutive months, a majority of the members of the board of
directors or other equivalent governing body of the Lead Borrower
cease to be composed of individuals (i) who were members of
that board or equivalent governing body on the first day of such
period, (ii) whose election or nomination to that board or
equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to
in clause (i) above constituting at the time of such election
or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent
governing body or (iii) whose election or nomination to that
board or other equivalent governing body was approved by
individuals referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above
constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a
majority of that board or equivalent governing body; or
(c) any “change in
control” or similar event as defined in any document
governing Material Indebtedness of any Loan Party; or
(d) the Lead Borrower fails
at any time after the Merger Date to own, directly or indirectly,
100% of the Equity Interests of each other Borrower free and clear
of all Liens (other than the Liens in favor of the Collateral
Agent), except where such failure is as a result of a transaction
permitted by this Agreement.
“ Closing Date
” means the first date all the conditions precedent in
Section 4.01 are satisfied or waived in accordance with
Section 10.01 .
“ Code ”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the regulations
promulgated thereunder, as amended and in effect.
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“ Co-Documentation
Agents ” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Branch
Banking & Trust Company, and General Electric Capital
Corporation, in their capacities as Co-Documentation
Agents.
“ Collateral
” means any and all “Collateral” or
“Mortgaged Property” as defined in any applicable
Security Document and all other property of any Loan Party that is
or is intended under the terms of the Security Documents to be
subject to Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent.
“ Collateral Access
Agreement ” means an agreement substantially in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit H or otherwise reasonably
satisfactory in form and substance to the Agents executed by
(a) a bailee or other Person in possession of Collateral, or
(b) a landlord of Real Estate leased by any Loan Party,
pursuant to which such Person (i) acknowledges the Collateral
Agent’s Lien on the Collateral, (ii) releases or
subordinates such Person’s Liens in the Collateral held by
such Person or located on such Real Estate and agrees not to
exercise upon such Person’s Liens, and (iii) as to any
landlord (x) provides the Collateral Agent with access to the
Collateral located in or on such Real Estate and a reasonable time
to sell and dispose of the Collateral from such Real Estate, and
(y) agrees to give the Collateral Agent reasonable prior
notice before terminating the lease covering such Real Estate and
an opportunity to cure any default of the applicable tenant if the
Collateral Agent so elects.
“ Collateral
Agent ” means Bank of America, acting in such capacity
for its own benefit and the ratable benefit of the other Credit
Parties, or any successor collateral agent in such
capacity.
“ Commercial Letter
of Credit ” means any letter of credit or similar
instrument (including, without limitation, bankers’
acceptances) issued for the purpose of providing the primary
payment mechanism in connection with the purchase of any materials,
goods or services by a Borrower in the ordinary course of business
of such Borrower.
“ Commitment
” means, as to each Lender, its obligation to (a) make
Committed Loans to the Borrowers pursuant to
Section 2.01 , (b) purchase participations in L/C
Obligations, and (c) purchase participations in Swing Line
Loans, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding
not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s
name on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption
pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as
applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in
accordance with this Agreement.
“ Committed
Borrowing ” means a borrowing, conversion or continuation
of Committed Loans on a single date, of the same Type and, in the
case of LIBO Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by
each of the applicable Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01
.
“ Committed Loan
” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01
.
“ Committed Loan
Notice ” means a notice of (a) a Committed
Borrowing, (b) a conversion of Committed Loans from one Type
to the other, or (c) a continuation of LIBO Rate Loans,
pursuant to Section 2.02(c) which, if in writing, shall
be substantially in the form of Exhibit A .
“ Compliance
Certificate ” means a certificate substantially in the
form of Exhibit D .
“ Concentration
Account ” has the meaning specified in
Section 6.13(c) .
“ Consent
” means actual consent given by a Lender from whom such
consent is sought; provided that, if within fourteen
(14) Business Days after receipt of written notice to a Lender
from the Administrative Agent of a proposed course of action to be
followed by the Administrative Agent and requesting such
Lender’s consent, such Lender shall not have given the
Administrative Agent written notice of its consent, then such
failure shall be deemed that Lender’s objection to such
course of action.
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“ Consolidated
” means, when used to modify a financial term, test,
statement, or report of a Person, the application or preparation of
such term, test, statement or report (as applicable) based upon the
consolidation, in accordance with GAAP, of the financial condition
or operating results of such Person and its
Subsidiaries.
“ Consolidated
EBITDA ” means, at any date of determination, an amount
equal to Consolidated Net Income for the most recently completed
Measurement Period, plus (a) the following to the
extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income:
(i) Consolidated Interest Charges, (ii) the provision for
federal, state, local and foreign income Taxes,
(iii) depreciation and amortization expense, (iv) all
non-cash charges and non-cash items for stock based compensation,
(v) costs, fees and expenses arising from or related to the
consummation of, or otherwise in connection with, the Tender Offer,
the Merger, the Loan Documents and the other transactions occurring
on the Closing Date, (vi) costs, fees and expenses arising
from or related to the consummation of, or otherwise in connection
with, any Acquisition after the Closing Date,
(vii) restructuring charges or reserves (including costs
related to the closure or consolidation of facilities and
termination and relocation benefits) in connection with the Tender
Offer, the Merger and the other transactions occurring on the
Closing Date or in connection with any Acquisition consummated
after the Closing Date, in each case, in an amount approved by the
Administrative Agent in writing, such approval not to be
unreasonably withheld, (viii) any expenses or charges incurred
in connection with any issuance (or proposed issuance) of
Indebtedness or Equity Interests or any refinancing transaction (or
proposed refinancing transaction) or any amendment or other
modification (or proposed amendment or modification) of any
Indebtedness, and (ix) any other non-recurring expenses or
non-cash charges which do not represent a cash item in such period
or any future period (in each case of or by the Lead Borrower and
its Subsidiaries for such Measurement Period), minus
(b) the following to the extent included in calculating such
Consolidated Net Income: (i) federal, state, local and foreign
income tax credits (to the extent not accounted for in calculating
the amount in clause (a)(ii) above of this definition), and
(ii) all non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income (in
each case of or by the Lead Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such
Measurement Period), all as determined on a Pro Forma
Basis.
For purposes of determining
Consolidated EBITDA for any period of fewer than twelve
(12) Fiscal Months completed after the Closing Date,
Consolidated EBITDA shall be (i) Consolidated EBITDA for the
Fiscal Month ended July 31, 2008 multiplied by twelve
(12), (ii) Consolidated EBITDA for the two (2) Fiscal
Months ended August 31, 2008 multiplied by six (6),
(iii) Consolidated EBITDA for the three (3) Fiscal Months
ended September 30, 2008 multiplied by four (4),
(iv) Consolidated EBITDA for the four (4) Fiscal Months
ended October 31, 2008 multiplied by three (3),
(v) Consolidated EBITDA for the five (5) Fiscal Months
ended November 30, 2008 multiplied by 12/5,
(vi) Consolidated EBITDA for the six (6) Fiscal Months
ended December 31, 2008 multiplied by two (2),
(vii) Consolidated EBITDA for the seven (7) Fiscal Months
ended January 31, 2009 multiplied by 12/7,
(viii) Consolidated EBITDA for the eight (8) Fiscal
Months ended February 28, 2009 multiplied by 3/2,
(ix) Consolidated EBITDA for the nine (9) Fiscal Months
ended March 31, 2009 multiplied by 4/3,
(x) Consolidated EBITDA for the ten (10) Fiscal Months
ended April 30, 2009 multiplied by 6/5, and
(xi) Consolidated EBITDA for the eleven (11) Fiscal
Months ended May 31, 2009 multiplied by
12/11.
“ Consolidated Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio ” means, at any date of
determination, the ratio of (a) (i) Consolidated EBITDA
for the most recently completed Measurement Period, minus
(ii) Capital Expenditures paid in cash during such period,
minus (iii) the aggregate amount of federal, state,
local and foreign income taxes paid in cash during such period, to
(b) the sum of (i) Debt Service Charges plus
(ii) the aggregate amount of all Restricted Payments paid in
cash, in each case, of or by the Lead Borrower and its Subsidiaries
for the most recently completed Measurement Period, all as
determined on a Consolidated basis.
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For purposes of determining
Debt Service Charges in connection with the calculation of
Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for any period of fewer
than twelve (12) Fiscal Months completed after the Closing
Date, Debt Service Charges shall be (i) Debt Service Charges
for the Fiscal Month ended July 31, 2008 multiplied by
twelve (12), (ii) Debt Service Charges for the two
(2) Fiscal Months ended August 31, 2008 multiplied
by six (6), (iii) Debt Service Charges for the three
(3) Fiscal Months ended September 30, 2008 multiplied
by four (4), (iv) Debt Service Charges for the four
(4) Fiscal Months ended October 31, 2008 multiplied
by three (3), (v) Debt Service Charges for the five
(5) Fiscal Months ended November 30, 2008 multiplied
by 12/5, (vi) Debt Service Charges for the six
(6) Fiscal Months ended December 31, 2008 multiplied
by two (2), (vii) Debt Service Charges for the seven
(7) Fiscal Months ended January 31, 2009 multiplied
by 12/7, (viii) Debt Service Charges for the eight
(8) Fiscal Months ended February 28, 2009 multiplied
by 3/2, (ix) Debt Service Charges for the nine
(9) Fiscal Months ended March 31, 2009 multiplied
by 4/3, (x) Debt Service Charges for the ten
(10) Fiscal Months ended April 30, 2009 multiplied
by 6/5, and (xi) Debt Service Charges for the eleven
(11) Fiscal Months ended May 31, 2009 multiplied
by 12/11.
“ Consolidated
Funded Indebtedness ” means, as of any date of
determination, for the Lead Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a
Consolidated basis, without duplication, the sum of (a) the
outstanding principal amount of all obligations, whether current or
long-term, for borrowed money (including the outstanding principal
amount of the Loans hereunder) and all obligations evidenced by
bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar
instruments, (b) all purchase money Indebtedness, (c) all
direct obligations arising under letters of credit (including
standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank
guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments, (d) all
obligations in respect of the deferred purchase price of property
or services (other than (i) trade accounts payable, other
accrued expenses and deferred compensation in the ordinary course
of business and (ii) unsecured obligations owing to vendors
under any vendor factoring line), (e) all Attributable
Indebtedness, (f) without duplication, all Guarantees with
respect to outstanding Indebtedness of the types specified in
clauses (a) through (e) above of Persons other than the
Lead Borrower or any Subsidiary, and (g) all Indebtedness of
the types referred to in clauses (a) through (f) above of
any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that
is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which the
Lead Borrower or a Subsidiary is a general partner or joint
venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse
to the Lead Borrower or such Subsidiary and except to the extent
that the Lead Borrower’s or such Subsidiary’s liability
for such Indebtedness is otherwise limited.
“ Consolidated
Interest Charges ” means, for any Measurement Period, and
without duplication, the sum of (a) all interest, premium
payments, debt discount, fees, charges and related expenses in
connection with borrowed money (including capitalized interest) or
in connection with the deferred purchase price of assets, in each
case to the extent treated as interest in accordance with GAAP,
including, without limitation, all commissions, discounts and other
fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and
bankers’ acceptance financing and net costs under Swap
Contracts, but excluding any non-cash or deferred interest
financing costs, upfront fees and expenses in connection with the
Loans and the Commitments, amortization of deferred financing fees
and financing costs and amortization of original issue discount on
any Indebtedness, (b) all interest paid or payable with
respect to discontinued operations and (c) the portion of rent
expense with respect to such period under Capital Lease Obligations
that is treated as interest in accordance with GAAP, in each case
of or by the Lead Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the most
recently completed Measurement Period, all as determined on a
Consolidated basis, provided that there shall be excluded
from Consolidated Interest Charges any such charges of any Person
which accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary of the Lead
Borrower or is merged into or consolidated with the Lead Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries.
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“ Consolidated
Leverage Ratio ” means, as of any date of determination,
the ratio of (a) Consolidated Funded Indebtedness as of such
date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently
completed Measurement Period.
“ Consolidated Net
Income ” means, as of any date of determination, the net
income of the Lead Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the most
recently completed Measurement Period, all as determined on a
Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, provided ,
however , that there shall be excluded
(a) extraordinary gains and extraordinary losses for such
Measurement Period, (b) the income (or loss) of such Person
during such Measurement Period in which any other Person which is
not a Loan Party or a Subsidiary has a joint interest with a Loan
Party or any of its Subsidiaries, except to the extent of the
amount of cash dividends or other distributions actually paid in
cash to such Person during such period, (b) the income (or
loss) of such Person during such Measurement Period and accrued
prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary of the Lead Borrower or
any of the Lead Borrower’s Subsidiaries or is merged into or
consolidated with the Lead Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or
that Person’s assets are acquired by such Person or any of
its Subsidiaries, and (c) the income of any direct or indirect
Subsidiary of the Lead 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 Organization Documents or any agreement, instrument,
judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation
applicable to that Subsidiary.
“ Contractual
Obligation ” means, as to any Person, any provision of
any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person
is a party or by which it or any of its property is
bound.
“ Control
” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power
to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a
Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by
contract or otherwise. “ Controlling ” and
“ Controlled ” have meanings correlative
thereto.
“ Cost ”
means, with respect to the Inventory of the Lead Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, the lower of cost (based on the last vendor cost) or
market value of Inventory reflected in the stock ledger of the Lead
Borrower and such Subsidiaries, based upon the such Loan
Parties’ accounting practices, known to the Administrative
Agent, which practices are in effect on the Closing Date, provided
that “Cost” shall not include inventory capitalization
costs, warehouse and handling costs, or other non-purchase price
charges (such as freight) used in the calculation of cost of goods
sold.
“ Covenant
Compliance Event ” means that Availability at any time is
less than ten percent (10%) of the Loan Cap. For purposes
hereof, the occurrence of a Covenant Compliance Event shall be
deemed continuing until Availability has equaled or exceeded ten
percent (10%) of the Loan Cap for sixty (60) consecutive
calendar days, in which case a Covenant Compliance Event shall no
longer be deemed to be continuing for purposes of this
Agreement.
“ Credit Card
Notification ” has the meaning specified in
Section 6.13(a)(i) .
“ Credit Card
Receivables ” means each “Account” (as
defined in the UCC) together with all income, payments and proceeds
thereof, owed by a major credit or debit card issuer (including,
but not limited to, Visa, Mastercard, Discovercard, and American
Express and such other issuers approved by the Administrative
Agent) to a Loan Party resulting from charges by a customer of a
Loan Party on credit or debit cards issued by such issuer in
connection with the sale of goods by a Loan Party, or services
performed by a Loan Party, in each case in the ordinary course of
its business.
“ Credit
Extensions ” mean each of the following: (a) a
Borrowing and (b) an L/C Credit Extension.
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“ Credit Party
” or “ Credit Parties ” means
(a) individually, (i) each Lender and its Affiliates,
(ii) each Agent, (iii) each L/C Issuer, (iv) each
Arranger, (v) each beneficiary of each indemnification
obligation undertaken by any Loan Party under any Loan Document,
(vi) each Person providing Cash Management Services or Bank
Products to a Loan Party or a Subsidiary, and (vii) the
successors and assigns of each of the foregoing, and
(b) collectively, all of the foregoing.
“ CSK ”
means CSK Auto Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
“ Customer Credit
Liabilities ” means, at any time, the aggregate remaining
value at such time of (a) outstanding gift certificates and
gift cards of the Borrowers entitling the holder thereof to use all
or a portion of the certificate or gift card to pay all or a
portion of the purchase price for any Inventory, and
(b) without duplication of any items that are otherwise
addressed or excluded through eligibility criteria, outstanding
merchandise credits and customer deposits of the
Borrowers.
“ DDA ”
means each checking, savings or other demand deposit account
maintained by any of the Loan Parties. All funds in each DDA (other
than any payroll, trust and tax withholding accounts) shall be
conclusively presumed to be Collateral and proceeds of Collateral,
and the Agents and the Lenders shall have no duty to inquire as to
the source of the amounts on deposit in any DDA.
“ Debt Service
Charges ” means, for any Measurement Period, the sum of
(a) Consolidated Interest Charges paid in cash or required to
be paid in cash for such Measurement Period (net of interest income
for such Measurement Period), plus (b) the principal
amount of all scheduled amortization payments made or required to
be made on account of Indebtedness (excluding the Obligations and
any Synthetic Lease Obligations but including, without limitation,
Capital Lease Obligations) for such Measurement Period, in each
case determined on a Consolidated basis.
“ Debtor Relief
Laws ” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States,
and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment
for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement,
receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief
Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from
time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors
generally.
“ Default
” means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of
Default or that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of
time, or both, would be an Event of Default.
“ Default Rate
” means (a) when used with respect to Obligations other
than Letter of Credit Fees and Tranche A-1 Loans, an interest rate
equal to (i) the Prime Rate plus (ii) the
Applicable Margin applicable to Tranche A Loans which are Prime
Rate Loans, plus (iii) 2% per annum;
provided , however , that with respect to a LIBO Rate
Loan, the Default Rate shall be an interest rate equal to the
interest rate (including any Applicable Margin) otherwise
applicable to such Loan plus 2% per annum,
(b) when used with respect to Obligations which are Tranche
A-1 Loans, an interest rate equal to (i) the Prime Rate
plus (ii) the Applicable Margin applicable to Tranche
A-1 Loans which are Prime Rate Loans, plus
(iii) 2% per annum; provided , however ,
that with respect to a LIBO Rate Loan, the Default Rate shall be an
interest rate equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable
Margin) otherwise applicable to such Loan plus 2% per
annum, and (c) when used with respect to Letter of Credit
Fees, a rate equal to the Applicable Rate for Standby Letters of
Credit or Commercial Letters of Credit, as applicable, plus
2% per annum.
“ Defaulting
Lender ” means any Lender that (a) has failed to
fund any portion of the Committed Loans, participations in L/C
Obligations or participations in Swing Line Loans required to be
funded by it hereunder within one (1) Business Day of the date
required to be funded by it hereunder, (b) has otherwise
failed to pay over to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender
any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within one
(1) Business Day of the date when due, unless the subject of a
good faith dispute, or (c) has been deemed insolvent or become
the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding.
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“ Dilution
Reserve ” means, without duplication of any other
Reserves or items that are otherwise addressed or excluded through
eligibility criteria, such reserves as the Administrative Agent
from time to time determines in its Permitted Discretion, in
accordance with the provisions of Section 2.01(b) , as
reflecting dilution of Eligible Credit Card Receivables or Eligible
Non-Credit Card Receivables.
“ Disposition
” or “ Dispose ” means the sale, transfer,
license, lease or other disposition (including any sale and
leaseback transaction), whether in one transaction or in a series
of transactions of any property (including, without limitation, any
Equity Interests) by any Person (or the granting of any option or
other right to do any of the foregoing), including any sale,
assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse,
of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims
associated therewith. !
“ Disqualified
Stock ” means any Equity Interest that, by its terms (or
by the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for
which it is exchangeable, in each case at the option of the holder
thereof), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is
mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Equity Interests that
do not constitute Disqualified Stock), pursuant to a sinking fund
obligation or otherwise, or redeemable (other than solely for
Equity Interests that do not constitute Disqualified Stock) at the
option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to
the date that is 91 days after the Maturity Date; provided ,
however , that (i) only the portion of such Equity
Interests which so matures or is mandatorily redeemable, is so
convertible or exchangeable or is so redeemable at the option of
the holder thereof prior to such date shall be deemed to be
Disqualified Stock and (ii) with respect to any Equity
Interests issued to any employee or to any plan for the benefit of
employees of the Lead Borrower or its Subsidiaries or by any such
plan to such employees, such Equity Interests shall not constitute
Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be
repurchased by the Lead Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries in
order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or
as a result of such employee’s termination, resignation,
death or disability and if any class of Equity Interests of such
Person that by its terms authorizes such Person to satisfy its
obligations thereunder by delivery of an Equity Interest that is
not Disqualified Stock, such Equity Interests shall not be deemed
to be Disqualified Stock. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence,
any Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified Stock
solely because the holders thereof have the right to require a Loan
Party to repurchase such Equity Interests upon the occurrence of a
change of control or an asset sale shall not constitute
Disqualified Stock.
“ Dollars
” and “ $ ” mean lawful money of the
United States.
“ Domestic
Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary that is organized under
the laws of any political subdivision of the United
States.
“ Eligible
Assignee ” means (a) a Lender or any of its
Affiliates; (b) a bank, insurance company, or company engaged
in the business of making commercial loans, which Person, together
with its Affiliates, has a combined capital and surplus in excess
of $250,000,000; (c) an Approved Fund; (d) any Person to
whom a Credit Party assigns its rights and obligations under this
Agreement as part of an assignment and transfer of such Credit
Party’s rights in and to a material portion of such Credit
Party’s portfolio of asset based credit facilities; and
(e) any other Person (other than a natural person) approved by
(i) the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Swing
Line Lender, and (ii) unless an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, the Lead Borrower (each such approval not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that
notwithstanding the foregoing, “Eligible Assignee”
shall not include a Loan Party or any of the Loan Parties’
Affiliates or Subsidiaries.
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“ Eligible Credit
Card Receivables ” means, at the time of any
determination thereof, each Credit Card Receivable that satisfies
the following criteria at the time of creation and continues to
meet the same at the time of such determination: such Credit Card
Receivable (i) has been earned by performance and represents
the bona fide amounts due to a Borrower from a credit card payment
processor and/or credit card issuer, and in each case originated in
the ordinary course of business of such Borrower, (ii) as to
which the Lead Borrower has not received written notice from the
Administrative Agent that such Credit Card Receivable is not
acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion
for inclusion in the Borrowing Base (which notice shall be
furnished no less than five (5) Business Days prior to the
date that such Credit Card Receivable shall become unacceptable for
inclusion in the Borrowing Base (during which period the
Administrative Agent shall be available to discuss in good faith
any such Credit Card Receivable with the Lead Borrower)), and
(iii) is not ineligible for inclusion in the calculation of
the Borrowing Base pursuant to any of clauses (a) through
(k) below. Without limiting the foregoing, to qualify as an
Eligible Credit Card Receivable, an Account shall indicate no
Person other than a Borrower as payee or remittance party. In
determining the amount to be so included, the face amount of an
Account shall be reduced by, without duplication, to the extent not
reflected in such face amount, (i) the amount of all accrued
and actual discounts, claims, credits or credits pending,
promotional program allowances, price adjustments, finance charges
or other allowances (including any amount that a Borrower may be
obligated to rebate to a customer, a credit card payment processor,
or credit card issuer pursuant to the terms of any agreement or
understanding) and (ii) the aggregate amount of all cash
received in respect of such Account but not yet applied by the
Borrowers to reduce the amount of such Credit Card Receivable. Any
Credit Card Receivables meeting the foregoing criteria shall be
deemed Eligible Credit Card Receivables but only as long as such
Credit Card Receivable is not included within any of the following
categories, in which case such Credit Card Receivable shall not
constitute an Eligible Credit Card Receivable:
(a) Credit Card Receivables
which do not constitute an “Account” (as defined in the
UCC);
(b) Credit Card Receivables
that have been outstanding for more than five (5) Business
Days from the date of sale;
(c) Credit Card Receivables
with respect to which a Borrower does not have good, and valid
title, free and clear of any Lien (other than Liens granted to the
Collateral Agent and other Permitted Encumbrances);
(d) Credit Card Receivables
that are not subject to a first priority security interest in favor
of the Collateral Agent (other than Permitted Encumbrances having
priority over the Lien of the Collateral Agent under applicable
Law) (it being the intent that chargebacks in the ordinary course
by such processors shall not be deemed violative of this
clause);
(e) Credit Card Receivables
which are disputed, are with recourse, or with respect to which a
claim, counterclaim, offset or chargeback has been asserted (but
only to the extent of such claim, counterclaim, offset or
chargeback);
(f) Credit Card Receivables
as to which the processor has the right under certain circumstances
to require a Borrower to repurchase the Accounts from such credit
card processor;
(g) Credit Card Receivables
due from an issuer or payment processor of the applicable credit
card which is the subject of any bankruptcy or insolvency
proceedings;
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(h) Credit Card Receivables
which are not a valid, legally enforceable obligation of the
applicable issuer with respect thereto;
(i) Credit Card Receivables
which do not conform in all material respects to all
representations, warranties or other provisions in the Loan
Documents relating to Credit Card Receivables;
(j) Credit Card Receivables
which are evidenced by “chattel paper” or an
“instrument” of any kind unless such “chattel
paper” or “instrument” is in the possession of
the Collateral Agent and, to the extent necessary or appropriate,
endorsed to the Collateral Agent; or
(k) Credit Card Receivables
arising from the use of a private label or co-branded credit
card.
“ Eligible
Inventory ” means, as of the date of determination
thereof, items of Inventory of a Borrower that (i) are
finished goods, merchantable and readily saleable to the public in
the ordinary course, (ii) as to which the Lead Borrower has
not received written notice from the Administrative Agent that such
Inventory is deemed by the Administrative Agent, in its Permitted
Discretion, to be ineligible for inclusion in the calculation of
the Borrowing Base (which notice shall be furnished no less than
five (5) Business Days prior to the date that such Inventory
shall become unacceptable for inclusion in the Borrowing Base
(during which period the Administrative Agent shall be available to
discuss in good faith any such Inventory with the Lead Borrower)),
(iii) in each case that, except as otherwise agreed by the
Administrative Agent, complies in all material respects with each
of the representations and warranties respecting Inventory made by
the Borrowers in the Loan Documents, and (iv) is not excluded
as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the criteria set forth
below. Except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent, the
following items of Inventory shall not be included in Eligible
Inventory:
(a) Inventory that is not
solely owned by a Borrower or a Borrower does not have good and
valid title thereto;
(b) Inventory that is leased
by or is on consignment to a Borrower, or that is consigned by a
Borrower to a Person which is not a Loan Party;
(c) Inventory that
(i) is not located in the United States of America (excluding
territories or possessions of the United States), or (ii) is
located at a location that is not owned or leased by a Borrower or
is located at a distribution center or warehouse leased by a
Borrower with Inventory having a value in excess of $10,000,000,
except to the extent that the Borrowers have furnished the
Administrative Agent with (A) such documents that the
Administrative Agent has reasonably requested in order to perfect
its security interest in such Inventory (and any documents of title
relating thereto) at such location, and (B) a Collateral
Access Agreement executed by the Person owning any such
location;
(d) Inventory that is
comprised of goods which (i) are damaged, defective, or
“seconds,” (ii) are to be returned to the vendor,
(iii) are obsolete or custom items, work-in-process, raw
materials, or that constitute promotional, marketing, packaging and
shipping materials or supplies used or consumed in a
Borrower’s business, (iv) are not in compliance with all
standards imposed by any Governmental Authority having regulatory
authority over such Inventory, its use or sale, or (v) are
bill and hold goods;
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(e) Inventory that is not
subject to a perfected first priority security interest in favor of
the Collateral Agent (other than Permitted Encumbrances having
priority over the Lien of the Collateral Agent under applicable
Law);
(f) Inventory that consists
of samples, labels, bags, and other similar non-merchandise
categories;
(g) Inventory that is not
insured in compliance with the provisions of
Section 6.07 hereof;
(h) Inventory that has been
sold but not yet delivered or as to which a Borrower has accepted a
deposit;
(i) Inventory that is subject
to any licensing, patent, royalty, trademark, trade name or
copyright agreement with any third party from which any Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries has received notice of a dispute in respect
of any such agreement;
(j) Inventory consisting of
recyclable parts or “core” merchandise; or
(k) Inventory acquired in a
Permitted Acquisition, which Inventory has a value in excess of
$5,000,000, unless and until the Collateral Agent has completed or
received (A) an appraisal of such Inventory from appraisers
reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, and (B) an
updated commercial finance examination.
“ Eligible
Non-Credit Card Receivables ” means Accounts arising from
the sale of the Borrowers’ Inventory (other than those
consisting of Credit Card Receivables) that satisfies the following
criteria at the time of creation and continues to meet the same at
the time of such determination: such Account (i) has been
earned by performance and represents the bona fide amounts due to a
Borrower from an account debtor, and in each case originated in the
ordinary course of business of such Borrower, and (ii) as to
which the Lead Borrower has not received written notice from the
Administrative Agent that such Account is not acceptable to the
Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion for inclusion in
the Borrowing Base (which notice shall be furnished no less than
five (5) Business Days prior to the date that such Account
shall become unacceptable for inclusion in the Borrowing Base
(during which period the Administrative Agent shall be available to
discuss in good faith any such Account with the Lead Borrower)),
and (iii) is not ineligible for inclusion in the calculation
of the Borrowing Base pursuant to any of clauses (a) through
(u) below. Without limiting the foregoing, to qualify as an
Eligible Non-Credit Card Receivable, an Account shall indicate no
Person other than a Borrower as payee or remittance party. In
determining the amount to be so included, the face amount of an
Account shall be reduced by, without duplication, to the extent not
reflected in such face amount, (i) the amount of all accrued
and actual discounts, claims, credits or credits pending,
promotional program allowances, price adjustments, finance charges
or other allowances (including any amount that a Borrower may be
obligated to rebate to a customer pursuant to the terms of any
agreement or understanding (written or oral)) and (ii) the
aggregate amount of all cash received by the Borrowers in respect
of such Account but not yet applied by the Borrowers to reduce the
amount of such Eligible Non-Credit Card Receivable. Any Accounts
meeting the foregoing criteria shall be deemed Eligible Non-Credit
Card Receivables but only as long as such Account is not included
within any of the following categories, in which case such Account
shall not constitute an Eligible Non-Credit Card
Receivable:
(a) Accounts that are not
evidenced by an invoice;
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(b) Accounts that have been
outstanding for more than ninety (90) days from the invoice
date or more than sixty (60) days from the invoice due
date;
(c) Accounts due from any
account debtor, fifty percent (50%) or more of whose Accounts
are ineligible under the provisions of clause (b),
above;
(d) Accounts with respect to
which a Borrower does not have good and valid title thereto, free
and clear of any Lien (other than Liens granted to the Collateral
Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and Permitted Encumbrances
having priority over the Lien of the Collateral Agent under
applicable Law);
(e) Accounts which are
disputed or with respect to which a claim, counterclaim, offset or
chargeback has been asserted, but only to the extent of such
dispute, counterclaim, offset or chargeback;
(f) Accounts which are not
payable in Dollars;
(g) Accounts which are owed
by any employee or Affiliate of a Loan Party;
(h) Accounts for which all
consents, approvals or authorizations of, or registrations or
declarations with any Governmental Authority required to be
obtained, effected or given in connection with the performance of
such Account by the account debtor or in connection with the
enforcement of such Account by the Agents have not been duly
obtained, effected or given or are not in full force and
effect;
(i) Accounts due from an
account debtor which is the subject of any bankruptcy or insolvency
proceeding, has had a trustee or receiver appointed for all or a
substantial part of its property, has made an assignment for the
benefit of creditors or has suspended its business;
(j) Accounts due from the
federal government of the United States of America or any
department, agency or instrumentality thereof unless the applicable
Borrower has complied with the Federal Assignment of Claims Act of
1940 and any similar legislation;
(k) Accounts (i) owing
from any Person that is also a supplier to or creditor of a Loan
Party or any of its Subsidiaries unless such Person has waived any
right of setoff in a manner reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent or (ii) representing any
manufacturer’s or supplier’s credits, discounts,
incentive plans or similar arrangements entitling a Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries to discounts on future purchase
therefrom;
(l) Accounts arising out of
sales on a bill-and-hold, guaranteed sale, sale-or-return, sale on
approval or consignment basis or subject to any right of
return;
(m) Accounts arising out of
sales to account debtors outside the United States or to any
account debtor whose principal place of business is not within the
continental United States, unless such Accounts are fully backed by
an irrevocable letter of credit on terms, and issued by a financial
institution, reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and,
if a Cash Dominion Event is then continuing, such irrevocable
letter of credit is in the possession of the Collateral
Agent;
(n) Accounts that are on
terms other than those normal and customary in the Borrowers’
business;
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(o) Accounts consisting of
amounts due from vendors as rebates or allowances;
(p) Accounts due for
changeover merchandise and product returns;
(q) Accounts evidenced by a
promissory note or other instrument unless such promissory note or
other instrument has been endorsed to, and is in the possession of,
the Collateral Agent;
(r) Accounts which are in
excess of the credit limit for such account debtor established by
the Borrowers in the ordinary course of business and consistent
with past practices;
(s) Accounts which include
extended payment terms (datings) beyond those generally furnished
to other account debtors in the ordinary course of
business;
(t) Accounts which constitute
consumer receivables which are part of a systematic consumer
receivable program established by any Borrower; or
(u) Accounts which are
reflected as “Daily Accounts” in the Borrowers’
books and records, consistent with past practices.
“ Eligible Real
Estate ” means Real Estate which, except as otherwise
agreed by the Administrative Agent, satisfies all of the following
conditions:
(a) A Borrower owns such Real
Estate in fee simple absolute;
(b) The Administrative Agent
shall have received evidence that all actions for which the
Administrative Agent shall have notified the Lead Borrower that the
Administrative Agent has reasonably deemed necessary in order to
create valid first priority Liens (subject in priority only to
(i) those Permitted Encumbrances which have priority over the
Lien of the Collateral Agent by operation of applicable Law, and
(ii) Liens referred to in Schedule B of the Mortgage Policies
insuring the Mortgages has been taken);
(c) The Real Estate or any
portion thereof (the loss of which shall have, in the Permitted
Discretion of the Collateral Agent, a material impact on the use,
operation or value of the Property (as defined in the Mortgages))
shall not have been damaged or taken through condemnation (which
term shall include any damage or taking by any Governmental
Authority, quasi-governmental authority, any Person having the
power of condemnation, or any transfer by private sale in lieu
thereof), either temporarily or permanently;
(d) The Administrative Agent
shall have received an appraisal of such Real Estate complying with
the requirements of FIRREA by a third party appraiser engaged by
the Administrative Agent and otherwise in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and
(e) The Real Estate
Eligibility Requirements have been satisfied.
“ Environmental
Compliance Reserve ” means, with respect to Eligible Real
Estate, and without duplication of any other Reserves or items that
are otherwise addressed or excluded through eligibility criteria,
any reserve which the Administrative Agent, from time to time in
its Permitted Discretion, in accordance with the provisions of
Section 2.01(b) , establishes for estimable amounts
that are reasonably likely to be expended by any of the Loan
Parties in order for such Loan Party and its operations
and
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property constituting Eligible Real
Estate (or located thereon) (a) to comply with any notice from
a Governmental Authority asserting non-compliance with
Environmental Laws relating to Eligible Real Estate, or (b) to
correct any such non-compliance with Environmental Laws or to
provide for any Environmental Liability relating to Eligible Real
Estate.
“ Environmental
Laws ” means any and all federal, state, local, and
foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments,
orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises,
licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating to
pollution and the protection of the environment or the release of
any materials into the environment, including those related to
hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to
waste or public systems.
“ Environmental
Liability ” means liability, obligation, damage, loss,
claim, action, suit, judgment, order, fine, penalty, fee, expense,
or cost, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for
damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or
indemnities), of any Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their
respective Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or
based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law,
(b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage,
treatment or disposal or presence of any Hazardous Materials,
(c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release
or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the
environment, or (e) any Contractual Obligation pursuant to
which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the
foregoing.
“ Equipment
” has the meaning specified in the Security
Agreement.
“ Equity
Interests ” means, with respect to any Person, all of the
shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests
in) such Person, all of the warrants or options for the purchase or
acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or
other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, and all of the
other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including
partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or
nonvoting.
“ ERISA ”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974.
“ ERISA
Affiliate ” means any trade or business (whether or not
incorporated) under common control with the Lead Borrower within
the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and
Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions
relating to Section 412 of the Code).
“ ERISA Event
” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension
Plan; (b) a withdrawal by the Lead Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA
during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (as
defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of
operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under
Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial
withdrawal by the Lead Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a
Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in
reorganization; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to
terminate, the treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under
Sections 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings
by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan;
(e) an event or condition which constitutes grounds under
Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the
appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or
Multiemployer Plan; or (f) the imposition of any liability
under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not
delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon the Lead Borrower
or any ERISA Affiliate.
“ Event of
Default ” has the meaning specified in
Section 8.01 .
“ Excluded Taxes
” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any
Lender, the L/C Issuer or any other recipient of any payment to be
made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrowers
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hereunder, (a) taxes imposed on or
measured by its overall net income (however denominated), and
franchise taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income taxes), by the
jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the laws
of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal
office is located or in which it is otherwise treated as doing
business, or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable
Lending Office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes
imposed by the United States or any similar tax imposed by any
other jurisdiction in which any Borrower is located, (c) in
the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a
request by the Lead Borrower under Section 10.13 ), any
withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign
Lender at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party hereto (or
designates a new Lending Office) or is attributable to such Foreign
Lender’s failure or inability (other than as a result of a
Change in Law after such Foreign Lender becomes a party hereto) to
comply with Section 3.01(e) , except to the extent that
such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the
time of designation of a new Lending Office (or assignment), to
receive additional amounts from the Borrowers with respect to such
withholding tax pursuant to Section 3.01(a) and
(d) any United States back up withholding taxes.
“ Executive
Order ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.18 .
“ Existing Credit
Agreements ” means, collectively, (a) that certain
Credit Agreement dated as of July 29, 2005 among the Lead
Borrower, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as agent, and a syndicate of
lenders, as amended through the Closing Date, (b) that certain
Term Credit Agreement dated as of June 30, 2006 among CSK
Auto, Inc., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, the
other agents party thereto, and a syndicate of lenders, as amended
through the Closing Date, (c) that certain Second Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement dated as of July 15, 2005 among CSK
Auto, Inc., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and
a syndicate of lenders, as amended through the Closing Date,
(d) that certain Master Note Purchase Agreement dated
May 1, 2006 among the Lead Borrower and the purchasers named
therein with respect to the $75,000,000 Series 2006-A Senior Notes
due May 15, 2006, as amended through the Closing Date, and
(e) that certain Second Amended and Restated Master Agreement
dated as of September 28, 2007 among the Lead Borrower,
SunTrust Bank, the financial institutions party thereto, U.S. Bank
National Association, as Syndication Agent, Regions Bank and
Commerce Bank N.A., as Co-Documentation Agents and SunTrust Equity
Funding, LLC, as Agent, and the related Second Amended and Restated
Master Lease dated as of September 28, 2007 between the Lead
Borrower and SunTrust Bank, each as amended through the Closing
Date.
“ Existing Letters
of Credit ” means the letters of credit described on
Schedule 1.04 hereto.
“ Extraordinary
Receipt ” means any cash received by or paid to or for
the account of any Person not in the ordinary course of business,
including tax refunds, pension plan reversions, indemnity payments
and any purchase price adjustments.
“ Facility
Guaranty ” means each Guaranty (or joinder thereto) made
by the Guarantors in favor of the Agents and the other Credit
Parties, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit
J or otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent.
“ Federal Funds
Rate ” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to
the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds
transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by
federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such
day; provided that (a) 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 (b) 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 (rounded upward,
if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to Bank
of America on such day on such transactions as determined by the
Administrative Agent.
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“ Fee Letter
” means the Amended and Restated Fee Letter, dated
April 1, 2008, among the Lead Borrower, the Administrative
Agent, Lehman Commercial Paper Inc., Lehman Brothers Commercial
Bank, and the Arrangers.
“ FIRREA ”
means the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement
Act of 1989.
“ Fiscal Month
” means any fiscal month of any Fiscal Year, which month
shall generally end on the last day of each calendar month in
accordance with the fiscal accounting calendar of the Loan
Parties.
“ Fiscal Quarter
” means any fiscal quarter of any Fiscal Year, which quarters
shall generally end on the last day of each March, June, September
and December of such Fiscal Year in accordance with the fiscal
accounting calendar of the Loan Parties.
“ Fiscal Year
” means any period of twelve (12) consecutive months
ending on December 31 of any calendar year.
“ Foreign Asset
Control Regulations ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.18 .
“ Foreign Lender
” means any Lender that is organized under the laws of a
jurisdiction other than that in which the Lead Borrower is resident
for tax purposes. For purposes of this definition, the United
States, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be
deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.
“ FRB ”
means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the
United States.
“ Fronting Fee
” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(j)
.
“ Fund ”
means any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be)
engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in
commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary
course of its business.
“ GAAP ”
means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States
set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting
Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial
Accounting Standards Board or such other principles as may be
approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession in
the United States, that are applicable to the circumstances as of
the date of determination, consistently applied.
“ Governmental
Authority ” means the government of the United States or
any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether
state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality,
regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or
administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government
(including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or
the European Central Bank).
“ Guarantee
” means, as to any Person, (a) any obligation,
contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the
economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other
obligation payable or performable by another Person (the
“primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or
indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or
indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds
for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other
obligation, (ii) to purchase or
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lease property, securities or services
for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such
Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance of
such Indebtedness or other obligation, (iii) to maintain
working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement
condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the
primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such
Indebtedness or other obligation, or (iv) entered into for the
purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of
such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance
thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof
(in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of such
Person securing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other
Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is
assumed by such Person (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of
any holder of such Indebtedness to obtain any such Lien). The
amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to
the stated or determinable amount of the related primary
obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee
is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably
anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the
guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term “Guarantee”
as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
“ Guarantor
” means each Subsidiary of the Lead Borrower named on
Schedule 1.02 hereto and each other Subsidiary of the Lead
Borrower that shall be required to execute and deliver a Facility
Guaranty pursuant to Section 6.12 .
“ Hazardous
Materials ” means all explosive or radioactive substances
or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other
pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos
or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon
gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or
wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental
Law.
“ Honor Date
” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(c)(i)
.
“ Immaterial
Subsidiary ” means each Subsidiary of the Lead Borrower
that has been designated by the Lead Borrower in writing to the
Administrative Agent as an “Immaterial Subsidiary” for
purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents,
provided that (a) for purposes of this Agreement, at no
time shall (i) the total assets of all Immaterial
Subsidiaries, as of the end of the most recent Fiscal Quarter for
which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to
Section 6.01(a) or Section 6.01(b) hereof,
equal or exceed five percent (5%) of the Consolidated total
assets of the Lead Borrower and its Subsidiaries, or (ii) any
Immaterial Subsidiary own any assets of the type included in the
Borrowing Base, or (iii) the gross revenues of all Immaterial
Subsidiaries for any Measurement Period equal or exceed five
percent (5%) of the Consolidated gross revenues of the Lead
Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such Measurement Period, in each
case as determined in accordance with GAAP. As of the Closing Date,
the Subsidiaries specified on Schedule 1.03 hereto are the
sole Subsidiaries designated by the Lead Borrower as Immaterial
Subsidiaries for purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents.
“ Incremental
Availability ” means, at any time of calculation, the
additional amount available to be borrowed by the Borrowers based
upon the difference between the Tranche A-1 Borrowing Base and the
Tranche A Borrowing Base as reflected on the most recent Borrowing
Base Certificate delivered by the Borrowers to the Administrative
Agent pursuant to Section 4.01(c) or
Section 6.02(b) hereof.
“ Indebtedness
” means, as to any Person at a particular time, without
duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as
indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:
(a) all obligations of such
Person for borrowed money and all obligations of such Person
evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other
similar instruments;
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(b) the maximum amount of all
direct or contingent obligations of such Person arising under
letters of credit (including standby and commercial),
bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and
similar instruments;
(c) net obligations of such
Person under any Swap Contract;
(d) all obligations of such
Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services
(other than (i) trade accounts payable in the ordinary course
of business and, in each case, not past due for more than ninety
(90) days after the due date of such trade account payable,
and (ii) unsecured obligations due to vendors under any vendor
factoring line);
(e) indebtedness (excluding
prepaid interest thereon) secured by a Lien on property owned or
being purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising
under conditional sales or other title retention agreements),
whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such
Person or is limited in recourse;
(f) all Attributable
Indebtedness of such Person;
(g) all obligations of such
Person with respect to Disqualified Stock valued, in the case of a
redeemable preferred interest, at the greater of its voluntary or
involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid
dividends; and
(h) all Guarantees of such
Person in respect of any of the foregoing.
For all purposes hereof, the
Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any
partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is
itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such
Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, unless such
Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to such Person and
except to the extent the Lead Borrower’s or such
Subsidiary’s liability for such Indebtedness is otherwise
limited. The amount of any net obligation under any Swap Contract
on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value
thereof as of such date.
“ Indemnified
Taxes ” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
“ Indemnitees
” has the meaning specified in Section 10.04(b)
.
“ Information
” has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(g)
.
“ Information
Memorandum ” means the information memorandum dated
May 15, 2008 used by the Arrangers in connection with the
syndication of the Commitments.
“ Intellectual
Property ” means all trade secrets, know-how and other
proprietary information; trademarks, trademark applications,
internet domain names, service marks, trade dress, trade names,
business names, designs, logos, slogans, indicia and other source
and/or business identifiers, and all registrations or applications
for registrations which have heretofore been or may hereafter be
issued thereon throughout the world; copyrights and copyright
applications (including copyrights for computer programs);
unpatented inventions (whether or not patentable); patents and
patent applications; industrial design applications and registered
industrial designs; any Loan Party’s rights in any license
agreements related to any of the foregoing and income therefrom;
intellectual property rights in books, records, writings, computer
tapes or disks, flow diagrams, specification sheets, computer
software, source codes, object codes, executable code, data and
databases; all other intellectual property; and all common law and
other rights throughout the world in and to all of the
foregoing.
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“ Interest Payment
Date ” means, (a) as to any LIBO Rate Loan, the last
day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the
Maturity Date; provided , however , that if any
Interest Period for a LIBO Rate Loan exceeds three months, the
respective dates that fall every three months after the beginning
of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates; and
(b) as to any Prime Rate Loan (including a Swing Line Loan),
the first Business Day after the end of each Fiscal Quarter and the
Maturity Date.
“ Interest
Period ” means, as to each LIBO Rate Loan, the period
commencing on the date such LIBO Rate Loan is disbursed or
converted to or continued as a LIBO Rate Loan and ending on the
date one (1), two (2), three (3) or six (6) months
thereafter, as selected by the Lead Borrower in its Committed Loan
Notice or, if available to all of the applicable Lenders, nine
(9) or twelve (12) months or one (1) or two
(2) weeks as requested by the Lead Borrower; provided
that:
(i) any Interest Period that
would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be
extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business
Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest
Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;
(ii) any Interest Period that
begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day
for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar
month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last
Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest
Period;
(iii) no Interest Period
shall extend beyond the Maturity Date; and
(iv) notwithstanding the
provisions of clause (iii), unless Interest Periods of one
(1) or two (2) weeks are available to all of the
applicable Lenders, no Interest Period shall have a duration of
less than one (1) month, and if any Interest Period applicable
to a LIBO Borrowing would be for a shorter period, such Interest
Period shall not be available hereunder.
For purposes hereof, the date of a
Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is
made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent
conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.
“ Inventory
” has the meaning given that term in the UCC, and shall also
include, without limitation, all: (a) goods which (i) are
leased by a Person as lessor, (ii) are held by a Person for
sale or lease or to be furnished under a contract of service,
(iii) are furnished by a Person under a contract of service,
or (iv) consist of raw materials, work in process, or
materials used or consumed in a business; (b) goods of said
description in transit; (c) goods of said description which
are returned, repossessed or rejected; and (d) packaging,
advertising, and shipping materials related to any of the
foregoing.
“ Inventory
Reserves ” means, without duplication of any other
Reserves or items that are otherwise addressed or excluded through
eligibility criteria, such reserves as may be established from time
to time by the Administrative Agent in the Administrative
Agent’s Permitted Discretion, in accordance with the
provisions of Section 2.01(b) , with respect to the
determination of the saleability, at retail, of the Eligible
Inventory or which reflect such other factors as affect the market
value of the Eligible Inventory.
“ Investment
” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition
or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the
purchase or other acquisition of the Equity Interests of
another
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Person, (b) a loan, advance or
capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of debt of, or
purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or interest in,
another Person, (c) any Acquisition, or (d) any
acquisition of Store locations of any Person for which the
aggregate consideration payable in connection with such acquisition
is less than $50,000,000 in any single transaction and, together
with all such other acquisitions, is less than $100,000,000 in the
aggregate in any twelve (12) month period, in any transaction
or group of transactions which are part of a common plan. For
purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall
be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent
increases or decreases in the value of such Investment.
“ IRS ”
means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
“ ISP ”
means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the
“International Standby Practices 1998” published by the
Institute of International Banking Law & Practice (or such
later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of
issuance).
“ Issuer
Documents ” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit,
the Letter Credit Application, and any other document, agreement
and instrument entered into by the L/C Issuer and the Lead Borrower
(or any Subsidiary) or in favor the L/C Issuer and relating to any
such Letter of Credit.
“ Joinder
Agreement ” means an agreement, in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit I or otherwise reasonably satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent pursuant to which, among other things, a
Person becomes a party to, and bound by the terms of, this
Agreement in the same capacity and to the same extent as either a
Borrower (if it owns assets of the type included in the Borrowing
Base) or otherwise as a Guarantor.
“ Joint Book
Runners ” means Banc of America Securities LLC, Lehman
Brothers Inc., J.P.Morgan Securities Inc., BB&T Capital Markets
and General Electric Capital Markets, Inc., in their capacities as
Joint Book Runners.
“ Laws ”
means each international, foreign, federal, state and local
statute, treaty, rule, guideline, regulation, ordinance, code and
administrative or judicial precedent or authority, including the
interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental
Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or
administration thereof, and each applicable administrative order,
directed duty, license, authorization and permit of, and agreement
with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not
having the force of law.
“ L/C Advance
” means, with respect to each Tranche A Lender, such Tranche
A Lender’s funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing
in accordance with its Tranche A Applicable Percentage.
“ L/C Borrowing
” means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under
any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on or prior to
the date required to be reimbursed by the Borrowers pursuant to
Section 2.03(c)(i) or refinanced as a Committed
Borrowing.
“ L/C Credit
Extension ” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit,
the issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or
the increase of the amount thereof.
“ L/C Issuer
” means (a) Bank of America in its capacity as issuer of
Letters of Credit hereunder (including, without limitation, with
respect to any Existing Letters of Credit issued by it), or any
successor issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder (which successor
may only be a Lender selected by the Administrative Agent in its
discretion and reasonably acceptable to the Lead Borrower),
(b) up to two additional Tranche A Lenders selected by the
Lead Borrower and reasonably acceptable to the
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Administrative Agent, and (c) with
respect to the Existing Letters of Credit and until such Existing
Letters of Credit expire or are returned undrawn, JPMorgan Chase
Bank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Retail Finance, LLC or its Affiliates.
The L/C Issuer may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more
Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of the L/C Issuer, in
which case the term “L/C Issuer” shall include any such
Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such
Affiliate.
“ L/C
Obligations ” means, as at any date of determination, and
without duplication, the aggregate undrawn amount available to be
drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the
aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C
Borrowings. For purposes of computing the amounts available to be
drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of
Credit shall be determined in accordance with
Section 1.06 . For all purposes of this Agreement, if
on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its
terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the
operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be
deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining
available to be drawn.
“ Lead Borrower
” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph
hereto.
“ Lease ”
means any written agreement pursuant to which a Loan Party is
entitled to the use or occupancy of any real property for any
period of time.
“ Lender ”
has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto and,
as the context requires, includes the Tranche A Lenders, the
Tranche A-1 Lenders and the Swing Line Lender.
“ Lending Office
” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such
Lender described as such in such Lender’s Administrative
Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from
time to time notify the Lead Borrower and the Administrative
Agent.
“ Letter of
Credit ” means each Standby Letter of Credit and each
Commercial Letter of Credit issued hereunder and shall include each
Existing Letter of Credit.
“ Letter of Credit
Application ” means an application and agreement for the
issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time
to time in use by the L/C Issuer.
“ Letter of Credit
Expiration Date ” means the day that is five
(5) days prior to the Maturity Date then in effect (or, if
such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business
Day).
“ Letter of Credit
Fee ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.03(i) .
“ Letter of Credit
Sublimit ” means an amount equal to $200,000,000. The
Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the
Aggregate Tranche A Commitments. A permanent reduction of the
Aggregate Tranche A Commitments shall not require a corresponding
pro rata reduction in the Letter of Credit Sublimit;
provided , however , that if the Aggregate Tranche A
Commitments are reduced to an amount less than the Letter of Credit
Sublimit, then the Letter of Credit Sublimit shall be reduced to an
amount equal to (or, at Lead Borrower’s option, less than)
the Aggregate Tranche A Commitments.
“ LIBO Borrowing
” means a Borrowing comprised of LIBO Rate Loans.
“ LIBO Rate
” means, for any Interest Period with respect to a LIBO Rate
Loan, the rate per annum equal to the British Bankers Association
LIBOR Rate (“ BBA LIBOR ”), as published by
Reuters (or other commercially available source providing
quotations of BBA LIBOR as designated by the
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Administrative Agent from time to time)
at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) Business
Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for Dollar
deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period)
with a term equivalent to such Interest Period. If such rate is not
available at such time for any reason, then the “LIBO
Rate” for such Interest Period shall be the rate per annum
determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at which
deposits in Dollars for delivery on the first day of such Interest
Period in same day funds in the approximate amount of the LIBO Rate
Loan being made, continued or converted by Bank of America and with
a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by Bank
of America’s London Branch to major banks in the London
interbank eurodollar market at their request at approximately 11:00
a.m. (London time) two (2) Business Days prior to the
commencement of such Interest Period.
“ LIBO Rate Loan
” means a Committed Loan that bears interest at a rate based
on the Adjusted LIBO Rate.
“ Lien ”
means (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation,
assignment for security, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), or
other security interest or preferential arrangement in the nature
of a security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including
any conditional sale, Capital Lease Obligation, Synthetic Lease
Obligation, or other title retention agreement, any easement, right
of way or other encumbrance on title to real property, and any
financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as
any of the foregoing) and (b) in the case of securities, any
purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with
respect to such securities.
“ Liquidation
” means the exercise by the Administrative Agent or
Collateral Agent of those rights and remedies accorded to such
Agents under the Loan Documents and applicable Law as a creditor of
the Loan Parties with respect to the realization on the Collateral,
including (after the occurrence and continuation of an Event of
Default) the conduct by the Loan Parties acting with the consent of
the Administrative Agent, of any public, private or “going
out of business”, “store closing” or other
similar sale or any other disposition of the Collateral for the
purpose of liquidating the Collateral. Derivations of the word
“Liquidation” (such as “Liquidate”) are
used with like meaning in this Agreement.
“ Loan ”
means an extension of credit by a Lender to any Borrower under
Article II in the form of a Committed Loan (Tranche A Loans
and Tranche A-1 Loans) or a Swing Line Loan.
“ Loan Account
” has the meaning specified in Section 2.11(a)
.
“ Loan Cap
” means, at any time of determination, the lesser of
(a) the Aggregate Commitments and (b) the Borrowing
Base.
“ Loan Documents
” means this Agreement, each Note, each Issuer Document, the
Fee Letter, all Borrowing Base Certificates, the Security
Documents, the Facility Guaranty, and any other instrument or
agreement now or hereafter executed and delivered by any Loan Party
in connection herewith.
“ Loan Parties
” means, collectively, the Borrowers and each
Guarantor.
“ Material Adverse
Effect ” means (a) a material adverse change in, or
a material adverse effect upon, the operations, business,
properties, liabilities (actual or contingent), or financial
condition of the Lead Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a
whole; (b) a material impairment of the ability of the Loan
Parties to perform their obligations under the Loan Documents; or
(c) a material impairment of the rights and remedies of the
Agents or the Lenders under the Loan Documents or a material
adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or
enforceability against the Loan Parties of the Loan
Documents.
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“ Material
Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness (other than the
Obligations) of the Loan Parties in an aggregate principal amount
exceeding $20,000,000. For purposes of determining the amount of
Material Indebtedness at any time, the amount of the obligations in
respect of any Swap Contract at such time shall be calculated at
the Swap Termination Value thereof.
“ Maturity Date
” means July 11, 2013.
“ Maximum Rate
” has the meaning specified in Section 10.09
.
“ Measurement
Period ” means, at any date of determination, the most
recently completed twelve (12) Fiscal Months of the Lead
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, except that with respect to the
calculation of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio, “Measurement
Period” shall mean the most recently completed four
(4) Fiscal Quarters of the Lead Borrower and its
Subsidiaries.
“ Merger ”
means the acquisition by the Lead Borrower, directly or indirectly,
of the Equity Interests of CSK and the consummation of the merger
described in the Merger Agreement.
“ Merger
Agreement ” means the Agreement and Plan of Merger among
O’Reilly Automotive, Inc., OC Acquisition Company and CSK
Auto Corporation dated as of April 1, 2008.
“ Merger Date
” means the date of effectiveness of the merger of Merger Sub
with and into CSK pursuant to the Merger Agreement.
“ Merger Sub
” means OC Acquisition Company, a Delaware corporation, an
indirect Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Lead Borrower.
“ Moody’s
” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any
successor thereto.
“ Mortgages
” means each and every fee mortgage or deed of trust,
security agreement and assignment by a Loan Party owning the Real
Estate encumbered thereby in favor of the Collateral
Agent.
“ Mortgage
Policy ” has the meaning specified in the definition of
Real Estate Eligibility Requirements.
“ Multiemployer
Plan ” means any employee benefit plan of the type
described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the Lead
Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make
contributions, or during the preceding five plan years, has made or
been obligated to make contributions.
“ Net Proceeds
” means, (a) with respect to any Disposition by any Loan
Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Extraordinary Receipt
received or paid to the account of any Loan Party or any of its
Subsidiaries, the excess, if any, of (i) the sum of cash and
cash equivalents received by any Loan Party or any of its
Subsidiaries in connection with such transaction (including any
cash or cash equivalents received by way of deferred payment
pursuant to, or by monetization of, a note receivable or otherwise,
but only as and when so received) over (ii) the sum of
(A) the principal amount of any Indebtedness that is secured
by the applicable asset by a Lien permitted hereunder which is
senior to the Collateral Agent’s Lien on such asset and that
is required to be repaid (or to establish an escrow for the future
repayment thereof) in connection with such transaction (other than
Indebtedness under the Loan Documents), plus (B) the
reasonable and customary out-of-pocket fees and expenses incurred
by such Loan Party or such Subsidiary in connection with such
transaction (including, without limitation, appraisals, and
brokerage, legal, title and recording or transfer tax expenses and
commissions) paid by any Loan Party to third
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parties (other than Affiliates)),
plus (C) amounts provided as a funded reserve against
any liabilities under any indemnification obligation or purchase
price adjustment associated with such Disposition ( provided
that to the extent and at the time any such amounts are released
from such reserve, such amounts shall constitute Net Proceeds);
and
(b) with respect to the sale
or issuance of any Equity Interest by any Subsidiary of the Lead
Borrower, or the incurrence or issuance of any Indebtedness by any
Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, the excess of (i) the
sum of the cash and cash equivalents received in connection with
such transaction over (ii) the underwriting discounts and
commissions, and other reasonable and customary out-of-pocket
expenses, incurred by such Loan Party or such Subsidiary in
connection therewith.
“ Non-Consenting
Lender ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.01 .
“ Non-Extension
Notice Date ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.03(b)(iii) .
“ Note ”
means (i) Tranche A Notes, (ii) the Tranche A-1 Notes,
and (iii) the Swing Line Note.
“ NPL ”
means the National Priorities List under CERCLA.
“ Obligations
” means (a) all advances to, and debts (including
principal, interest, fees, costs, and expenses), liabilities,
obligations, covenants, and indemnities, of, any Loan Party arising
under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan or
Letter of Credit (including payments in respect of reimbursement of
disbursements, interest thereon and obligations to provide cash
collateral therefor), whether direct or indirect (including those
acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become
due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and
fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan
Party or any Subsidiary thereof of any proceeding under any Debtor
Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding,
regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in
such proceeding, and (b) any Other Liabilities.
“ Operating Cash
” means, without duplication, (a) cash maintained in the
cash registers in the Stores in the normal course of business and
consistent with past practices, (b) minimum balances
maintained in DDAs consistent with past practices, and
(c) minimum balances maintained in Blocked Accounts consistent
with past practices, provided that Operating Cash described
in the foregoing clauses (b) and (c) shall not exceed
$15,000,000 in the aggregate at any time.
“ Organization
Documents ” means, (a) with respect to any
corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the
bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with
respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any
limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation
or organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect
to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business
entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable
agreement of formation or organization and any agreement,
instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in
connection with its formation or organization with the applicable
Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or
organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of
formation or organization of such entity.
“ Other
Liabilities ” means any obligation of any Loan Party or
Subsidiary on account of (a) any Cash Management Services
and/or (b) any Bank Products.
“ Other Taxes
” means all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or
any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies
arising from any payment made hereunder or under any other Loan
Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or
otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, excluding, however any such amounts imposed as a result
of an assignment by a Lender of its Loans or
Commitments.
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“ Outstanding
Amount ” means (i) with respect to Committed Loans
and Swing Line Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding
principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and
prepayments or repayments of Committed Loans and Swing Line Loans,
as the case may be, occurring on such date; and (ii) with
respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the amount of such L/C
Obligations on such date after giving effect to any L/C Credit
Extension occurring on such date and any other changes in the
aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations as of such date, including
as a result of any reimbursements by any Borrower of Unreimbursed
Amounts.
“ Overadvance
” means a Credit Extension to the extent that, immediately
after its having been made, Availability is less than
zero.
“ Participant
” has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(d)
.
“ Participation
Register ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.06(d) .
“ Payment
Conditions ” means, at the time of determination with
respect to any specified transaction or payment, that (a) no
Default or Event of Default then exists or would arise as a result
of entering into such transaction or the making such payment,
(b) after giving effect to such transaction or payment, the
Pro Forma Availability Condition has been satisfied, (c) the
Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, on a Pro Forma Basis
tested on a trailing twelve (12) month basis at the end of
each Fiscal Month during the six (6) months preceding such
transaction or payment, would have been equal to or greater than
the amounts required under Section 7.14(a) hereof,
assuming a Covenant Compliance Event then exists, and (d) the
Consolidated Leverage Ratio, on a Pro Forma Basis tested on a
trailing twelve month basis at the end of each Fiscal Quarter
during the six (6) months preceding such transaction or
payment, would have been equal to or less than the ratio required
under Section 7.14(b) hereof. Prior to undertaking any
transaction or payment which is subject to the Payment Conditions,
the Loan Parties shall deliver to the Administrative Agent evidence
of satisfaction of the conditions contained in clauses (b),
(c) and (d), above based on business assumptions consistent
with past practices or otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent.
“ PBGC ”
means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
“ PCAOB ”
means the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
“ Pension Plan
” means any “employee pension benefit plan” (as
such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), other than a
Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and is
sponsored or maintained by the Lead Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate
or to which the Lead Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate contributes or
has an obligation to contribute, or in the case of a multiple
employer or other plan described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA,
has made contributions at any time during the immediately preceding
five plan years.
“ Permitted
Acquisition ” means an Acquisition in which all of the
following conditions are satisfied:
(a) Such Acquisition shall
not be a hostile Acquisition;
(b) The Lead Borrower shall
have furnished the Administrative Agent with at least fifteen
(15) days’ prior written notice (or such shorter period
as the Administrative Agent may
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agree) of such intended
Acquisition and shall have furnished the Administrative Agent with
a current draft of the material acquisition documents (and final
copies thereof as and when executed), appropriate financial
statements of the Person which is the subject of such Acquisition
(to the extent available), pro forma projected financial statements
for the twelve (12) month period following such Acquisition
after giving effect to such Acquisition (including balance sheets,
cash flows and income statements by month for the acquired Person,
individually, and on a Consolidated basis with all Loan Parties),
and such other information relating to such Acquisition as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably require;
(c) To the extent that
proceeds of Loans are used to pay any or all of the consideration
in connection with such Permitted Acquisition, either (i) the
components of the legal structure of the Acquisition that could
have a material adverse impact on the Lenders shall be acceptable
to the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion, or
(ii) the Loan Parties shall have provided the Administrative
Agent with a solvency opinion from an unaffiliated third party
valuation firm reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent;
(d) After giving effect to
the Acquisition, if the Acquisition is an Acquisition of Equity
Interests, a Loan Party shall acquire and own, directly or
indirectly, a majority of the Equity Interests in the Person being
acquired and shall Control a majority of any voting interests or
shall otherwise Control the governance of the Person being
acquired;
(e) Any assets acquired shall
be utilized in, and if the Acquisition involves a merger,
consolidation or stock acquisition, the Person which is the subject
of such Acquisition shall be engaged in, a business otherwise
permitted to be engaged in by a Loan Party or any Subsidiary under
this Agreement; and
(f) The Loan Parties shall
have satisfied the Payment Conditions.
“ Permitted
Discretion ” means the Administrative Agent’s good
faith credit judgment determined in accordance with its credit
procedures for similar transactions, which determination may be
based upon any factor or circumstance which it reasonably believes
in good faith: (i) will or could reasonably be expected to
adversely affect the value of the Collateral included in the
Borrowing Base, the enforceability or priority of the Collateral
Agent’s Liens thereon in favor of the Credit Parties or the
amount which the Collateral Agent and the Credit Parties would
likely receive (after giving consideration to delays in payment and
costs of enforcement) in the liquidation of such Collateral;
(ii) suggests that any collateral report or financial
information delivered to the Administrative Agent by or on behalf
of the Loan Parties is incomplete, inaccurate or misleading in any
material respect; (iii) could reasonably be expected to
materially increase the likelihood of a bankruptcy, reorganization
or other insolvency proceeding involving any Loan Party; or
(iv) creates or reasonably could be expected to create a
Default or Event of Default. In exercising such judgment, the
Administrative Agent may consider, without limitation, any of the
following: (A) without duplication of any Reserve or items
that are otherwise addressed or excluded through eligibility
criteria, the financial and business climate and prospects of any
Loan Party’s industry and general macroeconomic conditions;
(B) changes in demand for and pricing of Inventory;
(C) changes in any concentration of risk with respect to
Inventory; (D) any other factors or circumstances that will or
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(E) audits of books and records by third parties, history of
chargebacks or other credit adjustments; and (F) any other
factors that adversely change or could reasonably be expected to
adversely change the credit risk of lending to the Borrowers on the
security of the Collateral included in the Borrowing Base.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, it shall not be within Permitted
Discretion for the Administrative Agent to establish Reserves which
are duplicative of each other whether or not such reserves fall
under more than one reserve category, or which are duplicative of
any items otherwise addressed or excluded through eligibility
criteria.
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“ Permitted
Disposition ” means any of the following:
(a) Dispositions of Inventory
in the ordinary course of business;
(b) bulk sales or other
Dispositions of the Inventory and Equipment of a Loan Party or a
Subsidiary not in the ordinary course of business in connection
with Store relocations or Store closings permitted hereunder;
provided , that all such sales of Inventory in connection
with Store closings in excess of the number of Stores permitted to
be closed under Section 7.15 hereof shall be in
accordance with liquidation agreements and with professional
liquidators reasonably acceptable to the Agents; provided ,
further, that an amount equal to the Net Proceeds received in
connection with all such Dispositions are applied to the Loans and
to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations, if and to the extent
then required in accordance with Section 2.05
hereof;
(c) non-exclusive licenses of
Intellectual Property of a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries in
the ordinary course of business;
(d) licenses for the conduct
of licensed departments within the Loan Parties’ Stores in
the ordinary course of business;
(e) Dispositions of Equipment
and other assets (including abandonment of Intellectual Property)
in the ordinary course of business that is substantially worn,
damaged, obsolete or, in the judgment of a Loan Party, no longer
useful or necessary in its business or that of any
Subsidiary;
(f) Dispositions among the
Loan Parties or by any Subsidiary to a Loan Party;
(g) Dispositions by any
Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party to another Subsidiary that is
not a Loan Party;
(h) as long as no Default
then exists or would arise therefrom, Dispositions of Real Estate
of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary (or sales of any Person or
Persons created to hold such Real Estate or the Equity Interests in
such Person or Persons), including sale-leaseback transactions
involving any such Real Estate pursuant to leases on market terms,
as long as, (A) such Disposition is made for fair market
value, (B) with respect to any Eligible Real Estate, the Net
Proceeds paid in cash are in an amount at least equal to the
greater of the amounts advanced or available to be advanced against
such Eligible Real Estate under the Borrowing Base, (C) an
amount equal to the Net Proceeds of such Disposition is utilized to
repay the Loans and Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations if and
to the extent then required in accordance with
Section 2.05 hereof, and (D) in the case of any
sale-leaseback transaction permitted hereunder, the Agents shall
have received from such each purchaser or transferee a Collateral
Access Agreement;
(i) Dispositions consisting
of the compromise, settlement or collection of accounts receivable
in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past
practices;
(j) leases, subleases, space
leases, licenses or sublicenses (and terminations of any of the
foregoing), in each case in the ordinary course of business and
which do not materially interfere with the business of the Lead
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(k) Dispositions of cash,
cash equivalents and Permitted Investments described in clauses
(a) through (e) of the definition of “Permitted
Investments” contained in this Agreement, in each case on
ordinary business terms and, to the extent constituting a
Disposition, the making of Permitted Investments;
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(l) any Disposition of Real
Estate to a Governmental Authority as a result of the condemnation
of such Real Estate so long as an amount equal to the Net Proceeds
of such Disposition is utilized to repay the Loans and Cash
Collateralize the L/C Obligations if and to the extent then
required in accordance with Section 2.05 hereof;
and
(m) other Dispositions,
provided that the aggregate fair market value of all assets
Disposed of in reliance upon this paragraph (m) shall not
exceed $10,000,000 during any Fiscal Year of the Lead
Borrower.
“ Permitted
Encumbrances ” means:
(a) Liens imposed by law for
Taxes that are not yet due or are being contested in compliance
with Section 6.04 ;
(b) carriers’,
warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s,
repairmen’s, and other like Liens imposed by applicable Law,
arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations
that are not overdue by more than thirty (30) days or are
being contested in compliance with Section 6.04
;
(c) pledges and deposits made
in the ordinary course of business in compliance with
workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other
social security or similar laws or regulations, other than any Lien
imposed by ERISA;
(d) deposits to secure or
relating to the performance of bids, trade contracts, government
contracts, and leases (other than Indebtedness), statutory
obligations, surety, stay, customs and appeal bonds, performance
bonds and other obligations of a like nature (including those to
secure health, safety and environmental obligations) incurred in
the ordinary course of business;
(e) Liens in respect of
judgments that do not constitute an Event of Default
hereunder;
(f) easements, covenants,
conditions, restrictions, building code laws, zoning restrictions,
encroachments, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real
property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of
business that do not secure any monetary obligations and do not
materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the
Loan Parties taken as a whole and such other minor title defects or
survey matters that are disclosed by current surveys that, in each
case, do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of
business of the Loan Parties taken as a whole;
(g) Liens existing on the
date hereof and listed on Schedule 7.01 and any renewals or
extensions thereof, provided that (i) the property
covered thereby is not changed other than after-acquired property
affixed or incorporated thereto and proceeds or products thereof,
(ii) the amount secured or benefited thereby is not increased
except to the extent permitted hereunder, and (iii) any
renewal or extension of the obligations secured or benefited
thereby is otherwise permitted hereunder;
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(h) Liens on fixed or capital
assets acquired by any Loan Party which are permitted under clause
(c) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness so long as
(i) such Liens and the Indebtedness secured thereby are
incurred prior to or within one hundred eighty (180) days
after such acquisition (other than refinancing thereof permitted
hereunder) (other than Liens granted solely in contemplation of an
acquisition securing Indebtedness referred to in clause (c)(ii) of
the definition of Permitted Indebtedness), (ii) the
Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost of
acquisition of such fixed or capital assets and (iii) such
Liens shall not extend to any other property or assets of the Loan
Parties or any Subsidiary and any accessions thereto and the
proceeds and the products thereof;
(i) Liens in favor of the
Collateral Agent for its own benefit and the benefit of the other
Credit Parties;
(j) landlords’ and
lessors’ Liens in respect of rent not in default for more
than thirty (30) days and the existence of which, individually
or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in
a Material Adverse Effect;
(k) possessory Liens in favor
of brokers and dealers arising in connection with the acquisition
or disposition of Investments owned as of the date hereof and other
Permitted Investments, provided that such Liens
(i) attach only to such Investments or other Investments held
by such broker or dealer, and (ii) secure only obligations
incurred in the ordinary course and arising in connection with the
acquisition or disposition of such Investments and not any
obligation in connection with margin financing;
(l) Liens arising solely by
virtue of any statutory or common law provisions relating to
banker’s liens, liens in favor of securities intermediaries,
rights of setoff or similar rights and remedies as to deposit
accounts or securities accounts or other funds maintained with
depository institutions or securities intermediaries;
(m) Liens arising from
precautionary UCC filings regarding “true” operating
leases or, to the extent not prohibited under the Loan Documents,
the consignment of goods to a Loan Party;
(n) voluntary Liens on
property (other than Liens attaching to Inventory or Accounts) in
existence at the time such property is acquired pursuant to a
Permitted Acquisition or other Permitted Investment or on such
property of a Subsidiary of a Loan Party in existence at the time
such Subsidiary is acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition or
other Permitted Investment; provided , that such Liens are
not incurred in connection with or in anticipation of such
Permitted Acquisition or other Permitted Investment and do not
attach to any other assets of any Loan Party or any
Subsidiary;
(o) Liens in favor of customs
and revenues authorities imposed by applicable Law arising in the
ordinary course of business in connection with the importation of
goods;
(p) Liens referred to in
Schedule B of the Mortgage Policies insuring the
Mortgages;
(q) Liens (i) on cash
advances in favor of the seller of any property to be acquired in
any Permitted Acquisition or other Permitted Investment to be
applied against the purchase price for such Permitted Acquisition
or other Permitted Investment, (ii) consisting of an agreement
to transfer any property in a Permitted Disposition, in each case,
solely to the extent such Acquisition or Disposition, as the case
may be, would have been permitted on the date of the
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creation of such Lien, and
(iii) on any cash earnest money deposits made by the Lead
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with any letter
of intent or purchase agreement permitted hereunder;
(r) any interest or title of
a licensor, sublicensor, lessor or sublessor under leases or
subleases or secured by a lessor’s or sublessor’s
interests under licenses or leases entered into by the Lead
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of
business;
(s) Liens in respect of the
licensing of patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade names, other
indications of origin, domain names and other forms of Intellectual
Property in the ordinary course of business;
(t) Liens arising out of
conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar
arrangements for sale of goods (including under Article 2 of the
UCC) and Liens that are contractual rights of set-off relating to
purchase orders and other similar agreements entered into by the
Lead Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(u) Liens on insurance
policies and the proceeds thereof securing the financing of the
premiums with respect thereto incurred in the ordinary course of
business;
(v) Liens arising out of sale
and leaseback transactions permitted hereunder and securing
Indebtedness under clause (f) of the definition of
“Permitted Indebtedness”; and
(w) other Liens on assets
other than those of the type included in the Borrowing Base
securing obligations outstanding in an aggregate principal amount
not to exceed $10,000,000.
“ Permitted
Indebtedness ” means each of the following:
(a) Indebtedness outstanding
on the date hereof and listed on Schedule 7.03 and any
refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions thereof;
provided that (i) the amount of such Indebtedness is
not increased at the time of such refinancing, refunding, renewal
or extension except by an amount equal to any premium or other
amount paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in each
case on then current market terms, in connection with such
refinancing and by an amount equal to any existing commitments
unutilized thereunder, and (ii) the result of such extension,
renewal or replacement shall not be an earlier maturity date or
decreased weighted average life of such Indebtedness;
(b) Indebtedness of
(i) any Loan Party to any other Loan Party; (ii) any
Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to any other any Subsidiary
that is not a Loan Party; (iii) of any Subsidiary that is not
a Loan Party to any Loan Party; and (iv) as long as no Event
of Default exists at the time of incurrence of such Indebtedness or
would arise therefrom, any Loan Party to Subsidiaries that are not
Loan Parties in an aggregate principal amount, when combined with
then outstanding Investments to such Subsidiaries made under clause
(g)(iv) of the definition of “Permitted Investments”,
does not exceed $10,000,000 at any time outstanding,
provided that at the option of the Administrative Agent, any
such Indebtedness described in clause (b)(iv) shall be evidenced by
a promissory note which shall be subordinated to the Obligations on
terms reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent;
(c) without duplication of
Indebtedness described in clause (f) of this definition,
(i) purchase money Indebtedness of any Loan Party or any
Subsidiary to finance the acquisition of any fixed or capital
assets, including Capital Lease Obligations, and (ii) any
Indebtedness
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assumed in connection with
the acquisition of any such assets or secured by a Lien on any such
assets prior to the acquisition thereof (other than, in the case of
the foregoing clause (ii), Indebtedness incurred solely in
contemplation of such acquisition), and extensions, renewals and
replacements of any such Indebtedness that do not increase the
outstanding principal amount thereof, provided that, if
requested by the Collateral Agent, the Loan Parties shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to cause the holders of such
Indebtedness to enter into an agreement permitting the Collateral
Agent to utilize such fixed or capital assets in connection with
the exercise of remedies under the Loan Documents by the Collateral
Agent against the Collateral included in the Borrowing Base,
provided further that the Collateral Agent will not make any
such request unless the Collateral Agent determines in its
Permitted Discretion that the failure to obtain such an agreement
will or could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the value
of the Collateral included in the Borrowing Base and the amount
that the Collateral Agent may realize thereon upon the exercise of
such remedies;
(d) Indebtedness (contingent
or otherwise) of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof existing
or arising under any Swap Contract, provided that such
obligations are (or were) entered into by such Person in the
ordinary course of business and not for purposes of speculation or
taking a “market view;”
(e) Indebtedness in respect
of performance bonds, bid bonds, customs and appeal bonds, surety
bonds, performance and completion guarantees and similar
obligations, or obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank
guarantees or similar instruments related thereto, in each case
provided in the ordinary course of business;
(f) Indebtedness incurred
(A) for the construction or acquisition or improvement of Real
Estate, or (B) to finance or to refinance any Real Estate
owned by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary (including therein any
Indebtedness incurred in connection with sale-leaseback
transactions permitted hereunder), provided , that with
respect to any Indebtedness incurred under this clause
(B) relating to Real Estate that is subject to a Mortgage,
(i) with respect to any Eligible Real Estate, the Net Proceeds
paid in cash are in an amount at least equal to the greater of the
amounts advanced or available to be advanced against such Eligible
Real Estate under the Borrowing Base, (ii) an amount equal to
the Net Proceeds received in connection with any such Indebtedness
is utilized to repay the Loans and Cash Collateralize the L/C
Obligations if and to the extent then required in accordance with
Section 2.05 hereof, and (iii) the Loan Parties
shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the holders of
such Indebtedness to enter into a Collateral Access
Agreement;
(g) Indebtedness with respect
to the deferred purchase price for any Permitted
Acquisition;
(h) Indebtedness of any
Person that becomes a Subsidiary of a Loan Party in a Permitted
Acquisition or other Permitted Investments, which Indebtedness is
existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary of a Loan
Party (other than Indebtedness incurred solely in contemplation of
such Person’s becoming a Subsidiary of a Loan
Party);
(i) the
Obligations;
(j) (i) Indebtedness
constituting indemnification obligations or obligations in respect
of purchase price or other similar adjustments in connection with
Permitted Dispositions; and (ii) Indebtedness consisting of
obligations of the Lead Borrower or any Subsidiary under deferred
compensation or other similar arrangements incurred by such Person
in connection with any Permitted Investment;
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(k) Indebtedness consisting
of (x) the financing of insurance premiums or
(y) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements,
in each case, in the ordinary course of business;
(l) Guarantees (i) by
any Loan Party of the Indebtedness described in clause
(a) hereof, (ii) by any Loan Party of any Indebtedness of
another Loan Party permitted hereunder, and (iii) as long as
no Event of Default exists or would arise therefrom, by any Loan
Party of Indebtedness otherwise permitted hereunder of any
Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to the extent such Guarantees
are permitted pursuant to Section 7.02 ;
(m) other unsecured
Indebtedness; and
(n) other Indebtedness in an
aggregate principal amount not to exceed $10,000,000 at any time
outstanding.
“ Permitted
Investments ” means each of the following:
(a) readily marketable
obligations issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by
the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality
thereof having maturities of not more than one year from the date
of acquisition thereof; provided that the full faith and
credit of the United States of America is pledged in support
thereof;
(b) commercial paper issued
by any Person organized under the laws of any state of the United
States of America and rated, at the time of acquisition thereof, at
least “Prime-2” (or the then equivalent grade) by
Moody’s or at least “A-2” (or the then equivalent
grade) by S&P, in each case with maturities of not more
than one year from the date of acquisition thereof;
(c) time deposits with, or
insured certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances of,
any commercial bank that (i) (A) is a Lender or
(B) is organized under the laws of the United States of
America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia or is the
principal banking subsidiary of a bank holding company organized
under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof
or the District of Columbia, and is a member of the Federal Reserve
System, (ii) issues (or the parent of which issues) commercial
paper rated, at the time of acquisition thereof, as described in
clause (b) of this definition and (iii) has combined
capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000, in each case with
maturities of not more than one year from the date of acquisition
thereof;
(d) fully collateralized
repurchase agreements with a term of not more than thirty
(30) days for securities described in clause (a) above
(without regard to the limitation on maturity contained in such
clause) and entered into with a financial institution satisfying
the criteria described in clause (c) above at the time of
acquisition thereof or with any primary dealer and having a market
value at the time that such repurchase agreement is entered into of
not less than 100% of the repurchase obligation of such
counterparty entity with whom such repurchase agreement has been
entered into;
(e) Investments, classified
in accordance with GAAP as current assets of the Loan Parties, in
any money market fund, mutual fund, or other investment companies
that are registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, which are administered by
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financial institutions that
have, at the time of acquisition thereof, the highest rating
obtainable from either Moody’s or S&P, and which invest
primarily in one or more of the types of securities described in
clauses (a) through (d) above;
(f) Investments existing on
the Closing Date, and set forth on Schedule 7.02 , but not
any increase in the amount thereof;
(g) (i) Investments by any
Loan Party and its Subsidiaries in their respective Subsidiaries
outstanding on the date hereof, (ii) additional Investments by
any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party in any Loan Party or in any
other Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, (iii) additional
Investments by any Loan Party in any other Loan Party, and
(iv) as long as no Event of Default exists at the time such
Investment is made or would arise therefrom, additional Investments
by any Loan Party in Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties in an
aggregate amount, when combined with then outstanding Indebtedness
to such Subsidiaries under clause (b)(iv) of the definition of
“Permitted Indebtedness”, that does not exceed
$10,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(h) Investments consisting of
extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes
receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary
course of business, and Investments received in satisfaction or
partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account
debtors to the extent reasonably necessary in order to prevent or
limit loss;
(i) Guarantees constituting
Permitted Indebtedness;
(j) Investments received by
any Loan Party from purchasers of any assets pursuant to Permitted
Dispositions;
(k) Investments received in
connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of, or settlement
of delinquent accounts and disputes with, customers and suppliers,
in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(l) (i) advances of payroll
payments to employees in the ordinary course of business and
(ii) other loans and advances to officers, directors and
employees of the Loan Parties and Subsidiaries in the ordinary
course of business in an aggregate amount not to exceed $5,000,000
at any time outstanding;
(m) Investments constituting
Permitted Acquisitions and earnest money deposits made in
connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement
permitted hereunder;
(n) capital contributions
made by (i) any Loan Party to another Loan Party or
(ii) any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to any other
Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party;
(o) Investments in the form
of Swap Contracts not prohibited hereunder;
(p) Investments of any Person
existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary of any Loan
Party or consolidates or merges with the Lead Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries (including in connection with a Permitted
Acquisition) so long as such Investments were not made in
contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary or of such
consolidation or merger;
(q) as long as no Event of
Default exists or would arise therefrom, other Investments in an
aggregate amount not to exceed $10,000,000 at any time
outstanding;
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(r) the Tender Offer and the
Merger;
(s) Guarantees of leases or
other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness, in each case
entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(t) other Investments as long
as the Payment Conditions are satisfied;
(u) any acquisition of Store
locations of any Person (whether by (i) purchase or other
acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets or properties
of such Person or of any business unit of such Person,
(ii) merger or consolidation of such Person with any Loan
Party or any Subsidiary, (iii) any other transaction or series
of transactions resulting in the acquisition of all or
substantially all of the assets, or a Controlling interest in the
Equity Interests, of such Person or (iv) otherwise) for which
the aggregate consideration payable in connection with such
acquisition is less than $50,000,000 in any single transaction or
less than $100,000,000 in the aggregate in any twelve
(12) month period; and
(v) Investments by the Merger
Sub in the Shares (including any payments to holders of Shares who
have properly perfected rights to appraisal in accordance with
Section 262 of the Delaware General Corporation
Law);
provided , however , that
notwithstanding the foregoing, after the occurrence and during the
continuance of a Cash Dominion Event, no such Investments specified
in clauses (a) through (e), clause (q), clause (t) and
clause (u) shall be incurred (unless, in the case of
Investments specified in clause (u), any Loan Party or any
Subsidiary is bound under any Contractual Obligation relating
thereto, so long as such Contractual Obligation was not entered
into during the continuance of a Cash Dominion Event) unless
(i) either (A) no Loans are then outstanding, or
(B) the Investment is a temporary Investment pending
expiration of an Interest Period for a LIBO Rate Loan, the proceeds
of which Investment will be applied to the Loans after the
expiration of such Interest Period, and (ii) such Investments
are pledged to the Collateral Agent as additional collateral for
the Obligations pursuant to such agreements as may be reasonably
required by the Collateral Agent.
“ Permitted
Overadvance ” means an Overadvance made by the
Administrative Agent, in its reasonable discretion,
which:
(a) (i) is made to maintain,
protect or preserve the Collateral and/or the Credit Parties’
rights under the Loan Documents or which is otherwise for the
benefit of the Credit Parties; or
(ii) is made to enhance the
likelihood of, or to maximize the amount of, repayment of any
Obligation; or
(iii) is made to pay any
other amount chargeable to any Loan Party hereunder; and
(b) together with all other
Permitted Overadvances then outstanding, shall not (i) exceed
ten percent (10%) of the Borrowing Base at any time or
(ii) unless a Liquidation is occurring, remain outstanding for
more than forty-five (45) consecutive Business Days, unless,
in each case, the Required Lenders otherwise agree;
provided however , that
the foregoing shall not (i) modify or abrogate any of the
provisions of Section 2.03 regarding any Tranche A
Lender’s obligations with respect to Letters of Credit, or
(ii) result in any claim or liability against the
Administrative Agent (regardless of the amount of any Overadvance)
for
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“inadvertent Overadvances”
(i.e. where an Overadvance results from changed circumstances
beyond the control of the Administrative Agent (such as a reduction
in the collateral value)), and such “inadvertent
Overadvances” shall not reduce the amount of Permitted
Overadvances allowed hereunder, and further provided that in
no event shall the Administrative Agent make an Overadvance, if
after giving effect thereto, the principal amount of the Credit
Extensions would exceed the Aggregate Commitments (as in effect
prior to any termination of the Commitments pursuant to
Section 2.06 hereof).
“ Person ”
means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company,
trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, limited
partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
“ Plan ”
means any “employee benefit plan” (as such term is
defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) established by the Lead
Borrower or, with respect to any such plan that is subject to
Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA, any ERISA
Affiliate.
“ Platform
” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02
.
“ Post Closing
Agreement ” means that certain letter dated as of the
Closing Date between the Administrative Agent and the Loan Parties
setting forth certain items which were conditions precedent to the
effectiveness of this Agreement, but which the Administrative Agent
has agreed can be performed after the Closing Date.
“ Prepayment
Event ” means:
(a) Any Disposition
generating Net Proceeds greater than $5,000,000 of any property or
asset of a Loan Party described in clauses (b), (h), (l) and
(m) of the definition of “Permitted
Disposition”;
(b) Any casualty or other
insured damage to, or any taking under power of eminent domain or
by condemnation or similar proceeding of, any property or asset of
a Loan Party, proceeds of insurance (other than proceeds of
business interruption insurance to the extent such proceeds
constitute compensation for lost earnings), and condemnation awards
(and payments in lieu thereof); provided that any receipt of
Net Proceeds of less than $5,000,000 in connection with any of the
foregoing shall not constitute a Prepayment Event; or
(c) The issuance by a
Subsidiary of the Lead Borrower of any Equity Interests, other than
any such issuance of Equity Interests (i) to a Loan Party,
(ii) as consideration for a Permitted Acquisition or
(iii) as a compensatory issuance to any employee, director, or
consultant (including under any option plan).
“ Prime Rate
” means for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the
higher of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1% and
(b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly
announced from time to time by Bank of America as its “prime
rate.” The “prime rate” is a rate set by Bank of
America based upon various factors including Bank of
America’s costs and desired return, general economic
conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for
pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such
announced rate. Any change in such rate announced by Bank of
America shall take effect at the opening of business on the day
specified in the public announcement of such change.
“ Prime Rate
Loan ” means a Loan that bears interest based on the
Prime Rate.
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“ Pro Forma
Availability Condition ” means, for any date of
calculation with respect to any transaction or payment, the Pro
Forma Availability, after giving effect to such transaction or
payment, will be equal to or greater than twenty-five percent
(25%) of the Loan Cap.
“ Pro Forma
Availability ” means, for any date of calculation, the
projected average Availability for each Fiscal Month during the six
(6) Fiscal Months immediately following such date.
“ Pro Forma
Basis ” means, as to any Person, for any events that
occur subsequent to the commencement of a period for which the
financial effect of such events is being calculated, and giving
effect to the events for which such calculation is being made, such
calculation as will give pro forma effect to such events as if such
events occurred on the first day of the four consecutive Fiscal
Quarter period ended on or before the occurrence of such event
(the “ Reference Period ”). Without
limiting the foregoing, (a) in making any determination of
Consolidated EBITDA on a Pro Forma Basis, effect shall be given,
without limitation, to any Permitted Acquisition that occurred
during the Reference Period, (b) in making any determination
of Consolidated EBITDA on a Pro Forma Basis for the purpose of
calculating satisfaction of the Payment Conditions, effect shall be
given, without limitation, to any Permitted Acquisition, Restricted
Payment pursuant to Sections 7.06(g) and 7.06(h), Investment
pursuant to clause (t) of the definition of “Permitted
Investments” and voluntary prepayment of Indebtedness
pursuant to Section 7.07, in each case that occurred during
the Reference Period, and (c) in making any determination on a
Pro Forma Basis of, (i) Indebtedness, all Indebtedness
(including Indebtedness issued, incurred or assumed as a result of,
or to finance, any relevant transactions and working capital and
for which the financial effect is being calculated, whether
incurred under this Agreement or otherwise) issued, incurred,
assumed or permanently repaid during the Reference Period shall be
deemed to have been issued, incurred, assumed or permanently repaid
at the beginning of such period, and (ii) Consolidated
Interest Charges, the Consolidated Interest Charges of such Person
attributable to interest on any Indebtedness, for which pro forma
effect is being given as provided in preceding clause (i), bearing
floating interest rates shall be computed on a pro forma basis as
if the rates that would have been in effect during the period for
which pro forma effect is being given had been actually in effect
during such periods. Pro forma calculations made
pursuant to the definition of the term “Pro Forma
Basis” shall be determined in good faith by a Responsible
Officer of the Lead Borrower, shall be factually supportable and
based upon facts and assumptions which are reasonable.
“ Public Lender
” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02
.
“ Real Estate
” means all land, together with the buildings, structures,
parking areas, and other improvements thereon, now or hereafter
owned or leased by any Loan Party, including all easements,
rights-of-way, and similar rights relating thereto.
“ Real Estate
Advance Rate ” means the following percentages for the
periods set forth below:
|
|
|
|
|
Period
|
|
Advance Rate |
|
|
Closing Date through July 11,
2009
|
|
50 |
% |
|
July 12, 2009 through July 11,
2010
|
|
43.75 |
% |
|
July 12, 2010 through July 11,
2011
|
|
37.5 |
% |
|
July 12, 2011 through July 11,
2012
|
|
31.25 |
% |
|
July 12, 2012 through July 11,
2013
|
|
25.0 |
% |
|
From and after July 12,
2013
|
|
0 |
% |
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“ Real Estate
Cap ” means at any time of calculation, thirty-three
percent (33%) of the Borrowing Base.
“ Real Estate
Eligibility Requirements ” means, collectively, each of
the following:
(a) The applicable Borrower
has executed and delivered to the Collateral Agent a Mortgage with
respect to any Real Estate intended, by such Borrower, to be
included in Eligible Real Estate;
(b) Such Real Estate is used
by a Borrower for offices or as a store or distribution center or
other purposes not prohibited by this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents;
(c) As to any particular
property, the applicable Borrower is in compliance in all material
respects with the representations, warranties and covenants set
forth in the Mortgage relating to such Real Estate;
(d) The Collateral Agent
shall have received fully paid American Land Title Association
Lender’s Extended Coverage title insurance policies (or
marked-up title insurance commitments having the effect of a policy
of title insurance) (the “ Mortgage Policies ”)
in form and substance, with the endorsements reasonably required by
the Agents (to the extent available at commercially reasonable
rates) and in amounts reasonably acceptable to the Collateral
Agent, issued by First American Title Insurance Company, Fidelity
Title Insurance Company or other title insurers reasonably
acceptable to the Collateral Agent, insuring the Mortgages to be
valid first and subsisting Liens on the property or leasehold
interests described therein, free and clear of all defects
(including, but not limited to, mechanics’ and
materialmen’s Liens) and encumbrances, excepting only
Permitted Encumbrances;
(e) With respect to any Real
Estate owned by a Borrower (excluding interests as lessee under a
Lease) which is intended by such Borrower to be included in
Eligible Real Estate and which has an Appraised Value of $1,500,000
or more, the Collateral Agent shall have received:
(i) American Land Title Association/American Congress on
Surveying and Mapping form surveys, for which all necessary fees
(where applicable) have been paid, certified to the Collateral
Agent and the issuer of the Mortgage Policies in a manner
reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent by a land surveyor
duly registered and licensed in the states in which the property
described in such surveys is located and reasonably acceptable to
the Collateral Agent, showing all buildings and other improvements,
the location of any easements, parking spaces, rights of way,
building set-back lines and other dimensional regulations and the
absence of encroachments, either by such improvements or on to such
property, and other defects, other than encroachments and other
defects reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent, or
(ii) survey coverage either in the form of deleting or
endorsing over a survey exception and by providing survey
endorsements in form reasonably acceptable to the Collateral
Agent;
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(f) With respect to any Real
Estate intended by any Borrower to be included in Eligible Real
Estate, the Collateral Agent shall have received a Phase I
Environmental Site Assessment in accordance with ASTM Standard
E1527-05, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Collateral Agent, from Terracon, ATC Associates, Inc. or another
environmental consulting firm reasonably acceptable to the
Collateral Agent, which report shall identify recognized
environmental conditions and shall to the extent possible quantify
any related costs and liabilities, associated with such conditions
and the Collateral Agent shall be satisfied with the nature and
amount of any such matters. The Collateral Agent may, upon the
receipt of a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment require the
delivery of further environmental assessments or reports to the
extent such further assessments or reports are recommended in the
Phase I Environmental Site Assessment;
(g) If required by applicable
Law, the applicable Borrower shall have delivered to the Collateral
Agent evidence of flood insurance that covers any parcel of
improved Real Estate that is encumbered by a Mortgage in favor of
the Collateral Agent, which insurance shall name the Collateral
Agent as mortgagee and shall be in an amount and in such form that
complies with the requirements under the National Flood Insurance
Act;
(h) The applicable Borrower
shall have delivered such other information and documents as may be
reasonably requested by the Agents to the extent necessary to
comply with FIRREA; and
(i) With respect to any
Eligible Real Estate subject to a Mortgage,
(A) such Real Estate,
including the Improvements thereon, shall be kept in good order,
repair and tenantable condition;
(B) no material waste,
impairment, or deterioration of the Property (as defined in the
Mortgages) shall have been committed and the Property shall not
have been abandoned; and
(C) no Improvements now
existing or hereafter erected on the Property shall have been
demolished or altered in a manner that results in a change in the
purpose of such Real Estate or materially and adversely affects the
Appraised Value of such Real Estate, in each case without the prior
consent of Collateral Agent, not to be unreasonably
withheld.
“ Realty
Reserves ” means, without duplication of any other
Reserve or items that are otherwise addressed or excluded through
eligibility criteria, such reserves as the Administrative Agent
from time to time determines in the Administrative Agent’s
Permitted Discretion, in accordance with the provisions of
Section 2.01(b) , as reflecting (i) the
impediments to the Agents’ ability to realize upon any
Eligible Real Estate, or (ii) claims and liabilities that the
Administrative Agent determines in its Permitted Discretion will
need to be satisfied in connection with the realization upon and
Eligible Real Estate.
“ Receivables
Reserves ” means, without duplication of any other
Reserve or items that are otherwise addressed or excluded through
eligibility criteria, such Reserves as may be established from time
to time by the Administrative Agent in the Administrative
Agent’s Permitted Discretion, in accordance with the
provisions of Section 2.01(b) , with respect to the
determination of the collectability in the ordinary course of
Eligible Non-Credit Card Receivables, including, without
limitation, Dilution Reserves.
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“ Register
” has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(c)
.
“ Registered Public
Accounting Firm ” has the meaning specified by the
Securities Laws and shall be independent of the Lead Borrower and
its Subsidiaries as prescribed by the Securities Laws.
“ Related
Parties ” means, with respect to any Person, such
Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers,
employees, agents and advisors of such Person and of such
Person’s Affiliates.
“ Reportable
Event ” means any of the events set forth in
Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than events for which the
thirty (30) day notice period has been waived.
“ Reports
” has the meaning specified in Section 9.12(b)
.
“ Request for Credit
Extension ” means (a) with respect to a Borrowing,
conversion or continuation of Committed Loans, a Committed Loan
Notice, (b) with respect to an L/C Credit Extension, a Letter
of Credit Application, and (c) with respect to a Swing Line
Loan, a Swing Line Loan Notice.
“ Required
Lenders ” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders
holding more than 50% of the Aggregate Commitments or, if the
commitment of each Lender to make Loans and the obligation of the
L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated
pursuant to Section 8.02 , Lenders holding in the
aggregate more than 50% of the Total Outstandings (with the
aggregate amount of each Lender’s risk participation and
funded participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans being
deemed “held” by such Lender for purposes of this
definition); provided that the Commitment of, and the
portion of the Total Outstandings held or deemed held by, any
Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a
determination of Required Lenders.
“ Reserves
” means all (if any) Inventory Reserves, Availability
Reserves, Realty Reserves, and Receivables Reserves.
“ Responsible
Officer ” means the chief executive officer, president,
chief financial officer, treasurer or assistant treasurer of a Loan
Party or any of the other individuals designated in writing to the
Administrative Agent by an existing Responsible Officer of a Loan
Party as an authorized signatory of any certificate or other
document to be delivered hereunder. Any document delivered
hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party
shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all
necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of
such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively
presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.
“ Restricted
Payment ” means any dividend or other distribution
(whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any
Equity Interest of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, or any payment
(whether in cash, securities or other property), including any
sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase,
redemption, retirement, defeasance, acquisition, cancellation or
termination of any such Equity Interest of any Loan Party or any
Subsidiary, or on account of any return of capital to any Loan
Party’s or Subsidiary’s stockholders, partners or
members (or the equivalent of any thereof), or any option or
warrant to acquire any such dividend or other distribution or
payment.
“ S&P
” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a
division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and any successor
thereto.
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“ Sarbanes-Oxley
” means the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
“ SEC ”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental
Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.
“ Securities
Laws ” means the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, Sarbanes-Oxley, and the applicable accounting
and auditing principles, rules, standards and practices
promulgated, approved or incorporated by the SEC or the
PCAOB.
“ Security
Agreement ” means the Security Agreement dated as of the
Closing Date among the Loan Parties and the Collateral
Agent.
“ Security
Documents ” means the Security Agreement, the Blocked
Account Agreements, the Mortgages, the Credit Card Notifications,
and each other security agreement or other instrument or document
executed and delivered by any Loan Party to the Collateral Agent
pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document granting a
Lien on any assets of any Loan Party to secure any of the
Obligations.
“ Senior Managing
Agents ” means Wells Fargo Retail Finance, LLC, SunTrust
Bank, NA, Burdale Capital Finance, Inc. and U.S. Bank National
Association, in their capacities as Senior Managing
Agents.
“ Settlement
Date ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.14(a) .
“ Shares ”
means the issued and outstanding shares of common stock, par value
$0.01 per share, of CSK that are not owned on the date of this
Agreement by the Lead Borrower.
“
Shareholders’ Equity ” means, as of any date of
determination for any Person, consolidated shareholders’
equity of such Person and its Subsidiaries as of that date
determined in accordance with GAAP.
“ Shrink ”
means Inventory which has been lost, misplaced, stolen, or is
otherwise unaccounted for.
“ Shrink Reserve
” means, without duplication of any other Reserve or items
that are otherwise addressed or excluded through eligibility
criteria, an amount reasonably estimated by the Administrative
Agent in its Permitted Discretion, in accordance with the
provisions of Section 2.01(b) , to be equal to that
amount which is required in order that the Shrink reflected in
Borrowers’ stock ledger would be reasonably equivalent to the
Shrink calculated as part of the Borrowers’ most recent
physical inventory.
“ Solvent
” and “ Solvency ” means, with respect to
any Person on a particular date, that on such date (a) at fair
valuation, all of the properties and assets of such Person are
greater than the sum of the debts, including contingent
liabilities, of such Person, (b) the present fair saleable
value of the properties and assets of such Person is not less than
the amount that would be required to pay the probable liability of
such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured,
(c) such Person is able to realize upon its properties and
assets and pay its debts and other liabilities, contingent
obligations and other commitments as they mature in the normal
course of business, (d) such Person does not intend to, and
does not believe that it will, incur debts beyond such
Person’s ability to pay as such debts mature, and
(e) such Person is not engaged in a business or a transaction,
and is not about to engage in a business or transaction, for which
such Person’s properties and assets would constitute
unreasonably small capital after giving due consideration to the
prevailing practices in the industry in which such Person is
engaged. The amount of all guarantees at any time shall be computed
as the amount that, in light of all the facts and circumstances
existing at the time, can reasonably be expected to become an
actual or matured liability.
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“ Standby Letter of
Credit ” means any Letter of Credit that is not a
Commercial Letter of Credit.
“ Stated Amount
” means at any time the maximum amount for which a Letter of
Credit may be honored.
“ Statutory Reserve
Rate ” means a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the
numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which
is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve
percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or
supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the
FRB to which the Administrative Agent is subject with respect
to the Adjusted LIBO Rate, for eurocurrency funding (currently
referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in
Regulation D of the FRB). Such reserve percentages shall
include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D. LIBO Rate
Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be
subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit
for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from
time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D or any
comparable regulation. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted
automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any
reserve percentage.
“ Store ”
means any retail store (which may include any real property,
fixtures, equipment, inventory and other property related thereto)
operated, or to be operated, by any Loan Party.
“ Subordinated
Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness which is expressly
subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment in full of
the Obligations and which is on terms approved in writing by the
Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.
“ Subsidiary
” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint
venture, limited liability company or other business entity of
which a majority of the Equity Interests having ordinary voting
power for the election of directors or other governing body are at
the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is
otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise
specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or
to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or
Subsidiaries of a Loan Party.
“ Swap Contract
” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis
swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions,
commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts,
equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond
index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or
forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward
foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor
transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions,
cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot
contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of
any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of
the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by
or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all
transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are
subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of
master agreement published by the International Swaps and
Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange
Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master
agreement, together with any related schedules, a “ Master
Agreement ”), including any such obligations or
liabilities under any Master Agreement.
“ Swap Termination
Value ” means, in respect of any one or more Swap
Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally
enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts,
(a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have
been closed out and termination value(s)
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determined in accordance therewith, such
termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date
referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the
mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined
based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available
quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts
(which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a
Lender).
“ Swing Line
” means the revolving credit facility made available by the
Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.04 .
“ Swing Line
Borrowing ” means a borrowing of a Swing Line Loan
pursuant to Section 2.04 .
“ Swing Line
Lender ” means Bank of America in its capacity as
provider of Swing Line Loans, or any successor swing line lender
hereunder.
“ Swing Line
Loan ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.04(a) .
“ Swing Line Loan
Notice ” means a notice of a Swing Line Borrowing
pursuant to Section 2.04(b) , which, if in writing,
shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B .
“ Swing Line
Note ” means the promissory note of the Borrowers
substantially in the form of Exhibit C-3 , payable to the
order of the Swing Line Lender, evidencing the Swing Line Loans
made by the Swing Line Lender.
“ Swing Line
Sublimit ” means an amount equal to the lesser of
(a) $75,000,000 and (b) the Aggregate Tranche A
Commitments. The Swing Line Sublimit is part of, and not in
addition to, the Aggregate Tranche A Commitments.
“ Syndication
Agent ” means Lehman Commercial Paper Inc.
“ Synthetic Lease
Obligation ” means the monetary obligation of a Person
under (a) a so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax
retention lease, or (b) an agreement for the use or possession
of property (including sale and leaseback transactions), in each
case, creating obligations that do not appear on the balance sheet
of such Person but which, upon the application of any Debtor Relief
Laws to such Person, would be characterized as the indebtedness of
such Person (without regard to accounting treatment).
“ Taxes ”
means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties,
deductions, withholdings, assessments, fees or other charges
imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest,
additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“ Tender Offer
” means the offer to purchase all of the Shares by Merger Sub
in accordance with the Merger Agreement.
“ Termination
Date ” means the earliest to occur of (i) the
Maturity Date, (ii) the date on which the maturity of the
Obligations (excluding Other Liabilities) is accelerated (or deemed
accelerated) and the Aggregate Commitments are irrevocably
terminated (or deemed terminated) in accordance with
Section 8.02 , and (iii) the date that the
Aggregate Commitments are terminated by the Lead Borrower in
accordance with Section 2.06 hereof.
“ Total
Outstandings ” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of
all Loans and all L/C Obligations.
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“ Trading with the
Enemy Act ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 10.18 .
“ Tranche A
Applicable Percentage ” means, with respect to any
Tranche A Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out to the
fourth decimal place) of the Aggregate Tranche A Commitments
represented by such Tranche A Lender’s Tranche A Commitment
at such time. If the commitment of each Tranche A Lender to make
Tranche A Loans and the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C
Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to Sections
2.06(a) or 8.02 or if the Aggregate Tranche A
Commitments have expired, then the Tranche A Applicable Percentage
of each Tranche A Lender shall be determined based on the Tranche A
Applicable Percentage of such Tranche A Lender most recently in
effect, giving effect to any subsequent assignments. The initial
Tranche A Applicable Percentage of each Tranche A Lender is set
forth opposite the name of such Tranche A Lender on Schedule
2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such
Tranche A Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable.
“ Tranche A
Borrowing Base ” means, at any time of calculation, an
amount equal to:
(a) the face amount of
Eligible Credit Card Receivables multiplied by eighty-five
percent (85%);
plus
(b) (i) the Cost of Eligible
Inventory of the Lead Borrower and its Subsidiaries (excluding CSK
and its Subsidiaries), net of Inventory Reserves applicable
thereto, multiplied by (ii)(A) eighty-five percent
(85%) multiplied by (B) the Appraised Value of
Eligible Inventory;
plus
(c) (i) the Cost of Eligible
Inventory of CSK and its Subsidiaries, net of Inventory Reserves
applicable thereto, multiplied by
(ii) (A) eighty-five percent (85%) multiplied
by (B) the Appraised Value of Eligible
Inventory;
plus
(d) the face amount of
Eligible Non-Credit Card Receivables (net of Receivables Reserves
applicable thereto) multiplied by eighty-five percent
(85%);
plus
(e) the Appraised Value of
Eligible Real Estate, net of Environmental Reserves and other
Realty Reserves applicable thereto multiplied by the Real
Estate Advance Rate;
minus
(f) without duplication of
other Reserves, the then amount of all Availability
Reserves;
provided that amounts
advanced under clause (e), when combined with the amount advanced
under clause (c) of the definition of Tranche A-1 Borrowing
Base, shall not exceed in the aggregate the Real Estate Cap (and,
to the extent that the Real Estate Cap is so exceeded, a Reserve in
an amount of such excess will be deducted from the Tranche A
Borrowing Base).
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“ Tranche A
Commitment ” means, with respect to each Tranche A
Lender, the commitment of such Lender hereunder set forth as its
Tranche A Commitment opposite its name on Schedule 2.01
hereto or as may subsequently be set forth in the Register from
time to time, as the same may be reduced from time to time pursuant
to the terms of this Agreement.
“ Tranche A
Lender ” means each Lender having a Tranche A Commitment
as set forth on Schedule 2.01 hereto or in the Assignment
and Assumption by which it becomes a Tranche A Lender.
“ Tranche A
Loans ” means, collectively, the Committed Loans made by
the Tranche A Lenders pursuant to Section 2.02
.
“ Tranche A
Notes ” means the promissory notes of the Borrowers
substantially in the form of Exhibit C-1 , each payable to
the order of a Tranche A Lender, evidencing the Tranche A Loans
made by such Tranche A Lender.
“ Tranche A-1
Applicable Percentage ” means, with respect to any
Tranche A-1 Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out to the
fourth decimal place) of the Aggregate Tranche A-1 Commitments
represented by such Tranche A-1 Lender’s Tranche A-1
Commitment at such time. If the commitment of each Tranche A-1
Lender to make Tranche A-1 Loans has been terminated pursuant to
Sections 2.06(c) , 2.06(d) or 8.02 or if the
Aggregate Tranche A-1 Commitments have expired, then the Tranche
A-1 Applicable Percentage of each Tranche A-1 Lender shall be
determined based on the Tranche A-1 Applicable Percentage of such
Tranche A-1 Lender most recently in effect, giving effect to any
subsequent assignments. The initial Tranche A-1 Applicable
Percentage of each Tranche A-1 Lender is set forth opposite the
name of such Tranche A-1 Lender on Schedule 2.01 or in the
Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Tranche A-1 Lender
becomes a party hereto, as applicable.
“ Tranche A-1
Borrowing Base ” means, at any time of calculation, an
amount equal to:
(a) (i) the Cost of Eligible
Inventory of the Lead Borrower and its Subsidiaries (excluding CSK
and its Subsidiaries), net of Inventory Reserves applicable
thereto, multiplied by (ii) (A) ten percent
(10%) multiplied by (B) the Appraised Value of
Eligible Inventory;
plus
(b) (i) the Cost of Eligible
Inventory of CSK and its Subsidiaries, net of Inventory Reserves
applicable thereto, multiplied by (ii) (A) ten
percent (10%) multiplied by (B) the Appraised
Value of Eligible Inventory;
plus
(c) the Appraised Value of
Eligible Real Estate, net of Environmental Reserves and other
Realty Reserves applicable thereto multiplied by ten percent
(10%);
plus
(d) the then Tranche A
Borrowing Base;
provided that amounts
advanced under clause (c), when combined with the amount advanced
under clause (e) of the definition of Tranche A Borrowing
Base, shall not exceed in the aggregate the Real Estate
Cap.
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“ Tranche A-1
Commitment ” means, with respect to each Tranche A-1
Lender, the commitment of such Tranche A-1 Lender hereunder set
forth as its Tranche A-1 Commitment opposite its name on
Schedule 2.01 hereto or as may subsequently be set forth in
the Register from time to time, as the same may be reduced from
time to time pursuant to this Agreement.
“ Tranche A-1
Lender ” means each Lender having a Tranche A-1
Commitment as set forth on Schedule 2.01 hereto or in the
Assignment and Assumption by which it becomes a Tranche A-1
Lender.
“ Tranche A-1
Loans ” means, collectively, the Committed Loans made by
the Tranche A-1 Lenders pursuant to Section 2.02
.
“ Tranche A-1
Notes ” means the promissory notes of the Borrowers
substantially in the form of Exhibit C-2 , each payable to
the order of a Tranche A-1 Lender, evidencing the Tranche A-1 Loans
made by such Tranche A-1 Lender.
“ Type ”
means, with respect to a Committed Loan, its character as a Prime
Rate Loan or a LIBO Rate Loan.
“ UCC ” or
“ Uniform Commercial Code ” means the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New
York; provided , however , that if a term is defined
in Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code differently than in
another Article thereof, the term shall have the meaning set forth
in Article 9; provided further that, if by reason of
mandatory provisions of law, perfection, or the effect of
perfection or non-perfection, of a security interest in any
Collateral or the availability of any remedy hereunder is governed
by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other
than the State of New York, “Uniform Commercial Code”
means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such other
jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such
perfection or effect of perfection or non-perfection or
availability of such remedy, as the case may be.
“ UFCA ”
has the meaning specified in Section 10.21(d)
.
“ UFTA ”
has the meaning specified in Section 10.21(d)
.
“ Unfunded Pension
Liability ” means the excess of a Pension Plan’s
benefit liabilities under Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA, over
the current value of that Pension Plan’s assets, determined
in accordance with the assumptions used for funding the Pension
Plan pursuant to Section 412 of the Code for the applicable
plan year.
“ United States
” and “ U.S. ” mean the United States of
America.
“ Unreimbursed
Amount ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.03(c)(i) .
“ Wholly Owned
Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any
corporation, partnership or other entity of which all of the Equity
Interests (other than, in the case of a corporation,
directors’ qualifying shares) are directly or indirectly
owned or controlled by such Person or one or more Wholly Owned
Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more
Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
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1.02 Other Interpretive
Provisions. With reference to this Agreement and each other
Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other
Loan Document:
(a) The definitions of terms
herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the
terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall
include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The
words “ include ,” “ includes
” and “ including ” shall be deemed to be
followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The word
“ will ” shall be construed to have the same
meaning and effect as the word “ shall .” Unless
the context requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or
reference to any agreement, instrument or other document (including
any Organization Document) shall be construed as referring to such
agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time
amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments,
restatements, amendments and restatements, supplements or
modifications set forth herein or in any other Loan Document),
(ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to
include such Person’s successors and assigns, (iii) the
words “ herein ,” “ hereof ”
and “ hereunder ,” and words of similar import
when used in any Loan Document, shall be construed to refer to such
Loan Document in its entirety and not to any particular provision
thereof, (iv) all references in a Loan Document to Articles,
Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to
Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, the Loan
Document in which such references appear, (v) any reference to
any law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions
consolidating, amending replacing or interpreting such law and any
reference to any law or regulation shall, unless otherwise
specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time, and (vi) the words “
asset ” and “ property ” shall be
construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any
and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including
cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
(b) In the computation of
periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date,
unless otherwise expressly provided, the word “ from
” means “ from and including ;” the words
“ to ” and “ until ” each
mean “ to but excluding ;” and the word “
through ” means “ to and including
.”
(c) Section headings herein
and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of
reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document.
1.03 Accounting
Terms.
(a) Generally . All
accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein
shall be construed in conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent
basis, as in effect from time to time, applied in a manner
consistent with that used in preparing the Audited Financial
Statements, described in clause (a) of the definition of
“Audited Financial Statements” contained in this
Agreement except as otherwise specifically prescribed
herein
(b) Changes in GAAP .
If at any time any change in GAAP or any change in accounting
practices or reporting practices of the Loan Parties would affect
the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in
any Loan Document or the computation of the Borrowing Base, and
either the Lead Borrower or the Required Lenders shall so request,
the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Lead Borrower shall
negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio, requirement or
computation to preserve the original intent thereof in light of
such change in GAAP, accounting practices or reporting practices
(subject to the approval of the Required Lenders and the Lead
Borrower); provided that , until so amended,
(i) such ratio, requirement or computation shall continue to
be computed in accordance with GAAP or the former accounting and
reporting practices prior to such change therein and (ii) the
Lead Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders financial statements and other
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documents required under this
Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a
reconciliation between calculations of such ratio, requirement or
computation made before and after giving effect to such change in
GAAP, accounting practices or reporting practices, as
applicable.
1.04 Rounding. Any
financial ratios required to be maintained by the Borrowers
pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the
appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result
to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is
expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest
number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest
number).
1.05 Times of Day.
Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day
shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as
applicable).
1.06 Letter of Credit
Amounts. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to
the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be
the Stated Amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time;
provided , however , that with respect to any Letter
of Credit that, by its terms of any Issuer Documents related
thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the Stated
Amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed
to be the maximum Stated Amount of such Letter of Credit after
giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum
Stated Amount is in effect at such time.
1.07 Certifications.
All certifications to be made hereunder by an officer or
representative of a Loan Party shall be made by such Person in his
or her capacity solely as an officer or a representative of such
Loan Party, on such Loan Party’s behalf and not in such
Person’s individual capacity.
ARTICLE II.
THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT
EXTENSIONS
2.01 Committed Loans;
Reserves.
(a) Subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein, each Lender severally agrees to make
loans (each such loan, a “ Committed Loan ”) to
the Borrowers from time to time, on any Business Day during the
Availability Period, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
at any time outstanding the lesser of (x) the amount of such
Lender’s Commitment and (y) such Lender’s
Applicable Percentage of the Borrowing Base; subject in each case
to the following limitations:
(i) after giving effect to
any Committed Borrowing, the Total Outstandings shall not exceed
the lesser of (A) the Aggregate Commitments and (B) the
Borrowing Base;
(ii) after giving effect to
any Committed Borrowing, the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the
Tranche A Loans of any Tranche A Lender, plus such Tranche A
Lender’s Tranche A Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding
Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such Tranche A
Lender’s Tranche A Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding
Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed the lesser of
(x) such Tranche A Lender’s Tranche A Commitment and
(y) such Tranche A Lender’s Tranche A Applicable
Percentage of the Tranche A Borrowing Base;
(iii) the Outstanding Amount
of all L/C Obligations shall not at any time exceed the Letter of
Credit Sublimit;
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(iv) the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of Tranche A Loans, Swing Line Loans
and L/C Obligations shall not at any time exceed the Aggregate
Tranche A Commitments; and
(v) the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of the Tranche A-1 Loans shall not exceed the
Aggregate Tranche A-1 Commitments.
Within the limits of each Lender’s
Commitment, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof,
any Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.01 ,
prepay under Section 2.05 , and reborrow under this
Section 2.01 . Committed Loans may be Prime Rate Loans
or LIBO Rate Loans, as further provided herein.
(b) The following are the
Reserves as of the Closing Date:
(i) Shrink for Inventory
owned by the Lead Borrower and its Subsidiaries tracked by the Lead
Borrower’s perpetual inventory system (an Inventory Reserve):
An amount equal to the shrink reserve reflected in the Lead
Borrower’s general ledger plus one month’s average
shrink resulting from cycle count activity for Stores and
distribution centers;
(ii) Shrink for Inventory
owned by CSK and its Subsidiaries tracked by CSK’s perpetual
inventory system (an Inventory Reserve): An amount equal to the
shrink reserve reflected in the Lead Borrower’s general
ledger less the value of cycle count adjustments not yet recorded
in the general ledger;
(iii) Rent (an Availability
Reserve): An amount equal to one (1) month’s rent for
all of the Borrowers’ leased locations in the States of
Washington, Virginia and Pennsylvania at which Eligible Inventory
is located, other than any such leased locations with respect to
which the Collateral Agent has received a Collateral Access
Agreement;
(iv) Dilution Reserve (a
Receivable Reserve): An amount equal to one week of the average
monthly aggregate of returns, credits and charge-offs recorded
against Eligible Non-Credit Card Receivables;
(v) Customer Credit
Liabilities (an Availability Reserve): An amount equal to fifty
percent (50%) of the Customer Credit Liabilities as reflected
in the Borrowers’ books and records; and
(vi) Environmental Compliance
Reserve (a Realty Reserve): An amount equal to $750,000.
(c) At the time of the
delivery of each Borrowing Base Certificate, to the extent that the
Tranche A-1 Loans exceed Incremental Availability as reflected in
such Borrowing Base Certificate, an Availability Reserve shall be
established under the Tranche A Borrowing Base in the amount of
such excess, which Reserve shall remain in effect until, and shall
be adjusted in accordance with the foregoing provisions upon,
delivery of the subsequent Borrowing Base Certificate.
(d) In addition to its rights
under Section 2.01(c) , the Administrative Agent shall
have the right, at any time and from time to time after the Closing
Date in its Permitted Discretion, to establish, modify or eliminate
Reserves upon five (5) Business Days’ prior written
notice to the Lead Borrower (during which period the Administrative
Agent shall be available to discuss in good faith any such proposed
Reserve with the Borrowers and the Borrowers may take such action
as may be required so
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that the event, condition or matter that
is the basis for such Reserve or modification no longer exists);
provided that (i) no such prior notice shall be
required for changes to any Reserves resulting solely by virtue of
mathematical calculations of the amount of the Reserve in
accordance with the methodology of calculation previously utilized
(such as, but not limited to, Rent and Customer Credit
Liabilities), provided , however, that the Administrative
Agent shall provide the Lead Borrower with written notice of any
such change no later than the Business Day of such change or
establishment, and (ii) only one (1) Business Day’s
prior written notice to the Lead Borrower (during which period the
Administrative Agent shall be available to discuss in good faith
any such proposed Reserve with the Borrowers and the Borrowers may
take such action as may be required so that the event, condition or
matter that is the basis for such Reserve or modification no longer
exists) shall be required for changes to Reserves or establishment
of additional Reserves if a Material Adverse Effect has occurred or
it is reasonably likely that a Material Adverse Effect to the
Lenders would occur were such Reserve not changed or established
prior to the expiration of such five (5) Business Day period.
The amount of any Reserve established by the Administrative Agent
shall have a reasonable relationship to the event, condition or
other matter that is the basis for the Reserve. Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, Reserves shall not duplicate
eligibility criteria contained in the definition of “Eligible
Inventory”, “Eligible Credit Card Receivables”,
“Eligible Non-Credit Card Receivables” or
“Eligible Real Estate” and vice versa, or reserves or
criteria deducted in computing the cost or value of Eligible
Inventory, Eligible Credit Card Receivables, Eligible Non-Credit
Card Receivables or Eligible Real Estate and vice versa. Nothing
contained herein shall permit the Agents to establish Reserves
which would not be permitted under the definitions of
“Availability Reserves”, “Receivables
Reserves” or “Inventory Reserves”.
2.02 Borrowings,
Conversions and Continuations of Committed Loans.
(a) Committed Loans shall be
either Prime Rate Loans or LIBO Rate Loans as the Lead Borrower may
request subject to and in accordance with this
Section 2.02 . All Swing Line Loans shall be only Prime
Rate Loans. Subject to the other provisions of this
Section 2.02 , Committed Borrowings of more than one
Type may be incurred at the same time.
(b) On the Closing Date, each
Tranche A-1 Lender, severally and not jointly with any other
Tranche A-1 Lender, agrees, upon the terms and subject to the
conditions herein set forth, to make Tranche A-1 Loans to the
Borrowers on the Closing Date in a single drawing in an amount
equal to such Tranche A-1 Lender’s Tranche A-1
Commitment.
(c) Each Committed Borrowing,
each conversion of Committed Loans from one Type to the other, and
each continuation of LIBO Rate Loans shall be made upon the Lead
Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent,
which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received
by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m.
(i) three (3) Business Days prior to the requested date
of any Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of LIBO Rate
Loans or of any conversion of LIBO Rate Loans to Prime Rate Loans,
and (ii) one (1) Business Day prior to the requested date
of any Borrowing of Prime Rate Loans; provided ,
however , that if the Lead Borrower wishes to request LIBO
Rate Loans having an Interest Period other than one, two, three or
six months in duration as provided in the definition of
“Interest Period”, (A) the applicable notice must
be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m.
four (4) Business Days prior to the requested date of such
Borrowing, conversion or continuation, whereupon the Administrative
Agent shall give prompt notice to the applicable Lenders of such
request and determine whether the requested Interest Period is
available to all of them; and (B) not later than 11:00 a.m.,
two (2) Business Days before the requested date of such
Borrowing, conversion or continuation, the Administrative Agent
shall notify the Lead Borrower (which notice may be by telephone)
whether or not the requested Interest Period is available to all of
the applicable Lenders. Each telephonic notice by the Lead Borrower
pursuant to this Section 2.02(c) must be confirmed
promptly by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a written
Committed Loan Notice,
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appropriately completed and signed by a
Responsible Officer of the Lead Borrower. Each Borrowing of,
conversion to or continuation of LIBO Rate Loans shall be in a
principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in
excess thereof. Each Committed Loan Notice (whether telephonic or
written) shall specify (i) whether the Lead Borrower is
requesting a Committed Borrowing, a conversion of Committed Loans
from one Type to the other, or a continuation of LIBO Rate Loans,
(ii) the requested date of the Borrowing, conversion or
continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day),
(iii) the principal amount of Committed Loans to be borrowed,
converted or continued, (iv) the Type of Committed Loans to be
borrowed or to which existing Committed Loans are to be converted,
and (v) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period
with respect thereto. If the Lead Borrower fails to specify a Type
of Committed Loan in a Committed Loan Notice or if the Lead
Borrower fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or
continuation, then the applicable Committed Loans shall be made as,
or converted to, Prime Rate Loans. Any such automatic conversion to
Prime Rate Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the
Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable LIBO
Rate Loans. If the Lead Borrower requests a Borrowing of,
conversion to, or continuation of LIBO Rate Loans in any such
Committed Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it
will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one month.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a Swing Line Loan
may not be converted to a LIBO Rate Loan.
(d) Notwithstanding the
provisions of Section 2.02(c) , the Borrowers shall not
request, and the Tranche A Lenders shall be under no obligation to
fund, any Tranche A Loan unless the Borrowers have borrowed the
full amount of the Tranche A-1 Commitments (to the extent that such
Tranche A-1 Commitments have not been terminated). If any Tranche
A-1 Loan is prepaid in whole or part pursuant to
Section 2.05 , any Loans to the Borrowers thereafter
requested shall be Tranche A-1 Loans until the maximum principal
amount of Tranche A-1 Loans outstanding equals the Tranche A-1
Commitments and thereafter shall be Tranche A Loans. All Tranche
A-1 Credit Extensions shall be solely Tranche A-1 Loans, and all
Letters of Credit shall constitute solely Tranche A Credit
Extensions.
(e) Following receipt of a
Committed Loan Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly
notify each applicable Lender of the amount of its Applicable
Percentage of the applicable Committed Loans, and if no timely
notice of a conversion or continuation is provided by the Lead
Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the
details of any automatic conversion to Prime Rate Loans described
in Section 2.02(c) . In the case of a Committed
Borrowing, each Lender shall make the amount of its Committed Loan
available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available
funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than
1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in the applicable Committed
Loan Notice. Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set
forth in Section 4.02 (and, if such Borrowing is the
initial Credit Extension, Section 4.01 ), the
Administrative Agent shall use reasonable efforts to make all funds
so received available to the Borrowers in like funds by no later
than 4:00 p.m. on the day of receipt by the Administrative Agent
(except that with respect to the initial Credit Extensions on the
Closing Date such funds shall be made available reasonably
contemporaneously with the consummation of the Tender Offer) either
by (i) crediting the account of the Lead Borrower on the books
of Bank of America with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire
transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with
instructions provided to the Administrative Agent by the Lead
Borrower; provided , however , that if, on the date
the Committed Loan Notice with respect to such Borrowing is given
by the Lead Borrower, there are L/C Borrowings outstanding, then
the proceeds of such Borrowing, first , shall be applied to
the payment in full of any such L/C Borrowings, and second ,
shall be made available to the Borrowers as provided
above.
(f) Each Borrowing of Tranche
A Loans (other than Swing Line Loans) shall be made by the Tranche
A Lenders pro rata in accordance with their
respective Tranche A Applicable Percentage and each Borrowing of
Tranche A-1 Loans shall be made by the Tranche A-1 Lenders
pro rata in accordance with their respective Tranche
A-1 Applicable Percentage. The failure of any Lender to make any
Loan shall neither relieve any other Lender of its obligation to
fund its Loan in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement
nor increase the obligation of any such other Lender.
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(g) The Administrative Agent,
without the request of the Lead Borrower, may advance (i) any
interest, fee, service charge, expenses, or other payment (other
than third party fees and expenses or other payments) to which any
Lender is entitled from the Loan Parties relating to any Loan or
Letter of Credit upon one (1) Business Day’s prior
notice to the Lead Borrower, and (ii) any third party fees and
expenses or other payments for which the Loan Parties are
responsible pursuant hereto or any other Loan Document to the
extent the same have not been paid by the Loan Parties within
fifteen (15) Business Days after notice thereof, with a copy
of the invoice therefor, from the Administrative Agent (
provided that if an Event of Default exists and is
continuing, no such prior notice shall be required), and, in each
case, may charge the same to the Loan Account notwithstanding that
an Overadvance may result thereby. Unless prior notice is required
and provided pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, the
Administrative Agent shall advise the Lead Borrower of any such
advance or charge promptly after the making thereof. Such action on
the part of the Administrative Agent shall not constitute a waiver
of the Administrative Agent’s rights and the Borrowers’
obligations under Section 2.05(c) . Any amount which is
added to the principal balance of the Loan Account as provided in
this Section 2.02(g) shall bear interest at the
interest rate then and thereafter applicable to the applicable
Committed Loans that are Prime Rate Loans.
(h) Except as otherwise
provided herein, a LIBO Rate Loan may be continued or converted
only on the last day of an Interest Period for such LIBO Rate Loan.
During the existence of an Event of Default, no Loans may be
requested as, converted to or continued as LIBO Rate Loans without
the Consent of the Required Lenders.
(i) The Administrative Agent
shall promptly notify the Lead Borrower and the Lenders of the
interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for LIBO Rate Loans
upon determination of such interest rate. At any time that Prime
Rate Loans are outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall notify
the Lead Borrower and the Lenders of any change in Bank of
America’s prime rate used in determining the Prime Rate
promptly following the public announcement of such
change.
(j) After giving effect to
all Committed Borrowings, all conversions of Committed Loans from
one Type to the other, and all continuations of Committed Loans as
the same Type, there shall not be more than ten (10) Interest
Periods in effect with respect to Committed Loans.
(k) The Administrative Agent,
the Lenders, the Swing Line Lender and the L/C Issuer shall have no
obligation to make any Loan or to provide any Letter of Credit if
an Overadvance would result. The Administrative Agent may, in its
discretion, make Permitted Overadvances without the consent of the
Lenders, the Swing Line Lender and the L/C Issuer and each Lender
shall be bound thereby. Any Permitted Overadvance may constitute a
Swing Line Loan. A Permitted Overadvance is for the account of the
Borrowers and shall constitute a Loan and an Obligation and shall
be repaid by the Borrowers in accordance with the provisions of
Section 2.05(c) . The making of any such Permitted
Overadvance on any one occasion shall not obligate the
Administrative Agent or any Lender to make or permit any Permitted
Overadvance on any other occasion or to permit such Permitted
Overadvances to remain outstanding. The making by the
Administrative Agent of a Permitted Overadvance shall not modify or
abrogate any of the provisions of Section 2.03
regarding the Tranche A Lenders’ obligations to purchase
participations with respect to Letters of Credit or of
Section 2.04 regarding the Tranche A Lenders’
obligations to purchase participations with respect to Swing Line
Loans. The Administrative Agent shall have no liability for, and no
Loan Party or Credit Party shall have the right to, or shall, bring
any claim of any kind whatsoever against the Administrative Agent
with respect to “inadvertent Overadvances” (i.e., where
an Overadvance results from changed circumstances beyond the
control of the Administrative Agent (such as a reduction in the
collateral value)) regardless of the amount of any such
Overadvance(s).
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2.03 Letters of
Credit.
(a) The Letter of Credit
Commitment .
(i) Subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein, (A) the L/C Issuer agrees, in
reliance upon the agreements of the Lenders set forth in this
Section 2.03 , (1) from time to time on any
Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until and
including the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of
Credit for the account of any Borrower, and to amend or extend
Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with
Section 2.03(b) below, and (2) to honor drawings
under the Letters of Credit; and (B) the Tranche A Lenders
severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the
account of the Borrowers and any drawings thereunder;
provided that after giving effect to any L/C Credit
Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, (x) the Total
Outstandings shall not exceed the lesser of the Aggregate
Commitments and the Borrowing Base, (y) the aggregate
Outstanding Amount of the Committed Loans of any Tranche A Lender,
plus such Tranche A Lender’s Tranche A Applicable
Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations,
plus such Tranche A Lender’s Tranche A Applicable
Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall
not exceed such Tranche A Lender’s Tranche A Commitment, and
(z) the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations shall not
exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit. Each request by the Lead
Borrower for the issuance or a
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