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Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION COPY
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT
AGREEMENT
dated as of December 20, 2006,
among
CB RICHARD ELLIS SERVICES, INC.,
CB RICHARD ELLIS GROUP, INC.,
CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF
CB RICHARD ELLIS SERVICES, INC.,
THE LENDERS NAMED HEREIN
and
CREDIT SUISSE,
as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA)
LLC
and
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
and
THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC,
as Co-Syndication Agents
BARCLAYS BANK PLC
and
SUNTRUST BANK,
as Co-Documentation Agents
Table of Contents
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ARTICLE I
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Definitions
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Defined Terms
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Terms Generally
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Classification of Loans and Borrowings
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Pro Forma Calculations
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Exchange Rate Calculations
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ARTICLE II
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The Credits
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Commitments
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Loans
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Borrowing Procedure
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Evidence of Debt; Repayment of
Loans
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Fees
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Interest on Loans
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Default Interest
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Alternate Rate of Interest
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Termination and Reduction of
Commitments
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Conversion and Continuation of
Borrowings
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Repayment of Term Borrowings
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Prepayment
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Mandatory Prepayments
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Reserve Requirements; Change in
Circumstances
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Change in Legality
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Indemnity
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Pro Rata Treatment
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Sharing of Setoffs
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Payments
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Taxes
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Assignment of Commitments Under Certain
Circumstances; Duty to Mitigate
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Swingline Loans
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Letters of Credit
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Increase in Revolving Credit
Commitments
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Incremental Term Loan Commitments
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Bankers’ Acceptances
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ARTICLE III
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Representations and
Warranties
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Organization; Powers
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Authorization
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Enforceability
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Governmental Approvals
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Financial Statements
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No Material Adverse Change
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Title to Properties
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Subsidiaries
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Litigation; Compliance with Laws
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Agreements
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Federal Reserve Regulations
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Investment Company Act
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75
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Use of Proceeds
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75
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Tax Returns
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75
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No Material Misstatements
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75
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Employee Benefit Plans
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Insurance
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ARTICLE IV
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Conditions of Lending
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All Credit Events
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Restatement Date
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ARTICLE V
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Affirmative Covenants
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Existence; Businesses and Properties
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80
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Insurance
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Obligations and Taxes
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Financial Statements, Reports, etc
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Litigation and Other Notices
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Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and
Inspections
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Use of Proceeds
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Further Assurances
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ARTICLE VI
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Negative Covenants
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Indebtedness
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Liens
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Investments, Loans and Advances
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Mergers, Consolidations, Sales of Assets and
Acquisitions
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Restricted Payments; Restrictive
Agreements
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Transactions with Affiliates
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89
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Business of Holdings, U.S. Borrower and
Subsidiaries
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90
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Interest Coverage Ratio
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90
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Maximum Leverage Ratio
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90
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Fiscal Year
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90
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ARTICLE VII
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Events of Default
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ARTICLE VIII
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The Administrative Agent and the
Collateral Agent
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ARTICLE IX
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Miscellaneous
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Notices
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Survival of Agreement
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Binding Effect
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Successors and Assigns
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Expenses; Indemnity
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Right of Setoff
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Applicable Law
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Waivers; Amendment
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Interest Rate Limitation
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Entire Agreement
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WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
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Severability
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Counterparts
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Headings
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Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of
Process
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Confidentiality
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Conversion of Currencies
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Additional Borrowers
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Release of Collateral
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Effect of Certain Inaccuracies
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USA PATRIOT Act Notice
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No Advisory or Fiduciary
Responsibility
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107
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Effect of Restatement
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Exhibits
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Form of Administrative Questionnaire
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Form of Assignment and Acceptance
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Form of Borrowing Request
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Form of Collateral Agreement
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Form of Reaffirmation Agreement
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Form of Opinion of Assistant General Counsel of
U.S. Borrower
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Form of Opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
LLP
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Form of Opinion of Foreign Counsel
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Form of Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement
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Form of Borrowing Subsidiary
Termination
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Schedules
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Subsidiary Guarantors
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Additional Cost
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Affected Contracts
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Approved Take Out Parties
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Existing Letters of Credit
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Cost Savings Adjustments
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Lenders
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Subsidiaries
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Litigation; Compliance with Laws
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Foreign Counsel
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Indebtedness
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Liens
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Existing Investments
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D&I Investments
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Certain Existing Restrictions
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AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of
December 20, 2006 (this " Agreement "), among
CB RICHARD ELLIS SERVICES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "
U.S. Borrower "), CB RICHARD ELLIS LIMITED, a
limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales (with
company no: 3536032) (the " U.K. Borrower "), CB
RICHARD ELLIS LIMITED, a corporation organized under the laws of
the province of New Brunswick (the " Canadian
Borrower " ), CB RICHARD ELLIS PTY LTD, a company
organized under the laws of Australia and registered in
New South Wales (the " Australian Borrower "),
CB RICHARD ELLIS LIMITED, a company organized under the laws of
New Zealand (the " New Zealand Borrower "), CB
RICHARD ELLIS GROUP, INC., a Delaware corporation ("
Holdings "), the Lenders (as defined in
Article I), and CREDIT SUISSE, as administrative agent (in
such capacity, the " Administrative Agent ") and as
collateral agent (in such capacity, the " Collateral
Agent ") for the Lenders.
Pursuant to the Merger Agreement (such term and each other
capitalized term used but not defined herein having the meaning
given it in Article I), A-2 Acquisition Corp., a Delaware
corporation (" Merger Sub ") will merge (the "
Merger ") with and into Trammell Crow Company (the "
Company "), with the Company surviving the Merger as
an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the U.S. Borrower. In
connection with the Merger, (a) the existing stockholders of
the Company (other than stockholders that exercise appraisal
rights) will receive the Merger Consideration, and (b) the
Company will repay all amounts outstanding under, and will
terminate, the Existing Company Credit Agreement.
The Borrowers, Holdings, the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent and certain lenders (the " Existing
Lender s ") previously entered into that certain Credit
Agreement dated as of June 26, 2006 (the " Existing
Credit Agreement "), under which (a) the Existing
Lenders agreed to extend credit in the form (i) Domestic
Revolving Loans to the U.S. Borrower at any time and from time to
time prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, in an aggregate
principal amount at any time outstanding not in excess of
$500,000,000, (ii) Multicurrency Revolving Loans to the U.S.
Borrower, the Canadian Borrower, the Australian Borrower and the
New Zealand Borrower at any time and from time to time prior to the
Revolving Credit Maturity Date, in an aggregate principal amount at
any time outstanding not in excess of $50,000,000, (iii) U.K.
Revolving Loans to the U.S. Borrower and the U.K. Borrower at any
time and from time to time prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity
Date, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not
in excess of $50,000,000, (b) the Swingline Lenders agreed to
extend credit in the form of (i) Domestic Swingline Loans to
the U.S. Borrower at any time and from time to time prior to the
Revolving Credit Maturity Date, in an aggregate principal amount at
any time outstanding not in excess of $20,000,000, and
(ii) N.Z. Swingline Loans to the New Zealand Borrower at any
time and from time to time prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity
Date, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not
in excess of $35,000,000, and (c) the Issuing Bank agreed to
issue Letters of Credit, in an aggregate face amount at any time
outstanding not in excess of $100,000,000, to support payment
obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business by the
Borrowers and the Subsidiaries.
The Borrowers have requested that (a) the
Tranche A Lenders make Tranche A Loans to the U.S. Borrower on the
Restatement Date and on up to two additional occasions during the
Delayed Draw Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount
not in excess of $1,100,000,000, and (b) the Tranche B Lenders
make Tranche B Loans to the U.S. Borrower on the Restatement Date
in an aggregate principal amount not in excess of $1,100,000,000,
in each case subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein.
The proceeds of the Tranche A Loans and Tranche B Loans will be
used by the U.S. Borrower solely (i) to capitalize Merger Sub
to allow Merger Sub to pay the Merger Consideration, (ii) to
repay all amounts outstanding under the Existing Company Credit
Agreement and (iii) to pay fees and expenses incurred in
connection with the Transactions.
The Borrowers, Holdings, the Required Lenders (as defined in the
Existing Credit Agreement), the Tranche A Lenders and the Tranche B
Lenders desire to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement
in the form hereof to, among other things, set forth the terms and
conditions under which the Tranche A Lenders and the Tranche B
Lenders will make the Tranche A Loans and the Tranche B Loans,
respectively, to the U.S. Borrower and make certain other
amendments thereto.
Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms. As used in this
Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings specified
below:
" ABR ", when used in reference to any Loan or
Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising
such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by
reference to the Alternate Base Rate.
" Acceptance Fee " shall mean a fee payable in
Canadian Dollars by the Canadian Borrower to the Administrative
Agent for the account of a Canadian Lender with respect to the
acceptance of a B/A or the making of a B/A Equivalent Loan on the
date of such acceptance or loan, calculated on the face amount of
the B/A or the B/A Equivalent Loan at the rate per annum applicable
on such date as set forth in the row labeled "Fixed Rate Spread" in
the definition of the term "Applicable Percentage" on the basis of
the number of days in the applicable Contract Period (including the
date of acceptance and excluding the date of maturity) and a year
of 365 days (it being agreed that the rate per annum
applicable to any B/A Equivalent Loan is equivalent to the rate per
annum otherwise applicable to the Bankers’ Acceptance which
has been replaced by the making of such B/A Equivalent Loan
pursuant to Section 2.26).
" Additional Cost " shall mean, in relation to any
Borrowing that is denominated in Pounds, for any Interest Period,
the cost as calculated by the Administrative Agent in accordance
with Schedule 1.01(b) imputed to each Multicurrency Revolving
Credit Lender participating in such Borrowing of compliance with
the mandatory liquid assets requirements of the Bank of England
during that Interest Period, expressed as a percentage.
" Adjusted Consolidated Net Income " shall mean,
for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such period plus,
without duplication and to the extent deducted in determining
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Consolidated Net Income for such period, the sum
of (a) any non-recurring fees, expenses or charges in
connection with the consummation of the Transactions and
(b) any non-recurring fees, expenses or charges related to any
Equity Issuance, investment permitted under Section 6.03,
Permitted Acquisition or incurrence of Indebtedness, with the
aggregate amount added back pursuant to this clause (b) not to
exceed $15,000,000 in such period.
" Adjusted LIBO Rate " shall mean, with respect to
any Eurocurrency Borrowing for any Interest Period, an interest
rate per annum equal to the product of (a) the LIBO Rate in
effect for such Interest Period and (b) Statutory Reserves;
provided, however , that, if such Eurocurrency Borrowing is
denominated in Pounds, then the " Adjusted LIBO Rate
" shall be the LIBO Rate in effect for such Interest Period
plus Additional Cost.
" Administrative Agent Fees " shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(c).
" Administrative Questionnaire " shall mean an
Administrative Questionnaire in the form of Exhibit A, or such
other form as may be supplied from time to time by the
Administrative Agent.
" Affected Contracts " shall mean the partnership,
joint venture, affiliate or other investment, acquisition or
operating agreements set forth on Schedule 1.01(c), each of which,
as a result of the Merger, may cause the U.S. Borrower or one of
its Subsidiaries to purchase or sell interests in the partnership,
joint venture or other entity or arrangement subject thereto, or
the assets acquired in the Merger that overlap with the territory
of any such partnership, joint venture or affiliate.
" Affiliate " shall mean, when used with respect
to a specified 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; provided,
however , that, for purposes of Section 6.06, the term
"Affiliate" shall also include any person that directly or
indirectly owns 10% or more of any class of Equity Interests of the
person specified or that is an officer or director of the person
specified.
" Aggregate Domestic Revolving Credit Exposure "
shall mean the aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Domestic
Revolving Credit Exposures.
" Aggregate Multicurrency Revolving Credit
Exposure " shall mean the aggregate amount of the
Lenders’ Multicurrency Revolving Credit Exposures.
" Aggregate U.K. Revolving Credit Exposure " shall
mean the aggregate amount of the Lenders’ UK Revolving Credit
Exposures.
" Agreement Currency " shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in Section 9.17.
" Alternate Base Rate " shall mean, for any day, a
rate per annum equal to the greater of (a) the Prime Rate in
effect on such day (or, in the case of a Dollar Loan to the
Canadian Borrower, the U.S. Base Rate) and (b) the Federal
Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus
1 /
2 of 1%. Any change in the
Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the U.S.
Base Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective on
the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the U.S. Base
Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively.
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" Alternative Currency " shall mean
(a) with respect to U.K. Revolving Loans and U.K. Letters of
Credit, Pounds and Euro, and (b) with respect to Multicurrency
Loans and Multicurrency Letters of Credit, Australian Dollars,
Canadian Dollars, Japanese Yen and New Zealand Dollars.
" Alternative Currency Equivalent " shall mean, on
any date of determination, with respect to any amount denominated
in dollars in relation to any specified Alternative Currency, the
equivalent in such specified Alternative Currency of such amount in
dollars, determined by the Administrative Agent pursuant to
Section 1.05 using the applicable Exchange Rate then in
effect.
" ANZ Sublimit " shall mean $35,000,000.
" Applicable Percentage " shall mean, for any day,
subject to Section 2.07, (a) at any time prior to the first
anniversary of the Restatement Date, (i) with respect to any Fixed
Rate Revolving Loan, 1.2375%, (ii) with respect to any Fixed Rate
Tranche A Loan, 1.50%, (iii) with respect to any Daily Rate
Revolving Loan, 0.2375%, and (iv) with respect to any Daily Rate
Tranche A Loan, 0.50%, (b) (i) with respect to any Fixed Rate
Tranche B Loan, 1.50%, and (ii) with respect to any Daily Rate
Tranche B Loan, 0.50%, (c) with respect to any Other Term Loan, the
"Applicable Percentage" set forth in the Incremental Term Loan
Assumption Agreement relating thereto, (d) with respect to the
Facility Fees, (i) at any time prior to the first anniversary of
the Restatement Date, 0.2625%, (ii) at any time on and after the
first anniversary of the Restatement Date when Investment Grade
Ratings shall be in effect, 0.15%, and (iii) at any time on and
after the first anniversary of the Restatement Date when Investment
Grade Ratings shall not be in effect, the applicable percentage set
forth below under the caption "Facility Fee", based upon the
Leverage Ratio as of the relevant date of determination, (e) at any
time on and after the first anniversary of the Restatement Date
when Investment Grade Ratings shall be in effect, (i) with respect
to any Fixed Rate Revolving Loan, 0.35%, (ii) with respect to any
Fixed Rate Tranche A Loan, 0.50%, and (iii) with respect to any
Daily Rate Revolving Loan or Daily Rate Tranche A Loan, 0%, and (f)
at any time on and after the first anniversary of the Restatement
Date when Investment Grade Ratings shall not be in effect, with
respect to any Fixed Rate Revolving Loan, Daily Rate Revolving
Loan, Fixed Rate Tranche A Loan or Daily Rate Tranche A Loan, the
applicable percentage set forth below under the caption "Fixed Rate
Spread--Tranche A Loans", "Daily Rate Spread--Tranche A Loans",
"Fixed Rate Spread--Revolving Loans" or "Daily Rate
Spread--Revolving Loans", as the case may be, based upon the
Leverage Ratio as of the relevant date of determination:
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Leverage Ratio
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Fixed Rate
Spread—
Tranche A
Loans
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Daily Rate
Spread—
Tranche A
Loans
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Fixed Rate
Spread—
Revolving
Loans
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Daily Rate
Spread—
Revolving
Loans
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Facility
Fee
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Category 1
Greater than 3.0 to 1.0
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1.375
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0.375
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1.1125
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0.1125
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0.2625
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1.25
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0.25
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1.00
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0.000
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0.2500
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Leverage Ratio
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Fixed Rate
Spread—
Tranche A
Loans
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Daily Rate
Spread—
Tranche A
Loans
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Fixed Rate
Spread—
Revolving
Loans
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Daily Rate
Spread—
Revolving
Loans
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Facility
Fee
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1.125
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%
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0.125
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0.8875
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0.000
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0.2375
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1.00
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0.00
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%
|
|
0.775
|
%
|
|
0.000
|
%
|
|
0.2250
|
%
|
|
|
|
0.875
|
%
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
|
0.675
|
%
|
|
0.000
|
%
|
|
0.2000
|
%
|
|
|
|
0.75
|
%
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
|
0.575
|
%
|
|
0.000
|
%
|
|
0.1750
|
%
|
Each change in the Applicable Percentage
resulting from a change in the Leverage Ratio shall be effective
with respect to all Loans and Letters of Credit outstanding on and
after the date of delivery to the Administrative Agent of the
financial statements and certificates required by
Section 5.04(a) or (b) and Section 5.04(c),
respectively, indicating such change until the date immediately
preceding the next date of delivery of such financial statements
and certificates indicating another such change. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, (a) at any time during which Holdings has
failed to deliver the financial statements and certificates
required by Section 5.04(a) or (b) and
Section 5.04(c), respectively, the Leverage Ratio shall be
deemed to be in the next highest category for purposes of
determining the Applicable Percentages, and (b) at any time
after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, the Leverage Ratio shall be deemed to be in
Category 1 for purposes of determining the Applicable
Percentages, in each case regardless of whether Investment Grade
Ratings are then being maintained.
" Approved Credit Support " shall mean a
reimbursement, indemnity or similar obligation issued by a person
(the " Support Provider ") pursuant to which the
Support Provider agrees to reimburse, indemnify or hold harmless
the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary for any Indebtedness,
liability, or other obligation of the U.S. Borrower or such
Subsidiary, but only to the extent (a) the Support Provider
satisfies the criteria set forth in clause (a), (b), (c) or
(d) of the definition of the term "Approved Take Out Party" or
(b) the obligations of the Support Provider are secured by an
irrevocable third-party letter of credit from a financial
institution with a senior unsecured non-credit-enhanced long-term
debt rating of A- or higher from S&P and A3 or higher from
Moody’s.
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" Approved Take Out Commitment "
shall mean a Take Out Commitment (a) no less than 90% of which
is issued by an Approved Take Out Party (with any remaining
percentage being provided by the Company or any of its Affiliates,
in an aggregate amount for all such Take Out Commitments provided
by the Company and its Affiliates not to exceed $10,000,000) and
(b) in which the funding obligation of the issuer of such Take
Out Commitment is not subject to any material condition other than
(i) completion of construction in accordance with all
requirements of applicable law and agreed plans and specifications
and by a date certain, (ii) issuance of a certificate of
occupancy and (iii) in the event the underlying transaction
involves a Qualifying Lease, the commencement of payment of rent
thereunder by the tenant thereunder. Any Approved Take Out
Commitment shall cease to be an Approved Take Out Commitment
(x) if the issuer of such Take Out Commitment (other than the
Company or any of its Affiliates) at any time no longer meets the
definition of "Approved Take Out Party" ( provided that the
failure of one (but not more than one) such provider of a Take Out
Commitment to satisfy the definition of "Approved Take Out Party"
shall not result in the disqualification of such Take Out
Commitment pursuant to this clause (x) so long as, at the time
such Take Out Commitment was initially issued, such provider
satisfied the definition of Approved Take Out Party and only failed
to meet such definition due to its inability to meet the
requirements outlined in (a) or (b) in the definition of
"Approved Take Out Party" after the issuance of such Take Out
Commitment), (y) to the extent the issuer of such Approved
Take Out Commitment fails or refuses to fund under such Approved
Take Out Commitment or notifies Holdings or any Subsidiary of its
intention to not fund under such Approved Take Out Commitment, or
(z) at such time as Holdings or any Borrower acquires actual
knowledge that the Approved Take Out Commitment will not
fund.
" Approved Take Out Party " shall mean a person
that issues a Take Out Commitment and that satisfies any of the
following criteria: (a) the senior unsecured
non-credit-enhanced long-term debt of such person is rated BBB or
higher by S&P or Baa2 or higher by Moody’s, (b) such
person is an endowment or pension fund (or such Take Out Commitment
is guaranteed by an endowment or pension fund) in compliance with
ERISA and having net liquid assets and a consolidated net worth
(including equity commitments) determined in accordance with GAAP
(as reflected in its most recent annual audited financial
statements issued within 12 months of the date of determination) of
not less than $500,000,000, (c) such person is set forth on
Schedule 1.01(d), or (d) such person is otherwise
approved by the Administrative Agent after receipt of all
information necessary to make such determination.
" Asset Sale " shall mean the sale, transfer or
other disposition (by way of merger, casualty, condemnation or
otherwise) by the U.S. Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries to
any person other than the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary
Guarantor of any assets of the U.S. Borrower or any of the
Subsidiaries (other than (i) inventory, damaged, obsolete or
worn out assets and Permitted Investments, in each case disposed of
in the ordinary course of business, (ii) dispositions between
or among Foreign Subsidiaries, (iii) the sale by Melody of
assets purchased and/or funded pursuant to a Melody Repo
Arrangement, a Melody Mortgage Warehousing Facility, the Melody
Loan Arbitrage Facility or Melody Lending Program Securities,
(iv) the sale by the U.S. Borrower or CBRE Inc. of assets
purchased and/or funded pursuant to the CBRE Loan Arbitrage
Facility, (v) the sale by Melody of servicing rights in
respect of mortgage portfolios in the ordinary course of its
business and (vi) the sale of interests or investments in real
estate or related assets by an Investment Subsidiary);
provided that any asset sale or series of related asset
sales having a value (net of related assumed liabilities) not in
excess of $5,000,000 shall be deemed not to be an "Asset Sale" for
purposes of this Agreement.
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" Assignment and Acceptance " shall
mean an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Lender and an
assignee, and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of
Exhibit B or such other form as shall be approved by the
Administrative Agent.
" Australian Dollars " or "
A$ " shall mean the lawful currency of Australia.
" Available Acquisition Amount " shall mean an
amount equal to the sum of (a) 20% of cumulative
Consolidated EBITDA for each full fiscal quarter of the
U.S. Borrower commencing with the fiscal quarter beginning
January 1, 2006 (taken as a single accounting period) and
(b) the unused portion of the Available Investment Amount at
such time.
" Available Cash " shall mean, on any date, the
amount of cash and Permitted Investments held by the
U.S. Borrower and the Domestic Subsidiaries on such date, less
the amount thereof that is (a) reflected as "Cash Surrender
Value for Insurance Policy for Deferred Compensation Plan" and
"Prepaid Pension Costs" on the most recent balance sheet of the
U.S. Borrower delivered pursuant to this Agreement or
(b) subject to restrictions, directly or indirectly, on its
use.
" Available Investment Amount " shall mean an
amount equal to the excess of (a) 20% of cumulative Adjusted
Consolidated Net Income for each full fiscal quarter of the
U.S. Borrower commencing with the fiscal quarter beginning
January 1, 2006 (taken as a single accounting period) over
(b) the aggregate amount utilized pursuant to clause (b)
of the definition of "Available Acquisition Amount" prior to such
time to finance Permitted Acquisitions.
" Available Restricted Payment Amount " shall mean
an amount equal to 50% of cumulative Adjusted Consolidated Net
Income for each full fiscal quarter of the U.S. Borrower
commencing with the fiscal quarter beginning January 1, 2006
(taken as a single accounting period).
" B/A Equivalent Loan " shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in Section 2.26(h).
" B/A Loan " shall mean a Borrowing comprised of
one or more Bankers’ Acceptances or, as applicable, B/A
Equivalent Loans. For greater certainty, all provisions of this
Agreement that are applicable to Bankers’ Acceptances are
also applicable, mutatis mutandis , to B/A Equivalent
Loans.
" Bank Bill Rate " shall mean, in relation to an
Interest Period for any Loan denominated in Australian Dollars or
New Zealand Dollars, the rate determined by the Administrative
Agent (or, in the case of any N.Z. Swingline Loan, the N.Z.
Swingline Lender) to be the average bid rate displayed at or about
10:30 a.m. (Local Time) on the first day of such Interest
Period on the Reuters screen BBSY page (for Australian Dollars) or
BKBM page (for New Zealand Dollars), for a term equivalent to such
Interest Period. If (a) for any reason there is no rate
displayed for a period equivalent to such Interest Period or
(b) the basis on which such rate is displayed is changed and
in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent (or, in the
case of any N.Z. Swingline Loan, the N.Z. Swingline Lender) such
rate ceases to reflect the cost to a majority in interest of the
Multicurrency Lenders of funding to the same, then the Bank Bill
Rate shall be the rate determined by the Administrative Agent (or,
in the case of any N.Z. Swingline Loan, the N.Z. Swingline Lender)
to be the average of the buying rates quoted to the Administrative
Agent (or, in the case of any N.Z. Swingline Loan, the N.Z.
Swingline Lender) by three reference banks selected by it at or
about that time on that date for bills of exchange that are
accepted by an Australian bank or a New Zealand bank, as the case
may be, and that have a term equivalent to
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the Interest Period. If there are no such buying
rates the rate shall be the rate reasonably determined by the
Administrative Agent (or, in the case of any N.Z. Swingline Loan,
the N.Z. Swingline Lender) to be its cost of funds. Rates will be
expressed as a yield percent per annum to maturity and rounded up
or down, if necessary, to the nearest two decimal places. When used
in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, the term "Bank Bill Rate"
refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such
Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference
to the Bank Bill Rate.
" Bankers’ Acceptance " and "
B/A " shall mean a non-interest bearing instrument
denominated in Canadian dollars, drawn by the Canadian Borrower,
and accepted by a Multicurrency Lender in accordance with this
Agreement, and shall include a depository note within the meaning
of the Depository Bills and Notes Act (Canada) and a bill of
exchange within the meaning of the Bills of Exchange Act
(Canada).
" Blum Funds " shall mean (i) Blum Strategic
Partners, L.P. (as successor to RCBA Strategic Partners, L.P.) and
its successors, (ii) Blum Capital Partners, L.P. and its
successors and (iii) any investment fund which is an Affiliate
of Blum Capital Partners, L.P. or its successors.
" Board " shall mean the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.
" Borrowers " shall mean, collectively, the
U.S. Borrower, the Australian Borrower, the Canadian Borrower,
the Japanese Borrower, the New Zealand Borrower and the UK Borrower
and any other wholly owned Subsidiary of the U.S. Borrower
that becomes a party hereto as a Borrower pursuant to
Section 9.18.
" Borrowing " shall mean (a) Loans of the
same Class and Type and in the same currency made, converted or
continued on the same date and, in the case of a Fixed Rate Loan,
as to which a single Interest Period or Contract Period, as the
case may be, is in effect, or (b) a Swingline Loan.
" Borrowing Minimum " shall mean $5,000,000,
£2,000,000, €2,000,000, A$1,000,000, NZ$1,000,000,
C$1,000,000 or ¥100,000,000, as the case may be.
" Borrowing Multiple " shall mean $1,000,000,
£500,000, €500,000, A$250,000, NZ$250,000, C$250,000 or
¥25,000,000, as the case may be.
" Borrowing Request " shall mean a request by a
Borrower in accordance with the terms of Section 2.03 and
substantially in the form of Exhibit C, or such other form as
shall be approved by the Administrative Agent.
" Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement " shall mean a
Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement substantially in the form of
Exhibit G-1.
" Borrowing Subsidiary Termination " shall mean a
Borrowing Subsidiary Termination substantially in the form of
Exhibit G-2.
" Business Day " shall mean any day other than a
Saturday, Sunday or day on which banks in New York City are
authorized or required by law to close; provided ,
however , that when used in connection with a Eurocurrency
Loan, the term "Business Day" shall also exclude (a) any day
on which banks are not open for dealings in dollar deposits in the
London interbank market (if
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such Eurocurrency Loan is denominated in dollars)
and (b) any day that is not a TARGET Day (if such Eurocurrency
Loan is denominated in Euro), and, when used in connection with any
Calculation Date or determining any date on which any amount is to
be paid or made available in an Alternative Currency other than
Euro, the term "Business Day" shall also exclude any day on which
commercial banks and foreign exchange markets are not open for
business in the principal financial center in the country of such
Alternative Currency.
" Calculation Date " shall mean (a) the date
on which any Multicurrency Loan or U.K. Loan is made, (b) the
date of issuance, extension or renewal of any Multicurrency Letter
of Credit or U.K. Letter of Credit, (c) the date of conversion
or continuation of any Multicurrency Borrowing or U.K. Borrowing
pursuant to Section 2.10 or (d) such additional dates as
the Administrative Agent shall specify.
" Canadian Dollars " or " C$
" shall mean the lawful currency of Canada.
" Canadian Prime Rate " shall mean, on any day,
the annual rate of interest equal to the greater of: (a) the
annual rate of interest determined from time to time by the
Administrative Agent as its prime rate in effect at its principal
office in Toronto, Ontario on such day for interest rates on
Canadian Dollar-Denominated commercial loans made in Canada; and
(b) the annual rate of interest equal to the sum of
(i) the CDOR Rate in effect on such day and (ii) 1%. When
used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, "Canadian Prime Rate"
refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such
Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference
to the Canadian Prime Rate.
" Canadian Sublimit " shall mean $5,000,000.
" Capital Expenditure s " shall mean, for any
period, (a) the additions to property, plant and equipment and
other capital expenditures of Holdings and its consolidated
Subsidiaries that are set forth as such in a consolidated statement
of cash flows of Holdings for such period prepared in accordance
with GAAP and (b) Capital Lease Obligations incurred by
Holdings and its consolidated Subsidiaries during such period, but
excluding in each case (i) any such expenditure made to
restore, replace or rebuild property to the condition of such
property immediately prior to any damage, loss, destruction or
condemnation of such property, to the extent such expenditure is
made with insurance proceeds, condemnation awards, damage recovery
proceeds or other indemnity payments relating to any such damage,
loss, destruction or condemnation within 365 days of receipt of
such proceeds, (ii) any such expenditure made at the request
of, and for which Holdings or any consolidated Subsidiary receives
reimbursement in cash from, a person other than Holdings or any
Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business, and
(iii) expenditures which represent any part of the aggregate
consideration paid in connection with any investment or Permitted
Acquisition permitted under Section 6.04.
" Capital Lease Obligations " of any person shall
mean 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
capital leases on a balance sheet of such person under GAAP, and
the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount
thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.
" CBRE Loan Arbitrage Facility " shall mean a
credit facility provided to the U.S. Borrower or CBRE Inc. by any
depository bank in which the U.S. Borrower or CBRE Inc., as the
case may be, makes deposits, so long as (i) the U.S. Borrower
or CBRE Inc., as the case may be,
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applies all proceeds of loans made under such
credit facility to purchase certain highly-rated debt instruments
considered to be permitted short-term investments under such credit
facility, and (ii) all such permitted short-term investments
purchased by the U.S. Borrower or CBRE Inc., as the case may be,
with the proceeds of loans thereunder (and proceeds thereof and
distributions thereon) are pledged to the depository bank providing
such credit facility, and such bank has a first priority perfected
security interest therein, to secure loans made under such credit
facility.
" CBRE Inc. " shall mean CB Richard Ellis, Inc., a
Delaware corporation.
" CDOR Rate " shall mean, for each day in any
period, the annual rate of interest that is the rate based on an
average rate applicable to Canadian Dollar bankers’
acceptances for a term equal to the term of the relevant Contract
Period (or for a term of 30 days for purposes of determining
the Canadian Prime Rate) appearing on the Reuters Screen CDOR Page
at approximately 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time), on such date, or
if such date is not a Business Day, on the immediately preceding
Business Day; provided that if such rate does not appear on
the Reuters Screen CDOR Page on such date as contemplated, then the
CDOR Rate on such date shall be the rate that would be applicable
to Canadian Dollar bankers’ acceptances quoted by the
Administrative Agent as of 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on such
date or, if such date is not a Business Day, on the immediately
preceding Business Day.
" Change in Control " shall mean any of the
following events: (a) any "person" or "group" (within the
meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 as in effect on the Closing Date) other than the
Permitted Investors becomes, directly or indirectly, the beneficial
owner of Equity Interests in Holdings representing more than
(i) 35% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by
the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of Holdings and
(ii) the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the
issued and outstanding Equity Interests of Holdings beneficially
owned, directly or indirectly, by the Permitted Investors;
(b) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals
who at the beginning of such period constituted the board of
directors of Holdings (together with any new directors whose
election or nomination for election by the stockholders was
approved by a majority of the directors then in office who were
either directors at the beginning of such period or whose election
was previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a
majority of the board of directors of Holdings; (c) Holdings
shall cease to directly own 100% of the issued and outstanding
Equity Interests of the U.S. Borrower or (d) the occurrence of
a "Change of Control" under and as defined in the Senior Unsecured
Note Documents.
" Change in Law " shall mean (a) the adoption
of any law, rule or regulation after the Closing Date, (b) any
change in any law, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or
application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the Closing
Date or (c) compliance by any Lender or the Issuing Bank (or,
for purposes of Section 2.14, by any lending office of such
Lender or by such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s holding
company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether
or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made
or issued after the Closing Date.
" Class ", when used in reference to any Loan or
Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising
such Borrowing, are Domestic Revolving Loans, Multicurrency
Revolving Loans, U.K. Revolving Loans, Domestic Swingline Loans,
N.Z. Swingline Loans, Tranche A Loans, Tranche B Loans or Other
Term Loans and, when used in reference to any Commitment, refers to
whether such Commitment is a Domestic Revolving Credit Commitment,
Multicurrency Revolving Credit Commitment, U.K. Revolving Credit
Commitment, Domestic
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Swingline Commitment, N.Z. Swingline Commitment,
Tranche A Commitment, Tranche B Commitment or Incremental Term Loan
Commitment.
" Closing Date " shall mean June 26,
2006.
" Code " shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended from time to time.
" Co-investment Vehicle " shall mean an entity
(other than a Subsidiary) formed for the purpose of investing
principally in real estate.
" Collateral " shall mean all the "Collateral" as
defined in any Security Document.
" Collateral Agreement " shall mean the Guarantee
and Pledge Agreement dated as of June 26, 2006, among the
U.S. Borrower, Holdings, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a copy of
which is attached as Exhibit D.
" Commitment " shall mean, with respect to any
Lender, such Lender’s Domestic Revolving Credit Commitment,
Multicurrency Revolving Credit Commitment, U.K. Revolving Credit
Commitment, Domestic Swingline Commitment, N.Z. Swingline
Commitment, Tranche A Commitment, Tranche B Commitment and
Incremental Term Loan Commitment (if any).
" Common Stock " shall mean the Class A
Common Stock of Holdings.
" Company " shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in the preliminary statement.
" Confidential Information Memorandu m " shall
mean the Confidential Information Memorandum of the Borrowers dated
November 2006.
" Consolidated EBITDA " shall mean, for any
period, Consolidated Net Income for such period plus
(a) without duplication and to the extent deducted in
determining such Consolidated Net Income, the sum of
(i) consolidated interest expense for such period (including
deferred financing costs), (ii) consolidated income tax
expense for such period, (iii) all amounts attributable to
depreciation and amortization for such period, (iv) any
non-recurring fees, expenses or charges (including severance and
retention payments and restructuring charges) in connection with
the consummation and implementation of the Transactions or the
"Transactions" as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement,
(v) any non-recurring fees, expenses or charges related to any
Equity Issuance, investment permitted under Section 6.03,
Permitted Acquisition or incurrence of Indebtedness, in an amount
not exceeding $15,000,000 for all such non-recurring fees, expenses
and charges in such period, (vi) any cost savings implemented
within twelve months of the Restatement Date associated with the
Merger and contained in Schedule 1.01(f), and (vii) all other
non-cash losses, expenses and charges of Holdings and its
consolidated subsidiaries (excluding (x) the write-down of
current assets and (y) any such non-cash charge to the extent
that it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenditures
in any future period) and minus (b) without duplication
(i) all cash payments made during such period on account of
reserves, restructuring charges and other noncash charges added to
Consolidated Net Income pursuant to clause (a)(vii) above in a
previous period and (ii) to the extent included in determining
such Consolidated Net Income, any extraordinary gains for such
period, all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP. For purposes of determining the Leverage Ratio and the
Interest Coverage Ratio as of or for the periods ended on
December 31, 2006, March 31,
2007, June 30, 2007, and September 30, 2007,
Consolidated EBITDA will be deemed to be equal to (i) for the
fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2006, $100,266,000,
(ii) for the
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fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2006,
$174,369,000, (iii) for the fiscal quarter ended
September 30, 2006, $201,606,000, and (iv) for the fiscal
quarter ended December 31, 2006, Consolidated EBITDA for such
quarter calculated on a pro forma basis as if the Merger had
occurred on the first day of such quarter.
" Consolidated Interest Expense " shall mean, for
any period, (a) the sum of (i) the interest expense
(including imputed interest expense in respect of Capital Lease
Obligations but excluding non-cash interest expense and premiums
paid in connection with any permitted prepayment, redemption or
repurchase of Existing Debt) of Holdings and its consolidated
subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP, plus (ii) any interest accrued during
such period in respect of Indebtedness of Holdings or any of its
consolidated subsidiaries that is required to be capitalized rather
than included in consolidated interest expense for such period in
accordance with GAAP, minus (b) to the extent otherwise
included in Consolidated Interest Expense, (i) deferred
financing costs, (ii) interest expense associated with any
Non-Recourse Indebtedness, (iii) interest capitalized in
accordance with GAAP in connection with the construction of real
estate investments so long as the applicable consolidated
subsidiary has obtained construction loan financing pursuant to
which construction loan advances are made in the amount of such
interest expense, (iv) interest expense associated with Exempt
Construction Loans to the extent such interest expense is either
fully supported by net operating income from the underlying real
estate investment or is covered by advances under such Exempt
Construction Loans and (v) interest expense associated with
Melody Permitted Indebtedness or Indebtedness under the CBRE Loan
Arbitrage Facility. For purposes of the foregoing, interest expense
shall be determined after giving effect to any net payments made or
received by Holdings or any of its consolidated subsidiaries with
respect to interest rate Hedging Agreements. For purposes of
determining the Interest Coverage Ratio for the periods of four
consecutive quarters ended December 31,
2006, March 31, 2007, June 30, 2007, and
September 30, 2007, Consolidated Interest Expense shall be
deemed to be (a) for Consolidated Interest Expense in respect
of the Tranche A Loans and the Tranche B Loans, (i) the
Consolidated Interest Expense for the fiscal quarter ended
December 31, 2006 (as if such Indebtedness were incurred on
October 1, 2006), multiplied by 4, (ii) the Consolidated
Interest Expense for the two consecutive fiscal quarters ended
March 31, 2007 (as if such Indebtedness were incurred on
October 1, 2006), multiplied by 2, (iii) the Consolidated
Interest Expense for the three consecutive fiscal quarters ended
June 30, 2007 (as if such Indebtedness were incurred on
October 1, 2006), multiplied by 4/3, and (iv) the
Consolidated Interest Expense for the four consecutive fiscal
quarters ended September 30, 2007 (as if such Indebtedness
were incurred on October 1, 2006), respectively, plus, for
each such period, (b) for Consolidated Interest Expense in
respect of all other Indebtedness, the actual Consolidated Interest
Expense for such period.
" Consolidated Net Income " shall mean, for any
period, the net income or loss of Holdings and its consolidated
subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP; provided that there shall be excluded
(a) the income of any such consolidated subsidiary to the
extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar
distributions by such consolidated subsidiary of that income is not
at the time permitted by operation of the terms of its charter or
any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, statute, rule or
governmental regulation applicable to such consolidated subsidiary,
(b) except as set forth in Section 1.04, the income or
loss of any person accrued prior to the date it becomes a
consolidated subsidiary of Holdings or is merged into or
consolidated with Holdings or any of its consolidated subsidiaries
or the date that such person’s assets are acquired by
Holdings or any of its consolidated subsidiaries, and (c) any
gains or losses attributable to sales of assets out of the ordinary
course of business; provided further , that Consolidated Net
Income for any period shall
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be (i) increased by cash received during
such period by Holdings or any of its consolidated subsidiaries in
respect of commissions receivable (net of related commissions
payable to brokers) on transactions that were completed by any
acquired business prior to the acquisition of such business and
which purchase accounting rules under GAAP would require to be
recognized as an intangible asset purchased, (ii) increased,
to the extent otherwise deducted in determining Consolidated Net
Income for such period, by the amortization of intangibles relating
to purchase accounting in connection with the Transactions or any
Permitted Acquisition and (iii) increased (or decreased, as
the case may be), in connection with the sale of real estate during
such period, to eliminate the effect of purchase price allocations
to such real estate resulting from the consummation of the Merger
or any Permitted Acquisition.
" Contract Period " shall mean the term of a B/A
Loan selected by the Canadian Borrower in accordance with
Section 2.26, commencing on the date of such B/A Loan and
expiring on a Business Day which shall be either 30 days,
60 days, 90 days or 180 days thereafter,
provided that (a) subject to clause (b) below,
each such period shall be subject to such extensions or reductions
as may be reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent to
ensure that each Contract Period shall expire on a Business Day,
and (b) no Contract Period shall extend beyond the Revolving
Credit Maturity Date.
" Control " shall mean 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 ownership
of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms "
Controlling " and " Controlled " shall
have meanings correlative thereto.
" Credit Event " shall have the meaning assigned
to such term in Section 4.01.
" Credit Facilities " shall mean the revolving
credit, swingline, letter of credit and term loan facilities
provided for by this Agreement.
" D&I Business " shall mean the real estate
development and investment activities conducted by the Company and
its subsidiaries.
" D&I Subsidiary " shall mean any subsidiary
of the Company engaged principally in the D&I Business.
" Daily Rate ", when used in reference to any Loan
or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising
such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by
reference to the Alternate Base Rate, the Canadian Prime Rate or
the Foreign Base Rate.
" Default " shall mean any event or condition
which upon notice, lapse of time or both would constitute an Event
of Default.
" Deferred Compensation Plan " shall mean the
Deferred Compensation Plan for employees of the U.S. Borrower and
the Subsidiaries and any successor plan thereto, the 401(k)
Restoration Plan of Insignia and any successor plan thereto and the
Trammell Crow Company Deferred Compensation Plan and any successor
thereto.
" Delayed Draw Availability Period " shall mean
the period commencing on and including the Restatement Date and
ending on and including June 20, 2007.
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" Delayed Draw Commitment Fees "
shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.05(b).
" Documents " shall mean the Loan Documents and
the Merger Documents.
" Discount Proceeds " shall mean for any B/A (or,
as applicable, any B/A Equivalent Loan), an amount (rounded to the
nearest whole cent, and with one-half of one cent being rounded up)
calculated on the applicable Borrowing date by multiplying:
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any B/A Equivalent Loan); by
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the quotient of one divided by the sum of one
plus the product of:
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the Discount Rate (expressed as a decimal)
applicable to such B/A (or, as applicable, any B/A Equivalent
Loan), and
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a fraction, the numerator of which is the number
of days in the Contract Period of the B/A (or, as applicable, any
B/A Equivalent Loan) and the denominator of which is
365,
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with such quotient being rounded up or down to
the fifth decimal place and .000005 being rounded up.
" Discount Rate " shall mean:
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with respect to any Lender that is a
Schedule I Bank, as applicable to a B/A being purchased by
such Lender on any day, the CDOR Rate; and
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with respect to any Lender that is not a
Schedule I Bank, as applicable to a B/A being purchased by
such Lender on any day, the lesser of (A) the CDOR Rate plus
10 basis points (0.10%), and (B) the percentage discount
rate (expressed to two decimal places and rounded upward, if not in
an increment of 1/100 th
of 1%, to the nearest 0.01%) quoted by the
Administrative Agent as the percentage discount rate at which the
Administrative Agent would, in accordance with its normal market
practice, at or about 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on such date,
be prepared to purchase bankers’ acceptances accepted by the
Administrative Agent having a face amount and term comparable to
the face amount and term of such B/A.
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" Dollar Equivalent " shall mean,
on any date of determination, with respect to any amount
denominated in any currency other than dollars, the equivalent in
dollars of such amount, determined by the Administrative Agent
pursuant to Section 1.05 using the applicable Exchange Rate
with respect to such currency at the time in effect.
" Dollar Loan " shall mean a Loan denominated in
dollars.
" dollars " or " $ " shall mean
lawful money of the United States of America.
" Domestic L/C Disbursement " shall mean a payment
or disbursement made by the Issuing Bank pursuant to a Domestic
Letter of Credit.
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" Domestic L/C Exposure " shall
mean, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn and
unexpired amount of all outstanding Domestic Letters of Credit at
such time and (b) the aggregate principal amount of all
Domestic L/C Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed at
such time. The Domestic L/C Exposure of any Domestic Revolving
Credit Lender at any time shall equal its Pro Rata Percentage of
the aggregate Domestic L/C Exposure at such time.
" Domestic Letter of Credit " shall mean any
letter of credit issued (or deemed issued) pursuant to
Section 2.23 and designated (or deemed designated) as
such.
" Domestic Revolving Credit Borrowing " shall mean
a Borrowing comprised of Domestic Revolving Loans.
" Domestic Revolving Credit Commitment " shall
mean, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to
make Domestic Revolving Loans hereunder as set forth on
Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to
which such Lender assumed its Domestic Revolving Credit Commitment,
as applicable, as the same may be (a) reduced from time to
time pursuant to Section 2.09, (b) increased from time to
time pursuant to Section 2.24 and (c) reduced or
increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such
Lender pursuant to Section 9.04.
" Domestic Revolving Credit Exposure " shall mean,
with respect to any Lender at any time, the aggregate principal
amount at such time of all outstanding Domestic Revolving Loans of
such Lender, plus the aggregate amount at such time of such
Lender’s Domestic Revolving L/C Exposure, plus the
aggregate amount at such time of such Lender’s Domestic
Swingline Exposure.
" Domestic Revolving Credit Lender " shall mean a
Lender with a Domestic Revolving Credit Commitment or outstanding
Domestic Revolving Credit Exposure.
" Domestic Revolving Loans " shall mean the
revolving loans made by the Domestic Revolving Credit Lenders to
the U.S. Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(iii).
" Domestic Subsidiaries " shall mean all
Subsidiaries incorporated or organized under the laws of the United
States of America, any State thereof or the District of
Columbia.
" Domestic Swingline Commitment " shall mean the
commitment of the Domestic Swingline Lender to make Domestic
Swingline Loans to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to
Section 2.22, as the same may be reduced from time to time
pursuant to Section 2.09.
" Domestic Swingline Exposure " shall mean at any
time the aggregate principal amount at such time of all outstanding
Domestic Swingline Loans. The Domestic Swingline Exposure of any
Domestic Revolving Credit Lender at any time shall equal its Pro
Rata Percentage of the aggregate Domestic Swingline Exposure at
such time.
" Domestic Swingline Lender " shall mean Credit
Suisse, acting through any of its branches or affiliates, in its
capacity as lender of Domestic Swingline Loans hereunder.
" Domestic Swingline Loan " shall mean any loan
made by the Domestic Swingline Lender to the U.S. Borrower pursuant
to Section 2.22.
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" DUS Subsidiary " shall mean an
entity formed by the U.S. Borrower solely for the purposes of
participating in the Fannie Mae Delegated Underwriting and
Servicing (DUS) Program or any similar program sponsored by the
Federal National Mortgage Association or the Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation.
" Employee Performance Payments " shall mean
payments to employees of Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any
Subsidiary pursuant to the "CBREI UK MAG scheme" or similar plans
designed to pay employees amounts reflecting the creation of value
or in recognition of other performance thresholds achieved by such
employees; provided that the aggregate amount of such payments made
after the Closing Date shall not exceed $20,000,000.
" Environmental Laws " shall mean all former,
current and future Federal, state, local and foreign laws
(including common law), treaties, regulations, rules, ordinances,
codes, decrees, judgments, directives, orders (including consent
orders), and binding agreements in each case, relating to
protection of the environment, natural resources, human health and
safety (to the extent relating to exposure to Hazardous Materials)
or the presence, Release of, or exposure to, Hazardous Materials,
or the generation, manufacture, processing, distribution, use,
treatment, storage, transport, recycling or handling of, or the
arrangement for such activities with respect to, Hazardous
Materials.
" Environmental Liability " shall mean all
liabilities, obligations, damages, losses, claims, actions, suits,
judgments, orders, fines, penalties, fees, expenses and costs
(including administrative oversight costs, natural resource damages
and remediation costs), whether contingent or otherwise, arising
out of or relating to (a) compliance or non-compliance with
any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling,
transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous
Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials,
(d) the Release of any Hazardous Materials or (e) any
contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to
which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the
foregoing.
" Equity Interest s " shall mean shares of capital
stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited
liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity
interests in any person.
" Equity Issuance " shall mean any issuance or
sale by Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of their respective
subsidiaries of any Equity Interests or any obligations convertible
into or exchangeable for, or giving any person a right, option or
warrant to acquire such Equity Interests or such convertible or
exchangeable obligations, as applicable, except in each case for
(a) any issuance or sale to any Permitted Investor (other than
any such person acting in the capacity of an underwriter or
placement agent with regard to such Equity Issuance), Holdings, the
U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary, (b) any issuance of
directors’ qualifying shares and (c) sales or issuances
of common stock of Holdings or stock fund units in the Deferred
Compensation Plan to management, employees or consultants of
Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary under the
Deferred Compensation Plan or any employee stock option or stock
purchase plan or employee benefit plan in existence from time to
time.
" ERISA " shall mean the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as the same may be amended from time
to time.
" ERISA Affiliate " shall mean any trade or
business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with the U.S.
Borrower, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b)
or (c) of the
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Code, or solely for purposes of Section 302
of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single
employer under Section 414 of the Code.
" ERISA Event " shall mean (a) any
"reportable event", as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the
regulations issued thereunder, with respect to a Plan (other than
an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived);
(b) the existence with respect to any Plan of an "accumulated
funding deficiency" (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or
Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (c) the
filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Code or
Section 303(d) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the
minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (d) the
incurrence by the U.S. Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of
any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the
termination of any Plan (other than a standard termination pursuant
to Section 4041(b) of ERISA) or the withdrawal or partial
withdrawal of the U.S. Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates
from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) the receipt by the
U.S. Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates from the PBGC or
a plan administrator of any notice relating to the intention to
terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer
any Plan; (f) the adoption of any amendment to a Plan that
would require the provision of security pursuant to
Section 401(a)(29) of the Code or Section 307 of ERISA;
(g) the receipt by the U.S. Borrower or any of its ERISA
Affiliates of any intent to withdraw from a Multiemployer Plan, or
the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the U.S. Borrower
or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any notice, concerning the
imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a
Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in
reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA;
(h) the occurrence of a "prohibited transaction" with respect
to which the U.S. Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries is a
"disqualified person" (within the meaning of Section 4975 of
the Code) or with respect to which the U.S. Borrower or any
such Subsidiary could otherwise be liable; (i) any other event
or condition with respect to a Plan or Multiemployer Plan that
could result in liability of the U.S. Borrower or any
Subsidiary; or (j) any Foreign Benefit Event.
" Euro " or " € " shall
mean the single currency of the European Union as constituted by
the Treaty on European Union as adopted as lawful currency by
certain member states under legislation of the European Union for
European Monetary Union.
" Eurocurrency ", when used in reference to any
Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans
comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate
determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate.
" Event of Default " shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in Article VII.
" Excess Cash Flow " shall mean, for any period of
four consecutive quarters ending on June 30 of any year, the
excess of Consolidated EBITDA for such period minus the sum,
without duplication, of (i) the amount of any Taxes paid in
cash by Holdings and the Subsidiaries with respect to such period,
(ii) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period paid in
cash, (iii) Capital Expenditures made in cash during such
period, except to the extent financed with the proceeds of
Indebtedness, equity issuances, casualty proceeds, condemnation
proceeds or other proceeds that would not be included in
Consolidated EBITDA, (iv) permanent repayments of Indebtedness
(other than (x) mandatory prepayments of Loans under
Section 2.13 and (y) Voluntary Prepayments) made by
Holdings and the Subsidiaries during such period, but only to the
extent that such prepayments by their terms cannot be reborrowed or
redrawn and do not occur in connection with a refinancing of all or
any portion of such Indebtedness, (v) the amount of net
investments made in cash in accordance with Section 6.03(g),
(m), (o) or (q) during such
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period to the extent not financed with the
proceeds of any Indebtedness or equity issuances or other proceeds
that would not be included in Consolidated EBITDA, (vi) the
amount of Restricted Payments made in cash by Holdings in
accordance with Section 6.05(a) during such period, and
(vii) any non-recurring fees, expenses or charges in
connection with the consummation of the Transactions or the
"Transactions" as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement to the
extent added back in the determination of Consolidated EBITDA with
respect to such period pursuant to clause (iv) of the
definition of Consolidated EBITDA.
" Exchange Rate " shall mean, on any day, with
respect to any currency other than dollars (for purposes of
determining the Dollar Equivalent) or dollars (for purposes of
determining the Alternative Currency Equivalent), the rate at which
such currency may be exchanged into dollars or the applicable
Alternative Currency, as the case may be, as set forth at
approximately 11:00 a.m., Local Time, on such date on the
applicable Bloomberg Key Cross Currency Rates Page. In the event
that any such rate does not appear on any Bloomberg Key Cross
Currency Rates Page, the Exchange Rate shall be determined by
reference to such other publicly available service for displaying
exchange rates selected by the Administrative Agent for such
purpose, or, at the discretion of the Administrative Agent, such
Exchange Rate shall instead be the arithmetic average of the spot
rates of exchange of the Administrative Agent in the market where
its foreign currency exchange operations in respect of such
currency are then being conducted, at or about 10:00 a.m.,
Local Time, on such date for the purchase of dollars or the
applicable Alternative Currency, as the case may be, for delivery
two Business Days later; provided that, if at the time of
any such determination, for any reason, no such spot rate is being
quoted, the Administrative Agent may use any other reasonable
method it deems appropriate to determine such rate, and such
determination shall be presumed correct absent manifest error.
" Excluded Taxes " shall mean, with respect to the
Administrative Agent, any Lender, the Issuing Bank or any other
recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any
obligation of a Borrower hereunder, (a) income or franchise
taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income by (i) any
Governmental Authority of the United States of America (or any
political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein), or
the jurisdiction under the laws of which such recipient is
organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the
case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is
located, or (ii) as a result of a present or former connection
between the Administrative Agent or such Lender and the
jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority imposing such tax (or
any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein)
other than a connection arising solely as a result of entering into
any Loan Document; (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by any
Governmental Authority of the United States of America (or any
political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) or
any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction described in
clause (a) above, and (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender
(other than an assignee pursuant to a request by a Borrower under
Section 2.21(a)), any withholding tax that is imposed on
amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign
Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new
lending office) or is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s
failure to comply with Section 2.20(f), 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 such Borrower with respect to such
withholding tax pursuant to Section 2.20(a).
" Exempt Construction Loan " shall mean any
interim construction loan (or Guarantee thereof) (a) that is
subject to or backed by an Approved Take Out Commitment, or
(b) in which the D&I Subsidiary that is the obligor of
such construction loan has entered into a Qualifying Lease of the
property securing such Exempt Construction Loan (or Guarantee
thereof) and such
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lease supports a refinancing of the entire
interim construction loan amount based upon prevailing permanent
loan terms at the time the interim construction loan is
closed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, construction loans (and
Guarantees thereof) shall cease to be treated as Exempt
Construction Loans in the event that any of the following
occur: (i) the obligor of such Exempt Construction Loan
is in default beyond any applicable notice and cure periods of any
obligations under the credit agreement relating to such Exempt
Construction Loan; or (ii) the underlying real property
securing such Exempt Construction Loan has not been sold by a date
which is no later than 15 months (unless subject to or backed by an
Approved Take Out Commitment, in which case no deadline for the
sale of such real property shall apply) after completion of
construction.
" Existing Credit Agreement " shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement.
" Existing Company Credit Agreement " shall mean
the Credit Agreement dated as of June 28, 2005, among the
Company, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Bank of
America, N.A., as administrative agent.
" Existing Debt " shall mean the Senior Unsecured
Notes.
" Existing Lenders " shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in the preliminary statement.
" Existing Letter of Credit " shall mean each
Letter of Credit previously issued for the account of the Company
that (a) is outstanding on the Restatement Date and
(b) is listed on Schedule 1.01(e).
" Facility Fees " shall have the meaning assigned
to such term in Section 2.05(a).
" Federal Funds Effective Rate " shall mean, for
any day, the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal
funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System
arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next
succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of
New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day
that is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for the day
for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from
three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by
it.
" Fees " shall mean the Facility Fees, the Delayed
Draw Commitment Fees, the Administrative Agent Fees, the L/C
Participation Fees and the Issuing Bank Fees.
" FHA Loans " shall mean commercial or
multi-housing mortgage loans originated by Melody (or any other
Mortgage Banking Subsidiary) and insured by the Federal Housing
Administration or any other governmental entity.
" Financial Officer " of any person shall mean the
chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, Treasurer or
Controller of such person.
" Fixed Rate ", when used in reference to any Loan
or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising
such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by
reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate, the Discount Rate or the Bank
Bill Rate.
" Foreign Base Rate " shall mean, with respect to
any Alternative Currency (other than Canadian Dollars) in any
jurisdiction, the rate of interest per annum determined by the
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Administrative Agent to be the rate of interest
(in the absence of a Fixed Rate) charged by it to borrowers of
similar quality as the applicable Borrower for short-term loans in
such Alternative Currency in such jurisdiction. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, Loans may be made or
maintained as Foreign Base Rate Loans only to the extent specified
in Section 2.02(f), 2.08 or 2.15.
" Foreign Benefit Event " shall mean, with
respect to any Foreign Pension Plan, (a) the existence of
unfunded liabilities in excess of the amount permitted under any
applicable law, or in excess of the amount that would be permitted
absent a waiver from a Governmental Authority, (b) the failure
to make the required contributions or payments, under any
applicable law, on or before the due date for such contributions or
payments, (c) the receipt of a notice by a Governmental
Authority relating to the intention to terminate any such Foreign
Pension Plan or to appoint a trustee or similar official to
administer any such Foreign Pension Plan, or alleging the
insolvency of any such Foreign Pension Plan and (d) the
incurrence of any liability in excess of $5,000,000 (or the
equivalent thereof in another currency) by Holdings, the
U.S. Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under applicable law
on account of the complete or partial termination of such Foreign
Pension Plan or the complete or partial withdrawal of any
participating employer therein, or (e) the occurrence of any
transaction that is prohibited under any applicable law and could
reasonably be expected to result in the incurrence of any liability
by Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or
the imposition on Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries of any fine, excise tax or penalty resulting from any
noncompliance with any applicable law, in each case in excess of
$5,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in another currency).
" Foreign Lender " shall mean, with respect to any
Borrower, any Lender that is organized under the laws of a
jurisdiction other than that in which such Borrower is located. For
purposes of this definition, the United States of America, each
State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to
constitute a single jurisdiction.
" Foreign Pension Plan " shall mean any plan, fund
(including any superannuation fund) or other similar program
established or maintained outside the United States by Holdings,
the U.S. Borrower or any one or more of its Subsidiaries
primarily for the benefit of employees of Holdings, the
U.S. Borrower or such Subsidiaries residing outside the United
States, which plan, fund or other similar program provides, or
results in, retirement income, a deferral of income in
contemplation of retirement or payments to be made upon termination
of employment, and which plan is not subject to ERISA or the
Code.
" Foreign Subsidiary " shall mean any Subsidiary
that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
" GAAP " shall mean United States generally
accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis.
" Governmental Authority " shall mean any Federal,
state, local or foreign court or governmental agency, authority,
instrumentality or regulatory body.
" Granting Lender " shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in Section 9.04(i).
" Guarantee " of or by any person shall mean any
obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such person guaranteeing or
having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any
other person (the " primary obligor ") in any manner,
whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of
such person, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or
advance or supply
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funds for the purchase or payment of) such
Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or
supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment of
such Indebtedness or other obligation, (b) to purchase or
lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring
the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment
of such Indebtedness or other obligation or (c) to maintain
working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement
condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the
primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation;
provided , however , that the term "Guarantee" shall
not include (i) endorsements for collection or deposit in the
ordinary course of business, (ii) customary environmental
indemnities and non-recourse carve-out guarantees requested by
Lenders in financing transactions secured by real property,
(iii) guarantees in respect of Exempt Construction Loans or
(iv) completion and budget guarantees.
" Guarantors " shall mean Holdings and the
Subsidiary Guarantors.
" Hazardous Materials " shall mean (a) any
petroleum products or byproducts and all other petroleum
hydrocarbons, coal ash, radon gas, asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam
insulation, polychlorinated biphenyls, chlorofluorocarbons and all
other ozone-depleting substances and (b) any chemical,
material, substance or waste that is prohibited, limited or
regulated by or pursuant to any Environmental Law.
" Hedging Agreement " shall mean any interest rate
protection agreement, foreign currency exchange agreement,
commodity price protection agreement or other interest or currency
exchange rate or commodity price hedging arrangement.
" Immaterial Subsidiary " shall mean (a) each
Subsidiary that is formed for the purpose of allowing employees to
participate in the economic returns of certain investments or
investment programs and does not engage in any other business
activities or have any outstanding Indebtedness and (b) each
other Subsidiary that has consolidated total assets of less
than $1,000,000.
" Incremental Amount " shall mean, at any time,
the excess, if any, of (a) $300,000,000 over (b) the sum
of (i) the aggregate amount of all Revolving Credit
Commitments established prior to such time pursuant to
Section 2.24 and (ii) the aggregate amount of all
Incremental Term Loan Commitments established prior to such time
pursuant to Section 2.25.
" Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Assumption
Agreement " shall mean an Incremental Revolving Credit
Commitment Assumption Agreement in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, among one or more
Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and one or more persons that
are, or will become, Revolving Credit Lenders.
" Incremental Term Lender " shall mean a Lender
with an Incremental Term Loan Commitment or an outstanding
Incremental Term Loan.
" Incremental Term Loan Assumption Agreement "
shall mean an Incremental Term Loan Assumption Agreement in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent,
among the U.S. Borrower, the Administrative Agent and one or
more Term Lenders.
" Incremental Term Loan Commitment " shall mean
the commitment of any Lender, established pursuant to
Section 2.25, to make Incremental Term Loans to the
U.S. Borrower.
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" Incremental Term Loan Maturity
Date " shall mean the final maturity date of any
Incremental Term Loan, as set forth in the applicable Incremental
Term Loan Assumption Agreement.
" Incremental Term Loan Repayment Date " shall
mean each date on which the principal of any Incremental Term Loan
is scheduled to be repaid, as set forth in the applicable
Incremental Term Loan Assumption Agreement.
" Incremental Term Loans " shall mean any term
loans made by the Lenders to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to
paragraph (b) of Section 2.01. Incremental Term Loans may
be made in the form of additional Tranche A Loans, additional
Tranche B Loans or, to the extent permitted by
Section 2.25 and provided for in the relevant Incremental Term
Loan Assumption Agreement, Other Term Loans.
" Indebtedness " of any person shall mean, without
duplication, (a) all obligations of such person for borrowed
money or with respect to deposits or advances of any kind,
(b) all obligations of such person evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations
of such person upon which interest charges are customarily paid,
(d) all obligations of such person under conditional sale or
other title retention agreements relating to property or assets
purchased by such person, (e) all obligations of such person
issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or
services (excluding (i) with respect to clause (e), trade
accounts payable and accrued obligations incurred in the ordinary
course of business and (ii) only with respect to
clauses (a) through (e), accrued obligations in respect of the
Deferred Compensation Plan), (f) all Indebtedness of others
secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an
existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien
on property owned or acquired by such person, whether or not the
obligations secured thereby have been assumed, (g) all
Guarantees by such person of Indebtedness of others (other than
Guarantees by an Investment Subsidiary of any Indebtedness of any
Co-investment Vehicle; provided that neither such Guarantee
nor the related Indebtedness is recourse to Holdings, the
U.S. Borrower or any other Subsidiary (other than an
Investment Subsidiary)), (h) all Capital Lease Obligations of
such person, (i) all obligations of such person as an account
party in respect of letters of credit and (j) all obligations
of such person in respect of bankers’ acceptances. The
Indebtedness of any person shall include all Indebtedness of any
partnership, or other entity in which such person is a general
partner, or other equity holder with unlimited liability other than
(x) Indebtedness which by its terms is expressly non-recourse
to such person (subject to customary environmental indemnities or
completion or budget guarantees, and subject to customary
exclusions from liability by lenders in non-recourse financing
transactions secured by real property (including by means of
separate indemnification agreements or carve-out guarantees)) and
(y) if such person is an Investment Subsidiary, the
Indebtedness of a related Co-investment Vehicle. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in connection with the purchase of any business,
Indebtedness shall not include post-closing payment adjustments to
which the seller may become entitled so long as (i) such
payment is to be determined by a final closing balance sheet or
depends on the performance of such business after the closing of
the purchase, (ii) at the time of closing, the amount of any
such payment is not determinable and (iii) to the extent such
payment thereafter becomes fixed and determined, the amount is paid
within 60 days thereafter.
" Indemnified Taxes " shall mean Taxes other than
Excluded Taxes.
" Insignia " shall mean Insignia Financial Group,
Inc., a Delaware corporation.
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" Interest Coverage Ratio " shall
mean, for any period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA
(less the amount, if any, thereof consisting of interest or
investment income on the deployment of the proceeds of Melody
Permitted Indebtedness or loans under the CBRE Loan Arbitrage
Facility) for such period to (b) Consolidated Interest Expense
for such period.
" Interest Payment Date " shall mean (a) with
respect to any Daily Rate Loan, the last Business Day of each
March, June, September and December and (b) with respect to
any Eurocurrency Loan, the last day of the Interest Period
applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in
the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing with an Interest Period of
more than three months’ duration, each day that would have
been an Interest Payment Date had successive Interest Periods of
three months’ duration been applicable to such Borrowing.
" Interest Period " shall mean, with respect to
any Eurocurrency Borrowing or Bank Bill Rate Borrowing, the period
commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the
numerically corresponding day (or, if there is no numerically
corresponding day, on the last day) in the calendar month that is
1, 2, 3 or 6 months thereafter (or 9 or 12 months
thereafter if, at the time of the relevant Borrowing, all Lenders
participating therein agree to make an interest period of such
duration available), as the applicable Borrower may elect;
provided , however , that if any Interest Period
would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period
shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such
next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month,
in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding
Business Day. Interest shall accrue from and including the first
day of an Interest Period to but excluding the last day of such
Interest Period. 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. With respect to any
Borrowings of Tranche A Loans made after the Restatement Date, the
initial Interest Periods shall be the periods commencing on (and
including) the date of borrowing of such Tranche A Loans and ending
on (and including) the last day of the Interest Periods applicable
to the Tranche A Loans outstanding immediately prior to such date
of borrowing, with the aggregate principal amount of Tranche A
Loans to which each such Interest Period applies being in the same
proportions as the respective aggregate principal amounts of the
outstanding Tranche A Loans to which the corresponding Interest
Periods apply.
" Investment Subsidiary " shall mean (a) any
Subsidiary engaged principally in the business of buying and
holding real estate assets in anticipation of selling such assets
or transferring such assets, which assets may include securities of
companies engaged principally in such business, (b) any
Subsidiary engaged principally in the business of investing in
and/or managing Co-investment Vehicles and (c) any D&I
Subsidiary.
" Investment Grade Ratings " shall mean Ratings of
BBB- or better by S&P and Baa3 or better by Moody’s.
" Issuing Bank " shall mean, as the context may
require, (a) Credit Suisse, in its capacity as the issuer of
Letters of Credit hereunder, (b) with respect to each Existing
Letter of Credit, the Lender that issued such Existing Letter of
Credit and (c) any other Lender that may become an Issuing
Bank pursuant to Section 2.23(i) or (k), with respect to
Letters of Credit issued by such Lender. The Issuing Bank may, in
its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be
issued by Affiliates of the Issuing Bank, in which case the term
"Issuing Bank" shall include any such Affiliate with respect to
Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate.
" Issuing Bank Fees " shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in Section 2.05(e).
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" Japanese Borrower " shall mean
any wholly owned Subsidiary of the U.S. Borrower organized under
the laws of Japan that is designated as an additional Borrower in
accordance with Section 9.18.
" Japanese Sublimit " shall mean $10,000,000.
" Japanese Yen " or " ¥ " shall mean
lawful currency of Japan.
" L/C Commitment " shall mean the commitment of
the Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit pursuant to
Section 2.23
" L/C Disbursement " shall mean a payment or
disbursement made by the Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of
Credit.
" L/C Exposure " shall mean at any time the sum of
(a) the Domestic L/C Exposure, (b) the Multicurrency L/C
Exposure and (c) the U.K. L/C Exposure.
" L/C Participation Fees " shall mean the fees
provided for in Section 2.05(d).
" Lead Arrangers " shall mean Credit Suisse
Securities (USA) LLC and Banc of America Securities LLC, in their
respective capacities as joint lead arrangers of the Credit
Facilities.
" Lenders " shall mean (a) the persons listed
on Schedule 2.01 (other than any such person that has ceased
to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance) and
(b) any person that has become a party hereto pursuant to an
Assignment and Acceptance. Unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise, the term "Lenders" shall include each Swingline
Lender.
" Letter of Credit " shall mean (a) any
letter of credit issued pursuant to Section 2.23 and
(b) any Existing Letter of Credit. A Letter of Credit shall be
a " Domestic Letter of Credit " if an Existing Letter
of Credit or if issued or deemed issued under the Domestic
Revolving Credit Commitments, a " Multicurrency Letter of
Credit " if issued or deemed issued under the Multicurrency
Revolving Credit Commitments or a " U.K. Letter of
Credit " if issued or deemed issued under the U.K.
Revolving Credit Commitments.
" Leverage Ratio " shall mean, on any date, the
ratio of Total Debt less Available Cash on such date to
Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal
quarters most recently ended on or prior to such date.
" LIBO Rate " shall mean, with respect to any
Eurocurrency Borrowing for any Interest Period, the rate per annum
determined by the Administrative Agent at approximately
11:00 a.m., London time, on the date that is two Business Days
prior to or, with respect to Eurocurrency Borrowings denominated in
Pounds, at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the same
day as, the commencement of such Interest Period by reference to
the British Bankers’ Association Interest Settlement Rates
for deposits in dollars, Pounds, Euro or Japanese Yen, as
applicable (as set forth by the Bloomberg Information Service or
any successor thereto or any other service selected by the
Administrative Agent which has been nominated by the British
Bankers’ Association as an authorized information vendor for
the purpose of displaying such rates), for a period equal to such
Interest Period; provided that, to the extent that an
interest rate is not ascertainable pursuant to the foregoing
provisions of this definition, the "LIBO Rate" shall be the
interest rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to
be the average of the rates per annum at which deposits in dollars,
Pounds, Euro or Japanese Yen, as applicable, are offered for
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such relevant Interest Period to major banks in
the London interbank market in London, England by the
Administrative Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time)
on the date that is two Business Days prior to or, with respect to
Eurocurrency Borrowings denominated in Pounds, at approximately
11:00 a.m. (London time) on the same day as, the beginning of
such Interest Period.
" Lien " shall mean, with respect to any asset,
(a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, encumbrance,
charge or security interest in or on such asset, and (b) the
interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale
agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any
financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as
any of the foregoing) relating to such asset.
" Loan Documents " shall mean this Agreement, the
Letters of Credit, the Security Documents, each Incremental Term
Loan Assumption Agreement and each Incremental Revolving Credit
Commitment Assumption Agreement.
" Loan Parties " shall mean the Borrowers and the
Guarantors.
" Loans " shall mean the Revolving Loans, the Term
Loans and the Swingline Loans.
" Local Time " shall mean, in relation to any
Borrowing by (a) the U.S. Borrower, New York time,
(b) the Canadian Borrower, Toronto time, (c) the U.K.
Borrower, London time, (d) the Australian Borrower, Melbourne
time, (e) the Japanese Borrower, Tokyo time, and (f) the
New Zealand Borrower, Auckland time.
" Margin Stock " shall have the meaning assigned
to such term in Regulation U.
" Material Adverse Effect " shall mean a
materially adverse effect on (a) the business, assets,
operations or financial condition of the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the
U.S. Borrower or any other Loan Party to perform any of its
obligations under any Loan Document to which it is or will be a
party or (c) the rights of or benefits available to the
Lenders under any Loan Document.
" Material Indebtedness " shall mean Indebtedness
(other than the Loans, Letters of Credit and Non-Recourse
Indebtedness), or obligations in respect of one or more Hedging
Agreements, of any one or more of Holdings, the U.S. Borrower
and the Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding
$25,000,000. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the
"principal amount" of the obligations of Holdings, the
U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of any Hedging
Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving
effect to any netting agreements) that Holdings, the
U.S. Borrower or such Subsidiary would be required to pay if
such Hedging Agreement were terminated at such time.
" Material Third-Party Indebtedness " shall mean
Indebtedness, or obligations in respect of one or more Hedging
Agreements, of any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary in an aggregate
principal amount exceeding $10,000,000. For purposes of determining
Material Third-Party Indebtedness, the "principal amount" of the
obligations of any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary in respect of any
Hedging Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate
principal amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that
such Non-Guarantor Subsidiary would be required to pay if such
Hedging Agreement were terminated at such time.
" Melody " shall mean CBRE Melody &
Company, a Texas corporation.
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" Melody Loan Arbitrage Facility "
shall mean a credit facility provided to Melody by any depository
bank in which Melody makes deposits, so long as (i) Melody
applies all proceeds of loans made under such credit facility to
purchase certain highly-rated debt instruments considered to be
permitted short-term investments under such credit facility, and
(ii) all such permitted short-term investments purchased by
Melody with the proceeds of loans thereunder (and proceeds thereof
and distributions thereon) are pledged to the depository bank
providing such credit facility, and such bank has a first priority
perfected security interest therein, to secure loans made under
such credit facility.
" Melody Loan Securitization Funds " shall mean
one or more special purpose investment funds formed by Melody
solely for the purpose of originating, securitizing and selling
investment tranches of commercial real estate loans.
" Melody Mortgage Warehousing Facility " shall
mean (a) a credit facility provided by any bank or other
financial institution extended to Melody or any other Mortgage
Banking Subsidiary in connection with any Mortgage Banking
Activities, pursuant to which such lender makes loans to Melody or
any other Mortgage Banking Subsidiary, the proceeds of which loans
are applied by Melody (or any other Mortgage Banking Subsidiary) to
fund commercial mortgage loans originated and owned by Melody (or
any other Mortgage Banking Subsidiary) subject to a commitment
(subject to customary exceptions) to purchase such mortgage loans
or mortgage-backed securities in respect thereof by (a) the
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, the Federal National
Mortgage Association or any other quasi-federal governmental agency
or enterprise or government-sponsored entity or its seller servicer
or (b) any other commercial conduit lender, in each case so
long as (i) loans made by such lender to Melody (or any other
Mortgage Banking Subsidiary) thereunder are secured by a pledge of
commercial mortgage loans made by Melody (or any other Mortgage
Banking Subsidiary) with the proceeds of such loans, and such
lender has a perfected first priority security interest therein, to
secure loans made under such credit facility and (ii) in the
case of loans to be sold to a commercial conduit lender, the
related Indebtedness of the Mortgage Banking Subsidiary does not
exceed a term of 120 days or a loan to value of 80%, and
(b) any other credit facility provided by any bank or other
financial institution extended to Melody or any other Mortgage
Banking Subsidiary pursuant to which such lender makes loans to
Melody or any other Mortgage Banking Subsidiary, the proceeds of
which loans are applied by Melody (or any other Mortgage Banking
Subsidiary) to fund FHA Loans, so long as such loans to Melody (or
any other Mortgage Banking Subsidiary) are repaid by Melody (or any
other Mortgage Banking Subsidiary) to such lender with the proceeds
of the sale or issuance of Melody Lending Program Securities.
" Melody Lending Program Securities " shall mean
mortgage-backed securities or bonds issued by Melody or any other
Mortgage Banking Subsidiary supported by FHA Loans and Guaranteed
by the Government National Mortgage Association or any other
quasi-federal governmental agency or enterprise or
government-sponsored entity, the proceeds of which securities or
bonds are applied by Melody or any other Mortgage Banking
Subsidiary to refinance Indebtedness under a Melody Mortgage
Warehousing Facility.
" Melody Permitted Indebtedness " shall mean
Indebtedness of Melody under the Melody Loan Arbitrage Facility, a
Melody Mortgage Warehousing Facility, the Melody Working Capital
Facility, the Melody Repo Arrangement and Melody Lending Program
Securities, and Indebtedness of any Mortgage Banking Subsidiary
under a Melody Mortgage Warehousing Facility that is, in all cases,
non-recourse to the U.S. Borrower or any of the other
Subsidiaries.
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" Melody Repo Arrangement " shall
mean an arrangement whereby mortgage loans originated by Melody are
funded by a third party lender or financial institution (a "
Melody Repo Party ") pursuant to an agreement whereby
the Melody Repo Party funds and purchases from Melody such mortgage
loans upon origination and sells such loans to Melody prior to
Melody’s sale of such loans to the Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation or another counterparty.
" Melody Working Capital Facility " shall mean a
credit facility provided by a financial institution to Melody, so
long as (i) the proceeds of loans thereunder are applied only
to provide working capital to Melody, (ii) loans under such
credit facility are unsecured, and (iii) the aggregate
principal amount of loans outstanding under such credit facility at
no time exceeds $1,000,000.
" Merger " shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in the preliminary statement.
" Merger Agreement " shall mean the Agreement and
Plan of Merger dated as of October 30, 2006, among the
Company, Holdings and Merger Sub, and all other material documents
entered into or delivered in connection with such agreement, in
each case as amended from time to time.
" Merger Consideration " shall mean the cash
merger consideration paid to the existing stockholders of the
Company in connection with the Merger pursuant to the Merger
Agreement as in effect on the Restatement Date.
" Merger Documents " shall mean the Merger
Agreement and any other agreements to be executed pursuant to the
Merger Agreement.
" Merger Sub " shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in the preliminary statement.
" Moody’s " shall mean Moody’s
Investors Service, Inc., or any successor thereto.
" Mortgage Banking Activities " shall mean the
origination of (a) mortgage loans in respect of commercial and
multi-family residential real property, and the sale or assignment
of such mortgage loans and the related mortgages to another person
(other than the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary) within
120 days after the origination thereof (or thereafter, so long
as the purchaser thereof is a quasi-federal governmental agency or
enterprise or government-sponsored entity that shall have confirmed
in writing its obligation to purchase such loans prior to such
120th day), provided, however , that in each case prior
to origination of any mortgage loan, the U.S. Borrower or a
Mortgage Banking Subsidiary, as the case may be, shall have entered
into a legally binding and enforceable agreement with respect to
such mortgage loan with a person that purchases such loans in the
ordinary course of business, and (b) FHA Loans.
" Mortgage Banking Subsidiary " shall mean Melody
and its subsidiaries that are engaged in Mortgage Banking
Activities.
" Multicurrency L/C Disbursement " shall mean a
payment or disbursement made by the Issuing Bank pursuant to a
Multicurrency Letter of Credit.
" Multicurrency L/C Exposure " shall mean, at any
time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn and unexpired
amount of all outstanding Multicurrency Letters of Credit at such
time denominated in Dollars, plus the Dollar Equivalent of the
aggregate undrawn and unexpired amount of all outstanding
Multicurrency Letters of Credit at such time denominated in
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Alternative Currencies and (b) the aggregate
principal amount of all Multicurrency L/C Disbursements denominated
in dollars that have not yet been reimbursed at such time, plus the
Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate principal amount of all
Multicurrency L/C Disbursements denominated in Alternative
Currencies that have not been reimbursed at such time. The
Multicurrency L/C Exposure of any Multicurrency Revolving Credit
Lender at any time shall equal its Pro Rata Percentage of the
aggregate Multicurrency L/C Exposure at such time.
" Multicurrency Letter of Credit " shall mean any
letter of credit issued (or deemed issued) pursuant to
Section 2.23 and designated (or deemed designated) as
such.
" Multicurrency Revolving Credit Borrowing " shall
mean a Borrowing comprised of Multicurrency Revolving Loans.
" Multicurrency Revolving Credit Commitment "
shall mean, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such
Lender to make Multicurrency Revolving Loans hereunder as set forth
on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant
to which such Lender assumed its Multicurrency Revolving Credit
Commitment, as applicable, as the same may be (a) reduced from
time to time pursuant to Section 2.09, (b) increased from
time to time pursuant to Section 2.24 and (c) reduced or
increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such
Lender pursuant to Section 9.04.
" Multicurrency Revolving Credit Exposure " shall
mean, with respect to any Lender at any time, the aggregate
principal amount at such time of all outstanding Multicurrency
Revolving Loans of such Lender denominated in dollars, plus
the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate principal amount at such
time of all outstanding Multicurrency Revolving Loans of such
Lender denominated in Alternative Currencies, plus the
aggregate amount at such time of such Lender’s Multicurrency
L/C Exposure, plus the aggregate amount at such time of such
Lender’s N.Z. Swingline Exposure.
" Multicurrency Revolving Credit Lender " shall
mean a Lender with a Multicurrency Revolving Credit Commitment or
outstanding Multicurrency Revolving Credit Exposure.
" Multicurrency Revolving Loans " shall mean the
revolving loans made by the Multicurrency Revolving Credit Lenders
to the Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(iv).
" Multiemployer Plan " shall mean a multiemployer
plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
" Net Cash Proceeds " shall mean (a) with
respect to any Asset Sale, the cash proceeds (including cash
proceeds subsequently received (as and when received) in respect of
noncash consideration initially received), net of (i) selling
expenses (including reasonable broker’s fees or commissions,
warranty reserves relating to condominium sales, legal fees,
transfer and similar taxes and the U.S. Borrower’s good faith
estimate of taxes paid or reasonably estimated to be payable in
connection with such sale), (ii) amounts provided as a
reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against any liabilities under any
indemnification obligations or purchase price adjustment associated
with such Asset Sale ( provided that, to the extent and at
the time any such amounts are released from such reserve, such
amounts shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds) and (iii) the
principal amount, premium or penalty, if any, interest and other
amounts on any Indebtedness for borrowed money which is secured by
the asset sold in such Asset Sale and which is required to be
repaid with such proceeds (other than any such Indebtedness assumed
by the purchaser of such asset); provided , however ,
that, if (x) the U.S. Borrower shall deliver a certificate of
a Financial
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Officer to the Administrative Agent at the time
of receipt thereof setting forth the U.S. Borrower’s intent
to reinvest such proceeds in assets of a kind then used or usable
in the business of the U.S. Borrower and its Subsidiaries or in the
Equity Interests of a person engaged in the same or related
business as that of the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary within 365
days of receipt of such proceeds and (y) no Default or Event
of Default shall have occurred and shall be continuing at the time
of such certificate or at the proposed time of the application of
such proceeds, such proceeds shall not constitute Net Cash Proceeds
except to the extent not so used or contractually committed to be
used at the end of such 365-day period, at which time such proceeds
shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds; and (b) with respect
to any incurrence or disposition of Indebtedness or any Equity
Issuance, the cash proceeds thereof, net of all taxes and customary
fees, commissions, costs and other expenses incurred in connection
therewith.
" New Zealand Dollars " or " NZ$ "
shall mean lawful currency of New Zealand.
" Non-Guarantor Subsidiary " shall mean any
subsidiary of Holdings that is not a Loan Party.
" Non-Recourse Indebtedness " shall mean
Indebtedness of, or Guarantees by, an Investment Subsidiary;
provided that (x) such Indebtedness is incurred solely
in relation to the permitted investment or real estate development
activities of such Investment Subsidiary and (y) such
Indebtedness is not Guaranteed by, or otherwise recourse to,
Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary other than an
Investment Subsidiary (subject to customary environmental
indemnities or completion or budget guarantees, and subject to
customary exclusions from liability by lenders in non-recourse
financing transactions secured by real property (including by means
of separate indemnification agreements or carve-out guarantees));
provided further that, if any such Indebtedness is partially
Guaranteed by or otherwise recourse to Holdings, the U.S. Borrower
or any Subsidiary other than an Investment Subsidiary, the portion
of such Indebtedness not so Guaranteed or recourse shall be
"Non-Recourse Indebtedness" hereunder.
" N.Z. Swingline Commitment " shall mean the
commitment of the N.Z. Swingline Lender to make N.Z. Swingline
Loans to the New Zealand Borrower pursuant to
Section 2.22, as the same may be reduced from time to time
pursuant to Section 2.09.
" N.Z. Swingline Exposure " shall mean at any time
the aggregate principal amount at such time of all outstanding N.Z.
Swingline Loans. The N.Z. Swingline Exposure of any Multicurrency
Revolving Credit Lender at any time shall equal its Pro Rata
Percentage of the aggregate N.Z. Swingline Exposure at such
time.
" N.Z. Swingline Lender " shall mean Citibank,
N.A., acting through any of its branches or affiliates, in its
capacity as lender of N.Z. Swingline Loans hereunder.
" N.Z. Swingline Loan " shall mean any loan made
by the N.Z. Swingline Lender to the New Zealand Borrower
pursuant to Section 2.22.
" Obligations " shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in the Collateral Agreement.
" Other Taxes " shall mean any and all present or
future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property
taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made
under any Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or
enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan
Document.
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" Other Term Loans " shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.25(a).
" PBGC " shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA.
" Perfection Certificate " shall mean a Perfection
Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B to the
Collateral Agreement.
" Performance Bond " shall mean any letter of
credit, bond, or similar security device securing the obligation of
the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary to complete construction of
improvements to real property.
" Permitted Acquisition " shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in Section 6.03(g).
" Permitted Investments " shall mean:
(a) direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and
interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United
States of America (or by any agency thereof to the extent such
obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United
States of America), in each case maturing within one year from the
date of acquisition thereof;
(b) investments in commercial paper maturing within
270 days from the date of acquisition thereof and having, at
such date of acquisition, a rating of at least A-2 from S&P or
P-2 from Moody’s;
(c) investments in certificates of deposit, banker’s
acceptances and time deposits maturing within one year from the
date of acquisition thereof issued or guaranteed by or placed with,
and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by, the
Administrative Agent or any domestic office of any commercial bank
organized under the laws of the United States of America or any
State thereof that has a combined capital and surplus and undivided
profits of not less than $500,000,000;
(d) fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of
not more than 30 days for securities described in
clause (a) above and entered into with a financial institution
satisfying the criteria of clause (c) above;
(e) investments in "money market funds" within the meaning of
Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended,
substantially all of whose assets are invested in investments of
the type described in clauses (a) through (d) above;
(f) investments in so-called "auction rate" securities rated AAA
by S&P, Aaa by Moody’s or AAA by Fitch Ratings and which
have a reset date not more than 90 days from the date of
acquisition thereof; and
(g) other short-term investments utilized by Foreign
Subsidiaries in accordance with normal investment practices for
cash management in investments of a type analogous to the
foregoing.
" Permitted Investors " shall mean (a) the
Sponsors and any other person who is an Affiliate of any of the
foregoing, (b) DLJ Investment Partners II, Inc. and any of its
Affiliates and (c) any member of senior management of the U.S.
Borrower on the Restatement Date.
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" person " shall mean any natural
person, corporation, business trust, joint venture, association,
company, limited liability company, partnership, Governmental
Authority or other entity.
" Plan " shall mean any employee pension benefit
plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of
Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or
Section 307 of ERISA, and in respect of which the U.S.
Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were
terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be)
an "employer" as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
" Pounds " or " £ " shall mean
lawful currency for the time being of the United Kingdom.
" Prime Rate " shall mean the rate of interest per
annum determined from time to time by Credit Suisse as its prime
rate in effect at its principal office in New York City and
notified to the U.S. Borrower.
" Pro Forma Basis " shall mean, with respect to
compliance with any test or covenant hereunder, in connection with
or after the occurrence of any Permitted Acquisition or Significant
Asset Sale, compliance with such covenant or test after giving
effect to any such proposed Permitted Acquisition or Significant
Asset Sale (including pro forma adjustments arising out of events
which are directly attributable to the proposed Permitted
Acquisition or Significant Asset Sale, are factually supportable
and are expected to have a continuing impact, in each case
determined on a basis consistent with Article 11 of
Regulation S-X of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
as interpreted by the staff of the Securities and Exchange
Commission using, for purposes of determining such compliance, the
historical financial statements of all entities or assets so
acquired or to be acquired or sold or to be sold and the
consolidated financial statements of the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries which shall be reformulated as if such Permitted
Acquisition or Significant Asset Sale, and any other Permitted
Acquisitions or Significant Asset Sales that have been consummated
during or after the end of the relevant period, and any
Indebtedness or other liabilities incurred or repaid in connection
with any such Permitted Acquisitions or Significant Asset Sale or
otherwise after the end of the relevant period had been consummated
or incurred or repaid, as the case may be, at the beginning of such
period and assuming that any such Indebtedness so incurred bears
interest during any portion of the applicable measurement period
prior to the relevant acquisition at the weighted average of the
interest rates applicable to outstanding Loans during such
period).
" Pro Forma Compliance " shall mean, at any date
of determination, that Holdings shall be in pro forma compliance
with the covenants set forth in Sections 6.08 and 6.09 as of
the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter-end (computed on the
basis of (a) balance sheet amounts as of the most recently
completed fiscal quarter, and (b) income statement amounts for
the most recently completed period of four consecutive fiscal
quarters, in each case, for which financial statements shall have
been delivered to the Administrative Agent and calculated on a Pro
Forma Basis).
" Pro Rata Percentage " of any Domestic Revolving
Credit Lender, Multicurrency Revolving Credit Lender or U.K.
Revolving Credit Lender at any time shall mean the percentage of
the Total Domestic Revolving Credit Commitment, Total Multicurrency
Revolving Credit Commitments or Total U.K. Revolving Credit
Commitment, respectively, represented by such Lender’s
Domestic Revolving Credit Commitment, Multicurrency Revolving
Credit Commitment or U.K. Revolving Credit Commitment,
respectively. In the event the Domestic Revolving Credit
Commitments, Multicurrency Revolving Credit Commitments or U.K.
Revolving Credit
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Commitments shall have expired or been
terminated, the Pro Rata Percentages shall be determined on the
basis of the Domestic Revolving Credit Commitments, Multicurrency
Revolving Credit Commitments or U.K. Revolving Credit Commitments,
as the case may be, most recently in effect.
" Qualifying Lease " shall mean a lease agreement
entered into by a D&I Subsidiary, as lessor, to lease the real
property owned by such D&I Subsidiary upon completion of
construction thereof to the extent that (a) the senior
unsecured non-credit-enhanced long-term debt of the tenant or the
guarantor of the tenant’s obligations under such lease is
rated BBB- or higher by S&P or Baa3 or higher by Moody’s,
(b) the obligation of such tenant to accept possession of such
real property and begin paying rent under such lease is not subject
to any material condition other than (i) completion of
construction in accordance with all requirements of applicable law
and approved plans and specifications and on or before a date
certain and (ii) issuance of a certificate of occupancy,
(c) such lease has a non-cancelable primary term of 10 years
or more, and (d) such tenant has not failed or refused to
perform under such lease agreement or notified the Company or the
applicable D&I Subsidiary of its intention to not perform under
such lease agreement ( provided that the failure of one (but
not more than one) tenant under a Qualifying Lease to meet the
ratings criteria set forth in clause (a) above shall not
result in the disqualification of such lease as a Qualifying Lease
so long as, at the time such lease was entered into, such ratings
criteria were satisfied, and such tenant only fails to satisfy such
ratings criteria due to subsequent rating downgrades).
" Ratings " shall mean the credit ratings assigned
to the senior unsecured non-credit-enhanced long-term indebtedness
of the U.S. Borrower by Moody’s and S&P.
" Reaffirmation Agreement " shall mean the
Reaffirmation Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit E,
among the U.S. Borrower, Holdings, the Subsidiary Guarantors
and the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties.
" Register " shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in Section 9.04(d).
" Regulation T " shall mean Regulation T
of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official
rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
" Regulation U " shall mean Regulation U
of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official
rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
" Regulation X " shall mean Regulation X
of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official
rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
" Related Fund " shall mean, with respect to any
Lender, any other person that (x) invests in bank loans and
(y) is advised or managed by the same investment advisor as
such Lender, by an Affiliate of such investment advisor or by such
Lender.
" Related Parties " shall mean, with respect to
any specified person, such person’s Affiliates and the
respective directors, trustees, officers, employees, agents and
advisors of such person and such person’s Affiliates.
" Release " shall mean any release, spill,
emission, leaking, dumping, injection, pouring, deposit, disposal,
discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration into or through the
indoor or outdoor environment or within or upon any building or
fixture.
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" Repayment Date " shall mean a
Tranche A Repayment Date, a Tranche B Repayment Date or an
Incremental Term Loan Repayment Date.
" Required Lenders " shall mean, at any time,
Lenders having Loans (excluding Swingline Loans), L/C Exposure,
Swingline Exposure and unused Revolving Credit Commitments and Term
Loan Commitments (if any) representing at least a majority of the
sum of all Loans outstanding (excluding Swingline Loans), L/C
Exposure, Swingline Exposure and unused Revolving Credit
Commitments and Term Loan Commitments (if any) at such time.
" Responsible Officer " of any person shall mean
any executive officer or Financial Officer of such person and any
other officer or similar official thereof responsible for the
administration of the obligations of such person in respect of this
Agreement.
" Restatement Date " shall mean December 20,
2006.
" Restricted Payment " shall mean any dividend or
other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property
other than common Equity Interests) with respect to any Equity
Interests in Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary, or
any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property other
than common Equity Interests), including any sinking fund or
similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption,
retirement, acquisition, cancelation or termination of any Equity
Interests in Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary or
any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such Equity
Interests in Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary;
provided, however, that neither Employee Performance
Payments nor the payment to employees of Holdings, the
U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary of "co-investment return" or
"carried interest" or any distribution of an equity interest in
respect thereof, or any other incentive distributions from
Investment Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be Restricted
Payments.
" Revolving Credit Borrowing " shall mean a
Domestic Revolving Credit Borrowing, a Multicurrency Revolving
Credit Borrowing or a U.K. Revolving Credit Borrowing.
" Revolving Credit Commitment " shall mean a
Domestic Revolving Credit Commitment, a Multicurrency Revolving
Credit Commitment or a U.K. Revolving Credit Commitment.
" Revolving Credit Exposure " shall mean, with
respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of such Lender’s
Domestic Revolving Credit Exposure, Multicurrency Revolving Credit
Exposure and U.K. Revolving Credit Exposure.
" Revolving Credit Lender " shall mean a Domestic
Revolving Credit Lender, a Multicurrency Revolving Credit Lender or
a U.K. Revolving Credit Lender.
" Revolving Credit Maturity Date " shall mean
June 24, 2011.
" Revolving Loans " shall mean the Domestic
Revolving Loans, the Multicurrency Revolving Loans and the U.K.
Revolving Loans.
" S&P " shall mean Standard &
Poor’s Ratings Service or any successor thereto.
" Schedule I Bank " shall mean a bank that is
a Canadian chartered bank listed on Schedule I under the Bank
Act (Canada).
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" Schedule II Bank " shall
mean a bank that is a bank listed on Schedule II or
Schedule III under the Bank Act (Canada).
" SEC " shall mean the Securities and Exchange
Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any or all
of its functions.
" Secured Parties " shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in the Collateral Agreement.
" Security Documents " shall mean the Collateral
Agreement, the Reaffirmation Agreement and each of the security
agreements and other instruments and documents executed and
delivered pursuant to any of the foregoing or pursuant to
Section 5.08.
" Senior Unsecured Note Documents " shall mean the
Senior Unsecured Notes, the Senior Unsecured Note Indenture and all
other material instruments, agreements and other documents
evidencing or governing the Senior Unsecured Notes or providing for
any right in respect thereof.
" Senior Unsecured Note Indenture " shall mean the
indenture dated as of May 22, 2003, between the
U.S. Borrower, Holdings and U.S. Bank National Association, as
trustee, as in effect on the Restatement Date and as thereafter
amended from time to time in accordance with the requirements
thereof and of this Agreement.
" Senior Unsecured Notes " shall mean the
U.S. Borrower’s 9.75% Senior Unsecured Notes Due
May 15, 2010, issued pursuant to the Senior Unsecured Note
Indenture and any notes issued by the U.S. Borrower in exchange
for, and as contemplated by, the Senior Unsecured Notes with
substantially identical terms as the Senior Unsecured Notes.
" Significant Asset Sale " shall mean the sale,
transfer, lease or other disposition (whether in one transaction or
a series of related transactions, but in each case only if the
aggregate fair market value of the assets so sold exceeds 5% of
Total Assets at the time of such sale, transfer, lease or other
disposition) by Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary
to any person other than Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any
Subsidiary of all or substantially all of the assets of, or a
majority of the Equity Interests in, a person, or a division or
line of business or business unit of a person.
" Significant Domestic Subsidiary " shall mean
each Domestic Subsidiary (a) that has consolidated total
assets of more than $5,000,000 and (b) of which securities or
other ownership interests representing more than 80% of the equity
or more than 80% of the ordinary voting power or more than 80% of
the general partnership interests are, at the time any
determination is being made, owned, Controlled or held, directly or
indirectly, by the U.S. Borrower.
" SPC " shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in Section 9.04(i).
" Sponsors " shall mean Blum Strategic Partners,
L.P. and Freeman Spogli & Co. Incorporated.
" Statutory Reserves " shall mean 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 Board and any other banking authority, domestic
or foreign, to which the Administrative Agent or any Lender
(including any branch,
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Affiliate, or other fronting office making or
holding a Loan) is subject for Eurocurrency Liabilities (as defined
in Regulation D of the Board). Eurocurrency Loans shall be
deemed to constitute Eurocurrency Liabilities as defined in
Regulation D of the Board) 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. Statutory Reserves shall be adjusted
automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any
reserve percentage.
" subsidiary " shall mean, with respect to any
person (herein referred to as the " parent "), any
corporation, partnership, association or other business entity
(a) of which securities or other ownership interests
representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the
ordinary voting power or more than 50% of the general partnership
interests (other than the general partnership interests or similar
interests owned, Controlled or held by the U.S. Borrower or
any Subsidiary in any Co-investment Vehicle) are, at the time any
determination is being made, owned, Controlled or held, or
(b) that is, at the time any determination is being made,
otherwise consolidated in the financial statements of the parent in
accordance with GAAP.
" Subsidiary " shall mean any subsidiary of
Holdings; provided , however , that neither the DUS
Subsidiary nor any of the Melody Loan Securitization Funds shall be
deemed to be a Subsidiary for purposes of this Agreement or the
other Loan Documents.
" Subsidiary Guarantor " shall mean each Domestic
Subsidiary listed on Schedule 1.01(a), and each other
Subsidiary that is or becomes a party to a Collateral
Agreement.
" Swingline Commitments " shall mean the Domestic
Swingline Commitment and the N.Z. Swingline Commitment.
" Swingline Exposure " shall mean at any time the
sum of (a) the Domestic Swingline Exposure and (b) the
N.Z. Swingline Exposure.
" Swingline Lender " shall mean, as the context
may require, the Domestic Swingline Lender and/or the N.Z.
Swingline Lender.
" Swingline Loans " shall mean the Domestic
Swingline Loans and the N.Z. Swingline Loans.
" Synthetic Purchase Agreement " shall mean any
swap, derivative or other agreement or combination of agreements
pursuant to which Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary is
or may become obligated to make (a) any payment in connection
with a purchase by any third party from a person other than
Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary of any Equity
Interest or (b) any payment (other than on account of a
permitted purchase by it of any Equity Interest) the amount of
which is determined by reference to the price or value at any time
of any Equity Interest; provided that no phantom stock or
similar plan providing for payments only to current or former
directors, officers, employees or consultants of Holdings, the U.S.
Borrower or the Subsidiaries (or to their heirs or estates) shall
be deemed to be a Synthetic Purchase Agreement.
" Take Out Commitment " shall mean a written
obligation of a person either (a) to purchase real property
and the improvements thereon for an amount sufficient to repay the
interim construction loan used to acquire and construct such real
property and improvements, or
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(b) to provide debt and/or equity financing
the proceeds of which are to be used to repay the interim
construction loan used to acquire and construct real property and
improvements thereon.
" Taxes " shall mean any and all present or future
taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, charges, liabilities or
withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority.
" Term Borrowing " shall mean a Borrowing
comprised of Tranche A Loans, Tranche B Loans or Incremental
Term Loans.
" Term Lender " shall mean a Lender with a Term
Loan Commitment or an outstanding Term Loan.
" Term Loan Commitment s " shall mean the Tranche
A Commitments, the Tranche B Commitments and any Incremental Term
Loan Commitment.
" Term Loans " shall mean the Tranche A Loans and
the Tranche B Loans. Unless the context shall otherwise require,
the term "Term Loans" shall include any Incremental Term Loans.
" Total Assets " shall mean, at any date of
determination, the total consolidated assets of the
U.S. Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries at such date
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, but
excluding the consolidated assets of (a) any Subsidiary with
Non-Recourse Indebtedness and (b) any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
with Material Third-Party Indebtedness.
" Total Debt " shall mean, at any time, the total
Indebtedness of Holdings and its consolidated subsidiaries at such
time, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP,
excluding (a) Melody Permitted Indebtedness,
(b) Non-Recourse Indebtedness, (c) the UK Acquisition
Notes, to the extent the bank guarantee in respect thereof is cash
collateralized as permitted hereunder, (d) Indebtedness of the
type described in clause (i) of the definition of such term
and Indebtedness under Performance Bonds, in each case, except to
the extent of any unreimbursed drawings thereunder, (e) Exempt
Construction Loans of any D&I Subsidiary, (f) the amount
of any Indebtedness supported by Approved Credit Support and
(g) Indebtedness under the CBRE Loan Arbitrage Facility.
" Total Domestic Revolving Credit Commitment "
shall mean, at any time, the aggregate amount of the Domestic
Revolving Credit Commitments, as in effect at such time. The Total
Domestic Revolving Credit Commitment in effect on the Restatement
Date is $500,000,000.
" Total Multicurrency Revolving Credit Commitment
" shall mean, at any time, the aggregate amount of the
Multicurrency Revolving Credit Commitments, as in effect at such
time. The Total Multicurrency Revolving Credit Commitment in effect
on the Restatement Date is $50,000,000.
" Total U.K. Revolving Credit Commitment " shall
mean, at any time, the aggregate amount of the U.K. Revolving
Credit Commitments, as in effect at such time. The Total U.K.
Revolving Credit Commitment in effect on the Restatement Date is
$50,000,000.
" Tranche A Borrowing " shall mean a Borrowing
comprised of Tranche A Loans.
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" Tranche A Commitment " shall
mean, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to
make Tranche A Loans hereunder as set forth on Schedule 2.01,
or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender
assumed its Tranche A Commitment, as applicable, as the same may be
(a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.09,
(b) increased from time to time pursuant to Section 2.25
and (c) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to
assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to
Section 9.04.
" Tranche A Lender " shall mean a Lender with a
Tranche A Commitment or an outstanding Tranche A Loan.
" Tranche A Loans " shall mean the term loans made
by the Lenders to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to clause (a)(i) of
Section 2.01. Unless the context shall otherwise require, the
term "Tranche A Loans" shall include any Incremental Term
Loans that are designated as such in the applicable Incremental
Term Loan Assumption Agreement and that are made on terms identical
to the Tranche A Loans.
" Tranche A Maturity Date " shall mean
December 20, 2011.
" Tranche A Repayment Date " shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(a)(i).
" Tranche B Borrowing " shall mean a Borrowing
comprised of Tranche B Loans.
" Tranche B Commitment " shall mean, with respect
to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Tranche B
Loans hereunder as set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the
Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender assumed its
Tranche B Commitment, as applicable, as the same may be
(a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.09,
(b) increased from time to time pursuant to Section 2.25
and (c) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to
assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04.
" Tranche B Lender " shall mean a Lender with a
Tranche B Commitment or an outstanding Tranche B Loan.
" Tranche B Maturity Dat e " shall mean
December 20, 2013.
" Tranche B Loans " shall mean the term loans made
by the Lenders to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to clause (a)(ii) of
Section 2.01. Unless the context shall otherwise require, the
term "Tranche B Loans" shall include any Incremental Term
Loans that are designated as such in the applicable Incremental
Term Loan Assumption Agreement and that are made on terms identical
to the Tranche B Loans.
" Tranche B Repayment Date " shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(a)(ii).
" Transactions " shall mean, collectively, the
transactions to occur on or prior to the Restatement Date,
including (a) the consummation of the Merger, (b) the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, (c) the borrowing of
the Tranche A Loans and Tranche B Loans hereunder and the repayment
of all amounts outstanding under, and the termination of, the
Existing Company Credit Agreement, (d) the execution and
delivery of any amendments or supplements to the Collateral
Agreement and the execution and delivery of any other Security
Documents required to be executed and delivered pursuant to any
Security Document or pursuant to Section 5.08 and
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(e) the payment of all fees and expenses to
be paid on or prior to the Restatement Date and owing in connection
with the foregoing.
" Type ", when used in respect of any Loan or
Borrowing, shall refer to the Rate by reference to which interest
on such Loan or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing is
determined. For purposes hereof, the term " Rate "
shall include the Adjusted LIBO Rate, the Alternate Base Rate, the
Bank Bill Rate, the Canadian Prime Rate, the U.S. Base Rate, the
Foreign Base Rate and the Discount Rate applicable to
Bankers’ Acceptances and B/A Equivalent Loans.
" UK Acquisition Notes " shall mean the floating
rate guaranteed loan notes due April 30, 2010, issued by
Insignia to the vendors of Richard Ellis Group Limited pursuant to
an instrument dated March 26, 2001, each of which is fully
guaranteed as to principal and interest by the Royal Bank of
Scotland plc (such guarantee secured by restricted cash deposits by
Insignia or its Subsidiaries with the Royal Bank of Scotland plc
pursuant to Memoranda of Cash Deposits).
" U.K. L/C Disbursement " shall mean a payment or
disbursement made by the Issuing Bank pursuant to a U.K. Letter of
Credit.
" U.K. L/C Exposure " shall mean, at any time, the
sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn and unexpired amount of all
outstanding U.K. Letters of Credit at such time denominated in
dollars, plus the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate undrawn and
unexpired amount of all outstanding U.K. Letters of Credit at such
time denominated in Alternative Currencies and (b) the
aggregate principal amount of all U.K. L/C Disbursements
denominated in dollars that have not yet been reimbursed at such
time, plus the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate principal amount
of all U.K. L/C Disbursements denominated in Alternative Currencies
that have not been reimbursed at such time. The U.K. L/C Exposure
of any U.K. Revolving Credit Lender at any time shall equal its Pro
Rata Percentage of the aggregate U.K. L/C Exposure at such
time.
" U.K. Letter of Credit " shall mean any letter of
credit issued (or deemed issued) pursuant to Section 2.23 and
designated (or deemed designated) as such.
" U.K. Revolving Credit Borrowing " shall mean a
Borrowing comprised of U.K. Revolving Loans.
" U.K. Revolving Credit Commitment " shall mean,
with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make
U.K. Revolving Loans hereunder as set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in
the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender assumed
its U.K. Revolving Credit Commitment, as applicable, as the same
may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to
Section 2.09, (b) increased from time to time pursuant to
Section 2.24 and (c) reduced or increased from time to
time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to
Section 9.04.
" U.K. Revolving Credit Exposure " shall mean,
with respect to any Lender at any time, the aggregate principal
amount at such time of all outstanding U.K. Revolving Loans of such
Lender denominated in dollars, plus the Dollar Equivalent of
the aggregate principal amount at such time of all outstanding U.K.
Revolving Loans of such Lender denominated in Alternative
Currencies, plus the aggregate amount at such time of such
Lender’s U.K. L/C Exposure.
" U.K. Revolving Credit Lender " shall mean a
Lender with a U.K. Revolving Credit Commitment or outstanding U.K.
Revolving Credit Exposure.
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" U.K. Revolving Loans " shall mean
the revolving loans made by the Lenders to the U.S. Borrower or the
U.K. Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(v).
" USA PATRIOT Act " shall mean the Uniting and
Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to
Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Title III of
Pub. L. No. 107-56 (signed into law on
October 26, 2001)).
" U.S. Base Rate " shall mean, for any day, a rate
per annum equal to the greater of (a) the rate of interest per
annum determined from time to time by the Administrative Agent as
its base rate in effect at its principal office in Toronto, Ontario
for determining interest rates on U.S. dollar-denominated
commercial loans made in Canada and (b) the Federal Funds
Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1 / 2 of 1%.
" Voluntary Prepayment " shall mean a prepayment
of principal of Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.12 in any
period of four consecutive quarters ending on June 30 of any
year (other than any such prepayment made with the proceeds of
Indebtedness, equity issuances, casualty proceeds, condemnation
proceeds or other proceeds that would not be included in
Consolidated EBITDA) to the extent that such prepayment reduces the
scheduled installments of principal due in respect of Term Loans as
set forth in Section 2.11(a) or (b), as the case may be, in
any subsequent period.
" wholly owned Subsidiary " of any person shall
mean a subsidiary of such person of which securities (except for
directors’ qualifying shares) or other ownership interests
representing 100% of the Equity Interests are, at the time any
determination is being made, owned, controlled or held 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.
" Withdrawal Liability " shall mean liability to a
Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal
from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in
Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
SECTION 1.02. Terms Generally . The definitions in
Section 1.01 shall apply equally to both 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"; and the words "asset" and
"property" shall be construed as having 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. All references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and
Schedules shall be deemed references to Articles and Sections of,
and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement unless the context
shall otherwise require. Except as otherwise expressly provided
herein, (a) any reference in this Agreement to any Loan
Document shall mean such document as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time and
(b) all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be
construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time;
provided , however , that if the U.S. Borrower
notifies the Administrative Agent that the U.S. Borrower wishes to
amend any covenant in Article VI or any related definition to
eliminate the effect of any change in GAAP occurring after the date
of this Agreement on the operation of such covenant (or if the
Administrative Agent notifies the U.S. Borrower that the Required
Lenders wish to amend Article VI or any related definition for
such purpose), then the U.S. Borrower’s compliance with such
covenant shall be determined on the basis of GAAP in effect
immediately before the relevant change in GAAP became effective,
until
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either such notice is withdrawn or such covenant
is amended in a manner satisfactory to the U.S. Borrower and the
Required Lenders.
SECTION 1.03. Classification of Loans and
Borrowings . For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be
classified and referred to by Class ( e.g. , a "Domestic
Revolving Loan") or by Type ( e.g. , a "Eurocurrency Loan")
or by Class and Type ( e.g. , a "Domestic Eurocurrency
Revolving Loan"). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to
by Class ( e.g. , a "Domestic Revolving Borrowing") or by
Type ( e.g. , a "Eurocurrency Borrowing") or by Class and
Type ( e.g. , a "Domestic Eurocurrency Revolving
Borrowing").
SECTION 1.04. Pro Forma Calculations . With
respect to any period during which any Permitted Acquisition or
Significant Asset Sale occurs as permitted pursuant to the terms
hereof, and with respect to any proposed incurrence of Term Loans,
for purposes of determining compliance or Pro Forma Compliance with
the covenants set forth in Sections 6.08 and 6.09, the
Interest Coverage Ratio and the Leverage Ratio shall be calculated
with respect to such period, and such Permitted Acquisition or
Significant Asset Sale, or with respect to the most recently
completed period of four consecutive fiscal quarters for purposes
of determining whether Term Loans may be incurred, on a Pro Forma
Basis.
SECTION 1.05. Exchange Rate Calculations. On each
Calculation Date, the Administrative Agent shall (a) determine
the Exchange Rate as of such Calculation Date and (b) give
notice thereof to the Borrowers and to any Lender that shall have
requested a copy of such notice (it being understood that a Lender
shall not have the right to independently request a determination
of the Exchange Rate). The Exchange Rates so determined shall
become effective on such Calculation Date and shall remain
effective until the next succeeding Calculation Date, and shall for
all purposes of this Agreement (other than any other provision
expressly requiring the use of a current Exchange Rate) be the
Exchange Rate employed in converting amounts between dollars and
Alternative Currencies.
ARTICLE II
The Credits
SECTION 2.01. Commitments . (a) On the terms
and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in reliance upon
the representations and warranties set forth herein and in the
other Loan Documents, each Lender agrees severally and not jointly
to make (i) Tranche A Loans to the U.S. Borrower, in dollars,
on the Restatement Date and on up to two additional occasions
during the Delayed Draw Availability Period, in an aggregate
principal amount for all such Tranche A Loans not to exceed its
Tranche A Commitment, (ii) Tranche B Loans to the U.S.
Borrower, in dollars, on the Restatement Date, in an aggregate
principal amount not to exceed its Tranche B Commitment,
(iii) Domestic Revolving Loans to the U.S. Borrower, in
dollars, at any time and from time to time on or after the Closing
Date and prior the earlier of the Revolving Credit Maturity Date
and the termination of the Domestic Revolving Credit Commitment of
such Lender in accordance with the terms hereof, in an aggregate
principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result in
such Lender’s Domestic Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding
such Lender’s Domestic Revolving Credit Commitment,
(iv) Multicurrency Revolving Loans to the U.S. Borrower
in dollars, the Canadian Borrower in dollars or Canadian Dollars,
the Australian Borrower in Australian Dollars, or the Japanese
Borrower in Japanese Yen, at any time and from time to time on or
after the Closing Date and prior to the earlier of the Revolving
Credit
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Maturity Date and the termination of the
Multicurrency Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender in
accordance with the terms hereof, in a aggregate principal amount
at any time outstanding that will not result in (x) such
Lender’s Multicurrency Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding
such Lender’s Multicurrency Revolving Credit Commitment, or
(y) the Aggregate Multicurrency Revolving Credit Exposure
attributable to Loans to, and Letters of Credit issued for the
account of, (A) the Australian Borrower and the New Zealand
Borrower exceeding the ANZ Sublimit, (B) the Canadian Borrower
exceeding the Canadian Sublimit or (C) the Japanese Borrower
exceeding the Japanese Sublimit, and (v) U.K. Revolving Loans
to the U.S. Borrower in dollars or the U.K. Borrower in Pounds
or Euro, at any time and from time to time on or after the Closing
Date and prior to the earlier of the Revolving Credit Maturity Date
and the termination of the U.K. Revolving Credit Commitment of such
Lender in accordance with the terms hereof, in an aggregate
principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result in
such Lender’s U.K. Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding such
Lender’s U.K. Revolving Credit Commitment. The Borrowers and
the Lenders acknowledge the making of Revolving Loans prior to the
Restatement Date under the Existing Credit Agreement and agree
that, to the extent outstanding on the Restatement Date, such
Revolving Loans shall continue to be outstanding pursuant to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents. Within the limits set forth in the first sentence of
this Section 2.01(a) and subject to the terms, conditions and
limitations set forth herein, the Borrowers may borrow, pay or
prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans. Amounts paid or prepaid in
respect of Term Loans may not be reborrowed.
(b) Each Lender having an Incremental Term Loan Commitment,
severally and not jointly, hereby agrees, on the terms and subject
to the conditions set forth herein and in the applicable
Incremental Term Loan Assumption Agreement and in reliance on the
representations and warranties set forth herein and in the other
Loan Documents, to make Incremental Term Loans to the
U.S. Borrower, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
its Incremental Term Loan Commitment. Amounts paid or prepaid in
respect of Incremental Term Loans may not be reborrowed.
SECTION 2.02. Loans . (a) Each Loan (other
than Swingline Loans) shall be made as part of a Borrowing
consisting of Loans made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with
their respective applicable Commitments; provided ,
however , that the failure of any Lender to make any Loan
shall not in itself relieve any other Lender of its obligation to
lend hereunder (it being understood, however, that no Lender shall
be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make any Loan
required to be made by such other Lender). Except for Loans deemed
made pursuant to Section 2.02(f), the Loans comprising any
Borrowing shall be in an aggregate principal amount that is
(i) an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not
less than the Borrowing Minimum (except with respect to any
Incremental Term Borrowing, to the extent otherwise provided in the
related Incremental Term Loan Assumption Agreement) or
(ii) equal to the remaining available balance of the
applicable Commitments.
(b) Subject to Sections 2.08 and 2.15, each Borrowing shall
be comprised entirely of Daily Rate Loans or Fixed Rate Loans as
the applicable Borrower may request pursuant to Section 2.03.
Each Lender may at its option make any Loan by causing any domestic
or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan;
provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect
the obligation of the applicable Borrower to repay such Loan in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Borrowings of more
than one Type may be outstanding at the same time; provided
, however , that the Borrowers shall not be entitled to
request any Borrowing that, if made, would result in (i) more
than (x) ten Fixed Rate Borrowings of Domestic Revolving
Loans, (y) ten Fixed Rate Borrowings of Tranche A Loans or
(z) ten Fixed Rate Borrowings of Tranche
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B Loans being outstanding hereunder at any time
or (ii) more than five Fixed Rate Borrowings of any other
Class being outstanding hereunder at any time. For purposes of the
foregoing, Borrowings having different Interest Periods or Contract
Periods, regardless of whether they commence on the same date,
shall be considered separate Borrowings.
(c) Except with respect to Loans deemed made pursuant to
Section 2.02(f), each Lender shall make each Loan to be made
by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to such account as the Administrative
Agent may designate not later than 4:00 p.m., Local Time, and
the Administrative Agent shall promptly credit the amounts so
received to an account in the name of the applicable Borrower,
designated by such Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request,
or, if a Borrowing shall not occur on such date because any
condition precedent herein specified shall not have been met,
return the amounts so received to the respective Lenders.
(d) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice
from a Lender prior to the date of any Borrowing that such Lender
will not make available to the Administrative Agent such
Lender’s portion of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent
may assume that such Lender has made such portion available to the
Administrative Agent on the date of such Borrowing in accordance
with paragraph (c) above and the Administrative Agent may, in
reliance upon such assumption, make available to the applicable
Borrower on such date a corresponding amount. If the Administrative
Agent shall have so made funds available then, to the extent that
such Lender shall not have made such portion available to the
Administrative Agent, such Lender and the applicable Borrower
severally agree to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on
demand such corresponding amount together with interest thereon,
for each day from the date such amount is made available to such
Borrower until the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative
Agent at (i) in the case of such Borrower, the interest rate
applicable at the time to the Loans comprising such Borrowing and
(ii) in the case of such Lender for the first three days, a
rate determined by the Administrative Agent to represent its cost
of overnight or short-term funds for the applicable currency and
for each day thereafter, the higher of such rate and the applicable
Daily Rate (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest
error). If such Lender shall repay to the Administrative Agent such
corresponding amount, such amount shall constitute such
Lender’s Loan as part of such Borrowing for purposes of this
Agreement.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no
Borrower shall be entitled to request any Revolving Credit
Borrowing if the Interest Period or Contract Period, as the case
may be, requested with respect thereto would end after the
Revolving Credit Maturity Date.
(f) If the Issuing Bank shall not have received from the
applicable Borrower the payment required to be made by
Section 2.23(e) within the time specified in such Section, the
Issuing Bank will promptly notify the Administrative Agent of the
L/C Disbursement and the Administrative Agent will promptly notify
each applicable Revolving Credit Lender of such L/C Disbursement
and its Pro Rata Percentage thereof. Each Domestic Revolving Credit
Lender (in respect of a Domestic L/C Disbursement), Multicurrency
Revolving Credit Lender (in the case of a Multicurrency L/C
Disbursement) and U.K. Revolving Credit Lender (in respect of a
U.K. L/C Disbursement) shall pay by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to the Administrative Agent not later than
2:00 p.m., Local Time, on such date (or, if such Revolving
Credit Lender shall have received such notice later than
12:00 (noon), Local Time, on any day, not later than 10:00
a.m., Local Time, on the immediately following Business Day), an
amount equal to such Revolving Credit Lender’s Pro Rata
Percentage of such L/C Disbursement (it being understood that such
amount shall be deemed to constitute an ABR Revolving Loan (if
denominated in
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dollars or Canadian Dollars) or a Fixed Rate Loan
with a one-month Interest Period or Contract Period, as the case
may be (if denominated in any other Alternative Currency), of such
Revolving Credit Lender and such payment shall be deemed to have
reduced the applicable L/C Exposure), and the Administrative Agent
will promptly pay to the Issuing Bank amounts so received by it
from such Revolving Credit Lenders. The Administrative Agent will
promptly pay to the Issuing Bank any amounts received by it from a
Borrower pursuant to Section 2.23(e) prior to the time that
any Revolving Credit Lender makes any payment pursuant to this
paragraph (f); any such amounts received by the Administrative
Agent thereafter will be promptly remitted by the Administrative
Agent to the Revolving Credit Lenders that shall have made such
payments and to the Issuing Bank, as their interests may appear. If
any Revolving Credit Lender shall not have made its applicable Pro
Rata Percentage of such L/C Disbursement available to the
Administrative Agent as provided above, such Revolving Credit
Lender and the applicable Borrower severally agree to pay interest
on such amount, for each day from and including the date such
amount is required to be paid in accordance with this paragraph to
but excluding the date such amount is paid, to the Administrative
Agent for the account of the Issuing Bank at (i) in the case
of such Borrower, a rate per annum equal to the interest rate
applicable to Revolving Loans pursuant to Section 2.06(a), and
(ii) in the case of such Revolving Credit Lender, for the
first such day, a rate determined by the Issuing Bank to represent
its cost of overnight or short-term funds for the applicable
currency, and for each day thereafter, the higher of such rate and
the Alternate Base Rate or the Foreign Base Rate, as the case may
be.
SECTION 2.03. Borrowing Procedure . In order to
request a Borrowing (other than a Swingline Loan or a deemed
Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.02(f), as to which this
Section 2.03 shall not apply), the applicable Borrower shall
hand deliver or fax to the Administrative Agent a duly completed
Borrowing Request (a) in the case of a Fixed Rate Borrowing,
not later than 1:00 p.m., Local Time, three Business Days
before a proposed Borrowing, and (b) in the case of a Daily
Rate Borrowing, not later than 12:00 noon, Local Time, on the
Business Day of a proposed Borrowing. Each Borrowing Request shall
be irrevocable, shall be signed by or on behalf of the applicable
Borrower and shall specify the following information: (i) the
currency and Class of such Borrowing and whether such Borrowing is
to be a Fixed Rate Borrowing or a Daily Rate Borrowing;
(ii) the date of such Borrowing (which shall be a Business
Day); (iii) the number and location of the account to which
funds are to be disbursed (which shall be an account that complies
with the requirements of Section 2.02(c)); (iv) the
amount of such Borrowing; and (v) if such Borrowing is to be a
Fixed Rate Borrowing, the Interest Period or Contract Period with
respect thereto; provided , however , that,
notwithstanding any contrary specification in any Borrowing
Request, each requested Borrowing shall comply with the
requirements set forth in Section 2.02. If no election as to
the Type of Borrowing is specified in any such notice, then the
requested Borrowing shall be a Daily Rate Borrowing if denominated
in dollars or Canadian Dollars, and a Fixed Rate Borrowing with a
one-month Interest Period or Contract Period otherwise. If no
election as to the Class of any Revolving Credit Borrowing by the
U.S. Borrower is received, then, to the extent of the
available Domestic Revolving Credit Commitments, such Borrowing
shall be a Domestic Revolving Credit Borrowing. If no Interest
Period or Contract Period with respect to any Fixed Rate Borrowing
is specified in any such notice, then the applicable Borrower shall
be deemed to have selected an Interest Period or Contract Period of
one month’s duration. The Administrative Agent shall promptly
advise the applicable Lenders of any notice given pursuant to this
Section 2.03 (and the contents thereof), and of each
Lender’s portion of the requested Borrowing.
SECTION 2.04. Evidence of Debt ; Repayment of
Loans . (a) The U.S. Borrower hereby
unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the
account of each
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Lender the principal amount of each Term Loan of
such Lender as provided in Section 2.11. Each Borrower hereby
unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the
account of each Lender on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date the
then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan of such Lender
made to such Borrower. The U.S. Borrower hereby promises to
pay to the Domestic Swingline Lender the then unpaid principal
amount of each Domestic Swingline Loan on the Revolving Credit
Maturity Date. The New Zealand Borrower hereby promises to pay
to the N.Z. Swingline Lender the then unpaid principal amount of
each N.Z. Swingline Loan on the Revolving Credit Maturity
Date.
(b) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual
practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of each
Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such
Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal and
interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time under
this Agreement.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it
will record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the
Class and Type thereof and the Interest Period or Contract Period
applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or
interest due and payable or to become due and payable from each
Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any
sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from any
Borrower or any Guarantor and each Lender’s share
thereof.
(d) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to
paragraphs (b) and (c) above shall be prima facie
evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations therein
recorded; provided , however , that the failure of
any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or
any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligations of
any Borrower to repay the Loans in accordance with their terms.
(e) Any Lender may request that Loans made by it hereunder be
evidenced by a promissory note. In such event, each applicable
Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note
payable to such Lender and its registered assigns and in a form and
substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and
such Borrower. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, in the event any Lender shall request and receive such a
promissory note, the interests represented by such note shall at
all times (including after any assignment of all or part of such
interests pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by one or
more promissory notes payable to the payee named therein or its
registered assigns.
SECTION 2.05. Fees . (a) The
U.S. Borrower agrees to pay to each Domestic Revolving Credit
Lender, through the Administrative Agent, on the last Business Day
of March, June, September and December in each year and on each
date on which the Domestic Revolving Credit Commitment of such
Lender shall expire or be terminated as provided herein, a facility
fee equal to the Applicable Percentage per annum in effect from
time to time on the daily amount (whether used or unused) of the
Domestic Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender during the
preceding quarter (or other period commencing on the Closing Date
or ending with the Revolving Credit Maturity Date or the date on
which the Domestic Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender shall
expire or be terminated). The U.S. Borrower and the U.K.
Borrower jointly and severally agree to pay to each U.K. Lender,
through the Administrative Agent, on the last Business Day of
March, June, September and December in each year and on each date
on which the U.K. Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender shall
expire or be terminated as provided herein, a facility fee equal to
the Applicable Percentage per annum in effect from time to time on
the daily amount (whether used or unused) of the U.K. Revolving
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Credit Commitment of such Lender during the
preceding quarter (or other period commencing on the Closing Date
or ending with the Revolving Credit Maturity Date or the date on
which the U.K. Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender shall
expire or be terminated). The U.S. Borrower, the Canadian
Borrower, the Japanese Borrower, the Australian Borrower and the
New Zealand Borrower jointly and severally agree to pay to each
Multicurrency Revolving Credit Lender, through the Administrative
Agent, on the last Business Day of March, June, September and
December in each year and on each date on which the Multicurrency
Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender shall expire or be
terminated as provided herein, a facility fee (together with the
facility fees provided for in the preceding two sentences, the "
Facility Fees ") equal to the Applicable Percentage
per annum in effect from time to time on the daily amount (whether
used or unused) of the Multicurrency Revolving Credit Commitment of
such Lender during the preceding quarter (or other period
commencing on the Closing Date or ending with the Revolving Credit
Maturity Date or the date on which the Multicurrency Revolving
Credit Commitment of such Lender shall expire or be terminated).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Revolving Credit Exposure
remains outstanding following any expiration or termination of the
Revolving Credit Commitments as contemplated by the three preceding
sentences, the Facility Fees shall continue to accrue on such
Revolving Credit Exposure for so long as such Revolving Credit
Exposure remains outstanding and shall be payable on demand. All
Facility Fees shall be computed on the basis of the actual number
of days elapsed in a year of 360 days. The Facility Fee due to
each Lender shall commence to accrue on and including the Closing
Date and shall cease to accrue on the date on which the applicable
Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender shall expire or be
terminated as provided herein and there is not any remaining
Revolving Credit Exposure.
(b) The U.S. Borrower shall pay to each Tranche A Lender,
through the Administrative Agent, on the last Business Day of
December, 2006, and March, 2007, and on each date on which the
Tranche A Commitment of such Lender shall expire or be terminated
as provided herein, including as a result of the making of a
Tranche A Loan, a facility fee (the " Delayed Draw Commitment
Fees ") at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable
Percentage from time to time used to determine the Facility Fees on
the daily unused amount of the Tranche A Commitment of such Lender
during the preceding quarter (or other period commencing on the
Restatement Date or ending with the date on which the Tranche A
Commitment of such Lender shall expire or be terminated). All
Delayed Draw Commitment Fees shall be computed on the basis of the
actual number of days elapsed in a year of 360 days. The
Delayed Draw Commitment Fee due to each Lender shall commence to
accrue on and including the Restatement Date and shall cease to
accrue on the date on which the Tranche A Commitment of such Lender
shall expire or be terminated as provided herein. For the avoidance
of doubt, no Delayed Draw Commitment Fees shall be payable with
respect to any Tranche A Commitments utilized to make Tranche A
Loans on the Restatement Date.
(c) The Borrowers agree to pay to the Administrative Agent, for
its own account, the administrative fees at the times and in the
amounts agreed to by the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative
Agent from time to time (the " Administrative Agent
Fees ").
(d) Each Borrower agrees to pay to each Domestic Revolving
Credit Lender (in the case of Domestic L/C Exposure), each U.K.
Revolving Credit Lender (in the case of U.K. L/C Exposure) and each
Multicurrency Revolving Credit Lender (in the case of Multicurrency
L/C Exposure), through the Administrative Agent, on the last
Business Day of March, June, September and December of each year
and on the date on which the applicable Revolving Credit Commitment
of such Lender shall be terminated as provided herein, a fee
calculated on such
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Lender’s Pro Rata Percentage of the daily
aggregate L/C Exposure in respect of such Borrower (excluding the
portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed L/C Disbursements)
during the preceding quarter (or shorter period commencing on the
Closing Date or ending with the Revolving Credit Maturity Date or
the date on which all Letters of Credit of the applicable Class
have been canceled or have expired and the applicable Revolving
Credit Commitments of all Lenders shall have been terminated) at a
rate per annum equal to the Applicable Percentage from time to time
used to determine the interest rate on Revolving Credit Borrowings
comprised of Fixed Rate Loans pursuant to
Section 2.06.
(e) Each Borrower agrees to pay to the Issuing Bank with respect
to each Letter of Credit the standard fronting, issuance and
drawing fees as agreed by the Issuing Bank and such Borrower (the "
Issuing Bank Fees ").
(f) All Fees shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately
available funds, to the Administrative Agent for distribution, if
and as appropriate, among the Lenders, except that the Issuing Bank
Fees shall be paid directly to the Issuing Bank. All L/C
Participation Fees and Issuing Bank Fees shall be computed on the
basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of
360 days. Once paid, none of the Fees shall be refundable
under any circumstances.
SECTION 2.06. Interest on Loans . (a) Subject
to the provisions of Sec
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