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Exhibit 10.1
Execution
Copy
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT
AGREEMENT
Dated as of December 30,
2005
Among
THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS NAMED
HEREIN
as the Lenders
and
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
as the Administrative
Agent
and
MOBILE STORAGE GROUP,
INC.
as the US
Borrower
and
MOBILE SERVICES GROUP,
INC.
as the Parent
Guarantor
and
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES,
LLC
as Sole Arranger and Book
Runner
Execution
Copy
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Section
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Page
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ARTICLE 1. LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT
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2
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1.1
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Total US Facility
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2
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1.2
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US Revolving Loans
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3
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1.3
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[ Intentionally deleted
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7
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1.4
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Letters of Credit
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7
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1.5
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US Bank Products
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11
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1.6
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Joint And Several Obligations;
Cross-Guaranty
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11
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ARTICLE 2. INTEREST AND FEES
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16
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2.1
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Interest
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2.2
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Continuation and Conversion Elections
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17
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2.3
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Maximum Interest Rate
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18
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2.4
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Agent Fees
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2.5
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Unused Line Fee
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19
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2.6
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Letter of Credit Fee
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ARTICLE 3. PAYMENTS AND PREPAYMENTS
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20
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3.1
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Revolving Loans
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20
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3.2
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Termination of Facility
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20
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3.3
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[ Intentionally deleted
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20
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3.4
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US LIBOR Revolving Loan Prepayments
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20
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3.5
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Payments by the US Borrowers
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21
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3.6
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Payments as US Revolving Loans
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21
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3.7
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Apportionment, Application and Reversal of
Payments
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21
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3.8
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Indemnity for Returned Payments
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22
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3.9
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US Agents’ and US Lenders’ Books and
Records; Monthly Statements
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22
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3.10
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[ Intentionally deleted
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ARTICLE 4. TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND
ILLEGALITY
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4.1
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Taxes
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4.2
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Illegality
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4.3
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Increased Costs and Reduction of
Return
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25
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4,4
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Funding Losses
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26
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4.5
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Inability to Determine Rates
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4.6
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Certificates of Lenders
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27
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4.7
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Survival
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28
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ARTICLE 5. BOOKS AND RECORDS; FINANCIAL
INFORMATION; NOTICES
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5.1
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Books and Records
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5.2
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Financial Information
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5.3
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Notices to the Lenders
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ARTICLE 6. GENERAL WARRANTIES AND
REPRESENTATIONS
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34
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6.1
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Authorization, Validity, and Enforceability of
this Agreement and the Loan Documents
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6.2
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Validity and Priority of Security
Interest
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35
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6.3
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Organization and Qualification
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6.4
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Corporate Name; Prior Transactions
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6.5
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Subsidiaries and Affiliates
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35
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6.6
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Financial Statements and Projections
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35
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6.7
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Capitalization
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36
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6.8
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Solvency
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36
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6.9
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Debt
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6.10
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Distributions
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36
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6.11
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Personal Property; Real Estate; Leases
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36
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6.12
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Proprietary Rights
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38
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6.13
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Trade Names
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38
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6.14
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Litigation
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38
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6.15
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Labor Disputes
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38
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6.16
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Environmental Laws
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39
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6.17
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No Violation of Law
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6.18
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No Default
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6.19
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ERISA Compliance
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6.20
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Taxes
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6.21
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Regulated Entities
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41
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6.22
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Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations
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41
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6.23
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Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks and Licenses,
etc.
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42
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6.24
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No Material Adverse Change
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6.25
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Full Disclosure
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6.26
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Material Agreements
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6.27
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Bank Accounts
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6.28
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Governmental Authorization
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6.29
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Tax Shelter Regulations
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6.30
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Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
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6.31
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Luxembourg Subsidiaries
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6.32
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UK Financial Assistance
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6.33
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Subordinated Debt
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6.34
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Sales of Vehicles
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6.35
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Anti-Terrorism Laws
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ARTICLE 7. AFFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE
COVENANTS
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44
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7.1
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Taxes and Other Obligations
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7.2
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Legal Existence and Good Standing
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7.3
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Compliance with Law and Agreements; Maintenance
of Licenses
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7.4
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Maintenance of Property; Inspection of
Property
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7.5
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Insurance
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7.6
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Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds
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7.7
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Environmental Laws
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7.8
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Compliance with ERISA and other laws
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7.9
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Mergers, Amalgamations, Consolidations or
Sales
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7.10
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Distributions; Capital Change; Restricted
Investments
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7.11
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Transactions Affecting Collateral or
Obligations
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52
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7.12
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Guaranties
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7.13
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Debt
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7.14
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Prepayments; Payments on Subordinated Note Debt;
Payments on Intercompany Debt
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56
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7.15
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Transactions with Affiliates
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7.16
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Investment Banking and Finder’s
Fees
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58
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7.17
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Business Conducted
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7.18
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Liens
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7.19
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Sale and Leaseback Transactions
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7.20
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New Subsidiaries
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7.21
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Fiscal Year
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7.22
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Depreciation Method
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7.23
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Cash Interest Coverage Ratio
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7.24
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Maximum Consolidated Total Debt to Pro Forma
EBITDA Ratio
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7.25
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Minimum Fleet Utilization Rate
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7.26
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Capital Expenditures
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7.27
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Use of Proceeds
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7.28
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Further Assurances
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7.29
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Bank Accounts
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7.30
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Changes Relating to Permitted Subordinated
Debt
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61
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7.31
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Access Agreements
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7.32
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Additional Credit Parties
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7.33
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Mortgages
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7.34
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Preferred Stock
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7.35
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[ Intentionally deleted
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7.36
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Center of Main Interest
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7.37
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[ Intentionally Deleted
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7.38
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Anti-Terrorism Laws
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ARTICLE 8. CONDITIONS OF LENDING
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8.1
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Conditions Precedent to the Effectiveness of this
Agreement and the Making of Loans on the Closing Date
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64
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8.2
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Conditions Precedent to Each Loan
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ARTICLE 9. DEFAULT; REMEDIES
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9.1
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Events of Default
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9.2
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Remedies
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ARTICLE 10. TERM AND TERMINATION
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10.1
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Term and Termination
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ARTICLE 11. AMENDMENTS; WAIVERs; PARTICIPATIONS;
ASSIGNMENTS; SUCCESSORS
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11.1
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Amendments and Waivers
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11.2
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Assignments; Participations
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ARTICLE 12. THE AGENTS
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12.1
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Appointment and Authorization
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12.2
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Delegation of Duties
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12.3
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Liability of Agent
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12.4
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Reliance by Each Agent
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12.5
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Notice of Default
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12.6
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Credit Decision
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12.7
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Indemnification
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80
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12.8
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Agent in Individual Capacity
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12.9
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Successor Agent
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12.10
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Withholding Tax
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12.11
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Collateral Matters and Release of
Guaranties
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12.12
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Restrictions on Actions by Lenders; Sharing of
Payments
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84
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12.13
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Agency for Perfection
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12.14
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Payments by Responsible Agent to Applicable
Lenders
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85
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12.15
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Settlement
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12.16
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Letters of Credit; Intra-Lender Issues
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89
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12.17
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Concerning the Collateral and the Related Loan
Documents
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12.18
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Field Audit and Examination Reports; Disclaimer
by Lenders
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12.19
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Relation Among Lenders
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12.20
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Administrative Agent as Security Agent
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12.21
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Protection of Administrative Agent as Security
Agent
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12.22
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Co-Agents
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ARTICLE 13. MISCELLANEOUS
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13.1
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No Waivers; Cumulative Remedies
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13.2
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Severability
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13.3
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Governing Law; Choice of Forum; Service of
Process
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13.4
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WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
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13.5
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Survival of Representations and
Warranties
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13.6
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Other Security and Guaranties
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13.7
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Fees and Expenses
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13.8
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Notices
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13.9
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Waiver of Notices
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13.10
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Binding Effect
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13.11
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Indemnity of the Agents and the Lenders by the
Borrowers
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13.12
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Limitation of Liability
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100
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13.13
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Final Agreement
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100
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13.14
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Counterparts
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100
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13.15
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Captions
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101
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13.16
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Right of Setoff
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13.17
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Confidentiality
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13.18
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Conflicts with Other Loan Documents
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102
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13.19
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Currency Indemnity
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102
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13.20
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Reinstatement
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103
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13.21
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Waiver of Counterclaims
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103
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13.22
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USA Patriot Act Notice
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103
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ANNEXES, EXHIBITS AND
SCHEDULES
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ANNEX A -
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DEFINED TERMS
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EXHIBIT A -
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EXHIBIT B -
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FORM OF BORROWING BASE CERTIFICATE
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EXHIBIT C -
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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EXHIBIT D -
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FORM OF NOTICE OF BORROWING
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EXHIBIT E -
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FORM OF NOTICE OF
CONTINUATION/CONVERSION
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EXHIBIT F -
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FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE
AGREEMENT
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EXHIBIT G -
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FORM OF INSTRUMENT OF JOINDER
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EXHIBIT H -
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FORM OF OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE OF US
BORROWER
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EXHIBIT I -
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FORM OF UK INTERCREDITOR DEED
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SCHEDULE 1 -
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LENDERS’ COMMITMENTS (ANNEX A - DEFINED
TERMS)
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SCHEDULE 6.2
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PRIORITY
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SCHEDULE 6.4 -
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CORPORATE NAME; PRIOR TRANSACTIONS
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SCHEDULE 6.5 -
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SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES
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SCHEDULE 6.7 -
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CAPITALIZATION
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SCHEDULE 6.9 -
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DEBT
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SCHEDULE 6.10 -
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DISTRIBUTIONS
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SCHEDULE 6.11 -
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REAL ESTATE; LEASES; ORAL LEASES
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SCHEDULE 6.12 -
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PROPRIETARY RIGHTS
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SCHEDULE 6.13 -
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TRADE NAMES
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SCHEDULE 6.14 -
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LITIGATION
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SCHEDULE 6.15 -
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LABOR DISPUTES
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SCHEDULE 6.16 -
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ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
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SCHEDULE 6.19 -
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ERISA COMPLIANCE
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SCHEDULE 6.26 -
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MATERIAL AGREEMENTS
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SCHEDULE 6.27 -
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BANK ACCOUNTS
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SCHEDULE 6.30 -
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NON-GUARANTOR SUBSIDIARIES
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SCHEDULE 7.4 -
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UK PROPERTIES
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SCHEDULE 7.15 -
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TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES
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Execution
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AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT
AGREEMENT
This
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of December 30,
2005, (this “Agreement”) among the financial
institutions from time to time parties hereto (such financial
institutions, together with their respective successors and
assigns, are referred to hereinafter each individually as a
“US Lender” and collectively as the “US
Lenders”), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. with an office at 55 South
Lake Avenue, Suite 900, Pasadena, California 91101, as
administrative agent for the US Lenders (in such capacity, together
with its permitted successors and assigns in such capacity, the
“Administrative Agent”), MOBILE STORAGE GROUP, INC., a
Delaware corporation, with offices at 7590 North Glenoaks Blvd.,
Burbank, California 91504 (“MSG”) (MSG and each US
Subsidiary (as defined below) of MSG which becomes a Borrower in
accordance with this Agreement is sometimes referred to in this
Agreement as a “US Borrower” and collectively the
“US Borrowers”) and MOBILE SERVICES GROUP, INC., a
Delaware corporation (the “Parent
Guarantor”).
W I T
N E S S E T H
:
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the Existing US Credit Agreement the Existing US
Lenders have extended credit in the form of, among other things,
Existing US Revolving Loans;
WHEREAS,
MSG has requested that the US Lenders continue to make available to
MSG and each of the US Borrowers a revolving line of credit for
revolving loans and letters of credit in an amount not to exceed
$260,000,000 less the Dollar Equivalent of the UK Aggregate
Outstandings (as defined below), and which extensions of credit the
US Borrowers will use for the purposes permitted
hereunder;
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the Existing UK Credit Agreement the Existing UK
Lenders have extended credit in the form of, among other things,
Existing UK Revolving Loans;
WHEREAS,
Ravenstock has requested that the UK Lenders continue to make
available to Ravenstock and each of the UK Borrowers a revolving
line of credit for revolving credit loans and letters of credit in
an aggregate amount not to exceed £75,000,000;
WHEREAS,
each of the Borrowers and the Guarantors are engaged in an
interrelated business enterprise with an identity of interests, and
accordingly the financing provided under this Agreement and the UK
Credit Agreement will directly and indirectly benefit each of the
Borrowers and the Guarantors;
WHEREAS,
the Borrowers would not be able to obtain financing for their
businesses and the businesses of their Subsidiaries on terms and
conditions as favorable as those set forth in this Agreement and
the UK Credit Agreement unless the US Obligors and UK Obligors
guarantee the UK Obligations of the UK Borrowers under the UK
Credit Agreement and the US Obligors guarantee the US Obligations
of the US Borrowers under this Agreement, in each case as provided
in the Loan Documents;
WHEREAS,
each US Credit Party desires that (a) the US Lenders continue the
Existing US Letters of Credit as US Letters of Credit, continue the
Existing US Revolving Loans and Existing US Commitments as US
Revolving Loans and US Commitments hereunder and
agree to increase the Commitments and extend the
credit facilities and (b) US Lenders agree to amend and restate the
Existing US Credit Agreement in its entirety for the purpose of
making the amendments reflected herein;
WHEREAS,
the US Lenders have agreed to amend and restate the Existing US
Credit Agreement in its entirety for the purpose of making the
amendments reflected herein, which amendment and restatement shall
become effective on the Closing Date upon the satisfaction of the
conditions precedent set forth herein;
WHEREAS,
each UK Credit Party desires that (a) UK Lenders continue the
Existing UK Letters of Credit as UK Letters of Credit, continue the
Existing UK Revolving Loans and Existing UK Commitments as UK
Revolving Loans and UK Commitments under the UK Credit Agreement
and agree to increase the Commitments and extend the credit
facilities and (b) UK Lenders agree to amend and restate the
Existing UK Credit Agreement in its entirety for the purpose of
making the amendments reflected in the UK Credit
Agreement;
WHEREAS,
the UK Lenders have agreed to enter into an amendment and
restatement agreement relating to the Existing UK Credit Agreement
for the purpose of making the amendments reflected therein, which
amendment and restatement shall become effective on and from the
Closing Date upon the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set
forth therein;
WHEREAS,
each US Borrower desires to continue to guarantee and secure all of
the US Obligations hereunder and under the other US Loan Documents
to the extent so guaranteed and secured under the Existing US
Credit Agreement and the US Loan Documents, as in effect prior to
the date hereof, and as further provided herein;
WHEREAS,
the US Guarantors have agreed to continue to guarantee and secure
all of the US Obligations hereunder and under the other US Loan
Documents and UK Loan Documents to the extent so guaranteed and
secured under the Existing US Credit Agreement and the US Loan
Documents and the UK Loan Documents, as in effect prior to the date
hereof, and as further provided herein; and
WHEREAS,
capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in Annex A which is
attached hereto and incorporated herein; the rules of construction
contained therein shall govern the interpretation of this
Agreement, and all annexes, exhibits and schedules attached hereto
are incorporated herein by reference.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual conditions and agreements
set forth in this Agreement, and for good and valuable
consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the US
Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Documentation Agent, if any,
and the US Borrowers hereby agree as follows.
ARTICLE 1.
LOANS AND LETTERS OF
CREDIT
1.1
Total US Facility . Subject to all of the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, the US Lenders agree to continue the
Existing Revolving Loans and Existing Letters of Credit
as
2
US Revolving Loans and Letters of Credit
hereunder and to make available a total credit facility of up to
$260,000,000 less the Dollar Equivalent of the UK Aggregate
Outstandings (the “Total US Facility”) to the US
Borrowers from time to time during the term of this Agreement. The
Total US Facility shall be composed of a revolving line of credit
consisting of US Revolving Loans and Letters of Credit described
herein. On the Closing Date, the Borrowers (directly or through
funding of a Revolving Loan) shall pay in full the Existing Term
Loans and the Existing US Credit Agreement and the Existing UK
Credit Agreement shall be amended and restated in their entirety as
more particularly described herein and therein and neither the
Credit Parties nor the Lenders shall be subject to or bound by any
of the terms or provisions of the Existing US Credit Agreement or
the Existing UK Credit Agreement and shall only be subject to or
bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement and the UK
Credit Agreement in respect of the US Commitments, the UK
Commitments, the Loans and other Obligations and the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby, as set forth herein and therein.
The parties acknowledge and agree that this Agreement, the UK
Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents do not constitute a
novation, payment and reborrowing or termination of the Existing
Revolving Loans and other obligations under the Existing US Credit
Agreement and the Existing UK Credit Agreement (other than the
prepayment of the Existing Term Loans made concurrently with the
effectiveness of the US Credit Agreement or the UK Credit
Agreement) and that all such obligations (other than the Existing
Term Loans so prepaid) are in all respects continued and
outstanding as obligations under this Agreement and the UK Credit
Agreement with only the terms being modified from and after the
Closing Date as provided in this Agreement, the UK Credit Agreement
and the other Loan Documents. By its execution hereof, each US
Lender consents to the amendment, amendment and restatement,
replacement or other modification to any other Loan Document being
so amended, amended and restated, replaced or otherwise modified on
the Closing Date in the form approved by the Administrative
Agent.
1.2
US Revolving Loans.
(a)
Amounts . Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions
precedent set forth in Article 8 , each US Lender severally,
but not jointly, agrees, upon the US Borrower
Representative’s request from time to time on any US Business
Day during the period from the Closing Date to the Termination
Date, to make revolving loans in US Dollars (the “US
Revolving Loans”) to the US Borrowers (or to continue
Existing Revolving Loans under the US Credit Agreement) in amounts
not to exceed such US Lender’s Pro Rata Share of US
Availability, except for Non-Ratable Loans and Agent Advances
(together with the agreement set forth in Section 1.4 to
issue Letters of Credit or provide Credit Support for the account
of the US Borrowers, the “US Revolving Facility”). The
US Lenders, however, in their unanimous discretion, may elect to
make US Revolving Loans or issue or arrange to have issued Letters
of Credit for the account of the US Borrowers in excess of the US
Borrowing Base on one or more occasions, but if they do so, neither
the Administrative Agent nor the US Lenders shall be deemed thereby
to have changed the limits of the US Borrowing Base or to be
obligated to exceed such limits on any other occasion. If the
Aggregate Outstandings would exceed Total Excess Availability (with
Total Excess Availability for this purpose only calculated as if
Aggregate Outstandings, US Aggregate Outstandings and UK Aggregate
Outstandings were equal to zero) after giving effect to any US
Borrowing or if US Aggregate Outstandings would exceed US
Availability (with US Availability for this purpose only calculated
as if US Aggregate Outstandings and UK Aggregate Outstandings were
equal to zero) after giving effect to any US
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Borrowing, the US Lenders may refuse to make or
may otherwise restrict the making of US Revolving Loans as the US
Lenders determine until such excess has been eliminated, subject to
the Administrative Agent’s authority, in its sole discretion,
to make Agent Advances pursuant to the terms of Section
1.2(i)
(b)
Procedure for Borrowing .
(1)
Each US Borrowing of US Revolving Loans shall be made upon the US
Borrower Representative’s irrevocable written notice
delivered to the Administrative Agent in the form of a notice of
borrowing in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D
(“Notice of Borrowing”), which must be received by the
Administrative Agent prior to (i) 11:00 a.m. (California time)
three US Business Days prior to the requested Funding Date, in the
case of US LIBOR Revolving Loans and (ii) 11:00 a.m. (California
time) on the requested Funding Date, in the case of US Base Rate
Revolving Loans, specifying:
(A)
the amount of the US Borrowing, which in the case of a US LIBOR
Revolving Loan must equal or exceed $1,000,000 (and increments of
$500,000 in excess of such amount);
(B)
the requested Funding Date, which must be a US Business
Day;
(C)
whether the US Revolving Loans requested are to be US Base Rate
Revolving Loans or US LIBOR Revolving Loans (and if not specified,
it shall be deemed a request for a US Base Rate Revolving Loan);
and
(D)
the duration of the Interest Period for any requested US LIBOR
Revolving Loans (and if not specified, it shall be deemed a request
for an Interest Period of one month);
provided , however , that with
respect to the US Borrowing to be made on the Closing Date, such US
Borrowing will consist of US Base Rate Revolving Loans
only.
(2) In lieu of delivering a Notice of Borrowing, the US Borrower
Representative may give the Administrative Agent telephonic notice
of such request for advances to the Designated Account of the US
Borrowers on or before the deadline set forth above. The
Administrative Agent at all times shall be entitled to rely on such
telephonic notice in making such US Revolving Loans, regardless of
whether any written confirmation is received.
(3) The US Borrowers shall have no right to request a US LIBOR
Revolving Loan while a Default or Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing.
(c)
Reliance upon Authority; Appointment of US Borrower
Representative .
(1) Each US Borrower hereby designates MSG as its representative
and agent on its behalf for the purposes of issuing Notices of
Borrowing and Notices of Conversion/Continuation, in each case in
respect of US Revolving Loans, giving instructions with respect to
the disbursement of the proceeds of the US Revolving Loans,
selecting interest rate options, requesting Letters of Credit for
the account of any US Borrower, giving and
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receiving all other notices and consents
hereunder or under any of the other US Loan Documents and taking
all other actions (including in respect of compliance with
covenants) on behalf of any US Borrower or US Borrowers under the
Loan Documents (in such capacity, the “US Borrower
Representative”). The US Borrower Representative hereby
accepts such appointment. Each US Agent, the Letter of Credit
Issuer and each US Lender may regard any notice or other
communication pursuant to any Loan Document from the US Borrower
Representative as a notice or communication from all US Borrowers,
and may give any notice or communication required or permitted to
be given to the US Borrower or Borrowers hereunder to the US
Borrower Representative on behalf of the US Borrower or Borrowers.
Each US Borrower agrees that each notice, election, representation
and warranty, covenant, agreement and undertaking made on its
behalf by the US Borrower Representative shall be deemed for all
purposes to have been made by such US Borrower and shall be binding
upon and enforceable against such US Borrower to the same extent as
if the same had been made directly by such US Borrower.
(2)
All US Borrowers acknowledge and agree that the US Borrowers are
engaged in an integrated operation that requires financing on the
basis of credit availability to each US Borrower, that the
co-borrowing arrangement has been established at the request of the
US Borrowers, and that each US Borrower expects to derive, directly
or indirectly, benefit from such credit availability to the other
US Borrowers. Neither any US Agent nor the Letter of Credit Issuer
nor any US Lender shall incur any liability to US Borrowers or any
other Credit Party as a result of the co-borrowing arrangement for
the US Borrowers established by this Agreement and shall not have
any liability or responsibility to the US Borrowers to inquire into
the allocation, apportionment or use of the proceeds of any US
Revolving Loans or extensions of credit hereunder. To induce the US
Agents, the Letter of Credit Issuer and the US Lenders to establish
this co-borrowing arrangement for the US Borrowers and in
consideration thereof, each US Borrower hereby indemnifies the US
Agents, the Letter of Credit Issuer and the US Lenders, and their
respective successors and assigns, and agrees to hold each of them
harmless from any and all liabilities, expenses, losses, damages
and claims asserted against them by any Person arising from or
incurred by reason of the designation of the US Borrower
Representative as such and the co-borrowing arrangements of the US
Borrowers as provided in this Agreement, any reliance by any US
Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer or any US Lender on any
document, request or instruction given by the US Borrower
Representative designated by the US Borrowers herein to act on
their behalf or any other action taken by any US Agent, the Letter
of Credit Issuer or the US Lenders with respect to the co-borrowing
arrangement; provided , however , that no US Borrower
shall have an obligation to indemnify any US Agent, the Letter of
Credit Issuer or any US Lender under this Section 1.2(c)(2)
with respect to any liabilities resulting solely from the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of such indemnified party as
determined in a final non-appealable judgment of a court of
competent jurisdiction. The agreements of the US Borrowers
contained in this Section 1.2(c)(2) shall survive payment of
all other Obligations.
(3)
Prior to the Closing Date, the US Borrower Representative shall
deliver to the Administrative Agent, a notice setting forth the
account of each US Borrower (each, a “Designated
Account”) to which the Administrative Agent is authorized to
transfer the proceeds of the US Revolving Loans requested
hereunder. Each US Borrower may designate a replacement account
from time to time by written notice. All such Designated Accounts
must be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. The
Administrative Agent is entitled to rely conclusively on any
person’s request for US Revolving Loans on behalf of each US
Borrower, so
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long as the proceeds thereof are to be
transferred to such Borrower’s Designated Account. The
Administrative Agent has no duty to verify the identity of any
individual representing himself or herself as a person authorized
by the US Borrower to make such requests on its behalf.
(d)
No Liability . No US Agent shall incur any liability to any
US Borrower as a result of acting upon any notice referred to in
Section 1.2(b) which the Administrative Agent believes in
good faith to have been given by an officer or other person duly
authorized by the US Borrower Representative to request US
Revolving Loans on behalf of the US Borrowers. The crediting of US
Revolving Loans to a US Borrower’s Designated Account
conclusively establishes the obligation of such US Borrower to
repay such US Revolving Loans as provided herein.
(e)
Notice Irrevocable . Any Notice of Borrowing (or telephonic
notice in lieu thereof) made pursuant to Section 1.2(b)
shall be irrevocable. The US Borrowers shall be bound to borrow the
funds requested therein in accordance therewith.
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(f)
Administrative Agent’s Election . Promptly after
receipt of a Notice of Borrowing (or telephonic notice in lieu
thereof), the Administrative Agent shall elect to have the terms of
Section 1.2(g) or the terms of Section 1.2(h) apply
to such requested US Borrowing. If the Administrative Agent
declines in its sole discretion to have the Bank make a Non-Ratable
Loan pursuant to Section 1.2(h) , the terms of Section
1.2(g) shall apply to the requested US Borrowing.
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(g)
Making of US Revolving Loans . If the Administrative Agent
elects to have the terms of this Section 1.2(g) apply to a
requested US Borrowing, then promptly after receipt of a Notice of
Borrowing or telephonic notice in lieu thereof, the Administrative
Agent shall notify the US Lenders by telecopy, telephone or e-mail
of the requested US Borrowing. Each US Lender shall transfer its
Pro Rata Share of the requested US Borrowing to the Administrative
Agent in immediately available funds, to the account from time to
time designated by the Administrative Agent, not later than 1:00
p.m. (California time) on the applicable Funding Date. After the
Administrative Agent’s receipt of all proceeds of such US
Revolving Loans, the Administrative Agent shall make the proceeds
of such US Revolving Loans available to the US Borrowers on the
applicable Funding Date by transferring same day funds to the US
Borrower’s Designated Account; provided ,
however , that the amount of US Revolving Loans so made on
any date shall not exceed either US Availability or Total Excess
Availability on such date.
(h)
Making of Non-Ratable Loans .
(1)
If the Administrative Agent elects, with the consent of the Bank,
to have the terms of this Section 1.2(h) apply to a
requested US Borrowing, the Bank shall make a US Revolving Loan in
the amount of that US Borrowing available to the US Borrower on the
applicable Funding Date by transferring same day funds to US
Borrower’s Designated Account or, in the case of US Revolving
Loans made on the Closing Date, to such accounts as designated by
the US Borrower Representative in writing. Each US Revolving Loan
made solely by the Bank pursuant to this Section is herein referred
to as a “Non-Ratable Loan”, and such US Revolving Loans
are collectively referred to as the “Non-Ratable
Loans,” Each Non-Ratable
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Loan shall be subject to all the terms and
conditions applicable to other US Revolving Loans except that all
payments thereon shall be payable to the Bank solely for its own
account. The aggregate amount of Non-Ratable Loans outstanding at
any time to all US Borrowers shall not exceed the Dollar Equivalent
of $5,000,000. The Administrative Agent shall not request the Bank
to make any Non-Ratable Loan if (l) the Administrative Agent has
received written notice from any US Lender that one or more of the
applicable conditions precedent set forth in Article 8 will
not be satisfied on the requested Funding Date for the applicable
US Borrowing, or (2) the requested US Borrowing would exceed US
Availability or Total Excess Availability on that Funding
Date.
(2)
The Non-Ratable Loans to the US Borrowers shall be secured by the
US Agents’ Liens in and to the US Collateral and shall
constitute US Base Rate Revolving Loans and Obligations of the US
Borrowers hereunder.
(i)
Agent Advances .
(1)
Subject to the limitations set forth below, the Administrative
Agent is authorized by each US Obligor and each US Lender, from
time to time in the Administrative Agent’s sole discretion,
(A) after the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default, or
(B) at any time that any of the other conditions precedent set
forth in Article 8 have not been satisfied, to make US Base
Rate Revolving Loans to the US Borrowers on behalf of the US
Lenders in an aggregate amount outstanding at any time not to
exceed 10% of the US Borrowing Base but not in excess of the
Maximum US Amount which the Administrative Agent, in its reasonable
business judgment, deems necessary or desirable (1) to preserve or
protect the US Collateral, or any portion thereof, (2) to enhance
the likelihood of, or maximize the amount of, repayment of the US
Revolving Loans and other US Obligations, or (3) to pay any other
amount chargeable to the US Borrowers pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement, including costs, fees and expenses as described in
Section 13.7 (any of such advances are herein referred to as
“Agent Advances”); provided , that the US
Required Lenders may at any time revoke the Administrative
Agent’s authorization to make Agent Advances. Any such
revocation must be in writing and shall become effective
prospectively upon the Administrative Agent’s receipt
thereof.
(2)
The Agent Advances made with respect to any US Borrower shall be
secured by the US Agents’ Liens in and to the US Collateral
and shall constitute US Base Rate Revolving Loans and Obligations
of the US Borrowers hereunder.
1.3
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1.4
Letters of Credit.
(a)
Agreement to Issue or Cause To Issue . Subject to the terms
and conditions of this Agreement, Administrative Agent agrees (i)
to cause the Letter of Credit Issuer to issue for the account of a
US Borrower one or more commercial/documentary or standby letters
of credit when instructed by the US Borrower Representative
(“Letter of Credit”) and/or (ii) to provide credit
support or other enhancement to an issuer of a letter of credit
acceptable to Administrative Agent which issues a Letter of Credit
for the account of any US Borrower (any such credit support or
enhancement being herein referred to as a “Credit
Support”) when
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instructed by such US Borrower Representative
from time to time during the term of this Agreement.
(b)
Amounts; Outside Expiration Date . The Administrative Agent
shall not have any obligation to issue or cause to be issued any
Letter of Credit or to provide Credit Support for any Letter of
Credit at any time if: (i) the maximum face amount of the requested
Letter of Credit is greater than the US Unused Letter of Credit
Subfacility at such time; (ii) the maximum undrawn amount of the
requested Letter of Credit and all commissions, fees, and charges
due from the US Borrowers in connection with the opening thereof
would exceed either US Availability or Total Excess Availability at
such time; (iii) such Letter of Credit has an expiration date less
than 30 days prior to the Stated Termination Date or more than 12
months from the date of issuance for standby letters of credit and
180 days for documentary letters of credit; (iv) a Default or Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing; or (v) such Letter of
Credit for the account of any US Borrower is denominated in any
currency other than Dollars. With respect to any Letter of Credit
which contains any “evergreen” or automatic renewal
provision, each US Lender shall be deemed to have consented to any
such extension or renewal unless the Required Lenders shall have
provided to the Administrative Agent, written notice that they
decline to consent to any such extension or renewal at least thirty
(30) days prior to the date on which the Letter of Credit Issuer is
entitled to decline to extend or renew the Letter of
Credit.
(c)
Other Conditions . In addition to conditions precedent
contained in Article 8 , the obligation of the Letter of
Credit Issuer to issue or the Administrative Agent to cause to be
issued any Letter of Credit or to provide Credit Support for any
Letter of Credit is subject to the following conditions precedent
having been satisfied in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent:
(1)
The US Borrower Representative shall have delivered to the Letter
of Credit Issuer, at such times and in such manner as such Letter
of Credit Issuer may prescribe, an application in form and
substance satisfactory to such Letter of Credit Issuer and
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent for the
issuance of the Letter of Credit and such other documents as may be
required pursuant to the terms thereof, and the form, terms and
purpose of the proposed Letter of Credit shall be reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit
Issuer; and
(2)
As of the date of issuance, no order of any court, arbitrator or
Governmental Authority shall purport by its terms to enjoin or
restrain money center banks generally from issuing letters of
credit of the type and in the amount of the proposed Letter of
Credit, and no law, rule or regulation applicable to money center
banks generally and no request or directive (whether or not having
the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction
over money center banks generally shall prohibit, or request that
the proposed Letter of Credit Issuer refrain from, the issuance of
letters of credit generally or the issuance of such Letters of
Credit.
(d) Issuance of Letters of Credit .
(1)
Request for Issuance . The US Borrower Representative must
notify the Administrative Agent of a requested Letter of Credit at
least three (3) US Business
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Days prior to the proposed issuance date (or any
lesser period as approved by the Administrative Agent and the
Letter of Credit Issuer). Such notice shall be irrevocable and must
specify the original face amount of the Letter of Credit requested,
the US Business Day of issuance of such requested Letter of Credit,
whether such Letter of Credit may be drawn in a single or in
partial draws, the US Business Day on which the requested Letter of
Credit is to expire, the purpose for which such Letter of Credit is
to be issued, and the beneficiary of the requested Letter of
Credit. The US Borrower Representative shall attach to such notice
the proposed form of the Letter of Credit.
(2)
Responsibilities of the Administrative Agent; Issuance . As
of the US Business Day immediately preceding the requested issuance
date of the Letter of Credit, the Administrative Agent shall
determine the amount of the US Unused Letter of Credit Subfacility
and US Availability or Total Excess Availability. If (i) the face
amount of the requested Letter of Credit is less than the US Unused
Letter of Credit Subfacility and (ii) the amount of such requested
Letter of Credit and all commissions, fees, and charges due from
the US Borrower in connection with the opening thereof would not
exceed US Availability or Total Excess Availability, the
Administrative Agent shall cause the Letter of Credit Issuer to
issue the requested Letter of Credit on the requested issuance date
so long as the other conditions hereof are met.
(3)
No Extensions or Amendment . The Administrative Agent shall
not be obligated to cause the Letter of Credit Issuer to extend or
amend any Letter of Credit issued pursuant hereto unless the
requirements of this Section 1.4 are met as though a new
Letter of Credit were being requested and issued.
(e)
Payments Pursuant to Letters of Credit . The US Borrowers
agree, jointly and severally, to reimburse immediately the Letter
of Credit Issuer for any draw under any Letter of Credit and the
Administrative Agent for the account of the US Lenders upon any
payment pursuant to any Credit Support, and to pay the Letter of
Credit Issuer the amount of all other charges and fees payable to
the Letter of Credit Issuer in connection with any Letter of Credit
issued for its account immediately when due, irrespective of any
claim, setoff, defense or other right which the US Borrowers may
have at any time against the Letter of Credit Issuer or any other
Person. Each drawing under any Letter of Credit shall constitute a
request by the US Borrowers to the Administrative Agent for a
Borrowing of a US Base Rate Revolving Loan in the amount of such
drawing. The Funding Date with respect to such Borrowing shall be
the date of such drawing, and the Administrative Agent is
authorized to charge the US Borrowers’ Loan Account for the
amount of such drawing in accordance with Section 3.6
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(f)
Indemnification; Exoneration; Power of Attorney .
(1)
Indemnification . In addition to amounts payable as
elsewhere provided in this Section 1.4 , the US Borrowers
agree, jointly and severally, to protect, indemnify, pay and save
the US Lenders and the Administrative Agent harmless from and
against any and all claims, demands, liabilities, damages, losses,
costs, charges and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’
fees) which any US Lender or the Administrative Agent (other than a
US Lender in its capacity as Letter of Credit Issuer) may incur or
be subject to as a consequence, direct or indirect, of the issuance
of any Letter of Credit or the provision of any Credit Support
or
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enhancement in connection therewith. The US
Borrowers’ obligations under this Section shall survive
payment of all other Obligations.
(2)
Assumption of Risk by the Applicable Borrowers . As among
the US Borrowers, the US Lenders, and the US Agents, the US
Borrowers assume all risks of the acts and omissions of, or misuse
of any of the Letters of Credit by, the respective beneficiaries of
such Letters of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the
foregoing, the US Lenders and the US Agents (in each case, in their
capacity as such) shall not be responsible for: (A) the form,
validity, sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or legal effect of any
document submitted by any Person in connection with the application
for and issuance of and presentation of drafts with respect to any
of the Letters of Credit, even if it should prove to be in any or
all respects invalid, insufficient, inaccurate, fraudulent or
forged; (B) the validity or sufficiency of any instrument
transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign any
Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds
thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or
ineffective for any reason; (C) the failure of the beneficiary of
any Letter of Credit to comply duly with conditions required in
order to draw upon such Letter of Credit; (D) errors, omissions,
interruptions, or delays in transmission or delivery of any
messages, by mail, cable, telegraph, telex or otherwise, whether or
not they be in cipher; (E) errors in interpretation of technical
terms; (F) any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of
any document required in order to make a drawing under any Letter
of Credit or of the proceeds thereof; (G) the misapplication by the
beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of the proceeds of any drawing
under such Letter of Credit; (H) any consequences arising from
causes beyond the control of the US Lenders or the US Agents,
including any act or omission, whether rightful or wrongful, of any
present or future de jure or de facto
Governmental Authority or (I) the Letter of Credit Issuer’s
honor of a draw for which the draw or any certificate fails to
comply in any respect with the terms of the Letter of Credit. None
of the foregoing shall affect, impair or prevent the vesting of any
rights or powers of the US Agents or any US Lender under this
Section 1.4(f) .
(3)
Exoneration . Without limiting the foregoing, no action or
omission whatsoever by any US Agent or any US Lender (excluding any
US Lender in its capacity as a Letter of Credit Issuer) shall
result in any liability of any US Agent or any US Lender to any US
Borrower, or relieve any US Borrower of any of its obligations
hereunder to any such Person.
(4)
Rights Against Letter of Credit Issuer . Nothing contained
in this Agreement is intended to limit the US Borrowers’
rights, if any, with respect to the Letter of Credit Issuer which
arise as a result of the letter of credit application and related
documents executed by and between the US Borrower (or the US
Borrower Representative on its behalf) and the Letter of Credit
Issuer.
(5)
Account Party . Each US Borrower hereby authorizes and
directs any Letter of Credit Issuer to name the US Borrower as the
“Account Party” therein for any Letter of Credit issued
on its behalf and to deliver to the US Agent all instruments,
documents and other writings and property received by the Letter of
Credit Issuer pursuant to the Letter of Credit, and to accept and
rely upon the Administrative Agent’s instructions and
agreements with respect to all matters arising in connection with
the Letter of Credit or the application therefor.
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(g)
Supporting Letter of Credit; Cash Collateral . If,
notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1.4(b) and
Section 10.1 , any Letter of Credit or Credit Support is
outstanding upon the termination of this Agreement, then upon such
termination the US Borrowers shall deposit with the Administrative
Agent, for the ratable benefit of the US Agents and the US Lenders,
with respect to each Letter of Credit or Credit Support then
outstanding, either (X) a standby letter of credit (a
“Supporting Letter of Credit”) in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, issued by an issuer
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to 105%
of the greatest amount for which such Letter of Credit or such
Credit Support may be drawn plus any fees and expenses associated
with such Letter of Credit or such Credit Support or (Y) cash
collateral in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall be
entitled to draw on such Supporting Letter of Credit, or withdraw
from the cash collateral account, for amounts necessary to
reimburse the Administrative Agent and the US Lenders for payments
to be made by the Administrative Agent and the US Lenders under
such Letter of Credit or Credit Support and any fees and expenses
associated with such Letter of Credit or Credit Support. Such
Supporting Letter of Credit or cash collateral shall be held by the
Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the US Agents and
the US Lenders, as security for, and to provide for the payment of,
the aggregate undrawn amount of such Letters of Credit or such
Credit Support remaining outstanding. Upon expiration of any such
outstanding Letter of Credit, or cancellation and return of such
Letter of Credit to the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Administrative
Agent shall return to the US Borrowers any Supporting Letter of
Credit and pay to the US Borrowers any cash remaining after payment
of all amounts due with respect to such Letter of
Credit.
1.5
US Bank Products . Each US Borrower may request and the
Administrative Agent may, in its sole and absolute discretion,
arrange for such US Borrower to obtain from the Bank or the
Bank’s Affiliates’ US Bank Products, although no US
Borrower is required to do so. If US Bank Products are provided by
an Affiliate of the Bank, the US Borrowers agree, jointly and
severally, to indemnify and hold the US Agents, the Bank and the US
Lenders harmless from any and all costs and obligations now or
hereafter incurred by any US Agent, the Bank or any of the US
Lenders which arise from any indemnity given by the Administrative
Agent to its Affiliates related to such US Bank Products;
provided , however , nothing contained herein is
intended to limit any US Borrower’s rights with respect to
the Bank or its Affiliates, if any, which arise as a result of the
execution of documents by and between any US Borrower and the Bank
which relate to US Bank Products. The agreement contained in this
Section shall survive termination of this Agreement. Each US
Borrower acknowledges and agrees that the obtaining of US Bank
Products from the Bank or the Bank’s Affiliates (a) is in the
sole and absolute discretion of the Bank or the Bank’s
Affiliates, and (b) is subject to all rules and regulations of the
Bank or the Bank’s Affiliates.
1.6
Joint And Several Obligations; Cross-Guaranty .
(a)
Each US Borrower hereby agrees that it is jointly and severally
liable for, and absolutely and unconditionally guarantees to the US
Agents and the US Lenders the full and prompt payment (whether at
stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) and performance of
all US Obligations owed or hereafter owing to the Administrative
Agent and the US Lenders by each other US Borrower, regardless of
which US Borrower actually receives any US Revolving Loans or other
extensions of credit under the US Loan Documents, the amount
received by any
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US Borrower or the manner in which any US
Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any US Lender accounts for
such Loans and other extensions of credit. Each US Borrower agrees
that its guaranty of the Obligations hereunder are a continuing
guaranty of payment and performance and not of collection, and that
its US Obligations under this Section 1.6 shall not be
discharged until payment and performance in full of all Obligations
and termination of all US Commitments and UK
Commitments.
(b)
The US Obligations of the US Borrowers under this Section
1.6 and the Liens securing such US Obligations shall not be
released or impaired by any action or inaction on the part of any
US Agent or any US Lender which would otherwise constitute the
release of a surety. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the liability of any US Borrower hereunder shall not be
affected or impaired in any manner by (i) the failure of any Person
to become or remain a US Borrower or guarantor or the failure of
any US Agent or any US Lender to preserve, protect or enforce any
right to require any Person to become or remain a US Borrower or
guarantor, (ii) any taking, failure to take, failure to create,
perfect or ensure the priority of, or exchange, release or
termination or lapse of any Lien securing any US Obligations of any
other US Borrower, or any taking, failure to take, release or
amendment or waiver of or consent to departure from, any other
guaranty of any of the US Obligations of any other US Borrower,
(iii) any manner or order of sale or other enforcement of any Lien
securing any of the US Obligations or any manner or order of
application of the proceeds of any such Lien to the payment of the
US Obligations or any failure to enforce any Lien or to apply any
proceeds thereof, (iv) any furnishing, exchange, substitution or
release of any collateral securing the US Obligations, or any
failure to perfect any Lien in any of the collateral securing the
US Obligations, or (v) any other circumstance which might otherwise
constitute a defense (except the final payment in full) available
to, or a discharge of, a surety or guarantor.
(c)
The liability of each US Borrower under this Agreement for
obligations in its capacity as guarantor and its joint and several
liability as a co-US Borrower for any other US Borrower’s US
Obligations hereunder shall remain valid and enforceable and shall
not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment, discharge
or termination for any reason (other than final payment in full of
the US Obligations), including the occurrence of any of the
following, whether or not such Borrower shall have had notice or
knowledge of any of them: (i) any failure or omission to assert or
enforce or agreement or election not to assert or enforce, or the
stay or enjoining, by order of court, by operation of law or
otherwise, of the exercise or enforcement of, any claim or demand
or any right, power or remedy (whether arising under the Loan
Documents, at law, in equity or otherwise) with respect to the US
Obligations or any agreement relating thereto, or with respect to
any other guaranty of or security for the payment of the US
Obligations; (ii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification
of, or any consent to departure from, any of the terms or
provisions (including provisions relating to Events of Default) of
this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents or any agreement or
instrument executed pursuant hereto or thereto, or of any other
guaranty or security for the US Obligations, in each case whether
or not in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such Loan
Document or any agreement relating to such other guaranty or
security; (iii) the US Obligations, or any agreement relating
thereto, at any time being found to be illegal, invalid or
unenforceable in any respect; (iv) the application of payments
received from any source to the payment of any liability other than
the US Obligations, even though the US Lenders might have elected
to apply such payment to any part or all of the US Obligations; (v)
any consent by any US Lender or any
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US Agent to the change, reorganization or
termination of the corporate structure or existence of any other US
Borrower, or any other Person and to any corresponding
restructuring of the US Obligations; (vi) any failure to perfect or
continue perfection of a security interest in any collateral which
secures any of the US Obligations; (vii) any defenses (except the
defense of final payment in full), set-offs or counterclaims which
any US Borrower, any guarantor or any other Person may allege or
assert against any Agent or any Lender in respect of the US
Obligations, including, for example, failure of consideration,
breach of warranty, statute of frauds, statute of limitations,
accord and satisfaction and usury; and (viii) any other act or
thing or omission, or delay to do any other act or thing, which may
or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any US
Borrower as an obligor in respect of the US Obligations.
(d)
To the maximum extent permitted by law, each US Borrower in its
capacity as a guarantor hereunder hereby waives and agrees not to
assert or take advantage of: (i) any defense now existing or
hereafter arising based upon any legal disability or other defense
of any other US Borrower or any guarantor or other Person, or by
reason of the cessation or limitation of the liability of any other
US Borrower or any guarantor or other Person from any cause other
than full payment and performance of all obligations due under this
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents; (ii) any defense
based upon any lack of authority of the officers, directors,
partners or US Agents acting or purporting to act on behalf of any
other US Borrower or any guarantor or other Person, or any defect
in the formation of any other US Borrower or any guarantor or other
Person; (iii) the unenforceability or invalidity of any security or
guaranty or the lack of perfection or continuing perfection, or
failure of priority of any security for the US Obligations; (iv)
any and all rights and defenses arising out of an election of
remedies by any US Agent or any US Lender, even though that
election of remedies, such as a non-judicial foreclosure with
respect to security for an US Obligation, has destroyed such US
Borrower’s rights of subrogation and reimbursement against
the principal by the operation of Section 580d of the California
Code of Civil Procedure or otherwise; (v) any defense based upon
any failure to disclose to such US Borrower any information
concerning the financial condition of any other US Borrower or any
guarantor or other Person or any other circumstances bearing on the
ability of any other US Borrower or any guarantor or other Person
to pay and perform all obligations due under this Agreement or any
of the other Loan Documents; (vi) any failure by any US Agent or
any US Lender to give notice to such US Borrower or any guarantor
or other Person of the sale or other disposition of security, and
any defect in notice given by any US Agent or any US Lender in
connection with any such sale or disposition of security; (vii) any
failure of any US Agent or any US Lender to comply with applicable
laws in connection with the sale or disposition of security,
including, without limitation, any failure by any US Lender or any
US Agent to conduct a commercially reasonable sale or other
disposition of such security; (viii) any defense based upon any
statute or rule of law which provides that the obligation of a
surety must be neither larger in amount nor in any other respects
more burdensome than that of a principal, or that reduces a
surety’s or guarantor’s obligations in proportion to
the principal’s obligation; (ix) any use of cash collateral
under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code; (x) any defense based
upon an election by any US Agent or any US Lender, in any
proceeding instituted under the Bankruptcy Code, of the application
of Section 111l(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code or any successor
statute; (xi) any defense based upon any borrowing or any grant of
a security interest under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code; (xii)
any right of subrogation, any right to enforce any remedy which any
US Agent or any US Lender may have against any other US Borrower or
any guarantor or other Person and any right to participate in, or
benefit from, any
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security now or hereafter held by the
Administrative Agent or any US Lender for the US Obligations of the
other US Borrowers, until all US Obligations have been paid in full
and the US Commitments terminated; (xiii) presentment, demand,
protest and notice of any kind, including notice of acceptance of
this Agreement and of the existence, creation or incurring of new
or additional US Obligations; (xiv) the benefit of any statute of
limitations affecting the liability of any other US Borrower or any
guarantor or other Person, enforcement of this Agreement or any
other Loan Documents, the liability of any other US Borrower
hereunder or the enforcement hereof; (xv) all notices of intention
to accelerate and/or notice of acceleration of the US Obligations;
(xvi) relief from any applicable valuation or appraisement laws;
(xvii) any other action by any US Agent or any US Lender, whether
authorized by this Agreement or otherwise, or any omission by any
US Agent or any US Lender or other failure of any US Agent or any
US Lender to pursue, or delay in pursuing, any other remedy in its
power; (xviii) any and all claims and/or rights of counterclaim,
recoupment, setoff or offset; and (xix) any defense based upon the
application of the proceeds of a Loan for purposes other than the
purposes represented by the US Borrowers or intended or understood
by any US Agent or any US Lender or any US Borrower. Each US
Borrower agrees that the payment and performance of all US
Obligations or any part thereof or other act which tolls any
statute of limitations applicable to this Agreement or the other
Loan Documents shall similarly operate to toll the statute of
limitations applicable to such US Borrower’s liability under
this Section 1.6 . Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing or any other provision hereof, each US Borrower further
waives any and all rights and defenses that such US Borrower may
have as a guarantor because the US Obligations of any of the other
US Borrowers are secured by real property of any of the other US
Borrowers; this means, among other things, that: (1) the US Lenders
may collect from such US Borrower without first foreclosing on any
real or personal property collateral pledged by any other US
Borrower, (2) if any US Agent or any US Lender forecloses on any
real property collateral pledged by any other US Borrower, then (A)
the amount of the debt may be reduced only by the price for which
that collateral is sold at the foreclosure sale, even if the
collateral is worth more than the sale price, and (B) any US Agent
or any US Lender may collect from such US Borrower even if any US
Agent or any US Lender, by foreclosing on the real property
collateral, has destroyed any right such US Borrower may have to
collect from any other US Borrower. The foregoing sentence is an
unconditional and irrevocable waiver of any rights and defenses
each US Borrower may have because the US Obligations are secured by
real property of any other US Borrower. Each US Borrower
acknowledges and agrees that California Civil Code Section 2856
authorizes and validates waivers of a guarantor’s rights of
subrogation and reimbursement and waivers of certain other rights
and defenses available to a guarantor under California law. Based
on the preceding sentence and without limiting the generality of
the foregoing waivers contained in this subparagraph or any other
provision hereof, each US Borrower expressly waives to the maximum
extent permitted by law any and all rights and defenses (except the
defense of final payment in full), including without limitation any
rights of subrogation, reimbursement, indemnification and
contribution (except subrogation or contribution pursuant to this
Agreement), which might otherwise be available to such US Borrower
under California Civil Code Sections 2787 to 2855, inclusive, 2899
and 3433 and under California Code of Civil Procedure Sections
580a, 580b, 580d and 726 (or any of such sections), to the extent
applicable or under the laws of any other jurisdiction to the
extent the same are applicable to this Agreement or the agreements,
covenants or obligations of any other US Borrower hereunder or
under any other US Loan Document.
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(e)
Each US Borrower is fully aware of the financial condition of the
other US Borrowers and is executing and delivering this Agreement
based solely upon such US Borrower’s own independent
investigation of all matters pertinent hereto and is not relying in
any manner upon any representation or statement by any US Agent or
any US Lender. Each US Borrower hereby assumes full responsibility
for obtaining any additional information concerning the financial
condition of the other US Borrowers, or any other guarantor or
their respective properties, financial condition and prospects and
any other matter pertinent hereto as such US Borrower may desire,
and such US Borrower is not relying upon or expecting any US Agent
or any US Lender to furnish to such US Borrower any information now
or hereafter in the possession of the US Agent or any US Lender
concerning the same or any other matter. By executing this
Agreement, each US Borrower knowingly accepts the full range of
risks encompassed within a contract of this type, which risks such
US Borrower acknowledges. No US Borrower shall have the right to
require any US Agent or any US Lender to obtain or disclose any
information with respect to the US Obligations, the financial
condition or prospects of any other US Borrower, the ability of any
other US Borrower to pay or perform its US Obligations, the
existence, perfection, priority or enforceability of any collateral
security for any or all of the US Obligations, the existence or
enforceability of any other guaranties of all or any part of the US
Obligations, any action or non-action on the part of any US Agent
or any US Lender, any other US Borrower or any other Person, or any
other event, occurrence, condition or circumstance
whatsoever.
(f)
The US Obligations of each US Borrower as a guarantor (but not its
obligations with respect to any Loans or advances made directly or
indirectly to it, or Letters of Credit or Credit Support issued for
its direct or indirect benefit) shall be limited to an amount not
to exceed the greater of (i) the net amount of all Loans advanced
to any other US Borrower under this Agreement and then re-loaned or
otherwise transferred to or for the benefit of such US Borrower and
(ii) the maximum amount of such obligations and liabilities as a
guarantor that can be made or assumed by such US Borrower without
rendering such obligation or liability void or voidable under
applicable laws relating to fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent
transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors
generally, in each case giving effect to all liabilities of such US
Borrower other than any liabilities in respect of intercompany
indebtedness to the extent that it would be discharged in the
amount paid by such US Borrower hereunder and giving effect to all
rights of subrogation, contribution, reimbursement, indemnity or
similar rights pursuant to applicable law or any agreement (the
“Maximum Liability”).
(g)
Each US Borrower hereby agrees that to the extent that any US
Borrower makes any payment hereunder on behalf of another US
Borrower, the US Borrower making such payment shall be entitled to
seek and receive contribution and indemnification from and to be
reimbursed by each other US Borrower, in an amount equal to a
fraction of such payment, the numerator of which is the Maximum
Liability of the US Borrower making the payment and the denominator
of which is the Maximum Liability of all US Borrowers as of the
date of determination. Each US Borrower’s right of
contribution shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this
Section 1.6(g) . The provisions of this Section 1.6
(g) shall in no respect limit the direct obligations and
liabilities of any US Borrower to the US Lenders for any US
Revolving Loans and advances made to it, or any Letter of Credit or
Credit Support issued for its benefit and each US Borrower shall
remain liable to the US Lenders for the full amount of its
liabilities under this Agreement.
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(h)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or in
any other Loan Document, each US Borrower in its capacity as a
guarantor hereby expressly and irrevocably subordinates to payment
of the US Obligations of the US Borrowers any and all rights at law
or in equity to subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration,
contribution, indemnification or set off and any and all defenses
available to a surety, guarantor or accommodation co-obligor until
the US Obligations of the US Borrowers are paid in full in cash and
all US Commitments are terminated. Each US Borrower in its capacity
as a guarantor only acknowledges and agrees that this subordination
is intended to benefit the US Agents and the US Lenders and shall
not limit or otherwise affect such US Borrower’s primary
liability hereunder or the enforceability of this Section
1.6 , and that the US Agents, US Lenders and their respective
successors and assigns are intended third party beneficiaries of
the waivers and agreements set forth in this Section 1.6
.
(i)
No US Borrower shall be entitled to be subrogated to any of the
rights of any US Agent or any US Lender or against any other US
Borrower, or any collateral security or guarantee or right to
offset held by any US Agent or any US Lender for the payment of the
US Obligations of the US Borrowers, as the case may be, nor shall
any US Borrower seek or be entitled to seek any contribution or
reimbursement from or any other US Borrower in respect of payments
made by such US Borrower hereunder, until all amounts owing to the
US Agents and the US Lenders on account of the US Obligations of
the US Borrowers are paid in full, no Letter of Credit shall be
outstanding and the US Commitments are terminated or have expired.
If any amount shall be paid to any US Borrower on account of such
subrogation rights at any time not permitted hereunder, such amount
shall be held by such US Borrower in trust for the Administrative
Agent and the US Lenders, segregated from other funds of such US
Borrower, and shall, forthwith upon receipt, be turned over to the
Administrative Agent in the exact form received (duly endorsed to
the Administrative Agent, if required), to be applied against the
US Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in such order as the
Administrative Agent may determine.
(j)
This Section 1.6 is intended only to define the relative
rights of the US Borrowers, the US Agents and the US Lenders and
nothing set forth in this Section 1.6 is intended to or
shall impair the obligations of the US Borrowers, jointly and
severally, to pay any amounts as and when the same shall become due
and payable in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Nothing
contained in this Section 1.6 shall limit the liability of
any US Borrower to pay the Loans or Advances made directly or
indirectly to that US Borrower and accrued interest, Fees and
expenses with respect thereto, for which such US Borrower shall be
primarily liable.
(k)
The parties hereto acknowledge that the rights of contribution and
indemnification hereunder shall constitute assets of each US
Borrower to which such contribution and indemnification is
owing.
ARTICLE 2.
INTEREST AND FEES
2.1
Interest.
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(a)
Interest Rates . All outstanding US Obligations shall bear
interest on the unpaid principal amount thereof (including, to the
extent permitted by law, on interest thereon not paid when due)
from the date made until paid in full in cash at a rate determined
by reference to the US Base Rate or the US LIBOR Rate, as
applicable, plus the Applicable Margin, but not to exceed the
Maximum Rate. If at any time US Revolving Loans are outstanding
with respect to which the US Borrower Representative has not
delivered to the Administrative Agent a notice specifying the basis
for determining the interest rate applicable thereto in accordance
herewith, those US Revolving Loans shall bear interest at a rate
determined by reference to the US Base Rate, as applicable, until
notice to the contrary has been given to the Administrative Agent
in accordance with this Agreement and such notice has become
effective. Except as otherwise provided herein, the outstanding US
Obligations shall bear interest as follows:
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For all US Revolving Loans:
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(A)
for all US Base Rate Revolving Loans and other US Obligations of
the US Obligors (other than US LIBOR Revolving Loans) at a
fluctuating per annum rate equal to the US Base Rate plus
the Applicable Margin specified for US Base Rate Revolving Loans;
and
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For all US LIBOR Revolving Loans at a per annum rate equal to the
sum of the US LIBOR Rate plus the Applicable Margin
specified for US LIBOR Revolving Loans.
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Each
change in the US Base Rate shall be reflected in the interest rate
applicable to US Revolving Loans, as of the effective date of such
change. All interest charges on US Base Rate Revolving Loans shall
be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and actual days
elapsed (which results in more interest being paid than if computed
on the basis of a 365-day year). All interest charges on US LIBOR
Revolving Loans shall be computed on the basis of a 365-day year
and actual days elapsed. The US Borrowers shall pay to the
Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of US Lenders,
interest accrued on all US Base Rate Revolving Loans in arrears on
the first day of each month hereafter and on the Termination Date,
and the US Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the
ratable benefit of the US Lenders interest on all US LIBOR
Revolving Loans in arrears on each LIBOR Interest Payment
Date.
(b)
Default Rate . If any Event of Default occurs and is
continuing and the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders in
their discretion so elect, then, while any such Event of Default is
continuing, all of the US Obligations shall bear interest at the
Default Rate applicable thereto.
2.2
Continuation and Conversion Elections.
(a)
Subject to Section 1.2(b)(3) , the US Borrowers
may:
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elect, as of any US Business Day, in the case of US Base Rate
Revolving Loans to convert any US Base Rate Revolving Loans (or any
part thereof in an amount not less than $1,000,000, or that is in
an integral multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof) into US LIBOR
Revolving Loans; or
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elect, as of the last day of the applicable Interest Period, to
continue any US LIBOR Revolving Loans having Interest Periods
expiring on such day (or any part thereof in an amount not less
than $1,000,000, or that is in an integral multiple of $500,000 in
excess thereof);
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provided , that if at any time the
aggregate amount of US LIBOR Revolving Loans in respect of any
single Interest Period is reduced, by payment, prepayment, or
conversion of part thereof to be less than $1,000,000, such US
LIBOR Revolving Loans shall automatically convert into US Base Rate
Revolving Loans; provided further that if the notice
shall fail to specify the duration of the Interest Period, such
Interest Period shall be one month.
(b)
The US Borrower Representative shall deliver a notice of
continuation/conversion in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E (a
“Notice of Continuation/Conversion”) to the
Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (California time),
at least three (3) US Business Days in advance of the
Continuation/Conversion Date, if the US Revolving Loans are to be
converted into or continued as US LIBOR Revolving Loans and
specifying:
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the proposed Continuation/Conversion Date;
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the aggregate amount of US Revolving Loans to be converted or
renewed;
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the type of US Revolving Loans resulting from the proposed
conversion or continuation; and
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the duration of the requested Interest Period, provided ,
however , the US Borrower Representative may not select an
Interest Period that ends after the Stated Termination
Date.
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(c)
If upon the expiration of any Interest Period applicable to US
LIBOR Revolving Loans, the US Borrower Representative has failed to
select timely a new Interest Period to be applicable to such US
LIBOR Revolving Loans or if any Default or Event of Default then
exists, the US Borrower Representative shall be deemed to have
elected to convert such US LIBOR Revolving Loans into US Base Rate
Revolving Loans effective as of the expiration date of such
Interest Period.
(d)
The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each US Lender, as
applicable, of its receipt of a Notice of Continuation/Conversion.
All conversions and continuations shall be made ratably according
to the respective outstanding principal amounts of the Loans with
respect to which the notice was given held by each US
Lender.
(e)
There may not be more than six (6) different Interest Periods for
US LIBOR Revolving Loans in effect hereunder at any
time.
2.3
Maximum Interest Rate . In no event shall any interest rate
provided for hereunder exceed the maximum rate legally chargeable
by any US Lender under applicable law for such
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US Lender with respect to loans of the type
provided for hereunder (the “Maximum Rate”). If, in any
month, any interest rate, absent such limitation, would have
exceeded the Maximum Rate, then the interest rate for that month
shall be the Maximum Rate, and, if in future months, that interest
rate would otherwise be less than the Maximum Rate, then that
interest rate shall remain at the Maximum Rate until such time as
the amount of interest paid hereunder equals the amount of interest
which would have been paid if the same had not been limited by the
Maximum Rate. In the event that, upon payment in full of the US
Obligations, the total amount of interest paid or accrued under the
terms of this Agreement is less than the total amount of interest
which would, but for this Section 2.3 , have been paid or
accrued if the interest rate otherwise set forth in this Agreement
had at all times been in effect, then the US Borrowers shall, to
the extent permitted by applicable law, pay the Administrative
Agent, for the account of the applicable US Lenders, an amount
equal to the excess of (a) the lesser of (i) the amount of interest
which would have been charged if the Maximum Rate had, at all
times, been in effect or (ii) the amount of interest which would
have accrued had the interest rate otherwise set forth in this
Agreement, at all times, been in effect over (b) the amount of
interest actually paid or accrued under this Agreement. If a court
of competent jurisdiction determines that the Administrative Agent
and/or any US Lender has received interest and other charges
hereunder in excess of the Maximum Rate, such excess shall be
deemed received on account of, and shall automatically be applied
to reduce, the US Obligations of the US Borrowers other than
interest, in the inverse order of maturity, and if there are no US
Obligations of the US Borrowers outstanding, the Administrative
Agent and/or such US Lender shall refund to the US Borrowers such
excess.
2.4
Agent Fees . The US Borrowers agree, jointly and severally,
to pay the Administrative Agent fees in the amount and at the times
set forth in the confidential fee letter dated as of November 18,
2005, among the Administrative Agent, Banc of America Securities,
LLC, Ravenstock and MSG (as amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Fee Letter
”).
2.5
Unused Line Fee . On the first day of each month and on the
Termination Date: (i) the UK Borrowers agree, jointly and
severally, to pay to the UK Agent, for the account of the UK
Lenders, in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares, an
unused line fee (the “UK Unused Line Fee”) in an amount
equal to the Sterling Equivalent of the Applicable Unused Line Fee
Rate multiplied by the amount by which the UK Commitments exceed
the average daily amount of UK Aggregate Outstandings and (ii) the
US Borrowers agree, jointly and severally, to pay to the
Administrative Agent, for the account of the US Lenders, in
accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares, an unused line
fee (the “US Unused Line Fee”) in an amount equal to
the Dollar Equivalent of (x) the Applicable Unused Line Fee Rate
multiplied by the amount by which the Aggregate Commitments exceeds
the average daily amount of Aggregate Outstandings less (y) the
amount of the UK Unused Line Fee payable for such period during the
immediately preceding month or shorter period if calculated for the
first month hereafter or on the Termination Date. The Unused Line
Fee shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual
number of days elapsed.
2.6
Letter of Credit Fee . The US Borrowers agree, jointly and
severally, to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of
the US Lenders, in accordance with their respective Pro Rata
Shares, for each Letter of Credit issued under the US Credit
Agreement, a fee (the “Letter of Credit Fee”) equal to
the Applicable Margin for US LIBOR Revolving Loans and to
the
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Administrative Agent for the benefit of the
Letter of Credit Issuer a fronting fee of one-eighth of one percent
(0.125%) of the undrawn face amount of each Letter of Credit, and
to the Letter of Credit Issuer, all customary out-of-pocket costs,
fees and expenses incurred by the Letter of Credit Issuer in
connection with the application for, processing of, issuance of,
extension of, draws under or amendment to any Letter of Credit. The
Letter of Credit Fee shall be payable monthly in arrears on the
first day of each month following any month in which a Letter of
Credit is outstanding and on the Termination Date. The Letter of
Credit Fee shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year for the
actual number of days elapsed.
ARTICLE 3.
PAYMENTS AND PREPAYMENTS
3.1
Revolving Loans . The US Borrowers shall repay the
outstanding principal balance of the US Revolving Loans made to
such US Borrowers, plus all accrued but unpaid interest
thereon, on the Termination Date. The US Borrowers may prepay the
US Revolving Loans made to such US Borrowers at any time, and
reborrow subject to the terms of this Agreement; provided ,
however , the US Borrowers may not terminate the Total US
Facility unless the UK Borrowers also terminate the Total UK
Facility. In addition, and without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, (a) the US Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative
Agent, for the account of the US Lenders, the amount, without
duplication, by which the US Aggregate Outstandings exceed the
lesser of the US Borrowing Base or the Maximum US Amount, (b) the
US Borrowers shall cause the UK Borrowers to pay to the UK Agent,
for the account of the UK Lenders, the amount, without duplication,
by which the UK Aggregate Outstandings exceeds the lesser of the UK
Borrowing Base or the Maximum UK Amount and (c) the US Borrowers
shall either (i) cause the UK Borrowers to pay to the UK Agent, for
the account of the UK Lenders, the amount by which the Aggregate
Outstandings exceed the Maximum Consolidated Borrowing Base Amount
or (ii) pay to the Administrative Agent, for account of the US
Lenders, such amount, without duplication.
3.2
Termination of Facility . The US Borrowers may terminate
this Agreement upon at least thirty (30) US Business Days’
notice of intent to terminate and ten (10) US Business Days’
actual notice to the Administrative Agent, the UK Agent and the US
Lenders, upon (a) the payment by the Borrowers in full of all
outstanding Revolving Loans, together with accrued interest
thereon, and the cancellation and return of all outstanding Letters
of Credit or the provision of cash collateral or a Supporting
Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 1.4(g) hereof and
Section 1.4(g) of the UK Credit Agreement, (b) the payment
by each Borrower in full in cash of all reimbursable expenses and
other Obligations of such Borrower under this Agreement and the UK
Credit Agreement, and (c) with respect to any LIBOR Loans prepaid,
payment by each Borrower of the amounts due under Section
4.4 , if any and the corresponding amounts due, if any, under
the UK Credit Agreement.
3.3
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3.4
US LIBOR Revolving Loan Prepayments . In connection with any
prepayment, if any US LIBOR Revolving Loans are prepaid prior to
the expiration date of the Interest Period applicable thereto, the
US Borrowers shall pay to the US Lenders the amounts described in
Section 4.4 .
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3.5
Payments by the US Borrowers.
(a)
All payments to be made by the US Borrowers shall be made without
set-off, recoupment or counterclaim. Except as otherwise expressly
provided herein, all payments by the US Borrowers shall be made to
the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable US
Lenders, at the account designated by the Administrative Agent and
shall be made in Dollars and in immediately available funds, no
later than 11:00 a.m. (California time) on the date specified
herein. Any payment received by the Administrative Agent on such
date after such time shall be deemed to have been received on the
following US Business Day and any applicable interest shall
continue to accrue.
(b)
Subject to the provisions set forth in the definition of
“Interest Period,” whenever any payment is due on a day
other than an US Business Day, such payment shall be due on the
following US Business Day, and such extension of time shall in such
case be included in the computation of interest or fees, as the
case may be.
3.6
Payments as US Revolving Loans . At the election of the
Administrative Agent, all payments of principal, interest,
reimbursement obligations in connection with Letters of Credit and
Credit Support for Letters of Credit, fees, premiums, reimbursable
expenses and other sums payable hereunder or under any US Loan
Document may be paid from the proceeds of US Revolving Loans made
to the US Borrowers hereunder. Each US Borrower hereby irrevocably
authorizes the Administrative Agent to charge the Loan Account of
the US Borrowers for the purpose of paying all amounts from time to
time due hereunder and agrees that all such amounts charged shall
constitute US Base Rate Revolving Loans (including Non-Ratable
Loans and Agent Advances) to the US Borrowers.
3.7
Apportionment, Application and Reversal of Payments .
Principal and interest payments shall be apportioned ratably among
the applicable US Lenders (according to the unpaid principal
balance of the US Revolving Loans to which such payments relate
held by each applicable US Lender) and payments of the fees shall,
as applicable, be apportioned ratably among the US Lenders, except
for fees payable solely to any US Agent and any Letter of Credit
Issuer. All payments shall be remitted to the Administrative Agent
and all such payments by any US Borrower not relating to principal
or interest or premiums of specific US Revolving Loans, or not
constituting payment of specific fees, and all proceeds of Accounts
or other Collateral of such US Borrower received by the
Administrative Agent (other than voluntary or mandatory payments
pursuant to Section 7.6) , shall be applied, ratably,
subject to the provisions of this Agreement, first , to pay
any fees, indemnities or expense reimbursements then due to the
Administrative Agent from the US Borrowers; second , to pay
any fees or expense reimbursements then due to the US Lenders from
the US Borrowers; third , to pay interest due in respect of
all US Revolving Loans, including Non-Ratable Loans and Agent
Advances, made to the US Borrowers whether or not allowed or
allowable in an insolvency proceeding; fourth , to pay or
prepay principal of the US Revolving Loans and Agent Advances made
to the US Borrowers and unpaid reimbursement obligations in respect
of Letters of Credit; fifth , following the occurrence and
during the continuance of a Default or an Event of Default, to pay
an amount to the Administrative Agent equal to 105% of all
outstanding Letter of Credit obligations of the US Borrowers to be
held as cash collateral for such obligations; sixth to the
payment of any other Obligation to any US Agent, Bank or the US
Lenders, including, without limitation, Obligations
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in respect of US Bank Products; and
seventh following the occurrence and continuation of a
Default or Event of Default, to pay any of the foregoing amounts
due to the Administrative Agent or any UK Agent on behalf of and
for the benefit of the UK Lenders pursuant to the UK Obligations of
the US Borrower, the Parent Guarantor or the US Subsidiaries under
or pursuant to the UK Guaranty, the US Parent Guaranty or the US
Subsidiary Guaranty; provided that so long as no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
the foregoing shall not be deemed to apply to any payment by any US
Borrower specified by such US Borrower to be for the payment of
specific obligations then due and payable (or prepayable) under and
in accordance with any provision of any Loan Document,
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, unless so directed by the US Borrowers or unless an
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or following
termination of this Agreement, neither the Administrative Agent nor
any US Lender shall apply any payments which it receives to any US
LIBOR Revolving Loan, except (a) on the expiration date of the
Interest Period applicable to any such US LIBOR Revolving Loan, or
(b) in the event, and only to the extent, that there are no
outstanding US Base Rate Revolving Loans made to the US Borrowers
and, in any event, in each case the US Borrowers shall pay LIBOR
breakage losses in accordance with Section 4.4 . Upon the
occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default and,
prior thereto in order to correct any error or otherwise with the
consent of the Lenders required pursuant to Section 11.1(b)
hereof, the Administrative Agent and the US Lenders shall have the
continuing and exclusive right to apply and reverse and reapply any
and all such proceeds and payments to any portion of the
Obligations of the US Borrowers.
3.8
Indemnity for Returned Payments . If after receipt of any
payment which is applied to the payment of all or any part of the
US Obligations, any US Agent, any US Lender, Bank or any Affiliate
of the Bank, is for any reason compelled to surrender such payment
or proceeds to any Person because such payment or application of
proceeds is invalidated, declared fraudulent, set aside, determined
to be void or voidable as a preference, impermissible setoff, or a
diversion of trust funds, or for any other reason, then the US
Obligations or part thereof intended to be satisfied shall be
revived and continued and this Agreement shall continue in full
force as if such payment or proceeds had not been received by such
US Agent, such US Lender, Bank or such Affiliate and the US
Borrowers shall be jointly and severally liable to pay to the US
Agents, the US Lenders, Bank and such Affiliate, and hereby do
jointly and severally indemnify the US Agents, the US Lenders, Bank
and such Affiliate and hold the US Agents, the US Lenders, Bank and
such Affiliate harmless for the amount of such payment or proceeds
surrendered. The provisions of this Section 3.8 shall be and
remain effective notwithstanding any contrary action which may have
been taken by any US Agent, any US Lender, Bank or any such
Affiliate in reliance upon such payment or application of proceeds,
and any such contrary action so taken shall be without prejudice to
the US Agents’, the US Lenders’, Bank’s and such
Affiliate’s rights under this Agreement and shall be deemed
to have been conditioned upon such payment or application of
proceeds having become final and irrevocable. The provisions of
this Section 3.8 shall survive the termination of this
Agreement.
3.9
US Agents’ and US Lenders’ Books and Records;
Monthly Statements . The Administrative Agent shall record the
principal amount of the US Revolving Loans owing to the US Lenders,
the undrawn face amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit issued
for the account of the US Borrowers and the aggregate amount of
unpaid reimbursement obligations outstanding with respect to the
Letters of Credit for the account of the US Borrowers from time to
time on its
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books. In addition, each US Lender may note the
date and amount of each payment or prepayment of principal of such
US Lender’s Loans in its books and records. Failure by the US
Agents or any US Lender to make such notation shall not affect the
obligations of the US Borrowers with respect to the US Revolving
Loans or the Letters of Credit. The US Borrowers agree that the US
Agents’ and each US Lender’s books and records showing
the US Obligations and the transactions pursuant to this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents shall be admissible in any action or
proceeding arising therefrom, and shall constitute rebuttably
presumptive proof thereof, irrespective of whether any US
Obligation is also evidenced by a promissory note or other
instrument. The Administrative Agent will provide to the US
Borrowers a monthly statement of US Revolving Loans, payments, and
other transactions with respect to such US Borrowers pursuant to
this Agreement. Such statement shall be deemed correct, accurate,
and binding on such US Borrowers and an account stated (except for
reversals and reapplications of payments made as provided in
Section 3.7 hereof and corrections of errors discovered by
the Administrative Agent), unless the US Borrower Representative
notifies the Administrative Agent in writing to the contrary within
45 days after such statement is rendered. In the event a timely
written notice of objections is given by the US Borrower
Representative, only the items to which exception is expressly made
will be considered to be disputed by the US Borrowers.
3.10
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ARTICLE 4.
TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
4.1
Taxes.
(a)
Any and all payments by each US Obligor to any Lender or any Agent
under this Agreement and any other Loan Document shall be made free
and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for any Taxes.
In addition, each US Obligor shall pay all Other Taxes with respect
to the US Obligations of such US Obligor and the payments due under
the execution, delivery, registration and performance of this
Agreement, or otherwise and any other Loan Document.
(b)
Each US Obligor shall indemnify the US Agents and each US Lender
for the full amount of Taxes or Other Taxes (including any Taxes or
Other Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under
this Section) paid by any US Agent or such US Lender with respect
to the US Obligations of such US Obligor and any liability
(including penalties, interest, additions to tax and expenses)
arising therefrom or with respect thereto. Each US Agent and each
US Lender seeking indemnification pursuant to this Section
4.1(b) agrees to deliver to the US Borrower Representative
evidence of the Taxes or Other Taxes forming the basis for any such
claim; provided that the prior delivery or
sufficiency, in the judgment of the US Borrower Representative, of
such evidence shall in no way be a condition of the US
Obligors’ obligations to indemnify the US Agent or US Lender
pursuant to this Section 4.1(b) . No US Obligor shall be
obligated to make a payment to a US Agent or US Lender pursuant to
this clause in respect of penalties, interest and other liabilities
attributable to any Taxes or Other Taxes if such penalties,
interest and other liabilities are attributable to the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of such US Agent or US Lender.
After a US Agent or US Lender receives notice of the imposition of
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Taxes or Other Taxes that are subject to this
Section, such US Agent or US Lender will act in good faith to
promptly notify each US Obligor of its obligations
hereunder.
(c)
If any US Obligor shall be required by law to deduct or withhold
any Taxes or Other Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable
hereunder to any US Lender or any US Agent, then, without
duplication:
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the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after
making all required deductions and withholdings (including
deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable
under this Section) such US Lender or such US Agent, as the case
may be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received
had no such deductions or withholdings been made;
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such US Obligor shall make such deductions and
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such US Obligor shall pay the full amount deducted or withheld to
the relevant taxing authority or other authority in accordance with
applicable law; and
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each US Borrower shall also pay to each US Lender or such US Agent
for the account of such US Lender, at the time interest is paid,
all additional amounts which the respective US Lender specifies as
necessary to preserve the after-tax yield such US Lender would have
received if such Taxes or Other Taxes had not been
imposed.
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(d)
At any US Agent’s request, within 30 days after the date of
any payment by any US Obligor of Taxes or Other Taxes, the US
Borrower shall furnish such US Agent, if available, the original or
a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof, or other
evidence of payment satisfactory to such US Agent.
(e)
If any US Obligor is required to pay additional amounts to any US
Lender pursuant to this Section, then such US Lender shall, upon
the request and at the expense of the US Borrowers, use reasonable
efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions) to
change the jurisdiction of its lending office so as to eliminate
any such additional payment by such Obligor which may thereafter
accrue, if such change, in the sole judgment of such US Lender, (i)
is not otherwise disadvantageous to such US Lender and (ii) would
avoid the need for or reduce the amount of such additional
amounts.
4.2
Illegality.
(a)
If any US Lender determines that the introduction of any
Requirement of Law, or any change in any Requirement of Law, or
change in the interpretation or administration of any Requirement
of Law, has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority
has asserted that it is unlawful, for any US Lender or its
applicable lending office to make US LIBOR Revolving Loans, then,
on notice thereof by that US Lender to the US Borrower
Representative through the Administrative Agent, any obligation of
that US Lender to make US
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LIBOR Revolving Loans shall be suspended until
that US Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the US
Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination
no longer exist.
(b)
If any US Lender determines that the introduction of any
Requirement of Law, or any change in any Requirement of Law, or
change in the interpretation or administration of any Requirement
of Law, has made it unlawful, or that any other Governmental
Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any US Lender or
its applicable lending office to maintain any US LIBOR Revolving
Loans, the US Borrower shall, upon its receipt of notice thereof by
that US Lender to the US Borrower Representative through the
Administrative Agent and demand from such US Lender (with a copy to
the Administrative Agent), prepay in full such US LIBOR Revolving
Loans of that US Lender then outstanding, together with interest
accrued thereon and amounts required under Section 4.4 ,
either on the last day of the Interest Period thereof, if that US
Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such US LIBOR Revolving
Loans to such day, or immediately, if that US Lender may not
lawfully continue to maintain such US LIBOR Revolving Loans. If the
US Borrowers are required to so prepay any US LIBOR Revolving
Loans, then concurrently with such prepayment, the US Borrowers
shall borrow from the affected US Lender, in the amount of such
repayment, a US Base Rate Revolving Loan. Each US Lender agrees to
use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory
restrictions) to designate a different lending office if such
designation will, in the sole judgment of such US Lender, avoid the
need for such notice and will not otherwise be disadvantageous to
such Lender.
(c)
Should any US Lender’s US LIBOR Loans be suspended under the
provisions of Section 4.2 , then without limiting its
obligations to reimburse any US Lender for compensation claimed
pursuant to this Section 4.2 , the US Borrowers may, within
60 days following such occurrence, treat that US Lender as an
“Affected Lender” under Section 4.6 and exercise
the applicable remedies set forth therein, subject to the
conditions and limitation set forth therein.
4.3
Increased Costs and Reduction of Return.
(a)
If any US Lender determines that due to either (i) the introduction
of or any change in the interpretation of any law or regulation or
(ii) the compliance by that US Lender with any guideline or request
from any central bank or other Governmental Authority (whether or
not having the force of law), there shall be any increase in the
cost to such US Lender of agreeing to make or making, funding or
maintaining any US LIBOR Revolving Loans, without duplication, then
the US Borrowers shall jointly and severally be liable for, and
shall from time to time, within two US Business Days of demand by
such US Lender (with a copy of such demand to be sent to the
Administrative Agent), pay to the Administrative Agent for the
account of such US Lender, additional amounts as are sufficient to
compensate such US Lender for such increased costs.
(b)
If any US Lender shall have determined that (i) the introduction of
any Capital Adequacy Regulation, (ii) any change in any Capital
Adequacy Regulation, (iii) any change in the interpretation or
administration of any Capital Adequacy Regulation by any central
bank or other Governmental Authority charged with the
interpretation or administration thereof,
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or (iv) compliance by such US Lender or any
corporation or other entity controlling such US Lender with any
Capital Adequacy Regulation, affects the amount of capital required
to be maintained by such US Lender or any corporation or other
entity controlling such US Lender and (taking into consideration
such US Lender’s or such corporation’s or other
entity’s policies with respect to capital adequacy and such
US Lender’s desired return on capital) determines that the
amount of such capital is increased as a consequence of its US
Commitments, loans, credits or obligations under this Agreement,
then, upon demand of such US Lender to the US Borrower
Representative in respect of which such US Lender has a US
Commitment through the Administrative Agent, the US Borrowers shall
pay to such US Lender, from time to time as specified by such US
Lender, additional amounts sufficient to compensate such US Lender
for such increase.
(c)
If any US Obligor is required to pay additional amounts to any US
Lender pursuant to this Section, then such US Lender shall, upon
the request and at the expense of the US Borrowers, use reasonable
efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions) to
change the jurisdiction of its lending office so as to eliminate
any such additional payment by such US Obligor which may thereafter
accrue, if such change, in the sole judgment of such US Lender, (i)
is not otherwise disadvantageous to such US Lender and (ii) would
avoid the need for or reduce the amount of such additional
amounts.
4.4
Funding Losses . Each US Borrower shall reimburse each US
Lender and hold each US Lender harmless from any loss or expense
which such US Lender may sustain or incur as a consequence
of:
(a)
the failure of such US Borrower to make on a timely basis any
payment of principal of any US LIBOR Revolving Loan;
(b)
the failure of such US Borrower to borrow, continue or convert a
Loan after such US Borrower has given a Notice of Borrowing or a
Notice of Continuation/Conversion; or
(c)
the prepayment or other payment (including after acceleration
thereof) of any US LIBOR Revolving Loan on a day that is not the
last day of the relevant Interest Period;
including any such loss of anticipated profit and
any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of
funds obtained by it to maintain its US LIBOR Revolving Loans or
from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds
were obtained. Each US Borrower shall also pay any customary
administrative fees charged by any US Lender in connection with the
foregoing.
4.5
Inability to Determine Rates . If the Administrative Agent
determines that for any reason (a) adequate and reasonable means do
not exist for determining the US LIBOR Rate for any requested
Interest Period with respect to a proposed US Revolver LIBOR Loan
or (b) that the US LIBOR Rate for any requested Interest Period
with respect to a proposed US LIBOR Revolving Loan does not
adequately and fairly reflect the cost to the applicable US Lenders
of funding such US LIBOR Revolving Loan, the Administrative Agent
will promptly so notify such US Borrower Representative and each
such US Lender. Thereafter, the obligation of the US
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Lenders to make or maintain US LIBOR Revolving
Loans hereunder shall be suspended until the Administrative Agent
revokes such notice in writing. Upon receipt of such notice, (A) in
the case of US Revolving Loans, (I) US Borrower Representative may
revoke any Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Continuation/Conversion
in respect of US Revolving Loans then submitted by it without cost
or expense to any US Borrower and (II) if the US Borrower
Representative does not revoke such Notice, the US Lenders shall
make, convert or continue the US Revolving Loans, as proposed by
the US Borrower Representative, in the amount specified in the
applicable notice submitted by the US Borrower Representative, but
such US Revolving Loans shall be made, converted or continued as US
Base Rate Loans instead of US LIBOR Revolving Loans.
4.6
Certificates of Lenders.
(a)
Any US Lender claiming reimbursement or compensation under this
Article 4 (an “Affected Lender”) shall determine the
amount thereof and shall deliver to the US Borrower Representative
(with a copy to the Administrative Agent) a certificate setting
forth in reasonable detail the amount payable to such Affected
Lender, and such certificate shall be conclusive and binding on the
US Borrowers in the absence of manifest error.
(b)
Without limiting its obligations to reimburse an Affected Lender
for compensation theretofore claimed by an Affected Lender pursuant
to this Article 4, US Borrowers may, within 60 days following any
demand by an Affected Lender, request that one or more Persons that
are Eligible Assignees and that are approved by the Administrative
Agent (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) purchase
all (but not part) of the Affected Lender’s then outstanding
US Loans, and assume its Pro Rata Share of the US Commitments and
its obligations hereunder; provided that such request
may not be made, and the Administrative Agent and the US Lenders
shall have no obligations under this Section 4.6(b) , if and
to the extent that the basis for any such reimbursement or
compensation with respect to such Affected Lender is, in the
judgment of the Administrative Agent, applicable to the US Required
Lenders or has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result
in any claim for reimbursement or compensation under this Article 4
by the US Required Lenders. If one or more such Eligible Assignees
so agree in writing (each, an “Assuming Lender,” and
collectively, the “Assuming Lenders”), the Affected
Lender shall assign its Pro Rata Share of the Aggregate Commitments
(including, for the avoidance of doubt, the UK Commitments),
together with the outstanding Revolving Loans (including, for the
avoidance of doubt, the UK Revolving Loans) to the Assuming Lender
or Assuming Lenders in accordance with Section 11.2 ;
provided that , unless the Assuming Lender has also
agreed to accept the assignment of all UK Commitments and UK
Revolving Loans pursuant to the terms of the UK Credit Agreement,
the US Lender shall not be required or permitted to assign its US
Commitments or US Revolving Loans pursuant to this Section and any
purported assignment pursuant to this Section shall be null and
void. On the date of any such assignment, the Affected Lender which
is being so replaced shall cease to be a “Lender” for
all purposes of this Agreement and shall receive (x) from the
Assuming Lender or Assuming Lenders the principal amount of its
outstanding Loans and (y) from US Borrowers all interest and fees
accrued and then unpaid with respect to such US Revolving Loans,
together with any other amounts then payable to such US Lender by
US Borrowers.
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4.7
Survival . The agreements and obligations of the US Obligors
in this Article 4 shall survive the payment of all other
Obligations.
ARTICLE 5.
BOOKS AND RECORDS; FINANCIAL INFORMATION; NOTICES
5.1
Books and Records . Each Credit Party shall maintain in
accordance with GAAP applied consistently with the audited
Financial Statements required to be delivered pursuant to
Section 5.2(a) , and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries
to maintain, at all times, correct and complete books, records and
accounts in which complete, correct and timely entries are made of
their transactions. The Credit Parties shall, and shall cause each
of their Subsidiaries to, by means of appropriate entries, reflect
in such accounts and in all Financial Statements proper liabilities
and reserves for all taxes and proper provision for depreciation
and amortization of property and bad debts, all in accordance with
GAAP. The Credit Parties shall, and shall cause each of their
Subsidiaries to, maintain at all times books and records pertaining
to the Collateral in such detail, form and scope as the
Administrative Agent, UK Agent or any Lender shall reasonably
require, including, but not limited to, records of: (a) all
payments received and all credits and extensions granted with
respect to the Accounts; (b) the return, repossession, loss,
damage, or destruction of any Rental Fleet Assets, Sales Inventory
or Machinery and Equipment included in the Applicable Borrowing
Base; and (c) all other material dealings affecting the
Collateral.
5.2
Financial Information . The Parent Guarantor and the
Borrowers shall promptly furnish to each Lender all such financial
information regarding any Credit Party or any of their Subsidiaries
as the Administrative Agent or the UK Agent shall reasonably
request. Without limiting the foregoing, the Borrowers will furnish
to the Administrative Agent and the UK Agent, in sufficient copies
for distribution by the Administrative Agent and the UK Agent, as
applicable, to each Lender, in such detail as the Administrative
Agent, the UK Agent or the Lenders shall reasonably request, the
following:
(a)
As soon as available, but in any event not later than ninety (90)
days after the end of each Fiscal Year (except as set forth in
clause (v) below), (i) consolidated audited balance sheets, income
statements, cash flow statements and changes in stockholders’
equity for the Parent Guarantor and its consolidated Subsidiaries
for such Fiscal Year, and the accompanying notes thereto, (ii)
consolidating unaudited balance sheets, income statements and cash
flow statements for the Parent Guarantor and its consolidated
Subsidiaries, (iii) unaudited balance sheets and income statements
for the Parent Guarantor and its consolidated US Subsidiaries, (iv)
unaudited balance sheets and income statements for Ravenstock and
its consolidated Subsidiaries and (v) balance sheets and income
statements for Ravenstock and its consolidated Subsidiaries audited
in accordance with UK GAAP and to be delivered as soon as
available, but in any event not later than one hundred and eighty
(180) days after the end of each Fiscal Year, setting forth in the
case of each of the preceding clauses (i), (iii), (iv) and (v), in
comparative form, figures for the previous Fiscal Year, all in
reasonable detail, fairly presenting the financial position and the
results of operations of the applicable Persons as at the date
thereof and for the Fiscal Year then ended, prepared in accordance
with GAAP (other than the absence of footnotes to the Financial
Statements delivered pursuant to clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv) and
other than clause (v) which has been prepared in accordance with UK
GAAP) and denominated in
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Dollars (other than with respect to clauses (iv)
and (v), which Financial Statements shall be denominated in Pounds
Sterling). The consolidated audited financial statements shall be
examined in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards
by and, in the case of such statements performed on a consolidated
basis, accompanied by a report thereon unqualified in any respect
of independent certified public accountants of national standing
selected by the US Borrower Representative. The US Borrower
Representative, simultaneously with retaining such independent
public accountants to conduct such annual audit, shall send a
letter to such accountants, with a copy to the Administrative
Agent, the UK Agent and the Lenders, notifying such accountants
that one of the primary purposes for retaining such
accountants’ services and having audited financial statements
prepared by them is for use by the Administrative Agent, the UK
Agent and the Lenders. At reasonable times and upon reasonable
advance notice and the provision of an opportunity for the UK
Borrower Representative to participate or accompany the UK Agent
and/or the Administrative Agent, each UK Borrower hereby authorizes
the Administrative Agent and the UK Agent to communicate directly
with the US Borrowers’ certified public accountants and, by
this provision, authorizes those accountants to disclose to the
Administrative Agent and the UK Agent any and all financial
statements and other supporting financial documents and schedules
relating to the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries and to
discuss directly with the Administrative Agent and the UK Agent the
finances and affairs of the Credit Parties and their
Subsidiaries.
(b)
As soon as available, but in any event not later than forty (40)
days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter, (i) consolidated
unaudited balance sheets of the Parent Guarantor and its
consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Quarter, and
consolidated unaudited income statements and cash flow statements
for the Parent Guarantor and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such
Fiscal Quarter and for the period from the beginning of the Fiscal
Year to the end of such Fiscal Quarter, all in reasonable detail,
fairly presenting the financial position and results of operations
of the Parent Guarantor and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the
date thereof and for such periods, and, in each case, in comparable
form, figures for the corresponding period in the prior Fiscal
Year, (ii) consolidating unaudited balance sheets and income
statements for the Parent Guarantor and its consolidated
Subsidiaries, (iii) unaudited balance sheets and income statements
for the Parent Guarantor and its consolidated US Subsidiaries and
(iv) unaudited balance sheets and income statements for Ravenstock
and its consolidated Subsidiaries, in each case prepared in
accordance with GAAP (other than the absence of footnotes and
subject to normal year-end audit adjustments) applied consistently
with the audited Financial Statements required to be delivered
pursuant to Section 5.2(a) and denominated in Dollars (other
than with respect to clause (iv), which Financial Statements shall
be denominated in Pounds Sterling). The Parent Guarantor shall
certify by a certificate signed by its chief financial officer that
all such statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP
(other than the absence of footnotes and subject to normal year-end
audit adjustments) and fairly present the financial position of the
applicable Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries as at the dates
thereof and their results of operations for the periods then ended,
subject to normal year-end adjustments.
(c)
As soon as available, but in any event not later than thirty (30)
days after the end of each month, (i) unaudited balance sheets and
income statements for the Parent Guarantor and its consolidated US
Subsidiaries and (ii) unaudited balance sheets and income
statements for Ravenstock and its consolidated Subsidiaries, in
each case prepared in accordance
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with GAAP (other than the absence of footnotes
and subject to normal year-end audit adjustments) applied
consistently with the audited Financial Statements required to be
delivered pursuant to Section 5.2(a) and denominated in
Dollars (other than with respect to clause (ii), which such
Financial Statements shall be denominated in Pounds Sterling). The
Parent Guarantor shall certify by a certificate signed by its chief
financial officer that all such statements have been prepared in
accordance with GAAP (other than the absence of footnotes and
subject to normal year-end audit adjustments) and present fairly
the financial position of the applicable Credit Parties and their
Subsidiaries as at the dates thereof and their results of
operations for the periods then ended, subject to normal year-end
adjustments.
(d)
With each of the annual audited Financial Statements delivered
pursuant to Section 5.2(a) , and the unaudited Financial
Statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.2(b) , a
certificate of the chief financial officer of the US Borrower
Representative (the “Compliance Certificate”) setting
forth in reasonable detail the calculations required to establish
that the Credit Parties were in compliance with the covenants set
forth in Sections 7.23 through 7.26 during the period
covered in such Financial Statements and as at the end thereof and
a calculation of Pro Forma EBITDA for the Permitted Acquisitions
completed during such period, and stating that, except as explained
in reasonable detail in such certificate, (A) all of the
representations and warranties of the Credit Parties contained in
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents are correct and
complete in all material respects as at the date of such
certificate as if made at such time, except for those that speak as
of a particular date, (B) the Credit Parties are, at the date of
such certificate, in compliance in all material respects with all
of their respective covenants and agreements in this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents, and (C) no Default or Event of Default
then exists or existed during the period covered by the Financial
Statements for such period. If such certificate discloses that a
representation or warranty is not correct or complete, or that a
covenant has not been complied with, or that a Default or Event of
Default existed or exists, such certificate shall set forth what
action the Applicable Borrower has taken or proposes to take with
respect thereto.
(e)
No sooner than sixty (60) days before and not later than the
beginning of each Fiscal Year, (i) annual forecasts (to include
forecasted consolidated balance sheets, income statements and cash
flow statements) for the Parent Guarantor and its consolidated
Subsidiaries, (ii) annual forecasted income statements for the
Parent Guarantor and its consolidated US Subsidiaries and (iii)
annual forecasted income statements for Ravenstock and its
consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of and for each Fiscal
Quarter of such Fiscal Year approved by the board of directors of
such entity and in detail reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent and the UK Agent.
(f)
Promptly after filing with the PBGC, the IRS or other Governmental
Authority, a copy of each annual report or other filing filed with
respect to any Plan of any Credit Party or any of its
Subsidiaries.
(g)
Promptly upon the filing thereof, copies of all reports, if any, to
or other documents filed by any Credit Party or any of its
Subsidiaries with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the
Exchange Act, and all reports, notices, or statements sent or
received by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries to or from
the holders of any publicly traded equity interests of the US
Borrowers or any such Subsidiary (other than routine
non-material
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correspondence sent by shareholders) or of any
Debt of the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries, including,
without limitation, Debt registered under the Securities Act, or to
or from the trustee under any indenture under which the same is
issued.
(h)
As soon as available, but in any event not later than 15 days after
any Credit Party’s receipt thereof, a copy of all management
reports and management letters prepared for such Credit Party by
any independent certified public accountants of any Credit Party or
any of its Subsidiaries.
(i)
Promptly after their preparation, copies of any and all proxy
statements, financial statements, and reports which any Credit
Party or any of its Subsidiaries makes available to its
shareholders generally.
(j)
If requested by the Administrative Agent or the UK Agent, promptly
after filing with the IRS or any other Governmental Authority, a
copy of each tax return filed by any Credit Party or by any of its
Subsidiaries.
(k)
As soon as available, but in any event within twenty (20) days
after the end of each month (for such month), a Borrowing Base
Certificate in the form of Exhibit B to this Agreement and all
supporting information required in accordance with Section 9
of the Security Agreement and Section 4.4(c) of the UK
Debenture.
(l)
With each of the monthly Financial Statements delivered pursuant to
Section 5.2(c) , a certificate of the chief financial
officer of the US Borrower Representative (the “M&E
Disposition Certificate”) setting forth for the most recently
completed month in reasonable detail: (i) the nature, equipment
identification number and net book value of Eligible Machinery and
Equipment that was sold, exchanged or otherwise disposed pursuant
to Section 7.9(c) hereof, both individually and in the
aggregate, (ii) the amount of proceeds, if any, received in respect
of any such sale, exchange or other disposition of Eligible
Machinery and Equipment, both individually and in the aggregate and
(iii) the purchase price paid, if any, in respect of any Eligible
Machinery and Equipment that was purchased, acquired or otherwise
received in exchange for any Eligible Machinery and Equipment that
was sold, exchanged or otherwise disposed pursuant to Section
7.9(c) hereof, both individually and in the
aggregate.
(m)
With each of the monthly Financial Statements delivered pursuant to
Section 5.2(c) , a certificate of the chief financial
officer of the US Borrower Representative (the “Vehicle Sales
Certificate”), in a form reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, setting forth, in reasonable detail, such
information regarding the sale and lease of motor vehicles subject
to any motor vehicle registration statutes as the Administrative
Agent reasonably requests.
(n)
Such additional information as the Administrative Agent or the UK
Agent may from time to time reasonably request regarding the
financial and business affairs of any Credit Party or any of its
Subsidiaries.
5.3
Notices to the Lenders . Each Borrower shall notify the
Administrative Agent, the UK Agent and the Lenders in writing of
the following matters at the following times:
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(a)
Immediately after becoming aware of any Default or Event of
Default;
(b)
Immediately after becoming aware of the assertion by the holder of
any Capital Stock of any Credit Party or of any of its Subsidiaries
or the holder of any Debt of any Credit Party or any of its
Subsidiaries in a face amount in excess of the Dollar Equivalent of
$2,000,000 that a default exists with respect thereto or that such
Credit Party or such Subsidiary is not in compliance with the terms
thereof, or the threat or commencement by such holder of any
enforcement action because of such asserted default or
non-compliance;
(c)
Immediately after becoming aware of any event or circumstance which
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect;
(d)
Promptly after a Responsible Officer of any Credit Party becomes
aware of any pending or threatened action, suit, or proceeding by
any Person, or any pending or threatened investigation by a
Governmental Authority, which could reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect;
(e)
Promptly after a Responsible Officer of any Credit Party becomes
aware of any pending or threatened strike, work stoppage, unfair
labor practice claim, or other labor dispute affecting any Credit
Party or any of its Subsidiaries in a manner which could reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(f) Promptly after a Responsible Officer of any Credit Party
becomes aware of any violation of any law, statute, regulation, or
ordinance of a Governmental Authority affecting any Credit Party or
any of its Subsidiaries which could reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect;
(g)
Promptly after any Responsible Officer of any Credit Party becomes
aware of receipt of any notice of any violation by any Credit Party
or any of its Subsidiaries of any Environmental Law which could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or that
any Governmental Authority has asserted in writing that any Credit
Party or any of its Subsidiaries is not in compliance with any
Environmental Law or is investigating the Credit Party’s or
such Subsidiary’s compliance therewith;
(h) Promptly after any Responsible Officer of any Credit Party
becomes aware of receipt of any written notice that any Credit
Party or any of its Subsidiaries is or may be liable to any Person
as a result of the Release or threatened Release or that such
Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries is subject to investigation
by any Governmental Authority evaluating whether any remedial
action is needed to respond to the Release or threatened Release
which, in either case, is reasonably likely to give rise to
liability in excess of the Dollar Equivalent of
$2,000,000;
(i)
Promptly after any Responsible Officer of any Credit Party becomes
aware of receipt of any written notice of the imposition of any
Environmental Lien against any property of any Credit Party or any
of its Subsidiaries;
(j)
Any change in a Credit Party’s name as it appears in the
jurisdiction of its organization, organizational identification
number, chief executive office, locations of branches
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of any Credit Party or other Real Estate
locations owned or leased by any Credit Party, its Subsidiaries or
their Agencies at which any Collateral is located, or form of
organization, trade names under which any Credit Party will sell
Inventory or create Accounts, or to which instruments in payment of
Accounts may be made payable, in each case at least thirty (30)
days prior thereto;
(k)
Within ten (10) US Business Days after a Responsible Officer of any
Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate knows that an ERISA Event or a
prohibited transaction (as defined in Sections 406 of ERISA and
4975 of the Code) has occurred, and, when known, any action taken
or threatened by the IRS, the DOL, the PBGC or other applicable
Governmental Authority with respect thereto;
(l)
Upon request, or, in the event that such filing reflects a
significant change with respect to the matters covered thereby,
within three (3) US Business Days after the filing thereof with the
PBGC, the DOL, the IRS or other Governmental Authority, as
applicable, copies of the following: (i) each annual report (Form
5500 series), including Schedule B thereto, filed with the PBGC,
the DOL or the IRS with respect to each Plan, (ii) a copy of each
funding waiver request filed with the PBGC, the DOL or the IRS with
respect to any Plan and all communications received by any Credit
Party or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC, the DOL, the IRS or
other Governmental Authority, with respect to such request, and
(iii) a copy of each other filing or notice filed with the PBGC,
the DOL, the IRS, or other Governmental Authority, with respect to
each Plan by either any Credit Party or any ERISA
Affiliate;
(m)
Upon request, copies of each actuarial report for any Plan, Foreign
Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan and annual report for any
Multiemployer Plan; and within three (3) US Business Days after
receipt thereof by any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate, copies
of the following: (i) any notices of the PBGC’s or other
Governmental Authority’s intention to terminate a Plan or to
have a trustee appointed to administer such Plan; (ii) any
favorable or unfavorable determination letter from the IRS
regarding the qualification of a Plan under Section 401(a)
of the Code; or (iii) any notice from a Multiemployer Plan
regarding the imposition of withdrawal liability;
(n)
Within three (3) US Business Days after the occurrence thereof: (i)
any changes in the benefits of any existing Pension Plan which
increase the Credit Parties’ annual costs with respect
thereto by an amount in excess of the Dollar Equivalent of
$250,000, or the establishment of any new Pension Plan or Foreign
Pension Plan or the commencement of contributions to any Pension
Plan or Foreign Pension Plan to which any Credit Party or any of
its ERISA Affiliates were not previously contributing; or (ii) any
failure by any Credit Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates to make
a required installment or any other required payment under Section
412 of the Code on or before the due date for such installment or
payment;
(o)
Within three (3) US Business Days after a Responsible Officer of
any Credit Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates knows that any of
the following events has or will occur: (i) a Multiemployer Plan
has been or will be terminated; (ii) the administrator or plan
sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan intends to terminate a
Multiemployer Plan; (iii) the PBGC has instituted or will institute
proceedings under Section 4042 of ERISA to terminate a
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Multiemployer Plan; or (iv) a Reportable Event or
Termination Event in respect of any Plan has or will
occur;
(p)
Promptly after any Borrower has notified any Agent of any intention
by any Credit Party to treat the Loans and/or Letters of Credit and
related transactions as being a “reportable
transaction” (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation
Section 1.6011-4), a duly completed copy of IRS Form 8886 or any
successor form;
(q)
Each UK Borrower shall, immediately upon becoming aware of the
same, provide the UK Agent with details in writing of any creditor
of any UK Borrower whose terms of business include retention of
title provisions; and
(r)
Immediately upon the taking, or immediately following any
determination of an intention to take, any corporate action, legal
proceedings, application, petition or other procedure or step in
relation to any of the matters set out in Section 9.1(s) ,
notify the UK Agent of the same.
Each
notice given under this Section shall describe the subject matter
thereof in reasonable detail, and, if applicable, shall set forth
the action that the Applicable Borrower, its Subsidiary, or any
ERISA Affiliate, as applicable, has taken or proposes to take with
respect thereto.
ARTICLE 6.
GENERAL WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS
The
Parent Guarantor and each US Borrower warrant and represent as to
itself and each of their respective Subsidiaries to the US Agents
and the US Lenders that, except as hereafter disclosed to and
accepted by the US Agents and the Required Lenders in
writing:
6.1
Authorization, Validity, and Enforceability of this Agreement
and the Loan Documents . Each Credit Party has the power and
authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents and Transaction Documents to which it is a
party, to incur its Obligations, and to grant to the Applicable
Agents’ Liens upon and security interests in the Collateral.
Each Credit Party has due power and capacity and has taken all
necessary action (including obtaining approval of its stockholders
if necessary) to authorize its execution, delivery, and performance
of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and Transaction
Documents to which it is a party. This Agreement and the other Loan
Documents and Transaction Documents to which it is a party have
been duly executed and delivered by each Credit Party, and
constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of each Credit
Party, enforceable against it in accordance with their respective
terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium or other laws
affecting the rights and remedies of creditors generally and by
general equitable principles. Each Credit Party’s execution,
delivery, and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents and Transaction Documents to which it is a party do not
and will not conflict with, or constitute a violation or breach of,
or result in the imposition of any Lien upon the property of any
Credit Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries, by reason of
the terms of (a) any contract, mortgage, standard security, pledge,
assignation in security, hypothec, lease, agreement,
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indenture, or instrument to which any Credit
Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries is a party or which
is binding upon it, (b) any Requirement of Law applicable to any
Credit Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or (c) the
certificate or articles of incorporation, by-laws, the limited
liability company agreement, limited partnership agreement,
memorandum and articles of association or related
shareholders’ agreement of any Credit Party or any of their
respective Subsidiaries except, in the case of clause (a) only, and
without any qualification of the representation above as to the
imposition of any Lien on any Collateral other than in favor of the
Applicable Security Agent, as could not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
6.2
Validity and Priority of Security Interest . The provisions
of this Agreement, the Mortgages, if any, and the other Loan
Documents create legal and valid Liens on all the Collateral in
favor of the Applicable Security Agent, for the ratable benefit of
the Applicable Security Agents and the Applicable Lenders, and such
Liens constitute perfected and continuing Liens on all the
Collateral, having priority over all other Liens on the Collateral,
except for those Liens identified on Schedule 6.2 or in clauses
(c) , (d) , and (e) of the definition of
Permitted Liens securing all the Obligations of the applicable
Credit Party, and enforceable against the applicable Credit Party
and all third parties, except as enforceability may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium or
other laws affecting the rights and remedies of creditors generally
and by general equitable principles.
6.3
Organization and Qualification . Each Credit Party (a) is
duly organized or incorporated and validly existing in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization or
incorporation, (b) is qualified to do business and is in good
standing in each jurisdiction in which the failure to be so
qualified or in good standing could reasonably be expected to have
a material adverse effect on such Credit Party’s business
operations, prospects, property or condition (financial or
otherwise), and (c) has all requisite power and authority to
conduct its business and to own its property.
6.4
Corporate Name; Prior Transactions . Except as otherwise
disclosed on Schedule 6.4 , no Credit Party has, during the
five (5) years prior to the Closing Date, been known by or used any
other corporate or fictitious name, or been a party to any hive-up,
merger, amalgamation or consolidation, or acquired all or
substantially all of the assets of any Person, or acquired any of
its property outside of the ordinary course of business.
6.5
Subsidiaries and Affiliates . Schedule 6.5 is a
correct and complete list of the name and relationship to the
Parent Guarantor of each and all Parent Guarantor’s
Subsidiaries and other Affiliates. Each Subsidiary of the Credit
Parties is (a) duly incorporated or organized and validly existing
in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization set forth on Schedule 6.5 ,
and (b) qualified to do business and in good standing in each
jurisdiction in which the failure to so qualify or be in good
standing could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse
effect on any such Subsidiary’s business, operations,
prospects, property, or condition (financial or otherwise) and (c)
has all requisite power and authority to conduct its business and
own its property.
6.6
Financial Statements and Projections .
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(a)
The Borrowers have delivered to the Administrative Agent and the UK
Agent the financial statements and information set forth in
Section 5.2(a) in each case as of December 31, 2004, and for
the Fiscal Year then ended, accompanied by the report thereon of
the Parent Guarantor’s independent certified public
accountants, Ernst & Young, LLP. Such financial statements are
attached hereto as Exhibit C. Each Borrower has also delivered to
the Administrative Agent and the UK Agent, the financial statements
and information set forth in Section 5.2(b) as of September
30, 2005. Such financial statements are also attached hereto as
Exhibit C . All such financial statements have been prepared
in accordance with GAAP and present accurately and fairly in all
material respects the financial position of the Parent
Guarantor’s and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the dates
thereof and their results of operations for the periods then ended
(subject, in the case of the financial statements as of September
30, 2005, to normal year-end adjustments).
(b)
The Latest Projections when submitted to the Lenders as required
herein represent each Borrower’s best estimate of the future
financial performance of Parent Guarantor and its consolidated
Subsidiaries for the periods set forth therein. The Latest
Projections have been prepared on the basis of the assumptions set
forth therein, which each Borrower believes are fair and reasonable
in light of current and reasonably foreseeable business conditions
at the time submitted to the Lenders.
6.7
Capitalization . Schedule 6.7 sets forth the
authorized and issued and outstanding Capital Stock of the Parent
Guarantor and each of its Subsidiaries and, as of the Closing Date,
the name of the record owner of the Capital Stock of each direct
and indirect subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor. Such Capital Stock
is fully paid and non-assessable and has the par value set forth on
Schedule 6.7 .
6.8
Solvency . Each Borrower is Solvent prior to and after
giving effect to the Borrowings to be made or continued on the
Closing Date and the issuance of the Letters of Credit and
Guaranties to be issued or continued on the Closing Date and the
consummation of the other transactions on such date, and shall
remain Solvent during the term of this Agreement.
6.9
Debt . After giving effect to the making of the Loans to be
made or continued on the Closing Date and the application of the
proceeds thereof, as of such date the Parent Guarantor and its
Subsidiaries have no Debt in excess of the Dollar Equivalent of
$100,000, except (a) the Obligations, and (b) Debt described on
Schedule 6.9 .
6.10
Distributions . Since September 30, 2003, no Distribution
has been declared, paid, or made upon or in respect of any Capital
Stock or other securities of any Credit Party or any of their
respective Subsidiaries, except as described on Schedule
6.10 or as permitted by Section 7.10 of this Agreement
or the Existing US Credit Agreement.
6.11
Personal Property; Real Estate; Leases.
(a)
Schedule 6.11 sets forth, as of the Closing Date, a correct
and complete list of all Real Estate (including all UK Properties)
owned by each Credit Party and all Real Estate owned by each of
their respective Subsidiaries, all leases and subleases of real or
personal property held by each Credit Party and each of their
respective Subsidiaries as lessee or
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sublessee (other than leases of personal property
involving annual payments of less than $50,000), and all leases and
subleases of real or personal property held by such Credit Party or
any of its Subsidiaries, as lessor, or sublessor (other than leases
of Rental Fleet Assets) and such information is true, complete and
accurate and not misleading in any material respect. As of the
Closing Date, each of such leases and subleases in respect of all
UK Credit Parties and Subsidiaries is valid and enforceable in
accordance with its terms and is in full force and effect, in each
case, against all parties thereto, and in respect of all US Credit
Parties is valid and enforceable in accordance with its terms and
is in full force and effect, in each case, against the applicable
Credit Party or any applicable Subsidiary thereof and, to the best
knowledge of the Borrowers is valid and enforceable in accordance
with its terms and is in full force and effect, against the other
parties thereto, except as set forth in Schedule 6.11 . To
the best of each Borrower’s knowledge no default by any party
to any such lease or sublease exists. Each Credit Party has good
and marketable title in fee simple to, or valid freeholds in the
Real Estate identified in Schedule 6.11 as owned by such
Credit Party, or valid leasehold interests in all Real Estate
designated therein as “leased” by such Credit Party,
and such Credit Party has good, indefeasible, and merchantable
title to all of its other property (other than the UK Properties
(as to which, see Sections 6.11(b) through (i)
below)) reflected on the most recent Financial Statements delivered
to the Administrative Agent, the UK Agent and the Lenders, except
as disposed of in the ordinary course of business or as permitted
by this Agreement or the Existing US Credit Agreement since the
date thereof, free of all Liens except Permitted Liens.
(b)
Except as disclosed on Schedule 6.11 , the UK Properties
comprise all the land and buildings owned, controlled, occupied or
used by any UK Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries or in
relation to which any UK Credit Party or Subsidiary has any right,
interest or actual liability.
(c)
Save as disclosed in the UK Properties Report on Title and the UK
Supplemental Agreement to the UK Properties Report on Title, the
relevant Credit Party or Subsidiary has good and marketable title
to each of the UK Properties free from any Lien and all original
deeds and documents necessary to prove such title are in the
possession or under the control of the Credit Party or Subsidiary
(as the case may be) or are the subject of binding acknowledgements
for production.
(d)
No UK Property is affected by a subsisting contract for sale or
other disposition of any interest in it.
(e)
Save as disclosed in the UK Properties Report on Title and the UK
Supplemental Agreement to the UK Properties Report on Title, each
Credit Party or Subsidiary is the sole legal and beneficial owner
of the relevant UK Property and the proceeds of sale
thereof.
(f)
The Replies to Enquiries are complete, true and accurate in all
material respects and not misleading as at the date given and were
given on the basis set out in the notes to such Replies to
Enquiries. Nothing has occurred or come to light since the date of
the Replies to Enquiries which, if disclosed, would make the
Replies to Enquiries untrue, misleading or inaccurate in any
material respect.
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(g)
Save as disclosed in the UK Properties Report on Title and the UK
Supplemental Agreement to the UK Properties Report on Title, the
deeds, documents and information supplied to Messrs. BP. Collins in
relation to UK Properties in England and Wales and Ledingham
Chalmers in relation to UK Properties in Scotland and McGrigors in
respect of UK Properties in Northern Ireland for the purpose of
preparation of the UK Properties Report on Title comprised all
deeds, documents and information necessary for the proper
compilation of the UK Supplemental Agreement to the UK Properties
Report on Title and were when supplied, and remain now, complete
and accurate in all material respects and not
misleading.
(h)
The information contained in the UK Properties Report on Title, as
supplemented by the UK Supplemental Agreement to the UK Properties
Report on Title is true and accurate in all material respects and
not misleading as at the date of the UK Supplemental Agreement to
the UK Properties Report on Title. The UK Properties Report on
Title as supplemented by the UK Supplemental Agreement to the UK
Properties Report on Title does not fail to disclose or take into
account any matter whose omission makes it misleading in any
material respect. Nothing has occurred or come to light since the
date of the UK Supplemental Agreement to the UK Properties Report
on Title which, if disclosed, would make it untrue, misleading or
inaccurate in any material respect.
(i)
To the best of the knowledge of the Borrowers, no UK Credit Party
or Subsidiary has any actual or contingent obligation or
liabilities in relation to any freehold or leasehold property other
than under its existing title to the UK Properties.
6.12
Proprietary Rights . Schedule 6.12 sets forth a
correct and complete list of all of each Credit Party’s
Proprietary Rights material to its business. None of the
Proprietary Rights set forth on Schedule 6.12 is subject to
any licensing agreement or similar arrangement except as set forth
on Schedule 6.12 . To the best of such Borrower’s
knowledge, none of the Proprietary Rights infringes on or conflicts
with any other Person’s property, and no other Person’s
property infringes on or conflicts with the Proprietary Rights. The
Proprietary Rights described on Schedule 6.12 constitute all
of the property of such type necessary to the current and presently
anticipated future conduct of each Credit Party’s
business.
6.13
Trade Names . All trade names or styles under which any
Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries will sell Inventory or
create Accounts in the conduct of the Credit Party’s
business, or to which instruments in payment of Accounts may be
made payable are listed on Schedule 6.13 .
6.14
Litigation . Except as set forth on Schedule 6.14 ,
there is no pending, or to the best of each Borrower’s
knowledge threatened, action, suit, proceeding, or counterclaim by
any Person, or to the best of each Borrower’s knowledge,
investigation by any Governmental Authority, or any basis for any
of the foregoing, which could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
6.15
Labor Disputes . Except as set forth on Schedule 6.15
, as of the Closing Date (a) there is no collective bargaining
agreement or other labor contract covering employees of any Credit
Party or any of its Subsidiaries, (b) no such collective bargaining
agreement or other labor contract is scheduled to expire during the
term of this Agreement, (c) no union or other labor
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organization is seeking to organize, or to be
recognized as, a collective bargaining unit of employees of any
Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries or for any similar purpose,
and (d) there is no pending or (to the best of each
Borrower’s knowledge) threatened, strike, material work
stoppage, material unfair labor practice claim, or other material
labor dispute against or affecting any Credit Party or any of its
Subsidiaries or their employees.
6.16
Environmental Laws. Except as set forth on Schedule
6.16:
(a)
Each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries have complied in all
material respects with all Environmental Laws and no Credit Party
and none of its Subsidiaries, none of their respective presently
owned real property or presently conducted operations, and, to the
best of the Borrowers’ knowledge, none of its previously
owned real property or prior operations, is subject to any
enforcement order from or liability agreement with any Governmental
Authority or private Person respecting (i) compliance with any
Environmental Law or (ii) any potential liabilities and costs or
remedial action arising from the Release or threatened
Release.
(b)
Each Credit Party and its respective Subsidiaries have obtained all
permits necessary for their current operations under Environmental
Laws, and all such permits are in good standing and each Credit
Party and its respective Subsidiaries are in compliance with all
material terms and conditions of such permits.
(c)
No Credit Party and none of their respective Subsidiaries, and, to
the best of either Borrower’s knowledge, none of their
respective predecessors in interest, has in material violation of
applicable law stored, treated or disposed of any hazardous
waste.
(d)
No Credit Party and none of their respective Subsidiaries has
received any summons, complaint, order or similar written notice
indicating that it is not currently in compliance with, or that any
Governmental Authority is investigating its compliance with, any
Environmental Laws or that it is or may be liable to any other
Person as a result of a Release or threatened Release.
(e)
To the best of each Borrower’s knowledge, none of the present
or past operations of any Credit Party or their respective
Subsidiaries is the subject of any investigation by any
Governmental Authority evaluating whether any remedial action is
needed to respond to a Release or threatened Release.
(f) To the best of each Borrowers’ knowledge, there is not
now, nor has there ever been on or in the Real Estate:
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(1)
any underground storage tanks or surface impoundments that have
caused or could reasonably be expected to cause any Release or are
otherwise not existing on or in the Real Estate in compliance with
any applicable Environmental Law,
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(2)
any asbestos-containing material other than in compliance with all
applicable Environmental Laws, or
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(3)
any polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) used in hydraulic oils,
electrical transformers or other equipment other than in compliance
with all applicable Environmental Laws.
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(g)
No Credit Party and none of their respective Subsidiaries has filed
any notice under any requirement of Environmental Law reporting a
spill or accidental and unpermitted Release or discharge of a
Contaminant into the environment.
(h)
To the best of Borrowers’ knowledge, no Credit Party and none
of their respective Subsidiaries has entered into any negotiations
or settlement agreements with any Person (including the prior owner
of its property) imposing material obligations or liabilities on
either Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries with
respect to any remedial action in response to the Release of a
Contaminant or environmentally related claim.
(i)
None of the products manufactured, distributed or sold by either of
the Borrowers or any of their respective Subsidiaries contain
asbestos containing material.
(j)
No Environmental Lien has attached to the Real Estate.
6.17
No Violation of Law . No Credit Party and none of their
respective Subsidiaries is in violation of any law, statute,
regulation, ordinance, judgment, order, or decree applicable to it
which violation could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
6.18
No Default . No Credit Party and none of their
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