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AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

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Title: AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
Governing Law: Colorado     Date: 11/9/2007
Industry: Communications Services     Law Firm: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP;     Sector: Services

AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT, Parties: atlantic tele-network  inc , commnet wireless  llc
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Exhibit 10.1

 

EXECUTION COPY

 

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

DATED AS OF August 31, 2007,

 

among

 

ATLANTIC TELE-NETWORK, INC.,

 

as Borrower,

 

COBANK, ACB,

 

as Administrative Agent, Arranger, an Issuing Lender and a Lender,

 

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

 

as an Issuing Lender and a Lender,

 

 

and

 

the other Lenders referred to herein

 

 

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

SECTION 1 AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF FACILITIES

1

1.1

Facilities

1

 

(A)

Revolver Facility

2

 

(B)

Term Loan Facility

2

 

(C)

Notes

2

 

(D)

Advances

2

 

(E)

Letters of Credit

2

1.2

Interest

6

 

(A)

Interest Options

6

 

(B)

Applicable Margins

7

 

(C)

Interest Periods

7

 

(D)

Calculation and Payment

8

 

(E)

Default Rate of Interest

8

 

(F)

Excess Interest

8

 

(G)

Selection, Conversion or Continuation of Loans; LIBOR and Quoted Rate Availability

9

1.3

Notice of Borrowing, Conversion or Continuation of Loans

9

1.4

Fees and Expenses

10

 

(A)

Unused Commitment Fees

10

 

(B)

Certain Other Fees

10

 

(C)

Breakage Fee

10

 

(D)

Expenses and Attorneys’ Fees

10

 

(E)

Letter of Credit Fees

11

1.5

Payments

11

1.6

Repayments of Loans and Reduction of the Revolver Loan Commitment

12

 

(A)

Scheduled Termination of Revolver Loan Commitment and Repayments of the Term Loan

12

 

(B)

Reductions Resulting From Mandatory Repayments

12

 

(C)

Voluntary Reduction of the Revolver Loan Commitment

13

 

(D)

Mandatory Repayments

13

1.7

Voluntary Prepayments and Other Mandatory Repayments

13

 

(A)

Voluntary Prepayment of Loans

13

 

(B)

Repayments from Insurance Proceeds

13

 

(C)

Repayments from Certain Asset Dispositions

14

 

(D)

Repayments from Debt Issuances

14

1.8

Application of Prepayments and Repayments; Payment of Breakage Fees, Etc.

14

1.9

Loan Accounts

15

1.10

Changes in LIBOR Rate Availability

15

1.11

Capital Adequacy and Other Adjustments

16

1.12

Optional Prepayment/Replacement of Lender in Respect of Increased Costs

16

1.13

Taxes

17

 

(A)

No Deductions

17

 



 

 

(B)

Foreign Lenders

17

1.14

Changes in Tax Laws

18

1.15

Term of This Agreement

19

1.16

Letter of Credit Liability

19

 

 

 

SECTION 2 AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

19

2.1

Compliance With Laws

19

2.2

Maintenance of Books and Records; Properties; Insurance

20

2.3

Inspection; Lender Meeting

21

2.4

Legal Existence, Etc.

21

2.5

Use of Proceeds

22

2.6

Further Assurances; Notices of Acquisition of Real Property

22

2.7

CoBank Patronage Capital

22

2.8

Collateral Assignments of Material Contracts

22

2.9

Investment Company Act

23

2.10

Payment of Obligations

23

2.11

Environmental Laws

23

2.12

Creation or Acquisition of Subsidiaries

24

 

 

 

 

SECTION 3 NEGATIVE COVENANTS

24

3.1

Indebtedness

25

3.2

Liens and Related Matters

25

3.3

Investments

25

3.4

Contingent Obligations

26

3.5

Restricted Junior Payments

27

3.6

Restriction on Fundamental Changes

27

3.7

Disposal of Assets or Subsidiary Stock

28

3.8

Transactions with Affiliates

28

3.9

Management Fees

29

3.10

Conduct of Business

29

3.11

Fiscal Year

29

3.12

Modification of Agreements

29

3.13

Inconsistent Agreements

29

 

 

 

 

SECTION 4 FINANCIAL COVENANTS AND REPORTING

29

4.1

Total Leverage Ratio

29

4.2

Commnet Leverage Ratio

30

4.3

Debt Service Coverage Ratio

30

4.4

Equity to Assets Ratio

30

4.5

Financial Statements and Other Reports

30

 

(A)

Quarterly Financials; Other Quarterly Reports

31

 

(B)

Year-End Financials

31

 

(C)

Compliance Certificates

31

 

(D)

Accountants’ Reliance Letter

31

 

(E)

Accountants’ Reports

31

 

(F)

Management Report

31

 



 

 

(G)

Budget

32

 

(H)

SEC Filings and Press Releases

32

 

(I)

Events of Default, Etc.

32

 

(J)

Litigation

32

 

(K)

Regulatory and Other Notices

32

 

(L)

Material Adverse Effect

33

 

(M)

Environmental Notices

33

 

(N)

ERISA Events

33

 

(O)

Other Information

33

4.6

Accounting Terms; Utilization of GAAP for Purposes of Calculations Under Agreement

33

 

 

 

 

SECTION 5 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

34

5.1

Disclosure

34

5.2

No Material Adverse Effect

34

5.3

Organization, Powers, Authorization and Good Standing

34

 

(A)

Organization and Powers

34

 

(B)

Authorization; Binding Obligation

34

 

(C)

Qualification

35

5.4

Compliance of Agreement, Loan Documents and Borrowings with Applicable Law

35

5.5

Compliance with Law; Governmental Approvals

35

5.6

Tax Returns and Payments

35

5.7

Environmental Matters

36

5.8

Financial Statements

36

5.9

Intellectual Property

36

5.10

Litigation, Investigations, Audits, Etc.

36

5.11

Employee Labor Matters

37

5.12

ERISA Compliance

37

5.13

Communications Regulatory Matters

37

5.14

Perfection and Priority

38

5.15

Solvency

38

5.16

Investment Company Act

38

5.17

Material Contracts

39

5.18

Title to Properties

39

5.19

Subsidiaries

39

5.20

Transactions with Affiliates

39

5.21

Patriot Act

39

 

 

 

SECTION 6 EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND RIGHTS AND REMEDIES

39

6.1

Event of Default

39

 

(A)

Payment

39

 

(B)

Default in Other Agreements

40

 

(C)

Breach of Certain Provisions

40

 

(D)

Breach of Warranty

40

 

(E)

Other Defaults Under Loan Documents

40

 



 

 

(F)

Involuntary Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver; Etc.

40

 

(G)

Voluntary Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver; Etc.

40

 

(H)

Governmental Liens

41

 

(I)

Judgment and Attachments

41

 

(J)

Dissolution

41

 

(K)

Solvency

41

 

(L)

Injunction

41

 

(M)

ERISA; Pension Plans

41

 

(N)

Environmental Matters

41

 

(O)

Invalidity of Loan Documents

42

 

(P)

Damage; Strike; Casualty

42

 

(Q)

Franchises, Licenses, Permits and Contracts

42

 

(R)

Failure of Security

42

 

(S)

Change in Control

42

 

(T)

Expropriation

42

6.2

Suspension of Loan Commitments

42

6.3

Acceleration

43

6.4

Rights of Collection

43

6.5

Consents

43

6.6

Performance by Administrative Agent

43

6.7

Set Off and Sharing of Payments

44

6.8

Application of Payments

44

6.9

Adjustments

45

 

 

 

 

SECTION 7 CONDITIONS TO LOANS

45

7.1

Conditions to Initial Loan

45

 

(A)

Executed Loan Documents

45

 

(B)

Control Agreements

45

 

(C)

Closing Certificates; Opinions

45

 

(D)

Collateral

46

 

(E)

Consents

47

 

(F)

Financial Matters

47

 

(G)

Miscellaneous

48

7.2

Conditions to All Loans

48

 

 

 

SECTION 8 ASSIGNMENT AND PARTICIPATION

49

8.1

Assignments and Participations in Loans and Notes

49

8.2

Agent

51

 

(A)

Appointment

51

 

(B)

Nature of Duties

51

 

(C)

Rights, Exculpation, Etc.

52

 

(D)

Reliance

52

 

(E)

Indemnification

53

 

(F)

CoBank, Syndication Agent and Documentation Agent Individually

53

 

(G)

Notice of Default

53

 

(H)

Successor Agent

54

 



 

 

(I)

Collateral Matters

54

 

(J)

Agency for Perfection; Enforcement of Security by Administrative Agent

55

 

(K)

Dissemination of Information

56

8.3

Amendments, Consents and Waivers for Certain Actions

56

8.4

Disbursement of Funds

56

8.5

Disbursements of Advances; Payments

57

 

(A)

Pro Rata Treatment; Application

57

 

(B)

Availability of Lender’s Pro Rata Share

57

 

(C)

Return of Payments

57

 

 

 

 

SECTION 9 MISCELLANEOUS

58

9.1

Indemnities

58

9.2

Amendments and Waivers

58

9.3

Notices

59

9.4

Failure or Indulgence Not Waiver; Remedies Cumulative

59

9.5

Marshaling; Payments Set Aside

59

9.6

Severability

60

9.7

Lenders’ Obligations Several; Independent Nature of Lenders’ Rights

60

9.8

Headings

60

9.9

Applicable Law

60

9.10

Successors and Assigns

60

9.11

No Fiduciary Relationship

60

9.12

Construction

60

9.13

Confidentiality

60

9.14

Consent to Jurisdiction and Service of Process

61

9.15

Waiver of Jury Trial

62

9.16

Survival of Warranties and Certain Agreements

62

9.17

Entire Agreement

62

9.18

Counterparts; Effectiveness

63

9.19

Effectiveness of Amendment and Restatement; No Novation

63

9.20

Patriot Act

63

 

 

 

SECTION 10 DEFINITIONS

63

10.1

Certain Defined Terms

63

10.2

Other Definitional Provisions

77

 



 

SCHEDULES

 

Schedule 3.3(C)

Existing Investments

Schedule 3.8

Transactions with Affiliates

Schedule 5.3(A)

Jurisdiction of Organization

Schedule 5.3(C)

Qualification to Transact Business

Schedule 5.10

Litigation, Etc.

Schedule 5.11

Labor Matters

Schedule 5.13(A)

License Information

Schedule 5.13(B)

Valid Licenses

Schedule 5.17

Material Contracts

Schedule 5.19

Subsidiaries

 

 

EXHIBITS

 

 

Exhibit 1.3

Form of Notice of Borrowing/Conversion/Continuation

Exhibit 4.5(C)

Form of Compliance Certificate

Exhibit 10.1(A)

Form of Lender Addition Agreement

Exhibit 10.1(B)

Form of Revolver Note

Exhibit 10.1(C)

Form of Term Note

 



 

INDEX OF DEFINED TERMS

 

Defined Term

 

Defined in Section

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounting Changes

 

 

§4.6

 

Acquisition

 

 

§10.1

 

Act

 

 

§10.1

 

Adjustment Date

 

 

§10.1

 

Administrative Agent

 

 

§10.1

 

Affiliate

 

 

§10.1

 

Affected Lender

 

 

§1.12

 

Agreement

 

 

§10.1

 

Airplane Indebtedness

 

 

§3.1(D)

 

Amendment Date

 

 

Preamble

 

Applicable Law

 

 

§10.1

 

Arranger

 

 

§10.1

 

Asset Disposition

 

 

§10.1

 

Available Revolver Loan Commitment

 

 

§10.1

 

Bankruptcy Code

 

 

§10.1

 

Base Rate

 

 

§10.1

 

Base Rate Loans

 

 

§10.1

 

Benefited Lender

 

 

§6.9

 

Bermuda Digital Communications, Ltd.

 

 

§10.1

 

Borrower

 

 

Preamble

 

Breakage Fee

 

 

§1.4(C)

 

Budgets

 

 

§4.5(G)

 

Business Day

 

 

§10.1

 

Calculation Period

 

 

§10.1

 

Capital Lease

 

 

§10.1

 

Cash Equivalents

 

 

§10.1

 

Certificate of Exemption

 

 

§1.13(B)

 

Change of Control

 

 

§10.1

 

Closing Date

 

 

§10.1

 

CoBank

 

 

Preamble

 

Collateral

 

 

§10.1

 

Collateral Contract Assignments

 

 

§10.1

 

Commnet

 

 

Recitals

 

Commnet Leverage Ratio

 

 

§10.1

 

Commnet Operating Agreement

 

 

§10.1

 

Communications Act

 

 

§10.1

 

Communications System

 

 

§10.1

 

Compliance Certificate

 

 

§4.5(C)

 

Contingent Obligation

 

 

§10.1

 

Debt Service

 

 

§10.1

 

 



 

Amended and Restated Credit Agreement/Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc.

 

Debt Service Coverage Ratio

 

 

§10.1

 

Default

 

 

§10.1

 

EBITDA

 

 

§10.1

 

Electing Lender

 

 

§1.8

 

Eligible Assignee

 

 

§10.1

 

Environmental Laws

 

 

§10.1

 

Equity

 

 

§10.1

 

Equity to Assets Ratio

 

 

§10.1

 

ERISA

 

 

§10.1

 

ERISA Affiliate

 

 

§10.1

 

ERISA Event

 

 

§10.1

 

Event of Default

 

 

§6.1

 

Excess Cash Flow

 

 

§10.1

 

Existing Credit Agreement

 

 

Recitals

 

Facility(ies)

 

 

§10.1

 

FCC

 

 

§10.1

 

FDPA

 

 

§2.2

 

Federal Funds Rate

 

 

§10.1

 

Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio

 

 

§10.1

 

Fixed Charges

 

 

§10.1

 

Foreign Lender

 

 

§1.13(B)

 

Franchise

 

 

§10.1

 

Funding Date

 

 

§7.2

 

GAAP

 

 

§10.1

 

Governmental Approvals

 

 

§10.1

 

Governmental Authority

 

 

§10.1

 

Guaranty

 

 

§10.1

 

Indebtedness

 

 

§10.1

 

Indemnitees

 

 

§9.1

 

Intellectual Property Rights

 

 

§5.9

 

Interest Expense

 

 

§10.1

 

Interest Period

 

 

§10.1

 

Interest Rate Agreement

 

 

§10.1

 

Investment

 

 

§10.1

 

Issuing Lender

 

 

§10.1

 

IRC

 

 

§10.1

 

Lender(s)

 

 

§10.1

 

Lender Addition Agreement

 

 

§10.1

 

Letter(s) of Credit

 

 

§1.1(E)

 

Letter of Credit Liability

 

 

§10.1

 

Letter of Non-Exemption

 

 

§1.13(B)

 

LIBOR

 

 

§10.1

 

LIBOR Interest Period

 

 

§1.2(B)

 

LIBOR Loans

 

 

§10.1

 

LIBOR Margin

 

 

§10.1

 

 

2



 

Licenses

 

 

§10.1

 

Lien

 

 

§10.1

 

Loan(s)

 

 

§10.1

 

Loan Commitment(s)

 

 

§10.1

 

Loan Documents

 

 

§10.1

 

Material Adverse Effect

 

 

§10.1

 

Material Contracts

 

 

§10.1

 

Multi-employer Plan

 

 

§10.1

 

Net Proceeds

 

 

§10.1

 

Note(s)

 

 

§10.1

 

Notice of Borrowing/Conversion/Continuation

 

 

§1.3(A)

 

Obligations

 

 

§10.1

 

Patriot Act

 

 

§9.20

 

PBGC

 

 

§10.1

 

Pension Plan

 

 

§10.1

 

Permitted Acquisition

 

 

§3.6

 

Permitted Encumbrances

 

 

§10.1

 

Person

 

 

§10.1

 

Plan

 

 

§10.1

 

Pro Rata Share

 

 

§10.1

 

PUC

 

 

§10.1

 

Purchase Agreement

 

 

§10.1

 

Put—Call

 

 

§3.5

 

Quoted Rate

 

 

§1.2(a)(i)(3)

 

Quoted Rate Loan

 

 

§10.1

 

Quoted Rate Interest Period

 

 

§1.2(a)(i)(3)

 

Replacement Lender

 

 

§1.12(A)

 

Representatives

 

 

§8.2(E)

 

Related Interest Rate Agreement

 

 

§10.1

 

Reportable Event

 

 

§10.1

 

Requisite Lenders

 

 

§10.1

 

Restricted Junior Payment

 

 

§10.1

 

Revolver Commitment Fee

 

 

§1.4(A)

 

Revolver Expiration Date

 

 

§10.1

 

Revolver Facility

 

 

§10.1

 

Revolver Loan Commitment

 

 

§10.1

 

Revolver Loan(s)

 

 

§10.1

 

Revolver Note(s)

 

 

§10.1

 

SEC

 

 

§4.5(H)

 

Security Agreements

 

 

§10.1

 

Security Documents

 

 

§10.1

 

Security Interest

 

 

§10.1

 

Statement

 

 

§4.5(B)

 

Subsidiary

 

 

§10.1

 

Tax Liabilities

 

 

§1.13(A)

 

 

3



 

Term Loan

 

 

§10.1

 

Term Loan Commitment

 

 

§10.1

 

Term Loan Facility

 

 

§10.1

 

Term Loan Maturity Date

 

 

§10.1

 

Term Loan Note(s)

 

 

§10.1

 

Term Loans

 

 

§10.1

 

Total Leverage Ratio

 

 

§10.1

 

UCP

 

 

§1.1(E)

 

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

This AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT is entered into as of August 31, 2007 (the “ Amendment Date ”), among ATLANTIC TELE-NETWORK, INC. , a Delaware corporation (“ Borrower ”), COBANK, ACB (individually, “ CoBank ”), as Administrative Agent, Arranger, an Issuing Lender and a Lender, BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO , as an Issuing Lender and a Lender, and such other Lenders as may from time to time become a party to this Agreement. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in Subsection 10.1.

 

R E C I T A L S :

 

WHEREAS, Borrower, Administrative Agent and Lenders previously entered into a Credit Agreement, dated as of September 15, 2005 (the “ Existing Credit Agreement ”), pursuant to which Lenders extended certain financial accommodations to Borrower consisting of the Revolver Facility, and the Term Loan Facility, the proceeds of which are available to fund Borrower’s purchase of 95% of the outstanding membership interests of Commnet Wireless, LLC (“ Commnet ”), to repay in full all outstanding principal of and interest on all indebtedness of Commnet and its Subsidiaries, to provide funds for the capital expenditures of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, to provide funds for the working capital needs and other general corporate purposes of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and to finance certain costs associated with the Facilities; and

 

WHEREAS, Borrower has secured all of its Obligations under the Loan Documents by granting to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of itself and Lenders, a first priority security interest in and lien upon all or substantially all of its now owned or hereafter acquired personal and real property; and

 

WHEREAS , Borrower, Administrative Agent and Lenders have agreed to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement as described herein, to provide for Letters of Credit and for certain other amendments described herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree, and amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement in its entirety, as follows:

 

SECTION 1
AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF FACILITIES

 

1.1           Facilities. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and in reliance upon the representations, warranties and covenants of Borrower contained herein and in the other Loan Documents:

 



 

(A)          Revolver Facility . Each Lender, severally and not jointly, agrees to lend to Borrower, from time to time during the period commencing on the date all conditions precedent set forth in Subsections 7.1 and 7.2 are satisfied or waived as provided herein and ending on the Business Day immediately preceding the Revolver Expiration Date, its Pro Rata Share of each Revolver Loan; provided that no Lender shall be required at any time to lend more than its respective Pro Rata Share of the Available Revolver Loan Commitment; and provided , further , that at any one time the aggregate principal amount of the Revolver Loans outstanding may not exceed the Revolver Loan Commitment less the outstanding Letter of Credit Liability. Within the limits of and subject to the Available Revolver Loan Commitment, this Subsection 1.1(A) and Subsections 1.6, 1.7 and 1.8, amounts borrowed under this Subsection 1.1(A) may be repaid or prepaid and, at any time up to and including the Business Day immediately preceding the Revolver Expiration Date, reborrowed.

 

(B)           Term Loan Facility . Each Lender, severally and not jointly, agrees to lend to Borrower, in a single advance on the Closing Date, its Pro Rata Share of the Term Loan Commitment; provided all conditions precedent set forth in Subsections 7.1 and 7.2 are satisfied or waived as provided herein. Amounts borrowed under this Subsection 1.1(B) that are repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed.

 

(C)           Notes . Borrower shall execute and deliver to each Lender a Revolver Note and a Term Note, dated the Closing Date, in the principal amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Revolver Loan Commitment and the Term Loan Commitment, respectively.

 

(D)          Advances . Loans will be made available by wire transfer of immediately available funds. Wire transfers will be made to such account or accounts as may be authorized by Borrower. Advances under the Term Loan are only available on the Closing Date.

 

(E)           Letters of Credit. The Revolver Loan Commitment shall, in addition to advances as Revolver Loans, be utilized, upon the request of Borrower, for the issuance of irrevocable letters of credit (individually, a “ Letter of Credit ” and, collectively, the “ Letters of Credit ”) by an Issuing Lender for the account of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries. Immediately upon the issuance by an Issuing Lender of a Letter of Credit, and without further action on the part of Administrative Agent or any Lenders, each Lender shall be deemed to have purchased from such Issuing Lender a participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Revolver Loan Commitment of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. Each Letter of Credit shall reduce the amount available under the Revolver Loan Commitment by the maximum amount capable of being drawn under such Letter of Credit.

 

(i)            Maximum Amount . The aggregate amount of Letter of Credit Liability with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding at any time for the account of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries may not exceed $1,000,000 and the aggregate amount of Letter of Credit Liability with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding for the account of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries plus the aggregate principal amount of Revolver Loans outstanding at any time may not exceed the Revolver Loan Commitment.
 
(ii)           Reimbursement . Borrower is irrevocably and unconditionally obligated without presentment, demand, protest or other formalities of any kind to reimburse

 

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an Issuing Lender in immediately available funds for any amounts paid by an Issuing Lender with respect to a Letter of Credit issued hereunder for the account of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries. Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of drawing under such Letter of Credit, the Issuing Lender shall notify Borrower and Administrative Agent thereof. Not later than 11:00 a.m. on the date of any payment by the Issuing Lender under a Letter of Credit, Borrower shall reimburse the Issuing Lender through Administrative Agent in the amount equal to the amount of such drawing. If Borrower fails to so reimburse the Issuing Lender by such time, Borrower shall be deemed to have requested Administrative Agent to make a Revolver Loan in the amount of the payment made by such Issuing Lender with respect to such Letter of Credit, provided that, after giving effect to such Revolver Loan, the outstanding amount of all Revolver Loans shall not exceed the Revolver Loan Commitment. If the Letter of Credit is payable in a foreign currency, the amount owed by Borrower in connection with such Letter of Credit shall equal the United States dollar equivalent of such foreign currency (determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion) on the date such payment is made by such Issuing Lender. All amounts paid by an Issuing Lender with respect to any Letter of Credit that are not immediately repaid by Borrower or that are not repaid with a Revolver Loan shall bear interest at the sum of the Base Rate plus 1% per annum. Each Lender agrees to fund its Pro Rata Share of any Revolver Loan made pursuant to this Subsection 1.1(E)(2). In the event Administrative Agent elects not to debit Borrower’s account and Borrower fails to reimburse an Issuing Lender in full on the date of any payment in respect of a Letter of Credit issued for the account of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender the amount of such unreimbursed payment and the accrued interest thereon and each such Lender, on the next Business Day, shall deliver to Administrative Agent an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share thereof in same day funds. Each Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to each Issuing Lender upon demand by such Issuing Lender such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of each payment made by such Issuing Lender in respect of a Letter of Credit and not immediately reimbursed by Borrower. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligations to acquire participations pursuant to this Subsection 1.1(E)(2) in respect of Letters of Credit and to make the payments to each Issuing Lender required by the preceding sentence are absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including the occurrence and continuance of a Default or an Event of Default or any failure by Borrower to satisfy any of the conditions set forth in Subsection 7.2. If any Lender fails to make available to an Issuing Lender the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any payments made by such Issuing Lender in respect of a Letter of Credit as provided in this Subsection 1.1(E)(2), such Issuing Lender shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Lender together with interest at the Base Rate.
 
(iii)          Conditions of Issuance of Letters of Credit . In addition to all other terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the issuance by an Issuing Lender of any Letter of Credit shall be subject to the conditions precedent that the Letter of Credit shall be in such form, be for such amount, and contain such terms and conditions as are reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lender. The expiration date of each Letter of Credit must be on a date which is the earlier of one year from its date of issuance or
 

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the 30th day before the date set forth in clause (ii) of the definition of the term “Revolver Loan Expiration Date,” or such other date as agreed to by both Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lender, in their sole discretion.
 
(iv)          Request for Letters of Credit . Borrower must give Administrative Agent at least three Business Days’ prior written notice, which notice will be irrevocable, specifying the date a Letter of Credit is requested to be issued and the amount and the currency in which such Letter of Credit is payable, identifying the beneficiary and describing the nature of the transactions proposed to be supported thereby. Any notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit shall be accompanied by the form of the Letter of Credit to be provided by an Issuing Lender. Borrower must also complete any application procedures and documents required by an Issuing Lender in connection with the issuance of any Letter of Credit, including a certificate regarding Borrower’s compliance with the provisions of Subsection 7.2 of this Agreement.
 
(v)           Borrower Obligations Absolute . The obligations of Borrower under this Subsection 1.1(E) are irrevocable, will remain in full force and effect until the Issuing Lender and Lenders have no further obligations to make any payments or disbursements under any circumstances with respect to any Letter of Credit, shall be absolute and unconditional, shall not be subject to counterclaim, setoff or other defense or any other qualification or exception whatsoever and shall be paid in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement under all circumstances, including, without limitation, any of the following circumstances:
 

(1)           Any lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents or any documents or instruments relating to any Letter of Credit;

 

(2)           Any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the obligations in respect of any Letter of Credit or any other amendment, modification or waiver of or any consent to or departure from any Letter of Credit, any documents or instruments relating thereto, or any Loan Document in each case whether or not Borrower or its Subsidiaries has notice or knowledge thereof;

 

(3)           The existence of any claim, setoff, defense or other right that Borrower or its Subsidiaries may have at any time against a beneficiary named in a Letter of Credit, any transferee of any Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such transferee may be acting), Administrative Agent, any Issuing Lender, any Lender, or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, any other Loan Document, any Letter of Credit, the transactions contemplated hereby or any other related or unrelated transaction or transactions (including any underlying transaction between Borrower or its Subsidiaries and the beneficiary named in any such Letter of Credit);

 

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(4)           Any draft, certificate or any other document presented under any Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, any errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of any messages, by mail, telecopier or otherwise, or any errors in translation or in interpretation of technical terms;

 

(5)           Payment under any Letter of Credit against presentation of a demand, draft or certificate or other document which does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit;

 

(6)           Any defense based upon the failure of any drawing under any Letter of Credit to conform to the terms of such Letter of Credit ( provided that any draft, certificate or other document presented pursuant to such Letter of Credit appears on its face to comply with the terms thereof), any nonapplication or misapplication by the beneficiary or any transferee of the proceeds of such drawing or any other act or omission of such beneficiary or transferee in connection with such Letter of Credit;

 

(7)           The exchange, release, surrender or impairment of any collateral or other security for the obligations;

 

(8)           The occurrence of any Default or Event of Default; or

 

(9)           Any other circumstance or event whatsoever, including, without limitation, any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, Borrower, any Subsidiary or a guarantor.

 

Any action taken or omitted to be taken by an Issuing Lender under or in connection with any Letter of Credit, if taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct, is binding upon Borrower and its Subsidiaries and shall not create or result in any liability of such Issuing Lender to Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries. It is expressly agreed that, for purposes of determining whether a wrongful payment under a Letter of Credit resulted from such Issuing Lender’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, none of the following shall be deemed to constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct by such Issuing Lender: (i)  Issuing Lender’s acceptance of documents that appear on their face to comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit, without responsibility for further investigation, (ii)  Issuing Lender’s exclusive reliance on the documents presented to it under such Letter of Credit as to any and all matters set forth therein, including the amount of any draft presented under such Letter of Credit, whether or not the amount due to the beneficiary thereunder equals the amount of such draft and whether or not any document presented pursuant to such Letter of Credit proves to be insufficient in any respect (so long as such document appears on its face to comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), and whether or not any other statement or any other document presented pursuant to such Letter of Credit proves to be forged or invalid or any statement therein proves to be inaccurate or untrue in any respect whatsoever, and

 

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(iii) any noncompliance in any immaterial respect of the documents presented under such Letter of Credit with the terms thereof.

 

(vi)          Obligations of Issuing Lenders . Each Issuing Lender (other than CoBank) hereby agrees that it will not issue a Letter of Credit hereunder until it has provided Administrative Agent with written notice specifying the amount and intended issuance date of such Letter of Credit and Administrative Agent has returned a written acknowledgment of such notice to Issuing Lender. Each Issuing Lender (other than CoBank) further agrees to provide to Administrative Agent: (a) a copy of each Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender promptly after its issuance; (ii) a monthly report summarizing available amounts under Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender, the dates and amounts of any draws under such Letters of Credit, the effective date of any increase or decrease in the face amount of any Letters of Credit during such month and the amount of any unreimbursed draws under such Letters of Credit; and (iii) such additional information reasonably requested by Administrative Agent from time to time with respect to the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender.
 
(vii)         UCP . The Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits as most recently published from time to time by the International Chamber of Commerce (the “ UCP ”) is hereby incorporated in this Agreement and shall be deemed incorporated by this reference into each Letter of Credit issued pursuant to this Agreement. The terms and conditions of the UCP shall be binding on the parties to this Agreement and each beneficiary of any Letter of Credit issued pursuant to this Agreement.
 

1.2           Interest .

 

(A)          Interest Options .

 

(i)            From the date each Loan is made, based upon the election of Borrower, at such time and from time to time thereafter (as provided in Subsection 1.3 and subject to the conditions set forth in such Subsection and Subsection 1.2(G)), each such Loan shall accrue interest as follows:
 

(1)           as a Base Rate Loan, at the sum of the Base Rate plus 1% per annum; or

 

(2)           as a LIBOR Loan, for the applicable LIBOR Interest Period, at the sum of LIBOR plus the LIBOR Margin applicable to such Loan from time to time as provided in Subsection 1.2(B); or

 

(3)           for the Term Loan only, as a Quoted Rate Loan, at a fixed annual interest rate (the “ Quoted Rate ”) to be quoted by CoBank in its sole and absolute discretion. Under this option, the interest rate may be fixed for periods ranging from 180 days to the Term Loan Maturity Date (each such period, a “ Quoted Rate Interest Period ”); provided , however , that a Quoted Rate Interest Period may only expire on a Business Day; and provided , however , further , that there initially shall be

 

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a Quoted Rate Interest Period for the full amount of the Term Loan from the Closing Date to the Term Loan Maturity Date at a fixed per annum interest rate of 5.85%; and

 

(ii)           Except as otherwise provided in Subsections 1.2(E) and 6.6, interest on all other Obligations not paid when due will accrue at the Base Rate plus 1% per annum.
 

(B)           Applicable Margins .

 

Initially, and continuing through the day immediately preceding the first Adjustment Date occurring on or after September 30, 2005 on which Borrower demonstrates that a change in the LIBOR Margin is warranted and requests such change in writing, the LIBOR Margin shall be 1.50%. Commencing on such Adjustment Date, the applicable Base Rate Margin and LIBOR Margin for any Revolver Loan and any Term Loan shall be for each Calculation Period the per annum percentage set forth in the pricing table below opposite the applicable Total Leverage Ratio of Borrower, determined on a consolidated basis for Borrower and its Subsidiaries; provided , that effective (i) upon the occurrence of an Event of Default and until such Event of Default is cured or waived or (ii) in the event that Administrative Agent shall not receive the financial statements and Compliance Certificate required pursuant to Subsections 4.5(A), 4.5(B) and 4.5(C) when due, from such due date and until the fifth Business Day following Administrative Agent’s receipt of such overdue financial statements and Compliance Certificate (and in the event a decrease in the applicable margin is then warranted, receipt of Borrower’s written request to decrease such margin), the LIBOR Rate Margin shall be 1.50% per annum.

 

PRICING TABLE — Revolver Loan and Term Loan

 

Total Leverage Ratio

 

LIBOR Margin

 

> 1.5x

 

1.50

%

< 1.5x

 

1.25

%

 

(C)           Interest Periods . Each LIBOR Loan may be obtained for a one, two, three, six, nine or 12 month period (each such period being an “ LIBOR Interest Period ”). With respect to all LIBOR Loans:

 

(i)            the LIBOR Interest Period will commence on the date that the LIBOR Loan is made or the date on which any portion of the Base Rate Loan is converted into a LIBOR Loan, or, in the case of immediately successive Interest Periods, each successive Interest Period shall commence on the day on which the immediately preceding LIBOR Interest Period expires;
 
(ii)           if the LIBOR Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day, then it will expire on the next Business Day; provided , that if any LIBOR Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day and such day is the last Business Day of a calendar month, such LIBOR Interest Period shall expire on the Business Day next preceding such day;

 

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(iii)          any LIBOR Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month in such LIBOR Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month in such LIBOR Interest Period; and
 
(iv)          no LIBOR Interest Period shall be selected that extends beyond the Revolver Expiration Date or the Term Loan Maturity Date.
 

(D)          Calculation and Payment . Interest on Loans including amounts due under Subsection 1.4, shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual number of days elapsed. The date of funding or conversion to a Base Rate Loan and the first day of an Interest Period shall be included in the calculation of interest. The date of payment (as determined in Subsection 1.5) of any Loan and the last day of an Interest Period shall be excluded from the calculation of interest; provided , if a Loan is repaid on the same day that it is made, one day’s interest shall be charged.

 

Interest accruing on Base Rate Loans and Quoted Rate Loans is payable in arrears on each of the following dates or events: (i) the last day of each calendar quarter; (ii) the prepayment of such Loan (or portion thereof), to the extent accrued on the principal prepaid; and (iii) the Term Loan Maturity Date or the Revolver Expiration Date, as the case may be, whether by acceleration or otherwise. Interest accruing on each LIBOR Loan is payable in arrears on each of the following dates or events: (i) the last day of each applicable LIBOR Interest Period; (ii) if the LIBOR Interest Period is longer than three months, on each three-month anniversary of the commencement date of such LIBOR Interest Period; (iii) the prepayment of such Loan (or portion thereof), to the extent accrued on the principal prepaid; and (iv) the Term Loan Maturity Date or the Revolver Expiration Date, as the case may be, whether by acceleration or otherwise.

 

(E)           Default Rate of Interest . At the election of Administrative Agent or Requisite Lenders, after the occurrence of an Event of Default and for so long as it continues, all Loans and other Obligations shall bear interest at rates that are 2% in excess of the rates otherwise in effect, including, without limitation, rates in effect pursuant to the proviso in the second sentence of Subsection 1.2(B), with respect to such Loans and other Obligations.

 

(F)           Excess Interest . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, the aggregate interest, fees and other amounts required to be paid by Borrower to Lenders or any Lender hereunder are hereby expressly limited so that in no contingency or event whatsoever, whether by reason of acceleration of maturity of the Indebtedness evidenced hereby or otherwise, shall the amount paid or agreed to be paid to Lenders or any Lender for the use or the forbearance of the Indebtedness or Obligations evidenced hereby exceed the maximum permissible under Applicable Law. If under or from any circumstances whatsoever, fulfillment of any provision hereof or of any of the other Loan Documents at the time of performance of such provision shall be due, shall involve exceeding the limit of such validity prescribed by Applicable Law then the obligation to be fulfilled shall automatically be reduced to the limit of such validity and if under or from circumstances whatsoever Lenders or any Lender should ever receive as interest any amount which would exceed the highest lawful rate, the amount of such interest that is excessive shall be applied to the reduction of the principal balance of the Obligations evidenced hereby and not to the payment of interest.

 

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Additionally, should the method used for calculating interest (i.e., using a 360-day year) be unlawful, such calculation method shall be automatically changed to a 365-6-day year or such other lawful calculation method as is reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent. This provision shall control every other provision of this Agreement and all provisions of every other Loan Document.

 

(G)           Selection, Conversion or Continuation of Loans; LIBOR and Quoted Rate Availability . Provided that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is then continuing, Borrower shall have the option to (i) select all or any part of a new borrowing to be a Base Rate Loan, a LIBOR Loan or, only under the Term Loan Facility, a Quoted Rate Loan, in the case of a Base Rate Loan in a principal amount equal to at least $100,000, in the case of a LIBOR Loan in a principal amount equal to $1,000,000 or any whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof, or, only under the Term Loan Facility, a Quoted Rate Loan in a principal amount equal to $5,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, (ii) convert at any time all or any portion of a Base Rate Loan in a principal amount equal to $1,000,000 or any whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof into a LIBOR Loan or, only under the Term Loan Facility, in a principal amount equal to $5,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof into a Quoted Rate Loan, (iii) upon the expiration of its Interest Period, convert all or any part of any LIBOR Loan or, only under the Term Loan Facility, a Quoted Rate Loan into a Base Rate Loan, and (iv) upon the expiration of its Interest Period, continue any LIBOR Loan or, only under the Term Loan Facility, a Quoted Rate Loan into one or more LIBOR Loans in a principal amount of $1,000,000 or any whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof or, only under the Term Loan Facility, one or more Quoted Rate Loans in a principal amount of $5,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, for such new Interest Period(s) as selected by Borrower. Each LIBOR Loan shall be made under any one of the Revolver Facility or the Term Loan Facility, but may not be made under more than one Facility concurrently. During any period in which any Default or Event of Default is continuing, as the Interest Periods for LIBOR Loans or Quoted Rate Loans then in effect expire, such Loans shall be converted into a Base Rate Loan and the LIBOR and Quoted Rate options will not be available to Borrower until all Defaults and Events of Default are cured or waived. In the event Borrower fails to elect a LIBOR Loan or Quoted Rate Loan upon any advance hereunder or upon the termination of any Interest Period, Borrower shall be deemed to have elected to have such amount constitute a Base Rate Loan. There shall be no more than an aggregate of five LIBOR Loans and Quoted Rate Loans Outstanding at any one time.

 

1.3           Notice of Borrowing, Conversion or Continuation of Loans . Whenever Borrower desires to request a Loan pursuant to Subsection 1.1(A) or (B) or to convert or continue Loans pursuant to Subsection 1.2(G), Borrower shall give Administrative Agent irrevocable prior written notice in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 1.3 (a “ Notice of Borrowing/Conversion/Continuation ”) not later than 11:00 a.m. (Denver, Colorado time) three Business Days before the proposed borrowing, conversion or continuation is to be effective. Each Notice of Borrowing/Conversion/Continuation shall specify (i) the Loan (or portion thereof) to be advanced, converted or continued and, with respect to any LIBOR Loan or Quoted Rate Loan to be converted or continued, the last day of the current Interest Period therefor, (ii) the effective date of such borrowing, conversion or continuation (which shall be a Business Day), (iii) the principal amount of such Loan to be borrowed, converted or continued, (iv) the Interest Period to be applicable to any new LIBOR Loan or Quoted Rate Loan, and (v) the Facility under which such borrowing, conversion or continuation is to be made.

 

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Administrative Agent shall give each Lender prompt written notice of any Notice of Borrowing/Conversion/Continuation given on by Borrower.

 

1.4           Fees and Expenses .

 

(A)          Unused Commitment Fees . From the Closing Date, Borrower shall be obligated to pay Administrative Agent, for the benefit of all Lenders (based upon their respective Pro Rata Shares of the Revolver Loan Commitment), a fee (the “ Revolver Commitment Fee ”) in an amount equal to (i) the Revolver Loan Commitment less the sum of (a) the average daily outstanding balance of Revolver Loans plus (b) the average daily outstanding Letter of Credit Liability, in each case during the preceding calendar quarter multiplied by (ii) .375% calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual number of days elapsed. Such fees are to be paid quarterly in arrears on the last day of each calendar quarter for such calendar quarter (or portion thereof), with the final such payment due on the Revolver Expiration Date.

 

(B)           Certain Other Fees . Borrower shall be obligated to pay to CoBank, individually, fees in the amounts and at the times specified in the letter agreement dated July 22, 2005, between Borrower and CoBank and to the Administrative Agent fees in the amounts specified in the letter agreement dated as of the Amendment Date, between Borrower and Administrative Agent.

 

(C)           Breakage Fee . Upon any repayment or payment of a LIBOR Loan or Quoted Rate Loan on any day that is not the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto (regardless of the source of such repayment or prepayment and whether voluntary, mandatory, by acceleration or otherwise), Borrower shall be obligated to pay Administrative Agent, for the benefit of all affected Lenders, an amount (the “ Breakage Fee ”) equal to the present value of any losses, expenses and liabilities (including any loss (including interest paid) sustained by each such affected Lender in connection with the reemployment of such funds) that any such affected Lender may sustain as a result of the payment of such LIBOR Loan or Quoted Rate Loan on such day. For purposes of calculating amounts payable by Borrower to Lenders under this Subsection 1.4(C), each LIBOR Loan or Quoted Rate Loan made by a Lender (and each related reserve, special deposit or similar requirement) shall be conclusively deemed to have been funded at the LIBOR rate for such LIBOR Loan or Quoted Rate for such Quoted Rate Loan by a matching deposit or other borrowing in the interbank eurocurrency market for a comparable amount and for a comparable period, whether or not such LIBOR Loan or Quoted Rate Loan is in fact so funded. In addition, upon any repayment or prepayment of a LIBOR Loan or Quoted Rate Loan on any day that is not the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto (regardless of the source of such repayment or prepayment and whether voluntary, mandatory, by acceleration or otherwise), Borrower shall be obligated to pay Administrative Agent, not for the benefit of Lenders, an administrative fee of $300.

 

(D)          Expenses and Attorneys’ Fees . In addition to fees due under Subsections 1.4(A) and 1.4(B), Borrower agrees to pay promptly all reasonable fees, costs and expenses (including those of attorneys) incurred by Administrative Agent in connection with (i) any matters contemplated by or arising out of the Loan Documents, (ii) the continued administration of the Loan Documents, including any such fees, costs and expenses incurred in perfecting, maintaining, determining the priority of and releasing any security and any tax payable in connection

 

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with any Loan Documents and any amendments, modifications and waivers. In addition to fees due under Subsections 1.4(A) and (B), Borrower shall also reimburse on demand each of Administrative Agent and Banco Popular de Puerto Rico for its expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred in connection with the documenting and closing the transactions contemplated herein. In addition to fees due under Subsections 1.4(A) and (B), Borrower agrees to pay promptly (i) all reasonable fees, costs and expenses incurred by Administrative and Lenders in connection with any amendment, supplement, waiver or modification of any of the Loan Documents and (ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket fees, costs and expenses incurred by each of Administrative Agent and Lenders in connection with any Default or Event of Default and any enforcement of collection proceeding resulting therefrom or any workout or restructuring of any of the transactions hereunder or contemplated thereby or any action to enforce any Loan Document or to collect any payments due from Borrower. All fees, costs and expenses for which Borrower is responsible under this Subsection 1.4(D) shall be deemed part of the Obligations when incurred, payable upon demand and in accordance with the second paragraph of Subsection 1.5 and shall be secured by the Collateral.

 

(E)           Letter of Credit Fees . From the Closing Date, Borrower shall pay Administrative Agent for the account of all Lenders committed to make Revolver Loans (based upon their respective Pro Rata Shares) a fee for each Letter of Credit from the date of issuance to the date of termination in an amount equal to the applicable LIBOR Margin per annum multiplied by the face amount of such Letter of Credit. Such fee shall be payable to Administrative Agent for the benefit of all Lenders committed to make Revolver Loans (based upon their respective Pro Rata Shares). Such fee is to be paid quarterly in arrears on the last day of each calendar quarter and the termination of the Letter of Credit. With respect to each Letter of Credit, Borrower shall also pay Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Issuing Lender issuing such Letter of Credit, an issuance fee equal to the greater of (1) $100 or (ii) 0.125% of the face amount of such Letter of Credit, which amount shall be paid upon the date of issuance and, if the expiration date of such Letter of Credit is later than one year from its date of issuance, upon each anniversary of the date of issuance during the term of such Letter of Credit.

 

1.5           Payments . All payments by Borrower of the Obligations shall be made in same day funds and delivered to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of itself and Lenders, as applicable, by wire transfer to the following account or such other place as Administrative Agent may from time to time designate:

 

CoBank, ACB
Greenwood Village, Colorado
ABA Number 3070-8875-4
Reference:  CoBank for the benefit of ATN

 

Borrower shall receive credit on the day of receipt for funds received by Administrative Agent by 11:00 a.m. (Denver, Colorado time) on any Business Day. Funds received on any Business Day after such time shall be deemed to have been paid on the next Business Day. Whenever any payment to be made hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment shall be due on the next succeeding Business Day and such extension of time shall be included in the computation of the amount of interest and fees due hereunder.

 

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Borrower authorizes Lenders to make (but Lenders shall not be obligated to make) a Base Rate Loan under the Revolver Facility, on the basis of the Lenders’ respective Pro Rata Shares of the Revolver Facility, for the payment of interest, commitment fees, Breakage Fees and any other costs and expenses due hereunder at any time during the continuance of an Event of Default without prior notice to Borrower, provided that Administrative Agent shall give Borrower notice thereof promptly thereafter although the failure of Administrative Agent to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such Base Rate Loan.

 

To the extent Borrower or any other party or Person makes a payment or payments to Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of Lenders or for the benefit of Administrative Agent in its individual capacity, which payments or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside and/or required to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party under any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause, or any combination of the foregoing (whether by demand, litigation, settlement or otherwise), then, to the extent of such payment or proceeds repaid, the Obligations or part thereof intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment or proceeds had not been received by Administrative Agent.

 

Each payment received by Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any Note for account of any Lender shall be remitted by Administrative Agent to such Lender promptly after Administrative Agent’s receipt thereof, and such remittance shall be made in immediately available funds for the account of such Lender for the Loans or other obligation in respect of which such payment is made.

 

1.6           Repayments of Loans and Reduction of the Revolver Loan Commitment .

 

(A)          Scheduled Termination of Revolver Loan Commitment and Repayments of the Term Loan .

 

(1)           Scheduled Termination of Revolver Loan Commitment . In addition to any reduction pursuant to Subsections 1.6(B) and 1.6(C), the Revolver Loan Commitment shall be permanently terminated in full on the Revolver Expiration Date, and any outstanding principal balance of the Revolver Loans not sooner due and payable will become due and payable on the Revolver Expiration Date.
 
(2)           Scheduled Repayments of the Term Loan . In addition to any repayments pursuant to Subsections 1.7 and 1.8, the outstanding principal balance of the Term Loan not sooner due and payable will become due and payable on the Term Loan Maturity Date.
 

(B)           Reductions Resulting From Mandatory Repayments . The Revolver Loan Commitment also will be permanently reduced to the extent and in the amount that Borrower is required, pursuant to Subsection 1.8, to apply mandatory repayments to be made pursuant to Subsection 1.7(B), (C) and (D) to the Revolver Facility (whether or not any Revolver Loans are then outstanding and available to be repaid). All reductions provided for in this Subsection 1.6(B) shall be in addition to the voluntary reductions provided for in Subsection 1.6(C) and, accordingly, may

 

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result in the termination of the Revolver Loan Commitment prior to the date set forth in clause (ii) of the definition of the term Revolver Expiration Date.

 

(C)           Voluntary Reduction of the Revolver Loan Commitment . Borrower shall have the right, upon at least three Business Days’ prior written notice to Administrative Agent, to terminate or permanently reduce the then unused portion of the Revolver Loan Commitment. Each partial reduction shall be in a minimum amount of at least $250,000, or any whole multiple thereof in excess thereof, and shall be applied as to each Lender based upon its Pro Rata Share. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no reduction shall be permitted if, after giving effect thereto and to any prepayment made in connection therewith, the aggregate principal balance of the Revolver Loans then outstanding under the Revolver Facility plus the amount of the Letter of Credit Liability would exceed the Revolver Loan Commitment as so reduced. All reductions elected under this Subsection 1.6(C) shall be in addition to the reductions in the Revolver Loan Commitment provided for in Subsections 1.6(A)(1) and 1.6(B) and, accordingly, may result in the termination of the Revolver Loan Commitment prior to the date set forth in clause (ii) of the definition of the term Revolver Expiration Date.

 

(D)          Mandatory Repayments . If at any time the aggregate outstanding amount of Revolver Loans plus the amount of the Letter of Credit Liability exceeds the Revolver Loan Commitment, Borrower shall be obligated to repay promptly the Revolver Loans or reduce the Letter of Credit Liability pursuant to Subsection 1.16 in an amount at least sufficient to reduce the aggregate principal balance of such Revolver Loans then outstanding plus the amount of the Letter of Credit Liability to the amount of the Revolver Loan Commitment, and until such repayment is made, Lenders shall not be obligated to make any additional Revolver Loans. Any repayments pursuant to this Subsection 1.6(D) shall be paid and applied in accordance with Subsection 1.8 and must be accompanied by accrued interest on the amount repaid and any applicable Breakage Fees.

 

1.7           Voluntary Prepayments and Other Mandatory Repayments .

 

(A)          Voluntary Prepayment of Loans . Subject to the provisions of Subsection 1.8 and the notice requirement in the following sentence, at any time, Borrower may prepay (i) the Base Rate Loan, in whole or in part, without penalty, and (ii) any LIBOR Loan or Quoted Rate Loan, in whole or in part, upon payment of applicable Breakage Fees. Notice of any prepayment of (a) a Base Rate Loan shall be given not later than 11 a.m. (Denver, Colorado time) on the Business Day immediately preceding the date of prepayment, and (b) a LIBOR Loan or Quoted Rate Loan shall be given not later than 11:00 a.m. (Denver, Colorado time) on the third Business Day immediately preceding the date of prepayment. All partial prepayments shall be in a minimum amount of at least $250,000, or any whole multiple thereof in excess thereof (or the entire remaining balance of the applicable Loan Commitment), and shall be paid and applied in accordance with Subsection 1.8. All prepayment notices shall be irrevocable. All prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest on the amount prepaid and any applicable Breakage Fees.

 

(B)           Repayments from Insurance Proceeds . Immediately upon receipt thereof, Borrower shall be obligated to repay the Loans (or reduce the Letter of Credit Liability pursuant to Subsection 1.16 ) in an amount equal to all Net Proceeds received by Borrower or any Subsidiary of Borrower that are insurance proceeds from any Asset Disposition (which Asset Disposition, together

 

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with all other such Asset Dispositions covered by this Subsection 1.7(B), exceeds $3,000,000 in the aggregate over the term of this Agreement); provided , however , that if no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrower shall not be required to repay the Loans with the Net Proceeds if Borrower or such Subsidiary (i) has previously applied cash or (ii) applies such Net Proceeds, to repair or replace the lost, damaged or destroyed assets within 180 days of receipt by Borrower or such Subsidiary of such Net Proceeds. All such repayments shall be paid and applied in accordance with Subsection 1.8. All prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest on the amount prepaid and any applicable Breakage Fees.

 

(C)           Repayments from Certain Asset Dispositions . Immediately upon receipt thereof, Borrower shall be obligated to repay the Loans (or reduce the Letter of Credit Liability pursuant to Subsection 1.16 ) in an amount equal to all Net Proceeds by Borrower or any Subsidiary of Borrower that are from Asset Dispositions, other than insurance proceeds or from Asset Dispositions permitted pursuant to Subsection 3.7; provided , however , that if (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (ii) the aggregate of all such Net Proceeds during the 12-month period ending on the date of such proposed reinvestment does not exceed 5% of Borrower’s then amount of consolidated assets, Borrower shall not be required to repay the Loans with the Net Proceeds if Borrower or such Subsidiary applies such Net Proceeds to acquire equipment or other assets that are used or useful in the business of Borrower and or such Subsidiary within 180 days of receipt by Borrower or such Subsidiary of such Net Proceeds. All such repayments shall be paid and applied in accordance with Subsection 1.8. All prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest on the amount prepaid and any applicable Breakage Fees.

 

(D)          Repayments from Debt Issuances . Immediately upon receipt by Borrower or any Subsidiary of Borrower of Net Proceeds relating to the issuance by Borrower or any Subsidiary of Borrower of any public or private debt (other than pursuant to Subsection 3.1), Borrower shall be obligated to repay the Loans (or reduce the Letter of Credit Liability pursuant to Subsection 1.16 ) in an amount equal to such Net Proceeds. All such repayments shall be paid and applied in accordance with Subsection 1.8. All prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest on the amount prepaid and any applicable Breakage Fees.

 

1.8           Application of Prepayments and Repayments; Payment of Breakage Fees, Etc. Absent a prior written direction from Borrower to apply any repayment made pursuant to Subsection 1.7(B) through (D) to the principal balance of the Term Loan facility, each such repayment shall be first applied to reduce the Revolver Loan Commitment (and, to the extent as a result thereof the Revolver Loan Commitment exceeds the then outstanding principal balance of the Revolver Loans plus the amount of the Letter of Credit Liability, to repay the Revolver Loans (or reduce the Letter of Credit Liability pursuant to Subsection 1.16 )). After the Revolver Loan Facility is repaid and the Revolver Loan Commitment reduced in full, each repayment made pursuant to Subsection 1.7(B) through (D) shall be applied to the principal balance of Term Loan Facility. All repayments made pursuant to Subsections 1.6 and 1.7 shall first be applied to a Base Rate Loan or such of the LIBOR Loans or Quoted Rate Loans as Borrower shall direct in writing and, in the absence of such direction, shall first be applied to a Base Rate Loan and then to such LIBOR Loans and then to such Quoted Rate Loans as Administrative Agent shall select. All prepayments and repayments required or permitted hereunder shall be accompanied by payment of all applicable Breakage Fees and accrued interest on

 

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the amount prepaid or repaid. All prepayments and repayments applied to the Term Loan shall be applied to principal installments in the inverse order of maturity.

 

1.9           Loan Accounts . Administrative Agent will maintain loan account records for (i) all Loans, interest charges and payments thereof, (ii) all Letter of Credit Liability, (iii) the charging and payment of all fees, costs and expenses and (iv) all other debits and credits pursuant to this Agreement. The balance in the loan accounts shall be presumptive evidence of the amounts due and owing to Lenders, absent manifest error, provided that any failure by Administrative Agent to maintain such records shall not limit or affect Borrower’s obligation to pay. During the continuance of an Event of Default, Borrower irrevocably waives the right to direct the application of any and all payments and Borrower hereby irrevocably agrees that Administrative Agent shall have the continuing exclusive right to apply and reapply payments to any of the Obligations in any manner it deems appropriate.

 

1.10         Changes in LIBOR Rate Availability . (A)  If with respect to any proposed LIBOR Interest Period, Administrative Agent or any Lender (after consultation with Administrative Agent) determines that deposits in dollars (in the applicable amount) are not being offered in the relevant market for such LIBOR Interest Period, or Lenders having a Pro Rata Share of 50% or more under a Facility determine (and notify Administrative Agent) that the LIBOR rate applicable pursuant to Subsection 1.2(A)(1) for any requested LIBOR Interest Period with respect to a proposed LIBOR Loan under such Facility does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding such Loan, Administrative Agent shall forthwith give notice thereof to Borrower and Lenders, whereupon and until such affected Lender or Lenders notifies Administrative Agent, and Administrative Agent notifies Borrower and the other Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such situation no longer exist, the obligations of any affected Lender to make its portion of such type of LIBOR Loan shall be suspended and such affected Lender shall make its Pro Rata Share of such type of LIBOR Loans as a Base Rate Loan or such other type of Loan as permitted by Administrative Agent. Any Lender may, in its sole discretion, waive the benefits and provisions of this Subsection with respect to any proposed LIBOR Interest Period.

 

(B)           If the introduction of, or any change in, any Applicable Law or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by any Lender with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any such Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency, in each case occurring after the Closing Date, shall make it unlawful or impossible for one or more Lenders to honor its obligations hereunder to make or maintain any LIBOR Loan, such Lender shall promptly give notice thereof to Administrative Agent, and Administrative Agent shall promptly give notice thereof to Borrower and all other Lenders. Thereafter, until such Lender or Lenders notifies Administrative Agent, and Administrative Agent notifies Borrower and the other Lenders that such circumstances no longer exist, (i) the obligations of such Lender or Lenders to make LIBOR Loans and the right of Borrower to convert any Loan of such Lender or Lenders to a LIBOR Loan or continue any Loan of such Lender or Lenders as a LIBOR Loan shall be suspended and (ii) if any Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain a LIBOR Loan to the end of the then current LIBOR Interest Period applicable thereto, such Loan shall immediately be converted to the Base Rate Loan.

 

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1.11                            Capital Adequacy and Other Adjustments .

 

(A)                               If after the Closing Date there occurs the introduction, or change in the interpretation, of any law, rule, or regulation the effect of which would increase the reserve requirement or otherwise increase the cost to any Lender of making or maintaining a LIBOR Loan, then Administrative Agent, on behalf of all affected Lenders, shall submit a certificate to Borrower setting forth the amount and demonstrating the calculation of such increased cost. Borrower shall be obligated to pay the amount of such increased cost to Administrative Agent for the benefit of the affected Lenders within 15 days after receipt of such certificate. Such certificate shall, absent manifest error, be final, conclusive and binding for all purposes. There is no limitation on the number of times such a certificate may be submitted; provided that any such certificate may not seek increased costs for any period prior to the date that is six months prior to the date of such certificate.

 

(B)                                 In the event that the adoption after the Closing Date of any law, treaty, governmental (or quasi-governmental) rule, regulation, guideline or order regarding capital adequacy, reserve requirements or similar requirements or compliance by any Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender with any request or directive regarding capital adequacy, reserve requirements or similar requirements (whether or not having the force of law and whether or not failure to comply therewith would be unlawful) from any central bank or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction does or shall have the effect of increasing the amount of capital, reserves or other funds required to be maintained by such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender and thereby reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or such corporation’s capital as a consequence of its obligations hereunder, then Borrower shall be obligated, from time to time within 15 days after notice and demand from such Lender (together with the certificate referred to in the next sentence and with a copy to Administrative Agent), to pay to Administrative Agent, for the account of such Lender, additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender for such reduction. A certificate as to the amount of such cost and showing the basis of the computation of such cost submitted by such Lender to Borrower and Administrative Agent shall, absent manifest error, be final, conclusive and binding for all purposes. There is no limitation on the number of times such a certificate may be submitted; provided that any such certificate may not seek increased costs for any period prior to the date that is six months prior to the date of such certificate.

 

1.12                            Optional Prepayment/Replacement of Lender in Respect of Increased Costs . Within 15 days after receipt by Borrower of written notice and demand from any Lender (an “ Affected Lender ”) for payment of additional costs as provided in Subsections 1.11, 1.13 or 1.14 or if it becomes illegal or impossible for any Lender to continue to fund or to make LIBOR Loans pursuant to Subsection 1.10(B), as a result of any condition described in either of such Subsections, then, unless such Lender has theretofore removed or cured the conditions creating the cause for such obligation to pay such additional amounts or for such illegality or impossibility, Borrower may, at its option, notify Administrative Agent and such Affected Lender of its intention to do one of the following:

 

(A)                               Borrower may obtain, at Borrower’s expense, a replacement Lender (“ Replacement Lender ”) for such Affected Lender, which Replacement Lender shall be reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent. In the event Borrower obtains a Replacement Lender within 90 days following notice of its intention to do so, the Affected Lender shall sell and assign its Loans and

 

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its obligations under the Loan Commitments to such Replacement Lender at a price (including accrued interest) that is reasonably acceptable to the Affected Lender and the Replacement Lender, provided that Borrower has reimbursed such Affected Lender for its increased costs for which it is entitled to reimbursement under this Agreement through the date of such sale and assignment; or

 

(B)                                 Borrower may prepay in full all outstanding Obligations owed to such Affected Lender and terminate such Affected Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Loan Commitments, in which case the Loan Commitments will be permanently reduced by the amount of such Pro Rata Share. Borrower shall, within 90 days following notice of its intention to do so, prepay in full all outstanding Obligations owed to such Affected Lender (including all applicable Breakage Fees and such Affected Lender’s increased costs for which it is entitled to reimbursement under this Agreement through the date of such prepayment), and terminate such Affected Lender’s obligations under the Loan Commitments. Any such prepayment pursuant to this Subsection 1.12(B) shall be applied in accordance with Subsection 1.8 (except that such prepayment shall be solely for the account of the Affected Lender and not for the account of all the Lenders in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares) and shall be accompanied by payment of all applicable Breakage Fees and accrued interest on the amount repaid.

 

1.13                            Taxes.

 

(A)                               No Deductions . Any and all payments or reimbursements made hereunder or under the Notes shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any and all taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, and all liabilities with respect thereto (all such taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto, excluding such taxes imposed on net income, herein “ Tax Liabilities ”), excluding, however, franchise taxes and taxes imposed on the net income of a Lender or Administrative Agent by the federal, state, local or foreign taxing authorities in the jurisdiction in which the principal place of business of such Lender or Administrative Agent is located. If Borrower shall be required by law to deduct any such amounts from or in respect of any sum payable hereunder to any Lender or Administrative Agent, then, except as provided in Subsection 1.13(B) and the last sentence of this Subsection 1.13(A), the sum payable hereunder shall be increased as may be necessary so that, after making all required deductions, such Lender or Administrative Agent receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Lender that fails to provide Borrower and Administrative Agent a properly completed and executed IRS Form W-9 will be subject to backup withholding on payments to such Lender without any gross-up hereunder.

 

(B)                                 Foreign Lenders . Each Lender which would be considered a foreign lender under the IRC (“ Foreign Lender ”) as to which payments made under this Agreement or under the Notes is exempt for withholding tax under the IRC or is subject to withholding tax at a reduced rate under an applicable statute or tax treaty shall provide to Borrower and Administrative Agent (i) a properly completed and executed United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or W-8BEN or other applicable form, certificate or document prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service of the United States certifying as to such Foreign Lender’s entitlement to such exemption or reduced rate of withholding with respect to payments to be made to such Foreign Lender under this Agreement and under the Notes (a “ Certificate of Exemption ”) or (ii) letter from any such Foreign Lender stating that it is not entitled to any such exemption or reduced rate of withholding (a “ Letter of Non-Exemption ”).

 

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Prior to becoming a Lender under this Agreement and within 15 days after a reasonable written request of Borrower or Administrative Agent from time to time thereafter, each Foreign Lender that becomes a Lender under this Agreement shall provide a Certificate of Exemption or a Letter of Non-Exemption to Borrower and Administrative Agent.

 

If a Foreign Lender is entitled to an exemption with respect to payments to be made to such Foreign Lender under this Agreement (or to a reduced rate of withholding) and does not provide a Certificate of Exemption to Borrower and Administrative Agent within the time periods set forth in the preceding paragraph, Borrower shall withhold taxes from payments to such Foreign Lender at the applicable statutory rates and Borrower shall not be required to pay any additional amounts as a result of such withholding, provided that all such withholding shall cease or be reduced, as appropriate, upon delivery by such Foreign Lender of a Certificate of Exemption to Borrower and Administrative Agent.

 

1.14                            Changes in Tax Laws . In the event that, subsequent to the Closing Date, (i) any changes in any existing law, regulation, treaty or directive or in the interpretation or application thereof, (ii) any new law, regulation, treaty or directive enacted or any interpretation or application thereof, or (iii) compliance by Administrative Agent or any Lender with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority:

 

(1)                                   does or shall subject Administrative Agent or any Lender to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any Loans made hereunder, or change the basis of taxation of payments to Administrative Agent or such Lender of principal, fees, interest or any other amount payable hereunder (except for net income taxes or franchise taxes, imposed generally by federal, state, local or foreign taxing authorities in the jurisdiction in which the principal place of business of such Lender or Administrative Agent is located with respect to interest or commitment or other fees payable hereunder or changes in the rate of tax imposed by such jurisdictions on the overall net income of Administrative Agent or such Lender); or

 

(2)                                   does or shall impose on Administrative Agent or any Lender any other condition or increased cost in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or participations herein;

 

and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to Administrative Agent or any such Lender of making or continuing any Loan hereunder, or to reduce any amount receivable hereunder, as the case may be, then, in any such case, Borrower shall be obligated to promptly pay to Administrative Agent or such Lender, upon its demand, any additional amounts necessary to compensate Administrative Agent or such Lender, on an after-tax basis, for such additional cost or reduced amount receivable, as reasonably determined by Administrative Agent or such Lender with respect to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents. If Administrative Agent or such Lender becomes entitled to claim any additional amounts pursuant to this Subsection 1.14, it shall promptly notify Borrower of the event by reason of which Administrative Agent or such Lender has become so entitled. A certificate as to any additional amounts payable pursuant to the foregoing sentence submitted by Administrative Agent or such Lender to Borrower and Administrative Agent shall,

 

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absent manifest error, be final, conclusive and binding for all purposes. There is no limitation on the number of times such a certificate may be submitted.

 

1.15                            Term of This Agreement . All of the Obligations shall become due and payable as otherwise set forth herein, but in any event, all of the remaining Obligations shall become due and payable on October 31, 2010. This Agreement shall remain in effect through and including, and (except with respect to provisions hereof expressly stated herein to survive any such termination) shall terminate immediately after, the date on which all Obligations shall have been indefeasibly and irrevocably paid and satisfied in full.

 

1.16                            Letter of Credit Liability . Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and at the direction of Administrative Agent, and in the event any Letters of Credit are outstanding at the time that Borrower terminates the Revolver Loan Commitment, then (a) with respect to each such Letter of Credit, Borrower shall either (i) deliver to Administrative Agent for the benefit of all Lenders with a Revolver Loan Commitment a letter of credit in the same currency that such Letter of Credit is payable, with a term that extends 60 days beyond the expiration date of such Letter of Credit, issued by a bank satisfactory to Administrative Agent and in an amount equal to 103% of the aggregate outstanding Letter of Credit Liability with respect to such Letter of Credit, which letter of credit shall be drawable by Administrative Agent to reimburse payments of drafts drawn under such Letter of Credit and to pay any fees and expenses related thereto or (ii) immediately deposit with Administrative Agent an amount equal to the aggregate outstanding Letter of Credit Liability to enable Administrative Agent to make payments under the Letters of Credit when required and such amount shall become immediately due and payable, and (b) Borrower shall prepay the fees payable under Subsection 1.4(F)  with respect to all such Letters of Credit for the full remaining terms of such Letters of Credit. Upon termination of any such Letter of Credit, the unearned portion of such prepaid fee attributable to such Letter of Credit shall be refunded to Borrower.

 

SECTION 2
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

 

Borrower hereby covenants and agrees that so long as this Agreement is in effect and until payment in full of all Obligations (other than unasserted indemnity claims), unless Requisite Lenders shall otherwise give their prior written consent, Borrower shall perform and comply, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to perform and comply, with all covenants in this Section 2.

 

2.1                                  Compliance With Laws . Borrower will (i) comply with and will cause its respective Subsidiaries to comply with the requirements of all Applicable Laws (including laws, rules, regulations and orders relating to taxes, employer and employee contributions, securities, employee retirement and welfare benefits, environmental protection matters and employee health and safety) as now in effect and which may be imposed in the future in all jurisdictions in which Borrower or any Subsidiary of Borrower are now or hereafter doing business, (ii) obtain and maintain and will cause each of its Subsidiaries, to obtain and maintain all licenses, qualifications and permits (including the Franchises and the Licenses) now held or hereafter required for Borrower or any Subsidiary of

 

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Borrower to operate, and (iii) comply with and will cause its respective Subsidiaries to comply with all Material Contracts, other than, in all such cases, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. This Subsection 2.1 shall not preclude Borrower or any Subsidiary of Borrower from contesting any taxes or other payments, if they are being diligently contested in good faith and if adequate reserves therefor are maintained in conformity with GAAP.

 

2.2                                  Maintenance of Books and Records; Properties; Insurance . Borrower will keep and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to keep adequate records and books of account, in which full, true and correct entries will be made in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, reflecting all financial transactions of such Persons. Borrower will maintain or cause to be maintained and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain or cause to be maintained in good repair, working order and condition all Collateral used in its business and the business of its Subsidiaries, and will make or cause to be made all appropriate repairs, renewals and replacements thereof, except for (i) dispositions of assets permitted hereunder or (ii) as would not reasonably, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Borrower will and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain complete, accurate and up-to-date books, records, accounts and other information relating to all Collateral in such form and in such detail as may be satisfactory to Administrative Agent. Borrower will maintain or cause to be maintained and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain or cause to be maintained, with financially sound and reputable insurers, insurance with respect to its business and properties and the business and properties of its Subsidiaries against loss and damage of the kinds and of such types, with such insurers, in such amounts, with such limits and deductibles and otherwise on such terms and conditions as customarily carried or maintained by corporations of established reputation engaged in similar businesses, and will deliver evidence thereof to Administrative Agent on or prior to the Closing Date, and thereafter at least 30 days prior to any expiration thereof, evidence of renewal of such insurance. If any part of the Collateral lies within a “special flood hazard area” as defined and specified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (or other appropriate Governmental Authority) pursuant to the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended (the “ FDPA ”), and Administrative Agent determines that flood insurance coverage is required to be obtained for such Collateral in order for Administrative Agent and Lenders to comply with the FDPA, the appropriate Borrower shall obtain and maintain such flood insurance policies as Administrative Agent reasonably requests so that Administrative Agent and Lenders shall be deemed in compliance with the FDPA and shall deliver evidence thereof to Administrative Agent. Such policies of flood insurance shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent and shall be in an amount of at least the lesser of the value of such Collateral constituting buildings, structures or personal property located within the “special flood hazard area” or the maximum limit of coverage available under Applicable Law. Borrower will cause (i) Administrative Agent, for the benefit of itself and Lenders, pursuant to endorsements and assignments in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, to be named (A) as a lender loss payee or mortgagee in the case of property loss and damage insurance, (B) as assignee in the case of all business interruption insurance and (C) as an additional insured in the case of all flood insurance and workers’ compensation insurance (to the extent permitted by Applicable Law) and (ii) Administrative Agent, pursuant to endorsements in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent, to be named as an additional insured in the case of all liability insurance. All insurance policies required hereunder shall (i) include effective waivers by the insurer

 

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of subrogation against Administrative Agent, Lenders and their respective affiliates and any right of insurer to any setoff or counterclaim or any other deduction, whether by attachment or otherwise, in respect of any liability of Borrower (or its Subsidiaries), (ii) following notice to Borrower during the continuation of a Default or Event of Default, provide that all insurance proceeds shall be adjusted with and paid to Administrative Agent, (iii) be non-cancelable and not subject to material change as to Administrative Agent except upon 30 days prior written notice given by the insurer to Administrative Agent, (iv) contain a breach of representation or warranty provision in favor of Administrative Agent, (v) contain a cross liability clause, (vi) with respect to property loss and damage insurance and business interruption insurance, provide that the interests of the Administrative Agent shall not be invalidated by any action or inaction (other than non-payment) of Borrower, its Subsidiaries, or any other Person, and shall insure the Administrative Agent regardless of any breach or violation by Borrower, its Subsidiaries or any other person, of any warranties, declarations or conditions of such policies and (vii) provide that the insurance be primary and without right of contribution from any other insurance which may be available to Administrative Agent and expressly provide that all provisions thereof, except the limits of liability (which shall be applicable to all insureds as a group), shall operate in the same manner as if there were a separate policy covering each insured, and liability for premiums shall be solely a liability of Borrower.

 

Administrative Agent shall be entitled, upon reasonable advance notice, to review and/or receive copies of, the insurance policies of Borrower and its Subsidiaries carried and maintained with respect to Borrower’s obligations under this Subsection 2.2. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no provision of this Subsection 2.2 or any provision of this Agreement shall impose on Administrative Agent and Lenders any duty or obligation to verify the existence or adequacy of the insurance coverage maintained by Borrower and its Subsidiaries, nor shall Administrative Agent and Lenders be responsible for any representations or warranties made by or on behalf of Borrower and its Subsidiaries to any insurance broker, company or underwriter. Administrative Agent, at its sole option, may obtain such insurance if not provided by Borrower and in such event, Borrower shall reimburse Administrative Agent upon demand for the cost thereof.

 

2.3                                  Inspection; Lender Meeting . Borrower will permit and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to permit, at the expense of Borrower, any authorized representatives of any Lender (i) to visit and inspect any of its properties and the properties of its Subsidiaries, including their financial and accounting records, and to make copies and take extracts therefrom, and (ii) to discuss its and their affairs, finances and business with its and their officers, employees and certified public accountants, in both cases upon reasonable prior notice at such reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as may be reasonably requested; provided , that, except during the continuance of a Default, each visit or inspection by a Lender in excess of one visit or inspection  during a calendar year shall be at the expense of such Lender. Without in any way limiting the foregoing, Borrower will participate in and will cause its key management personnel to participate in a meeting with Administrative Agent and Lenders at least once during each year, which meeting shall be held at such time and such place as may be reasonably requested by Administrative Agent.

 

2.4                                  Legal Existence, Etc. Except as otherwise permitted by Subsection 3.6, Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and good standing and all rights and franchises (including the Franchises and the

 

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Licenses), except as permitted hereunder as and as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

2.5                                  Use of Proceeds . Borrower will use the proceeds of the Loans, and will cause any of its Subsidiaries who receive (directly or indirectly) proceeds of the Loans to use such proceeds, solely for the purposes described in the recital paragraphs to this Agreement. No part of any Loan will be used (directly or indirectly) to purchase any “margin stock” as defined in, or otherwise in violation of, the regulations of the Federal Reserve System.

 

2.6                                  Further Assurances; Notices of Acquisition of Real Property . Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, from time to time, do, execute and deliver all such additional and further acts, documents and instruments as Administrative Agent or any Lender reasonably requests to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to vest completely in and assure Administrative Agent and Lenders of their respective rights under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including such financing statements, documents, security agreements and reports to evidence, perfect or otherwise implement the security for repayment of the Obligations contemplated by the Loan Documents. Borrower will notify Administrative Agent in each Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Subsection 4.5(C) of the acquisition (including by way of lease) by Borrower (or its Subsidiaries) of any real property or any interest therein including all easements and licenses (and the cost thereof or annual rentals with respect thereto), and of any registered intellectual property, or the opening of any new deposit, investment or other accounts, and will execute and deliver all such additional documents and instruments as Administrative Agent may reasonably  require, promptly upon the request of Administrative Agent (including, upon written request of Administrative Agent, mortgages, title insurance policies, landlord and mortgagee waivers and consents, UCC financing statements (including fixture filings), environmental audits, completed environmental questionnaires, surveys, assignments, control agreements and legal opinions).

 

2.7                                  CoBank Patronage Capital . So long as CoBank is a Lender hereunder, Borrower will acquire non-voting participation certificates in CoBank in such amounts and at such times as CoBank may require in accordance with CoBank’s Bylaws and Capital Plan (as each may be amended from time to time), except that the maximum amount of participation certificates that Borrower may be required to purchase in CoBank in connection with the Loans may not exceed the maximum amount permitted by the Bylaws at the time this Agreement is entered into. The rights and obligations of the parties with respect to such participation certificates and any distributions made on account thereof or on account of Borrower’s patronage with CoBank shall be governed by CoBank’s Bylaws. CoBank agrees that all Loans that are made by CoBank and that are retained for its own account and not sold in a participation shall be entitled to patronage distributions in accordance with the CoBank’s Bylaws; all Loans that are made by CoBank and are included in a sale of a participation shall not be entitled to patronage distributions. CoBank’s Pro Rata Share of the Loans and other Obligations due to CoBank shall be secured by a statutory first lien on all equity which Borrower may now own or hereafter acquire in CoBank. Such equity shall not, however , constitute security for the Obligations due to any other Lender. CoBank shall not be obligated to set off or otherwise apply such equities to Borrower’s obligations to CoBank.

 

2.8                                  Collateral Assignments of Material Contracts . Borrower and its Subsidiaries, as appropriate, shall promptly execute and deliver to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of

 

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Administrative Agent and all Lenders, all such Collateral Contract Assignments with respect to Material Contracts as Administrative Agent may request from time to time, such Collateral Contract Assignments to contain, to the extent obtainable through the use of reasonably commercial efforts, a consent to the collateral assignment of the applicable Material Contract satisfactory to Administrative Agent and containing such other reasonable terms and conditions in light of the nature of the applicable Material Contract and the parties thereto other than Borrower and its Subsidiaries.

 

2.9                                  Investment Company Act . Neither Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be required to register under, or is otherwise subject to regulation as an “investment company” as that term is defined in, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

2.10                            Payment of Obligations . Unless contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and then only to the extent reserves required by GAAP have been set aside therefore, Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, (i) pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy at or before maturity all liabilities and obligations as and when due (subject to any applicable subordination provisions), and any additional costs that are imposed as a result of any failure to so pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy such obligations, except to the extent failure to do so would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (ii) pay and discharge all taxes, assessments, claims and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it, upon its income or profits or upon any of its properties, prior to the date on which penalties would attach thereto or a lien would attach to any of the properties of Borrower if unpaid unless the same are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and then only if and to the extent reserves required by GAAP have been set aside therefor.

 

2.11                            Environmental Laws . Borrower will, and will at all times cause each of its Subsidiaries to:

 

(A)                               Comply in all material respects with, and ensure compliance in all material respects by all tenants and subtenants, if any, with, all applicable Environmental Laws and obtain and comply in all material respects with and maintain, and ensure that all tenants and subtenants obtain and comply in all material respects with and maintain, any and all licenses, approvals, notifications, registrations or permits required by applicable Environmental Laws except to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(B)                                 Conduct and complete all investigations, studies, sampling and testing, and all remedial, removal and other actions required under Environmental Laws and promptly comply in all material respects with all lawful orders and directives of all Governmental Authorities regarding Environmental Laws except to the extent that the same are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and the pendency of such proceedings could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and

 

(C)                                 Defend, indemnify and hold harmless Administrative Agent and Lenders,