Exhibit 10.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT
AGREEMENT
among
TRUEBLUE, INC.
as
Borrower,
The
Several Lenders from Time to Time Parties Hereto,
and
WELLS
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as
Documentation Agent, Syndication Agent and
Administrative
Agent
Dated
as of April 15, 2008
WELLS
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as
Arranger and Sole Book Runner
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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1.
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DEFINITIONS
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1.1
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Defined
Terms
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1.2
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Other Definitional
Provisions
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2.
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AMOUNT AND TERMS OF
REVOLVING COMMITMENTS
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2.1
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Revolving
Commitments
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2.2
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Increase in Revolving
Commitment
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2.3
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Procedure for Revolving
Loan Borrowing
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2.4
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Unused Commitment Fees,
etc.
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2.5
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Termination or
Reduction of Revolving Commitments
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2.6
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Optional
Prepayments
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2.7
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Mandatory Prepayments
and Commitment Reductions
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2.8
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Conversion and
Continuation Options
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2.9
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Limitations on LIBOR
Tranches
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2.10
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Interest Rates and
Payment Dates
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2.11
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Computation of Interest
and Fees
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2.12
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Inability to Determine
Interest Rate
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2.13
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Pro Rata Treatment and
Payments
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2.14
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Requirements of
Law
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2.15
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Taxes
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2.16
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Indemnity
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32
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2.17
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Change of Lending
Office
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2.18
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Replacement of
Lenders
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3.
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LETTERS OF
CREDIT
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33
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3.1
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L/C
Commitment
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3.2
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Procedure for Issuance
of Letter of Credit
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34
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3.3
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Fees and Other
Charges
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34
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3.4
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L/C
Participations
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3.5
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Reimbursement
Obligation of the Borrower
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36
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3.6
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Obligations
Absolute
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3.7
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Letter of Credit
Payments
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3.8
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Letter of Credit
Applications
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37
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4.
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SWING LINE
LOANS
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37
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4.1
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Swing Line
Commitment
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4.2
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Procedure for Borrowing
Swing Line Loan
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4.3
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Swing Line
Note
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4.4
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Refinancing of Swing
Line Loans
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4.5
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Repayment of
Participations
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4.6
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Interest
Rate
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4.7
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Interest for Account of
Swing Line Lender
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40
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4.8
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Optional
Prepayments
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4.9
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Mandatory
Repayment
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5.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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5.1
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Financial
Condition
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5.2
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No Change
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5.3
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Existence; Compliance
with Law
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5.4
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Power; Authorization;
Enforceable Obligations
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5.5
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No Legal Bar
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5.6
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Litigation
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5.7
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No Default
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5 8
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Ownership of Property;
Liens
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5.9
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Intellectual
Property
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5.10
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Taxes
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5.11
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Federal
Regulations
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5.12
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Labor
Matters
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5.13
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ERISA
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5.14
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Investment Company Act;
Other Regulations
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5.15
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Subsidiaries
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5.16
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Use of
Proceeds
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5.17
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Environmental
Matters
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5.18
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Accuracy of
Information, etc
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5.19
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Security
Documents
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5.20
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Solvency
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6.
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CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
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6.1
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Conditions to Initial
Extension of Credit
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(a)
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Credit
Agreement
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(b)
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Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement
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(c)
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Notes
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(d)
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Due
Diligence
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(e)
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Absence of
Litigation
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(f)
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Absence of Material
Adverse Effect
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(g)
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Lien
Searches
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(h)
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Fees
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(i)
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Closing Certificate; Certified Articles of
Incorporation; Good Standing Certificates
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(j)
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Legal
Opinions
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(k)
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Pledged Stock; Stock
Powers; Pledged Notes
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(l)
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Filings, Registrations
and Recordings
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(m)
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Insurance
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6.2
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Conditions to Each
Extension of Credit
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(a)
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Representations and
Warranties
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(b)
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No Default
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(c)
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Absence of Material
Adverse Effect
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(d)
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Absence of
Litigation
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7.
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AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
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7.1
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Financial
Statements
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7.2
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Certificates; Other
Information
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7.3
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Payment of
Obligations
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7.4
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Maintenance of
Existence; Compliance
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7.5
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Maintenance of
Property; Insurance
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7.6
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Inspection of Property;
Books and Records; Discussions
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7.7
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Notices
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7.8
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Environmental
Laws
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7.9
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Additional Collateral,
etc.
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7.10
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Further
Assurances
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8.
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NEGATIVE
COVENANTS
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8.1
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Financial Condition
Covenants
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(a)
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Consolidated Leverage
Ratio
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(b)
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Consolidated Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio
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8.2
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Indebtedness
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8.3
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Liens
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8.4
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Fundamental
Changes
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8.5
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Disposition of
Property
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8.6
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Restricted
Payments
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8.7
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Investments
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8.8
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Transactions with
Affiliates
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8.9
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Sales and
Leasebacks
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60
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8.10
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Swap
Agreements
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60
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8.11
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Changes in Fiscal
Periods
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8.12
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Negative Pledge
Clauses
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60
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8.13
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Clauses Restricting
Subsidiary Distributions
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60
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Lines of
Business
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9.
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EVENTS OF
DEFAULT
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10.
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THE AGENTS
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10.1
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Appointment
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10.2
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Delegation of
Duties
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10.3
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Exculpatory
Provisions
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65
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10.4
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Reliance by
Administrative Agent
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65
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10.5
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Notice of
Default
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66
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10.6
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Non-Reliance on Agents
and Other Lenders
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66
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10.7
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Indemnification
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10.8
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Agent in Its Individual
Capacity
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67
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10.9
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Successor
Administrative Agent
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67
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10.10
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Documentation Agent and
Syndication Agent
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68
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11.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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68
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11.1
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Amendments and
Waivers
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68
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11.2
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Notices
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69
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11.3
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No Waiver; Cumulative
Remedies
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70
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11.4
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Survival of
Representations and Warranties
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70
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11.5
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Payment of Expenses and
Taxes
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11.6
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Successors and Assigns;
Participations and Assignments
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72
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11.7
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Adjustments;
Set-off
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75
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11.8
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Counterparts
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75
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11.9
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Severability
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75
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11.10
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Integration
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76
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11.11
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GOVERNING
LAW
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11.12
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Submission To
Jurisdiction; Waivers
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11.13
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Acknowledgements
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77
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11.14
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Releases of Guarantees
and Liens
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77
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11.15
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Confidentiality
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11.16
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USA Patriot Act
Notice
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11.17
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WAIVERS OF JURY
TRIAL
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78
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11.18
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StatutoryNotice
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iv
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SCHEDULES:
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1.1
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Revolving
Commitments
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5.4
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Consents,
Authorizations, Filings and Notices
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5.15
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Subsidiaries
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5.19
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UCC Filing
Jurisdictions
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8.2(d)
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Existing
Indebtedness
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8.3(f)
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Existing
Liens
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EXHIBITS:
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A
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Form of Assignment
and Assumption
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B
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Form of Compliance
Certificate
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C
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Form of Guarantee
and Collateral Agreement
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D
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Form of Swing Line
Note
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E
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Form of Exemption
Certificate
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F
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Form of Closing
Certificate
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G
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Form of Legal
Opinion of Borrower’s Counsel
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v
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT
AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDED AND
RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of April 15, 2008 (this
“ Agreement ”), among TRUEBLUE, INC. (f/k/a
Labor Ready, Inc.), a Washington corporation (the “
Borrower ”), the several banks and other financial
institutions or entities from time to time parties to this
Agreement (the “ Lenders ”) and WELLS FARGO
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as documentation agent (in such
capacity, the “ Documentation Agent ”),
syndication agent (in such capacity, the “ Syndication
Agent ”), issuing lender (in such capacity, the “
Issuing Lender ”), swing line lender (in such
capacity, the “ Swing Line Lender ”) and
administrative agent (in such capacity, the “
Administrative Agent ”).
RECITALS
A.
On or about December 13, 2005, the Borrower, the Lenders, the
Documentation Agent, the Syndication Agent and the Administrative
Agent entered into that certain Credit Agreement (together with all
amendments, supplements, exhibits, and modifications thereto, the
“Existing Credit Agreement”) whereby the Lenders agreed
to extend certain credit facilities to the Borrower.
B.
The Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent desire to
amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement on the terms and
conditions of this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual covenants and conditions set forth
herein, the parties hereto (a) agree that the Existing Credit
Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as
provided herein, (b) further agree that all of the Loan
Documents executed in connection with or relating to the Existing
Credit Agreement shall remain in full force and effect, except as
specifically provided in this Agreement and (c) further agree
as follows:
1.
DEFINITIONS
1.1
Defined Terms
As used in this
Agreement, the terms listed in this Section 1.1 shall have the
respective meanings set forth in this Section 1.1.
“ Act
”: the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 10756 (signed
into law October 26, 2001)).
1
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Adjustment Date ”: as defined in the definition of
“Applicable Margin”.
“
Administrative Agent ”: Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association as the administrative agent for the Lenders under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with any of its
successors.
“
Affiliate ”: as to any Person, any other Person that,
directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is
under common control with, such Person. For purposes of this
definition, “control” of a Person means the power,
directly or indirectly, either to (a) vote 10% or more of the
securities having ordinary voting power for the election of
directors (or persons performing similar functions) of such Person
or (b) direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies of such Person, whether by contract or
otherwise.
“
Agents ”: the collective reference to the Syndication
Agent, the Documentation Agent and the Administrative
Agent.
“
Aggregate Exposure ”: with respect to any Lender at
any time, an amount equal to (a) until the Closing Date, the
aggregate amount of such Lender’s Revolving Commitments at
such time and (b) thereafter, the sum of the amount of such
Lender’s Revolving Commitment then in effect or, if the
Revolving Commitments have been terminated, the amount of such
Lender’s Revolving Extensions of Credit then
outstanding.
“
Aggregate Exposure Percentage ”: with respect to any
Lender at any time, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of such
Lender’s Aggregate Exposure at such time to the Aggregate
Exposure of all Lenders at such time.
“
Agreement ”: as defined in the preamble
hereto.
“
Applicable Margin ”: for each Type of Revolving Loan,
the number of basis points (“ bps ”) set forth
under the relevant column heading in the pricing grid
below:
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Tier
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Consolidated
Leverage Ratio
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LIBOR
Margin/Annual
Letter of Credit Fee
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Base Rate
Margin
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Unused
Commitment
Fee Rate
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I
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Less than
1.00:1.00
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50.0 bps
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-100.0 bps
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12.5 bps
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II
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Greater than or equal
to 1.00:1.00 and less than 1.750:1.00
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75.0 bps
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-50.0 bps
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17.5 bps
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III
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Greater than or equal
to 1.750:1.00
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100.0 bps
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-25.0 bps
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20.0 bps
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2
For the purposes of the
pricing grid set forth above, changes in the Applicable Margin
resulting from changes in the Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall
become effective on the date (the “ Adjustment Date
”) that is three Business Days after the date on which
financial statements are delivered to the Lenders pursuant to
Section 7.1 and shall remain in effect until the next change
to be effected pursuant to this paragraph. From the date of this
Agreement until the first Adjustment Date, Tier I shall apply for
the Applicable Margin, Annual Letter of Credit Fee and Unused
Commitment Fee Rate. If any financial statements referred to above
are not delivered within the time periods specified in
Section 7.1, then, until the date that is three Business Days
after the date on which such financial statements are delivered,
the highest rate set forth in each column of the pricing grid shall
apply. In addition, at all times while an Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing, the highest rate set forth in each
column of the pricing grid shall apply, and if applicable, the
default rate of interest provided for in
Section 2.10(c) shall apply. Each determination of the
Consolidated Leverage Ratio pursuant to the pricing grid shall be
made in a manner consistent with the determination thereof pursuant
to Section 8.1.
“
Application ”: an application, in such form as the
Issuing Lender may specify from time to time, requesting the
Issuing Lender to issue a Letter of Credit.
“
Approved Fund ”: as defined in
Section 11.6(b).
“
Arranger ”: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, in
its capacities as arranger with respect to the Revolving
Facility.
“ Asset
Sale ”: any Disposition of property or series of related
Dispositions of property (excluding any such Disposition permitted
by clause (a), (b), (c) or (d) of Section 8.5) that
yields gross proceeds to any Group Member (valued at the initial
principal amount thereof in the case of non-cash proceeds
consisting of notes or other debt securities and valued at fair
market value in the case of other non-cash proceeds) in excess of
$5,000,000.
“
Assignee ”: as defined in
Section 11.6(b).
“
Assignment and Assumption ”: the Assignment and
Assumption Agreement, substantially in the form of
Exhibit A.
“
Available Revolving Commitment ”: as to any Lender at
any time, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) such
Lender’s Revolving Commitment then in effect over
(b) such Lender’s Revolving Extensions of Credit then
outstanding.
“ Base
Rate ”: on any date, the rate of interest most recently
announced within Wells Fargo Bank, National Association at its
principal office as its Prime Rate, with the understanding that the
Prime Rate is one of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association’s
base rates and serves as the basis upon which effective rates of
interest are calculated for those loans making reference thereto,
and is evidenced by the recording thereof in such internal
publication or publications as Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association may designate, with
3
any change in the rate
of interest to become effective on the date each Prime Rate change
is announced within Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association.
“ Base
Rate Loans ”: Revolving Loans or Swing Line Loans the
rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the Base
Rate.
“
Benefited Lender ”: as defined in
Section 11.7(a).
“
Board ”: the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System of the United States (or any successor).
“
Borrower ”: as defined in the preamble
hereto.
“
Borrowing Date ”: any Business Day specified by the
Borrower as a date on which the Borrower requests the Lenders to
make Revolving Loans hereunder.
“
Business ”: as defined in
Section 5.17(b).
“
Business Day ”: a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or
other day on which commercial banks in San Francisco, California
are authorized or required by law to close, provided, that
with respect to notices and determinations in connection with, and
payments of principal and interest on, LIBOR Loans, such day is
also a day for trading by and between banks in Dollar deposits in
the interbank eurodollar market.
“ Capital
Expenditures ”: for any period, with respect to any
Person, the aggregate of all expenditures by such Person and its
Subsidiaries for the acquisition or leasing (pursuant to a capital
lease) of fixed or capital assets or additions to equipment
(including replacements, capitalized repairs and improvements
during such period) that should be capitalized under GAAP on a
consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its
Subsidiaries.
“ Capital
Lease Obligations ”: as to any Person, the obligations of
such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or
other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal
property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required
to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance
sheet of such Person under GAAP and, for the purposes of this
Agreement, the amount of such obligations at any time shall be the
capitalized amount thereof at such time determined in accordance
with GAAP.
“ Capital
Stock ”: any and all shares, interests, participations or
other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a
corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person
(other than a corporation) and any and all warrants, rights or
options to purchase any of the foregoing.
“ Cash
Equivalents ”: (a) marketable direct obligations
issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States
Government or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the full
faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within
one year from the date of acquisition; or (b) certificates of
deposit, time deposits, eurodollar time deposits or overnight bank
deposits having maturities of six months or less from the date of
acquisition
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issued by any Lender or
by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United
States or any state thereof having combined capital and surplus of
not less than $500,000,000; (c) commercial paper of an issuer
rated at least A-1 by Standard & Poor’s Ratings
Services (“ S&P ”) or P-1 by Moody’s
Investors Service, Inc. (“ Moody’s
”), or carrying an equivalent rating by a nationally
recognized rating agency, if both of the two named rating agencies
cease publishing ratings of commercial paper issuers generally, and
maturing within six months from the date of acquisition;
(d) repurchase obligations of any Lender or of any commercial
bank satisfying the requirements of clause (b) of this
definition, having a term of not more than 30 days, with respect to
securities issued or fully guaranteed or insured by the United
States government; (e) securities with maturities of one year
or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by
any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States, by any
political subdivision or taxing authority of any such state,
commonwealth or territory or by any foreign government, the
securities of which state, commonwealth, territory, political
subdivision, taxing authority or foreign government (as the case
may be) are rated at least A by S&P or A by Moody’s;
(f) securities with maturities of six months or less from the
date of acquisition backed by standby letters of credit issued by
any Lender or any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of
clause (b) of this definition; (g) money market mutual or
similar funds that invest exclusively in assets satisfying the
requirements of clauses (a) through (f) of this
definition; (h) money market funds that (i) comply with
the criteria set forth in SEC Rule 2a-7 under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended, (ii) are rated AAA by S&P
and Aaa by Moody’s and (iii) have portfolio assets of at
least $5,000,000,000; or (i) other short-term liquid assets
approved in writing by the Administrative Agent.
“ Change
of Control ”: the occurrence of any of the
following:
(i)
the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other
disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one
or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of
the properties or assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken
as a whole to any “person” (as that term is used in
Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended);
(ii)
the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution
of the Borrower; or
(iii)
the Borrower consolidates with, or merges with or into, any
Person.
“ Closing
Date ”: the date on which the conditions precedent set
forth in Section 6.1 shall have been satisfied, which date is
December 13, 2005.
“
Code ”: the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
from time to time.
“
Collateral ”: all property of the Loan Parties, now
owned or hereafter acquired, upon which a Lien is purported to be
created by any Security Document.
“
Commonly Controlled Entity ”: an entity, whether or
not incorporated, that is under common control with the Borrower
within the meaning of Section 4001 of ERISA or is
part
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of a group that
includes the Borrower and that is treated as a single employer
under Section 414 of the Code.
“
Compliance Certificate ”: a certificate duly executed
by a Responsible Officer substantially in the form of
Exhibit B.
“
Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA ”: for any period,
Consolidated EBITDA for such period, minus the sum of
(a) income tax expense, determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP, (b) dividends and distributions paid to
the Borrower’s shareholders, (c) cash paid for the
redemption, repurchase or retirement of Capital Stock of the
Borrower (excluding (i) the repurchase of up to $188,000,000
of the Capital Stock of the Borrower during the Borrower’s
2007 fiscal year and (ii) the repurchase of up to $50,000,000
of the Capital Stock of the Borrower during any fiscal year of the
Borrower after the Borrower’s 2007 fiscal year) and (d)
Consolidated Unfinanced Capital Expenditures.
“
Consolidated EBITDA ”: for any period, Consolidated
Net Income for such period plus, without duplication and to the
extent reflected as a charge in the statement of such Consolidated
Net Income for such period, the sum of (a) income tax expense,
(b) interest expense (including fees for Letters of Credit payable
pursuant to Section 4.3, but net of capitalized interest
expense), (c) depreciation and amortization expense,
(d) non-cash expenses resulting from the grant of stock
options or the issuance of restricted stock to employees of any
Group Member and (e) any extraordinary or non-recurring
non-cash expenses or losses, and minus, (a) to the extent
included in the statement of such Consolidated Net Income for such
period, the sum of any extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring
income or gains and (b) any cash payments made during such
period in respect of items described in clause (e) above
subsequent to the fiscal quarter in which the relevant non-cash
expenses or losses were reflected as a charge in the statement of
Consolidated Net Income, all as determined on a consolidated basis.
For the purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA for any period
of four consecutive fiscal quarters (each, a “ Reference
Period ”), (i) if at any time during such Reference
Period any of the Group Members shall have made any Material
Disposition, the Consolidated EBITDA for such Reference Period
shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if
positive) attributable to the property that is the subject of such
Material Disposition for such Reference Period or increased by an
amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if negative) attributable
thereto for such Reference Period and (ii) if during such
Reference Period any of the Group Members shall have made a
Material Acquisition, Consolidated EBITDA for such Reference Period
shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if
such Material Acquisition occurred on the first day of such
Reference Period, such pro forma calculations subject to the
Administrative Agent’s approval.
“
Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio ”: the ratio
of (a) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA to (b) Consolidated
Fixed Charges.
“
Consolidated Fixed Charges ”: for any four fiscal
quarter period, the sum of the following, determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP: (a) interest
expense of the Borrower (including fees for Letters of Credit
payable pursuant to
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Section 4.3) and
(b) the aggregate amount of all required principal payments
(including the principal component of payments on Capital Lease
Obligations) on Indebtedness of the Group Members.
“
Consolidated Leverage Ratio ”: the ratio of
(a) Consolidated Total Debt on such day to
(b) Consolidated EBITDA for such period.
“
Consolidated Net Income ”: for any period, the
consolidated net income (or loss) of the Borrower, determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that
there shall be excluded (a) the income (or deficit) of any
Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary of the
Borrower or is merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries, (b) the income (or deficit) of any Person
(other than a Subsidiary of the Borrower) in which the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries has an ownership interest, except to the
extent that any such income is actually received by the Borrower or
such Subsidiary in the form of dividends or similar distributions
and (c) the undistributed earnings of any Subsidiary of the
Borrower to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends
or similar distributions by such Subsidiary is not at the time
permitted by the terms of any Contractual Obligation (other than
under any Loan Document) or Requirement of Law applicable to such
Subsidiary.
“
Consolidated Total Debt ”: at any date, (a) the
aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness of the Borrower at
such date, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP plus, without duplication of the Indebtedness in clause (a),
(b) the L/C Obligations and the undrawn and unexpired amount
of any letters of credit other than the Letters of Credit;
provided that as to clause (b), there shall be excluded any
(i) Letter of Credit with respect to which the Reimbursement
Obligations thereunder are fully secured by cash or Cash
Equivalents pledged to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of
the Lenders and the Issuing Lender to secure only the Reimbursement
Obligations with respect to such specific Letter of Credit and
(ii) letter of credit issued for the account of WAHI or LRAC
with respect to which the reimbursement obligations thereunder are
fully secured by cash or Cash Equivalents pledged to the issuer
thereof or collateral agent for such issuer to secure only the
reimbursement obligations with respect to such specific letter of
credit.
“
Consolidated Unfinanced Capital Expenditures ”:
Capital Expenditures of the Borrower, determined on a consolidated
basis in accordance with GAAP (other than Permitted Acquisitions)
that are not financed by Capital Lease Obligations or with the
proceeds of interest bearing, amortizing Indebtedness.
“
Contractual Obligation ”: as to any Person, any
provision of any security issued by such Person or of any
agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is
a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.
“
Default ”: any of the events specified in
Section 9, whether or not any requirement for the giving of
notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied.
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“
Disposition ”: with respect to any property, any sale,
lease, sale and leaseback, assignment, conveyance, transfer or
other disposition thereof. The terms “ Dispose ”
and “ Disposed of ” shall have correlative
meanings.
“
Documentation Agent ”: as defined in the preamble
hereto.
“ Dollars
” and “ $ ”: dollars in lawful currency of
the United States.
“ Domestic
Subsidiary ”: any Subsidiary of the Borrower organized
under the laws of any jurisdiction within the United
States.
“
Environmental Laws ”: any and all foreign, Federal,
state, local or municipal laws, rules, orders, regulations,
statutes, ordinances, codes, decrees, requirements of any
Governmental Authority or other Requirements of Law (including
common law) regulating, relating to or imposing liability or
standards of conduct concerning protection of human health or the
environment, as now or may at any time hereafter be in
effect.
“
ERISA ”: the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974, as amended from time to time.
“ Event
of Default ”: any of the events specified in
Section 9, provided that any requirement for the giving
of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been
satisfied.
“
Excluded Foreign Subsidiary ”: any Foreign Subsidiary
in respect of which either (a) the pledge of all of the
Capital Stock of such Subsidiary as Collateral or (b) the
guaranteeing by such Subsidiary of the Obligations could reasonably
be expected to result in adverse tax consequences to the
Borrower.
“ Existing
Indebtedness ”: as defined in
Section 9.2(d).
“ Federal
Funds Effective Rate ”: for any day, the weighted average
of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members
of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers, as
published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for
any day that is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for
the day of such transactions received by Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing
selected by it.
“ Fee
Payment Date ”: (a) the third Business Day following
the last day of each March, June, September and December, (b)
the last day of the Revolving Commitment Period and (c) any
date that the Borrower terminates the Revolving Commitments
pursuant to Section 2.5.
“ Foreign
Subsidiary ”: any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not
a Domestic Subsidiary.
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“ Funding
Office ”: the office of the Administrative Agent
specified in Section 11.2 or such other office as may be
specified from time to time by the Administrative Agent as its
funding office by written notice to the Borrower and the
Lenders.
“
GAAP ”: generally accepted accounting principles in
the United States as in effect from time to time, except that for
purposes of Section 8.1, GAAP shall be determined on the basis
of such principles in effect on the date hereof and consistent with
those used in the preparation of the most recent audited financial
statements referred to in Section 5.1. In the event that any
“Accounting Change” (as defined below) shall occur and
such change results in a change in the method of calculation of
financial covenants, standards or terms in this Agreement, then the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent agree to enter into
negotiations in order to amend such provisions of this Agreement so
as to reflect equitably such Accounting Changes with the desired
result that the criteria for evaluating the Borrower’s
financial condition shall be the same after such Accounting Changes
as if such Accounting Changes had not been made. Until such time as
such an amendment shall have been executed and delivered by the
Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, all
financial covenants, standards and terms in this Agreement shall
continue to be calculated or construed as if such Accounting
Changes had not occurred. “Accounting Changes” refers
to changes in generally accepted accounting principles in the
United States.
“
Governmental Authority ”: any nation or government,
any state or other political subdivision thereof, any agency,
authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or
other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing,
regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to
government, any securities exchange and any self-regulatory
organization.
“ Group
Members ”: the collective reference to the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries.
“
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement ”: the Amended and
Restated Guarantee and Collateral Agreement dated the date of this
Agreement to be executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent
by the Borrower and each Guarantor in the form of
Exhibit C.
“
Guarantee Obligation ”: as to any Person (the “
guaranteeing person ”), any obligation, including a
reimbursement, counterindemnity or similar obligation, of the
guaranteeing person that guarantees or in effect guarantees, or
which is given to induce the creation of a separate obligation by
another Person (including any bank under any letter of credit) that
guarantees or in effect guarantees, any Indebtedness, leases,
dividends, obligations to assure or hold harmless the owner of any
primary obligation against loss in respect thereof, purchase or
payment obligations, working capital or equity capital obligations
or other obligations of any other third Person in any manner,
whether directly or indirectly; provided , however ,
that the term Guarantee Obligation shall not include endorsements
of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of
business. The amount of any Guarantee Obligation of any
guaranteeing person shall be deemed to be the lower of (x) an
amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary
obligation in respect of which such Guarantee Obligation is made
and (y) the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person
may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument
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embodying such
Guarantee Obligation, unless such primary obligation and the
maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person may be liable are
not stated or determinable, in which case the amount of such
Guarantee Obligation shall be such guaranteeing person’s
maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as
determined by the Borrower in good faith.
“
Guarantors ”: the collective reference to the
Subsidiary Guarantors and any other guarantor of the
Obligations.
“ Increase
Effective Date ”: as defined in the
Section 2.2(a).
“
Indebtedness ”: of any Person at any date, without
duplication, (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed
money, (b) all obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase
price of property or services (other than current trade payables
incurred in the ordinary course of such Person’s business),
(c) all obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds,
debentures or other similar instruments, (d) all indebtedness
created or arising under any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such
Person (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or lender
under such agreement in the event of default are limited to
repossession or sale of such property), (e) all Capital Lease
Obligations of such Person, (f) all obligations of such
Person, contingent or otherwise, as an account party or applicant
under or in respect of acceptances, letters of credit or similar
arrangements (excluding surety bonds), (g) the liquidation
value of all mandatorily redeemable preferred Capital Stock of such
Person, (h) all Guarantee Obligations of such Person in respect of
obligations of the kind referred to in clauses (a) through
(g) above, (i) all obligations of the kind referred to in
clauses (a) through (h) above secured by (or for which
the holder of such obligation has an existing right, contingent or
otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property (including
accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person, whether or not
such Person has assumed or become liable for the payment of such
obligation, and (j) for the purposes of
Section 9(e) only, all obligations of such Person in
respect of Swap Agreements. Indebtedness does not include the
amount of any holdback or reserve established by agreement with the
sellers in connection with Borrower’s acquisition of
Contractor’s Labor Pool, Inc. to the extent the amount
of such holdback or reserve is held in escrow for the payment of
Borrower’s obligations under such agreement. The Indebtedness
of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity
(including any partnership in which such Person is a general
partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result
of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship
with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such
Indebtedness expressly provide that such Person is not liable
therefor.
“
Insolvency ”: with respect to any Multiemployer Plan,
the condition that such Plan is insolvent within the meaning of
Section 4245 of ERISA.
“
Insolvent ”: pertaining to a condition of
Insolvency.
“
Intellectual Property ”: the collective reference to
all rights, priorities and privileges relating to intellectual
property, whether arising under United States, multinational or
foreign
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laws or otherwise,
including copyrights, copyright licenses, patents, patent licenses,
trademarks, trademark licenses, technology, know-how and processes,
and all rights to sue at law or in equity for any infringement or
other impairment thereof, including the right to receive all
proceeds and damages therefrom.
“
Interest Payment Date ”: (a) as to any Base Rate
Loan, the last day of each calendar month to occur while such
Revolving Loan is outstanding and the final maturity date of such
Revolving Loan, (b) as to any LIBOR Loan having an Interest
Period of three months or less, the last day of such Interest
Period, (c) as to any LIBOR Loan having an Interest Period
longer than three months, each day that is three months, or a whole
multiple thereof, after the first day of such Interest Period and
the last day of such Interest Period and (d) as to any
Revolving Loan (other than any Revolving Loan that is an Base Rate
Loan), the date of any repayment or prepayment made in respect
thereof.
“
Interest Period ”: as to any LIBOR Loan,
(a) initially, the period commencing on the borrowing or
conversion date, as the case may be, with respect to such LIBOR
Loan and ending one, two, three or six months thereafter, as
selected by the Borrower in its notice of borrowing or notice of
conversion, as the case may be, given with respect thereto; and
(b) thereafter, each period commencing on the last day of the
next preceding Interest Period applicable to such LIBOR Loan and
ending one, two, three or six months thereafter, as selected by the
Borrower by irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent not
later than 11:00 A.M., San Francisco, California time, on the
date that is three Business Days prior to the last day of the then
current Interest Period with respect thereto; provided that,
all of the foregoing provisions relating to Interest Periods are
subject to the following:
(i)
if any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day that is not a
Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next
succeeding Business Day unless the result of such extension would
be to carry such Interest Period into another calendar month in
which event such Interest Period shall end on the immediately
preceding Business Day;
(ii)
the Borrower may not select an Interest Period under the Revolving
Facility that would extend beyond the Revolving Termination Date;
and
(iii)
any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a
calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically
corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest
Period) shall end on the last Business Day of a calendar
month.
“
Investments ”: as defined in
Section 8.7.
“ Issuing Lender ”: Wells
Fargo Bank, National Association or any affiliate thereof, in its
capacity as issuer of any Letter of Credit, or any successor issuer
of Letters of Credit hereunder.
“ L/C
Commitment ”: the amount of the Total Revolving
Commitments.
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“ L/C
Obligations ”: at any time, an amount equal to the sum of
(a) the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of the
then outstanding Letters of Credit and (b) the aggregate
amount of drawings under Letters of Credit that have not then been
reimbursed pursuant to Section 3.5.
“ L/C
Participants ”: with respect to any Letter of Credit, the
collective reference to all the Lenders other than the Issuing
Lender of such Letter of Credit.
“
Lenders ”: as defined in the preamble
hereto.
“ Letters
of Credit ”: as defined in
Section 3.1(a).
“ LIBOR
Base Rate ”: with respect to any LIBOR Loan for any
Interest Period, the per annum rate appearing on Reuters Screen
LIBOR01-02 Page under the heading “British Bankers
Association LIBOR Rates” (or on any successor or substitute
Reuters screen of such service, or any successor to or substitute
for such service, providing rate quotations comparable to those
currently provided on such Reuters screen in the event such Reuters
screen is no longer published or readily available as determined by
the Administrative Agent from time to time for purposes of
providing quotations of interest rates in the London interbank
market) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business
Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, as the rate
for United States Dollar deposits with a maturity comparable to
such Interest Period. In the event that such rate is not available
at such time for any reason, then the “LIBOR Base Rate”
with respect to such LIBOR Loan for such Interest Period shall be
the rate (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%)
at which United States Dollar deposits in a comparable amount to
such LIBOR Loan and for a maturity comparable to such Interest
Period are offered by the principal London office of the
Administrative Agent in same day or immediately available funds in
the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m.,
London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such
Interest Period. When “LIBOR Base Rate” is used in
reference to any Revolving Loan, such term refers to whether such
Revolving Loan is bearing interest at a rate determined by
reference to the LIBOR Rate.
“ LIBOR
Loans ”: Revolving Loans the rate of interest applicable
to which is based upon the LIBOR Rate.
“ LIBOR
Pricing Options’ the option granted pursuant to
Section 2.10 to have the interest on any portion of the
Revolving Loans computed on the basis of a LIBOR Rate.
“ LIBOR
Rate ”: for any Interest Period means the rate, rounded
upward to the next highest 1/100%, obtained by dividing (a) the
LIBOR Base Rate for such Interest Period by (b) an amount
equal to 1 minus the LIBOR Reserve Rate; provided,
however, that if at any time during such Interest Period the
LIBOR Reserve Rate applicable to any outstanding LIBOR Pricing
Option changes, the LIBOR Rate for such Interest Period will
automatically be adjusted to reflect such change, effective as of
the date of such change to the extent required by the Requirement
of law implementing such change.
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“ LIBOR
Reserve Rate ”: the stated maximum rate (expressed as a
decimal) of all reserves (including any basic, supplemental,
marginal or emergency reserve or any reserve asset), if any, as
from time to time in effect, required by any Requirement of Law to
be maintained by a member bank of the Federal Reserve System, with
deposits comparable in amount to those held by the Administrative
Agent, against (a) “Eurocurrency liabilities” as
specified in Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System applicable to LIBOR Pricing Options, (b) any
other category of liabilities that includes deposits by reference
to which the interest rate on portions of the Loans subject to
LIBOR Pricing Options is determined, (c) the principal amount
of or interest on any portion of the Loans subject to a LIBOR
Pricing Option or (d) any other category of extensions of
credit, or other assets, that includes loans subject to a LIBOR
Pricing Option by a non-United States office of any of the Lenders
to United States residents, in each case without the benefits of
credits for prorations, exceptions or offsets that may be available
to a Lender. The rate of interest applicable to any outstanding
LIBOR Loans shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the
effective date of any change in the LIBOR Reserve Rate.
“ LIBOR
Tranche ”: the collective reference to LIBOR Loans under
a particular Revolving Facility whose then current Interest Periods
begin on the same date and end on the same later date (whether or
not such Revolving Loans shall originally have been made on the
same day).
“
Lien ”: any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation,
assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or
other), charge or other security interest or any preference,
priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of
any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or
other title retention agreement and any capital lease having
substantially the same economic effect as any of the
foregoing).
“ Loan
Documents ”: this Agreement, the Security Documents, the
Notes and any amendment, waiver, supplement or other modification
to any of the foregoing.
“ Loan
Parties ”: each Group Member that is a party to a Loan
Document.
“
LRAC ”: Labor Ready Assurance Company, an entity
organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands.
“
Majority Lenders ”: at any time, the holders of 51% or
more of (a) until the Closing Date, the Revolving Commitments
then in effect and, (b) thereafter, the Total Revolving
Commitments then in effect or, if the Revolving Commitments have
been terminated, the Total Revolving Extensions of Credit then
outstanding.
“
Material Acquisition ” means any acquisition of
property or series of related acquisitions of property that
(a) constitutes assets comprising all or substantially all of
an operating unit of a business or constitutes all or substantially
all of the common stock of a Person and (b) involves the
payment of consideration by Group Members in excess of
$5,000,000.
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“
Material Adverse Effect ”: a material adverse effect
on (a) the business, property, operations, condition
(financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Borrower or the Group
Members taken as a whole or (b) the validity or enforceability
of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or the rights
or remedies of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders hereunder or
thereunder.
“
Material Disposition ” means any Disposition of
property or series of related Dispositions of property that yields
gross proceeds to Group Members in excess of $5,000,000.
“
Materials of Environmental Concern ”: any gasoline or
petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction thereof) or
petroleum products or any hazardous or toxic substances, materials
or wastes, defined or regulated as such in or under any
Environmental Law, including asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls
and urea-formaldehyde insulation.
“
Multiemployer Plan ”: a Plan that is a multiemployer
plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of
ERISA.
“ Net
Cash Proceeds ”: (a) in connection with any Asset
Sale or any Recovery Event, the proceeds thereof in the form of
cash and Cash Equivalents (including any such proceeds received by
way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or
installment receivable or purchase price adjustment receivable or
otherwise, but only as and when received), net of attorneys’
fees, accountants’ fees, investment banking fees, amounts
required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness secured by
a Lien expressly permitted hereunder on any asset that is the
subject of such Asset Sale or Recovery Event (other than any Lien
pursuant to a Security Document) and other customary fees and
expenses actually incurred in connection therewith and net of taxes
paid or reasonably estimated to be payable as a result thereof
(after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions
and any tax sharing arrangements) and (b) in connection with any
issuance or sale of Capital Stock or any incurrence of
Indebtedness, the cash proceeds received from such issuance or
incurrence, net of attorneys’ fees, investment banking fees,
accountants’ fees, underwriting discounts and commissions and
other customary fees and expenses actually incurred in connection
therewith.
“
Non-Excluded Taxes ”: as defined in
Section 2.15(a).
“
Non-U.S. Lender ”: as defined in
Section 2.15(d).
“
Notes ”: the collective reference to any promissory
note evidencing Revolving Loans and the Swing Line Note.
“
Obligations ”: the unpaid principal of and interest on
(including interest accruing after the maturity of the Revolving
Loans, Swing Line Loans and Reimbursement Obligations and interest
accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the
commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding,
relating to the Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing or
post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding) the Revolving
Loans, Swing Line Loans and all other obligations and liabilities
of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or to any Lender (or,
in the case of Specified
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Swap Agreements, any
affiliate of any Lender), whether direct or indirect, absolute or
contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter
incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with,
this Agreement, any other Loan Document, the Letters of Credit, any
Specified Swap Agreement or any other document made, delivered or
given in connection herewith or therewith, whether on account of
principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities,
costs, expenses (including all fees, charges and disbursements of
counsel to the Administrative Agent or to any Lender that are
required to be paid by the Borrower pursuant hereto) or
otherwise.
“ Other
Taxes ”: any and all present or future stamp or
documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or
similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or from the
execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect
to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
“
Participant ”: as defined in
Section 11.6(c).
“
PBGC ”: the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
established pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA (or any
successor).
“
Permitted Acquisition ”: an acquisition of all or
substantially all of the assets or of the assets constituting a
line of business or substantially all of the Capital Stock of any
Person where (a) no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing on the date such Permitted Acquisition
is consummated, before or after giving effect thereto, (b) the
business acquired (or Person acquired) is principally engaged in
the same line of business (or a business reasonably related
thereto) as the Borrower, (c) the Borrower shall have
demonstrated to the Administrative Agent compliance with the
covenants set forth in Section 8.1(i) on a pro forma
basis (calculated for the relevant period as if such acquisition
had occurred on the first day of the relevant period), for the most
recent full fiscal quarter immediately preceding such consummation
date for which the relevant financial information has been
delivered pursuant to Section 7.1 and (ii) on a projected
basis, for each of the four fiscal quarters following the quarter
referred to in the preceding clause (i), (d) the Borrower
shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent for itself and for
distribution to each Lender copies of the most recent audited
financial statements (or if unavailable, the most recent unaudited
financial statements) of the acquired Person together with such
other information that the Administrative Agent may reasonably
request, (e) the fair market value of the consideration paid
(including the amount of any Indebtedness or other obligations or
liabilities assumed or acquired) in connection with such Permitted
Acquisition together with that for other Permitted Acquisitions
during any 12-month period, shall not be in excess of $50,000,000;
provided that notwithstanding the $50,000,000 limitation,
the Required Lenders have approved the Borrower’s acquisition
of TLC Services Group, Inc., PlaneTechs, LLC and Personal
Management, Inc., and provided, further, that
the fair market value of the consideration paid for such
acquisitions shall be included for purposes of the $50,000,000
limitation during the relevant 12-month period as it relates to any
other acquisitions, (f) the acquired Person shall have
generated positive EBITDA (calculated in the same manner as the
calculation of Consolidated EBITDA) during the most recent 12-month
period ended immediately prior to the consummation of the
acquisition and (g) a Responsible Officer of
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the Borrower shall have
delivered to the Administrative Agent a Pro Forma Compliance
Certificate. “ Pro Forma Compliance Certificate
” means a certificate to the Administrative Agent certifying
as to the accuracy of clauses (a) through (e) above and
providing a detailed computation of compliance with clause
(c) above.
“
Person ”: an individual, partnership, corporation,
limited liability company, business trust, joint stock company,
trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, Governmental
Authority or other entity of whatever nature.
“
Plan ”: at a particular time, any employee benefit
plan that is covered by ERISA and in respect of which the Borrower
or a Commonly Controlled Entity is (or, if such plan were
terminated at such time, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be
deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in
Section 3(5) of ERISA.
“
Projections ”: as defined in
Section 7.2(c).
“
Properties ”: as defined in
Section 5.17(a).
“
Proposed Increase ”: as defined in the
Section 2.2(a).
“
Recovery Event ”: any settlement of or payment in
respect of any property or casualty insurance claim, other than a
worker’s compensation claim, or any condemnation proceeding
relating to any asset of any Group Member.
“
Register ”: as defined in
Section 11.6(b).
“
Regulation U”: Regulation U of the Board as in effect
from time to time.
“
Reimbursement Obligation ”: the obligation of the
Borrower to reimburse the Issuing Lender pursuant to
Section 3.5 for amounts drawn under Letters of
Credit.
“
Reinvestment Deferred Amount ”: with respect to any
Reinvestment Event, the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received by any
Group Member in connection therewith that are not applied to reduce
the Revolving Loans pursuant to Section 2.7(b) as a
result of the delivery of a Reinvestment Notice.
“
Reinvestment Event ”: any Asset Sale or Recovery Event
in respect of which the Borrower has delivered a Reinvestment
Notice.
“
Reinvestment Notice ”: a written notice executed by a
Responsible Officer stating that no Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing and that the Borrower (directly or indirectly
through a Subsidiary) intends and expects to use all or a specified
portion of the Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale or Recovery Event
to acquire or repair assets useful in its business.
“
Reinvestment Prepayment Amount ”: with respect to any
Reinvestment Event, the Reinvestment Deferred Amount relating
thereto less any amount expended prior to the
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relevant Reinvestment
Prepayment Date to acquire or repair assets useful in the
Borrower’s business.
“
Reinvestment Prepayment Date ”: with respect to any
Reinvestment Event, the earlier of (a) the date occurring 360
days after such Reinvestment Event and (b) the date on which
the Borrower shall have determined not to, or shall have otherwise
ceased to, acquire or repair assets useful in the Borrower’s
business with all or any portion of the relevant Reinvestment
Deferred Amount.
“
Reorganization ”: with respect to any Multiemployer
Plan, the condition that such plan is in reorganization within the
meaning of Section 4241 of ERISA.
“
Reportable Event ”: any of the events set forth in
Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than those events as to
which the thirty day notice period is waived under subsections .27,
.28, .29, .30, .31, .32, .34 or .35 of PBGC Reg. §
4043.
“
Required Lenders ”: at any time, the holders of 67% or
more of (a) until the Closing Date, the Revolving Commitments
then in effect and (b) thereafter, the Total Revolving
Commitments then in effect or, if the Revolving Commitments have
been terminated, the Total Revolving Extensions of Credit then
outstanding.
“
Requirement of Law ”: as to any Person, the
Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws or other organizational or
governing documents of such Person, and any law, treaty,
rule or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a
court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to
or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such
Person or any of its property is subject.
“
Responsible Officer ”: the chief executive officer,
president, chief financial officer or vice president of finance of
the Borrower.
“
Restricted Payments ”: as defined in
Section 8.6.
“
Revolving Commitment ”: as to any Lender, the
obligation of such Lender, to make Revolving Loans, participate in
Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans in an aggregate principal
and/or face amount not to exceed the amount set forth under the
heading “Revolving Commitment” opposite such
Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1 or in the Assignment and
Assumption pursuant to which such Lender became a party hereto, as
the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to the terms
hereof. The original amount of the Total Revolving Commitments is
$80,000,000.
“
Revolving Commitment Period ”: the period from and
including the Closing Date to the Revolving Termination
Date.
“
Revolving Extensions of Credit ”: as to any Lender at
any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate
principal amount of all Revolving Loans held by such Lender then
outstanding, (b) the amount equal to such Lender’s
Revolving Percentage of the L/C
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Obligations then
outstanding and (c) the amount equal to such Lender’s
Revolving Percentage of the Swing Line Loans then
outstanding.
“
Revolving Facility ”: the Revolving Commitments and
the extensions of credit made thereunder.
“
Revolving Loans ”: as defined in
Section 2.1(a).
“
Revolving Percentage ”: as to any Lender at any time,
the percentage which such Lender’s Revolving Commitment then
constitutes of the Total Revolving Commitments or, at any time
after the Revolving Commitments shall have expired or terminated,
the percentage which the aggregate principal amount of such
Lender’s Revolving Loans then outstanding constitutes of the
aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Loans then outstanding,
provided, that, in the event that the Revolving Loans are
paid in full prior to the reduction to zero of the Total Revolving
Extensions of Credit, the Revolving Percentages shall be determined
in a manner designed to ensure that the other outstanding Revolving
Extensions of Credit shall be held by the Lenders on a comparable
basis.
“
Revolving Termination Date ”: April 15,
2011.
“ SEC
”: the Securities and Exchange Commission, any successor
thereto and any analogous Governmental Authority.
“
Security Documents ”: the collective reference to the
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and all other security documents
hereafter delivered to the Administrative Agent granting a Lien on
any property of any Person to secure the obligations and
liabilities of any Loan Party under any Loan Document.
“ Single
Employer Plan ”: any Plan that is covered by Title IV of
ERISA, but that is not a Multiemployer Plan.
“
Solvent ”: when used with respect to any Person, means
that, as of any date of determination, (a) the amount of the
“present fair saleable value” of the assets of such
Person will, as of such date, exceed the amount of all
“liabilities of such Person, contingent or otherwise”,
as of such date, as such quoted terms are determined in accordance
with applicable federal and state laws governing determinations of
the insolvency of debtors, (b) the present fair saleable value
of the assets of such Person will, as of such date, be greater than
the amount that will be required to pay the liability of such
Person on its debts as such debts become absolute and matured,
(c) such Person will not have, as of such date, an
unreasonably small amount of capital with which to conduct its
business, and (d) such Person will be able to pay its debts as
they mature. For purposes of this definition,
(i) “debt” means liability on a
“claim”, and (ii) “claim” means any
(x) right to payment, whether or not such a right is reduced
to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured,
unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or
unsecured or (y) right to an equitable remedy for breach of
performance if such breach gives rise to a right to payment,
whether or not such right to an equitable remedy is reduced to
judgment, fixed, contingent, matured or unmatured, disputed,
undisputed, secured or unsecured.
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“
Specified Swap Agreement ”: any Swap Agreement entered
into by the Borrower and any Lender or affiliate thereof in respect
of interest rates or currency exchange rates that is approved by
the Required Lenders.
“
Subsidiary ”: as to any Person, a corporation,
partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which
shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting
power (other than stock or such other ownership interests having
such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to
elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of
such corporation, partnership or other entity are at the time
owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly
or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such
Person. Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a
“Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” in this
Agreement shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the
Borrower.
“
Subsidiary Guarantor ”: each Subsidiary of the
Borrower other than any Excluded Foreign Subsidiary and WAHI, LRAC,
Labor Ready Funding Corporation, Labor Ready, Inc. PAC and
Labor Ready GEO/ALA, LLP.
“ Swap
Agreement ”: any agreement with respect to any swap,
forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar
agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates,
currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities,
or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic,
financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or
any combination of these transactions; provided that no
phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on
account of services provided by current or former directors,
officers, employees or consultants of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries shall be a “Swap Agreement”.
“ Swing
Line Lender ”: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association or
any affiliate thereof, in its capacity as provider of Swing Line
Loans, or any successor swing line lender hereunder.
“ Swing
Line Loans ”: as defined in Section 4.1.
“ Swing
Line Note ”: the promissory note of the Borrower,
substantially in the form of Exhibit D attached hereto,
evidencing the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Swing Line
Loans.
“ Swing
Line Sublimit ”: $10,000,000.
“
Syndication Agent ”: as defined in the preamble
hereto.
“ Total
Revolving Commitments ”: at any time, the aggregate
amount of the Revolving Commitments then in effect.
“ Total
Revolving Extensions of Credit ”: at any time, the
aggregate amount of the Revolving Extensions of Credit of the
Lenders outstanding at such time.
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“
Transferee ”: any Assignee or Participant.
“
Type ”: as to any Revolving Loan, its nature as a Base
Rate Loan or a LIBOR Loan.
“ Unused
Commitment Fee Rate ”: the Unused Commitment Fee Rate
determined pursuant to the pricing grid set forth in the definition
of “Applicable Margin”.
“ United
States ”: the United States of America.
“
WAHI ”: Workers Assurance of Hawaii, Inc., a
Hawaii corporation.
“ Wholly
Owned Subsidiary ”: as to any Person, any other Person
all of the Capital Stock of which (other than directors’
qualifying shares required by law) is owned by such Person directly
and/or through other Wholly Owned Subsidiaries.
“ Wholly
Owned Subsidiary Guarantor ”: any Subsidiary Guarantor
that is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower.
1.2
Other Definitional Provisions
(a)
Unless otherwise specified therein, all terms defined in this
Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in the other
Loan Documents or any certificate or other document made or
delivered pursuant hereto or thereto.
(b)
As used herein and in the other Loan Documents, and any certificate
or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto,
(i) accounting terms relating to any Group Member not defined
in Section 1.1 and accounting terms partly defined in
Section 1.1, to the extent not defined, shall have the
respective meanings given to them under GAAP, (ii) the words
“include”, “includes” and
“including” shall be deemed to be followed by the
phrase “without limitation”, (iii) the word
“incur” shall be construed to mean incur, create,
issue, assume, become liable in respect of or suffer to exist (and
the words “incurred” and “incurrence” shall
have correlative meanings), (iv) the words “asset”
and “property” shall be construed to have the same
meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and
intangible assets and properties, including cash, Capital Stock,
securities, revenues, accounts, leasehold interests and contract
rights, and (v) references to agreements or other Contractual
Obligations shall, unless otherwise specified, be deemed to refer
to such agreements or Contractual Obligations as amended,
supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to
time.
(c)
The words “hereof”, “herein” and
“hereunder” and words of similar import, when used in
this Agreement, shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to
any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section, Schedule
and Exhibit references are to this Agreement unless otherwise
specified.
(d)
The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally
applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such
terms.
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2.
AMOUNT
AND TERMS OF REVOLVING COMMITMENTS
2.1
Revolving Commitments
(a)
Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender severally
agrees to make revolving credit loans (“ Revolving
Loans ”) to the Borrower, from time to time during the
Revolving Commitment Period, in an aggregate principal amount at
any one time outstanding which, when added to the amount equal to
such Lender’s Revolving Percentage of the L/C Obligations
then outstanding and such Lender’s Revolving Percentage of
Swing Line Loans then outstanding, does not exceed the amount of
such Lender’s Revolving Commitment. No Lender shall be
obligated to make a Revolving Loan if, after giving effect to such
Revolving Loan, the aggregate Revolving Extensions of Credit exceed
the Total Revolving Commitments. During the Revolving Commitment
Period the Borrower may use the Revolving Commitments by borrowing,
prepaying the Revolving Loans in whole or in part, and reborrowing,
all in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof. The
Revolving Loans may from time to time be LIBOR Loans or Base Rate
Loans, as determined by the Borrower and notified to the
Administrative Agent in accordance with Sections 2.3 and
2.8.
(b)
The Borrower shall repay all outstanding Revolving Loans on the
Revolving Termination Date.
2.2
Increase in Revolving Commitment
(a)
Prior to the Revolving Termination Date, the Borrower may request
an increase to the Total Revolving Commitments (the “
Proposed Increase ”) by delivering to the
Administrative Agent a written notice of a proposed increase
stating the date on which the proposed increase is to be effective
(the “ Increase Effective Date ”),
provided that (i) each single Proposed Increase shall
be in an amount equal to or greater than $25,000,000,
(ii) after giving effect to such Proposed Increase, the number
of increases made by the Borrower pursuant to this
Section 2.2(a) shall not exceed three, (iii) after
giving effect to such Proposed Increase, the aggregate amount of
all Proposed Increases requested pursuant to this
Section 2.2(a) shall not exceed $80,000,000,
(iv) the Borrower has not given notice pursuant to
Section 2.5 to reduce the amount of the Total Revolving
Commitments and (v) each of the conditions precedent set forth
in Section 6.2 are satisfied as of the Increase Effective
Date.
(b)
So long as each of the requirements sent forth in
Section 2.2(a) are satisfied, the Administrative Agent
shall invite each Lender to increase its Revolving Commitment (it
being understood that each Lender shall have the right but not the
obligation to increase its Revolving Commitment in amounts
determined by the Administrative Agent) in connection with the
Proposed Increase and may, if necessary to meet the full amount of
the Proposed Increase, invite any other financial institution
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the
Borrower to become a Lender in connection with the Proposed
Increase. Such financial institution shall enter into a joinder
agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, with the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent and may, with the consent of the Borrower and the Required
Lenders, effect such
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amendments to this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or
appropriate, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, to join
such financial institution as a Lender under this Agreement and the
Loan Documents.
(c)
Each Proposed Increase shall increase the Total Revolving
Commitments on the Increase Effective Date upon (i) entire
amount of Approved Increase being committed to by Lenders as
determined by the Administrative Agent and (ii) the Borrower
executing and delivering such documents and instruments as may be
reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.
(d)
To the extent any Letter of Credit or Swing Line Loan is
outstanding when the Total Revolving Commitments are increased
pursuant to this Section 2.2, each Lender’s risk
participation in outstanding L/C Obligations and outstanding Swing
Line Loans shall be adjusted based upon such Lender’s
adjusted Revolving Percentage.
(e)
All references in this Agreement and the Loan Documents to
Revolving Loans and Revolving Extensions of Credit shall be deemed,
unless context otherwise requires, to include Revolving Loans and
Revolving Extensions of Credit made pursuant to this
Section 2.2, which shall benefit equally and ratably from the
guarantees and Liens created by the Loan Documents.
2.3
Procedure for Revolving Loan Borrowing
The Borrower may
borrow under the Revolving Commitments during the Revolving
Commitment Period on any Business Day, provided that the
Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice
(which notice must be received by the Administrative Agent prior to
11:00 A.M., San Francisco, California time, (a) three
Business Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date, in the case of
LIBOR Loans, or (b) one Business Day prior to the requested
Borrowing Date, in the case of Base Rate Loans) ( provided
that any such notice of a borrowing of Base Rate Loans under the
Revolving Facility to finance payments required by Section 3.5
may be given not later than 10:00 A.M., San Francisco,
California time, on the date of the proposed borrowing), specifying
(i) the amount and Type of Revolving Loans to be borrowed,
(ii) the requested Borrowing Date and (iii) in the case
of LIBOR Loans, the respective amounts of each Type of Revolving
Loan and the respective lengths of the initial Interest Period
therefor. Each borrowing under the Revolving Commitments shall be
in an amount equal to $1,000,000 or a greater multiple of $500,000
(or, if the then aggregate Available Revolving Commitments are less
than $1,000,000, such lesser amount). Upon receipt of any such
notice from the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall promptly
notify each Lender thereof. Each Lender will make the amount of its
pro rata share of each borrowing available to the Administrative
Agent for the account of the Borrower at the Funding Office prior
to 12:00 Noon, San Francisco, California time, on the Borrowing
Date requested by the Borrower in funds immediately available to
the Administrative Agent. Such borrowing will then be made
available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent crediting the
account of the Borrower on the books of such office with the
aggregate of the amounts made available to the Administrative Agent
by the Lenders and in like funds as received by the Administrative
Agent.
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2.4
Unused Commitment Fees, etc.
(a)
Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, the Borrower
agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each
Lender under the Existing Credit Agreement the unused commitment
fee accrued thereunder through the day immediately preceding the
date of this Agreement. The Borrower agrees to pay to the
Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender under this
Agreement an unused commitment fee for the period from and
including the date of this Agreement to the last day of the
Revolving Commitment Period, computed at the Unused Commitment Fee
Rate under the Existing Credit Agreement through the date
immediately preceding the date of this Agreement and thereafter at
the Unused Commitment Fee Rate set forth in this Agreement, in each
case on the average daily amount of the Available Revolving
Commitment of such Lender during the period for which payment is
made, payable quarterly in arrears on each Fee Payment Date,
commencing on the first such date to occur after the date hereof.
For purposes of this Section 2.4(a), the outstanding amount of
Swing Line Loans shall not constitute usage of the Revolving
Facility.
(b)
The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent the fees in
the amounts and on the dates as set forth in any fee agreements
with the Administrative Agent and to perform any other obligations
contained therein.
2.5
Termination or
Reduction of Revolving Commitments
The Borrower shall
have the right, upon not less than three Business Days’
notice to the Administrative Agent, to terminate the Revolving
Commitments or, from time to time, to reduce the amount of the
Revolving Commitments; provided that no such termination or
reduction of Revolving Commitments shall be permitted if, after
giving effect thereto and to any prepayments of the Revolving Loans
made on the effective date thereof, the Total Revolving Extensions
of Credit would exceed the Total Revolving Commitments. Any such
reduction shall be in an amount equal to $1,000,000, or a whole
multiple thereof, and shall reduce permanently the Revolving
Commitments then in effect. If, after giving effect to any
reduction of the Revolving Commitments, the L/C Commitment or the
Swing Line Sublimit exceeds the amount of the Revolving
Commitments, the L/C Commitment and the Swing Line Sublimit shall
be automatically reduced by the amount of such excess.
2.6
Optional Prepayments
The Borrower may
at any time and from time to time prepay the Revolving Loans, in
whole or in part, without premium or penalty, upon irrevocable
notice delivered to the Administrative Agent no later than
11:00 A.M., San Francisco, California time, three Business
Days prior thereto, in the case of LIBOR Loans, and no later than
11:00 A.M., San Francisco, California time, one Business Day
prior thereto, in the case of Base Rate Loans, which notice shall
specify the date and amount of prepayment and whether the
prepayment is of LIBOR Loans or Base Rate Loans; provided ,
that if a LIBOR Loan is prepaid on any day other than the last day
of the Interest Period applicable thereto, the Borrower shall also
pay any amounts owing pursuant to Section 2.16. Upon receipt
of any such notice the
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Administrative Agent
shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof. If any such
notice is given, the amount specified in such notice shall be due
and payable on the date specified therein, together with (except in
the case of Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans) accrued
interest to such date on the amount prepaid. Partial prepayments of
a LIBOR Loan shall be in an aggregate principal amount of not less
than $1,000,000 or a greater multiple of $500,000 (or if the then
aggregate amount of the outstanding LIBOR Loans is less than
$1,000,000, such lesser amount).
2.7
Mandatory
Prepayments and Commitment Reductions
(a)
If any Capital Stock or Indebtedness shall be issued or incurred by
any Group Member (excluding any Indebtedness incurred in accordance
with Section 8.2 and the Net Cash Proceeds received by the
Borrower from the exercise of stock options) an amount equal to
100% of the Net Cash Proceeds in respect of the issuance of such
Capital Stock and the incurrence of such Indebtedness, in each
case, shall be applied on the date of such issuance or incurrence
toward the prepayment of the Revolving Loans to the extent
Revolving Loans are then outstanding.
(b)
If on any date any Group Member shall receive Net Cash Proceeds
from any Asset Sale or Recovery Event then, unless a Reinvestment
Notice shall be delivered in respect thereof, such Net Cash
Proceeds shall be applied on such date toward the prepayment of the
Revolving Loans to the extent Revolving Loans are then outstanding;
provided , that, notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the
aggregate Net Cash Proceeds of Asset Sales and Recovery Events that
may be excluded from the foregoing requirement pursuant to a
Reinvestment Notice shall not exceed $5,000,000 in any fiscal year
of the Borrower and (ii) on each Reinvestment Prepayment Date,
an amount equal to the Reinvestment Prepayment Amount with respect
to the relevant Reinvestment Event shall be applied toward the
prepayment of the Revolving Loans to the extent Revolving Loans are
then outstanding.
(c)
Amounts to be applied in connection with prepayments made pursuant
to Section 2.6 shall be applied to the prepayment of the
Revolving Loans. The application of any prepayment pursuant to
Section 2.7 shall be made, first, to Base Rate Loans and,
second, to LIBOR Loans. Each prepayment of the Revolving Loans
under Section 2.7 shall be accompanied by accrued interest to
the date of such prepayment on the amount prepaid.
2.8
Conversion and Continuation Options
(a)
The Borrower may elect from time to time to convert LIBOR Loans to
Base Rate Loans by giving the Administrative Agent prior
irrevocable notice of such election no later than 11:00 A.M.,
San Francisco, California time, on the Business Day preceding the
proposed conversion date, provided that any such conversion
of LIBOR Loans may only be made on the last day of an Interest
Period with respect thereto. The Borrower may elect from time to
time to convert Base Rate Loans to LIBOR Loans by giving the
Administrative Agent prior irrevocable notice of such election no
later than 11:00 A.M., San Francisco, California time, on the
third Business Day preceding the proposed conversion date (which
notice shall specify the length of the initial Interest Period
therefor), provided that no Base
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Rate Loan under the
Revolving Facility may be converted into a LIBOR Loan when any
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the
Administrative Agent or any Lender in respect of the Revolving
Facility has determined in its sole discretion not to permit such
conversions. Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative
Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender
thereof.
(b)
Any LIBOR Loan may be continued as such upon the expiration of the
then current Interest Period with respect thereto by the Borrower
giving irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, in
accordance with the applicable provisions of the term
“Interest Period” set forth in Section 1.1, of the
length of the next Interest Period to be applicable to such
Revolving Loans, provided that no LIBOR Loan under the
Revolving Facility may be continued as such when any Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent
has or any Lender in respect of the Revolving Facility has
determined in its sole discretion not to permit such continuations,
and provided , further , that if the Borrower shall
fail to give any required notice as described above in this
paragraph or if such continuation is not permitted pursuant to the
preceding proviso such Revolving Loans shall be automatically
converted to Base Rate Loans on the last day of such then expiring
Interest Period. Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative
Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender
thereof.
2.9
Limitations on
LIBOR Tranches
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement, all borrowings,
conversions and continuations of LIBOR Loans and all selections of
Interest Periods shall be in such amounts and be made pursuant to
such elections so that, (a) after giving effect thereto, the
aggregate principal amount of the LIBOR Loans comprising each LIBOR
Tranche shall be equal to $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of
$500,000 in excess thereof and (b) no more than 12 LIBOR
Tranches shall be outstanding at any one time.
2.10
Interest Rates and Payment
Dates
(a)
Each LIBOR Loan shall bear interest during the Interest Period with
respect thereto at a rate per annum equal to the LIBOR Rate
determined for such day plus the Applicable Margin.
(b)
Each Base Rate Loan under the Revolving Facility shall bear
interest at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the
Applicable Margin.
(c)
(i) If all or a portion of the principal amount of any
Revolving Loan, Swing Line Loan or Reimbursement Obligation shall
not be paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise), all outstanding Revolving Loans, Swing
Line Loans and Reimbursement Obligations (whether or not overdue)
shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to (x) in the
case of the Revolving Loans, the rate that would otherwise be
applicable thereto pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this
Section plus 2%, (y) in the case of the Swing Line Loans,
the rate that would otherwise be applicable thereto plus 2% or
(z) in the case of Reimbursement Obligations, the rate
applicable to Base Rate Loans under the Revolving Facility plus 2%,
and (ii) if all or a portion of any interest payable on
any
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Revolving Loan, Swing
Line Loan or Reimbursement Obligation or any commitment fee
(including any unused commitment fee) or other amount payable
hereunder shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount shall
bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the rate then applicable
to Base Rate Loans or Swing Line Loans (if applicable) under the
Revolving Facility plus 2% (or, in the case of any such other
amounts that do not relate to the Revolving Facility or the Swing
Line Loans, the rate then applicable to Base Rate Loans under the
Revolving Facility plus 2%), in each case, with respect to clauses
(i) and (ii) above, from the date of such non-payment
until such amount is paid in full (as well after as before
judgment).
(d)
Interest shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date,
provided that interest accruing pursuant to paragraph
(c) of this Section shall be payable from time to time on
demand.
2.11
Computation of Interest and
Fees
(a)
Interest and fees payable pursuant to this Agreement shall be
calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual days
elapsed. The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable
notify the Borrower and the relevant Lenders of each determination
of a LIBOR Rate. Any change in the interest rate on a Revolving
Loan resulting from a change in the Base Rate or the Eurocurrency
Reserve Requirements shall become effective as of the opening of
business on the day on which such change becomes effective. The
Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the
Borrower and the relevant Lenders of the effective date and the
amount of each such change in interest rate. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Section, the Borrower shall not be
required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section for
any change in Eurocurrency Reserve Requirement that occurs more
than three months prior to the date that such Lender notifies the
Borrower of such change; provided that, if the change in
Eurocurrency Reserve Requirement has a retroactive effect, then
such three-month period shall be extended to include the period of
such retroactive effect.
(b)
Each determination of an interest rate by the Administrative Agent
pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be conclusive and
binding on the Borrower and the Lenders in the absence of manifest
error. The Administrative Agent shall, at the request of the
Borrower, deliver to the Borrower a statement showing the
quotations used by the Administrative Agent in determining any
interest rate pursuant to Section 2.10(a).
2.12
Inability to Determine
Interest Rate
If prior to the
first day of any Interest Period:
(a)
the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination
shall be conclusive and binding upon the Borrower) that, by reason
of circumstances affecting the relevant market, adequate and
reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the LIBOR Rate for
such Interest Period, or
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(b)
the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from any Lender
in respect of the Revolving Facility that the LIBOR Rate determined
or to be determined for such Interest Period will not adequately
and fairly reflect the cost to such Lender (as conclusively
certified by such Lender) of making or maintaining their affected
Revolving Loans during such Interest Period,
the Administrative
Agent shall give telecopy or telephonic notice thereof to the
Borrower and the relevant Lenders as soon as practicable
thereafter. If such notice is given (x) any LIBOR Loans under
the Revolving Facility requested to be made on the first day of
such Interest Period shall be made as Base Rate Loans, (y) any
Revolving Loans under the Revolving Facility that were to have been
converted on the first day of such Interest Period to LIBOR Loans
shall be continued as Base Rate Loans and (z) any outstanding
LIBOR Loans under the Revolving Facility shall be converted, on the
last day of the then-current Interest Period, to Base Rate Loans.
Until such notice has been withdrawn by the Administrative Agent,
no further LIBOR Loans under the Revolving Facility shall be made
or continued as such, nor shall the Borrower have the right to
convert Revolving Loans under the Revolving Facility to LIBOR
Loans.
2.13
Pro Rata Treatment and
Payments
(a)
Each borrowing by the Borrower from the Lenders under the Revolving
Facility, each payment by the Borrower on account of any unused
commitment fee and any reduction of the Revolving Commitments of
the Lenders shall be made pro rata according to the respective
Revolving Percentages of the Lenders.
(b)
Each payment (including each prepayment) by the Borrower on account
of principal of and interest on the Revolving Loans shall be made
pro rata according to the respective outstanding principal amounts
of the Revolving Loans then held by the Lenders.
(c)
All payments (including prepayments) to be made by the Borrower
hereunder, whether on account of principal, interest, fees or
otherwise, shall be made without setoff or counterclaim and shall
be made prior to 12:00 Noon, San Francisco, California time, on the
due date thereof to the Administrative Agent, for the account of
the Lenders, at the Funding Office, in Dollars and in immediately
available funds. The Administrative Agent shall distribute such
payments to the Lenders promptly upon receipt in like funds as
received. If any payment hereunder (other than payments on the
LIBOR Loans) becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business
Day, such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business
Day. If any payment on a LIBOR Loan becomes due and payable on a
day other than a Business Day, the maturity thereof shall be
extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless the result of
such extension would be to extend such payment into another
calendar month, in which event such payment shall be made on the
immediately preceding Business Day. In the case of any extension of
any payment of principal pursuant to the preceding two sentences,
interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate
during such extension.
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(d)
Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing
by any Lender prior to a borrowing that such Lender will not make
the amount that would constitute its share of such borrowing
available to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may
assume that such Lender is making such amount available to the
Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance
upon such assumption in its sole discretion, make available to the
Borrower a corresponding amount. If such amount is not made
available to the Administrative Agent by the required time on the
Borrowing Date therefor, such Lender shall pay to the
Administrative Agent, on demand, such amount with interest thereon,
at a rate equal to the greater of (i) the Federal Funds
Effective Rate and (ii) a rate determined by the
Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry
rules on interbank compensation, for the period until such
Lender makes such amount immediately available to the
Administrative Agent. A certificate of the Administrative Agent
submitted to any Lender with respect to any amounts owing under
this paragraph shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest
error. If such Lender’s share of such borrowing is not made
available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender within three
Business Days after such Borrowing Date, the Administrative Agent
shall also be entitled to recover such amount with interest thereon
at the rate per annum applicable to such borrowing under the
Revolving Facility, on demand, from the Borrower. Nothing herein
shall be deemed to limit the rights of the Administrative Agent or
the Borrower against any Lender.
(e)
Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing
by the Borrower prior to the date of any payment due to be made by
the Borrower hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment
to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume
that the Borrower is making such payment, and the Administrative
Agent may, but shall not be required to, in reliance upon such
assumption in its sole discretion, make available to the Lenders
their respective pro rata shares of a corresponding amount. If such
payment is not made to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower
within three Business Days after such due date, the Administrative
Agent shall be entitled to recover, on demand, from each Lender to
which any amount which was made available pursuant to the preceding
sentence, such amount with interest thereon at the rate per annum
equal to the daily average Federal Funds Effective Rate. Nothing
herein shall be deemed to limit the rights of the Administrative
Agent or any Lender against the Borrower.
2.14
Requirements of
Law
(a)
If the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law of
general application or in the interpretation or application thereof
or compliance by any Lender with any request or directive (whether
or not having the force of law) from any central bank or other
Governmental Authority made subsequent to the date
hereof:
(i)
shall subject any Lender to any tax of any kind whatsoever with
respect to this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, any Application or
any LIBOR Loan made by it, or change the basis of taxation of
payments to such Lender in respect thereof (except for Non-Excluded
Taxes covered by Section 2.15 and changes in the rate of tax
on the overall net income of such Lender);
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(ii)
shall impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve, special
deposit, compulsory loan or similar requirement against assets held
by, deposits or other liabilities in or for the account of,
advances, loans or other extensions of credit by, or any other
acquisition of funds by, any office of such Lender that is not
otherwise included in the determination of the LIBOR Rate;
or
(iii)
shall impose on such Lender any other condition;
and the result of any
of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender, by an
amount that such Lender deems to be material, of making, converting
into, continuing or maintaining LIBOR Loans or issuing or
participating in Letters of Credit, or to reduce any amount
receivable hereunder in respect thereof, then, in any such case,
the Borrower shall promptly pay such Lender, upon its demand, any
additional amounts necessary to compensate such Lender for such
increased cost or reduced amount receivable. If any Lender becomes
entitled to claim any additional amounts pursuant to this
paragraph, it shall promptly notify the Borrower (with a copy to
the Administrative Agent) of the event by reason of which it has
become so entitled.
(b)
If any Lender shall have reasonably determined that the adoption of
or any change in any Requirement of Law of general application
regarding capital adequacy or in the interpretation or application
thereof or compliance by such Lender or any corporation controlling
such Lender with any request or directive regarding capital
adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) from any
Governmental Authority made subsequent to the date hereof shall
have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such
Lender’s or such corporation’s capital as a consequence
of its obligations hereunder or under or in respect of any Letter
of Credit to a level below that which such Lender or such
corporation could have achieved but for such adoption, change or
compliance (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such
corporation’s policies with respect to capital adequacy) by
an amount deemed by such Lender to be material, then from time to
time, after submission by such Lender to the Borrower (with a copy
to the Administrative Agent) of a written request therefor, the
Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts
as will compensate such Lender or such corporation for such
reduction.
(c)
A certificate as to any additional amounts payable pursuant to this
Section submitted by any Lender to the Borrower (with a copy
to the Administrative Agent) shall be conclusive in the absence of
manifest error. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Section, the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender
pursuant to this Section for any amounts incurred more than
three months prior to the date that such Lender notifies the
Borrower of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation
therefor; provided that, if the circumstances giving rise to
such claim have a retroactive effect, then such three-month period
shall be extended to include the period of such retroactive effect.
Borrower shall not have any obligation under this Section to
the extent any increased cost, reduction in the rate of return on
capital of a Lender or any increased requirements regarding capital
adequacy applicable to a Lender are directly attributable to any
willful misconduct of the Lender or any alleged unsafe, unsound or
illegal practice engaged in by the Lender. The obligations of
the
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Borrower pursuant to
this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement
and the payment of the Revolving Loans and all other amounts
payable hereunder.
2.15
Taxes
(a)
All payments made by the Borrower under this Agreement shall be
made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or
on account of, any present or future income, stamp or other taxes,
levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings,
now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed
by any Governmental Authority, excluding income, gross receipts,
franchise and any similar taxes imposed on the Administrative Agent
or any Lender as a result of a present or former connection between
the Administrative Agent or such Lender and the jurisdiction of the
Governmental Authority imposing such tax or any political
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