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Confidential Treatment Requested
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT
AGREEMENT
FOREST CITY RENTAL PROPERTIES
CORPORATION
VARIOUS LENDING
INSTITUTIONS
KEYBANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
as Administrative Agent for the
Banks
as Syndication Agent for the
Banks
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. and
LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Co-Documentation
Agents
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ARTICLE II REVOLVING LOANS
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SECTION 2.01. AMOUNT OF THE REVOLVING LOAN
FACILITY
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SECTION 2.02. REVOLVING LOAN
COMMITMENTS
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SECTION 2.03. REVOLVING LOANS
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SECTION 2.04. PURPOSE OF THE REVOLVING
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SECTION 2.05. REVOLVING LOAN NOTES
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SECTION 2.06. REPAYMENT OF THE REVOLVING LOAN
NOTES
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ARTICLE III LETTERS OF CREDIT
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SECTION 3.01. LETTERS OF CREDIT
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ARTICLE IV INTEREST ON THE REVOLVING
LOANS
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SECTION 4.01(a). INTEREST OPTIONS
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SECTION 4.01(b). LIBOR RATE OPTION
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SECTION 4.01(c). BASE RATE OPTION
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SECTION 4.01(d). INDICATED SPREAD
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SECTION 4.02. INTEREST PERIODS
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SECTION 4.03. INTEREST PAYMENT DATES
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SECTION 4.04. INTEREST CALCULATIONS
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SECTION 4.05. POST-DEFAULT RATE
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SECTION 4.06. RESERVES OR DEPOSIT REQUIREMENTS,
ETC.
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SECTION 4.07. TAX LAW, ETC.
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SECTION 4.09. EURODOLLAR DEPOSITS UNAVAILABLE OR
INTEREST RATE UNASCERTAINABLE
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SECTION 4.10. CHANGES IN LAW RENDERING LIBOR
LOANS UNLAWFUL
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ARTICLE V AGREEMENTS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE
TO ALL REVOLVING LOANS
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SECTION 5.01. NOTICE OF BORROWING
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SECTION 5.02. DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS
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SECTION 5.03. CONDITIONS TO LOANS AND LETTERS OF
CREDIT
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SECTION 5.04. PAYMENT ON NOTES, ETC.
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SECTION 5.06. UNUSED COMMITMENT FEES
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SECTION 5.07. MODIFICATION OF THE TOTAL
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SECTION 5.08. EXTENSIONS OF THE LOANS
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ARTICLE VI CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
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SECTION 6.01. CORPORATE AND LOAN
DOCUMENTS
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SECTION 6.02. OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR
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SECTION 6.03. JUDGMENT, ORDERS
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SECTION 6.05. NOTICE OF BORROWING
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SECTION 6.06. OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR
BORROWER
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SECTION 6.07. PAYMENT OF FEES
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SECTION 6.08. ADVERSE CHANGE, ETC.
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SECTION 6.09. EVIDENCE OF INSURANCE
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ARTICLE VII AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
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SECTION 7.01. PAYMENT OF AMOUNTS DUE
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SECTION 7.02. EXISTENCE, BUSINESS,
ETC.
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SECTION 7.03. MAINTENANCE OF
PROPERTIES
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SECTION 7.04. PAYMENT OF TAXES, ETC.
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SECTION 7.05. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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SECTION 7.07. ENVIRONMENTAL
COMPLIANCE
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SECTION 7.10. MONEY OBLIGATIONS
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SECTION 7.14. POST CLOSING ITEMS
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SECTION 7.15. FURTHER ASSURANCES; REPLACEMENT
NOTES
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SECTION 7.16. NOTICE OF DEFAULT OR
LITIGATION
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SECTION 7.17. USE OF PROCEEDS
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ARTICLE VIII NEGATIVE COVENANTS
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SECTION 8.02. COMBINATIONS
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SECTION 8.03. BULK TRANSFERS
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SECTION 8.06. LOANS RECEIVABLE
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SECTION 8.08. AMENDMENT OF ARTICLES OF
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SECTION 8.09. FISCAL YEAR
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SECTION 8.10. REGULATION U
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SECTION 8.12. TRANSACTIONS WITH
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SECTION 8.13. DEBT SERVICE COVERAGE
RATIO
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SECTION 8.14(A). RESTRICTIONS ON DISTRIBUTIONS
DURING AN EVENT OF DEFAULT OTHER THAN A PAYMENT DEFAULT
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SECTION 8.14(B). RESTRICTIONS ON DISTRIBUTIONS
DURING A PAYMENT DEFAULT
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SECTION 8.15. CROSS COLLATERALIZATION AND CROSS
DEFAULTS
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SECTION 8.16. SENIOR NOTES; 2006 PUTTABLE SENIOR
NOTES
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SECTION 8.17. CHANGES IN BUSINESS
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SECTION 8.18. ANTI-TERRORISM LAWS
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ARTICLE IX REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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SECTION 9.02. RIGHT TO ACT
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SECTION 9.03. BINDING EFFECT
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SECTION 9.05. EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME
SECURITY ACT
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SECTION 9.06. ENVIRONMENTAL
COMPLIANCE
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SECTION 9.08. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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SECTION 9.11. TITLE TO PROPERTIES; PATENTS,
TRADE MARKS, ETC.
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SECTION 9.12. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER
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SECTION 9.13. MATERIAL RESTRICTIONS
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SECTION 9.14. CORRECTNESS OF DATA
FURNISHED
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SECTION 9.16. COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS
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SECTION 9.17. REGULATION U, ETC.
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SECTION 9.19. SECURITIES ACT, ETC.
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SECTION 9.20. INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT
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SECTION 9.21. INDEBTEDNESS OF
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SECTION 9.23. INDEBTEDNESS
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SECTION 9.24. ANTI TERRORISM LAW
COMPLIANCE
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ARTICLE X EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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SECTION 10.03. REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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SECTION 10.04. CROSS DEFAULT
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SECTION 10.05. TERMINATION OF PLAN
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SECTION 10.06. DOMESTIC SUBSIDIARY
SOLVENCY
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SECTION 10.07. BORROWER’S
SOLVENCY
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SECTION 10.08. CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP; CHANGE OF
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SECTION 10.10. DEFAULT UNDER GUARANTY, SENIOR
NOTES OR 2006 PUTTABLE SENIOR NOTES
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SECTION 10.11. DEFAULT UNDER SUBORDINATION
AGREEMENT
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ARTICLE XI REMEDIES UPON DEFAULT
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SECTION 11.01. OPTIONAL DEFAULTS
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SECTION 11.02. AUTOMATIC DEFAULTS
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SECTION 11.03. REMEDIES RELATING TO LETTERS OF
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SECTION 11.05. APPLICATION OF
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SECTION 12.01. APPOINTMENT AND
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SECTION 12.02. DELEGATION OF DUTIES
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SECTION 12.03. LIABILITY OF AGENT
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SECTION 12.04. RELIANCE BY AGENT
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SECTION 12.05. RESIGNATION OR REMOVAL OF THE
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SECTION 12.06. NOTE HOLDERS
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SECTION 12.07. CONSULTATION WITH
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SECTION 12.09. KNOWLEDGE OF DEFAULT
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SECTION 12.10. INDEMNIFICATION
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SECTION 12.11. AGENTS IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL
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SECTION 12.12. EQUALIZATION PROVISION
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SECTION 12.13. NO RELIANCE ON AGENTS’
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ARTICLE XIII MISCELLANEOUS
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SECTION 13.01. NO WAIVER; CUMULATIVE
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SECTION 13.02. AMENDMENTS, CONSENTS
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SECTION 13.04. COSTS, EXPENSES AND
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SECTION 13.05. SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND
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SECTION 13.06. OBLIGATIONS SEVERAL; NO FIDUCIARY
OBLIGATIONS
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SECTION 13.07. EXECUTION IN
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SECTION 13.08. BINDING EFFECT;
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SECTION 13.09. INDEMNIFICATION BY THE
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SECTION 13.10. GOVERNING LAW
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SECTION 13.11. SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS;
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SECTION 13.17. INDEPENDENCE OF
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SECTION 13.18. INTERPRETATION
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SECTION 13.19. GENERAL LIMITATION OF
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SECTION 13.20. USA PATRIOT ACT
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EXHIBITS
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COMMITMENTS
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FORM OF
GUARANTY
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OUTSTANDING
LETTERS OF CREDIT
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FORM OF
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FORM OF SWING
LINE NOTE
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FORM OF LETTER
OF CREDIT REQUEST
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FORM OF NOTICE
OF BORROWING
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FORM OF
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
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SCHEDULES
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AUTHORIZED
FISCAL OFFICERS
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POST-CLOSING
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EXCEPTIONS TO
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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OUTSTANDING
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OUTSTANDING
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(v)
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT
AGREEMENT
Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 6, 2007 (the
“Agreement”), among FOREST CITY RENTAL PROPERTIES
CORPORATION, an Ohio corporation (hereinafter sometimes called the
“Borrower”), the banking institutions from time to time
party hereto (hereinafter sometimes collectively called the
“Banks” and individually a “Bank”), KEYBANK
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Cleveland, Ohio, as Administrative Agent for
the Banks under this Agreement (the “Agent”), NATIONAL
CITY BANK, Cleveland, Ohio, as Syndication Agent for the Banks
under this Agreement (the “Syndication Agent”) and BANK
OF AMERICA, N.A. and LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
Co-Documentation Agents (the “Co-Documentation
Agents”).
WHEREAS, the
Borrower, the Banks, the Agent, the Syndication Agent and the
Co-Documentation Agents previously entered into a Credit Agreement,
dated as of March 22, 2004 (as amended to the date hereof, the
“2004 Credit Agreement”) and
WHEREAS, the
Borrower, the Banks, the Agents and the Co-Documentation Agents
desire to amend and restate the 2004 Credit Agreement in its
entirety and the Banks, the Agents and the Co-Documentation Agents
are willing to do so upon the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, it
is mutually agreed as follows:
As used in this
Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
“Additional Bank” shall mean a financial
institution that shall become a Bank hereunder during the
Commitment Increase Period pursuant to Section 5.07(a)
hereof.
“Additional Bank Assumption Agreement” shall
mean an assumption agreement in form and substance satisfactory to
the Agent, entered into by any Additional Bank pursuant to Section
5.07(a) hereof, wherein an Additional Bank shall become a Bank
hereunder.
“Additional Bank Assumption Effective Date”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.07(a)
hereof.
“Additional Commitments” shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 5.07(a) hereof.
“Advantage” shall mean any payment (whether made
voluntarily or involuntarily, by offset of any deposit or other
Indebtedness or otherwise) received by any Bank in respect of the
Borrower’s Debt to the Banks if such payment results in that
Bank having a lesser share of the Borrower’s Debt to the
Banks, than was the case immediately before such
payment.
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“Affiliate” of any Person means any other Person
directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct
or indirect common control with such Person. For purposes of this
definition, “control” when used with respect to any
Person means the power to direct the management and policies of
such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership
of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms
“controlling” and “controlled” have
meanings correlative to the foregoing.
“Agent” means KeyBank National Association, in
its capacity as administrative agent for the Banks hereunder, and
its successors in such capacity.
“Agents” means collectively, the Agent and the
Syndication Agent.
“Agreement” means this Credit Agreement as the
same may be from time to time amended, supplemented, modified,
extended and/or restated.
“Anti-Terrorism Law” shall mean the USA Patriot
Act or any other law pertaining to the prevention of future acts of
terrorism, in each case as such law may be amended from time to
time.
“Authorized Fiscal Officer” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 2.03(b) hereof.
“Base
Rate” shall mean a rate per annum equal to the greater of
(a) that interest rate established from time to time by the
Agent at its principal office as the Agent’s prime rate,
whether or not such rate is publicly announced or (b) the
Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 1/2 of 1% (.50%) per annum. The
prime rate may be other than the lowest interest rate charged by
the Agent for commercial or other extensions of credit.
“Base
Rate Option” means interest determined pursuant to
Section 4.01(c) and related provisions hereof.
“Board
of Directors” shall mean either the board of directors of
the Parent or any duly constituted committee thereof.
“Borrower” means Forest City Rental Properties
Corporation, an Ohio corporation.
“Capital
Stock” of any Person shall mean any and all shares,
interests, participations, or other equivalents (however
designated) of corporate stock or other equity participations or
interests including, without limitation, partnership interests,
whether general or limited, and membership interests, whether of
managing or non-managing members, of such Person.
“Change
of Management Event” shall be deemed to have occurred at
such time as any two (2) of James A. Ratner, Charles A.
Ratner, Ronald A. Ratner and Albert B. Ratner become unable or
cease to hold the respective positions held by such persons on the
date of this Agreement, with all the responsibilities normally
associated with such positions, provided , that, no Change
of Management Event shall be deemed to have occurred if within one
hundred twenty (120) days the Borrower shall have obtained the
reasonable approval of the Required Banks, in their sole
discretion, of one or more additional executives, such that the
remaining and new management executives as a group, have
substantial and sufficient knowledge, experience and
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capabilities in
the management of a company engaged in the operation of a
multi-asset real estate business of the type engaged in by the
Borrower.
“Change
of Ownership Event” shall be deemed to have occurred at
such time as either (a) any Person (other than a Permitted
Holder) or any Persons acting together that would constitute a
“group” (a “Group”) for purposes of Section
13(d) of the Exchange Act or any successor provision thereto (other
than Permitted Holders), together with any Affiliates or Related
Persons thereof, shall beneficially own (within the meaning of
Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, or any successor provision
thereto) at least 30% of the aggregate voting power of all classes
of Voting Stock of the Parent; or (b) any Person or Group
(other than Permitted Holders), together with any Affiliates or
Related Persons thereof, shall succeed in having a sufficient
number of its nominees elected to the Board of Directors of the
Parent such that such nominees, when added to any existing director
remaining on the Board of Directors of the Parent after such
election who was a nominee of or is an Affiliate or Related Person
of such Person or Group, will constitute a majority of the Board of
Directors of the Parent; or (c) the Permitted Holders
referenced in clause (i) of the definition of “Permitted
Holder” shall cease to own at least 51% of the aggregate
issued and outstanding shares of the Voting Stock of the Parent; or
(d) the Parent shall cease to own at least one hundred percent
(100%) on a fully diluted basis, of the economic and voting
interests of the Borrower.
“Cleveland Banking Day” shall mean a day on
which the main office of the Agent is open for the transaction of
business.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended, or any successor statute.
“Commitment” shall mean the obligation of each
Bank, during the applicable Commitment Period, to make Revolving
Loans and to participate in Swing Loans, in an aggregate amount not
to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Bank’s name
under the column headed “Maximum Amount” on
Exhibit A attached hereto (as such Exhibit A may be
amended or otherwise modified from time to time pursuant to
Section 5.07(a) or Section 13.08(a) hereof), or such
lesser amount as shall be determined pursuant to
Section 5.07(b) hereof.
“Commitment Increase Period” shall mean the
period from the Restatement Effective Date to the day prior to the
Termination Date.
“Commitment Period” shall mean (a) with
respect to the Banks other than the Additional Banks, and with
respect to the Restatement Effective Date Commitment Amount, the
period from the Restatement Effective Date until the Termination
Date and (b) with respect to each Additional Bank and each
Bank with an Additional Commitment, if any, the period from the
Additional Bank Assumption Effective Date applicable to such
Additional Bank or such Bank with an Additional Commitment until
the Termination Date.
“Common
Stock” of any Person shall mean Capital Stock of such
Person that does not rank prior, as to the payment of dividends or
as to other amounts upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation,
dissolution, or winding up of such Person, to shares of Capital
Stock or any other class of stock of such Person.
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“Completion Guaranty” shall mean any guarantee
of performance by the Borrower or the Parent, as applicable, that
construction of a real estate project will be completed in
accordance with applicable plans and specifications and that all
costs associated with such completion will be paid, provided
, that such costs may include an interest reserve only through
completion of the project and not through stabilization of such
project.
“Consideration” shall have the meaning set forth
in the definition of Multi-Asset Acquisition.
“Contingent Obligation” shall mean, with respect
to any Person at the time of any determination, without
duplication, any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such
Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing
any Indebtedness of any other Person in any manner, whether
directly or otherwise; provided , that the term
“Contingent Obligation” shall not include endorsements
for collection or deposit, in each case in the ordinary course of
business. The amount of any Contingent Obligation shall be deemed
to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the
Indebtedness in respect of which such Contingent Obligation is made
or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonable
anticipated liability in respect thereof (assuming such Person is
required to perform thereunder).
“Controlled Group” shall mean a controlled group
of corporations as defined in Section 1563 of the Code, of
which the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower is a
part.
“Cross-Collateralize” with respect to any
Person, shall mean (a) the granting of a Lien by such Person
on all or a portion of the assets of such Person to secure
Indebtedness owing by such Person to a lender and the granting of a
Lien by such Person on the same group of assets to secure
Indebtedness owing by such Person to (i) the same lender under
a different agreement, note or other instrument or (ii) one or
more other lenders, or (b) the granting of a Lien by such
Person on more than one asset of such Person to secure Indebtedness
owing by such Person to one or more lenders under one agreement,
note or other instrument or (c) the granting of a Lien by such
Person on all or a portion of its assets to secure Indebtedness
owing by another Person.
“Debt” shall mean, collectively, all
Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower to the Banks pursuant to this
Agreement, including, but not limited to, the principal of and
interest on all Notes and each extension, renewal or refinancing
thereof in whole or in part, the stated amounts of all letters of
credit issued by the Agent or the Banks hereunder, and the fees and
any prepayment premium payable hereunder.
“Debt
Service Coverage Ratio” shall mean, for any Test Period,
the ratio of (i) Net Operating Income to (ii) the sum of
(W) all scheduled principal payments (excluding balloon
payments) on non-recourse mortgage Indebtedness of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries, plus (X) all interest payments on
such non-recourse mortgage Indebtedness, minus
(Y) non-cash interest expense accrued but not currently
payable, up to a maximum of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000),
excluding non-cash interest expense accrued with respect to
Indebtedness owing by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to the
government of the United States or any state or municipality
thereof or any agencies of any of the foregoing, minus
(Z) non-cash interest expense accrued but not currently
payable solely with respect to Indebtedness owing by the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries to the government of the United States or any
state or municipality thereof or any agencies of any of the
foregoing.
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“Distributions ” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 8.14A hereof.
“Dividends” shall mean all dividends (in cash or
otherwise) declared and/or paid, capital returned, and other
distributions of any kind made on or in respect of any share of
Capital Stock outstanding at any time.
“Domestic Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary
organized under the laws of any state of the United States of
America which conducts the major portion of its business within the
United States.
“Draw” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.01(b) hereof.
“80%
FCCC Loans” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 8.15(b)(viii) hereof.
“Environmental Laws” shall mean all provisions
of law, statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, permits,
licenses, judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees, orders, awards
and standards promulgated by the government of the United States of
America or by any state or municipality thereof or by any court,
agency, instrumentality, regulatory authority or commission of any
of the foregoing, now or hereafter in effect, and in each case as
amended, concerning or relating to health, safety and protection
of, or regulation of the discharge of substances into, the
environment.
“ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the
regulations and rulings issued thereunder.
“ERISA
Affiliate” shall mean each person (as defined in
Section 3(9) of ERISA) which together with the Borrower, the
Parent or any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the
Parent would be deemed a “single employer” within the
meaning of Sections 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the
Code.
“Event
of Default” shall have the meaning set forth in
Article X hereof.
“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor provision
thereto.
“FCCC” shall mean Forest City Capital
Corporation, an Ohio corporation and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of
the Borrower.
“Federal
Funds Effective Rate” shall mean, for any period, a
fluctuating interest rate equal for each day during such period to
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 for such day (or, if such day
is not a Business Day, for the next preceding Business Day) by the
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, or, if such rate is not so
published for any day which is a Business Day, the average of the
quotations for such day on such transactions received by the Agent
from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by
the Agent.
“Fiscal
Quarterly Date” shall mean each of January 31,
April 30, July 31 and October 31.
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“GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States of America, in effect from time to
time.
“Guaranty” means the Amended and Restated
Guaranty of Payment of Debt issued by the Parent to the Agents, the
Co-Documentation Agents and the Banks, in substantially the form
and substance of Exhibit B attached hereto, as such Guaranty
may be from time to time, amended, restated or otherwise modified
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the
Guaranty.
“Guaranty Default” shall mean any one or more of
the events constituting defaults under Section 10 of the
Guaranty.
“Hedge
Agreement” shall mean any non-fully paid derivative, such
as interest rate swaps or collar agreements or other similar
agreements or arrangements designed to hedge the position of a
Person with respect to interest rates, excluding (a) any such
agreements as to which all of the obligations of such Person are
paid or payable within twelve (12) months of the date such
agreement is entered into by such Person and (b) Total Rate of
Return Swaps.
“Indebtedness” shall mean, with respect to any
Person at the time of any determination, without duplication, all
obligations of such Person which in accordance with GAAP should be
classified upon the balance sheet of such Person as liabilities,
but in any event including: (a) all obligations of such Person for
borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced
by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments,
(c) all obligations of such Person upon which interest charges
are customarily paid or accrued, (d) all written obligations
of such Person to maintain working capital, equity capital or other
financial statement condition of another Person so as to enable
such other Person to pay its Indebtedness or otherwise to protect
the holder of such Indebtedness against loss in respect thereof,
(e) all obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the
deferred purchase price of property or services, (f) all
obligations of others secured by any Lien on property owned or
acquired by such Person, whether or not the obligations secured
thereby have been assumed, (g) all capitalized lease
obligations of such Person, (h) all obligations of such Person
in respect of Hedge Agreements and Total Rate of Return Swaps,
(i) all obligations of such Person, actual or contingent, as
an account party in respect of letters of credit or bankers’
acceptances, and, without duplication, all drafts drawn thereunder,
and (j) all obligations of any partnership or joint venture as
to which such Person is or may become personally liable,
provided , that, Indebtedness shall not include (i) any
obligations incurred as a result of fraud, misappropriation,
misapplication and environmental indemnities, as are usual and
customary in commercial mortgage loan transactions, and
(ii) trade payables, deferred revenue, taxes and accrued
expenses, in each case arising in the ordinary course of business
and that is due and payable less than twelve (12) months after
the date such debt was incurred.
“Indenture” shall mean the indenture dated as of
May 19, 2003, between the Parent and The Bank of New York, as
indenture trustee and relating to the Senior Notes.
“Indemnity Agreement” shall mean any indemnity
agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agents and the
Banks, by and between the Parent and a Surety, and as each such
Indemnity Agreement may be amended, restated or otherwise
modified.
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“Indicated Spread” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 4.01(d) hereof.
“Interest Adjustment Date” shall mean the last
day of each Interest Period.
“Interest Period” shall mean a period of one,
two, three, six or nine months or one year (as selected by the
Borrower) commencing on the applicable borrowing or conversion date
of each Loan subject to the LIBOR Rate Option and on the date that
is one London Banking Day after each Interest Adjustment Date
occurring thereafter with respect thereto; provided , that
if any such Interest Period would be affected by a reduction in the
Total Revolving Loan Commitments as provided in
Section 5.07(b) hereof, prepayment rights as provided in
Section 5.05 hereof or the maturity of the Loans as provided
in Section 2.06 hereof, such Interest Period shall, without
affecting the Borrower’s obligations, if any, to pay to the
Banks, the prepayment premium set forth in Section 5.05
hereof, be shortened to end on the date of such reduction,
prepayment or maturity. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained above:
(i) if any
Interest Period begins on a day for which there is no numerically
corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest
Period, such Interest Period shall end on the last London Banking
Day of such calendar month;
(ii) if any
Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day which is not a
London Banking Day, such Interest Period shall expire on the next
succeeding London Banking Day, provided , that if any
Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day which is not a
London Banking Day but is a day of the month after which no further
London Banking Day occurs in such month, such Interest Period shall
expire on the next preceding London Banking Day;
(iii) no Interest
Period may be selected at any time that an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing;
(iv) no Interest
Period may be selected if it would extend beyond the scheduled
maturity date or principal repayment date(s) of the Loans to which
it would apply; and
(v) no Interest
Period may be selected if it would extend beyond the Termination
Date.
“Last
Libor” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5.05(b) hereof.
“LC
Obligations” shall mean the aggregate amount of all
possible drawings under all letters of credit issued pursuant to
Section 3.01 hereof and all letters of credit identified on
Schedule 3.01 hereof (which are letters of credit issued under
the 2004 Credit Agreement that remain outstanding on the date
hereof), plus all amounts drawn under any of such letters of credit
and not reimbursed.
“LIBOR” shall mean the average (rounded upward
to the nearest 1/16th of 1%) of the per annum rates at which
deposits in immediately available funds in United States dollars
for the relevant Interest Period and in the amount of the principal
of the Loans to be disbursed or to remain outstanding during such
Interest Period, as the case may be, are offered to the Reference
Banks by prime banks in any Eurodollar market reasonably selected
by the Reference Banks,
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determined as
of 11:00 a.m. London time (or as soon thereafter as
practicable), two (2) London Banking Days prior to the
beginning of the relevant Interest Period. In the event one or more
of the Reference Banks fail to furnish its quote of any rate
required herein, such rate shall be determined on the basis of the
quote or quotes of the remaining Reference Bank or
Banks.
“LIBOR
Rate Option” means interest determined pursuant to
Section 4.01(b) and related provisions hereof.
“Lien” shall mean any mortgage, pledge, security
interest, encumbrance, lien or charge of any kind (including any
agreement to give any of the foregoing, any conditional sale or
other title retention agreement, any financing or similar statement
or notice filed under the Uniform Commercial Code or any similar
notice or recording statute, and any lease having substantially the
same effect as any of the foregoing).
“Loan” means a Revolving Loan or a Swing
Loan.
“London
Banking Day” shall mean a day on which banks are open for
business in London, England, and quoting deposit rates for dollar
deposits.
“Mandatory Request” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 2.07(b) hereof.
“Material Adverse Effect” shall mean (a) a
material adverse effect on the business, property, assets,
liabilities, or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower
or the Parent or (b) a material adverse effect on the rights
or remedies of the Banks or the Agents, or on the ability of the
Borrower or the Parent to perform its respective obligations to the
Banks or the Agents under this Agreement, the Notes, the Guaranty
or the Related Writings.
“Maximum
Swing Line Amount” shall mean Forty Million Dollars
($40,000,000).
“Measured Credit Risk” shall mean the product of
(i) the notional amount of a Hedge Agreement entered into or
guaranteed by the Parent, the Borrower, FCCC, or any other
Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than a SPE Subsidiary) in each
case with any Person other than a Bank that has a remaining period
to maturity of greater than twelve (12) months, times
(ii) the number of years remaining to maturity of such Hedge
Agreement, times (iii) 1.25%.
“Multi-Asset Acquisition” shall mean any
transaction or series of related transactions entered into by one
or more Subsidiaries of the Borrower for the purpose of or
resulting, directly or indirectly, in (i) the acquisition of
all or substantially all of the assets of any Person, or any
business unit or division of any Person, or two or more unrelated
assets of any Person (that is, assets other than those consisting
of a single identifiable project) (in each case other than an
Affiliate of the Borrower), (ii) the acquisition of in excess
of 50% of the stock (or other equity interest) of any Person, or
(iii) the acquisition of another Person by a merger or
consolidation or any other combination with such Person; where the
total Consideration paid by any such Subsidiary in each such
acquisition (or series of related acquisitions) does not exceed
$200,000,000 and where the aggregate of the Consideration paid by
all Subsidiaries of the Borrower in all such acquisitions does not
exceed $800,000,000. For purposes of this definition,
“Consideration” shall mean all consideration
paid by the acquiring Subsidiary, including all
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borrowed funds,
cash, the issuance of securities or notes and the assumption or
incurring of liabilities (direct and contingent).
“Net
Operating Income” shall mean for any relevant period, the
excess of the Borrower’s revenues over the Borrower’s
operating expenses, in each case, as determined in accordance with
the Pro Rata Consolidation Method. For purposes of this definition,
Net Operating Income (a) shall not include any gains or losses
from the sale of income producing real property, other than gains
or losses obtained from the sale of net outlot parcels to a total
maximum aggregate amount of $20,000,000 for the immediately
preceding four consecutive quarters and (b) shall include
adjustments for cash flow of properties pursuant to which the
Borrower is receiving a preferred return over and above its
ownership percentage in such properties.
“Non-Affiliate Construction Project” shall mean
any real property and all improvements to be constructed thereon
(collectively, the “Non-Affiliate Property”)
(a) with respect to which the Borrower or a Subsidiary of the
Borrower, as the case may be, (i) may make a Permitted
Non-Affiliate Loan, and (ii) is the developer pursuant to an
agreement with a Non-Affiliated Entity as owner of the
Non-Affiliate Property; and (b) with respect to which the
Borrower or an Affiliate of the Borrower, as the case may be, holds
an irrevocable option from either the Non-Affiliated Entity or the
parent of the Non-Affiliated Entity to acquire, respectively,
either (i) the Non-Affiliate Property, or (ii) all of the
equity interests in and to such Non-Affiliated Entity owned by the
parent of the Non-Affiliated Entity.
“Non-Affiliated Entity” shall mean any Person
that is not an Affiliate of the Borrower and that is wholly-owned
by another Person.
“Note” or “Notes” shall mean
(a) a Revolving Loan Note or (b) a Swing Line Note, as
the context may require.
“Notice
of Borrowing” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5.01(a) hereof.
“Parent” means Forest City Enterprises, Inc., an
Ohio corporation.
“Payment
Default” shall mean any failure by the Borrower or the
Parent to make payment of principal, interest, or any other fees or
expenses due, whether at maturity or by acceleration, under this
Agreement or the Guaranty.
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation established pursuant to Section 4002 of ERISA, or
any successor thereto.
“Permitted Debt” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 8.04 hereof.
“Permitted Distributions” shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 8.14A hereof.
“Permitted Holder” shall mean (i) any of
Samuel H. Miller, Albert B. Ratner, Charles A. Ratner, James A.
Ratner, Ronald A. Ratner or any spouse of any of the foregoing, and
any trusts for the benefit of any of the foregoing, (ii) RMS
Limited Partnership and any general partner or limited partner
thereof and any Person (other than a creditor) that upon the
dissolution
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or winding up
of RMS Limited Partnership receives a distribution of Capital Stock
of the Parent, (iii) any group (as defined in Section 13(d) of
the Exchange Act) of two or more Persons or entities that are
specified in the immediately preceding clauses (i) and (ii),
and (iv) any successive recombination of the Persons or groups
that are specified in the immediately preceding clauses (i),
(ii) and (iii).
“Permitted Non-Affiliate Loan” shall mean a loan
by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower to a
Non-Affiliated Entity for the purposes of (a) purchasing or
otherwise acquiring a Non-Affiliate Property or (b) paying
construction costs, in each case, in connection with a
Non-Affiliate Construction Project.
“Permitted Non-Affiliate Loan Reserve” shall
mean, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to
(a) twenty percent (20%) multiplied by (b) the amount, if
any, by which the aggregate amount of gain deferred for federal
income tax purposes on the consolidated return of the Parent and
its Subsidiaries in connection with all Non-Affiliate Construction
Projects, for the three year period ending on such determination
date, exceeds Seventy-Five Million Dollars
($75,000,000).
“Person” means an individual, a corporation, a
limited liability company, a partnership, an association, a trust
or any other entity or organization, including, without limitation,
governmental or political subdivision or an agency or
instrumentality thereof. `
“Plan” shall mean any employee pension benefit
plan subject to Title IV of ERISA, established or maintained by the
Borrower, any Subsidiary, or any member of the Controlled Group, or
any such Plan to which the Borrower, any Subsidiary, or any member
of the Controlled Group is required to contribute on behalf of any
of its employees.
“Pledged
Subsidiary” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 8.11(a) hereof.
“Possible Default” shall mean any event, act or
condition which with notice or lapse of time, or both, would
constitute an Event of Default.
“Post
Closing Items” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 7.14 hereof.
“Prepayment LIBOR” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 5.05(b) hereof.
“Prepayment Premium Rate” shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 5.05(b) hereof.
“Pro
rata” when used with reference to the Banks means (unless
the context otherwise clearly indicates) pro rata according to the
unpaid principal amounts owing to the respective Banks under the
Notes, or, if no principal is then owing to any Bank, according to
the Commitment of the respective Bank.
“Pro
Rata Consolidation Method” shall mean the pro rata method
of consolidation as opposed to the full consolidation method of
accounting.
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“Puttable Note Hedge and Warrant Transactions”
shall mean the purchased call option and warrant transactions that
may be entered into from time to time by the Parent with respect to
its common stock, in connection with the 2006 Puttable Senior
Notes.
“Reference Banks” shall mean KeyBank National
Association and National City Bank.
“Regulatory Change” shall mean, as to any Bank,
any change in federal, state or foreign laws or regulations or the
adoption or making of any interpretations, directives or requests
of or under any federal, state or foreign laws or regulations
(whether or not having the force of law) by any court or
governmental authority charged with the interpretation or
administration thereof.
“Related
Person” of any Person shall mean any other Person
directly or indirectly owning (a) 5% or more of the outstanding
Common Stock of any class of such Person (or, in the case of a
Person that is not a corporation, 5% or more of the equity interest
in such Person), or (b) 5% or more of the combined voting
power of the Voting Stock of such Person.
“Related
Writing” shall mean any Note, assignment, mortgage,
security agreement, Subordination Agreement, guaranty agreement,
financial statement, audit report, officer’s certificate or
other writing furnished by the Borrower, the Parent or any of their
respective officers to the Agents or the Banks pursuant to or
otherwise in connection with this Agreement, including, but not
limited to, the Guaranty.
“Reportable Event” shall mean a reportable event
as that term is defined in Title IV of ERISA with respect to a Plan
as to which the 30-day notice requirement has not been waived by
the PBGC.
“Required Banks” means, at any time, Banks
having at least 66 2/3% of the Total Revolving Loan Commitments or,
if the Total Revolving Loan Commitments shall have been terminated,
Banks holding Notes evidencing at least 66 2/3% of the aggregate
unpaid principal amount outstanding under the Notes (other than the
Swing Line Notes).
“Restatement Effective Date” shall mean the date
on which all conditions precedent set forth in Article VI are
satisfied or waived by the Agent and the Required Banks.
“Restatement Effective Date Commitment Amount”
shall mean $600,000,000.
“Revolving Credit Exposure” shall mean, at any
time, the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of all
Revolving Loans outstanding, (b) the Swing Line Exposure and
(c) the LC Obligations outstanding.
“Revolving Loan Note” shall mean a note or notes
substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 attached hereto,
executed and delivered by the Borrower pursuant to
Section 2.05, 5.07(a) or 13.08 hereof, as applicable, and as
each such Note may be, from time to time, amended, restated or
otherwise modified and all replacements therefor.
“Revolving Loans” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 2.03(a).
“Satisfaction Date” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 7.14 hereof.
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“Senior
Notes” shall mean the 2003 Senior Notes, the 2004 Senior
Notes and the 2005 Senior Notes.
“Senior
Officer” shall mean the chief executive officer,
president or chief financial officer of either the Parent or the
Borrower, as applicable.
“SPE
Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Borrower whose sole
assets consist of contiguous parcels of land, the improvements, if
any, thereon, fixtures and other equipment used in connection
therewith, receivables arising from tenants in connection therewith
and the proceeds of such receivables and other property directly
obtained from the ownership of such assets.
“Subordination Agreement” means any
subordination agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the
Agents and the Banks entered into by a Surety in favor of the Agent
for the benefit of the Banks, and as each such Subordination
Agreement may, from time to time, be amended, restated or otherwise
modified.
“Subsidiary” of any Person shall mean and
include (i) any corporation more than fifty percent (50%) of
whose stock of any class or classes having by the terms thereof
ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the directors of such
corporation is at the time owned by such Person directly or
indirectly through Subsidiaries, (ii) any partnership, limited
liability company, association (including business trusts) or other
entity in which such Person directly or indirectly through
Subsidiaries, has more than a fifty percent (50%) voting or equity
interest at the time and (iii) any corporation, limited liability
company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of
which are consolidated with those of its parent in the
parent’s consolidated financial statements.
“Super
Majority Banks” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 13.02 hereof.
“Surety” means any surety or insurance company
reasonably acceptable to the Agents.
“Surety
Bonds” means the bonds, undertakings and other like
obligations executed by a Surety for the Parent subject to an
Indemnity Agreement and a Subordination Agreement, in a maximum
aggregate principal amount of $30,000,000 for all Sureties,
provided , that this definition shall not include
Performance Surety Bonds as defined in the Guaranty.
“Swing
Line” shall mean the credit facility established by the
Swing Line Lenders for the Borrower in accordance with
Section 2.07 hereof.
“Swing
Line Commitment” shall mean the commitment of each Swing
Line Lender to make Swing Loans to the Borrower, on an equal basis,
up to the Maximum Swing Line Amount.
“Swing
Line Exposure” shall mean, at any time, the aggregate
principal amount of all Swing Loans outstanding.
“Swing
Line Lenders” shall mean KeyBank National and National
City Bank, as the holders of the Swing Line Commitment.
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“Swing
Line Note” shall mean a note or notes substantially in
the form of Exhibit D-2 attached hereto, executed and
delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.07(d) hereof,
and as each such note may be, from time to time, amended, restated
or otherwise modified and replacements therefor.
“Swing
Loan” shall mean a loan granted to the Borrower by the
Swing Line Lenders under the Swing Line.
“Swing
Loan Maturity Date” shall mean, with respect to any Swing
Loan, the earlier of (a) three Cleveland Banking Days after the
date such Swing Loan is made or (b) the Termination
Date.
“Syndication Agent” means National City Bank, in
its capacity as syndication agent for the Banks hereunder, and its
successors in such capacity.
“Termination Date” means March 31, 2010,
unless extended by the Banks pursuant to Section 5.08 of this
Agreement, in which case the Termination Date shall be the date of
the expiration of any such extension, or, if terminated earlier
pursuant to Article XI of this Agreement, the Termination Date
shall be the date of such earlier termination.
“Test
Period” shall mean each period of four consecutive fiscal
quarters of the Parent or the Borrower, as applicable, in each case
taken as one accounting period ended after the Restatement
Effective Date.
“Total
Rate of Return Swap” shall mean a bilateral financial
contract between a total rate of return payer (the legal owner of
the reference asset) and a total rate of return receiver where the
total rate of return payer pays the total return of a reference
asset and receives a specified fixed or floating cash flow from the
total rate of return receiver.
“Total
Revolving Loan Commitments” shall mean, as of any date of
determination, the sum of the Commitments of each of the
Banks.
“2002
Credit Agreement” shall mean that certain Credit
Agreement, dated as of March 5, 2002, as amended, by and among
the Borrower, KeyBank National Association, National City Bank, The
Huntington National Bank, First Merit Bank, Credit Lyonnais,
Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company, U.S. Bank National
Association, Fifth Third Bank, Fleet National Bank, LaSalle Bank,
N.A. and The Provident Bank.
“2003
Senior Notes” shall mean the senior notes of the Parent
issued on May 19, 2003, pursuant to the Indenture, in an
original aggregate principal amount of $300,000,000.
“2004
Credit Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the
recitals hereto.
“2004
Senior Notes” shall mean the senior notes of the Parent
issued on February 10, 2004, pursuant to the Indenture, in an
aggregate principal amount of up to $100,000,000.
“2005
Senior Notes” shall mean the senior notes of the Parent
issued on or about January 25, 2005, pursuant to the
Indenture, in an original aggregate principal amount of up to
$150,000,000.
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“2006
Indenture” shall mean the indenture dated as of
October 10, 2006, between the Parent and The Bank of New York
Trust Company, N.A., as indenture trustee, relating to the 2006
Puttable Senior Notes.
“2006
Puttable Senior Notes” shall mean the puttable
equity-linked senior notes of the Parent issued on or about
October 10, 2006, pursuant to the 2006 Indenture, in an
original aggregate principal amount of up to
$287,500,000.
“Unfunded Current Liabilities” of any Plan shall
mean the amount, if any, by which the actuarial present value of
the accumulated plan benefits under the Plan as of the close of its
most recent plan year, determined in accordance with Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 35, based upon the
actuarial assumptions used by the Plan’s actuary in the most
recent annual valuation of the Plan, exceeds the fair market value
of the assets allocable thereto, determined in accordance with
Section 412 of the Code. @
“USA
Patriot Act” shall mean the Uniting and Strengthening
America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and
Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA Patriot Act).
“Voting
Stock” of any Person shall mean Capital Stock of such
Person which ordinarily has voting power for the election of
directors (or persons performing similar functions) of such Person,
whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of
securities has such voting power by reason of any
contingency.
The foregoing
definitions shall be applicable to the singular and plurals of the
foregoing defined terms.
Any accounting
term not specifically defined in this Article I or elsewhere
in the Agreement, shall have the meaning ascribed thereto by GAAP
not inconsistent with the Borrower’s present accounting
procedures, `provided , that, if the Borrower notifies the
Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision
hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the
Restatement Effective Date in GAAP or in the application thereof on
the operation of such provision (or if the Agent notifies the
Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any
provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such
notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the
application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on
the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such
change shall have become effective until such notice shall have
been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the financial statements to be
furnished to the Banks pursuant hereto shall be made and prepared
in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods
involved (except as set forth in the notes thereto or otherwise
disclosed in writing by the Borrower to the Banks), provided
, that (a) all computations determining compliance with
Section 8.13, including definitions used therein, shall
utilize accounting principles based on the Pro Rata Consolidation
Method as opposed to the full consolidation method of accounting,
(b) all computations determining compliance with
Article VIII, including definitions used therein, shall
exclude interest income received by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries with respect to loans made by the Borrower or such
Subsidiary pursuant to Section 8.06(d) of this Agreement,
unless such loans are funded
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with the
proceeds from Revolving Loans or the Senior Notes and (c) such
financial statements must also include a report (in the footnotes
thereto or otherwise) of the financial results of the Borrower
using accounting principles based on the Pro Rata Consolidation
Method.
ARTICLE II
REVOLVING LOANS
The Banks hereby
establish a revolving loan facility pursuant to which Revolving
Loans will be made to the Borrower, on and subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement.
SECTION 2.01.
AMOUNT OF THE REVOLVING LOAN FACILITY . The aggregate
principal amount of the Revolving Loans plus the LC Obligations
outstanding from time to time plus the Swing Line Exposure shall
not exceed the Total Revolving Loan Commitments in effect at the
time. No Bank shall be obligated to make any Revolving Loans, Swing
Loans or issue any letter of credit if, after giving effect to such
Revolving Loans, Swing Loans or LC Obligations, (a) such
Bank’s Pro rata share of all Revolving Loans, Swing Loans and
LC Obligations then outstanding would exceed such Bank’s
Commitment or (b) the aggregate amount of all Revolving Loans,
Swing Loans and LC Obligations then outstanding plus the Permitted
Non-Affiliate Loan Reserve would exceed the Total Revolving Loan
Commitments in effect at the time.
SECTION 2.02.
REVOLVING LOAN COMMITMENTS . All Revolving Loans under this
Agreement shall be made by the Banks Pro rata on the basis of their
Pro rata share of the Total Revolving Loan Commitments. It is
understood that no Bank shall be responsible for any default by any
other Bank of its obligation to make Revolving Loans hereunder and
that each Bank shall be obligated to make the Revolving Loans to be
made by it hereunder, regardless of the failure of any other Bank
to fulfill its commitments hereunder.
SECTION 2.03.
REVOLVING LOANS . (a) Each Bank severally agrees,
subject to the fulfillment of the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, to make revolving loans (the “Revolving
Loans”) to the Borrower from time to time during the
applicable Commitment Period. Subject to the provisions of this
Agreement, Loans may be repaid in whole or in part, and amounts so
repaid may be reborrowed, but in no event shall the aggregate
principal amount of each Bank’s Revolving Loans plus such
Bank’s Pro rata share of the LC Obligations and outstanding
Swing Loans (if a participant in Swing Loans pursuant to
Section 2.07(c) hereof) exceed at any time the then Commitment
of such Bank.
(b) The
requesting of a Loan in and of itself pursuant to a Notice of
Borrowing constitutes a representation and warranty by the Borrower
to the Banks and the Agents that the conditions specified in
Section 5.01 hereof have been satisfied. Each oral request for
a Revolving Loan (which request shall be promptly confirmed in
writing as specified in Section 5.01 hereof) shall be made by
a person authorized by the Borrower to do so and designated on
Schedule 2.03, or as that Schedule may be amended from time to
time in writing by the Borrower (each an “Authorized Fiscal
Officer”), and the making of a Revolving Loan as provided
herein shall conclusively establish the Borrower’s obligation
to repay such Revolving Loan.
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(c) Immediately
prior to the effectiveness of this Agreement, the outstanding
principal balance of “Revolving Loans” under the 2004
Credit Agreement is $218,000,0000 and shall be deemed to be, and
hereby is converted into, outstanding Revolving Loans
hereunder.
SECTION 2.04.
PURPOSE OF THE REVOLVING LOANS . The proceeds of Revolving
Loans shall be used by the Borrower to refinance existing
Indebtedness, support ongoing projects, purchase real estate and
for working capital purposes of the Borrower.
SECTION 2.05.
REVOLVING LOAN NOTES . (a) On the Restatement Effective
Date, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to each of the Banks a
Revolving Loan Note with all blanks appropriately completed in
conformity herewith.
(b) On each
applicable Additional Bank Assumption Effective Date, the Borrower
shall execute and deliver to each Additional Bank, a Revolving Loan
Note with all blanks appropriately completed in conformity
herewith.
(c) The
Revolving Loan Note issued to each Bank shall (i) be executed
by the Borrower, (ii) be payable to the order of (A) such
Bank and dated as of the Restatement Effective Date or (B) to
an Additional Bank and dated as of the Additional Bank Assumption
Effective Date applicable to such Additional Bank or (C) to a
Bank with an Additional Commitment and dated as of the Additional
Bank Assumption Effective Date applicable to such Bank with an
Additional Commitment, in each case, as applicable, (iii) be
in a stated principal amount equal to the Commitment of such Bank
and payable in the principal amount of the Revolving Loans
evidenced thereby, (iv) mature on the Termination Date and
(v) be entitled to the benefits of this Agreement and the
other Related Writings. The Revolving Loan Notes shall be subject
to the terms of this Agreement.
(d) All
Revolving Loan Notes issued under the 2004 Credit Agreement shall
be deemed canceled as of the Restatement Effective Date and each
Person party to the 2004 Credit Agreement in possession of a
Revolving Loan Note issued thereunder shall promptly after the
Restatement Effective Date return such Revolving Loan Note to the
Borrower for cancellation.
SECTION 2.06.
REPAYMENT OF THE REVOLVING LOAN NOTES . The principal of the
Revolving Loan Notes evidencing the Revolving Loans shall be due
and payable in full on the Termination Date, unless such principal
sums shall become due earlier in whole or in part by reason of the
principal amount exceeding the Total Revolving Loan Commitments at
any time in effect or pursuant to the provisions of Article XI
hereof.
SECTION 2.07
SWING LOANS . (a) Subject to and upon the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, during the Commitment Period, each
Swing Line Lender agrees to make a Swing Loan or Swing Loans to the
Borrower in an amount equal to one-half ( 1 / 2
) of the amount or amounts as the
Borrower may from time to time request; provided , that the
Borrower shall not request any Swing Loan if, after giving effect
thereto (i) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all
Revolving Loans plus the Swing Line Exposure plus the LC
Obligations then outstanding plus the Permitted Non-Affiliate Loan
Reserve would exceed the Total Revolving Loan Commitments then in
effect or (ii) the Swing Line Exposure would exceed the
Maximum Swing Line Amount. Each Swing Loan shall bear interest at a
per annum rate equal to the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 195
basis points (for each day elapsed) and shall be due and
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payable on the
Swing Loan Maturity Date applicable thereto. The Borrower shall not
request that more than one (1) Swing Loan to each Swing Line
Lender be outstanding at any time.
(b) On any
Cleveland Banking Day, the Swing Line Lenders may, in their sole
discretion, give notice to the Banks and the Borrower that one or
more of their outstanding Swing Loans shall be refinanced as a
Revolving Loan; provided , that (i) each such notice
shall be deemed to have been automatically given upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default under Section 10.06 or 10.07
hereof or upon the exercise of any of the remedies provided in
Section 11.01(b) or 11.02(b) hereof and (ii) no Swing
Line Lender shall make such request without the other Swing Line
Lender joining in such request. Such Revolving Loan initially shall
bear interest based on the Base Rate Option. On the Cleveland
Banking Day immediately following the date such notice has been
given (or deemed given), the Borrower shall be deemed to have
requested (the “Mandatory Request”) a Revolving Loan in
the aggregate principal amount of the Swing Loans of each Swing
Line Lender in accordance with Section 5.01 hereof (other than
the requirement set forth in Section 5.01(a)(i)). Each Bank
agrees to make a Revolving Loan in an amount equal to its Pro rata
share of such Revolving Loan on the date of the Mandatory Request,
subject to no conditions precedent whatsoever. Each Bank
acknowledges and irrevocably agrees that such Bank’s
obligation to make a Revolving Loan when required by this
Section 2.07(b) is absolute and unconditional and shall not be
affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including without
limitation, the occurrence and continuance of a Possible Default or
Event of Default or whether or not the agreements and conditions of
Article V are then satisfied and that its payment to the
Agent, for the respective accounts of the Swing Line Lenders, of
the proceeds of such Revolving Loan shall be made without any
offset, abatement, recoupment, counterclaim, withholding or
reduction whatsoever and whether or not such Bank’s
Commitment shall have been reduced or terminated. The Borrower
irrevocably authorizes and instructs the Agent to apply the
proceeds of any borrowing pursuant to this Section 2.07(b) to
repay in full such Swing Loans.
(c) If, for
any reason, the Agent is unable to or, in the opinion of the Agent,
it is impracticable to, convert any Swing Loan to a Revolving Loan
pursuant to the preceding Section 2.07(b), then on any day that a
Swing Loan is outstanding (whether before or after the maturity
thereof), the Agent shall have the right to request that each Bank
purchase a participation in such Swing Loan, and the Agent shall
promptly notify each Bank thereof (by facsimile or telephone,
confirmed in writing). Upon such notice, but without further action
being necessary or required, each Swing Line Lender hereby agrees
to grant to each Bank and each Bank hereby agrees to acquire from
each Swing Line Lender, an individual participation interest in
each Swing Loan in an amount equal to such Bank’s Pro rata
share of the principal amount of such Swing Loan. In consideration
and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Bank hereby absolutely
and unconditionally agrees, upon receipt of notice as provided
above, to pay to the Agent, for the benefit of each Swing Line
Lender, such Bank’s Pro rata share of such Swing Loan. Each
Bank acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire
participations in Swing Loans pursuant to this Section 2.07(c)
is absolute and unconditional, and shall not be affected by any
circumstance whatsoever, including without limitation, the
occurrence and continuance of a Possible Default or Event of
Default or whether or not the agreements and conditions of
Article V are then satisfied and that each such payment shall
be made without any offset, abatement, recoupment, counterclaim,
withholding or reduction whatsoever and whether or not such
Bank’s Commitment shall have been reduced or terminated. Each
Bank shall comply with its obligation under this
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Section 2.07(c) by wire transfer of
immediately available funds, in the same manner as provided in
Section 5.02 hereof with respect to Revolving Loans to be made
by such Bank.
(d) On the
Restatement Effective Date, the Borrower shall execute and deliver
to each Swing Line Lender, a Swing Line Note with all blanks
appropriately completed in conformity herewith. The Swing Line Note
issued to each Swing Line Lender shall (i) be executed by the
Borrower, (ii) be payable to the order of such Swing Line
Lender and dated as of the Restatement Effective Date,
(iii) be in a stated principal amount equal to the Swing Line
Commitment of such Swing Line Lender and payable in the principal
amount of the Swing Loans evidenced thereby and (iv) be
entitled to the benefits of this Agreement and the other Related
Writings. The Swing Line Notes shall be subject to the terms of
this Agreement.
(e) The
proceeds of Swing Loans shall be used by the Borrower for general
working capital purposes of the Borrower.
(f) All Swing
Loans outstanding under the 2004 Credit Agreement that remain
unpaid on the Restatement Effective Date shall be paid in full on
the Restatement Effective Date.
(g) All Swing
Line Notes issued under the 2004 Credit Agreement shall be deemed
canceled as of the Restatement Effective Date and each Person party
to the 2004 Credit Agreement in possession of a Swing Line Note
issued thereunder shall promptly after the Restatement Effective
Date return such Swing Line Note to the Borrower for
cancellation.
ARTICLE III
LETTERS OF CREDIT
SECTION 3.01.
LETTERS OF CREDIT . (a) The Banks agree to make
available to the Borrower letters of credit, issued by the Agent,
pursuant to their respective Commitments up to an aggregate amount
at any one time outstanding of $100,000,000 minus the
aggregate principal amount of all then outstanding Surety Bonds
issued by a Surety on behalf of the Parent pursuant to an Indemnity
Agreement. The availability of letters of credit will be subject to
(i) the Agent being satisfied with the terms of the letter of
credit, (ii) the Borrower’s executing and delivering
such letter of credit and reimbursement agreements and related
documents as required by the Agent, and (iii) the satisfaction
of all conditions to the Borrower obtaining a Loan in the amount of
the requested letter of credit. The Borrower shall pay a fee for
each letter of credit to the Agent for the Pro rata benefit of the
Banks, upon issuance of each letter of credit and, thereafter, upon
the annual anniversary of the issuance of each such letter of
credit remaining outstanding, in the amount of the Indicated Spread
for Revolving Loans under the LIBOR Rate Option on the stated
amount of the letter of credit; provided that, the Agent
shall be entitled to .125% of such fee prior to the distribution of
the balance of such fee Pro rata to the Banks. In addition, the
Borrower shall pay to the Agent upon issuance of each letter of
credit provided for under this Section 3.01 an issuance fee of
$500 for the Agent’s services in issuing the letter of
credit. No letter of credit shall be issued having an expiration
date after the Termination Date. All letters of credit shall be in
such form and substance as the Agent, the Banks and the Borrower
agree. The Borrower shall not be entitled to obtain letters of
credit from the Agent unless the Borrower is then entitled to
obtain Loans from the Banks in an amount not less than the stated
amount of the letter of credit requested, the other conditions of
Section 5.03 of this Agreement have been satisfied as if the
Borrower was obtaining a Revolving Loan and the Borrower has
executed and
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delivered such
letter of credit, reimbursement agreements and other related
documents as may be required by the Agent.
(b) In the
event the Agent pays any amount under or on account of a letter of
credit (the payment by the Agent under or on account of a letter of
credit being herein called a “Draw”), a Revolving Loan
shall be deemed to be made to the Borrower by each Bank to the
extent of its Pro rata share of the Total Revolving Loan
Commitments to reimburse immediately the Agent for the amount of
the Draw. The Agent shall notify each Bank of the occurrence and
payment of a Draw no later than 12:00 p.m. (Cleveland time) on
the date of such notice and, not later than 1:00 p.m. (Cleveland
time) on the date of such notice, each Bank will make available to
the Agent its Pro rata portion of the Draw deemed to be a Revolving
Loan. All amounts shall be made available to the Agent in U.S.
Dollars and immediately available funds at its office listed on the
signature pages hereto. If such corresponding Pro rata amount is
not in fact made available to the Agent by such Bank the Agent
shall be entitled to recover such corresponding amount from such
Bank. If such Bank does not pay such corresponding amount forthwith
upon the Agent’s demand therefor, the Agent shall promptly
notify the Borrower, and the Borrower shall immediately pay such
corresponding amount to the Agent. The Agent shall also be entitled
to recover from the Bank or the Borrower, as the case may be,
interest on such corresponding amount in respect of each day from
the date such corresponding amount was made available by the Agent
to the Borrower to the date such corresponding amount is recovered
by the Agent at a rate per annum equal to (i) if paid by such
Bank, the overnight Federal Funds Effective Rate or (ii) if
paid by the Borrower, the then applicable rate of interest,
calculated in accordance with Article IV, for the Revolving
Loans. In the event no Revolving Loan or only a partial Revolving
Loan is deemed to be made, the Agent is hereby authorized to charge
(without prior notice to the Borrower) the amount of each Draw,
together with interest thereon, against any account of the Borrower
maintained with the Agent.
(c) So long
as letters of credit are outstanding, the amount of Revolving Loans
that the Borrower is entitled to obtain under Article II shall
be reduced by the LC Obligations then outstanding and, in addition
to otherwise constituting part of the Revolving Loans, except as
otherwise expressly stated herein, the stated amount of the letters
of credit shall be treated as principal of the Revolving
Loans.
(d) Whenever
the Borrower desires that a letter of credit be issued, the
Borrower shall give the Agent written notice (including by way of
facsimile transmission) thereof prior to 1:00 p.m. (Cleveland time)
at least five Cleveland Banking Days (or such shorter period as may
be acceptable to the Agent) prior to the proposed date of issuance
(which shall be a Cleveland Banking Day), which written notice
shall be in the form of Exhibit E hereto (each, a
“Letter of Credit Request”). Each Letter of Credit
Request shall include an application for such letter of credit and
any other documents that the Agent customarily requires in
connection therewith. The Agent shall promptly notify each Bank of
each Letter of Credit Request.
(e) The
delivery of each Letter of Credit Request shall be deemed a
representation and warranty by the Borrower that such letter of
credit as requested in such Letter of Credit Request may be issued
in accordance with and will not violate the requirements of this
Section 3.01 and shall include a representation and warranty
as to the aggregate principal amount of all then outstanding Surety
Bonds. The Agent shall, on the date of each issuance of
or
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amendment or
modification to a letter of credit by it, give each Bank and the
Borrower written notice of the issuance of or amendment or
modification to such letter of credit.
(f) In
determining whether to pay under any letter of credit, the Agent
shall not have any obligation relative to the Banks other than to
determine that any documents required to be delivered under such
letter of credit have been delivered and that they appear to comply
on their face with the requirements of the letter of credit. Any
action taken or omitted to be taken by the Agent with respect to a
letter of credit issued by it if taken or omitted in the absence of
gross negligence or willful misconduct, shall not create any
resulting liability for the Agent.
(g) Immediately
prior to the effectiveness of this Agreement, the outstanding
letters of credit issued under the 2002 Credit Agreement and/or the
2004 Credit Agreement are as listed on Exhibit C hereto and
such letters of credit shall be deemed to be, and hereby are
converted into, outstanding letters of credit hereunder.
ARTICLE IV
INTEREST ON THE REVOLVING LOANS
SECTION 4.01(a).
INTEREST OPTIONS . The Borrower shall pay interest on the
Revolving Loans at the rates in effect from time to time pursuant
to the Interest Options provided for in Sections 4.01(b) and
4.01(c) as selected by the Borrower or otherwise in effect from
time to time in accordance with the terms and conditions of this
Agreement. Interest on the Revolving Loans shall accrue from and
including the date of borrowing thereof to but excluding the date
of repayment thereof.
SECTION 4.01(b).
LIBOR RATE OPTION . Interest on the principal amount of each
Revolving Loan at any time subject to the interest rate option
provided for pursuant to this Section 4.01(b) (the
“LIBOR Rate Option”) shall be at a rate determined by
adding the applicable LIBOR rate at the time in effect for each
Interest Period for such Revolving Loan and the applicable
Indicated Spread for the LIBOR Rate Option set forth in
Section 4.01(d) below. The LIBOR Rate Option shall be in
effect for all portions of the principal of the Revolving Loans for
which the Borrower has selected an Interest Period in accordance
with Section 4.02 hereof, unless and until any event or
circumstance provided for in Sections 4.09 or 4.10 hereof
shall have occurred and continue to be in effect or an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing.
SECTION 4.01(c).
BASE RATE OPTION . Interest on the principal amount of all
Revolving Loans at any time subject to the interest rate option
provided for pursuant to this Section 4.01(c) (the “Base
Rate Option”) shall be at rates determined by adding the Base
Rate in effect from time to time and the applicable Indicated
Spread for the Base Rate Option set forth in Section 4.01(d)
below. The interest rate in effect under the Base Rate Option shall
change automatically and immediately with each change in the Base
Rate. The Base Rate Option shall be in effect for all portions of
the principal of the Revolving Loans for which the LIBOR Rate
Option is not in effect at any time.
SECTION 4.01(d).
INDICATED SPREAD . The Indicated Spread is measured in basis
points and from and including the Restatement Effective Date to the
Termination Date, shall be 50 basis points for the Base Rate Option
and 145 basis points for the LIBOR Rate Option.
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SECTION 4.02.
INTEREST PERIODS . The Borrower shall have the option to
select and advise the Agent of the Interest Periods the Borrower
has selected for Revolving Loans not less than two
(2) Cleveland Banking Days prior to (a) the Restatement
Effective Date, for the Revolving Loans to be made on the
Restatement Effective Date, (b) each Interest Adjustment Date,
(c) the date any Revolving Loans are to be made subsequent to
the Restatement Effective Date, and (d) any date on which the
Borrower desires to have any portion of the principal of the
Revolving Loans not subject to the LIBOR Rate Option become subject
to the LIBOR Rate Option, provided , that Revolving Loans
subject to the Base Rate Option may not be converted into Revolving
Loans subject to the LIBOR Rate Option and Revolving Loans subject
to the LIBOR Rate Option may not be continued as Revolving Loans
subject to the LIBOR Rate Option if an Event of Default is in
existence on the date of such conversion or continuation. Each
Interest Period selected shall apply to not less than $500,000 in
principal amount of the Revolving Loans; provided , that at
no time shall there be more than ten (10) Interest Periods in
effect including any Revolving Loans subject to the Base Rate
Option. The principal amount subject to each Interest Period shall
be deemed distributed Pro rata among the Banks with respect to the
respective Revolving Loans to which the Interest Period applies. If
the Borrower fails to timely select any Interest Period, the
Borrower shall be deemed to have elected to convert such Loan to a
Loan subject to the Base Rate Option, effective as of the
expiration date of such current Interest Period.
SECTION 4.03.
INTEREST PAYMENT DATES . (a) Interest on all Revolving
Loans subject to the LIBOR Rate Option shall be payable on the
earliest of (i) the first Cleveland Banking Day of each month,
(ii) any prepayment or conversion (on the amount prepaid or
converted), (iii) maturity (whether by acceleration or
otherwise) and/or, (iv) after such maturity, on
demand.
(b) Interest
on all Revolving Loans subject to the Base Rate Option shall be
payable on the earliest of (i) in arrears on the first
Cleveland Banking Day of each month, (ii) any prepayment or
conversion (on the amount prepaid or converted),
(iii) maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise) and/or
(iv) after such maturity, on demand.
(c) Interest
that shall have accrued under the 2004 Credit Agreement and remains
unpaid on the Restatement Effective Date shall be paid in full on
the Restatement Effective Date.
SECTION 4.04.
INTEREST CALCULATIONS . All interest shall be computed on
the basis of a three hundred sixty (360) day year for the
actual number of days elapsed. Interest shall in all events
continue to accrue in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement until the time payment in full is received.
SECTION 4.05.
POST-DEFAULT RATE . After the occurrence and during the
continuation of any Event of Default, the Loans and any interest on
the Loans not paid when due shall bear interest at a rate equal to
the rate applicable to Revolving Loans, subject to the Base Rate
Option plus two percent (2%) per annum, and all such interest shall
be due on demand. No interest shall accrue on any interest that is
being charged with respect to any interest not paid when
due.
SECTION 4.06.
RESERVES OR DEPOSIT REQUIREMENTS, ETC . If at any time any
law, treaty, regulation (including, without limitation,
Regulation D of the Board of
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Governors of
the Federal Reserve System), governmental rule, guideline, order or
request (whether or not having force of law) or the interpretation
or administration thereof by any governmental authority charged
with the administration thereof or any central bank or other
fiscal, monetary or other authority shall impose, modify or deem
applicable any reserve and/or special deposit requirement against
assets held by, or deposits in or for the amount of any Loans by,
any Bank, and the result of the foregoing is to increase the cost
(whether by incurring a cost or adding to a cost) to such Bank of
making or maintaining Loans hereunder or to reduce the amount of
principal or interest received by such Bank with respect to such
Loans, then upon demand by such Bank the Borrower shall pay to such
Bank from time to time on each interest payment date with respect
to such Loans, as additional consideration hereunder, additional
amounts sufficient to fully compensate and indemnify such Bank for
such increased cost or reduced amount, assuming (which assumption
such Bank need not corroborate) such additional cost or reduced
amount were allocable to such Loans. A statement as to the
increased cost or reduced amount as a result of any event mentioned
in this Section 4.06, setting forth the calculations therefor,
shall be submitted by such Bank to the Borrower not later than one
hundred fifty (150) days after the events giving rise to the
same occurred and shall, in the absence of manifest error, be
conclusive and binding as to the amount thereof. Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, after any such demand for
compensation by any Bank, the Borrower, upon at least one
(1) Cleveland Banking Day’s prior written notice to such
Bank through the Agent, may prepay all Loans in full regardless of
the Interest Period of any thereof. Any such prepayment shall be
subject to the prepayment premium set forth in Section 5.05
hereof.
SECTION 4.07.
TAX LAW, ETC . In the event that by reason of any law,
regulation or requirement or in the interpretation thereof by an
official authority, or the imposition of any requirement of any
central bank whether or not having the force of law, any Bank
shall, with respect to this Agreement or any transaction under this
Agreement, be subjected to any tax, levy, impost, charge, fee,
duty, deduction or withholding of any kind whatsoever (other than
any tax imposed upon the total net income of such Bank) and if any
such measures or any other similar measure shall result in an
increase in the cost to such Bank of making or maintaining any Loan
or in a reduction in the amount of principal, interest or
commitment fee receivable by such Bank in respect thereof, then
such Bank shall promptly notify the Borrower stating the reasons
therefor. The Borrower shall thereafter pay to such Bank upon
demand from time to time on each interest payment date with respect
to such Loans, as additional consideration hereunder, such
additional amounts as will fully compensate such Bank for such
increased cost or reduced amount. A statement as to any such
increased cost or reduced amount, setting forth the calculations
therefor, shall be submitted by such Bank to the Borrower not later
than one hundred fifty (150) days after the events giving rise
to the same occurred and shall, in the absence of manifest error,
be conclusive and binding as to the amount thereof.
If any Bank
receives such additional consideration from the Borrower pursuant
to this Section 4.07, such Bank shall use its best efforts to
obtain the benefits of any refund, deduction or credit for any
taxes or other amounts on account of which such additional
consideration has been paid and shall reimburse the Borrower to the
extent, but only to the extent, that such Bank shall receive a
refund of such taxes or other amounts together with any interest
thereon or an effective net reduction in taxes or other
governmental charges (including any taxes imposed on or measured by
the total net income of such Bank) of the United States or any
state or
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subdivision
thereof by virtue of any such deduction or credit, after first
giving effect to all other deductions and credits otherwise
available to such Bank. If, at the time any audit of such
Bank’s income tax return is completed, such Bank determines,
based on such audit, that it was not entitled to the full amount of
any refund reimbursed to the Borrower as aforesaid or that its net
income taxes are not reduced by a credit or deduction for the full
amount of taxes reimbursed to the Borrower as aforesaid, the
Borrower, upon demand of such Bank, will promptly pay to such Bank
the amount so refunded to which such Bank was not so entitled, or
the amount by which the net income taxes of such Bank were not so
reduced, as the case may be.
Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, after any such demand for
compensation by any Bank, the Borrower, upon at least one
(1) Cleveland Banking Day’s prior written notice to such
Bank through the Agent, may prepay all Loans in full regardless of
the Interest Period of any thereof. Any such prepayment shall be
subject to the prepayment premium set forth in Section 5.05
hereof.
SECTION 4.08.
INDEMNITY . Without prejudice to any other provisions of
this Article IV, the Borrower hereby agrees to indemnify each
Bank against any reasonable loss or expense which such Bank may
sustain or incur as a consequence of any Event of Default
hereunder, including, but not limited to, any loss of profit,
premium or penalty incurred by such Bank in respect of funds
borrowed by it for the purpose of making or maintaining any Loan
subject to the Libor Rate Option, as determined by such Bank in the
exercise of its sole but reasonable discretion. A statement as to
any such loss or expense shall be promptly submitted by such Bank
to the Borrower not later than one hundred fifty (150) days
after the events giving rise to the same occurred and shall, in the
absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding as to the
amount thereof.
SECTION 4.09.
EURODOLLAR DEPOSITS UNAVAILABLE OR INTEREST RATE
UNASCERTAINABLE . In the event that the Agent shall have
determined that dollar deposits of the relevant amount for the
relevant Interest Period are not available to the Reference Banks
in the applicable Eurodollar market or that, by reason of
circumstances affecting such market, adequate and reasonable means
do not exist for ascertaining the LIBOR rate applicable to such
Interest Period, as the case may be, the Agent shall promptly give
notice of such determination to the Borrower. In any such event,
all principal of the Loans then subject to the LIBOR Rate Option
shall become subject to the Base Rate Option on expiration of any
Interest Periods then in effect. In the event that the
circumstances causing any such unavailability of deposits or
inability to determine the LIBOR rate shall change or terminate so
that the LIBOR rate may again be determined, the Agent shall
promptly so notify the Borrower.
SECTION 4.10.
CHANGES IN LAW RENDERING LIBOR LOANS UNLAWFUL . If at any
time any new law, treaty, regulation, governmental rule, guideline,
order or request or any change in any existing law, treaty,
regulation, governmental rule, guideline, order or request or any
interpretation thereof by any governmental or other regulatory
authority charged with the administration thereof, shall make it
unlawful for any Bank to fund any Loans which it is committed to
make hereunder subject to the LIBOR Rate Option with moneys
obtained in the Eurodollar market, the Commitment of such Bank to
fund such Loans shall, upon the happening of such event forthwith
be suspended for the duration of such illegality, and such Bank
shall by written notice to the Borrower and the Agent declare that
its Commitment with respect to such Loans has been so suspended
and, if and when such illegality ceases to exist, such
suspension
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shall cease and
such Bank shall similarly notify the Borrower and the Agent. If any
such change shall make it unlawful for any Bank to continue in
effect the funding in the applicable Eurodollar market of any Loan
previously made by it hereunder subject to the LIBOR Rate Option,
such Bank shall, upon the happening of such event, notify the
Borrower, the Agent and the other Banks thereof in writing stating
the reasons therefor, and the Borrower shall, on the earlier of
(i) the last day of the then current Interest Period or
(ii) if required by such law, regulation or interpretation, on
such date as shall be specified in such notice, prepay all such
Loans to the Banks in full. Any such prepayment or conversion may
be made without payment of the prepayment premium provided for in
Section 5.05 hereof, but the Borrower shall compensate such
Bank(s) for any costs or expenses relating to such Loan incurred in
connection with the events provided for in this Section on written
request to the Borrower describing such costs or
expenses.
SECTION 4.11.
FUNDING . Each Bank may, but shall not be required to, make
Loans hereunder with funds obtained outside the United
States.
ARTICLE V
AGREEMENTS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL REVOLVING
LOANS
SECTION 5.01.
NOTICE OF BORROWING . (a) Whenever the Borrower desires
to incur a Revolving Loan, it shall give the Agent, prior to 12:00
noon (Cleveland time), at least two (2) Cleveland Banking
Day’s prior written notice (or telephonic notice promptly
confirmed in writing) of each Revolving Loan to be subject to the
LIBOR Rate Option and at least one (1) Cleveland Banking
Days’ prior written notice (or telephonic notice promptly
confirmed in writing) of each Revolving Loan to be subject to the
Base Rate Option. Each such notice (each, a “Notice of
Borrowing” a form of which is attached hereto as
Exhibit F) shall be appropriately completed to specify
(i) the aggregate principal amount of each Revolving Loan to
be made, which shall be an amount equal to an integral multiple of
$500,000, (ii) the date such Revolving Loan(s) is to be made
(which shall be a Cleveland Banking Day and, in the case of a
Revolving Loan based on the LIBOR Rate Option, a London Banking
Day), and (iii) whether the Revolving Loan(s) shall be subject
to the Base Rate Option or the Libor Rate Option and, in the latter
case, the Interest Period to be initially applicable thereto. The
Agent shall promptly give each Bank written notice (or telephonic
notice promptly confirmed in writing) of each proposed Revolving
Loan, of such Bank’s Pro rata share thereof and of the other
matters covered by the Notice of Borrowing.
(b) Without
in any way limiting the obligation of the Borrower to confirm in
writing any telephonic notice permitted to be given hereunder, the
Agent may, prior to receipt of written confirmation, act without
liability upon the basis of such telephonic notice, believed by the
Agent in good faith to be from an Authorized Fiscal Officer of the
Borrower. In such case, the Borrower hereby waives the right to
dispute the Agent’s record of the terms of such telephonic
notice.
(c) Whenever
the Borrower desires to incur a Swing Loan, it shall give the
Agent, prior to 2:00 p.m. (Cleveland time) on the proposed date of
borrowing of any Swing Loan, written notice (or telephonic notice
promptly confirmed in writing) in the form of a Notice of Borrowing
of each such Swing Loan. The Agent shall promptly give each Swing
Line Lender written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed
in writing) of each proposed Swing
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Loan, of such
Swing Line Lender’s pro rata share thereof and of other
matters covered by the Notice of Borrowing relating to such Swing
Loan.
SECTION 5.02.
DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS . (a) No later than 1:00 p.m.
(Cleveland time) on the date specified in each Notice of Borrowing,
each Bank will make available its Pro rata portion of each
Revolving Loan requested to be made on such date in the manner
provided below in this Section 5.02(a). All amounts shall be made
available to the Agent in U.S. dollars and immediately available
funds at its office listed on the signature pages hereto and the
Agent promptly will make available to the Borrower by depositing to
its account at the Agent’s office the aggregate of the
amounts so made available in the type of funds received. Unless the
Agent shall have been notified by any Bank prior to the date
specified in the Notice of Borrowing that such Bank does not intend
to make available to the Agent its portion of the Revolving Loan or
Revolving Loans to be made on such date, the Agent may assume that
such Bank has made such amount available to the Agent on such date
of borrowing, and the Agent, in reliance upon such assumption, may
(in its sole discretion and without any obligation to do so) make
available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. If such
corresponding amount is not in fact made available to the Agent by
such Bank and the Agent has made available same to the Borrower,
the Agent shall be entitled to recover such corresponding amount
from such Bank. If such Bank does not pay such corresponding amount
forthwith upon the Agent’s demand therefor, the Agent shall
promptly notify the Borrower, and the Borrower shall immediately
pay such corresponding amount to the Agent. The Agent shall also be
entitled to recover from the Bank or the Borrower, as the case may
be, interest on such corresponding amount in respect of each day
from the date such corresponding amount was made available by the
Agent to the Borrower to the date such corresponding amount is
recovered by the Agent at a rate per annum equal to (i) if
paid by such Bank, the overnight Federal Funds Effective Rate or
(ii) if paid by the Borrower, the then applicable rate of
interest, calculated in accordance with Article IV, for the
Revolving Loans.
(b) Nothing
herein shall be deemed to relieve any Bank from its obligation to
fulfill its commitments hereunder or to prejudice any rights which
the Borrower may have against any Bank as a result of any default
by such Bank hereunder.
(c) No later
than 3:00 p.m. (Cleveland time) on the date specified in each
Notice of Borrowing relating to a Swing Loan, each Swing Line
Lender will make available its pro rata portion of each Swing Loan
requested to be made on such date in the manner provided below in
this Section 5.02(c). All amounts shall be made available to
the Agent in U.S. dollars and immediately available funds at its
office listed on the signature pages hereto and the Agent promptly
will make available to the Borrower by depositing to its account at
the Agent’s office the aggregate of the amounts so made
available in the type of funds received.
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SECTION 5.03.
CONDITIONS TO LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT . The obligation
of each Bank to make Loans hereunder or of the Agent to issue
letters of credit hereunder, as applicable, is conditioned, in the
case of each Loan and each letter of credit hereunder, upon the
following:
(a) receipt
by the Agent of a Notice of Borrowing or Letter of Credit Request,
as applicable;
(b) no Event
of Default or Possible Default existing then or immediately after
giving effect to the Loan or letter of credit, as
applicable;
(c) the
conditions set forth in Article VI hereof having been
satisfied; and
(d) the
representations and warranties contained in Article IX hereof
being true and correct in all material respects with the same force
and effect as if made on and as of the date of such Loan or such
letter of credit, as applicable, except to the extent that any
thereof expressly relate to an earlier date.
Each request
for a Loan or a letter of credit by the Borrower hereunder shall be
deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Borrower as of
the date of such borrowing as to the truth of the matters specified
in subsections (b), (c) and (d) above.
SECTION 5.04.
PAYMENT ON NOTES, ETC . All payments of principal, interest,
and any other amounts under this Agreement shall be made to the
Agent in immediately available funds and in lawful money of the
United States of America for the account of the Banks, not later
than 12:00 noon (Cleveland time) on the date when due. Any such
payment received by the Agent after 12:00 noon on a Cleveland
Banking Day shall be deemed received on the next succeeding
Cleveland Banking Day and interest shall accrue to such next
Cleveland Banking Day in respect of any principal of the Loans to
be paid by such payment. All payments made by the Borrower
hereunder, under any Note or any other Related Writing, will be
made without setoff, counterclaim or defense. The Agent shall
distribute to each Bank its Pro rata share of the amount of
principal, interest and other amounts received by it for the
account of such Bank on the same day the Agent receives payment
thereof from the Borrower in immediately available funds, unless
the Agent does not receive such payment from the Borrower until
after 12:00 noon, in which case the Agent shall make payment
thereof to the Banks on the next Cleveland Banking Day. Each Bank
shall endorse each Note held by it with appropriate notations
evidencing each payment of principal made thereon or shall record
such principal payment by such other method as such Bank may
generally employ; provided , that failure to make any such
entry shall in no way detract from the Borrower’s obligations
under each such Note. Whenever any payment to be made hereunder,
including without limitation any payment to be made on any Note,
shall be stated to be due on a day which is not a Cleveland Banking
Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Cleveland
Banking Day and such extension of time shall in each case be
included in the computation of the interest payable on such Note;
provided , that if the next succeeding Cleveland Banking Day
falls in the succeeding calendar month, such payment shall be made
on the preceding Cleveland Banking Day and the relevant Interest
Period shall be adjusted accordingly. To the extent a Bank does not
receive its Pro rata share of the amount of principal, interest and
other amounts made available by the Borrower to the Agent for the
account of such Bank at the applicable time set forth above in this
Section 5.04, such Bank shall
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be entitled to
recover from the Agent, interest on all such amounts in respect of
each day from the date such amounts were made available to the
Agent by the Borrower to the date such amounts are distributed to
such Bank at a rate per annum equal to the overnight Federal Funds
Effective Rate.
SECTION 5.05.
PREPAYMENT . (a) The Borrower shall have the right
(subject to the payment of a prepayment premium as hereinafter
described in this Section 5.05), at any time or from time to
time, upon two (2) Cleveland Banking Days’ prior written
notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) to
prepay all or any part of the principal amount of the Loans then
outstanding as designated by the Borrower, subject to the
provisions of Section 5.05(b) hereof, plus interest accrued on
the amount so prepaid to the date of such prepayment, which notice
shall promptly be transmitted by the Agent to each of the
Banks.
(b) The
Borrower agrees that if LIBOR as determined as of 11:00 a.m.
London time, two (2) London Banking Days’ prior to the date
of prepayment or acceleration of any Loans (hereinafter,
“Prepayment LIBOR”) shall be lower than the last LIBOR
previously determined for those Loans accruing interest at LIBOR
with respect to which prepayment is intended to be made or that are
accelerated (hereinafter, “Last LIBOR”) prior to the
end of the applicable Interest Period, then the Borrower shall,
upon written notice by the Agent, promptly pay to the Agent, for
the account of each of the Banks, in immediately available funds, a
prepayment premium measured by a rate (the “Prepayment
Premium Rate”) which shall be equal to the difference between
the Last LIBOR and the Prepayment LIBOR. In determining the
Prepayment LIBOR payable to each Bank, the Agent shall apply a rate
for each Bank equal to LIBOR for a deposit approximately equal to
each Bank’s portion of such prepayment or accelerated balance
which would be applicable to an Interest Period commencing on the
date of such prepayment or acceleration and having a duration as
nearly equal as practicable to the remaining duration of the actual
Interest Period during which such acceleration occurs or prepayment
is to be made. In addition, the Borrower shall immediately pay
directly to each Bank the amount claimed as additional costs or
expenses (including, without limitation, cost of telex, wires, or
cables) incurred by such Bank in connection with the prepayment or
acceleration upon the Borrower’s receipt of a written
statement from such Bank. The Prepayment Premium Rate shall be
applied to all or such part of the principal amounts of the Notes
as related to the Loans to be prepaid, or that are accelerated and
the prepayment premium shall be computed for the period commencing
with the date on which such prepayment is to be made or
acceleration occurs to that date which coincides with the last day
of the Interest Period previously established when the Loans, which
are to be prepaid or are accelerated, were made. Each voluntary
prepayment of a Loan shall be in the aggregate principal sum of not
less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) (except in the case of a
Loan initially made in an aggregate amount less than One Million
Dollars ($1,000,000)) and, if greater, in an integral multiple of
Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000). In the event the
Borrower cancels a proposed Loan subsequent to the delivery to the
Agent of a Notice of Borrowing with respect to such Loan, but prior
to the draw down of funds thereunder, such cancellation shall be
treated as a prepayment subject to the aforementioned prepayment
premium.
SECTION 5.06.
UNUSED COMMITMENT FEES . (a) For each day that the
Revolving Credit Exposure equals or exceeds fifty percent (50%) of
the Total Revolving Loan Commitments, the Borrower shall pay to the
Agent, for the Pro rata benefit of the Banks, an
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unused
commitment fee at the rate per annum (based on a year of
360 days and calculated for the actual number of days elapsed)
of fifteen (15) basis points times the excess of the
Total Revolving Loan Commitments then in effect over the Revolving
Credit Exposure on that day and (b) for each day that the
Revolving Credit Exposure is less than fifty percent (50%) of the
Total Revolving Loan Commitments, the Borrower shall pay to the
Agent, for the Pro rata benefit of the Banks, an unused commitment
fee at the rate per annum (based on a year of 360 days
calculated for the actual number of days elapsed) of twenty-five
(25) basis points times the excess of the Total
Revolving Loan Commitments then in effect over the Revolving Credit
Exposure on that day. The unused commitment fee shall be payable on
the first Cleveland Banking Day after each Fiscal Quarterly Date
commencing on the Restatement Effective Date and continuing on the
first Cleveland Banking Day after each Fiscal Quarterly Date
thereafter. After any permanent reduction of the Total Revolving
Loan Commitments pursuant to Section 5.07, the unused
commitment fees payable hereunder shall be calculated upon the
Total Revolving Loan Commitments of the Banks as so
reduced.
(b) All
unused commitment fees as defined in the 2004 Credit Agreement that
shall have accrued under the 2004 Credit Agreement and remain
unpaid on the Restatement Effective Date shall be paid in full on
the Restatement Effective Date.
SECTION 5.07.
MODIFICATION OF THE TOTAL REVOLVING LOAN COMMITMENTS .
(a) At any time during the Commitment Increase Period, the
Borrower may request the Agent to increase the Total Revolving Loan
Commitments from the Restatement Effective Date Commitment Amount
up to an amount that shall not exceed $750,000,000. Each increase
may be made by either (i) proportionally increasing, for one or
more Banks, with their prior written consent, their respective
Commitments, in increments of at least Five Million Dollars
($5,000,000) or (ii) by including one or more Additional
Banks, each with a new Commitment of at least Twenty Five Million
Dollars ($25,000,000), as a party to this Agreement (collectively,
the “Additional Commitments”). During the Commitment
Increase Period, all of the Banks agree that the Agent, in its sole
discretion, exercised in good faith, may permit one or more
Additional Commitments upon satisfaction of the following
requirements: (A) each Additional Bank, if any, shall execute
an Additional Bank Assumption Agreement, (B) the Agent shall
provide to each Bank a revised Exhibit A to this Agreement at
least three Cleveland Banking Days prior to the effectiveness of
such Additional Commitments (each, an “Additional Bank
Assumption Effective Date”), (C) the Borrower shall
execute and deliver to the Agent, the Banks and the Additional
Banks such replacement or additional Revolving Loan Notes as shall
be required by the Agent, such Banks or such Additional Banks, as
the case may be and (D) Borrower shall pay to the Agent, each
Bank with an Additional Commitment, if any, and each Additional
Bank with an Additional Commitment, if any, such commitment fees as
may be agreed upon between the Borrower and the Agent, such Banks
and such Additional Banks, as the case may be. The Banks hereby
authorize the Agent to execute each Additional Bank Assumption
Agreement on behalf of the Banks. On each Additional Bank
Assumption Effective Date, the Banks shall make adjustments among
themselves with respect to the Revolving Loans and LC Obligations
then outstanding, participations in Swing Loans outstanding, if any
and amounts of principal, interest, fees and other amounts paid or
payable with respect thereto as shall be necessary, in the opinion
of the Agent, in order to reallocate among such Banks such
outstanding amounts, based on their respective Pro rata shares of
the then effective Total Revolving Loan Commitments and to
otherwise carry out fully the intent and terms of this
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Section 5.07(a). In connection therewith,
it is understood and agreed that the Maximum Amount of any Bank set
forth under such Bank’s name on Exhibit A hereto will
not be increased (or decreased except pursuant to
Section 5.07(b) hereof) without the prior written consent of
such Bank. The Borrower shall not request any increase in the Total
Revolving Loan Commitments pursuant to this Section 5.07(a) if
a Possible Default or an Event of Default shall then exist, or
immediately after giving effect to any such increase would
exist.
(b) The
Borrower shall have the right at all times to permanently reduce
the Total Revolving Loan Commitments in whole or in part by giving
written notice of the reduction to the Agent at least one Cleveland
Banking Day prior to the reduction, each such reduction to be in an
amount equal to at least $10,000,000, or the then Total Revolving
Loan Commitments if the then Total Revolving Loan Commitments are
less than $10,000,000. Each such reduction shall reduce each
Bank’s Commitment Pro rata. Concurrently with each reduction,
the Borrower shall prepay the amount, if any, together with
interest thereon by which the aggregate unpaid principal amount of
the Loans plus the LC Obligation exceeds the Total Revolving Loan
Commitments as so reduced in accordance with Section 5.05 of
this Agreement.
SECTION 5.08.
EXTENSIONS OF THE LOANS . Commencing on May 1, 2008 and
on each May 1st thereafter, the Borrower may request the Banks to
extend the Termination Date for one additional year in a writing
delivered to the Agent not later than 180 days prior to the
then applicable Termination Date, in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement. The unanimous consent of the Banks shall be
required for any such extension and the Banks shall have the right,
but not the obligation, to approve such request for an extension.
Any approval of the Borrower’s request shall be subject to
such terms and conditions as the Banks may deem
appropriate.
ARTICLE VI
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
Prior to or
concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, and
as conditions precedent to the making or continuation of any Loans
or the issuance or continuation of letters of credit hereunder on
the Restatement Effective Date, the following actions shall be
taken, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Agents and the
Banks and their respective counsel:
SECTION 6.01.
CORPORATE AND LOAN DOCUMENTS . The Borrower shall deliver or
cause to be delivered to the Agents and the Banks the following
documents, in all cases duly executed, delivered and/or certified,
as the case may be:
(a) Certified
copies of the resolutions of the board of directors of the Borrower
evidencing approval of the execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement and the Notes provided for herein;
(b) Certified
copies of resolutions of the board of directors of the Parent
evidencing approval of the execution, delivery and performance of
the Guaranty;
(c) Copies of
the Articles of Incorporation of the Borrower in effect as of the
Restatement Effective Date, certified by the Ohio Secretary of
State as of a recent date;
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(d) Copies of
the Articles of Incorporation of the Parent in effect as of the
Restatement Effective Date, certified by the Ohio Secretary of
State as of a recent date;
(e) Copies of
the Code of Regulations of the Borrower in effect as of the
Restatement Effective Date, certified as true and complete as of
the Restatement Effective Date by the secretary of the
Borrower;
(f) Copies of
the Code of Regulations of the Parent in effect as of the
Restatement Effective Date, certified as true and complete as of
the Restatement Effective Date by the secretary of the
Parent;
(g) A good
standing certificate for the Borrower from the State of Ohio as of
a recent date;
(h) A good
standing certificate for the Parent from the State of Ohio as of a
recent date.
(i) A
certificate of the secretary or assistant secretary of the Borrower
certifying the names of the officers of the Borrower authorized to
sign this Agreement and the Notes, together with the true
signatures of such officers.
(j) A
certificate of the secretary or assistant secretary of the Parent
certifying the names of the officers of the Parent authorized to
sign the Guaranty, together with the true signatures of such
officers.
(k) The
Borrower, the Agents, and the Banks shall have executed and
delivered counterparts of the Agreement.
(l) The
Parent shall have executed and delivered the Guaranty to the Agents
and the Banks.
(m) The
Borrower shall have executed and delivered to each Bank (other than
the Additional Banks), a Revolving Loan Note payable to the account
of each respective Bank in the amount of their respective
Commitments.
(n) The
Borrower shall have executed and delivered to each Swing Line
Lender, a Swing Line Note payable to the account of each respective
Swing Line Lender in the amount of their respective Swing Line
Commitments.
(o) A
certificate of the secretary or assistant secretary of the Borrower
certifying that as of the Restatement Effective Date and after
giving effect thereto and to the Loans made hereunder
(i) there exists no Possible Default or Event of Default and
(ii) all representations and warranties contained herein shall
be true and correct in all material respects.
(p) A
certificate of the secretary or assistant secretary of the Parent
certifying that as of the Restatement Effective Date and after
giving effect thereto and to the Loans made hereunder (i) there
exists no Possible Default or Event of Default and (ii) all
representations and warranties contained herein shall be true and
correct in all material respects.
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SECTION 6.02.
OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR PARENT . The Borrower shall deliver
or cause to be delivered to the Agents and the Banks a favorable
opinion of counsel for the Parent as to the due authorization,
execution and delivery, and legality, validity, and enforceability
of the Guaranty and such other matters as the Agents and the Banks
may request.
SECTION 6.03.
JUDGMENT, ORDERS . On the Restatement Effective Date, there
shall not exist any judgment, order, injunction or other restraint
issued or filed with respect to the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
SECTION 6.04.
LITIGATION . On the Restatement Effective Date, there shall
be no actions, suits or proceedings pending or threatened
(a) with respect to this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby or (b) which the Agents or the Banks shall
determine could have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 6.05.
NOTICE OF BORROWING . Prior to the making of each Loan, the
Agent shall have received a Notice of Borrowing satisfying the
requirements of Section 5.01.
SECTION 6.06.
OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR BORROWER . The Borrower shall deliver
or cause to be delivered to the Agents and the Banks a favorable
opinion of counsel for the Borrower as to the due authorization,
execution and delivery, and legality, validity and enforceability
of this Agreement and the Notes and such other matters as the
Agents and the Banks may request.
SECTION 6.07.
PAYMENT OF FEES . On the Restatement Effective Date, the
Borrower shall have paid to the Agents and the Banks all costs,
fees and expenses, and all other compensation contemplated by this
Agreement (including, without limitation, legal fees and expenses)
to the extent then due.
SECTION 6.08.
ADVERSE CHANGE, ETC . From January 31, 2007 to the
Restatement Effective Date, nothing shall have occurred (and
neither the Banks nor the Agents shall ha
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