Published CUSIP Number: [
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AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT
AGREEMENT
Dated as of August 31,
2009
CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES,
as Borrowers,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender
and
L/C Issuer,
The Other Lenders Party
Hereto
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES
LLC,
as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Book Manager
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ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING
TERMS
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1.02 Other Interpretive Provisions
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1.05 Exchange Rates; Currency
Equivalents
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1.06 Additional Alternative
Currencies
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1.09 Letter of Credit Amounts
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1.10 Financial Determinations
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ARTICLE II. THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT
EXTENSIONS
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2.02 Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations
of Loans
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2.06 Termination or Reduction of
Commitments
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2.10 Computation of Interest and Fees
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2.12 Payments Generally; Administrative
Agent’s Clawback
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2.13 Sharing of Payments by Lenders
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2.14 Designated Borrowers
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2.15 Extension of Maturity Date in respect of
Revolving Credit Facility
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2.16 Increase in Revolving Credit
Facility
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
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ARTICLE III. TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND
ILLEGALITY
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3.03 Inability to Determine Rates
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3.05 Compensation for Losses
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3.06 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of
Lenders
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ARTICLE IV. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT
EXTENSIONS
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4.01 Conditions of Effectiveness of this
Agreement and Term Loan Borrowing
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4.02 Conditions to all Credit
Extensions
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ARTICLE V. REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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5.01 Existence, Qualification and
Power
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5.02 Authorization; No Conflict
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5.03 Governmental Authorization; Other
Consents
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5.05 Financial Statements; No Material Adverse
Effect
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5.08 Ownership of Property; Liens
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5.09 Environmental Compliance
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5.13 Subsidiaries; Equity Interests
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5.14 Margin Regulations; Investment Company
Act
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5.16 Compliance with Laws
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5.17 Taxpayer Identification Number; Other
Identifying Information
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5.18 Collateral Documents
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5.19 Intellectual Property; Licenses,
Etc.
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5.20 Representations as to Foreign
Obligors
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
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ARTICLE VI. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
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6.01 Financial Statements
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6.02 Certificates; Other Information
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6.04 Payment of Obligations
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6.05 Preservation of Existence, Etc.
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6.06 Maintenance of Properties
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6.07 Maintenance of Insurance
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6.08 Compliance with Laws
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6.12 Approvals and Authorizations
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6.13 Guarantee Obligations and
Security
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ARTICLE VII. NEGATIVE COVENANTS
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7.07 Change in Nature of Business
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7.08 Transactions with Affiliates
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7.09 Burdensome Agreements
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ARTICLE VIII. EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND
REMEDIES
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8.02 Remedies Upon Event of Default
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8.03 Application of Funds
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
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ARTICLE IX. ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
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9.01 Appointment and Authority
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9.03 Exculpatory Provisions
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9.04 Reliance by Administrative Agent
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9.05 Delegation of Duties
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9.06 Resignation of Administrative
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9.07 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and
Other Lenders
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9.08 No Other Duties, Etc.
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9.09 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of
Claim
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9.10 Collateral and Guaranty Matters
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10.02 Additional Restrictions on
Amendments
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10.03 Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic
Communication
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10.04 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies
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10.05 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage
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10.07 Successors and Assigns
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10.08 Treatment of Certain Information;
Confidentiality
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10.10 Interest Rate Limitation
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10.11 Counterparts; Integration;
Effectiveness
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10.12 Survival of Representations and
Warranties
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10.14 Replacement of Lenders
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10.15 Governing Law; Jurisdiction;
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10.16 Waiver of Jury Trial
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10.17 No Advisory or Fiduciary
Responsibility
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10.18 USA PATRIOT Act Notice
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10.20 Effect of Amendment and Restatement of the
Existing Credit Agreement
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1.01
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Mandatory Cost
Formulae
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1.02
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Existing
Letters of Credit
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2.01
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Commitments and
Applicable Percentages
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5.11
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Taxes
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5.13
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Subsidiaries;
Other Equity Investments
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5.17
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Taxpayer
Identification Number; Other Identifying Information
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7.01(b)
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Existing
Liens
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7.01(f)
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Auction Rate
Securities
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7.02
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Existing
Investments
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7.03
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Existing
Indebtedness
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10.03
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Administrative
Agent’s Office; Certain Addresses for Notices
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Form
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Loan
Notice
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Swing Line Loan
Notice
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C-1
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Revolving
Credit Note
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C-2
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Term
Note
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Compliance
Certificate
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Assignment and
Assumption
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Company
Guaranty
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Subsidiary
Guaranty
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Designated
Borrower Request and Assumption Agreement
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Designated
Borrower Notice
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U.S. Pledge
Agreement
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AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT
AGREEMENT
This AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this
“ Agreement ”) is entered into as of
August 31, 2009, among MONSTER WORLDWIDE, INC., a Delaware
corporation (the “ Company ”), certain
Subsidiaries of the Company party hereto pursuant to
Section 2.14 (each a “ Designated Borrower
” and, together with the Company, the “
Borrowers ” and, each a “ Borrower
”), each lender from time to time party hereto (collectively,
the “ Lenders ” and individually, a “
Lender ”), and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as
Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer.
Pursuant to the Credit Agreement, dated as of
December 21, 2007 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified prior to the Closing Date, the “ Existing Credit
Agreement ”), among the Company, certain of the
Company’s Subsidiaries, Bank of America, N.A., as
Administrative Agent, Citibank, N.A., as Syndication Agent, and the
other lenders from time to time party thereto (the “
Existing Lenders ”), the Existing Lenders agreed to
make extensions of credit to the Company and its Subsidiaries on
the terms and conditions set forth therein, including making loans
(the “ Existing Loans ”) to the Company and its
Subsidiaries, and the L/C Issuer agreed to issue Letters of Credit
to the Company and its Subsidiaries on the terms and conditions set
forth therein.
The Company has requested that the Existing
Credit Agreement be amended and restated in its entirety to become
effective and binding on the Company and its Subsidiaries pursuant
to the terms of this Agreement, and the Lenders (including certain
of the Existing Lenders) have agreed (subject to the terms of this
Agreement) to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement in
its entirety to read as set forth in this Agreement, and it has
been agreed by the parties to the Existing Credit Agreement that
(a) the commitments which the Existing Lenders have agreed to
extend to the Borrowers under the Existing Credit Agreement shall
be extended or advanced upon the amended and restated terms and
conditions contained in this Agreement; and (b) the Existing
Loans, all Letters of Credit (including the Existing Letters of
Credit) and other Obligations (as defined in the Existing Credit
Agreement) outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement shall be
governed by and deemed to be outstanding under the amended and
restated terms and conditions contained in this Agreement, with the
intent that the terms of this Agreement shall supersede the terms
of the Existing Credit Agreement (each of which shall hereafter
have no further effect upon the parties thereto, other than for
accrued and unpaid fees and expenses, and indemnification
obligations, if any, accrued and owing, under the terms of the
Existing Credit Agreement on or prior to the Closing Date or
arising (in the case of indemnification) under the terms of the
Existing Credit Agreement).
In consideration of the mutual covenants and
agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree
as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
1.01 Defined Terms . As used in this Agreement, the following terms
shall have the meanings set forth below:
“ Administrative Agent ”
means Bank of America in its capacity as administrative agent under
any of the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative
agent.
“ Administrative Agent’s
Office ” means, with respect to any currency, the
Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account
as set forth on Schedule 10.03 with respect to such
currency, or such other address or account with respect to such
currency as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify
to the Company and the Lenders.
“ Administrative Questionnaire
” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by
the Administrative Agent.
“ Affiliate ” means, with
respect to any Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or
is under common Control with the Person specified.
“ Aggregate Commitments ”
means the Commitments of all the Lenders.
“ Agreement ” has the meaning
specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“ Alternative Currency ”
means each of Euro, Sterling, Yen, Swedish Krona and each other
currency (other than Dollars) that is approved in accordance with
Section 1.06 .
“ Alternative Currency Equivalent
” means, at any time, with respect to any amount denominated
in Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in the applicable
Alternative Currency as determined by the Administrative Agent or
the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, at such time on the basis of
the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation
Date) for the purchase of such Alternative Currency with
Dollars.
“ Applicable Foreign Obligor
Documents ” has the meaning specified in Section
5.20 .
“ Applicable Percentage ”
means:
(a) in respect of the Term Facility, with
respect to any Term Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out
to the ninth decimal place) of the Term Facility represented by (i)
on the Closing Date, such Term Lender’s Term Commitment at
such time and (ii) thereafter, the principal amount of such
Term Lender’s Term Loans at such time; and
(b) in respect of the Revolving Credit
Facility, with respect to any Revolving Credit Lender at any time,
the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the
Revolving Credit Facility represented by such Revolving Credit
Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment at such time.
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If the commitment of each Revolving Credit
Lender to make Revolving Credit Loans and the obligation of the L/C
Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant
to Section 8.02 , or if the Revolving Credit
Commitments have expired, and, in each case, the Revolving Credit
Loans are outstanding then the Applicable Percentage of each
Revolving Credit Lender in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility
shall be determined based on the Applicable Percentage of such
Revolving Credit Lender in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility
most recently in effect, giving effect to any subsequent
assignments. The initial Applicable Percentage of each Lender in
respect of each Facility is set forth opposite the name of such
Lender on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and
Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as
applicable.
“ Applicable Rate ” means,
from time to time, the following rates per annum (expressed in
basis points), determined by reference to the Consolidated Leverage
Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate
received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section
6.02(a) :
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Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Rate
resulting from a change in the Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall
become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following
the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to
Section 6.02(a) ; provided that if a Compliance
Certificate is not delivered when due in accordance with such
Section, then the next higher Pricing Level to the Pricing Level
then in effect (with Pricing Level 1 being the lowest and Pricing
Level 5 being the highest) shall apply as of the first Business Day
after the date on which such Compliance Certificate was required to
have been delivered. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this definition, the determination of the Applicable
Rate for any period shall be subject to the provisions of
Section 2.10(b) .
“ Applicable Time ” means,
with respect to any borrowings and payments in any Alternative
Currency, the local time in the place of settlement for such
Alternative Currency as may be determined by the Administrative
Agent or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to be necessary for
timely settlement on the relevant date in accordance with normal
banking procedures in the place of payment.
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“ Applicant Borrower ” has
the meaning specified in Section 2.14 .
“ Appropriate Lender ” means,
at any time, (a) with respect to any of the Term Facility or
the Revolving Credit Facility, a Lender that has a Commitment with
respect to such Facility or holds a Term Loan or a Revolving Credit
Loan, respectively, at such time, (b) with respect to the
Letter of Credit Sublimit, (i) the L/C Issuer and (ii) if
any Letters of Credit have been issued pursuant to
Section 2.03(a) , the Revolving Credit Lenders and
(c) with respect to the Swing Line Sublimit, (i) the
Swing Line Lender and (ii) if any Swing Line Loans are
outstanding pursuant to Section 2.04(a) , the Revolving
Credit Lenders.
“ Approved Fund ” means any
Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender,
(b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an
Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a
Lender.
“ Arranger ” means Banc of
America Securities LLC, in its capacity as sole lead arranger and
sole book manager.
“ Assignee Group ” means two
or more Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of one another or
two or more Approved Funds managed by the same investment
advisor.
“ Assignment and Assumption ”
means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an
Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is
required by Section 10.07(b) ), and accepted by the
Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of
Exhibit E or any other form approved by the
Administrative Agent.
“ Attributable Indebtedness ”
means, on any date, (a) in respect of any capital lease of any
Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a
balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance
with GAAP, and (b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease
Obligation, the capitalized amount of the remaining lease payments
under the relevant lease that would appear on a balance sheet of
such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if
such lease were accounted for as a capital lease.
“ Audited Financial Statements
” means the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Company
and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2008, and the related consolidated statements of operations,
shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year of
the Company and its Subsidiaries, including the notes
thereto.
“ Availability Period ”
means, in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility, the period from
and including the Closing Date to the earliest of (a) the
Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility, (b) the date
of termination of the Revolving Credit Facility pursuant to
Section 2.06 , and (c) the date of termination of
the commitment of each Revolving Credit Lender to make Revolving
Credit Loans and of the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C
Credit Extensions pursuant to Section 8.02 .
“ Bank of America ” means
Bank of America, N.A. and its successors.
“ Bankruptcy Code ” shall
mean the United States Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. §§ 101
et seq .).
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“ Base Rate ” means, for any
day, a rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Prime
Rate for such day, (b) the sum of 0.50% plus the
Federal Funds Rate for such day and (c) except during a
Eurocurrency Unavailability Period, the sum of 1.00% plus
the 1-month Eurocurrency Rate.
“ Base Rate Loan ” means a
Revolving Credit Loan or a Term Loan that bears interest based on
the Base Rate. All Base Rate Loans shall be denominated in
Dollars.
“ Borrower ” and “
Borrowers ” each has the meaning specified in the
introductory paragraph hereto.
“ Borrower Materials ” has
the meaning specified in Section 6.02 .
“ Borrowing ” and “
Committed Borrowing ” means a Revolving Credit
Borrowing, a Swing Line Borrowing or a Term Borrowing, as the
context may require.
“ Business Day ” means any
day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial
banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact
closed in, the State of New York:
(a) if such day relates to any interest
rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in
Dollars, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in
Dollars in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or any other
dealings in Dollars to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in
respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, means any such day on
which dealings in deposits in Dollars are conducted by and between
banks in the London interbank eurodollar market;
(b) if such day relates to any interest
rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Euro,
any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in Euro in
respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or any other dealings
in Euro to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of
any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, means a TARGET Day;
(c) if such day relates to any interest
rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in a
currency other than Dollars or Euro, means any such day on which
dealings in deposits in the relevant currency are conducted by and
between banks in the London or other applicable offshore interbank
market for such currency; and
(d) if such day relates to any fundings,
disbursements, settlements and payments in a currency other than
Dollars or Euro in respect of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated
in a currency other than Dollars or Euro, or any other dealings in
any currency other than Dollars or Euro to be carried out pursuant
to this Agreement in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan
(other than any interest rate settings), means any such day on
which banks are open for foreign exchange business in the principal
financial center of the country of such currency.
“ Cash Collateralize ” has
the meaning specified in Section 2.03(g) .
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“ Cash Management Agreement ”
means any agreement to provide cash management services, including
treasury, depository, overdraft, credit or debit card, electronic
funds transfer and other cash management arrangements.
“ Cash Management Bank ”
means any Person that, at the time it enters into a Cash Management
Agreement, is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, in its capacity
as a party to such Cash Management Agreement.
“ CFC ” means a Person that
is a controlled foreign corporation under Section 957 of the
Code.
“ Change in Law ” means the
occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the
following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule,
regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule,
regulation or treaty or in the interpretation or application
thereof by any Governmental Authority with competent
jurisdiction.
“ Change of Control ” means
an event or series of events by which:
(a) any “person” or
“group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and
14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but excluding any
employee benefit plan of such person or its subsidiaries, and any
person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other
fiduciary or administrator of any such plan) (other than Andrew
McKelvey or any of his spouse, parents, siblings, children,
beneficiaries, affiliates, executors, administrators or heirs)
becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in
Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, except that a person or group shall be deemed to have
“beneficial ownership” of all securities that such
person or group has the right to acquire, whether such right is
exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time (such
right, an “ option right ”)), directly or
indirectly, of 25% or more of the equity securities of the Company
entitled to vote for members of the board of directors or
equivalent governing body of the Company on a fully-diluted basis
(and taking into account all such securities that such person or
group has the right to acquire pursuant to any option
right);
(b) during any period of 24 consecutive
months, a majority of the members of the board of directors or
other equivalent governing body of the Company cease to be composed
of individuals (i) who were members of that board or
equivalent governing body on the first day of such period,
(ii) whose election or nomination to that board or equivalent
governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clause
(i) above constituting at the time of such election or
nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent
governing body or (iii) whose election or nomination to that
board or other equivalent governing body was approved by
individuals referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above
constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a
majority of that board or equivalent governing body (excluding, in
the case of both clause (ii) and clause (iii), any individual
whose initial nomination for, or assumption of office as, a member
of that board or equivalent governing body occurs as a result of an
actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents for the
election or removal of one or more directors by any person or group
other than a solicitation for the election of one or more directors
by or on behalf of the board of directors); or
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(c) any Person or two or more Persons
acting in concert (other than Andrew McKelvey or any of his spouse,
parents, siblings, children, beneficiaries, affiliates, executors,
administrators or heirs) shall have acquired by contract or
otherwise, or shall have entered into a contract or arrangement
that, upon consummation thereof, will result in its or their
acquisition of the power to exercise, directly or indirectly, a
controlling influence over the management or policies of the
Company, or control over the equity securities of the Company
entitled to vote for members of the board of directors or
equivalent governing body of the Company on a fully-diluted basis
(and taking into account all such securities that such Person or
group has the right to acquire pursuant to any option right)
representing 25% or more of the combined voting power of such
securities.
“ Closing Date ” means the
first date all the conditions precedent in Section 4.01 are
satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 10.01
.
“ Code ” means the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended to the date hereof and from time
to time hereafter, and any successor statute.
“ Collateral ” means all of
the collateral referred to in the Collateral Documents and all of
the other property that is or is intended under the terms of the
Collateral Documents to be subject to Liens in favor of the
Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties.
“ Collateral Documents ”
means, collectively, the U.S. Pledge Agreement, each Foreign Pledge
Agreement, and any supplements thereto, and any other pledge
agreement or similar agreements delivered to the Administrative
Agent pursuant to Section 6.13 , and each of the other
agreements, instruments or documents that creates or purports to
create a Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit
of the Secured Parties.
“ Commitment ” means a Term
Commitment or a Revolving Credit Commitment, as the context may
require.
“ Company ” has the meaning
specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“ Company Guaranty ” means
the Company Guaranty made by the Company in favor of the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders, substantially in the form of
Exhibit F .
“ Compliance Certificate ”
means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D
.
“ Consolidated EBITDA ”
means, for any period, for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis, an amount equal to Consolidated Net Income for
such period plus (a) the following to the extent
deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income:
(i) Consolidated Interest Charges for such period,
(ii) the provision for Federal, state, local and foreign
income taxes payable by the Company and its Subsidiaries for such
period, (iii) depreciation and amortization expense,
(iv) other expenses of the Company and its Subsidiaries
reducing such Consolidated Net Income which do not represent a cash
item in such period or any future period and (v) any costs or
expenses incurred pursuant to any management equity plan or stock
option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or
agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, to
the extent that such costs or expenses are funded with cash
proceeds contributed to the capital of the Company or net cash
proceeds of an issuance of Equity Interests and minus
(b) the following to the extent included in calculating such
Consolidated Net Income: (i) Federal, state, local and foreign
income tax credits of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such
period and (ii) all non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net
Income for such period.
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“ Consolidated Funded Indebtedness
” means, as of any date of determination, for the Company and
its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the sum of (a) the
outstanding principal amount of all obligations, whether current or
long-term, for borrowed money (including Obligations hereunder) and
all obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan
agreements or other similar instruments, (b) all purchase
money Indebtedness, (c) all direct obligations arising under
letters of credit (including standby and commercial),
bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and
similar instruments, (d) all obligations in respect of the
deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade
accounts payable in the ordinary course of business), (e)
Attributable Indebtedness in respect of capital leases and
Synthetic Lease Obligations, (f) without duplication, all
Guarantees with respect to outstanding Indebtedness of the types
specified in clauses (a) through (e) above of Persons
other than the Company or any Subsidiary, and (g) all
Indebtedness of the types referred to in clauses (a) through
(f) above of any partnership or joint venture (other than a
joint venture that is itself a corporation, limited partnership or
limited liability company) in which the Company or a Subsidiary is
a general partner or joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is
expressly made non-recourse to the Company or such Subsidiary (or
the Company or such Subsidiary is not otherwise liable for such
indebtedness).
“ Consolidated Interest Charges
” means, for any period, for the Company and its Subsidiaries
on a consolidated basis, the sum of (a) all interest, premium
payments, debt discount, fees, charges and related expenses of the
Company and its Subsidiaries in connection with borrowed money
(including capitalized interest) or in connection with the deferred
purchase price of assets, in each case to the extent treated as
interest in accordance with GAAP, (b) any losses on hedging
obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for the
purposes of hedging interest rate risk, minus interest
income and gains on such hedging obligations and (c) the
portion of rent expense of the Company and its Subsidiaries with
respect to such period under capital leases that is treated as
interest in accordance with GAAP, in each case paid in cash during
such period. For the avoidance of doubt, Consolidated Interest
Charges shall not include any interest in respect of any item
excluded from the definition of Indebtedness.
“ Consolidated Interest Coverage
Ratio ” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio
of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the four prior
fiscal quarters ending on such date to (b) Consolidated
Interest Charges for such period.
“ Consolidated Leverage Ratio
” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a)
Consolidated Funded Indebtedness as of such date to
(b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the four fiscal
quarters most recently ended.
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“ Consolidated Net Income ”
means, for any period, for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis, the net income of the Company and its
Subsidiaries (excluding extraordinary gains and extraordinary
losses) for that period.
“ Contractual Obligation ”
means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by
such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to
which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property
is bound.
“ Control ” means the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause
the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether
through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or
otherwise. “ Controlling ” and “
Controlled ” have meanings correlative
thereto.
“ Credit Extension ” means
each of the following: (a) a Borrowing and (b) an L/C
Credit Extension.
“ Debtor Relief Laws ” means
the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other
liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the
benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership,
insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the
United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time
in effect and affecting the rights of creditors
generally.
“ Default ” means any event
or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with the
giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an
Event of Default.
“ Default Rate ” means
(a) when used with respect to Obligations other than Letter of
Credit Fees, an interest rate equal to (i) the Base Rate
plus (ii) the Applicable Rate, if any, applicable to
Base Rate Loans plus (iii) 2% per annum;
provided that with respect to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the
Default Rate shall be an interest rate equal to the interest rate
(including any Applicable Rate and any Mandatory Cost) otherwise
applicable to such Loan plus 2% per annum, and (b) when
used with respect to Letter of Credit Fees, a rate equal to the
Applicable Rate plus 2% per annum.
“ Defaulting Lender ” means
any Lender that (a) has failed to fund any portion of the Term
Loans, Revolving Credit Loans, participations in L/C Obligations or
participations in Swing Line Loans required to be funded by it
hereunder within one Business Day of the date required to be funded
by it hereunder unless such failure has been cured, (b) has
otherwise failed to pay over to the Administrative Agent or any
other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder
within one Business Day of the date when due, unless the subject of
a good faith dispute or unless such failure has been cured, or
(c) has been deemed insolvent or become the subject of a
bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding.
“ Designated Borrower ” has
the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph
hereto.
“ Designated Borrower Notice
” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14
.
“ Designated Borrower Request and
Assumption Agreement ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.14 .
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“ Disposition ” or “
Dispose ” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or
other disposition (including any sale and leaseback transaction) of
any property by any Person, including any sale, assignment,
transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes
or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated
therewith.
“ Dollar ” and “
$ ” mean lawful money of the United States.
“ Dollar Equivalent ” means,
at any time, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in
Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount
denominated in any Alternative Currency, the equivalent amount
thereof in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent or the
L/C Issuer, as the case may be, at such time on the basis of the
Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation
Date) for the purchase of Dollars with such Alternative
Currency.
“ Domestic Subsidiary ” means
any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of any political
subdivision of the United States.
“ Election Period ” has the
meaning specified in Section 2.16(a) .
“ Eligible Assignee ” means
any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under
Section 10.07(b) (subject to such consents, if any, as
may be required under Section 10.07(b) ).
“ EMU Legislation ” means the
legislative measures of the European Council for the introduction
of, changeover to or operation of a single or unified European
currency.
“ Environmental Laws ” means
any and all applicable Federal, state, local, and foreign statutes,
laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees,
permits, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating
to pollution and the protection of the environment or the release
of any materials into the environment, including those related to
hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to
waste or public systems.
“ Environmental Liability ”
means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any
liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines,
penalties or indemnities), of the Company, any other Loan Party or
any of their respective Subsidiaries directly or indirectly
resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any
Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling,
transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous
Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials,
(d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous
Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement
or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is
assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
“ Equity Interests ” means,
with respect to any Person, all of the shares of capital stock of
(or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the
warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition
from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership
or profit interests in) such Person, all of the securities
convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or
other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants,
rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person
of such shares (or such other interests), and all of the other
ownership or profit interests in such Person (including
partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or
nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options,
rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of
determination.
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“ ERISA ” means the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
“ ERISA Affiliate ” means any
trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common
control with the Company within the meaning of Section 414(b) or
(c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code
for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the
Code).
“ ERISA Event ” means
(a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan;
(b) a withdrawal by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate from a
Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan
year in which it was a substantial employer (as defined in
Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations that
is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA;
(c) a complete or partial withdrawal by the Company or any
ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a
Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization; (d) the filing of a
notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Plan amendment as
a termination under Section 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the
commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan
or Multiemployer Plan; (e) an event or condition which
constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the
termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any
Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (f) the imposition of
any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums
due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon the
Company or any ERISA Affiliate.
“ Euro ” and “
EUR ” mean the lawful currency of the Participating
Member States introduced in accordance with the EMU
Legislation.
“ Eurocurrency Rate ” means,
for any Interest Period with respect to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan,
the rate per annum equal to the British Bankers Association LIBOR
Rate (“ BBA LIBOR ”), as published by Reuters
(or other commercially available source providing quotations of BBA
LIBOR as designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time)
at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days
prior to the commencement of such Interest Period (or, in the case
of Eurocurrency Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies as to
which market practice differs from the foregoing, in accordance
with such market practice), for deposits in the relevant currency
(for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term
equivalent to such Interest Period. If such rate is not available
at such time for any reason, then the “Eurocurrency
Rate” for such Interest Period shall be the rate per annum
determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at which
deposits in the relevant currency for delivery on the first day of
such Interest Period in Same Day Funds in the approximate amount of
the Eurocurrency Rate Loan being made, continued or converted by
Bank of America and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period
would be offered by Bank of America’s London Branch (or other
Bank of America branch or Affiliate) to major banks in the London
or other offshore interbank market for such currency at their
request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business
Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.
“ Eurocurrency Rate Loan ”
means a Revolving Credit Loan or a Term Loan that bears interest at
a rate based on the Eurocurrency Rate. Eurocurrency Rate Loans may
be denominated in Dollars or in an Alternative Currency. All Loans
denominated in an Alternative Currency must be Eurocurrency Rate
Loans.
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“ Eurocurrency Unavailability
Period ” means any period of time during which a notice
delivered to the Borrower in accordance with
Section 3.03 shall remain in force and
effect.
“ Event of Default ” has the
meaning specified in Section 8.01 .
“ Excluded Taxes ” means,
with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the L/C
Issuer or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on
account of any obligation of any Borrower hereunder, (a) taxes
imposed on or measured by its overall net income (however
denominated and whether worldwide or only insofar as such net
income is considered to arise in or relate to a particular
jurisdiction), and franchise taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net
income taxes), by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision
thereof) under the Laws of which such recipient is organized or in
which its principal office is, or formerly was, located or, in the
case of any Lender, in which its applicable Lending Office is
located and/or in which it (and/or, in the case of a Lender, its
Lending Office) is deemed to be doing business, (b) any branch
profits taxes imposed by the United States or any similar tax
imposed by any other jurisdiction in which such Borrower is located
and (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an
assignee pursuant to a request by the Company under
Section 10.14 ), any withholding tax that is imposed on
amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign
Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a new Lending Office)
or is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure or
inability (other than as a result of a Change in Law) to comply
with Section 3.01(e) , except to the extent that such
Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time
of designation of a new Lending Office (or assignment), to receive
additional amounts from the applicable Borrower with respect to
such withholding tax pursuant to Section 3.01(a) .
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
definition, “Excluded Taxes” shall not include any
withholding tax imposed at any time on payments made by or on
behalf of a Foreign Obligor to any Lender hereunder or under any
other Loan Document, provided that such Lender shall have
complied with the last paragraph of Section 3.01(e)
.
“ Existing Credit Agreement ”
has the meaning specified in the preliminary statements
hereto.
“ Existing Lenders ” has the
meaning specified in the preliminary statements hereto.
“ Existing Letters of Credit
” means, collectively, the letters of credit listed on
Schedule 1.02 .
“ Existing Loans ” has the
meaning specified in the preliminary statements hereto.
“ Facility ” means the Term
Facility or the Revolving Credit Facility, as the context may
require.
“ Federal Funds Rate ” means,
for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of
the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of
the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on
such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on
the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that
(a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate
for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next
preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding
Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such
next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day
shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole
multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to Bank of America on such day on
such transactions as determined by the Administrative
Agent.
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“ Fee Letter ” means the
letter agreement, dated July 16, 2009, among the Company, the
Administrative Agent and the Arranger.
“ Foreign Lender ” means,
with respect to any Borrower, any Lender that is organized under
the Laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which such Borrower
is resident for tax purposes. For purposes of this definition, the
United States, each State thereof and the District of Columbia
shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.
“ Foreign Obligor ” means a
Loan Party that is a Foreign Subsidiary.
“ Foreign Pledge Agreements ”
means any supplemental pledge agreement governed by the laws of a
jurisdiction other than the United States, a State thereof or the
District of Columbia, executed and delivered by the Company or any
Domestic Subsidiary pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent, as may be necessary under the laws of organization or
incorporation of a Material Foreign Subsidiary to further protect
or perfect the Administrative Agent’s Lien on any
Collateral.
“ Foreign Subsidiary ” means
any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction
other than the United States, a State thereof or the District of
Columbia.
“ FRB ” means the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United
States.
“ Fund ” means any Person
(other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in
making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial
loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of
its business.
“ GAAP ” means generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States.
“ Governmental Authority ”
means the government of the United States or any other nation, or
of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and
any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court,
central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative,
judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions
of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies
such as the European Union or the European Central
Bank).
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“ Guarantee ” means, as to
any Person, any (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise,
of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of
guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation payable or
performable by another Person (the “primary obligor”)
in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any
obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase
or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of)
such Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or
lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring
the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of
the payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other
obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital
or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of
income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the
primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation, or
(iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other
manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other
obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such
obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or
(b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any
Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person, whether or
not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by such Person
(or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such
Indebtedness to obtain any such Lien); provided that the
term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements of
instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of
business or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations in
effect on the Closing Date or entered into in connection with any
acquisition or disposition of assets permitted under this
Agreement. The amount of any Guarantee referred to (x) in
clause (a) shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated
or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or
portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if
not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated
liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing
Person in good faith and (y) shall be the lesser of the amount
referred to in clause (x) and the value of the property
subject to a lien, to the extent that such obligation is
non-recourse other than to such property. The term
“Guarantee” as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
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“ Hazardous Materials ” means
all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous
or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including
petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing
materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or
medical wastes and all other hazardous or toxic substances or
wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental
Law.
“ Hedge Bank ” means any
Person that, at the time it enters into a Swap Contract permitted
under Article VI or VII , is a Lender or an
Affiliate of a Lender, in its capacity as a party to such Swap
Contract.
“ Inactive Subsidiary ” means
each of the Subsidiaries designated as such on
Schedule 5.13 ; provided that if such Subsidiary
becomes active and has either (a) revenues for any fiscal year in
excess of $100,000 or (b) assets at any time in excess of
$100,000, then such Subsidiary shall no longer qualify as an
Inactive Subsidiary.
“ Increase Effective Date ”
has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(e)
.
“ Incremental Term Loan ” has
the meaning specified in Section 2.16(a) .
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“ Indebtedness ” means, as to
any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the
following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities
in accordance with GAAP:
(a) all obligations of such Person for
borrowed money and all obligations of such Person evidenced by
bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar
instruments;
(b) all direct or contingent obligations of
such Person arising under letters of credit (including standby and
commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety
bonds and similar instruments;
(c) net
obligations of such Person under any Swap Contract;
(d) all obligations of such Person to pay
the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than
trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business and, in
each case, not past due for more than 60 days after the date
on which such trade account payable is due);
(e) indebtedness (excluding prepaid
interest thereon) secured by a Lien on property owned or being
purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under
conditional sales or other title retention agreements), whether or
not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is
limited in recourse;
(f) capital leases and Synthetic Lease
Obligations;
(g) all obligations of such Person to
purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment in
respect of any Equity Interest in such Person or any other Person,
valued, in the case of a redeemable preferred interest, at the
greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference
plus accrued and unpaid dividends; and
(h) all Guarantees of such Person in
respect of any of the foregoing.
For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any
Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint
venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation,
limited partnership or limited liability company) in which such
Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, unless such
Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to such Person (or such
Person is not otherwise liable for such indebtedness). The amount
of any net obligation under any Swap Contract on any date shall be
deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof as of such date.
The amount of any capital lease or Synthetic Lease Obligation as of
any date shall be deemed to be the amount of Attributable
Indebtedness in respect thereof as of such date. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the term Indebtedness shall not include deferred or
prepaid revenue.
“ Indemnified Taxes ” means
Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
“ Indemnitees ” has the
meaning specified in Section 10.05(b) .
“ Information ” has the
meaning specified in Section 10.08 .
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“ Interest Payment Date ”
means, (a) as to any Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the last day of
each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the Maturity Date
of the Facility under which such Loan was made; provided
that if any Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Rate Loan exceeds
three months, the respective dates that fall every three months
after the beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest
Payment Dates; and (b) as to any Base Rate Loan (including a
Swing Line Loan), the last Business Day of each March, June,
September and December and the Maturity Date of the Facility under
which such Loan was made (with Swing Line Loans being deemed made
under the Revolving Credit Facility for purposes of this
definition).
“ Interest Period ” means, as
to each Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date
such Eurocurrency Rate Loan is disbursed or converted to or
continued as a Eurocurrency Rate Loan and ending on the date one,
two, three or six months thereafter, as selected by the Company in
its Loan Notice or such other period that is twelve months or less
requested by the Company and consented to by all the Appropriate
Lenders; provided that:
(i) any Interest Period that would
otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended
to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls
in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall
end on the next preceding Business Day;
(ii) any Interest Period that begins on the
last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there
is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the
end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of
the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period;
and
(iii) no Interest Period shall extend
beyond the Maturity Date of the Facility under which such Loan was
made.
“ Investment ” means, as to
any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by
such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other
acquisition of capital stock or other securities of another Person,
(b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or
assumption of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any
other debt or equity participation or interest in, another Person,
including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other
Person and any arrangement pursuant to which the investor
Guarantees Indebtedness of such other Person, or (c) the
purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of
transactions) of assets of another Person that constitute a
business unit. For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of
any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without
adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of
such Investment.
“ IP Rights ” means all
material trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights,
patents, patent rights, franchises, licenses and other intellectual
property rights.
“ IRS ” means the United
States Internal Revenue Service.
“ ISP ” means, with respect
to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices
1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law
& Practice (or such later version thereof as may be in effect
at the time of issuance).
“ Issuer Documents ” means
with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit
Application, and any other document, agreement and instrument
entered into by the L/C Issuer and the Company (or any Subsidiary)
or in favor of the L/C Issuer and relating to such Letter of
Credit.
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“ Laws ” means, collectively,
all applicable international, foreign, Federal, state and local
statutes, treaties, rules, regulations, ordinances, codes and
binding and current administrative or judicial precedents or
authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof
by any Governmental Authority with competent jurisdiction charged
with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and
all applicable administrative orders, licenses, authorizations and
permits of, and agreements with, any such Governmental
Authority.
“ L/C Advance ” means, with
respect to each Revolving Credit Lender, such Revolving Credit
Lender’s funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing in
accordance with its Applicable Percentage. All L/C Advances shall
be denominated in Dollars.
“ L/C Borrowing ” means an
extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of
Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made or
refinanced as a Revolving Credit Borrowing. All L/C Borrowings
shall be denominated in Dollars.
“ L/C Credit Extension ”
means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof
or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the increase of the
amount thereof.
“ L/C Issuer ” means,
collectively, Bank of America and such other Revolving Credit
Lenders (not to exceed five in the aggregate) as the Company may
select, in their capacities as issuers of Letters of Credit
hereunder, or any successor issuer of Letters of Credit
hereunder.
“ L/C Obligations ” means, as
at any date of determination, the aggregate amount available to be
drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the
aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C
Borrowings. For purposes of computing the amount available to be
drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of
Credit shall be determined in accordance with
Section 1.09 . For all purposes of this Agreement, if
on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its
terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the
operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall
be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so
remaining available to be drawn.
“ Lender ” has the meaning
specified in the introductory paragraph hereto and, as the context
requires, includes the Swing Line Lender.
“ Lending Office ” means, as
to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as
such in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such
other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify
the Company and the Administrative Agent.
“ Letter of Credit ” means
any standby letter of credit issued hereunder and shall include
Existing Letters of Credit. Letters of Credit may be issued in
Dollars or in an Alternative Currency.
“ Letter of Credit Application
” means an application and agreement for the issuance or
amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in
use by the L/C Issuer.
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“ Letter of Credit Expiration Date
” means the day that is seven days prior to the Maturity Date
then in effect for the Revolving Credit Facility (or, if such day
is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).
“ Letter of Credit Fee ” has
the meaning specified in Section 2.03(i) .
“ Letter of Credit Sublimit ”
means an amount equal to $50,000,000. The Letter of Credit Sublimit
is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Credit
Facility.
“ Lien ” means any mortgage,
pledge, hypothecation, assignment, encumbrance, lien (statutory or
other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest
or preferential arrangement in the nature of a security interest of
any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or
other title retention agreement, any easement, right of way or
other encumbrance on title to real property, and any financing
lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the
foregoing).
“ Loan ” means a Term Loan, a
Revolving Credit Loan, a Swing Line Loan or an Incremental Term
Loan, as the context may require.
“ Loan Documents ” means this
Agreement, each Designated Borrower Request, each Assumption
Agreement, each Note, each Issuer Document, the Fee Letter, the
Original Fee Letter, the Company Guaranty, the Subsidiary Guaranty
and the Collateral Documents.
“ Loan Notice ” means a
notice of (a) a Term Borrowing, (b) a Revolving Credit
Borrowing, (c) a conversion of Loans from one Type to the
other, or (d) a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans,
pursuant to Section 2.02(a) , which, if in writing,
shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A
.
“ Loan Parties ” means,
collectively, the Company, each Subsidiary Guarantor, each
Designated Borrower and each Domestic Subsidiary that is party to
the U.S. Pledge Agreement or a Foreign Pledge Agreement.
“ Mandatory Cost ” means,
with respect to any period, the percentage rate per annum
determined in accordance with Schedule 1.01
.
“ Material Adverse Effect ”
means (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse
effect upon, the operations, business, properties, liabilities
(actual or contingent), condition (financial or otherwise) of the
Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (b) a material
impairment of the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent
or any Lender under any Loan Document or of the ability of the
Company or any other Loan Party to perform its obligations under
any Loan Document to which it is a party; or (c) a material
adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or
enforceability against any Loan Party of any Loan Document to which
it is a party.
“ Material Foreign Subsidiary
” means, as of the first day of each fiscal quarter of the
Company (as calculated by the Company within 30 days of such
date) with respect to the immediately prior fiscal quarter, any
Foreign Subsidiary of the Company all of whose Capital Stock is
wholly-owned directly by the Company or any Domestic Subsidiary
that is a Loan Party and which Foreign Subsidiary (together with
its Subsidiaries) accounts for 5% or more of the revenues of the
Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such
period.
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“ Maturity Date ” means
(a) with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility, the later
of (i) December 21, 2012 and (ii) if maturity is
extended pursuant to Section 2.15 , such extended
maturity date as determined pursuant to such Section, (b) with
respect to the Term Loans made on the Closing Date,
December 21, 2012 and (c) if any Incremental Term Loans
are made pursuant to Section 2.16 , the maturity date
for such Incremental Term Loans as agreed to by the Borrowers and
the Term Lenders pursuant to such Section; provided that, in
each case, if such date is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date
shall be the next preceding Business Day.
“ Moody’s ” means
Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor
thereto.
“ Multiemployer Plan ” means
any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section
4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate
makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the
preceding five plan years, has made or been obligated to make
contributions.
“ Note ” means a Term Note or
a Revolving Credit Note, as the context may require.
“ Obligations ” means all
advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and
duties of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document or
otherwise with respect to any Loan, Letter of Credit, Secured Cash
Management Agreement or Secured Hedge Agreement, in each case,
whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by
assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now
existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that
accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party or any
Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws
naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of
whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such
proceeding.
“ Organization Documents ”
means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or
articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or
comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S.
jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability
company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization
and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to any
partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity,
the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of
formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or
notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation
or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the
jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable,
any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such
entity.
“ Original Closing Date ”
means, December 21, 2007, the date of the effectiveness of the
Existing Credit Agreement.
“ Original Fee Letter ” means
the letter agreement, dated November 5, 2007, among the
Company, the Administrative Agent, the Arranger and Citibank,
N.A.
“ Other Taxes ” means all
present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or
property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment
made hereunder or under any other Loan Document or from the
execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect
to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
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“ Outstanding Amount ” means
(a) with respect to Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans on
any date, the Dollar Equivalent amount of the aggregate outstanding
principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and
prepayments or repayments of such Term Loans and Revolving Credit
Loans, as the case may be, occurring on such date; (b) with
respect to Swing Line Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding
principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and
prepayments or repayments of such Swing Line Loans occurring on
such date; and (c) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any
date, the Dollar Equivalent amount of the aggregate outstanding
amount of such L/C Obligations on such date after giving effect to
any L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other
changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations as of such
date, including as a result of any reimbursements by the Company of
Unreimbursed Amounts.
“ Overnight Rate ” means, for
any day, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in
Dollars, the greater of (i) the Federal Funds Rate and
(ii) an overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent,
the L/C Issuer, or the Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, in
accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation,
and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in an
Alternative Currency, the rate of interest per annum at which
overnight deposits in the applicable Alternative Currency, in an
amount approximately equal to the amount with respect to which such
rate is being determined, would be offered for such day by a branch
or Affiliate of Bank of America in the applicable offshore
interbank market for such currency to major banks in such interbank
market.
“ Parent Entity ” means the
Company or any Domestic Subsidiary that owns directly all of the
equity interests of (a) a Domestic Subsidiary (other than an
Inactive Subsidiary), (b) a Material Foreign Subsidiary or
(c) any Foreign Subsidiary that owns directly or indirectly
all of the equity interests of a Material Foreign
Subsidiary.
“ Participant ” has the
meaning specified in Section 10.07(d) .
“ Participating Member State
” means each state so described in any EMU
Legislation.
“ PBGC ” means the Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
“ PCAOB ” means the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board.
“ Pension Plan ” means any
“employee pension benefit plan” (as such term is
defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), other than a Multiemployer
Plan, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and is sponsored or
maintained by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate or to which the
Company or any ERISA Affiliate contributes or has an obligation to
contribute, or in the case of a multiple employer or other plan
described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA, has made contributions at
any time during the immediately preceding five plan
years.
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“ Permitted Investments ”
means:
(a) securities issued or unconditionally
guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency
or instrumentality thereof, in each case having maturities of not
more than one year from the date of acquisition thereof;
provided that the full faith and credit of the United States
of America is pledged in support thereof;
(b) securities with maturities of
18 months or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully
guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United
States, by any political subdivision or taxing authority of any
such state, commonwealth or territory or by any foreign government,
the securities of which state, commonwealth, territory, political
subdivision, taxing authority or foreign government (as the case
may be) are rated at least A by S&P or A by
Moody’s;
(c) commercial paper issued by (i) a
Lender or any bank holding company owning a Lender or (ii) any
Person organized under the laws of any state of the United States
of America and rated at least Prime-1 (or the then equivalent
grade) by Moody’s or at least A-1 (or the then equivalent
grade) by S&P, in each case in an aggregate amount per issuer
outstanding at any time not exceeding 15% of the investment
portfolio of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis, and with maturities of not more than 6 months from the
date of acquisition thereof;
(d) time deposits or eurodollar time
deposits with, or certificates of deposit or bankers’
acceptances of, any commercial bank that (i) (A) is a Lender
or (B) is organized under the laws of the United States of
America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia or is the
principal banking subsidiary of a bank holding company organized
under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof
or the District of Columbia and (ii) has combined capital and
surplus of not less than $500,000,000, in each case with maturities
of not more than 18 months from the date of acquisition
thereof;
(e) securities with maturities of
18 months or less from the date of acquisition backed by
standby letters of credit issued by any Lender or any commercial
bank satisfying the requirements of clause (d) of this
definition;
(f) shares of Dollar denominated money
market mutual or similar funds which invest exclusively in assets
satisfying the requirements in one or more of clauses (a) ,
(b) , (c) , (d) or (e) of this
definition or money market funds that (i) comply with the
criteria set forth in SEC Rule 2a-7 under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, (ii) are rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by
Moody’s or (iii) have portfolio assets of at least
$1,000,000,000;
(g) Investments consisting of
(i) auction rate securities each having, at the time of
acquisition thereof, a minimum short-term rating of SP-1 or A-1 or
a minimum long-term rating of AA or equivalent by S&P or a
minimum short-term rating of MIG-1 or VMIG-1 or Prime-1 or a
minimum long-term rating of Aa or equivalent by Moody’s and
(ii) the Series C-2 Auction Rate Securities Rights issued
by UBS; and
(h) in the case of Investments by any
Foreign Subsidiary or Investments made in a country outside the
United States of America, substantially similar Investments to
those set forth in clauses (a) through (g) of this
definition denominated in foreign currencies; provided that,
references to the United States shall be deemed to mean foreign
countries having a sovereign rating of A or better from either
S&P or Moody’s.
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“ Permitted Liens ”
means:
(a) Liens for taxes, assessments or
governmental charges or claims not yet due or which are being
contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently
conducted for which appropriate reserves have been established in
accordance with GAAP;
(b) Liens in respect of property or assets
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries imposed by law, such as
carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ Liens
and other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of business
in respect of liabilities which are not overdue for a period of
more than 60 days or which are being contested in good faith
and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted for which
appropriate reserves have been established;
(c) Liens arising from judgments or decrees
in circumstances not constituting an Event of Default under
Article 8;
(d) Liens incurred or deposits made in
connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance
and other types of social security, or to secure the performance of
tenders, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, bids,
leases (other than Indebtedness), trade contracts and leases,
government contracts, performance and return-of-money bonds and
other similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of
business or otherwise constituting Investments permitted by
Section 7.02 , other than any Lien imposed by
ERISA;
(e) ground leases in respect of real
property on which facilities owned or leased by the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries are located;
(f) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions,
defects or irregularities in title and other similar charges or
encumbrances not interfering in any material respect with the
business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole;
(g) any interest or title of a lessor or
secured by a lessor’s interest under any lease permitted by
this Agreement;
(h) Liens in favor of customs and revenue
authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs
duties in connection with the importation of good in the ordinary
course of business;
(i) Liens on goods the purchase price of
which is financed by a documentary letter of credit issued for the
account of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, provided that
such Lien secures only the obligations of the Company or such
Subsidiaries in respect of such letter of credit to the extent
permitted under Section 7.03 ;
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(j) Liens arising from precautionary UCC
financing statement or similar filings made in respect of operating
leases entered into by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries;
(k) Liens arising as a matter of law and
created in the ordinary course of business in favor of banks and
other financial institutions over credit balances of any bank
accounts of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries held at such
banks or financial institutions, as the case may be, to facilitate
the operation of cash pooling and/or interest set-off arrangements
in respect of such bank accounts in the ordinary course of
business;
(l) Liens encumbering reasonable customary
initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to
commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts incurred in
the ordinary course of business and not for speculative
purposes;
(m) leases or subleases permitted pursuant
to this Agreement; and
(n) Liens securing the Obligations or
granted or issued in connection with any Loan Document, Letter of
Credit, Secured Cash Management Agreement or Secured Hedge
Agreement.
“ Person ” means any natural
person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint
venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority
or other entity.
“ Plan ” means any
“employee benefit plan” (as such term is defined in
Section 3(3) of ERISA) established by the Company or, with
respect to any such plan that is subject to Section 412 of the
Code or Title IV of ERISA, any ERISA Affiliate.
“ Platform ” has the meaning
specified in Section 6.02 .
“ Pledged Equity ” means all
Equity Interests that constitute “Collateral” under the
U.S. Pledge Agreement, the Foreign Pledge Agreements and in any
other pledge agreement or supplement thereto entered into by a Loan
Party pursuant to Section 6.13 , as
applicable.
“ Prime Rate ” means the rate
of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time
to time by the Administrative Agent as its “prime
rate”. Any change in such rate announced by the
Administrative Agent shall take effect at the opening of business
on the day specified in the public announcement of such
change.
“ Register ” has the meaning
specified in Section 10.07(c) .
“ Registered Public Accounting Firm
” has the meaning specified in the Securities Laws and shall
be independent of the Company as prescribed by the Securities
Laws.
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“ Related Parties ” means,
with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the
partners, directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of
such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.
“ Reportable Event ” means
any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than
events for which the 30 day notice period has been
waived.
“ Request for Credit Extension
” means (a) with respect to a Borrowing, conversion or
continuation of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans, a Loan
Notice, (b) with respect to an L/C Credit Extension, a Letter
of Credit Application, and (c) with respect to a Swing Line
Loan, a Swing Line Loan Notice.
“ Required Lenders ” means,
as of any date of determination, Lenders having more than 50% of
the Aggregate Commitments or, if the commitment of each Lender to
make Loans and the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit
Extensions have been terminated pursuant to
Section 8.02 , Lenders holding in the aggregate more
than 50% of the Total Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of
each Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in
L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans being deemed
“held” by such Lender for purposes of this definition);
provided that the Commitment of, and the portion of the
Total Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender
shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of
Required Lenders.
“ Required Revolving Lenders
” means, as of any date of determination, Revolving Credit
Lenders having more than 50% of the sum of (a) the Total
Revolving Credit Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each
Revolving Credit Lender’s risk participation and funded
participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans being deemed
“held” by such Revolving Credit Lender for purposes of
this definition) and (b) the aggregate unused Revolving Credit
Commitments; provided that the unused Revolving Credit
Commitment of, and the portion of the Total Revolving Credit
Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be
excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required
Revolving Lenders.
“ Required Term Lenders ”
means, as of any date of determination, (a) if there are three
or more Term Lenders, Term Lenders which collectively hold more
than 50% of the Term Facility on such date and (b) if there
are two or fewer Term Lenders, all Term Lenders; provided
that the portion of the Term Facility held by any Defaulting Lender
shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of
Required Term Lenders.
“ Responsible Officer ” means
the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer,
treasurer, assistant treasurer or controller of a Loan Party. Any
document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible
Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been
authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other
action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer
shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan
Party.
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“ Restricted Payment ” means
any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or
other property) with respect to any capital stock or other Equity
Interest of the Company or any Subsidiary, or any payment (whether
in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund
or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption,
retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such
capital stock or other Equity Interest, or on account of any return
of capital to the Company’s stockholders, partners or members
(or the equivalent Person thereof).
“ Revaluation Date ” means
(a) with respect to any Loan, each of the following:
(i) each date of a Borrowing of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan
denominated in an Alternative Currency, (ii) each date of a
continuation of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in an
Alternative Currency pursuant to Section 2.02 , and
(iii) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent shall
determine or the Required Lenders shall require; and (b) with
respect to any Letter of Credit, each of the following:
(i) each date of issuance of a Letter of Credit denominated in
an Alternative Currency, (ii) each date of an amendment of any
such Letter of Credit having the effect of increasing the amount
thereof (solely with respect to the increased amount),
(iii) each date of any payment by the L/C Issuer under any
Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency and
(iv) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent or the
L/C Issuer shall determine or the Required Lenders shall require
(including with respect to Existing Letters of Credit).
“ Revolving Credit Borrowing
” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Revolving
Credit Loans of the same Type, in the same currency, and, in the
case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period
made by each of the Revolving Credit Lenders pursuant to
Section 2.01(a) .
“ Revolving Credit Commitment
” means, as to each Lender, its obligation to (a) make
Revolving Credit Loans to the Borrowers pursuant to
Section 2.01(a) , (b) purchase participations in
L/C Obligations, and (c) purchase participations in Swing Line
Loans, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding
not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s
name on Schedule 2.01 under the caption
“Revolving Credit Commitment” or opposite such caption
in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender
becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be
adjusted from time to time in accordance with this
Agreement.
“ Revolving Credit Facility ”
means, at any time, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit
Lenders’ Revolving Credit Commitments at such
time.
“ Revolving Credit Lender ”
means, at any time, any Lender that has a Revolving Credit
Commitment at such time.
“ Revolving Credit Loan ” has
the meaning specified in Section 2.01(a) and includes
any Existing Loans.
“ Revolving Credit Note ”
means a promissory note made by a Borrower in favor of a Revolving
Credit Lender evidencing Revolving Credit Loans or Swing Line
Loans, as the case may be, made by such Revolving Credit Lender,
substantially in the form of Exhibit C-1 .
“ S&P ” means Standard
& Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill
Companies, Inc. and any successor thereto.
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“ Same Day Funds ” means
(a) with respect to disbursements and payments in Dollars,
immediately available funds, and (b) with respect to
disbursements and payments in an Alternative Currency, same day or
other funds as may be determined by the Administrative Agent or the
L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to be customary in the place of
disbursement or payment for the settlement of international banking
transactions in the relevant Alternative Currency.
“
Sarbanes-Oxley ” means the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002.
“ SEC ” means the Securities
and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding
to any of its principal functions.
“ Secured Cash Management Agreement
” means any Cash Management Agreement that is entered into in
writing by and between any Loan Party and any Cash Management Bank,
and which has been identified by the applicable Loan Party by
written notice to the Administrative Agent.
“ Secured Hedge Agreement ”
means any Swap Contract permitted under Article VI or
VII that is entered into by and between any Loan Party and
any Hedge Bank.
“ Secured Parties ” means,
collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the L/C
Issuer, the Hedge Banks, the Cash Management Banks, each co-agent
or sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent from time to
time pursuant to Section 9.05 , and the other Persons
the Obligations owing to which are or are purported to be secured
by the Collateral under the terms of the Collateral
Documents.
“ Securities Laws ” means the
Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Sarbanes-Oxley and the applicable accounting and auditing
principles, rules, standards and practices promulgated, approved or
incorporated by the SEC or the PCAOB.
“ Special Notice Currency ”
means at any time an Alternative Currency, other than the currency
of a country that is a member of the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development at such time located in North America
or Europe.
“ Spot Rate ” for a currency
means the rate determined by the Administrative Agent or the L/C
Issuer, as applicable, to be the rate quoted by the Person acting
in such capacity as the spot rate for the purchase by such Person
of such currency with another currency through its principal
foreign exchange trading office at approximately 11:00 a.m. on
the date two Business Days prior to the date as of which the
foreign exchange computation is made; provided that the
Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer may obtain such spot rate
from another financial institution designated by the Administrative
Agent or the L/C Issuer if the Person acting in such capacity does
not have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate for any
such currency; and provided , further , that the L/C
Issuer may use such spot rate quoted on the date as of which the
foreign exchange computation is made in the case of any Letter of
Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency.
“
Sterling ” and “ £ ” mean the
lawful currency of the United Kingdom.
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“ Subsidiary ” of a Person
means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability
company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares
of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for
the election of directors or other governing body (other than
securities or interests having such power only by reason of the
happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or
the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such
Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a
“Subsidiary” shall refer to a Domestic Subsidiary or a
Foreign Subsidiary of the Company and all references to
“Subsidiaries” shall refer to Domestic Subsidiaries or
Foreign Subsidiaries of the Company.
“ Subsidiary Guarantors ”
means, collectively, all Domestic Subsidiaries (other than any
Inactive Subsidiary) or those Domestic Subsidiaries that are
required to be a Subsidiary Guarantor from time to time pursuant to
Section 6.13 . The Subsidiary Guarantors as of the
Closing Date are set forth in Part (a) of
Schedule 5.13 .
“ Subsidiary Guaranty ” means
the Subsidiary Guaranty made by the Subsidiary Guarantors in favor
of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, substantially in the
form of Exhibit G .
“ Swap Contract ” means
(a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit
derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity
swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or
equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index
swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward
bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign
exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar
transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap
transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other
similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing
(including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether
or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master
agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and
the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and
conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement
published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association,
Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any
other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with
any related schedules, a “ Master Agreement ”),
including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master
Agreement.
“ Swap Termination Value ”
means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking
into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting
agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on
or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and
termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such
termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date
referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the
mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined
based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available
quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts
(which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a
Lender).
“ Swing Line Borrowing ”
means a borrowing of a Swing Line Loan pursuant to
Section 2.04 .
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“ Swing Line Lender ” means
Bank of America in its capacity as provider of Swing Line Loans, or
any successor swing line lender hereunder.
“
Swing Line Loan ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.04(a) .
“ Swing Line Loan Notice ”
means a notice of a Swing Line Borrowing pursuant to
Section 2.04(b) , which, if in writing, shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit B .
“ Swing Line Sublimit ” means
an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $20,000,000 and (b) the
Revolving Credit Facility. The Swing Line Sublimit is part of, and
not in addition to, the Revolving Credit Facility.
“ Synthetic Lease Obligation
” means the monetary obligation of a Person under (a) a
so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease, or
(b) an agreement for the use or possession of property
creating obligations that do not appear on the balance sheet of
such Person but which, upon the insolvency or bankruptcy of such
Person, would be characterized as the indebtedness of such Person
(without regard to accounting treatment).
“ TARGET Day ” means any day
on which the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement
Express Transfer (TARGET) payment system (or, if such payment
system ceases to be operative, such other payment system (if any)
determined by the Administrative Agent to be a suitable
replacement) is open for the settlement of payments in
Euro.
“ Taxes ” means all present
or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings,
assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental
Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties
applicable thereto.
“ Term Borrowing ” means a
borrowing consisting of simultaneous Term Loans of the same Type
and, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, having the same
Interest Period made by each of the Term Lenders pursuant to
Section 2.01(b) .
“ Term Commitment ” means, as
to each Lender, its obligation to make Term Loans to the Borrowers
pursuant to Section 2.01(b) in an aggregate principal
amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set
forth opposite such Lender’s name on
Schedule 2.01 under the caption “Term
Commitment” or opposite such caption in the Assignment and
Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as
applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in
accordance with this Agreement. For purposes of the definition of
“Aggregate Commitment” if the commitment of each Lender
to make Term Loans have been terminated pursuant to
Section 2.01(b) , the Term Commitment of such Lender
shall be deemed to be the Outstanding Amount of Term Loans held by
such Lender.
“ Term Facility ” means, at
any time, the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans of all
Term Lenders outstanding at such time.
“ Term Lender ” means, at any
time, any Lender that holds Term Loans at such time.
“ Term
Loan ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.01(b) .
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“ Term Note ” means a
promissory note made by a Borrower in favor of a Term Lender
evidencing Term Loans made by such Term Lender, substantially in
the form of Exhibit C-2 .
“ Total Outstandings ” means
the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Loans and all L/C
Obligations.
“ Total Revolving Credit
Outstandings ” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of
all Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Line Loans and L/C
Obligations.
“ Type ” means, with respect
to a Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan or a Eurocurrency Rate
Loan.
“ UCC ” means the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York;
provided that, if perfection or the effect of perfection or
non-perfection or the priority of any security interest in any
Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect
in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York,
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect
from time to time in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the
provisions hereof relating to such perfection, effect of perfection
or non-perfection or priority.
“ U.S.
Pledge Agreement ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.01(a)(iii) .
“ Unfunded Pension Liability
” means the excess of a Pension Plan’s benefit
liabilities under Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA, over the
current value of that Pension Plan’s assets, determined in
accordance with the assumptions used for funding the Pension Plan
pursuant to Section 412 of the Code for the applicable plan
year.
“
United States ” and “ U.S. ” mean
the United States of America.
“
Unreimbursed Amount ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.03(c)(i) .
“
Yen ” and “ ¥ ” mean the lawful
currency of Japan.
1.02 Other Interpretive Provisions
. With reference to this Agreement
and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or
in such other Loan Document:
(a) The definitions of terms herein shall
apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms
defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall
include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The
words “ include ,” “ includes
” and “ including ” shall be deemed to be
followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The word
“ will ” shall be construed to have the same
meaning and effect as the word “ shall .” Unless
the context requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or
reference to any agreement, instrument or other document (including
any Organization Document) shall be construed as referring to such
agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any
restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set
forth herein or in any other Loan Document), (ii) any
reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such
Person’s successors and assigns, (iii) the
words
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“
herein ,” “ hereof ” and “
hereunder ,” and words of similar import when used in
any Loan Document, shall be construed to refer to such Loan
Document in its entirety and not to any particular provision
thereof, (iv) all references in a Loan Document to Articles,
Sections, preliminary statements, Exhibits and Schedules shall be
construed to refer to Articles, preliminary statements and Sections
of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, the Loan Document in which such
references appear, (v) any reference to any law shall include
all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending,
replacing or interpreting such law and any reference to any law or
regulation shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or
regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time,
and (vi) the words “ asset ” and “
property ” shall be construed to have the same meaning
and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible
assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and
contract rights.
(b) In the computation of periods of time
from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “
from ” means “ from and including
;” the words “ to ” and “
until ” each mean “ to but excluding
;” and the word “ through ” means “
to and including .”
(c) Section headings herein and in the
other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only
and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any
other Loan Document.
(a) Generally . All accounting
terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be
construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including
financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be
submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in
conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, as in effect
from time to time, applied in a manner consistent with that used in
preparing the Audited Financial Statements, except as
otherwise specifically prescribed herein.
(b) Changes in GAAP . If at any
time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any
financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and
either the Company or the Required Lenders shall so request, the
Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Company shall negotiate
in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the
original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to
the approval of the Required Lenders); provided that, until
so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be
computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and
(ii) the Company shall provide to the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders unaudited financial statements and other documents
required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder
setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio
or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change
in GAAP.
1.04 Rounding . Any financial ratios required to be maintained
by the Company pursuant to this Agreement (or required to be
satisfied in order for a specific action to be permitted under this
Agreement) shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate
component by the other component, carrying the result to one place
more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed
herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number
(with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).
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1.05 Exchange Rates; Currency
Equivalents .
(a) The Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer, as applicable,
shall determine the Spot Rates as of each Revaluation Date to be
used for calculating Dollar Equivalent amounts of Credit Extensions
and Outstanding Amounts denominated in Alternative Currencies. Such
Spot Rates shall become effective as of such Revaluation Date and
shall be the Spot Rates employed in converting any amounts between
the applicable currencies until the next Revaluation Date to occur.
Except for purposes of financial statements delivered by Loan
Parties hereunder or calculating financial covenants hereunder or
except as otherwise provided herein, the applicable amount of any
currency (other than Dollars) for purposes of the Loan Documents
shall be such Dollar Equivalent amount as so determined by the
Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer, as applicable.
(b) Wherever in this Agreement in
connection with a Borrowing, conversion, continuation or prepayment
of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan or the issuance, amendment or extension
of a Letter of Credit, an amount, such as a required minimum or
multiple amount, is expressed in Dollars, but such Borrowing,
Eurocurrency Rate Loan or Letter of Credit is denominated in an
Alternative Currency, such amount shall be the relevant Alternative
Currency Equivalent of such Dollar amount (rounded to the nearest
unit of such Alternative Currency, with 0.5 of a unit being rounded
upward), as determined by the Administrative Agent or the L/C
Issuer, as the case may be.
1.06 Additional Alternative
Currencies . (a) The
Company may from time to time request that Eurocurrency Rate Loans
be made and/or Letters of Credit be issued in a currency other than
those specifically listed in the definition of “Alternative
Currency”; provided that such requested currency is a
lawful currency (other than Dollars) that is readily available and
freely transferable and convertible into Dollars. In the case of
any such request with respect to the making of Eurocurrency Rate
Loans, such request shall be subject to the approval of the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders; and in the case of any such
request with respect to the issuance of Letters of Credit, such
request shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative
Agent and the L/C Issuer.
(b) Any such request shall be made to the
Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m., 10 Business
Days prior to the date of the desired Credit Extension (or such
other time or date as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent
and, in the case of any such request pertaining to Letters of
Credit, the L/C Issuer, in its or their sole discretion). In the
case of any such request pertaining to Eurocurrency Rate Loans, the
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender thereof; and
in the case of any such request pertaining to Letters of Credit,
the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the L/C Issuer
thereof. Each Lender (in the case of any such request pertaining to
Eurocurrency Rate Loans) or the L/C Issuer (in the case of a
request pertaining to Letters of Credit) shall notify the
Administrative Agent, not later than 11:00 a.m., five Business
Days after receipt of such request whether it consents, in its sole
discretion, to the making of Eurocurrency Rate Loans or the
issuance of Letters of Credit, as the case may be, in such
requested currency.
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(c) Any failure by a Lender or the L/C
Issuer, as the case may be, to respond to such request within the
time period specified in the preceding sentence shall be deemed to
be a refusal by such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be,
to permit Eurocurrency Rate Loans to be made or Letters of Credit
to be issued in such requested currency. If the Administrative
Agent and all the Lenders consent to making Eurocurrency Rate Loans
in such requested currency, the Administrative Agent shall so
notify the Company and such currency shall thereupon be deemed for
all purposes to be an Alternative Currency hereunder for purposes
of any Committed Borrowings of Eurocurrency Rate Loans; and if the
Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer consent to the issuance of
Letters of Credit in such requested currency, the Administrative
Agent shall so notify the Company and such currency shall thereupon
be deemed for all purposes to be an Alternative Currency hereunder
for purposes of any Letter of Credit issuances. If the
Administrative Agent shall fail to obtain consent to any request
for an additional currency under this Section 1.06 ,
the Administrative Agent shall promptly so notify the Company. Any
specified currency of an Existing Letter of Credit that is neither
Dollars nor one of the Alternative Currencies specifically listed
in the definition of “Alternative Currency” shall be
deemed an Alternative Currency with respect to such Existing Letter
of Credit only.
1.07 Change of Currency . (a) Each obligation of the Borrowers to
make a payment denominated in the national currency unit of any
member state of the European Union that adopts the Euro as its
lawful currency after the date hereof shall be redenominated into
Euro at the time of such adoption (in accordance with the EMU
Legislation); provided that if and to the extent that such
legislation or member state provides that any such obligation may
be paid by the debtor either in Euro or such other currency, then
the applicable Borrower shall be permitted to repay such amount
either in the Euro or such other currency. If, in relation to the
currency of any such member state, the basis of accrual of interest
expressed in this Agreement in respect of that currency shall be
inconsistent with any convention or practice in the London
interbank market for the basis of accrual of interest in respect of
the Euro, such expressed basis shall be replaced by such convention
or practice with effect from the date on which such member state
adopts the Euro as its lawful currency; provided that if any
Borrowing in the currency of such member state is outstanding
immediately prior to such date, such replacement shall take effect,
with respect to such Borrowing, at the end of the then current
Interest Period.
(b) Each provision of this Agreement shall
be subject to such reasonable changes of construction as the
Administrative Agent may from time to time specify to be
appropriate to reflect the adoption of the Euro by any member state
of the European Union and any relevant market conventions or
practices relating to the Euro.
(c) Each provision of this Agreement also
shall be subject to such reasonable changes of construction as the
Administrative Agent may from time to time specify to be
appropriate to reflect a change in currency of any other country
and any relevant market conventions or practices relating to the
change in currency.
1.08 Times of Day . Unless otherwise specified, all references
herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time
(daylight or standard, as applicable).
1.09 Letter of Credit Amounts
. Unless otherwise specified herein,
the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be
the Dollar Equivalent of the stated amount of such Letter of Credit
in effect at such time; provided that with respect to any
Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any Issuer
Document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic
increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter
of Credit shall be deemed to be the Dollar Equivalent of the
maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect
to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is
in effect at such time.
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1.10 Financial Determinations
. As of any date of determination,
for purposes of determining the Consolidated Interest Coverage
Ratio or Consolidated Leverage Ratio (and any financial
calculations required to be made or included within such ratios),
or required for purposes of preparing any Compliance Certificate to
be delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(a) , the
calculation of such ratios and other financial calculations shall
include or exclude, as the case may be, the effect of any assets or
businesses that have been acquired or Disposed of by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms hereof (including
through mergers or consolidations) as of such date of
determination, as determined by the Company on a pro forma basis in
accordance with GAAP, which determination may include one-time
adjustments or reductions in costs, if any, directly attributable
to any such permitted Disposition or permitted acquisition, as the
case may be, in each case (x) calculated in accordance with
applicable Securities Laws for the period of four fiscal quarters
ended on or immediately prior to the date of determination of any
such ratios (without giving effect to any cost-savings or
adjustments relating to synergies resulting from any such permitted
acquisition except as the Administrative Agent shall otherwise
agree) and (y) giving effect to any such permitted acquisition
or permitted Disposition, as the case may be, as if it had occurred
on the first day of such four fiscal quarter period.
ARTICLE II.
THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS
(a) Revolving Credit Loans .
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each
Revolving Credit Lender severally agrees to make loans (each such
loan, a “ Revolving Credit Loan ”) to the
Borrowers in Dollars or in one or more Alternative Currencies from
time to time, on any Business Day during the Availability Period,
in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the
amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment;
provided that after giving effect to any Revolving Credit
Borrowing, (a) the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings shall
not exceed the Revolving Credit Facility, and (b) the
aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Credit Loans of any
Lender, plus such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable
Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations,
plus such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable
Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall
not exceed such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit
Commitment. Within the limits of each Revolving Credit
Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, and subject to the
other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrowers may borrow under
this Section 2.01(a) , prepay under
Section 2.05 , and reborrow under this
Section 2.01(a) . Revolving Credit Loans may be Base
Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Rate Loans, as further provided
herein.
(b) Term Loans . Subject to the
terms and conditions set forth herein, each Term Lender severally
agrees to make a single loan (each such loan, a “ Term
Loan ”) to the Borrowers on the Closing Date in an amount
not to exceed such Term Lender’s Term Commitment. The Term
Borrowing shall consist of Term Loans made simultaneously by the
Term Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable
Percentage of the Term Facility. Amounts borrowed under this
Section 2.01(b) and repaid or prepaid may not be
reborrowed. Term Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Rate
Loans, as further provided herein.
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2.02 Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations
of Loans . (a) Each
Term Borrowing, each Revolving Credit Borrowing, each conversion of
Revolving Credit Loans or Term Loans from one Type to the other,
and each continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be made upon
the Company’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent,
which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received
by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m.
(i) three Business Days prior to the requested date of any
Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate
Loans denominated in Dollars or of any conversion of Eurocurrency
Rate Loans denominated in Dollars to Base Rate Loans,
(ii) four Business Days (or five Business Days in the case of
a Special Notice Currency) prior to the requested date of any
Borrowing or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in
Alternative Currencies, and (iii) on the requested date of any
Borrowing of Base Rate Loans; provided that if the Company
wishes to request Eurocurrency Rate Loans having an Interest Period
other than one, two, three or six months in duration as provided in
the definition of “Interest Period”, the applicable
notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than
11:00 a.m. (i) four Business Days prior to the requested
date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Eurocurrency
Rate Loans denominated in Dollars, or (ii) five Business Days
(or six Business days in the case of a Special Notice Currency)
prior to the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or
continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Alternative
Currencies, whereupon the Administrative Agent shall give prompt
notice to the Lenders of such request and determine whether the
requested Interest Period is acceptable to all of them. In the case
of any request for a Eurocurrency Rate Loan with an Interest Period
greater than six months duration, not later than 11:00 a.m.,
(i) three Business Days before the requested date of such
Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans
denominated in Dollars, or (ii) four Business Days (or five
Business days in the case of a Special Notice Currency) prior to
the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation of
Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies, the
Administrative Agent shall notify the Company (which notice may be
by telephone) whether or not the requested Interest Period has been
consented to by all the Lenders. Each telephonic notice by the
Company pursuant to this Section 2.02(a) must be
confirmed promptly by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a
written Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a
Responsible Officer of the Company. Each Borrowing of, conversion
to or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be in a
principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in
excess thereof. Except as provided in Sections 2.03(c)
and 2.04(c) , each Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate
Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole
multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. Each Loan Notice (whether
telephonic or written) shall specify (i) whether the Company
is requesting a Term Borrowing, a Revolving Credit Borrowing, a
conversion of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to
the other, or a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans,
(ii) the requested date of the Borrowing, conversion or
continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day),
(iii) the principal amount of Loans to be borrowed, converted
or continued, (iv) the Type of Loans to be borrowed or to
which existing Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans are to be
converted, (v) if applicable, the duration of the Interest
Period with respect thereto, (vi) the currency of the Loans to
be borrowed, and (vii) if applicable, the Designated Borrower.
If the Company fails to specify a currency in a Loan
Notice
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requesting a
Borrowing, then the Loans so requested shall be made in Dollars. If
the Company fails to specify a Type of Loan in a Loan Notice or if
the Company fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion
or continuation, then the applicable Term Loans or Revolving Credit
Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans;
provided that in the case of a failure to timely request a
continuation of Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency, such
Loans shall be continued as Eurocurrency Rate Loans in their
original currency with an Interest Period of one month. Any
automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be effective as of
the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to
the applicable Eurocurrency Rate Loans. If the Company requests a
Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate
Loans in any such Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest
Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of
one month. No Loan may be converted into or continued as a Loan
denominated in a different currency, but instead must be prepaid in
the original currency of such Loan and reborrowed in the other
currency.
(b) Following receipt of a Loan Notice, the
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify (and within the same day
if such Loan Notice is received prior to 11:00 a.m.) each
Lender of the amount (and currency) of its Applicable Percentage
under the applicable Facility of the applicable Term Loans or
Revolving Credit Loans, and if no timely notice of a conversion or
continuation is provided by the Company, the Administrative Agent
shall notify each Lender of the details of any automatic conversion
to Base Rate Loans or continuation of Loans denominated in a
currency other than Dollars, in each case as described in
Section 2.02(a) . In the case of a Term Borrowing or a
Revolving Credit Borrowing, each Appropriate Lender shall make the
amount of its Loan available to the Administrative Agent in Same
Day Funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office for the
applicable currency not later than 1:00 p.m., in the case of any
Loan denominated in Dollars, and not later than the Applicable Time
specified by the Administrative Agent in the case of any Loan
denominated in an Alternative Currency, in each case on the
Business Day specified in the applicable Loan Notice. Each Lender
may, at its option, make any Loan available to any Foreign Obligor
by causing any foreign or domestic branch or Affiliate of such
Lender to make such Loan; provided that any exercise of such
option shall not affect the obligation of such Foreign Obligor to
repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in
Section 4.02 (and, if such Borrowing is the initial
Credit Extension, Section 4.01 ), the Administrative
Agent shall make all funds so received available to the Company or
the other applicable Borrower in like funds as received by the
Administrative Agent either at the option of the Company or the
applicable Borrower by (i) crediting the account of such
Borrower on the books of Bank of America with the amount of such
funds or (ii) wire transfer of such funds, in each case in
accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable
to) the Administrative Agent by the Company; provided that
if, on the date the Loan Notice with respect to a Revolving Credit
Borrowing denominated in Dollars is given by the Company, there are
L/C Borrowings outstanding, then the proceeds of such Revolving
Credit Borrowing, first , shall be applied to the payment in
full of any such L/C Borrowings, and, second , shall be made
available to the applicable Borrower as provided above.
(c) Except as otherwise provided herein, a
Eurocurrency Rate Loan may be continued or converted only on the
last day of an Interest Period for such Eurocurrency Rate Loan.
Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, no Loans may be requested as, converted to or continued as
Eurocurrency Rate Loans (whether in Dollars or any Alternative
Currency) without the consent of the Required Lenders, and the
Required Lenders may demand that any or all of the then outstanding
Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency be
prepaid, or redenominated into Dollars in the amount of the Dollar
Equivalent thereof, on the last day of the then current Interest
Period with respect thereto.
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(d) The Administrative Agent shall promptly
notify the Company and the Lenders of the interest rate applicable
to any Interest Period for Eurocurrency Rate Loans upon
determination of such interest rate. At any time that Base Rate
Loans are outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall notify the
Company and the Lenders of any change in the Prime Rate used in
determining the Base Rate promptly following the public
announcement of such change.
(e) After giving effect to all Term
Borrowings or Revolving Credit Borrowings, all conversions of Term
Loans or Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to the other, and all
continuations of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans as the same
Type, there shall not be more than fifteen Interest Periods in
effect with respect to both Facilities in the aggregate.
(a) The
Letter of Credit Commitment .
(i) Subject to the terms and conditions set
forth herein, (A) the L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the
agreements of the Revolving Credit Lenders set forth in this
Section 2.03 , (1) from time to time on any
Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the
Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of Credit
denominated in Dollars or in one or more Alternative Currencies for
the account of the Company or its Subsidiaries, and to amend
Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with
subsection (b) below, and (2) to honor drawings under
the Letters of Credit; and (B) the Revolving Credit Lenders
severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the
account of the Company or its Subsidiaries and any drawings
thereunder; provided that after giving effect to any L/C
Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, (x) the
Total Revolving Credit Outstandings shall not exceed the Revolving
Credit Facility, (y) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the
Revolving Credit Loans of any Revolving Credit Lender, plus
such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount
of all L/C Obligations, plus such Lender’s Applicable
Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall
not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, and
(z) the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations shall not
exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit. Each request by the Company
for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed
to be a representation by the Company that the L/C Credit Extension
so requested complies with the conditions set forth in the proviso
to the preceding sentence. Within the foregoing limits, and subject
to the terms and conditions hereof, the Company’s ability to
obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly
the Company may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of
Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have
been drawn upon and reimbursed. All Existing Letters of Credit
shall be deemed to have been issued pursuant hereto, and from and
after the Closing Date shall be subject to and governed by the
terms and conditions hereof.
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(ii) The
L/C Issuer shall not issue any Letter of Credit, if:
(A) the expiry date of such requested
Letter of Credit would occur more than twelve months after the date
of issuance, unless the Required Revolving Lenders have approved
such expiry date; or
(B) the expiry date of such requested
Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration
Date, unless all the Revolving Credit Lenders have approved such
expiry date.
(iii) The L/C Issuer shall not be under any
obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:
(A) any order, judgment or decree of any
Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to
enjoin or restrain the L/C Issuer from issuing such Letter of
Credit, or any Law applicable to the L/C Issuer or any request or
directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any
Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over the L/C Issuer shall
prohibit, or request that the L/C Issuer refrain from, the issuance
of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in
particular or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer with respect to such
Letter of Credit any material restriction, reserve or capital
requirement (for which the L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated
hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon
the L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not
applicable on the Closing Date and which the L/C Issuer in good
faith deems material to it;
(B) the issuance of such Letter of Credit
would violate one or more policies of the L/C Issuer applicable to
letters of credit generally;
(C) except as otherwise agreed by the
Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer, such Letter of Credit is
in an initial stated amount less than $100,000;
(D) except as otherwise agreed by the
Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer, such Letter of Credit is
to be denominated in a currency other than Dollars or an
Alternative Currency;
(E) the L/C Issuer does not as of the
issuance date of such requested Letter of Credit issue Letters of
Credit in the requested currency other than Dollars and Alternative
Currencies designated as of the Closing Date; or
(F) a default of any Revolving Credit
Lender’s obligations to fund under
Section 2.03(c) exists or any Revolving Credit Lender
is at such time a Defaulting Lender hereunder, unless the L/C
Issuer has entered into satisfactory arrangements with the Company
or such Revolving Credit Lender to eliminate the L/C Issuer’s
risk with respect to such Revolving Credit Lender.
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(iv) The L/C Issuer shall not amend any
Letter of Credit without the written consent of the applicable
Borrower and if the L/C Issuer would not be permitted at such time
to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms
hereof.
(v) The L/C Issuer shall be under no
obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) the L/C Issuer
would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of
Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the
beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed
amendment to such Letter of Credit.
(vi) The L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of
the Revolving Credit Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit
issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and the L/C
Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities
(A) provided to the Administrative Agent in
Article IX with respect to any acts taken or omissions
suffered by the L/C Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit
issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents
pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term
“Administrative Agent” as used in
Article IX included the L/C Issuer with respect to such
acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein
with respect to the L/C Issuer.
(b)
Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit
.
(i) Each Letter of Credit shall be issued
or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of the Company
delivered to the L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative
Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application, appropriately
completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Company. Such
Letter of Credit Application must be received by the L/C Issuer and
the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. at least
two Business Days (or such later date and time as the
Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer may agree in a particular
instance in their sole discretion) prior to the proposed issuance
date or date of amendment, as the case may be. In the case of a
request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter
of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail reasonably
satisfactory to the L/C Issuer: (A) the proposed issuance date
of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day);
(B) the amount and currency thereof; (C) the expiry date
thereof; (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof;
(E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case
of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any
certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any
drawing thereunder; and (G) such other matters as the L/C
Issuer may reasonably require. In the case of a request for an
amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of
Credit Application shall specify in form and detail reasonably
satisfactory to the L/C Issuer (A) the Letter of Credit to be
amended; (B) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which
shall be a Business Day); (C) the nature of the proposed
amendment; and (D) such other matters as the L/C Issuer may
reasonably require. Additionally, the Company shall furnish to the
L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent such other documents and
information pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance
or amendment, including any Issuer Documents, as the L/C Issuer or
the Administrative Agent may reasonably require.
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(ii) Promptly after receipt of any Letter
of Credit Application, the L/C Issuer will confirm with the
Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the
Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit
Application from the Company and, if not, the L/C Issuer will
promptly provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof.
Unless the L/C Issuer has received written notice from any
Revolving Credit Lender, the Administrative Agent or any Loan
Party, at least one Business Day prior to the requested date of
issuance or amendment of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one
or more applicable conditions contained in Article IV
shall not then be satisfied, then, subject to the terms and
conditions hereof, the L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date,
issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the Company (or the
applicable Subsidiary) or enter into the applicable amendment, as
the case may be, in each case in accordance with the L/C
Issuer’s usual and customary business practices. Immediately
upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Revolving Credit
Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the L/C Issuer a risk
participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the
product of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable
Percentage times the amount of such Letter of
Credit.
(iii) Promptly after its delivery of any
Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit to an
advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof,
the L/C Issuer will also deliver to the Company and the
Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of
Credit or amendment.
(c) Drawings
and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations .
(i) Upon receipt from the beneficiary of
any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under such Letter
of Credit, the L/C Issuer shall notify the Company and the
Administrative Agent thereof. In the case of a Letter of Credit
denominated in an Alternative Currency, the Company shall reimburse
the L/C Issuer in such Alternative Currency, unless the Company
shall have notified the L/C Issuer promptly following receipt of
the notice of drawing that the Company will reimburse the L/C
Issuer in Dollars. In the case of any such reimbursement in Dollars
of a drawing under a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative
Currency, the L/C Issuer shall notify the Company of the Dollar
Equivalent of the amount of the drawing promptly following the
determination thereof. Not later than 11:00 a.m. on the date
of any payment by the L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit to be
reimbursed in Dollars, or the Applicable Time on the date of any
payment by the L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit to be reimbursed
in an Alternative Currency (each such date, an “ Honor
Date ”), the Company shall reimburse the L/C Issuer
through the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the amount
of such drawing and in the applicable currency. If the Company
fails to so reimburse the L/C Issuer by such time, the
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Credit
Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing
(expressed in Dollars in the amount of the Dollar Equivalent
thereof in the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in an
Alternative Currency) (the “ Unreimbursed Amount
”), and the amount of such Revolving Credit Lender’s
Applicable Percentage thereof. In such event, the Company shall be
deemed to have requested a Revolving Credit Borrowing of Base Rate
Loans to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount equal to the
Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples
specified in Section 2.02 for the principal amount of
Base Rate Loans, but subject to the amount of the unutilized
portion of the Revolving Credit Commitments and the conditions set
forth in Section 4.02 (other than the delivery of a
Loan Notice). Any notice given by the L/C Issuer or the
Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.03(c)(i) may
be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing; provided
that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect
the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.
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(ii) Each Revolving Credit Lender shall
upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) make
funds available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the
L/C Issuer, in Dollars, at the Administrative Agent’s Office
for Dollar denominated payments in an amount equal to its
Applicable Percentage of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than
1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in such notice by the
Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of
Section 2.03(c)(iii) , each Revolving Credit Lender
that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base
Rate Loan to the Company in such amount. The Administrative Agent
shall remit the funds so received to the L/C Issuer in
Dollars.
(iii) With respect to any Unreimbursed
Amount that is not fully refinanced by a Revolving Credit Borrowing
of Base Rate Loans because the conditions set forth in
Section 4.02 cannot be satisfied or for any other
reason, the Company shall be deemed to have incurred from the L/C
Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount
that is not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and
payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest
at the Default Rate. In such event, each Revolving Credit
Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account
of the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(ii) shall
be deemed payment in respect of its participation in such L/C
Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C Advance from such Lender in
satisfaction of its participation obligation under this
Section 2.03 .
(iv) Until each Revolving Credit Lender
funds its Revolving Credit Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to this
Section 2.03(c) to reimburse the L/C Issuer for any
amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of
such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such amount shall be
solely for the account of the L/C Issuer.
(v) Each Revolving Credit Lender’s
obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans or L/C Advances to
reimburse the L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit,
as contemplated by this Section 2.03(c) , shall be
absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any
circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim,
recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have
against the L/C Issuer, the Company, any Subsidiary or any other
Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or
continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event
or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing;
provided that each Revolving Credit Lender’s
obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to this
Section 2.03(c) is subject to the conditions set forth
in Section 4.02 (other than delivery by the Company of
a Loan Notice ). No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or
otherwise impair the obligation of the Company to reimburse the L/C
Issuer for the amount of any payment made by the L/C Issuer under
any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided
herein.
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(vi) If any Revolving Credit Lender fails
to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of
the L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Revolving
Credit Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this
Section 2.03(c) by the time specified in
Section 2.03(c)(ii) , the L/C Issuer shall be entitled
to recover from such Revolving Credit Lender (acting through the
Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon
for the period from the date such payment is required to the date
on which such payment is immediately available to the L/C Issuer at
a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time
to time in effect, plus any administrative, processing or similar
fees customarily charged by the L/C Issuer in connection with the
foregoing. If such Revolving Credit Lender pays such amount (with
interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid (other than any
additional interest as a result of such Revolving Credit
Lender’s failure to pay any amount required to be paid
pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) ) shall constitute
such Revolving Credit Lender’s Loan included in the relevant
Borrowing or L/C Advance in respect of the relevant L/C Borrowing,
as the case may be. A certificate of the L/C Issuer submitted to
any Revolving Credit Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with
respect to any amounts owing under this
Section 2.03(c)(vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest
error.
(d)
Repayment of Participations .
(i) At any time after the L/C Issuer has
made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any
Revolving Credit Lender such Revolving Credit Lender’s L/C
Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with
Section 2.03(c) , if the Administrative Agent receives
for the account of the L/C Issuer any payment in respect of the
related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly
from the Company or otherwise, including proceeds of cash
collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the
Administrative Agent will distribute to such Lender its Applicable
Percentage thereof in Dollars and in the same funds as those
received by the Administrative Agent.
(ii) If any payment received by the
Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer pursuant to
Section 2.03(c)(i) is required to be returned under any
of the circumstances described in Section 10.06
(including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the L/C
Issuer in its discretion), each Revolving Credit Lender shall pay
to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer its
Applicable Percentage thereof on demand of the Administrative
Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to
the date such amount is returned by such Lender, at a rate per
annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in
effect. The obligations of the Revolving Credit Lenders under this
clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the
termination of this Agreement.
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(e) Obligations Absolute . The
obligation of the Company to reimburse the L/C Issuer for each
drawing under each Letter of Credit and to repay each L/C Borrowing
shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid
strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all
circumstances, including the following:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability
of such Letter of Credit, this Agreement, or any other Loan
Document;
(ii) the existence of any claim,
counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that the Company or
any Subsidiary may have at any time against any beneficiary or any
transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any
such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the L/C
Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with this
Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter
of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any
unrelated transaction;
(iii) any draft, demand, certificate or
other document presented under such Letter of Credit proving to be
forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any
statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any
loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document
required in order to make a drawing under such Letter of
Credit;
(iv) any payment by the L/C Issuer under
such Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or
certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such
Letter of Credit; or any payment made by the L/C Issuer under such
Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in
bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of
creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or
successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of
Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding
under any Debtor Relief Law;
(v) any adverse change in the relevant
exchange rates or in the availability of the relevant Alternative
Currency to the Company or any Subsidiary or in the relevant
currency markets generally; or
(vi) any other circumstance or happening
whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing,
including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a
defense available to, or a discharge of, the Company or any
Subsidiary.
The Company shall promptly examine a copy of
each Letter of Credit and each amendment thereto that is delivered
to it and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with the
Company’s instructions or other irregularity, the Company
will immediately notify the L/C Issuer. The Company shall be
conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against the L/C
Issuer and its correspondents unless such notice is given as
aforesaid.
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(f) Role of L/C Issuer . Each
Revolving Credit Lender and the Company agree that, in paying any
drawing under a Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer shall not have any
responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft,
certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of
Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy
of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or
delivering any such document. None of the L/C Issuer, the
Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor
any correspondent, participant or assignee of the L/C Issuer shall
be liable to any Revolving Credit Lender for (i) any action
taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the
approval of the Revolving Credit Lenders or the Required Revolving
Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in
the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct; or
(iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or
enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter
of Credit or Issuer Document. The Company hereby assumes all risks
of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with
respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided that
this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the
Company’s pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have
against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other
agreement. None of the L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of
their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant
or assignee of the L/C Issuer shall be liable or responsible for
any of the matters described in clauses (i) through
(v) of Section 2.03(e) ; provided that
anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Company may have a claim against the L/C Issuer, and the L/C Issuer
may be liable to the Company, to the extent, but only to the
extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary,
damages suffered by the Company which the Company proves were
caused by the L/C Issuer’s willful misconduct or gross
negligence or the L/C Issuer’s willful failure to pay under
any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the
beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly complying
with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit. In furtherance
and not in limitation of the foregoing, the L/C Issuer may accept
documents that appear on their face to be in order, without
responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice
or information to the contrary, and the L/C Issuer shall not be
responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument
transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a
Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds
thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or
ineffective for any reason.
(g) Cash Collateral . (i) Upon
the request of the Administrative Agent, (A) if the L/C Issuer
has honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of
Credit and such drawing has resulted in an L/C Borrowing, or
(B) if, as of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any L/C
Obligation for any reason remains outstanding, the Company shall,
in each case, immediately Cash Collateralize the then Outstanding
Amount of all L/C Obligations.
(ii) In addition, if the Administrative
Agent notifies the Company at any time that the Outstanding Amount
of all L/C Obligations at such time exceeds 105% of the Letter of
Credit Sublimit then in effect, then, within two Business Days
after receipt of such notice, the Company shall Cash Collateralize
the L/C Obligations in an amount equal to the amount by which the
Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations exceeds the Letter of
Credit Sublimit.
(iii) The Administrative Agent may, at any
time and from time to time after the initial deposit of cash
collateral, request that additional cash collateral be provided in
order to protect against the results of exchange rate
fluctuations.
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(iv) Sections 2.05 and
8.02(c) set forth certain additional requirements to deliver
cash collateral hereunder. For purposes of this
Section 2.03 , Section 2.05 and
Section 8.02(c) , “ Cash Collateralize
” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuer and the
Lenders, as collateral for the L/C Obligations, cash or deposit
account balances pursuant to documentation in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the L/C
Issuer (which documents are hereby consented to by the Revolving
Credit Lenders). Derivatives of such term have corresponding
meanings. The Company hereby grants to the Administrative Agent,
for the benefit of the L/C Issuer and the Revolving Credit Lenders,
a security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all
balances therein and all proceeds of the foregoing. Cash collateral
shall be maintained in blocked, non-interest bearing deposit
accounts at Bank of America. If at any time the Administrative
Agent determines that any funds held as cash collateral pursuant to
this Section 2.03 are subject to any right or claim of
any Person other than the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or
the Revolving Credit Lenders or that the total amount of such funds
is less than the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all L/C
Obligations required to be cash collateralized pursuant to this
Section 2.03 , the Company will, promptly upon demand by the
Administrative Agent, pay to the Administrative Agent, as
additional funds to be deposited as cash collateral, an amount
equal to the excess of (x) such aggregate Outstanding Amount
over (y) the total amount of funds, if any, then held as cash
collateral that the Administrative Agent determines to be free and
clear of any such right and claim. Upon the drawing of any Letter
of Credit for which funds are on deposit as cash collateral, such
funds shall be applied, to the extent permitted under applicable
Laws, to reimburse the L/C Issuer and any amounts remaining after
such payment shall be promptly returned to the Company.
(h) Applicability of ISP . Unless
otherwise expressly agreed by the L/C Issuer and the Company when a
Letter of Credit is issued (including any such agreement applicable
to an Existing Letter of Credit), the rules of the ISP shall apply
to each Letter of Credit.
(i) Letter of Credit Fees . The
Company shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of
each Revolving Credit Lender in accordance with its Applicable
Percentage, in Dollars, a Letter of Credit fee (the “
Letter of Credit Fee ”) for each Letter of Credit
equal to the Applicable Rate times the Dollar Equivalent of
the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit.
For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn
under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit
shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.09 .
Letter of Credit Fees shall be (i) due and payable on the
first Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and
December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the
issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit
Expiration Date and thereafter on demand and (ii) computed on
a quarterly basis in arrears. If there is any change in the
Applicable Rate during any quarter, the daily amount available to
be drawn under each Letter of Credit shall be computed and
multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during
such quarter that such Applicable Rate was in effect.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, upon the
request of the Required Revolving Lenders, while any Event of
Default exists, all Letter of Credit Fees shall accrue at the
Default Rate.
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(j) Fronting Fee and Documentary and
Processing Charges Payable to L/C Issuer . The Company shall
pay directly to the L/C Issuer for its own account, in Dollars, a
fronting fee with respect to each Letter of Credit, at the rate per
annum specified in the Original Fee Letter or as otherwise agreed
by the Company and the applicable L/C Issuer, computed on the
Dollar Equivalent of the daily amount available to be drawn under
such Letter of Credit on a quarterly basis in arrears. Such
fronting fee shall be due and payable on the tenth Business Day
after the end of each March, June, September and December in
respect of the most recently-ended quarterly period (or portion
thereof, in the case of the first payment), commencing with the
first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of
Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on
demand. For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be
drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of
Credit shall be determined in accordance with
Section 1.09 . In addition, the Company shall pay
directly to the L/C Issuer for its own account, in Dollars, the
customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing
fees, and other standard costs and charges, of the L/C Issuer
relating to letters of credit as from time to time in effect. Such
customary fees and standard costs and charges are due and payable
on demand and are nonrefundable.
(k) Conflict with Issuer Documents
. In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the
terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall
control.
(l) Letters of Credit Issued for
Subsidiaries . Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued
or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is
for the account of, a Subsidiary, the Company shall be obligated to
reimburse the L/C Issuer hereunder for any and all drawings under
such Letter of Credit. The Company hereby acknowledges that the
issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of Subsidiaries
inures to the benefit of the Company, and that the Company’s
business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such
Subsidiaries.
(a) The Swing Line . Subject to the
terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swing Line Lender
agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Revolving
Credit Lenders set forth in this Section 2.04 , to make
loans denominated in Dollars (each such loan, a “ Swing
Line Loan ”) to the Company from time to time on any
Business Day during the Availability Period in an aggregate amount
not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of the Swing Line
Sublimit, notwithstanding the fact that such Swing Line Loans, when
aggregated with the Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount
of Revolving Credit Loans and L/C Obligations of the Lender acting
as Swing Line Lender, may exceed the amount of such Lender’s
Revolving Credit Commitment; provided that after giving
effect to any Swing Line Loan, (i) the Total Revolving Credit
Outstandings shall not exceed the Revolving Credit Facility at such
time, and (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the
Revolving Credit Loans of any Revolving Credit Lender, plus
such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the
Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such
Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the
Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans at such time shall not
exceed such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, and
provided , further , that the Company shall not use
the proceeds of any Swing Line Loan to refinance any outstanding
Swing Line Loan. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the
other terms and conditions hereof, the Company may borrow under
this Section 2.04 , prepay under
Section 2.05 , and reborrow under this
Section 2.04 . Each Swing Line Loan shall be a Base
Rate Loan. Immediately upon the making of a Swing Line Loan, each
Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably
and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Swing Line Lender
a risk participation in such Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to
the product of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable
Percentage times the amount of such Swing Line
Loan.
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(b) Borrowing Procedures . Each
Swing Line Borrowing shall be made upon the Company’s
irrevocable notice to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative
Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be
received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not
later than 1:00 p.m. on the requested borrowing date, and shall
specify (i) the amount to be borrowed, which shall be a
minimum of $1,000,000, and (ii) the requested borrowing date,
which shall be a Business Day. Each such telephonic notice must be
confirmed promptly by delivery to the Swing Line Lender and the
Administrative Agent of a written Swing Line Loan Notice,
appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the
Company. Promptly after receipt by the Swing Line Lender of any
telephonic Swing Line Loan Notice, the Swing Line Lender will
confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing)
that the Administrative Agent has also received such Swing Line
Loan Notice and, if not, the Swing Line Lender will notify the
Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) of the contents
thereof. Unless the Swing Line Lender has received notice (by
telephone or in writing) from the Administrative Agent (including
at the request of any Revolving Credit Lender) prior to 2:00 p.m.
on the date of the proposed Swing Line Borrowing (A) directing
the Swing Line Lender not to make such Swing Line Loan as a result
of the limitations set forth in the first proviso to the first
sentence of Section 2.04(a) , or (B) that one or
more of the applicable conditions specified in
Article IV is not then satisfied, then, subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, the Swing Line Lender will, not later
than 3:00 p.m. on the borrowing date specified in such Swing Line
Loan Notice, make the amount of its Swing Line Loan available to
the Company at its office by either, at the option of the Company,
by crediting the account of the Company on the books of the Swing
Line Lender in Same Day Funds or by wire transfer of such funds in
accordance with instructions provided by the Company.
(c)
Refinancing of Swing Line Loans .
(i) The Swing Line Lender at any time in
its sole and absolute discretion may request, on behalf of the
Company (which hereby irrevocably authorizes the Swing Line Lender
to so request on its behalf), that each Revolving Credit Lender
make a Base Rate Loan in an amount equal to such Lender’s
Applicable Percentage of the amount of Swing Line Loans then
outstanding. Such request shall be made in writing (which written
request shall be deemed to be a Loan Notice for purposes hereof)
and in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.02
, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified therein for
the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the
unutilized portion of the Revolving Credit Facility and the
conditions set forth in Section 4.02 . The Swing Line
Lender shall furnish the Company with a copy of the applicable Loan
Notice promptly after delivering such notice to the Administrative
Agent. Each Revolving Credit Lender shall make an amount equal to
its Applicable Percentage of the amount specified in such Loan
Notice available to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds for
the account of the Swing Line Lender at the Administrative
Agent’s Office for Dollar denominated payments not later than
1:00 p.m. on the day specified in such Loan Notice, whereupon,
subject to Section 2.04(c)(ii) , each Revolving Credit
Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a
Base Rate Loan to the Company in such amount. The Administrative
Agent shall remit the funds so received to the Swing Line
Lender.
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(ii) If for any reason any Swing Line Loan
cannot be refinanced by such a Revolving Credit Borrowing in
accordance with Section 2.04(c)(i) , the request for
Base Rate Loans submitted by the Swing Line Lender as set forth
herein shall be deemed to be a request by the Swing Line Lender
that each of the Revolving Credit Lenders fund its risk
participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan and each Revolving
Credit Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the
account of the Swing Line Lender pursuant to
Section 2.04(c)(i) shall be deemed payment in respect
of such participation.
(iii) If any Revolving Credit Lender fails
to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of
the Swing Line Lender any amount required to be paid by such
Revolving Credit Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of
this Section 2.04(c) by the time specified in
Section 2.04(c)(i) , the Swing Line Lender shall be
entitled to recover from such Revolving Credit Lender (acting
through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with
interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is
required to the date on which such payment is immediately available
to the Swing Line Lender at a rate per annum equal to the
applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect, plus any
administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by
the Swing Line Lender in connection with the foregoing. If such
Revolving Credit Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as
aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s
Loan included in the relevant Borrowing or funded participation in
the relevant Swing Line Loan, as the case may be. A certificate of
the Swing Line Lender submitted to any Revolving Credit Lender
(through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts
owing under this clause (iii) shall be conclusive absent
manifest error.
(iv) Each Revolving Credit Lender’s
obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans or to purchase and fund
risk participations in Swing Line Loans pursuant to this
Section 2.04(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and
shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any
setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such
Revolving Credit Lender may have against the Swing Line Lender, the
Company or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (B) the
occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other
occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of
the foregoing; provided that each Revolving Credit
Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans pursuant
to this Section 2.04(c) is subject to the conditions
set forth in Section 4.02 . No such funding of risk
participations shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of
the Company to repay Swing Line Loans, together with interest as
provided herein.
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(d)
Repayment of Participations .
(i) At any time after any Revolving Credit
Lender has purchased and funded a risk participation in a Swing
Line Loan, if the Swing Line Lender receives any payment on account
of such Swing Line Loan, the Swing Line Lender will distribute to
such Revolving Credit Lender its Applicable Percentage thereof in
the same funds as those received by the Swing Line
Lender.
(ii) If any payment received by the Swing
Line Lender in respect of principal or interest on any Swing Line
Loan is required to be returned by the Swing Line Lender under any
of the circumstances described in Section 10.06
(including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Swing
Line Lender in its discretion), each Revolving Credit Lender shall
pay to the Swing Line Lender its Applicable Percentage thereof on
demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon
from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned,
at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate. The
Administrative Agent will make such demand upon the request of the
Swing Line Lender. The obligations of the Lenders under this clause
shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the
termination of this Agreement.
(e) Interest for Account of Swing Line
Lender . The Swing Line Lender shall be responsible for
invoicing the Company for interest on the Swing Line Loans. Until
each Revolving Credit Lender funds its Base Rate Loan or risk
participation pursuant to this Section 2.04 to
refinance such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable
Percentage of any Swing Line Loan, interest in respect of such
Applicable Credit Percentage shall be solely for the account of the
Swing Line Lender.
(f) Payments Directly to Swing Line
Lender . The Company shall make all payments of principal and
interest in respect of the Swing Line Loans directly to the Swing
Line Lender.
2.05 Prepayments . (a) Each Borrower may, upon notice from
the Company to the Administrative Agent, at any time or from time
to time voluntarily prepay Term Loans and/or Revolving Credit Loans
in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided
that (i) such notice must be received by the Administrative
Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (A) three Business Days
prior to any date of prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans
denominated in Dollars, (B) four Business Days (or five, in
the case of prepayment of Loans denominated in Special Notice
Currencies) prior to any date of prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate
Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies, and (C) on the
date of prepayment of Base Rate Loans; (ii) any prepayment of
Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Dollars shall be in a
principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in
excess thereof; (iii) any prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate
Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies shall be in a minimum
principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in
excess thereof; and (iv) any prepayment of Base Rate Loans
shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of
$100,000 in excess thereof or, in each case, if less, the entire
principal amount thereof then outstanding. Each such notice shall
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