Exhibit 10.1
A
MENDMENT
N
O
. 12
TO
C
REDIT
A
GREEMENT
This A MENDMENT N O
. 12 TO C
REDIT A GREEMENT ,
dated as of August 20, 2009 (this “ Twelfth
Amendment ”), among J ARDEN C ORPORATION , a Delaware corporation (the “
Borrower ”), D EUTSCHE B ANK AG
N EW Y ORK B RANCH (“ DBNY ”), as
Administrative Agent (as defined below), as Foreign Currency
Fronting Lender and as Swing Line Lender, the L/C Issuers party
thereto and C ITICORP
USA, I NC ., as
Syndication Agent (as defined below), amends certain provisions of
the C REDIT
A GREEMENT ,
dated as of January 24, 2005 (as amended, supplemented,
restated and/or otherwise modified from time to time, the “
Credit Agreement ”), among the Borrower, the
Lenders and the L/C Issuers party thereto from time to time, DBNY,
as administrative agent for the Lenders and the L/C Issuers (in
such capacity, and as agent for the Secured Parties under the
Collateral Documents, together with its successors in such
capacity, the “ Administrative Agent ”),
C ITICORP USA, I NC ., as
syndication agent for the Lenders and the L/C Issuers (in such
capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the
“ Syndication Agent ”), and B
ANK OF A
MERICA , N.A., N ATIONAL C ITY B ANK OF I
NDIANA and S UN T
RUST B ANK , as
co-documentation agents for the Lenders and L/C Issuers. Unless
otherwise specified herein, all capitalized terms used in this
Twelfth Amendment shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in
the Credit Agreement.
W I T N E S
S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Borrower desires to
modify and amend certain provisions of the Credit Agreement as more
fully described herein;
WHEREAS, pursuant to
Section 10.01(a) (Amendments, Etc.) of the Credit
Agreement, the consent of the Required Lenders is required to
effect the amendments set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, the Borrower, each
Guarantor party to the Guarantor Consent (as defined below), each
Lender and the Administrative Agent agree, subject to the
limitations and conditions set forth herein, to amend or otherwise
modify the Credit Agreement as set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
Section 1. Certain Amendments to
the Credit Agreement . As of the Twelfth Amendment Effective
Date (as defined below), and subject to the satisfaction of the
conditions set forth in Section 2 (Conditions to
Effectiveness) hereof:
(a) Section 1.01 (Defined
Terms) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting
the following definitions in such Section 1.01 in the
appropriate place to preserve the alphabetical order of the
definitions in such Section 1.01 :
“Additional
Intercreditor Agreement” means an intercreditor agreement among the
Administrative Agent and one or more Senior Representatives for
holders of secured Permitted Senior Notes providing that, inter
alia, the Liens on the Collateral as between the Administrative
Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) and one or more
Senior Representatives (for the benefit of the holders of secured
Permitted Senior Notes) shall be pari passu (but without regard to
control of remedies), as such intercreditor agreement may be
amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance
with the terms hereof and thereof. The Additional Intercreditor
Agreement shall be in a form customary for transactions of the type
contemplated thereby and otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower and, to the extent agreed to
by the Administrative Agent, the Senior
Representative for the applicable
holders of secured Permitted Senior Notes, may be in the form of an
amendment and restatement of the Local Credit Facility
Intercreditor Agreement.
“B1 Converted Term
Loan” has the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01(c)(Term Loan;
Facilities Increase).
“B2 Converted Term
Loan” has the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01(c) (Term
Loan; Facilities Increase) .
“B3 Converted Term
Loan” has the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01(c) (Term
Loan; Facilities Increase) .
“Extending Term
Lender” means
any Term Loan Lender that has submitted an executed Term Loan
Extension Election with respect to all or a portion of its Term
Loan B1, Term Loan B2 and/or Term Loan B3 (as applicable) in
accordance with the instructions provided on the signature page to
the Twelfth Amendment prior to the deadline specified in Twelfth
Amendment.
“Letter of Credit
Back-Stop Arrangement” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.04(p) (Letters of Credit) .
“Senior
Representative” means, with respect to any series of secured
Permitted Senior Notes, the trustee, administrative agent,
collateral agent, security agent or similar agent under the
indenture or agreement pursuant to which such Indebtedness is
issued, incurred or otherwise obtained, as the case may be, and
each of their successors in such capacities.
“Stated Term Loan B4
Maturity Date” shall mean January 26, 2015.
“ Term Loan B1 Extension
Amount ” means with respect to the Term Loan B1 of
any Extending Term Lender, the sum of (a) the product obtained
by multiplying (x) the principal amount of such Lender’s
Term Loan B1 subject to a Term Loan Extension Election by
(y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the lesser of,
(i) the greater of $600,000,000 less the aggregate principal
amount of Term Loans B3 subject to Term Loan Extension Elections
and $200,000,000, and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of
Term Loans B1 and Term Loans B2 subject to Term Loan Extension
Elections, and the denominator of which is the aggregate principal
amount of Term Loans B1 and Term Loans B2 subject to Term Loan
Extension Elections plus (b) the product obtained by
multiplying (x) the principal amount of such Lenders’
Term Loan B1 subject to a Term Loan Extension by (y) a
fraction, the numerator of which is the portion of the aggregate
principal amount of Term Loans accepted for extension by the
Borrower on the Twelfth Amendment Effective Date in excess of
$600,000,000 which the Borrower has elected to be applied to the
Term Loan B1 and Term Loan B2 and the denominator of which is the
aggregate principal amount of Term Loan B1 and Term Loan B2 subject
to Term Loan Extension Elections.
“Term Loan B2 Extension
Amount” means
with respect to the Term Loan B2 of any Extending Term Lender, the
sum of (a) the product obtained by multiplying (x) the
principal amount of such Lender’s Term Loan B2 subject to a
Term Loan Extension Election by (y) a fraction, the numerator
of which is the lesser of, (i) the greater of $600,000,000
less the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans B3 subject to
Term Loan Extension Elections and $200,000,000, and (ii) the
aggregate principal amount of Term Loans B1 and Term Loans B2
subject to Term Loan Extension Elections, and the denominator of
which is the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans B1 and Term
Loans B2 subject to Term Loan Extension Elections plus (b) the
product obtained by multiplying (x) the principal amount of
such Lenders’ Term Loan B2 subject
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to a Term Loan Extension by
(y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the portion of the
aggregate principal amount of Term Loans accepted for extension by
the Borrower on the Twelfth Amendment Effective Date in excess of
$600,000,000 which the Borrower has elected to be applied to the
Term Loan B1 and Term Loan B2 and the denominator of which is the
aggregate principal amount of Term Loan B1 and Term Loan B2 subject
to Term Loan Extension Elections.
“Term Loan B3 Extension
Amount” means
with respect to the Term Loan B3 of any Extending Term Lender, the
sum of (a) the product obtained by multiplying (x) the
principal amount of such Lender’s Term Loan B3 subject to a
Term Loan Extension Election by (y) a fraction, the numerator
of which is the lesser of the aggregate principal amount of Term
Loans B3 subject to Term Loan Extension Elections and $400,000,000,
and the denominator of which is the aggregate principal amount of
Term Loans B3 subject to Term Loan Extension Elections, plus
(b) the product obtained by multiplying (x) the principal
amount of such Lenders’ Term Loan B3 subject to a Term Loan
Extension by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the
portion of the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans accepted
for extension by the Borrower on the Twelfth Amendment Effective
Date in excess of $600,000,000 which the Borrower has elected to be
applied to the Term Loan B3 and the denominator of which is the
aggregate principal amount of Term Loans B3 subject to Term Loan
Extension Elections.
“Term Loan
B4” shall have
the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01(c) (Term
Loan; Facilities Increase) .
“ Term Loan Extension
Election ” means an election by a Term Loan Lender on
the signature page to the Twelfth Amendment, to have the Term Loan
B1 Extension Amount, Term Loan B2 Extension Amount and/or Term Loan
B3 Extension Amount of its Term Loan B1, Term Loan B2 and/or Term
Loan B3, respectively, converted into a Term Loan B4, pursuant to
Section 2.01(c)(Term Loan; Facilities Increase)
.
“Twelfth
Amendment” means that certain Amendment No. 12 to this
Agreement, dated as of August [ ],
2009, among the Borrower, the Agents and each Lender party
thereto.
“Twelfth Amendment
Effective Date” means the date on which the Twelfth Amendment
shall have become effective in accordance with its
terms.
(b) The defined term
“Applicable Margin” appearing in
Section 1.01 (Defined Terms) of the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended (i) deleting the word “and”
appearing in clause (a)(ii) of said definition,
(ii) inserting the word “and” at the end of
clause (a)(iii) of said definition and (iii) inserting
the following clause (a)(iv) after clause (a)(iii) of
said definition:
“(iv) with respect to the
Segments of the Term Loan B4 maintained as (x) Base Rate
Loans, a rate equal to 2.25% per annum and (y) Eurodollar
Rate Loans, a rate equal to 3.25% per
annum;”.
(c) The defined term
“Back-Stop Arrangements” appearing in
Section 1.01 (Defined Terms) of the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended by inserting the text “, Letter of Credit
Back-Stop Arrangements” immediately following the text
“Foreign Currency Back-Stop Arrangements” appearing in
said definition.
(d) The defined term
“Defaulting Lender” appearing in
Section 1.01 (Defined Terms) of the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended by inserting the text “ Section
2.04(p)(Letters of Credit) ,” immediately prior to the
text “ Section 2.05(a) (Swing Line Loans) ”
appearing in said definition.
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(e) The defined term
“L/C Issuer” appearing in
Section 1.01(Defined Terms) of the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended by inserting the text “DBNY, JP Morgan Chase
Bank, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC,” immediately prior to the text
“CUSA” appearing in said definition.
(f) The defined term
“Permitted Receivables Refinancing”
appearing in Section 1.01 (Defined Terms) of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the text
“$250,000,000” appearing therein and inserting the text
“$400,000,000” in lieu thereof.
(g) The defined term
“Permitted Senior Notes” appearing in
Section 1.01 (Defined Terms) of the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended by deleting the text “(i) no such Indebtedness
shall be secured by any asset of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries,” appearing therein and inserting the following
text in lieu thereof:
“such Indebtedness may be
secured or unsecured and if secured (x) is secured by the
Collateral on a pari passu basis (but without regard to the control
of remedies) with the Secured Obligations and is not secured by any
property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary other than the
Collateral, (y) the security agreements relating to such
Indebtedness are substantially the same as the Collateral Documents
(with such differences as are reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent) and (z) a Senior Representative acting
on behalf of the holders of such Indebtedness shall have become
party to the Additional Intercreditor Agreement, provided that if
such Indebtedness is the initial secured Permitted Senior Notes
incurred by the Borrower, then the Borrower, the Subsidiary
Guarantors, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the
Senior Representative for such Indebtedness shall have executed and
delivered the Additional Intercreditor Agreement.”
(h) The definition of
“Stated Term Loan Maturity Date”
appearing in Section 1.01 (Defined Terms) of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by (i) deleting the text
“and” appearing at the end of clause (i)
of said definition and inserting a comma (“,”) in lieu
thereof and (ii) inserting the text “other than, for the
avoidance of doubt, the Term Loan B4” immediately after the
first instance of the text “Incremental Term Loan” in
clause (ii) of said definition, and
(iii) inserting the text “and (iii) with respect to
each Term Loan B4, the Stated Term Loan B4 Maturity Date”
immediately preceding the period (“.”) at the end of
said definition.
(i) The defined term
“Term Loan” appearing in
Section 1.01 (Defined Terms) of the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended by inserting the text “and, for the avoidance
of doubt, shall include each Term Loan B4” immediately
preceding the period (“.”) at the end of said
definition.
(j) The defined term
“Term Loan Facility” appearing in
Section 1.01 (Defined Terms) of the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended by inserting the text “The Term Loan Facility
shall include the Term Loans converted into Term Loans B4 on the
Twelfth Amendment Effective Date” immediately following the
period (“.”) at the end of said definition.
(k) The definition of
“Term Loan Maturity Date” appearing in
Section 1.01 (Defined Terms) of the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended by (i) deleting the text “and”
appearing at the end of clause (i) of said definition
and inserting a comma (“,”) in lieu thereof,
(ii) inserting the text “other than, for the avoidance
of doubt, the Term Loan B4” immediately after the first
instance of the text “Incremental Term Loan,” in
clause (ii) of said definition, and
(iii) inserting the text “and (iii) with respect to
each Term Loan B4, the Stated Term Loan B4 Maturity Date”
immediately after the text “Stated Incremental Term Loan
Maturity Date” appearing in said definition.
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(l) The definition of
“Tranche” appearing in
Section 1.01 (Defined Terms) of the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended by inserting the text “, Term Loan B4”
immediately following the text “Term Loan B3” appearing
in said definition.
(m) Section 2.01 (Term Loan;
Facilities Increase) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
by inserting the following new clause (c) immediately
after clause (b) of said Section:
“(c) Subject to the terms and
conditions hereof, the Borrower and each of the Extending Term
Lenders agrees that upon the effectiveness of the Twelfth Amendment
on the Twelfth Amendment Effective Date, without further action by
any party to this Agreement:
(i) a principal amount of such
Extending Term Lender’s Term Loans B1 outstanding under this
Agreement immediately prior to the effectiveness of the Twelfth
Amendment equal to such Term Lender’s Term Loan B1 Extension
Amount shall automatically be converted into a new term loan to the
Borrower in Dollars and having the same principal amount (a “
B1 Converted Term Loan ”) and shall on and
after the Twelfth Amendment Effective Date have all the rights and
benefits of a Term Loan B4 as set forth in this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents;
(ii) a principal amount of such
Extending Term Lender’s Term Loans B2 outstanding under this
Agreement immediately prior to the effectiveness of the Twelfth
Amendment equal to such Term Lender’s Term Loan B2 Extension
Amount shall automatically be converted into a new term loan to the
Borrower in Dollars and having the same principal amount (a “
B2 Converted Term Loan ”) and shall on and
after the Twelfth Amendment Effective Date have all the rights and
benefits of a Term Loan B4 as set forth in this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents;
(iii) a principal amount of such
Extending Term Lender’s Term Loans B3 outstanding under this
Agreement immediately prior to the effectiveness of the Twelfth
Amendment equal to such Term Lender’s Term Loan B3 Extension
Amount shall automatically be converted into a new term loan to the
Borrower in Dollars and having the same principal amount (a “
B3 Converted Term Loan ” and together with the
B1 Converted Term Loan and the B2 Converted Term Loan, the “
Term Loan B4 ”) and shall on and after the
Twelfth Amendment Effective Date have all the rights and benefits
of a Term Loan B4 as set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents;
(iv) notwithstanding anything herein
to the contrary, any portion of Term Loan B4 (x) that was a
Eurodollar Loan immediately prior to the effectiveness of the
Twelfth Amendment will have initial Interest Periods ending on the
same dates as the Interest Periods and Eurodollar Rates equal to
the Eurodollar Rate applicable to the Term Loan B1, Term Loan B2
and/or Term Loan B3, as applicable, so converted pursuant to this
Section 2.01(c)(Term Loan; Facilities Increase) and
(y) shall continue to be entitled to all accrued and unpaid
interest with respect to the Term Loan B1, Term Loan B2 or Term
Loan B3 from which such portion of the Term Loan B4 was converted
up to but excluding the Twelfth Amendment Effective
Date.”.
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(n) Section 2.03(Borrowing;
Conversions and Continuations) of the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended by inserting the following new clause (h)
immediately after clause (g) of said
Section :
“(h) On the Twelfth Amendment
Effective Date, Interest Periods with respect to the Term Loan B4
Loans shall be as follows: (i) Term Loans B4 shall be deemed
made as Eurodollar Loans in an amount equal to the amount of the
Term Loans converted pursuant to Section 2.01(c)(Term
Loan; Facilities Increase) that were outstanding as Eurodollar
Loans at the time of conversion (such Term Loans B4 to correspond
in amount to Term Loans so converted of a given Interest Period),
(ii) Interest Periods for the Term Loans B4 described in
clause (i) above shall end on the same dates as the Interest
Periods applicable for the corresponding Term Loans described in
clause (i) above and the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest
Periods shall be equal to the Eurodollar Rate applicable for the
corresponding Term Loans described in clause (i) above,
(iii) Term Loans shall be deemed made as Base Rate Loans in
amount equal to the amount of Term Loans converted pursuant to
Section 2.01(c)(Term Loan; Facilities Increase) that
were outstanding as Base Rate Loans at the time of conversion. The
Borrower will not be required to make any payments under
Section 3.05 of this Agreement to Extending Term
Lenders as a result of the conversions pursuant to
Section 2.01(c)(Term Loan; Facilities Increase)
.”.
(o) Section 2.04 (Letters of
Credit) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting
the following new clause (p) immediately after
clause (o) of said Section :
“(p) Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary contained in this Agreement, no L/C Issuer shall be
required to issue, renew, extend or amend any Letter of Credit at
any time a Revolving Lender is a Defaulting Lender, unless such L/C
Issuer has entered into arrangements with the Borrower satisfactory
to such L/C Issuer to eliminate its risk with respect to the
participation in Letters of Credit by each Defaulting Lender,
including by requiring the Borrower to cash collateralize such
Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata Revolving Share of the
outstanding L/C Obligations (such arrangements, the
“Letter of Credit Back-Stop Arrangements”
) in an amount at all times equal to 105% of each Defaulting
Lender’s Pro Rata Revolving Share of the outstanding L/C
Obligations.”
(p) Section 2.06(b)(i)(Optional
Prepayment of the Term Loan) of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended by (i) deleting the text “and the Term Loan B3,
and thereafter to the Type(s) of Segment of each of the Term Loan
B1, Term Loan B2 and Term Loan B3” appearing in clause
(iv) of said Section and inserting the text “the Term
Loan B3, and, at the option of the Borrower, Term Loan B4, and
thereafter to the Type(s) of Segment of each of the Term Loan B1,
Term Loan B2 and Term Loan B3 and, if appropriate, the Term Loan
B4” in lieu thereof, and (ii) inserting the text
“relevant” immediately after the text “All
prepayments of principal under this Section 2.06(b) shall be
applied to installments of principal of the” appearing in
said Section.
(q)
Section 2.06(d)(Prepayments If Outstandings Exceed
Commitments) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
inserting the following new sub-clause (iv)
immediately after sub-clause (iii) of said
Section :
“(iv) If any Revolving Lender
becomes a Defaulting Lender at any time that any Letter of Credit
is outstanding, the Borrower shall enter into Letter of Credit
Back-Stop Arrangements with the relevant L/C Issuer or L/C Issuers
no later than 10 Business Days after the date such Revolving Lender
becomes a Defaulting Lender (or such date as the L/C Issuers shall
otherwise agree in their sole discretion).”
(r)
Section 2.08(d)(Repayment of Loans) of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by deleting sub-clause (d)
in its entirety and inserting the following new sub-clause
(d) in lieu thereof:
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“(d) the Term Loan B1 on the
dates and in the amounts set forth below, subject to adjustments
for prepayments made pursuant to Section 2.06
(Prepayments) :
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Amount
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March 31, 2005
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$
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2,125,000.00
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June 30, 2005
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$
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2,375,000.00
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September 30, 2005
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$
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2,375,000.00
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December 31, 2005
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$
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2,375,000.00
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March 31, 2006
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$
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2,375,000.00
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June 30, 2006
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$
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2,375,000.00
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September 30, 2006
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$
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2,375,000.00
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December 31, 2006
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$
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2,375,000.00
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March 31, 2007
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$
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2,375,000.00
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June 30, 2007
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$
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2,375,000.00
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September 30, 2007
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$
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2,375,000.00
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December 31, 2007
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$
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2,375,000.00
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March 31, 2008
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$
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2,375,000.00
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June 30, 2008
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$
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2,375,000.00
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September 30, 2008
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$
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2,375,000.00
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December 31, 2008
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$
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2,375,000.00
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March 31, 2009
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$
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2,375,000.00
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June 30, 2009
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$
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2,375,000.00
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September 30, 2009
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$
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976,777.16
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December 31, 2009
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$
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976,777.16
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March 31, 2010
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$
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976,777.16
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June 30, 2010
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$
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976,777.16
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September 30, 2010
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$
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976,777.16
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December 31, 2010
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$
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976,777.16
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March 31, 2011
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$
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91,842,757.61
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June 30, 2011
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$
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91,842,757.61
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