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EXHIBIT 4
[EXECUTION COPY]
[Published CUSIP Number:
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$240,000,000
CREDIT AGREEMENT
-among-
REGENT BROADCASTING, LLC,
as Borrower
REGENT COMMUNICATIONS, INC.,
as Parent Company and Guarantor
The Several Lenders from Time
to Time Party to this Credit Agreement
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Issuing Lender
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES
LLC,
as Sole Lead Arranger
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES
LLC
-and-
SUNTRUST BANK,
as Joint Book Managers
SUNTRUST ROBINSON HUMPHREY,
as Syndication Agent
GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION
BMO CAPITAL MARKETS FINANCING, INC.,
–and-
WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, INC.
as Co-Documentation Agents
-and-
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
Dated as of: November 21, 2006
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
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DEFINITIONS
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1
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1.1.
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Defined Terms
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1.2.
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Other Interpretive Provisions
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38
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1.3.
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Accounting Terms
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1.4.
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Rounding
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1.5.
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Times of Day
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1.6.
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Timing of Payment or Performance
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ARTICLE II
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THE CREDIT FACILITIES
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40
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2.1.
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Amounts and Terms of Commitments
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40
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2.2.
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Loan Accounts; Notes
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2.3.
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Requests for Borrowings
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2.4.
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Interest Elections for all Borrowings
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2.5.
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Reduction and Termination of
Commitments
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2.6.
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Voluntary Prepayments
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2.7.
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Mandatory Prepayments
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2.8.
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Repayments of Principal
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2.9.
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Fees
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2.10.
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Computation of Fees and Interest
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2.11.
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Interest
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2.12.
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Payments Generally
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2.13.
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Pro Rata Treatment
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2.14.
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Sharing of Payments
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2.15.
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Incremental Facilities
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ARTICLE III
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THE LETTERS OF CREDIT
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3.1.
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Letter of Credit Subfacility
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3.2.
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Issuance, Amendment and Renewal of Letters of
Credit
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3.3.
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Participations, Drawings and
Reimbursement
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3.4.
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Repayment of Participation
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3.5.
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Role of Issuing Lender
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3.6.
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Obligations Absolute
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3.7.
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Cash Collateralization
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3.8.
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Letter of Credit Fees
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ARTICLE IV
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TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
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4.1.
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Taxes
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4.2.
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Illegality
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4.3.
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Inability to Determine Rates
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4.4.
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Increased Costs
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4.5.
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Compensation for Losses
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4.6.
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Mitigation Obligations
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4.7.
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Survival
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(continued)
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ARTICLE V
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CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
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67
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5.1.
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Conditions to Making First Credit
Extensions
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67
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5.1.1. Execution and Delivery of this
Agreement and Notes
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67
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5.1.2. Guaranty Agreement; Collateral
Documents
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68
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5.1.3. Other Loan Documents;
etc
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68
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5.1.4. Termination of Existing Credit
Facilities; etc
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5.1.5. Financial
Statements
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5.1.6. Certificates of
Insurance
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5.1.7. Resolutions; etc
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5.1.8. Certificates of Good Standing;
etc
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70
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5.1.9. No Materially Adverse Effect;
etc
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70
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5.1.10. Affiliate Transactions; etc
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5.1.11. Maximum Consolidated Leverage Ratio;
Ratings; etc
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5.1.12. Minimum Reserve Amount
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5.1.13. Fees and Expenses
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5.1.14. Legal Opinions of Counsel
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5.2.
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Conditions Precedent to Each Delayed Draw Term
Loan
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5.3.
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All Credit Extensions
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5.3.1. Compliance with Warranties; No
Default; etc
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5.3.2. Borrowing Request; Interest
Election Request
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5.3.3. Legality of
Transactions
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73
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5.3.4. Satisfactory Legal Form;
etc
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73
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5.3.5. Minimum Availability Under
Revolving Commitments
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ARTICLE VI
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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6.1.
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Corporate Existence and Power; etc
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6.2.
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Corporate Authorization; etc
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6.3.
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Governmental Authorization
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6.4.
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Binding Effect
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6.5.
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Collateral Documents
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6.6.
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No Default
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6.7.
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Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations
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6.8.
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Financial Statements; etc
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75
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6.9.
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Materially Adverse Effect
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6.10.
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Existing Indebtedness, Liens and Investments;
etc
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6.11.
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Transactions with Affiliates
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6.12.
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Corporate Structure; etc
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6.13.
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Title to Properties
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6.14.
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Intellectual Property Rights; etc
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6.15.
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Litigation
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78
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6.16.
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Compliance with Applicable Law; etc
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6.17.
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Governmental Regulation
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6.18.
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Taxes
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6.19.
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ERISA
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6.20.
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Environmental Liabilities
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6.21.
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Labor Controversies
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6.22.
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FCC Authorizations
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6.23.
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Pending Acquisition Documents; etc
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ARTICLE VII
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AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
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80
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7.1.
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Financial Information; etc
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81
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7.2.
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Compliance Certificates; Other
Information
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7.3.
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Notices
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7.4.
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Maintenance of Corporate Existence;
etc
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7.5.
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Foreign Qualification; etc
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7.6.
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Payment of Taxes; etc
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7.7.
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Maintenance of Property; Insurance
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7.8.
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Compliance with Laws; etc
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7.9.
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Books and Records
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7.10.
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Use of Proceeds
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7.11.
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Interest Rate Protection
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7.12.
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Identification of Subsidiaries; Provision of
Collateral
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7.13.
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Information Regarding Pending Acquisition;
etc
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7.14.
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Minimum Reserve Amount
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7.15.
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Further Assurances
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ARTICLE VIII
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NEGATIVE COVENANTS
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8.1.
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Limitations on Lines of Business
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8.2.
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Indebtedness
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8.3.
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Liens
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8.4.
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Financial Covenants
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8.5.
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Consolidations, Mergers, Sales; etc
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8.6.
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Investments and Acquisitions
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8.7.
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Restricted Payments
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8.8.
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Limitations on Swap Contracts
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8.9.
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Limitations on Restrictive Agreements
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8.10.
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Transactions with Affiliates
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8.11.
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Sale of Capital Stock; etc
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8.12.
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Change of Control
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8.13.
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Limitations on Optional Payments; etc
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8.14.
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Modification of other Ancillary Documents;
etc
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8.15.
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Maintenance of Separateness
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8.16.
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Use of Credits; Compliance with Margin
Regulations
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99
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ARTICLE IX
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EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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9.1.
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Events of Default
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9.1.1. Non Payment of Obligations
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9.1.2. Non Performance of Certain
Obligations
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9.1.3. Non Performance of Other
Obligations
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100
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9.1.4. Breach of Representation or
Warranty
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100
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9.1.5. Cross Default
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9.1.6. Insolvency; Voluntary
Proceedings
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101
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9.1.7. Involuntary
Proceedings
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101
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9.1.8. ERISA
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101
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9.1.9. Judgments
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101
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9.1.10. Change of Control
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9.1.11. Guaranty Agreement
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9.1.12. Collateral Documents
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102
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9.1.13. Main Station Licenses
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9.2.
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Remedies
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9.3.
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Application of Funds
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ARTICLE X
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THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
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10.1.
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Appointment and Authority
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10.2.
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Rights as a Lender
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10.3.
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Exculpatory Provisions
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105
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10.4.
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Reliance by Administrative Agent
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10.5.
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Delegation of Duties
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10.6.
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Resignation of Administrative Agent
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10.7.
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Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other
Lenders
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10.8.
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No Other Duties; etc
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10.9.
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Administrative Agent May File Proofs of
Claim
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10.10.
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Collateral and Guaranty Matters
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ARTICLE XI
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SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS
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11.1.
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Successors and Assigns Generally
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11.2.
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Assignments by Lenders
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11.3.
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Register
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11.4.
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Participations
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11.5.
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Limitations upon Participant Rights
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11.6.
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Certain Pledges
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11.7.
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Electronic Execution of Assignments
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11.8.
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Special Purpose Funding Vehicles
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11.9.
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Resignation as Issuing Lender
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ARTICLE XII
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MISCELLANEOUS
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12.1.
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Amendments and Waivers
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114
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12.2.
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Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic
Communications
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12.3.
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No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies
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12.4.
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Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
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12.5.
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Payments Set Aside
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12.6.
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Treatment of Certain Information;
Confidentiality
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12.7.
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Set off
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12.8.
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Survival of Representations, Warranties and
Agreements
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12.9.
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Marshalling
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12.10.
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Obligations Several; Independent Nature of
Lenders’ Rights
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12.11.
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Notification of Addresses, Lending Offices;
etc
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12.12.
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Counterparts
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12.13.
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Severability
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12.14.
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No Third Parties Benefited
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122
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12.15.
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Governing Law and Jurisdiction; Waiver of Trial
by Jury
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12.16.
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Interest Rate Limitation
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12.17.
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Replacement of Lenders
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12.18.
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No Advisory or Fiduciary
Responsibility
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12.19.
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USA PATRIOT Act Notice
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12.20.
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ENTIRE AGREEMENT
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12.21.
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Delivery by Facsimile
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v
SCHEDULES AND EXHIBITS
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SCHEDULE
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DESCRIPTION
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SCHEDULE 2.1
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COMMITMENTS OF LENDERS
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SCHEDULE 6
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DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE
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SCHEDULE 12.2
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LENDING OFFICES/NOTICE ADDRESSES
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EXHIBIT
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DESCRIPTION
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EXHIBIT A
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FORM OF TERM B NOTE
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EXHIBIT B
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FORM OF REVOLVING CREDIT NOTE
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EXHIBIT C
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FORM OF DELAYED DRAW TERM NOTE
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EXHIBIT D
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FORM OF GUARANTY AGREEMENT
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EXHIBIT E
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FORM OF PLEDGE AGREEMENT
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EXHIBIT F
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FORM OF SECURITY AGREEMENT
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EXHIBIT G
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FORM OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY
AGREEMENT
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EXHIBIT H
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FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
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EXHIBIT I
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FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
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EXHIBIT J
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FORM OF CASH COLLATERAL AGREEMENT
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EXHIBIT K
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FORM OF CLOSING DATE COMPLIANCE
CERTIFICATE
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EXHIBIT L
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FORM OF LEGAL OPINION OF SPECIAL
COUNSEL
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FOR PARENT COMPANY AND BORROWER
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EXHIBIT M
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FORM OF LEGAL OPINION OF SPECIAL FCC
COUNSEL
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FOR PARENT COMPANY AND BORROWER
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
CREDIT AGREEMENT , dated
as of November 21, 2006, among: REGENT BROADCASTING,
LLC , a Delaware limited liability company (hereinafter,
together with its successors in title and assigns, called the "
Borrower " ); REGENT COMMUNICATIONS, INC. , a
Delaware corporation (hereinafter, together with its successors in
title and assigns, called the " Parent Company " and,
together with the Borrower, called, collectively, the "
Principal Companies " and, singly, a " Principal
Company " ); the several financial institutions from time
to time party to this Agreement as lenders hereunder (collectively,
" Lenders " and, individually, a " Lender
" ); BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. , as Issuing Lender; BANK
OF AMERICA, N.A. , as Administrative Agent for the Lenders and
the Issuing Lender; BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC and
SUNTRUST ROBINSON HUMPHREY , as Joint Book Managers;
SUNTRUST BANK, as Syndication Agent; GENERAL ELECTRIC
CAPITAL CORPORATION, BMO CAPITAL MARKETS FINANCING, INC. and
WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, INC. as Co-Documentation Agents; and
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC , as Sole Lead Arranger.
RECITALS :
A. The Principal Companies
have requested the Lenders to make available to the Borrower senior
secured credit facilities in the maximum aggregate principal amount
of $240,000,000, consisting of a Senior Secured Term B Loan
Facility in the aggregate principal amount of $115,000,000, a
Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility in the aggregate principal
amount of $75,000,000, and a Senior Secured Delayed Draw Term Loan
Facility in the aggregate principal amount of $50,000,000.
B. The Lenders have agreed to
make available to the Borrower the senior secured credit facilities
so requested upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained
in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE , in
consideration of the mutual agreements, promises and covenants
contained herein, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.1. Defined Terms
. As used in this Agreement, the capitalized terms in the
Preamble hereto shall have the meanings therein given to
them, and the following words and terms shall have the meanings
specified below:
" Acquisition "
means, in relation to any Person, any transaction, or any series of
related transactions, in which such Person (a) acquires any
business or all or any substantial part of the Property of any
other Person or any division or other business unit thereof,
whether through purchase of assets, merger or otherwise,
(b) directly or indirectly acquires ownership or control of at
least a majority (in number of votes) of the Voting Interests of
any other Person, or (c) directly or indirectly acquires ownership
or control of at least a majority of the Equity Interests of any
other Person.
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" Acquisition
Documentation " means, collectively, in relation to any
Acquisition undertaken and completed or (as the case may be) to be
undertaken and completed by any of the Credit Parties: (a) the
purchase agreements, merger agreements or other similar Instruments
pursuant to which such Acquisition is or (as the case may be) is to
be effected; and (b) all schedules, exhibits, annexes and
amendments thereto and all material side letters and agreements
affecting the terms thereof or to be entered into in connection
therewith.
" Act " has the
meaning specified in Section 12.19 .
" Additional Lender
" has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(c)
.
" Administrative Agent
" means Bank of America, N.A., in its capacity as
administrative agent for the Issuing Lender and the Lenders under
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and any successor to
such administrative agent.
" Administrative
Agent’s Office " means the Administrative
Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on
Schedule 12.2 , or such other address or account as the
Administrative Agent may from time to time notify to the Borrower
and the Lenders.
" Administrative
Questionnaire " means an Administrative Questionnaire in a
form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
" Affiliate "
means, with respect to any Person, any other Person
(a) directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or
under direct or indirect common control with, such Person, or
(b) that directly or indirectly owns or controls more than 10%
of any class of the Equity Interests in such Person. A Person shall
be deemed to control another Person if such Person possesses,
directly or indirectly, the power to direct or to cause the
direction of the management and policies of such other Person,
whether through the ownership of Voting Interests, by contract or
otherwise. For purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, (i) the Parent Company shall be deemed to be an
Affiliate of the Borrower and each of the other Subsidiaries of the
Parent Company, (ii) the Borrower shall not be deemed to be an
Affiliate of any of the other Subsidiaries of the Parent Company,
(iii) none of the Subsidiaries of the Parent Company shall be
deemed to be an Affiliate of the Borrower or any of the other
Subsidiaries of the Parent Company, and (iv) none of the
Lenders, the Issuing Lender or the Administrative Agent shall be
deemed to be an Affiliate of the Parent Company, the Borrower or
any of their Subsidiaries.
" Affiliate Transaction
" means any of the following transactions or arrangements: (a)
the making by the Borrower or any of the other Subsidiaries of the
Parent Company of any payment or prepayment (whether of principal,
premium, interest or any other sum) of or on account of, or any
payment or other distribution by the Borrower or any of the other
Subsidiaries of the Parent Company on account of the redemption,
repurchase, defeasance or other acquisition for value of, any
Indebtedness of any kind whatsoever (i) of any Affiliate of
the Borrower, or (ii) of the Borrower or any of the other
Subsidiaries of the Parent Company to any Affiliate of the
Borrower; (b) the making of any loans, advances or other
Investments of any kind whatsoever by the Borrower or any of the
other Subsidiaries of the Parent Company to or in any Affiliate of
the Borrower or to or in any holder of any Indebtedness described
in clause (a) of this definition; (c) the Sale by the
Borrower or any of the other Subsidiaries of the Parent Company of
all or any
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part of its Property to, or for the direct or indirect benefit
of, any Affiliate of the Borrower; (d) the incurrence by the
Borrower or any of the other Subsidiaries of the Parent Company of
any Indebtedness to any Affiliate of the Borrower; (e) the
declaration or payment by the Borrower or any of the other
Subsidiaries of the Parent Company of any dividends or other
distributions on account of, or the making by the Borrower or any
of the other Subsidiaries of the Parent Company of any payment or
other distribution on account of the purchase, repurchase,
redemption or other acquisition for value of, any Equity Interests
or other Securities of any Affiliate of the Borrower; (f) the
payment by the Borrower or any of the other Subsidiaries of the
Parent Company to any Affiliate of the Borrower of any fees or
commissions of any kind; or (g) any other transaction or
Contractual Obligation between any Affiliate of the Borrower, on
the one hand, and the Borrower, on the other hand, or between any
Affiliate of the Borrower, on the one hand, and any other
Subsidiary of the Parent Company, on the other hand.
" Agent Fee Letter
" has the meaning specified in Section 2.9(c) .
" Agent Parties "
has the meaning specified in Section 12.2(c) .
" Aggregate Commitments
" means, collectively, the Commitments of all the Lenders.
" Aggregate Delayed Draw
Commitment " means the combined Delayed Draw Commitments of
all of the Delayed Draw Lenders, in the initial aggregate amount of
$50,000,000, as such amount may be reduced from time to time
pursuant to this Agreement.
" Aggregate Incremental
Commitments " means the combined Incremental Commitments of
all of the Incremental Lenders, in an initial aggregate amount not
to exceed $100,000,000, as such amount may be reduced from time to
time pursuant to this Agreement.
" Aggregate Revolving
Commitment " means the combined Revolving Commitments of
all of the Revolving Lenders, in the initial aggregate amount of
$75,000,000, as such amount may be reduced from time to time
pursuant to this Agreement.
" Aggregate Term B
Commitment " means the combined Term B Commitments of all
of the Term B Lenders, in the initial aggregate amount of
$115,000,000, as such amount may be reduced from time to time
pursuant to this Agreement.
" Agreement " means
this Credit Agreement, as amended, amended and restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
" Amount " means
(a) with respect to any Acquisition, all consideration paid in
respect thereof, including consideration in the form of cash,
Equity Interests and other Property, including, without limitation,
Media Assets (all as valued at the time of such Acquisition), and
the assumption of Indebtedness or other obligations or liabilities,
and (b) with respect to any Asset Sale, all consideration
received in respect thereof, including consideration in the form of
cash, Equity Interests and other Property, including, without
limitation, Media Assets (all as valued at the time of such Sale),
and the assumption of Indebtedness or other obligations or
liabilities.
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" Ancillary Documents
" means, collectively, the Governing Documents of each of the
Parent Company, the Borrower and their Subsidiaries, and all other
Instruments that shall from time to time be identified by the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing as "
Ancillary Documents " for purposes of this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents.
" Anticipated Reinvestment
Amounts " means, with respect to any Reinvestment Election,
the aggregate amount specified by either or both of the Principal
Companies in one or more written notices furnished to the
Administrative Agent from time to time within 270 days after
delivery of the related Reinvestment Notice as the aggregate amount
of the Net Cash Proceeds or (as the case may be) Net Issuance
Proceeds from the related Reinvestment Event that the Parent
Company or the Borrower intends to use, or (as the case may be)
intends to cause one or more Subsidiaries of the Parent Company or
the Borrower to use, to purchase, construct or otherwise acquire
Reinvestment Assets.
" Applicable Commitment Fee
Percentage " means: (a) with respect to the Aggregate
Delayed Draw Commitment during the Delayed Draw Availability Period
(i) 0.500% (i.e., 50 basis points) during the period from the
Closing Date through and including March 31, 2007,
(ii) 0.750% (i.e., 75 basis points) during the period from
April 1, 2007 through and including September 30, 2007,
and (iii) 1.000% (i.e., 100 basis points) from October 1,
2007 through and including the last day of the Delayed Draw
Availability Period; and (b) with respect to the Aggregate
Revolving Commitment, a percentage, per annum, determined by
reference to the Consolidated Leverage Ratio in effect from time to
time, all as set forth in the Pricing Grid below:
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Commitment
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Equal to
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Fee
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7.25:1.00
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0.500
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The Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage
applicable to the Aggregate Revolving Commitment shall be
determined from time to time in accordance with the provisions set
forth in the last paragraph of the definition of the term "
Applicable Margin " .
" Applicable Law "
means, in relation to any Person or its Property, statutes and
rules and regulations thereunder and interpretations thereof by any
Governmental Authority charged with the administration or the
interpretation thereof, and orders, requests, directives,
instructions and notices of any Governmental Authority, in each
case, applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its
Property.
" Applicable Margin
" means: (a) with respect to any of the Term B Loans,
2.500% (i.e., 250 basis points) per annum; and (b) with
respect to any of the Revolving Loans and Delayed Draw Term Loans,
a percentage, per annum , determined by reference to the
Consolidated Leverage Ratio in effect from time to time, all as set
forth in the Pricing Grid below:
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PRICING GRID FOR REVOLVING
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Ratio
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Revolving Loans
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Delayed Draw Term
Loans
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Greater Than
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Base Rate
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Eurodollar
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Base Rate
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Eurodollar
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or Equal to
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0.000
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The " Applicable Margin " for
Revolving Loans and Delayed Draw Term Loans, and the "
Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage " with respect to
the Aggregate Revolving Commitment, shall be determined by
reference to the Consolidated Leverage Ratio set forth in the most
recent Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to
Section 7.2(a) . No change in the Applicable Margin for
Revolving Loans and Delayed Drawn Term Loans, and no change in the
Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage with respect to the Aggregate
Revolving Commitment, shall be effective until three
(3) Business Days after the date on which the Administrative
Agent shall have received the applicable financial statements and a
Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 7.2(a)
calculating such new Consolidated Leverage Ratio. Promptly
following receipt of the applicable information as and when
required under Section 7.2(a) , the Administrative
Agent shall give each Lender facsimile or telephonic notice
(confirmed in writing) of the Applicable Margin and Applicable
Commitment Fee Percentage in effect from such date. In the event
that the Administrative Agent shall determine on a reasonable basis
in good faith that a calculation of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio
by the Borrower was inaccurate and that, as a consequence thereof,
any Applicable Margin or Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage was
lower than it would have been for any period, the Borrower shall,
promptly after request therefor by the Administrative Agent, remit
to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, the
difference between (i) the amount of interest or (as the case
may be) Fees that should have been paid by the Borrower if the
calculation had been completed accurately, and (ii) the amount
of interest or (as the case may be) Fees actually previously paid
by the Borrower.
" Approved Fund "
means any Fund that is administered, advised or managed by
(a) any Lender, (b) any Affiliate of a Lender, or
(c) any entity or any Affiliate of any entity that
administers, advises or manages a Lender.
" Arranger " means
Banc of America Securities LLC, in its capacity as sole lead
arranger.
" Asset Sale "
means any direct or indirect Sale (including any Sale of all or any
part of any Subsidiary of the Parent Company or the Borrower by or
through the issue or Sale of any Equity Interests of such
Subsidiary, and also including any Sale pursuant to a sale and
leaseback transaction), whether in a single transaction or in a
series of related transactions, by the Parent Company, the Borrower
or any of their Subsidiaries of any businesses or Property of the
Parent
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Company, the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries, whether now
owned or from time to time hereafter created, arising or acquired,
including Equity Interests (including Equity Interests of any such
Subsidiaries, but excluding Equity Interests of the Parent
Company); provided, however, that the term " Asset Sale
" shall not include any Permitted Dispositions.
" Assignee Group "
means two or more Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of one
another or two or more Approved Funds managed or advised 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 11.2 ) and
accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of
Exhibit I or any other form approved by the
Administrative Agent.
" Attorney Costs "
means and includes all reasonable fees and disbursements of any law
firm or other external legal counsel actually incurred or
sustained, and, without duplication, the reasonable allocated cost
of internal legal counsel and other internal legal services, and
all reasonable disbursements of internal legal counsel and other
internal legal services.
" Authorized Officer
" means, in relation to the Parent Company, the Borrower or any
of their Subsidiaries, the chief executive officer, the president,
any vice president, the chief financial officer or the treasurer of
such Person or any other officer of such Person having
substantially the same authority and responsibility, in each case,
acting solely in such capacity and without personal liability.
" Bank of America "
means Bank of America, N.A. and its successors.
" Bankruptcy Code "
means the Federal Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (11 U.S.C. §
101, et seq .).
" Base Rate "
means, for any day, a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the
higher of (a) the Federal Funds Rate, plus 1/2 of 1%,
and (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as
publicly announced from time to time by Bank of America as its
"prime rate." The "prime rate" is a rate set by Bank of America
based upon various factors including Bank of America’s costs
and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors,
and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may
be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in
such rate announced by Bank of America shall take effect at the
opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement
of such change.
" Base Rate Loan "
means any Loan that bears interest at an interest rate based on the
Base Rate.
" Borrower " has
the meaning specified in the Preamble hereto.
" Borrower Materials
" has the meaning specified in Section 7.2 .
" Borrowing " means
any borrowing hereunder consisting of one or more Loans made or to
be made to the Borrower on the same Borrowing Date by Lenders
pursuant to Section 2.1 and Section 2.3
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" Borrowing Date "
means, in relation to any Loan, the date of the borrowing of such
Loan, as specified in the relevant Borrowing Request for such
Loan.
" Borrowing Request
" means any request by the Borrower for a Borrowing in
accordance with Section 2.3 .
" Business Day "
means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks in Boston, Massachusetts, New York City or
Covington, Kentucky are authorized or required by law to close, so
long as, if such term shall be used in relation to any Eurodollar
Loan or any Interest Period relating thereto, on such day dealings
are also carried on by and between banks in Dollar deposits in the
applicable interbank market.
" Capital Assets "
means, with respect to any Person, all equipment, fixed assets and
real Property or improvements of such Person, or replacements or
substitutions therefor or additions thereto, that, in accordance
with GAAP, have been or should be reflected as additions to
Property, plant or equipment on the balance sheet of such
Person.
" Capital Expenditures
" means, with respect to any Person for any period, all
expenditures made directly or indirectly by such Person during such
period for Capital Assets (whether paid in cash or other
consideration or accrued as a liability and, including, without
limitation, all expenditures for maintenance and repairs which are
required, in accordance with GAAP, to be capitalized on the books
of such Person).
" Capital Lease "
has the meaning specified in the definition of the term "
Capital Lease Obligations " .
" Capital Lease
Obligations " means, with respect to any Person, all
obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any
lease of (or other arrangements conveying the right to use) real or
personal Property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are
required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases
(each, a " Capital Lease " ) on a balance sheet of
such Person under GAAP, and, for the purposes of this Agreement,
the amount of such obligations at any time shall be the capitalized
amount thereof at such time determined in accordance with GAAP.
" Cash Collateral "
has the meaning specified in the Cash Collateral Agreement.
" Cash Collateral
Account " means a blocked deposit account that shall
(a) be established at Bank of America, (b) be in the name
of the Administrative Agent and under the sole dominion and control
of the Administrative Agent, and (c) otherwise be maintained
in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent.
" Cash Collateral
Agreement " means the Cash Collateral Agreement, in or
substantially in the form of Exhibit J , to be executed
and delivered by the Borrower.
" Cash Collateral
Balance " means, at any time of determination, the
aggregate amount of all cash and cash equivalents held in pledge at
such time by the Administrative Agent in the Cash Collateral
Account and on the terms set forth in this Agreement.
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" Cash Collateralize
" means, in relation to the Letter of Credit Obligations, to
pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, as
collateral for Letter of Credit Obligations, cash or deposit
account balances pursuant to documentation in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing
Lender.
" Cash Equivalents
" means any or all of the following: (a) obligations of,
or guaranteed as to principal and interest by, the United States
government or any agency thereof maturing within one year after the
date on which such obligations are purchased; (b) open market
commercial paper of any corporation (other than the Parent Company,
the Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries) incorporated
under the laws of the United States or any State thereof rated P-1
or its equivalent or higher by Moody’s or A-1 or its
equivalent or higher by S&P; (c) time deposits, certificates of
deposit or bankers’ acceptances maturing within one year
after the acquisition thereof issued by commercial banks organized
under the laws of the United States or any state thereof and having
a combined capital and surplus in excess of $250,000,000 or which
is a Lender; (d) repurchase agreements with respect to
Securities described in clause (a) above entered into with
an office of a bank or trust company meeting the criteria specified
in clause (c) ; (e) money market funds investing only
in Investments described in clauses (a) through (d) ;
and (f) direct obligations of, or obligations the principal
and interest of which are unconditionally guaranteed by any State
of the United States or any foreign state having, at the date of
its acquisition by the Parent Company, the Borrower or any of their
Subsidiaries, a rating of at least AA by S&P or Aa by
Moody’s, in each case maturing within one year from the date
of the acquisition.
" 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 administration, interpretation or
application thereof by any Governmental Authority; or (c) the
adoption, promulgation or issuance of any guideline or directive by
any Governmental Authority.
" Change of Control
" means any event or series of related events (including the
Sale or issuance (or series of Sales or issuances) of Equity
Interests of the Borrower by the Borrower or by any holder or
holders thereof, or any merger, consolidation, recapitalization,
reorganization or other transaction or arrangement) as a result of
which: (a) the Parent Company shall cease to own and control
(both legally and beneficially) 100% of the Voting Interests and
100% of all of the other Equity Interests in the Borrower;
(b) any "person" or "group" (as such terms are used in
Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act)
shall become the "beneficial owner" (as defined in
Rules 13(d)-3 and13(d)-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or
indirectly, of more than 30% of the then outstanding Voting
Interests of the Parent Company; (c) the Board of Directors of
the Parent Company shall at any time cease to consist of a majority
of Continuing Directors; or (d) any "Change of Control" or any
other similar event under and as defined in any of the Instruments
governing any Indebtedness of the Parent Company or of any of its
Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $10,000,000
shall at any time occur.
" Class " , when
used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such
Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Term B Loans,
Revolving Loans, Delayed Draw Term Loans or Incremental Loans; and,
when used in reference to any Commitment, refers to
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whether such Commitment is a Term B Commitment, Revolving
Commitment, Delayed Draw Commitment or Incremental Commitment of
any class.
" Closing Date "
means the Borrowing Date on which the first Credit Extensions are
made or to be made by the Lenders to the Borrower hereunder.
" Code " means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as from time to time in effect.
" Collateral "
means, collectively, any and all collateral provided by the Parent
Company, the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries to the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any of the other
Secured Parties from time to time pursuant to the Collateral
Documents and the other Loan Documents.
" Collateral Agent
" means Bank of America, in its capacity as collateral agent or
pledgee for the Secured Parties under this Agreement, the
Collateral Documents and the other Loan Documents, and any
successor to such collateral agent or pledgee.
" Collateral Documents
" means, collectively, the Security Agreement, the Pledge
Agreement, the Intellectual Property Security Agreements, the Cash
Collateral Agreement, all other Instruments executed and delivered
to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent on the
Effective Date or from time to time thereafter pursuant to
Section 7.12 , and all other Security Instruments
executed and/or delivered from time to time pursuant to any of the
foregoing.
" Commitment "
means, for each Lender, any of its Term B Commitment, Revolving
Commitment, Delayed Draw Term Commitment or Incremental Commitment,
as the context may require.
" Communications Act
" has the meaning specified in Section 6.22 .
" Company Ratings "
means, collectively, the corporate credit and family ratings
provided prior to the Closing Date by each of the Rating Agencies
with respect to the Parent Company and its Subsidiaries.
" Compliance
Certificate " means a compliance certificate, in or
substantially in the form of Exhibit H or otherwise in
such other form as shall from time to time be approved by the
Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, duly executed by an Authorized Officer of each Principal
Company and delivered pursuant to Section 7.2(a) or (as
the case may be) other provisions of this Agreement.
" Consolidated Adjusted
Current Assets " means, in relation to any Person and its
Subsidiaries as at any date, all amounts (other than cash and Cash
Equivalents) which would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth
opposite the caption "total current assets" (or any like caption)
on a consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its Subsidiaries
as at such date.
" Consolidated Adjusted
Current Liabilities " means, in relation to any Person and
its Subsidiaries as at any date, all amounts which would, in
conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption "total
current liabilities" (or any like caption) on a consolidated
balance
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sheet of such Person and its Subsidiaries as at such date, but
excluding the current portion of any Indebtedness of such Person
and its Subsidiaries.
" Consolidated Adjusted
EBITDA " means, in relation to the Parent Company and its
Subsidiaries for any period, the Consolidated EBITDA of the Parent
Company and its Subsidiaries for such period; provided ,
however , that, for purposes of calculating Consolidated
Adjusted EBITDA of the Parent Company and its Subsidiaries for any
period: (a) the Consolidated EBITDA of any Person or
attributable to any business acquired by the Parent Company, the
Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries during such period shall be
included on a Pro Forma Basis for such period (assuming the
consummation of such Acquisition occurred on the first day of such
period); (b) the Consolidated EBITDA of any Person or
attributable to any business sold or otherwise disposed of by the
Parent Company, the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries during
such period shall be excluded on a Pro Forma Basis for such period
(assuming the consummation of such disposition occurred on the
first day of such period); and (c) there shall be added to
such Consolidated EBITDA for such period all (if any) Consolidated
Cost Savings for such period.
" Consolidated Broadcast
Cash Flow " means, in relation to the Parent Company and
its Subsidiaries for any period, the sum of
(a) the Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of the Parent Company and
its Subsidiaries for such period, plus (b) the
Consolidated Corporate Overhead of the Parent Company and its
Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent, but only to the
extent, that such Consolidated Corporate Overhead was deducted in
determining Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for such period.
" Consolidated Capital
Expenditures " means, in relation to any Person and its
Subsidiaries for any period, all Capital Expenditures by such
Person and its Subsidiaries for such period, all as determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
" Consolidated Cash
Interest Expense " means, in relation to any Person and its
Subsidiaries for any period, Consolidated Interest Expense of such
Person and its Subsidiaries for such period, but excluding, to the
extent otherwise included therein, interest expense to the extent
not paid and not required to be paid in cash in such period, all as
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
" Consolidated Corporate
Overhead " means, in relation to the Parent Company and its
Subsidiaries for any period, the portion of the corporate overhead
of the Parent Company and its Subsidiaries for such period not
directly allocable to the operation of Radio Stations or other
operating assets, all as determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP.
" Consolidated Cost
Savings " means, in relation to the Parent Company and its
Subsidiaries for any period and for any Acquisitions of Media
Assets completed by the Parent Company, the Borrower or any of
their Subsidiaries after the Closing Date and during such period,
the sum, determined on a consolidated basis and without
duplication, of all cost savings resulting from employee
terminations, facilities consolidations and closings,
standardization of employee benefits and compensation practices,
consolidation of property, casualty and other insurance coverage
and policies, standardization of sales representation commissions
and other contract rates, and reductions in taxes other than income
taxes, which cost savings the Principal
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Companies reasonably believe in good faith would have been
achieved during such period as a result of such Acquisitions
(regardless of whether such cost savings could then be reflected in
pro forma financial statements under GAAP); provided ,
however , that: (a) such cost savings with respect to
any particular Acquisition of Media Assets during such period shall
be identified and quantified in the first Compliance Certificate
required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent by the
Principal Companies pursuant to Section 7.2(a)
(i) after the ninetieth day following the completion of such
Acquisition if the Principal Companies or any of their Subsidiaries
assumed control of the operations of the Media Assets prior to
completion of such Acquisition, and (ii) after the 180th day
following the completion of such Acquisition if such control was
not assumed prior to completion of such Acquisition; (b) if
the aggregate amount of all of such cost savings for any period
shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA
for such period, then the Principal Companies shall have obtained
the prior written approval of the Administrative Agent for such
cost savings (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed by the Administrative Agent); and (c) if the aggregate
amount of all of such cost savings for any period shall exceed ten
percent (10%) of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for such period, then
the Principal Companies shall have obtained the prior written
approval of the Required Lenders for such cost savings.
" Consolidated EBITDA
" means, in relation to any Person and its Subsidiaries for any
period, Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Subsidiaries
for such period, plus , without duplication, and only
to the extent reflected as a charge in the statement of such
Consolidated Net Income for such period, the sum of
(a) provisions for income tax expense (including, without
limitation, any franchise taxes imposed in lieu of income taxes),
plus (b) Consolidated Interest Expense,
amortization or write-off of deferred financing fees, debt discount
and debt issuance costs and commissions, discounts and other fees
and charges associated with Indebtedness, plus
(c) depreciation and amortization expense, plus
(d) amortization of intangibles (including, without limitation,
goodwill) and organization costs, and plus
(e) any non-cash charges or expenses or non-cash losses
(including non-cash losses on Sales of assets outside of the
ordinary course of business), and minus , without
duplication, and only to the extent included in the statement of
such Consolidated Net Income for such period, the sum
of (i) any extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring income or
gains (including gains on the Sales of assets outside of the
ordinary course of business), plus (ii) any
other non-cash income, all as determined on a consolidated basis
and in accordance with GAAP.
" Consolidated Excess Cash
Flow " means, for any Fiscal Year of the Parent Company,
the excess , if any, of (a) the
sum of (i) the Consolidated EBITDA of the Parent
Company and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year,
plus (ii) the Consolidated Working Capital
Adjustment of the Parent Company and its Subsidiaries for such
Fiscal Year, over (b) the sum ,
without duplication, of (i) the aggregate amount of all
voluntary prepayments of Revolving Loans and Incremental Loans
under any Incremental Revolving Facility during such Fiscal Year,
but only if and to the extent that the principal amounts so prepaid
cannot be reborrowed by the Borrower, (ii) the aggregate
amount of all voluntary prepayments of Term B Loans, Delayed Draw
Term Loans and Incremental Loans under any Incremental Term
Facility during such Fiscal Year, (iii) without duplication of any
items in clause (i) or clause (ii) , Consolidated
Fixed Charges of the Parent Company and its Subsidiaries for such
period, and (iv) the sum of $1,000,000.
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" Consolidated Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio " means, as of the last day of any Fiscal
Quarter, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Adjusted
EBITDA of the Parent Company and its Subsidiaries for the
Measurement Period ending on such date, to (b) Consolidated
Fixed Charges of the Parent Company and its Subsidiaries for such
Measurement Period.
" Consolidated Fixed
Charges " means, in relation to any Person and its
Subsidiaries for any period, the sum (without
duplication) of (a) Consolidated Cash Interest Expense of such
Person and its Subsidiaries for such period, plus
(b) the aggregate amount paid or required to be paid in cash
in respect of income taxes by such Person or any of its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis during such period,
plus (c) Consolidated Capital Expenditures
(including maintenance Capital Expenditures and Consolidated
Investment Capital Expenditures) of such Person and its
Subsidiaries for such period, provided that, for purposes of
clause (c) of this definition, Consolidated Capital
Expenditures for such period shall not include any of the non-cash
Capital Expenditures of such Person and its Subsidiaries made by
way of or pursuant to one or more barter transactions,
plus (d) all regularly scheduled payments
required to be made during such period on account of principal of
Indebtedness of such Person or of any of its Subsidiaries
(including regularly scheduled principal payments in respect of the
Loans, and also including the principal component of any scheduled
payments in respect of Capital Lease Obligations), all as
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
" Consolidated Interest
Coverage Ratio " means, as of the last day of any Fiscal
Quarter, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Adjusted
EBITDA of the Parent Company and its Subsidiaries for the
Measurement Period ending on such date, to (b) Consolidated
Cash Interest Expense of the Parent Company and its Subsidiaries
for such Measurement Period.
" Consolidated Interest
Expense " means, in relation to any Person and its
Subsidiaries for any period, (a) interest expense on all
Indebtedness of such Person or of any of its Subsidiaries for such
period, whether paid or accrued, all as determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, and including:
(i) interest expense in respect of Indebtedness (including the
Obligations), (ii) the interest component of Capital Lease
Obligations, (iii) commissions, discounts and other fees and
charges payable in connection with letters of credit and
bankers’ acceptances, (iv) the net payment, if any,
payable in connection with Swap Contracts, less the net credit, if
any, received in connection with Swap Contracts, (v) all Fees
payable by such Person, and (vi) all scheduled monthly fees
payable in connection with LMA Agreements (as defined below),
less (b) interest income of such Person and its
Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis
and in accordance with GAAP. As used herein, the term " LMA
Agreement " means any time brokerage, local marketing or
similar agreement pursuant to which a Person acquires the right to
program substantially all of the time and to sell all of the
advertising spots of a Radio Station owned by another
non-affiliated Person in exchange for cash payments.
" Consolidated Investment
Capital Expenditures " means, in relation to any
Acquisition of any Radio Stations or other Media Assets by the
Parent Company or any of its Subsidiaries, all Capital Expenditures
(other than maintenance Capital Expenditures) made or to be made by
the Parent Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with
such Acquisition, including, but not limited to, Capital
Expenditures relating to technology investments,
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consolidation of Radio Stations or other Media Assets, and tower
improvements, all as determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP.
" Consolidated Leverage
Ratio " means, as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter,
the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Debt of the Parent Company
and its Subsidiaries as of such date, to (b) Consolidated
Adjusted EBITDA of the Parent Company and its Subsidiaries for the
Measurement Period ending on such date.
" Consolidated Net
Income " means, in relation to any Person and its
Subsidiaries for any period, the consolidated net income (or loss)
of such Person and its Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated
basis in accordance with GAAP.
" Consolidated Total
Debt " means, in relation to any Person and its
Subsidiaries as at any date, the aggregate amount of all of the
Indebtedness of such Person and its Subsidiaries as at such date,
determined on a consolidated basis, less the
sum of (a) up to (but not exceeding) $1,000,000
of the aggregate amount as at such date of all unrestricted cash
and Cash Equivalents of such Person and its Subsidiaries,
plus (b) the Cash Collateral Balance as at such
date.
" Consolidated Working
Capital " means, in relation to any Person and its
Subsidiaries as at any date, the excess of the
Consolidated Adjusted Current Assets of such Person and its
Subsidiaries as at such date, over the Consolidated
Adjusted Current Liabilities of such Person and its Subsidiaries as
at such date.
" Consolidated Working
Capital Adjustment " means, in relation to any Person and
its Subsidiaries for any period, the amount (which may be a
negative number) by which Consolidated Working Capital of such
Person and its Subsidiaries as of the beginning of such period
exceeds (or is less than) Consolidated Working Capital of such
Person and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such period.
" Continuation Date
" means any date on which a Eurodollar Loan is to be continued
as a Eurodollar Loan for a further Interest Period, in each case,
in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.4 .
" Continuing Directors
" shall mean, collectively, directors of the Parent Company on
October 31, 2006, and each other director of the Parent
Company from time to time, if such other director’s
nomination for election to the Board of Directors of the Parent
Company was recommended by a majority of the then Continuing
Directors.
" Contractual
Obligation " means, as to any Person, any agreement or
obligation under any Security issued by such Person or under any
agreement, undertaking, contract or other Instrument to which such
Person is a party or by which it or any of its Property is
bound.
" Conversion Date "
means any date on which a Base Rate Loan is to be converted to a
Eurodollar Loan, or a Eurodollar Loan is to be converted to a Base
Rate Loan, in each case, in accordance with the provisions of
Section 2.4 .
" Covenant Determination
Date " means, at any particular time, the last day of the
then most recent Fiscal Quarter of the Parent Company for which
financial statements of the Parent
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Company have been furnished to the Administrative Agent pursuant
to Section 7.1(a) or Section 7.1(b) .
" Credit Extension
" means (a) the making of any Loan to the Borrower
pursuant to this Agreement, or (b) the issuance, amendment or
renewal of any Letter of Credit by the Issuing Lender pursuant to
this Agreement.
" Credit Parties "
means, collectively, the Parent Company, the Borrower and the
Subsidiary Guarantors.
" Debtor Relief Laws
" means the Bankruptcy Code, 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, condition or circumstance that constitutes an Event of
Default or that, with the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or
both, would (if not cured or otherwise remedied during such time)
constitute an Event of Default.
" Defaulting Lender
" means any Lender that (a) has failed to fund any portion
of the Term B Loans, Revolving Credit Loans, Delayed Draw Term
Loans, Incremental Loans or participations in Letter of Credit
Obligations required to be funded by such Lender hereunder within
three (3) Business Days after the date required to be funded by it
hereunder, (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 three (3) Business Day after
the date when due, unless the subject of a good faith dispute, or
(c) has been deemed insolvent or become the subject of an
Insolvency Proceeding.
" Delayed Draw Availability
Period " means with respect to the Delayed Draw
Commitments, the period from and including the Closing Date to the
earliest of (a) the Delayed Draw Commitment Termination Date,
(b) the date of termination in full of the Delayed Draw
Commitments pursuant to Section 2.5 , and (c) the
date of termination in full of the Delayed Draw Commitments
pursuant to Section 9.2 .
" Delayed Draw
Commitment " means, for each Lender, the amount set forth
opposite such Lender’s name under the caption " Delayed
Draw Commitment " on Schedule 2.1 , as such
amount may be reduced from time to time pursuant to and in
accordance with the provisions hereof.
" Delayed Draw Commitment
Fees " has the meaning specified in
Section 2.9(b) .
" Delayed Draw Commitment
Termination Date " means March 1, 2008.
" Delayed Draw Lender
" means any Lender with a Delayed Draw Commitment or
outstanding Delayed Draw Term Loans.
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" Delayed Draw Outstanding
Amount " means, with respect to the Delayed Draw Term Loans
on the Delayed Draw Commitment Termination Date, the aggregate
outstanding principal amount thereof on the Delayed Draw Commitment
Termination Date after giving effect to any Borrowings and
prepayments or repayments of such Loans occurring on such date.
" Delayed Draw Term
Loan " means any Loan by a Lender to the Borrower under
Section 2.1(c) , which may be a Eurodollar Loan or a Base
Rate Loan.
" Delayed Draw Term
Note " has the meaning specified in
Section 2.2(b) .
" Disbursement Date
" has the meaning specified in Section 3.3(b) .
" Disclosure Schedule
" means Schedule 6 , dated as of the Effective
Date, prepared and completed by the Parent Company and the
Borrower, and delivered by the Parent Company and the Borrower to
the Administrative Agent in connection with this Agreement and
identified as the " Disclosure Schedule " .
" Dollars " and
" $ " mean lawful money of the United States.
" Effective Date "
means November 21, 2006, the date of this Agreement.
" Eligible Assignee
" means any Person that meets the requirements to be an
assignee under Sections 11.2(c) , 11.2(e) and
11.2(f) (subject to such consents, if any, as may be
required under Section 11.2(c) ).
" Environmental Laws
" means, collectively, all laws, rules, regulations, codes,
ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or
binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by any
Governmental Authority, relating in any way to: the environment;
preservation or reclamation of natural resources; the management,
release or threatened releases of any Hazardous Material; or to
health and safety matters.
" Environmental
Liability " means any liability, contingent or otherwise
(including any liability for damages, costs of environmental
remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Parent
Company, the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries directly or
indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any
Environmental Laws, (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, any of the shares of
capital stock of (or other ownership, membership or profit
interests in) such Person, any of the warrants, options or other
rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares
of capital stock of (or other ownership, membership or profit
interests in) such Person, any of the securities convertible into
or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership,
membership 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 any of the other ownership,
membership or profit interests in such Person (including
partnership, member or trust interests
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therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such
shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are
outstanding on any date of determination.
" ERISA " means the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as from time to
time in effect.
" ERISA Affiliate "
means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that,
together with the Parent Company and the Borrower, is treated as a
single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of
the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of
ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a
single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
" ERISA Events "
means, collectively, any one or more of the following: (a) any
"reportable event", as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA
or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other
than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived);
(b) the existence with respect to any Plan of an "accumulated
funding deficiency"(as defined in Section 412 of the
Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived;
(c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the
Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of an application for a
waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan;
(d) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA
Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to
the termination of any Plan; (e) the receipt by the Borrower
or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any
notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or
to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; and (f) the
incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any
liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from
any Plan or Multiemployer Plan.
" Eurodollar Base Rate
" has the meaning specified in the definition of Eurodollar
Rate.
" Eurodollar Loan "
means any Loan that bears interest at an interest rate based on the
Eurodollar Rate.
" Eurodollar Rate "
means for any Interest Period with respect to a Eurodollar Loan, a
rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent
pursuant to the following formula:
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" Eurodollar Base Rate
" means, for such Interest Period, 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 (2) Business
Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for Dollar
deposits (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 " Eurodollar
Base Rate " for such Interest Period shall be the rate per
annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at
which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the first day of such
Interest Period in same day funds in the approximate amount of the
Eurodollar Rate Loan being made, continued or converted by Bank of
America and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would
be
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offered by Bank of America’s London Branch to major banks
in the London interbank eurodollar market at their request at
approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2) Business
Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.
" Eurodollar Reserve
Percentage " means, for any day during any Interest Period,
the reserve percentage (expressed as a decimal, carried out to five
decimal places) in effect on such day, whether or not applicable to
any Lender, under regulations issued from time to time by the FRB
for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including any
emergency, supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) with
respect to Eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as
"Eurocurrency liabilities"). The Eurodollar Rate for each
outstanding Eurodollar Loan shall be adjusted automatically as of
the effective date of any change in the Eurodollar Reserve
Percentage.
" Event of Default
" has the meaning specified in Section 9.1 .
" Excess Cash Flow
Application Dates " means (a) April 30, 2008, and
(b) April 30 of each calendar year thereafter.
" Excluded Taxes "
means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the
Issuing Lender or any other recipient of any payments to be made on
account of any of the Obligations: (a) income or franchise
Taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income by the United
States, or by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such
recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located
or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable Lending
Office is located; (b) any branch profits Taxes imposed by the
United States or any similar Tax imposed by any other jurisdiction
described in clause (a) above; and (c) in the case of
any Foreign Lender, any withholding Tax that (i) is in effect
and would apply to amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the
time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or
designates a new Lending Office), 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 Borrower with respect to any
withholding Tax pursuant to Section 4.1 , or
(ii) is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure to
comply with Section 4.1 .
" Existing Credit
Facilities " means, collectively, all of the credit
facilities, extensions of credit and other financial accommodation
from time to time provided to the Parent Company, the Borrower and
their Subsidiaries under or pursuant to (a) the Credit
Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2003, among the Parent
Company, the Borrower, various lenders and other Persons party
thereto, and Bank of America, as administrative agent for the
lenders thereunder, as amended from time to time, and (b) all
of the agreements and other Instruments from time to time executed
and/or delivered pursuant to or in connection with such Credit
Agreement.
" Existing Indebtedness
" has the meaning specified in Section 6.10(a)
.
" Facilities Ratings
" means, collectively, the ratings provided by each of the
Ratings Agencies prior to the Closing Date with respect to the
senior credit facilities governed by this Agreement.
" Fair Market Value
" means, with respect to any Property, the price which could be
negotiated in an arm’s length free market transaction, for
cash, between a willing seller and a
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willing and able buyer, neither of whom is under undue pressure
or compulsion to complete the transaction.
" FCC " means the
Federal Communications Commission or any successor thereto.
" FCC Authorizations
" has the meaning specified in Section 6.22 .
" 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 , however , 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.
" Fees " means,
collectively, (a) the Revolving Commitment Fees, (b) the
Delayed Draw Commitment Fees, (c) the Letter of Credit Fees,
(d) all other fees payable to the Issuing Lender from time to
time pursuant to Section 3.8 , and (e) all other
fees payable to the Arranger, the Administrative Agent or the
Lenders from time to time pursuant to Section 2.9 or
any other provisions of this Agreement or any of the other Loan
Documents.
" Financing Event "
has the meaning specified in the definition of the term " Net
Issuance Proceeds " .
" Fiscal Quarter "
means any fiscal quarter of any Fiscal Year of the Parent
Company.
" Fiscal Year "
means the fiscal year of the Parent Company ending on
December 31 of each calendar year.
" Foreign Lender "
means any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction
other than that in which the Borrower is resident for Tax purposes.
For purposes of this definition, the United States of America, each
State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to
constitute a single jurisdiction.
" FRB " means the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United
States.
" Fund " means any
Person (other than any 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 set
forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting
Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial
Accounting Standards Board or such other principles as may be
approved by a significant segment of the
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accounting profession in the United States, that are applicable
to the circumstances as of the date of determination, consistently
applied.
" Governing Documents
" means, with respect to any Person, the certificate of
incorporation or registration (including, if applicable,
certificate of change of name), articles of incorporation or
association, memorandum of association, charter, bylaws,
partnership agreement, trust agreement, joint venture agreement,
limited liability company operating or members agreement, or any
one or more similar agreements, Instruments or documents
constituting the organization or formation of such Person. If any
provision of any of the Loan Documents requires any Governing
Document to be certified by any Governmental Authority, the
reference to any such "Governing Document" shall only be to a
document of a type customarily certified by such Governmental
Authority.
" Governmental
Authority " means any nation or government, any state or
other political subdivision thereof, any central bank (or similar
monetary or regulatory authority) thereof, and any entity
exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or
administrative functions of or pertaining to government.
" Granting Lender "
has the meaning specified in Section 11.8 .
" Guarantors "
means, collectively, the Parent Company, the Borrower and the
Subsidiary Guarantors.
" Guaranty " means,
in relation to the Parent Company, the Borrower or any of the
Subsidiary Guarantors, the absolute, unconditional and irrevocable
guaranty by such Person of all of the Obligations upon the terms
contained in the Guaranty Agreement.
" Guaranty Agreement
" means the Guaranty Agreement, in or substantially in the form
of Exhibit D .
" Guaranty Obligations
" means, as applied to any Person, any direct or indirect
liability of that Person with respect to any Indebtedness, lease,
dividend, letter of credit or other obligation (the " primary
obligations " ) of another Person (the " primary
obligor " ), including any obligation of that Person,
whether or not contingent, without duplication: (a) to
purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire such primary obligations
or any Property constituting direct or indirect security therefor;
(b) to advance or provide funds (i) for the payment or
discharge of any such primary obligation, or (ii) to maintain
working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or
otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency or any balance
sheet item, level of income or financial condition of the primary
obligor; (c) to purchase Property, Securities or services
primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary
obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of
such primary obligation; or (d) otherwise to assure or hold
harmless the holder of any such primary obligation against loss in
respect thereof; in each case, including arrangements in which the
rights and remedies of the holder of the primary obligation are
limited to repossession or Sale of certain Property of such
Person.
" Hazardous Material
" means and includes all explosive or radioactive substances or
wastes and all hazardous or toxic wastes, substances or other
pollutants or contaminants defined
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as such in (or for purposes of), or that may result in the
imposition of liability under, any Environmental Laws.
" Impermissible
Qualification " means, relative to the opinion or
certification of the Independent Public Accountant as to any
financial statements of the Parent Company, the Borrower or any of
their Subsidiaries, any qualification or exception to such opinion
or certification: (a) which is of a "going concern" or similar
nature; (b) which relates to the limited scope of examination
of matters relevant to such financial statement; or (c) which
relates to the treatment or classification of any item in such
financial statement and which, as a condition to its removal, would
require an adjustment to such item the effect of which would be to
cause the Principal Companies to be in default of any of their
Obligations under Section 8.4 .
" Inactive Subsidiary
" means, in relation to any Subsidiary of the Parent Company or
the Borrower at any particular time, any such Subsidiary that
conducts no business, holds no assets (other than insubstantial and
immaterial assets), and has no liabilities (other than
insubstantial and immaterial liabilities), in each case, as at such
time. For purposes of this Agreement, any Inactive Subsidiary shall
cease to be an " Inactive Subsidiary " if and when
such Subsidiary commences the conduct of business, acquires assets
(other than insubstantial and immaterial assets), or incurs
liabilities (other than insubstantial and immaterial
liabilities).
" Incremental
Commitment " means, with respect to any Lender or
Additional Lender, the commitment, if any, of such Lender or
Additional Lender to make Incremental Loans pursuant to the terms
of any Incremental Facility.
" Incremental
Facilities " has the meaning specified in
Section 2.15(a) .
" Incremental Facility
Amendment " has the meaning specified in
Section 2.15(c) .
" Incremental Loan
" means any extension of credit by any Lender or Additional
Lender with any Incremental Commitment or outstanding Incremental
Loans.
" Incremental Loan Note
" has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(b) .
" Incremental Revolving
Facility " has the meaning specified in
Section 2.15(a) .
" Incremental Term
Facility " has the meaning specified in
Section 2.15(a) .
" Indebtedness " of
any Person means, without duplication: (a) all indebtedness
for borrowed money; (b) all obligations issued, undertaken or
assumed as the deferred purchase price of Property or services
(other than (i) trade payables entered into in the ordinary
course of business pursuant to ordinary terms, and
(ii) ordinary course purchase price adjustments); (c) all
reimbursement or payment obligations with respect to letters of
credit or reimbursement or other payment obligations with respect
to bankers’ acceptances, surety bonds and other similar
documents; (d) all obligations evidenced by promissory notes,
bonds, debentures or other similar Instruments, including
obligations so evidenced incurred in connection with the
acquisition of Property or businesses; (e) all indebtedness
created or arising under any conditional sale or other title
retention agreements or Sales of accounts receivable, in any such
case, with respect to Property acquired by such Person (even though
the rights and remedies of the seller or lender
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under such agreements in the event of default are limited to
repossession or Sale of such Property); (f) all Capital Lease
Obligations; (g) all net obligations with respect to Swap
Contracts; (h) all indebtedness referred to in clause
(a) through clause (g) secured by (or for which the
holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or
otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien upon or in Property
(including accounts and contracts rights) owned by such Person,
even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the
payment of such Indebtedness (in which event the amount of such
indebtedness shall not be deemed to exceed the Fair Market Value of
such Property); and (i) all Guaranty Obligations in respect of
indebtedness and obligations of the kinds referred to in clause
(a) through clause (h) above. 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.
" Indemnitee " has
the meaning specified in Section 12.4(b) .
" Indemnified Taxes
" means Taxes, other (in any case) than Excluded Taxes.
" Independent Public
Accountant " means any one of the so-called "big-three"
firms of certified public accountants or any other firm of
certified public accountants of recognized standing selected by the
Principal Companies.
" Information " has
the meaning specified in Section 12.6 .
" Insolvency Proceeding
" means (a) any case, action or proceeding before any
court or other Governmental Authority relating to bankruptcy,
reorganization, insolvency, liquidation, receivership, dissolution,
winding up or relief of debtors, or (b) any general assignment
for the benefit of creditors, composition, marshalling of assets
for creditors, or other similar arrangements in respect of its
creditors, generally; in each case, undertaken under U.S. Federal,
State or foreign law, including the Bankruptcy Code. !
" Instrument "
means any contract, agreement, indenture, mortgage or other
document or writing (whether a formal agreement, letter or
otherwise) under which any obligation is evidenced, assumed or
undertaken, or any right to any Lien is granted or perfected.
" Intellectual Property
Security Agreements " means, collectively, the Intellectual
Property Security Agreements, in or substantially in the form of
Exhibit G , to be executed and delivered by the
Principal Companies and the other Credit Parties.
" Interest Election
Request " means any request by the Borrower to convert or
continue a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.4
.
" Interest Payment Date
" means (a) with respect to each Base Rate Loan, the last
day of each calendar quarter and also the Maturity Date, and
(b) with respect to each Eurodollar Loan, the last day of each
Interest Period applicable to such Eurodollar Loan and also the
date on which such Eurodollar Loan shall be repaid or prepaid;
provided , however , that, if any Interest Period for
any Eurodollar Loan exceeds three (3) months, then also the
date which falls three (3) months after the beginning of such
Interest Period, and, if applicable, the last day of each
three-month interval thereafter, shall also be an " Interest
Payment Date " .
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" Interest Period "
means, in relation to any Eurodollar Loan, the period, as selected
or deemed to be selected by the Borrower in its Borrowing Request
or Interest Election Request, commencing on the applicable
Borrowing Date or any Conversion Date or Continuation Date with
respect thereto and ending (i) on the date one, two, three or
six months thereafter, or (ii) if available to (such
availability to be determined in its reasonable discretion by each
affected Lender), or (as the case may be) otherwise consented to
by, each of such Lenders, twelve months thereafter; provided,
however , that: (a) if any Interest Period would otherwise
end on a day which is not a Business Day, then such Interest Period
shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless the
result of such extension would be to carry such Interest Period
into another calendar month, in which event such Interest Period
shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day; (b) 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 which is one,
two, three, six or twelve months, as the case may be, after the
calendar month in which such Interest Period began; and (c) no
Interest Period for any Loan shall extend beyond the Maturity
Date.
" Investment "
means, in relation to any Person: (a) any loan, advance or
other extension of credit made by such Person to any other Person;
(b) the creation of any Guaranty Obligation of such Person to
support any of the Indebtedness of any other Person; or
(c) any capital contribution by such Person to, or purchase by
such Person of any Equity Interests or other Securities of, any
other Person, or any other investment evidencing an ownership or
other similar interest of such Person in any other Person;
provided, however , that the term " Investment
" shall not mean or include any transaction or series of
related transactions constituting an Acquisition (as that term is
defined herein).
" 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).
" Issuing Lender "
means Bank of America, in its capacity as issuer of one or more
Letters of Credit pursuant to this Agreement.
" Lender Counterparties
" means, collectively, any Persons that are from time to time
party to any Specified Swap Agreements, so long as such Persons
were Lenders or Affiliates of any Lenders at the time such Persons
became party to any of such Specified Swap Agreements.
" Lenders " has the
meaning specified in the Preamble hereto.
" Lending Office "
means, with respect 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 of such Lender as
such Lender may from time to time specify in a written notice to
the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
" Letter of Credit
" means any letter of credit issued or to be issued by the
Issuing Lender pursuant to Article III .
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" Letter of Credit
Amendment Application " means any application form for
amendment of outstanding standby or commercial documentary letters
of credit as shall from time to time be specified by the Issuing
Lender.
" Letter of Credit
Application " means any application form for issuances of
standby or commercial documentary letters of credit as shall from
time to time be specified by the Issuing Lender.
" Letter of Credit
Borrowing " means any extension of credit (other than any
Revolving Loan) resulting from any drawing under any Letter of
Credit which shall not have been reimbursed by the Borrower on the
Disbursement Date when made.
" Letter of Credit
Commitment " means the commitment of the Issuing Lender
hereunder to issue Letters of Credit. The Letter of Credit
Commitment shall be in the initial maximum amount of $35,000,000,
and such amount shall be subject to reduction from time to time
pursuant to and in accordance with this Agreement. The Letter of
Credit Obligations shall not exceed in aggregate amount at any time
the lesser of (a) the Aggregate Revolving
Commitment in effect at such time, or (b) the amount of the
Letter of Credit Commitment in effect at such time.
" Letter of Credit Fees
" has the meaning specified in Section 3.8 .
" Letter of Credit
Obligations " means, at any time of determination, the
sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all
Letters of Credit then outstanding, plus (b) the
aggregate amount of all Letter of Credit Borrowings then
outstanding.
" Letter of Credit Related
Documents " means, collectively, the Letters of Credit, the
Letter of Credit Applications, the Letter of Credit Amendment
Applications and any other Instruments or documents relating to any
Letters of Credit, including the Issuing Lender’s standard
form documents for letter of credit issuances.
" Lien " means any
interest in any Property which secures payment or performance of
any obligation or liability, and shall include any lien (statutory,
judgment or otherwise), pledge, encumbrance or other security
interest of any kind, whether arising under a Security Instrument
or as a matter of law, judicial process or otherwise, including the
retained security title of a conditional vendor or lessor.
" Lines of Business
" means, collectively, (a) the businesses conducted by the
Principal Companies or by any of their Subsidiaries on and as of
the Effective Date, and (b) any businesses involving the
ownership, management or operation in the United States of any
Media Assets, together (in each case) with any businesses related
thereto.
" Loan " means any
extension of credit by any Lender to the Borrower pursuant to
Article II and shall include any Revolving Loan, Term
Loan, Delayed Draw Term Loan or Incremental Loan.
" Loan Documents "
means, collectively, this Agreement, the Notes, the Guaranty
Agreement, the Collateral Documents, the Agent Fee Letter, the
Specified Swap Agreements and
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all other agreements, Instruments, certificates or other
documents (a) evidencing or securing all or any part of any of
the Obligations or other liabilities of the Borrower or the Parent
Company or of any of their Subsidiaries under this Agreement, the
Notes, the Guaranty Agreement, the Collateral Documents, the Agent
Fee Letter, the Specified Swap Agreements or any of the other Loan
Documents, or (b) otherwise executed and/or delivered by the
Borrower or the Parent Company or by any of their Subsidiaries
pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement, the Notes, any of
the Collateral Documents, the Agent Fee Letter, the Specified Swap
Agreements or any of the other Loan Documents.
" Main Station Licenses
" has the meaning specified in Section 6.22 .
" Margin Stock "
means "margin stock" as such term is defined in Regulation T,
U or X of the FRB.
" Material Contract
" means any contract or other arrangement to which the Parent
Company, the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries is a party
(other than any of the Loan Documents) for which breach,
nonperformance, cancellation or failure to renew has had or could
reasonably be expected to have a Materially Adverse Effect.
" Material Event of
Default " means any of the following events occurring or
existing at any time on or after the Effective Date: (a) any
Events of Default of the kind described in any of
Sections 9.1.1 , 9.1.2 , 9.1.5 ,
9.1.10 and 9.1.13 shall occur and shall be continuing
for more than seven (7) days; or (b) any Events of
Default of the kind described in any of Sections 9.1.6
, 9.1.7 , 9.1.9 , 9.1.11 and 9.1.12
shall at any time occur, arise or (as the case may be) develop.
" Material Indebtedness
" means, collectively, Indebtedness (other than the
Obligations) of the Principal Company, the Borrower or any of their
Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding
$5,000,000.
" Materially Adverse
Effect " means, in relation to any event, occurrence or
development of whatsoever nature (including any adverse
determination in any litigation, arbitration or governmental
investigation or proceeding): (a) any materially adverse
effect on the business, Property, results of operations or
condition, financial or otherwise, of the Parent Company, the
Borrower and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (b) any
materially adverse effect on the ability of the Parent Company or
the Borrower to perform any of its payment or other material
Obligations under any of the Loan Documents to which it is a party;
or (c) any material impairment of the validity or
enforceability of any of the Loan Documents or any material
impairment of any of the material rights or remedies available to
any of the Agents, the Issuing Lender or the Lenders under any of
the Loan Documents.
" Maturity Date "
means November 21, 2013.
" Maximum Rate "
has the meaning specified in Section 12.16 .
" Measurement Period
" means any period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters of the
Parent Company.
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" Media Assets "
means, collectively, (a) Radio Stations, (b) television
stations, (c) newspaper publication assets and related Properties,
and (d) billboard assets and other outdoor advertising
Properties.
" Minimum Reserve
Amount " means the amount by which (a) the Outstanding
Amount of the Term B Loans as of the Closing Date, exceeds
(b) the aggregate amount of all of the proceeds of the Term B
Loans used by the Borrower on the Closing Date to pay and satisfy
outstanding obligations under the Existing Credit Facilities and to
pay transaction fees, costs and expenses incurred by the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries in connection with the implementation of the
transactions contemplated hereby.
" Moody’s "
means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and its
successors.
" Multiemployer Plan
" means a "multiemployer plan" as defined in Section
4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
" Net Cash Proceeds
" means, in connection with any Asset Sale or Recovery Event,
the cash proceeds (including any cash payments received by way of
deferred payment pursuant to a promissory note, receivable or
otherwise, but only as and when received in cash) of such Asset
Sale or Recovery Event, net of (a) reasonable
transaction costs (including any underwriting, brokerage or other
selling commissions and reasonable legal, advisory and other fees
and expenses, including title and recording expenses, associated
therewith), (b) required debt payments (other than pursuant
hereto), (c) Taxes reasonably estimated to be payable as a
result of such Asset Sale or Recovery Event, and (d) any
portion of such cash proceeds which the Borrower determines in good
faith should be reserved for post-closing adjustments or
liabilities.
" Net Issuance Proceeds
" means, with respect to the issuance or Sale by the Parent
Company, the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries of any Permitted
Equity Interests of the Parent Company (otherwise than in
connection with employee benefit plans) to any Person or Persons
other than the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (each such
issuance or sale of any Permitted Equity Interests being herein
called a " Financing Event " ): (a) the gross
cash proceeds received in connection with such issuance or Sale, as
and when received; minus (b) all of the
reasonable transaction costs (including legal, investment banking
and other fees and disbursements) payable or incurred in connection
therewith.
" Notes " means,
collectively, the Revolving Credit Notes, the Term B Notes, the
Delayed Draw Term Notes and the Incremental Loan Notes.
" Obligations "
means, collectively, any and all Indebtedness, obligations and
other liabilities of the Parent Company, the Borrower or any of
their Subsidiaries to any of the Lenders, the Issuing Lender, the
Administrative Agent, the Lender Counterparties or other Secured
Parties, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, joint
or several, matured or unmatured, due or to become due, now
existing or hereafter created, incurred or arising, under or with
respect to: (a) any of this Agreement, the Collateral
Documents, the Agent Fee Letter, the Specified Swap Agreements or
any of the other Loan Documents; (b) the unpaid principal of
any of the Loans, Letter of Credit Borrowings or other Credit
Extensions under any of the Loan Documents, and any and all
reimbursement or other payment obligations under or with respect
to
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any of the Letters of Credit; (c) interest on any
obligations or liabilities described in this definition, and all
fees, costs, expenses (including Attorney Costs), indemnities,
reimbursements and other amounts from time to time required to be
paid under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents
(whether or not any of the claims for any such interest, fees,
costs, expenses or other amounts are incurred or otherwise accrue
after the commencement of any Insolvency Proceeding, and whether or
not all or any portion of any such claims are allowed claims in any
such proceeding); and (d) claims by any of the Lenders, the
Issuing Lender, the Administrative Agent, the Lender Counterparties
or other Secured Parties against any of the Credit Parties under
any of the Collateral Documents, the Guaranty Agreement, the Agent
Fee Letter or the Specified Swap Agreements (whether or not any of
such claims are made against any of the Credit Parties after the
commencement of any Insolvency Proceeding, and whether or not all
or any portion of any of such claims are allowed claims in any such
proceeding); provided, however , that: (i) Obligations
of any of the Credit Parties under any Specified Swap Agreements
shall be secured and guaranteed pursuant to the Collateral
Documents and the Guaranty Agreement only to the extent that, and
only for so long as, the other Obligations are so secured and
guaranteed; (ii) any release of Collateral or Guarantors
effected in the manner permitted by this Agreement or any of the
other Loan Documents shall not require the consent of any of the
holders of Obligations under any Specified Swap Agreements; and
(iii) the other provisions (including the limitations) set
forth in the definition of the term "Specified Swap Agreement"
shall apply.
" Other Taxes "
means any and all present or future recording, stamp, documentary,
excise, transfer, sales, property or other similar Taxes arising
from any payment made under any Loan Document or from the
execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect
to, any Loan Document.
" Outstanding Amount
" means, with respect to any of the Loans or any Class thereof
on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof
after giving effect to any Borrowings and prepayments or repayments
of such Loans or (as the case may be) any Class thereof occurring
on such date.
" Parent Company "
has the meaning specified in the Preamble hereto.
" Participant " has
the meaning specified in Section 11.4 .
" PBGC " means the
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any entity succeeding to
any of its principal functions under ERISA.
" PCAOB " means the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
" Pending Acquisition
" means the acquisition by Regent-Buffalo of the Pending
Acquisition Assets in accordance with, and upon the terms and
subject to the conditions contained in, the Pending Acquisition
Purchase Agreement.
" Pending Acquisition
Assets " has the meaning specified for the term "Station
Assets" in the Pending Acquisition Purchase Agreement.
" Pending Acquisition
Closing " has the meaning for the term "Closing" in the
Pending Acquisition Purchase Agreement.
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" Pending Acquisition
Documents " means, collectively, (a) the Pending
Acquisition Purchase Agreement, and (b) all other material
agreements and other material Instruments executed and/or delivered
in connection therewith.
" Pending Acquisition Final
Determination Date " means the earliest to occur of (a)
March 2, 2008, (b) the date on which the Pending
Acquisition Closing shall take place and on which Regent-Buffalo
shall acquire the Pending Acquisition Assets, or (c) if the
Pending Acquisition Purchase Agreement shall be terminated prior to
the Pending Acquisition Closing, the date on which the Pending
Acquisition Purchase Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to
Article VIII thereof.
" Pending Acquisition
Purchase Agreement " means the Asset Purchase Agreement
(including all schedules and exhibits thereto), dated
as of September 1, 2006, entered into by and between the
Pending Acquisition Seller and Regent-Buffalo.
" Pending Acquisition
Purchase Price " has the meaning specified for the term
"Purchase Price" in the Pending Acquisition Purchase Agreement.
" Pending Acquisition
Seller " means CBS Radio Stations Inc., a Delaware
corporation.
" Pending Disposition
" means the Sale by Regent Broadcasting of Chico, Inc., Regent
Broadcasting of Redding, Inc., Regent Licensee of Chico, Inc., and
Regent Licensee of Redding, Inc. (collectively, the "
Chico/Redding Sellers " ) of certain station assets upon
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in that certain
Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 14, 2006, among
Mapleton Communications, LLC, the Parent Company, and the
Chico/Redding Sellers.
" Permitted
Acquisitions " means, collectively: (a) any
Acquisitions by the Parent Company, the Borrower or any of the
Subsidiary Guarantors of any Media Assets; provided, however
, that, with respect to each Acquisition of Media Assets, each of
the applicable Permitted Acquisition Conditions with respect to
such Acquisition shall have been satisfied; and (b) the
Pending Acquisition.
" Permitted Acquisition
Conditions " means, collectively, in relation to any
particular Acquisition:
(a) Each of the following
conditions shall constitute " Permitted Acquisition
Conditions " applicable to such Acquisition:
(i) both
immediately before and immediately after giving effect to such
Acquisition, no Default shall be continuing or shall result
therefrom;
(ii) the
Principal Companies, Subsidiaries of the Principal Companies and/or
the entities to be acquired, as appropriate, shall have furnished
to the Administrative Agent, within five (5) Business Days after
the consummation of such Acquisition, (A) such Instruments and
other documents as shall be required pursuant to
Section 7.12 , or (B) commitments, reasonably
satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent, to
deliver to the
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Administrative Agent promptly after the completion of such
Acquisition, such Instruments and other documents as shall be
required pursuant to Section 7.12 ; and
(iii) the
Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of the Parent Company and its
Subsidiaries as of the then most recent Covenant Determination Date
derived from all Lines of Business other than the operation of
Radio Stations, all as determined on a Pro Forma Basis after giving
effect to such Acquisition, shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of
the Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of the Parent Company and its
Subsidiaries as of the then most recent Covenant Determination Date
derived from all Lines of Business (including the operation of
Radio Stations), all as determined on a Pro Forma Basis after
giving effect to such Acquisition.
(b) If the Amount (as defined
in the last paragraph of this definition) of any such Acquisition
shall exceed $15,000,000, then each of the following conditions (in
addition to, and not in lieu of, the conditions set forth in
paragraph (a)) shall also constitute " Permitted
Acquisition Conditions " applicable to such
Acquisition:
(i) the
Principal Companies shall have furnished to the Administrative
Agent true and complete copies of the Acquisition Documentation for
such Acquisition and all material related documentation as soon as
practicable prior to the consummation of such Acquisition;
(ii) the
Administrative Agent shall have received evidence, reasonably
satisfactory in form and substance to the Agent, that all material
consents and approvals required to be obtained from any
Governmental Authorities in connection with such Acquisition
(including initial consents required to be obtained from the FCC
with respect to the transfer of Main Station Licenses) shall have
been obtained;
(iii) after
giving effect on a Pro Forma Basis to such Acquisition, the
Principal Companies shall not be in violation of any of the
financial covenants contained in Section 8.4 as of the
then most recent Covenant Determination Date; and
(iv) the
Principal Companies shall have delivered to the Administrative
Agent a Compliance Certificate duly executed by an Authorized
Officer of each Principal Company, which certificate shall contain
(A) financial information reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, showing that after giving effect on a Pro
Forma Basis to such Acquisition, the Principal Companies shall not
be in violation of any of the financial covenants contained in
Section 8.4 as of the Covenant Determination Date most
recent to the date of such Compliance Certificate, (B) a
statement that no Default is then continuing or will be continuing
immediately after giving effect to such Acquisition, and
(C) reasonably detailed information relating to all of the
Consolidated Investment Capital Expenditures made in connection
with, or otherwise budgeted to be made within 365 days after
the completion of, such Acquisition.
The term " Amount "
shall have the meaning specified in this Section 1.1 ,
but as used in paragraph (b) of this definition with respect
to any particular Acquisition, ( A ) shall not in any
event include ( 1 ) any consideration paid in respect of
such Acquisition in the form of Permitted Equity Interests of the
Parent Company, or ( 2 ) include any consideration in
respect of any Radio Swap Transactions to the extent paid in the
form of Radio Stations and related business assets or Properties
(except as provided in clause (B) below), and ( B )
shall in any event include all
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consideration in respect of any Radio Swap Transactions to the
extent paid in the form of cash, Cash Equivalents, promissory notes
or other evidences of Indebtedness.
" Permitted Acquisition
Debt " means, collectively, any Indebtedness of the Parent
Company, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiary Guarantors incurred,
created, issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of any
Property (including Equity Interests) acquired by the Parent
Company, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiary Guarantors in
connection with any Acquisition permitted by
Section 8.6 ; provided, however , that:
(a) the aggregate principal amount of all of such Indebtedness
outstanding (determined on a consolidated basis) shall not at any
time exceed the lesser of (i) $10,000,000, or
(ii) an amount otherwise permitted by the last sentence of
Section 8.2 ; (b) no part of such Indebtedness
shall be secured by any security interests in or Liens on any
Property (including Equity Interests) of the Parent Company, the
Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries other than the Property
acquired in connection with such Acquisition; and (c) both
before and after giving effect on a Pro Forma Basis to the
incurrence of any such Indebtedness: (i) the Principal
Companies shall not be in violation of any of the financial
covenants contained in Section 8.4 as of the then most
recent Covenant Determination Date; and (ii) no Default shall
be continuing or shall result therefrom.
" Permitted Disposition
" means: (a) any Sale by the Parent Company, the Borrower
or any of their Subsidiaries of any of its inventory or other
Property in the ordinary course of its business; (b) any Sale
by the Parent Company, the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries in
the ordinary course of its business of its equipment or other
Property that is obsolete or no longer useful in or necessary to
its business; (c) any Sale by the Parent Company, the Borrower
or any of their Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of its
business, and in a manner consistent with its customary and usual
cash management and other similar investment practices, of its
Permitted Investments; (d) any Sale by any Subsidiary of the
Parent Company or the Borrower of all or any part of its Property
to the Borrower or to any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower
that is a Subsidiary Guarantor; (e) any Sale by the Parent
Company, the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries, in the ordinary
course of its business and in a manner consistent with its usual
and customary business practices, of Property to the Borrower or to
any of the Subsidiary Guarantors; (f) the creation or
incurrence by the Parent Company, the Borrower or any of their
Subsidiaries of any Liens expressly permitted by
Section 8.3 ; (g) the Pending Disposition; and
(h) the Sale of assets pursuant to that certain Asset Purchase
Agreement, dated as of August 24, 2006, between Regent
Broadcasting of Evansville/Owensboro, Inc. and W. Russell Withers,
Jr.
" Permitted Equity
Interests " means, with respect to any Person, any of the
Equity Interests of such Person on account of or with respect to
which such Person shall have no obligations at any time prior to
the first anniversary of the Maturity Date to (a) declare or
pay any dividends on or with respect to any of such Equity
Interests, (b) make (except upon liquidation of such Person)
any payments or other distributions on account of any redemption,
repurchase, retirement or other acquisition for value of any of
such Equity Interests, whether through a Subsidiary of such Person
or otherwise (other than de minimis cash payments in
connection with conversion of Indebtedness of such Person into
Equity Interests of such Person), (c) make (except upon
liquidation of such Person) any return of capital to the holder
thereof with respect to any of such Equity Interests, or
(d) make (except upon liquidation of such Person) any other
distributions of any kind on account of any of such Equity
Interests, except , in the case of
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each of clauses (a) , (b) , (c) and
(d) , any payments or distributions in the form of Equity
Interests that constitute Permitted Equity Interests of such
Person.
" Permitted
Indebtedness " means any of the following Indebtedness:
(a) Indebtedness of the
Parent Company, the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries:
(i) in respect of Taxes, assessments, levies or other
governmental charges, and Indebtedness of any such Person in
respect of accounts payable or other Indebtedness to trade
creditors incurred in the ordinary course of business or in respect
of claims against it for labor, materials or supplies;
(ii) secured by Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics,
landlords, materialmen, laborers, suppliers and the like that
constitute Permitted Liens under clause (a) of the
definition thereof; or (iii) in respect of judgments or awards
which have been in force for less than the applicable appeal period
so long as (A) (in each case) such Person shall at the time in good
faith be prosecuting an appeal or proceedings for review and
execution thereof shall have been effectively stayed pending such
appeal or review, and (B) the aggregate principal amount of
all such Indebtedness under this clause (iii) outstanding at
any time (determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP) shall not exceed $5,000,000;
(b) Indebtedness under or in
respect of Guaranty Obligations of the Parent Company, the Borrower
or any of their Subsidiaries in respect of letters of credit or
bankers’ acceptances or surety or other bonds issued in the
ordinary course of business of such Person in connection with Liens
that constitute Permitted Liens under clause (a) of the
definition thereof;
(c) Indebtedness of the
Parent Company, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiary Guarantors
under or in respect of Swap Contracts permitted by
Section 8.8 ;
(d) Indebtedness of the
Parent Company, the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries that
(i) is existing on the Closing Date, and (ii) is
specifically identified as Existing Indebtedness in
Section 6.10(a) of the Disclosure Schedule ;
(e) Permitted Acquisition
Debt;
(f) any Indebtedness of the
Parent Company, the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries
extending, renewing, refinancing, replacing or refunding any
Indebtedness of the kind described in clause (d) or
clause (e) of this definition; provided, however, that the
initial principal amount of any such Indebtedness described in this
clause (f) shall not exceed the principal amount of, plus
accrued and unpaid interest on, the Indebtedness so extended,
renewed, refinanced, replaced or refunded (plus the amount of
reasonable fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith).
" Permitted Investments
" means any of the following Investments by the Parent Company,
the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries:
(a) Investments that
(i) are owned or held by the Parent Company, the Borrower or
any of their Subsidiaries on the Closing Date, and (ii) are
identified, unless immaterial and insubstantial, in
Section 6.10(c) to the Disclosure Schedule ;
(b) Investments in cash or in
Cash Equivalents;
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(c) Investments in the form
of accounts receivable or in the form of notes receivable arising
in the ordinary course of business;
(d) Investments in the form
of advances or prepayments to suppliers or other vendors made in
the ordinary course of business and in all material respects
consistent with the Parent Company’s or the Borrower’s
usual and customary business practices;
(e) Investments in the form
of advances to directors, managers, officers or employees in the
ordinary course of business and in all material respects consistent
with the Parent Company’s or the Borrower’s usual and
customary business practices for travel expenses, entertainment
expenses, relocation expenses, drawing accounts or other similar
business-related expenses;
(f) Investments by the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries made in the ordinary course of
its business in Capital Assets (subject always to the limitations
set forth in Sections 8.2 and 8.3 ); and
(g) other Investments (other
than Acquisitions) by the Parent Company, the Borrower or any of
their Subsidiaries made in any Person or Persons (other than the
Borrower or any of its Affiliates or Subsidiaries) from time to
time after the date hereof and not otherwise described in any of
clauses (a) through (f) of this definition;
provided , however , that the aggregate amount of all
of such Investments so made from time to time during the period
from the Effective Date to the Maturity Date shall not exceed
$5,000,000, such aggregate amount to be determined on a
consolidated basis (exclusive of any consideration in the form of
Permitted Equity Interests of the Parent Company) and on the basis
of the original cost of each of such Investments and determined
before giving any effect to any write-offs or write-downs of any of
such Investments or to any decreases or losses (whether partial or
complete) in the Fair Market Value thereof.
" Permitted Liens "
means any of the following Liens:
(a) (i) Liens to secure
Taxes or other governmental charges imposed upon the Parent
Company, the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries, and Liens to
secure claims against the Parent Company, the Borrower or any of
their Subsidiaries for labor, materials or supplies;
(ii) deposits or pledges made by the Parent Company, the
Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of its
business (A) in connection with, or to secure payment or
performance of, ( 1 ) workers’ compensation,
unemployment insurance or other forms of governmental insurance or
benefits, or ( 2 ) liability to insurance carriers under
insurance or self-insurance arrangements, (B) to secure the
performance of bids, tenders, statutory obligations, leases,
contracts (other than contracts relating to borrowed money) or
other obligations of like nature, or (C) to secure surety,
appeal, indemnity or performance bonds, in each case, in the
ordinary course of the business of such Person; (iii) Liens in
respect of judgments or awards against the Parent Company, the
Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries to the extent that such
judgments or awards constitute Permitted Indebtedness under clause
(a) of the definition thereof; (iv) Liens of carriers,
warehousemen, mechanics, landlords, materialmen, laborers,
suppliers and the like incurred in the ordinary course of the
business of the Parent Company, the Borrower or any of their
Subsidiaries, in each case, for sums not overdue or being contested
in good faith by appropriate proceedings, and for which appropriate
reserves with respect thereto have been
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established and maintained on the consolidated books of the
Parent Company and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP to the
extent required by GAAP; and (v) easements, rights of way,
zoning and other similar restrictions and covenants and other
similar encumbrances or title defects which, in the aggregate, are
not substantial in amount, and which do not in any case materially
detract from or interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business
of the Parent Company, the Borrower or any of their
Subsidiaries;
(b) Liens that are in
existence on the Closing Date and are disclosed in Section
6.10(b) to the Disclosure Schedule ;
(c) Liens securing Permitted
Acquisition Debt;
(d) extensions, renewals and
replacements of Liens described in clause (b) or clause
(c) of this definition or of Liens permitted by clause
(c) or by clause (d) of Section 8.3 ;
provided , however , that (i) each such
extension, renewal or replacement Lien is limited to the Property
covered by the Lien so extended, renewed or replaced, and
(ii) does not secure any Indebtedness other than
(A) Indebtedness that constitutes Permitted Indebtedness under
clause (d) or clause (e) of the definition thereof,
or (as the case may be) (B) Indebtedness permitted by
clause (h) or clause (i) of Section 8.2 ;
and
(e) Liens arising by virtue
of statutory, common law or contractual provisions relating to
bankers’ Liens, rights of set-off and similar remedies as to
deposit or similar accounts.
" Person " means
any natural person, corporation, firm, limited liability company,
partnership, business trust, association, government, Governmental
Authority, or any other entity, whether acting in an individual,
fiduciary or other capacity.
" Plan " means any
employee pension benefit (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject
to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412
of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of
which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were
terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed
to be) an "employer" as defined in Section 3(5) of
ERISA.
" Platform " has
the meaning specified in Section 7.2 .
" Pledge Agreement
" means the Pledge Agreement, in or substantially in the form
of Exhibit E .
" Pledged Collateral
" has the meaning specified in the Pledge Agreement for the
defined term " Collateral " .
" Principal Companies
" means, collectively, the Parent Company and the Borrower.
" Pro Forma Basis "
means, with respect to compliance with any test or covenant for any
period hereunder, compliance with such test or covenant after
giving effect to any proposed acquisition, disposition, incurrence
of indebtedness or other action which requires compliance on a
pro forma basis, giving effect (among other things) to
adjustments to increase consolidated adjusted ebitda, and using,
for purposes of determining such compliance, the historical
financial
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statements of all entities or assets so acquired or to be
acquired and the consolidated financial statements of the parent
company and its subsidiaries which shall be reformulated
(a) as if such acquisition, disposition, incurrence of
indebtedness or other action, and any other such action which has
been consummated during such period, and any indebtedness or other
liabilities incurred in connection with any such actions, had been
consummated at the beginning of such period (and assuming that such
indebtedness bears interest during any portion of the applicable
measurement period prior to the relevant action at the weighted
average of the interest rates applicable to outstanding loans
during such period), and (b) otherwise in conformity with such
reasonable procedures as may be agreed upon between administrative
agent and the principal companies; provided, however , that
all of the calculations referred to herein shall be in reasonable
detail and shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to administrative agent in all material respects.
" Property " means
any interest in any kind of property or asset, whether real,
personal or mixed, and whether tangible or intangible.
" Purchase Money Liens
" has the meaning specified in Section 8.3(c) .
" Radio Stations "
means and includes, collectively, (a) all of the AM and FM
radio stations owned and operated by the Parent Company, the
Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries as of the Effective Date, and
(b) all radio stations from time to time acquired after the
Effective Date by the Parent Company, the Borrower or any of their
Subsidiaries.
" Radio Swap
Transaction " means, in relation to any Person, any
transaction, or any series of related transactions, in which such
Person, or any of its Affiliates, shall acquire one or more Radio
Stations and related business assets and Properties in exchange
(whether in whole or in part) for one or more Radio Stations and
related business assets and Properties owned by such Person or any
of its Affiliates.
" Rating Agencies "
means, collectively, (a) Moody’s, and
(b) S&P.
" Ratings " means,
collectively, (a) the Company Ratings, and (B) the
Facilities Ratings.
" RBM " means
Regent Broadcasting Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company. RBM is a direct Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Parent
Company.
" Real Property "
of any Person means all of the right, title and interest of such
Person in and to any land, improvements and fixtures, including
leaseholds.
" Recovery Event "
means the receipt by the Parent Company, the Borrower or any of
their Subsidiaries of any insurance or other cash proceeds that
(a) are payable by reason of any theft, loss, physical
destruction, condemnation or damage or any other similar event with
respect to any Property of the Parent Company, the Borrower or any
of their Subsidiaries, and (b) exceed, with respect to any
such event or occurrence, $100,000 in the aggregate.
" Regent-Buffalo "
means Regent Broadcasting of Buffalo, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
Regent-Buffalo is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower.
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" Register " has
the meaning specified in Section 11.3 .
" Reinvestment Assets
" means, collectively, (a) any Capital Assets or other
Property to be used or otherwise employed by the Parent Company,
the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries in any Lines of Business,
and (b) any Acquisition permitted by Section 8.6
.
" Reinvestment Election
" has the meaning specified in each of
Section 2.7(b)(i) and (ii) .
" Reinvestment Event
" means any Asset Sale, Financing Event or Recovery Event in
respect of which either or both of the Principal Companies shall
have made a Reinvestment Election by delivering a Reinvestment
Notice with respect thereto.
" Reinvestment Notice
" means a written notice duly executed by an Authorized Officer
of either or both of the Principal Companies stating that
(a) on and as of the date of such notice, no Event of Default
is continuing, and (b) the Principal Companies reasonably
expect to use or to cause Subsidiaries of the Principal Companies
to use Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale or Recovery Event or Net
Issuance Proceeds of a Financing Event to purchase, construct or
otherwise acquire Reinvestment Assets.
" Reinvestment Period
" means, with respect to any Reinvestment Election, the period
commencing on the date of the Reinvestment Event to which such
Reinvestment Election relates and terminating on the later to occur
of (a) the expiration of the period of 365 days
commencing on the date of such Reinvestment Event, or (b) if,
prior to the expiration of such 365 day period, the Parent
Company, the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries shall have
entered into a binding agreement to reinvest all or any part of the
Anticipated Reinvestment Amounts relating thereto in Reinvestment
Assets, then the expiration of the period of 635 days
commencing on the date of such Reinvestment Event.
" Reinvestment Prepayment
Amount " means, with respect to any Reinvestment Election,
the amount, if any, on any Reinvestment Prepayment Date relating
thereto, by which (a) the Anticipated Reinvestment Amounts in
respect of such Reinvestment Election exceed
(b) the aggregate amount thereof which the Parent Company, the
Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries have expended or have entered
into legal and binding commitments to expend prior to such date to
acquire Reinvestment Assets.
" Reinvestment Prepayment
Date " means, with respect to any Reinvestment Election,
the earliest to occur of: (a) the date, if any, upon which the
Administrative Agent, upon the request of the Required Lenders,
shall have delivered a written termination notice to the Principal
Companies; provided, however , that such notice may only be
given by the Administrative Agent to the Principal Companies while
any Material Event of Default shall be continuing; (b) the
last day of the relevant Reinvestment Period; or (c) the date
on which the Parent Company or the Borrower shall have determined
not to, or shall have otherwise ceased to, proceed with the
purchase, construction or other acquisition of Reinvestment Assets
with all or any part of the related Anticipated Reinvestment
Amounts.
" Related Parties "
means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s
Affiliates and the respective partners, directors, managers,
officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and such
Person’s Affiliates.
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" Required Lenders
" means, at any time, Lenders holding more than 50% of the
sum of (a) the aggregate unused amount of all of
the Commitments of all Lenders in effect at such time,
plus (b) the aggregate principal amount of all
of the Loans and (as a result of participations pursuant to
Section 3.3(a) and Section 3.3(d) ) Letter
of Credit Obligations outstanding at such time.
" Restricted Payments
" means, in relation to the Parent Company, the Borrower and
their Subsidiaries: (a) any payment, prepayment, distribution,
loan, advance, Investment or Sale by the Borrower or by any of its
Subsidiaries which constitutes an Affiliate Transaction described
in clause (a) , (b) , (c) , (d) ,
(e) , (f) or (g) of the definition "
Affiliate Transaction " ; (b) any declaration or
payment by the Borrower or by any of its Subsidiaries of any
dividends or other distributions on account of, or any payment or
other distribution by the Borrower or by any of its Subsidiaries on
account of the purchase, repurchase, redemption, retirement or
other acquisition for value of, any Equity Interests in the
Borrower; and (c) any declaration or payment by the Parent
Company or by any of its Subsidiaries of any dividends or other
distributions on account of, or any payment or other distribution
by the Parent Company or by any of its Subsidiaries on account of
the purchase, repurchase, redemption, retirement or other
acquisition for value of, any Equity Interests in the Parent
Company.
" Revolving Commitment
" means, for each Lender, the amount set forth opposite such
Lender’s name under the caption " Revolving
Commitment " on Schedule 2.1 , as such amount
may be reduced from time to time pursuant to and in accordance with
the provisions hereof.
" Revolving Commitment
Fees " has the meaning specified in
Section 2.9(a) .
" Revolving Credit Note
" has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(b) .
" Revolving Lender
" means any Lender with a Revolving Commitment, or, if the
Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, any Lender
holding Revolving Loans or (as a result of participations pursuant
to Section 3.3(a) and 3.3(d) ), Letter of Credit
Obligations.
" Revolving Loan "
means any Loan by a Lender to the Borrower under Section
2.1(b) , which may be a Eurodollar Loan or a Base Rate
Loan.
" S&P " means
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, a division of The McGraw
Hill Companies, Inc., and its successors.
" Sale " means any
sale, conveyance, exchange, swap, trade, transfer or other
disposition of any Property, including any sale, transfer or other
disposition of copyrights, trademarks and other intellectual
Property made by or through license agreements or other similar
arrangements.
" 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 Parties "
means, collectively: (a) the Administrative Agent and each
sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent from time to the
pursuant to Section 10.6 , (b) the Issuing
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Lender, (c) each of the Lenders from time to time party to
this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents; and (d) the
Lender Counterparties.
" Securities "
means any Equity Interests, bonds, debentures, promissory notes or
other evidences of Indebtedness, secured or unsecured, convertible,
subordinated or otherwise, or, in general, any Instruments commonly
known as "securities".
" 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.
" Security Agreement
" means the Security Agreement, in or substantially in the form
of Exhibit F .
" Security Agreement
Collateral " has the meaning specified in the Security
Agreement.
" Security Instrument
" means any security agreement, assignment, pledge agreement,
financing or other similar statement or notice, continuation
statement, other agreement or Instrument, or any amendment or
supplement to any thereof, creating, governing or providing for,
evidencing or perfecting any security interest or Lien.
" SPC " has the
meaning specified in Section 11.8 .
" Specified Swap
Agreement " means any Swap Contract entered into by and
between (a) the Borrower or any of the Subsidiary Guarantors,
and (b) as a counterparty, the Administrative Agent or any
other Person that, at the time such Person became party to such
Swap Contract, was a Lender or an Affiliate of any of the Lenders.
A Specified Swap Agreement shall not create in favor of any Person
that is a counterparty thereto any rights in connection with the
creation, perfection, management, enforcement or release of any
Collateral or in connection with the management, enforcement or
release of any of the Obligations of any Guarantor under the
Guaranty Agreement.
" Subsidiary "
means, in relation to any Person (in this paragraph called the "
parent " ) at any time, any corporation, limited
liability company, partnership or other Person (a) of which
Equity Interests having ordinary voting power to elect a majority
of the board of directors or other managers of such corporation,
limited liability company, partnership or other Person, or
representing a majority of the Equity Interests in such
corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other
Person, are at the time owned, controlled or held, directly or
indirectly, by the parent, or (b) the management of which is
otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly, by the parent.
" Subsidiary Guarantors
" means, collectively, each of the Domestic Subsidiaries of the
Parent Company or the Borrower identified in
Section 6.12 to the Disclosure Schedule as a
" Subsidiary Guarantor " , and each of the other
Subsidiaries of the Parent Company or the Borrower that at any time
after the Effective Date shall become a party to and bound by the
Guaranty Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents, the Borrower shall not be deemed to be a Subsidiary
Guarantor.
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" 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).
" 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 B Commitment
" means, for each Lender, the amount set forth opposite such
Lender’s name under the caption " Term B Commitment
" on Schedule 2.1 , as such amount may be reduced
from time to time pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions
hereof.
" Term B Lender "
means any Lender with a Term B Commitment or an outstanding Term B
Loan.
" Term B Loan "
means any Loan by a Term B Lender to the Borrower under Section
2.1(a) , which may be a Eurodollar Loan or a Base Rate
Loan.
" Term B Note " has
the meaning specified in Section 2.2(b) .
" Termination Date
" has the meaning specified in the Security Agreement.
" Total Revolver
Utilization " means, at any time of determination, the
sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of all
outstanding Revolving Loans (other than Revolving Loans made for
the purpose of reimbursing the Issuing Lender for any amounts drawn
under any Letters of Credit, but not yet so applied),
plus (b) the Letter of Credit Obligations then
outstanding.
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" Transactions "
means, collectively, (a) the entering into of the Loan
Documents and the borrowing of Loans on the Closing Date,
(b) the termination of the Existing Credit Facilities and the
repayment in full of all loans and notes under or with respect to
the Existing Credit Facilities, (c) the implementation and the
completion of the Pending Disposition, and (d) the payment of
fees, costs and expenses in connection with the foregoing.
" UCC " means the
Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts; provided , however, 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
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, " UCC " shall mean 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.
" Usage " means, in
relation to the Aggregate Revolving Commitment for any period, the
average for such period of the quotient , determined daily,
of the Total Revolver Utilization from time to time outstanding
during such period, divided by the Aggregate Revolver
Commitment from time to time in effect during such period.
" Voting Interests
" means, in relation to any Person at any particular date, any
Equity Interests of the class or classes having general voting
power under ordinary circumstances to elect the board of directors,
managers or trustees (or any other Persons performing similar
functions) of such Person (irrespective of whether or not at the
time Equity Interests of any other classes shall have or might have
voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency).
" Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary " means, in relation to any Person, any
Subsidiary of such Person, all of the Equity Interests in which
(other than directors’ qualifying shares) are owned by such
Person or by another Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of such Person.
1.2. Other Interpretive
Provisions . With reference to this Agreement and each of
the other Loan Documents, 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 Governing Document) shall be construed as
referring to such agreement, Instrument or other document as from
time to time amended, restated, amended and restated, 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 " 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 , Exhibits and
Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and
Sections of, and Exhibits and
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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,
(vi) the words " asset " and "
Property " shall be construed to have the same meaning
and effect, and (vii) the words "knowledge" or "knows" when
used with respect to any Credit Party means the actual knowledge of
any of the Authorized Officers of such Credit Party.
(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) Article, Section and
paragraph 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.
1.3. Accounting
Terms .
(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, as in effect from time to time,
except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein.
(b) Changes in
GAAP . If at any time any change in GAAP or any method of
computation thereunder would affect the computation of any
financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and
the Borrower or any of the Required Lenders shall so request, the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower 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 Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio
or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change
in GAAP.
1.4. Rounding . Any
financial ratios required to be maintained by the Principal
Companies pursuant to 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).
1.5. Times of Day .
Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day
shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as
applicable).
1.6. Timing of Payment or
Performance . When the payment of any obligation or the
performance of any covenant, duty or obligation is stated to be due
or performance required on a day which is not a Business Day, the
date of such payment (other than as described in the
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definition of Interest Period) or performance shall extend to
the immediately succeeding Business Day.
ARTICLE II
THE CREDIT FACILITIES
2.1. Amounts and Terms of
Commitments .
(a) Term B Loans
. Each Term B Lender severally agrees, on the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth, to make Term B Loans (not to
exceed its Term B Commitment) to the Borrower on the Closing Date,
which shall not exceed for all Term B Lenders $115,000,000 in
aggregate original principal amount. Amounts borrowed as a Term B
Loan which are repaid or prepaid by the Borrower may not be
reborrowed.
(b) Revolving
Loans . Each Revolving Lender severally agrees, on the
terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, to make Revolving Loans
to the Borrower from time to time on any Business Day during the
period from the Closing Date to the Maturity Date, in an aggregate
amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such
Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment and in a combined
amount for all Revolving Lenders not to exceed at any time
outstanding $75,000,000; provided , however , that,
immediately after giving effect to any Borrowing of Revolving
Loans, the sum of the aggregate principal amount of
all of the outstanding Revolving Loans, plus the
aggregate amount of all of the outstanding Letter of Credit
Obligations shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitment
then in effect. Within such limits, and subject to the other terms
and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow Revolving Loans
under this Section 2.1(b) , prepay Revolving Loans
pursuant to Section 2.6 or 2.7 , and reborrow
Revolving Loans pursuant to this Section 2.1(b) .
(c) Delayed Draw Term
Loans . Each Delayed Draw Lender severally agrees, on the
terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, to make Delayed Draw
Term Loans (not to exceed its Delayed Draw Commitment) to the
Borrower on any single Business Day during the Delayed Draw
Availability Period, which shall not exceed for all Delayed Draw
Lenders $50,000,000 in aggregate original principal amount. Amounts
borrowed as a Delayed Draw Term Loan which are repaid or prepaid by
the Borrower may not be reborrowed.
2.2. Loan Accounts;
Notes . (a) The Loans made by each Lender shall be
evidenced by one or more loan accounts maintained by such Lender
and by the Administrative Agent in the ordinary course of business.
The loan accounts maintained by the Administrative Agent shall, in
the event of any discrepancy between the entries in the
Administrative Agent’s books and any Lender’s books
relating to such loan accounts, be controlling and, absent manifest
error, shall be prima facie evidence of the amount of the Loans
made by the Lenders to the Borrower, the principal and interest
payments thereon and any other amounts owing in respect of this
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents. Any failure to make a
notation in any such loan account or any error in doing so shall
not limit or otherwise affect the Obligations of the Borrower
hereunder to pay any amounts owing with respect to the Loans.
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(b) If requested by any
Lender, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender (and
deliver a copy thereof to the Administrative Agent) one or more
promissory notes evidencing the Loans owing to such Lender pursuant
to this Agreement. Each such note evidencing Term B Loans shall be
in or substantially in the form of Exhibit A (as
amended, endorsed, replaced or otherwise modified from time to
time, a " Term B Note " ). Each such note evidencing
Revolving Loans shall be in or substantially in the form of
Exhibit B (as amended, endorsed, replaced or otherwise
modified from time to time, a " Revolving Credit Note
" ). Each such note evidencing Delayed Draw Term Loans shall be
in or substantially in the form of Exhibit C (as
amended, endorsed, replaced or otherwise modified from time to
time, a " Delayed Draw Term Note " ). Each such note
evidencing Incremental Loans shall be substantially in the form of
the Revolving Credit Notes or the Term B Notes with such conforming
changes thereto as shall be specified by the Administrative Agent
(as amended, endorsed, replaced or otherwise modified from time to
time, an " Incremental Loan Note " ). All of the
Notes shall be entitled to all of the rights and benefits of this
Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the Collateral.
2.3. Requests for
Borrowings . (a) To request any Borrowing (other than
a Borrowing of Revolving Loans pursuant to
Section 3.3(b) ), the Borrower shall notify the
Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (i) in the
case of a Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans, not later than
12:00 a.m., three (3) Business Days before the date of
the proposed Borrowing, or (ii) in the case of a Borrowing of
Base Rate Loans, not later than 11:00 a.m., on the date of the
proposed Borrowing. Each such telephonic Borrowing Request shall be
irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by telecopy to the
Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request in a form
approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower.
Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify
the following information in compliance with this
Section 2.3 :
(A) the amount of the Borrowing,
which shall be in a minimum aggregate principal amount of $500,000
or any multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof, and the Class of
Loans comprising such Borrowing;
(B) the requested Borrowing Date,
which shall be a Business Day;
(C) whether the Borrowing is to be
comprised of Eurodollar Loans or Base Rate Loans; and
(D) in the case of a Eurodollar
Loan, the duration of the Interest Period to be applicable to such
Eurodollar Loan. If the Borrowing Request shall fail to specify the
duration of the Interest Period for any Eurodollar Loan which is
part of any Borrowing, such Interest Period shall be of three
(3) months’ duration.
(b) Upon receipt of a
Borrowing Request, the Administrative Agent will promptly notify
each Lender thereof and of each such Lender’s proportionate
share thereof.
(c) Each Lender will make its
proportionate share of each Borrowing available to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the Borrower at the
Administrative Agent’s Office by 2:00 p.m., on the Borrowing
Date requested by the Borrower in funds immediately available to
the Administrative Agent. Unless any applicable condition of
Article V has not been satisfied,
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the proceeds of all Loans comprising such Borrowing will then be
made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent by wire
transfer in accordance with written instructions provided to the
Administrative Agent by the Borrower.
(d) During the continuation
of any Material Event of Default, the Borrower may not elect to
have any Loan made as a Eurodollar Loan.
(e) After giving effect to
any Borrowing, there shall not be more than ten (10) different
Interest Periods in effect in respect of all Loans which are
Eurodollar Loans.
2.4. Interest Elections for
all Borrowings . (a) The Borrower may upon irrevocable
notice to the Administrative Agent in accordance with paragraph
(b) :
(i) elect to convert on any
Business Day, any Base Rate Loans (or any part thereof in an amount
of not less than $500,000 or an integral multiple of $500,000 in
excess thereof) into Eurodollar Loans;
(ii) elect to convert on the last
day of any Interest Period with respect thereto, any Eurodollar
Loans (or any part thereof in an amount of not less than $500,000
or an integral multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof) into Base
Rate Loans; or
(iii) elect to continue on the
last day of any Interest Period with respect thereto, any
Eurodollar Loans (or any part thereof in an amount of not less than
$500,000 or an integral multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof) as
Eurodollar Loans;
provided, however , that, if any Borrowing comprised of
Eurodollar Loans shall have been reduced, by payment, prepayment or
conversion, to an amount that is less than $1,000,000 then the
Eurodollar Loans comprising such Borrowing shall automatically
convert into Base Rate Loans on the last day of the then current
Interest Period relating thereto.
(b) The Borrower shall
deliver to the Administrative Agent by telephone not later than (i)
12:00 p.m., not less than three (3) Business Days in
advance of the Conversion Date or Continuation Date, if the Loans
are to be converted into or continued as Eurodollar Loans, and
(ii) 12:00 p.m., not less than one (1) Business Day
in advance of the Conversion Date, if the Loans are to be converted
into Base Rate Loans, specifying:
(A) the proposed Conversion Date
or Continuation Date, which shall in each case be a Business
Day;
(B) the aggregate principal amount
of all Loans to be converted or continued;
(C) the nature of the proposed
conversion or continuation; and
(D) the duration of the requested
Interest Periods, if applicable.
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Each such telephonic Interest Election Request shall be
irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or
telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election
Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed
by the Borrower.
(c) If, upon the expiration
of any Interest Periods applicable to any Eurodollar Loans, the
Borrower shall have failed to select on a timely basis new Interest
Periods to be applicable thereto, such Eurodollar Loans shall
automatically convert into Base Rate Loans upon the expiration of
such periods.
(d) Upon receipt of an
Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent will promptly
notify each Lender thereof, or, if no timely notice is provided by
the Borrower, the Administrative Agent will promptly notify each
Lender of the details of any automatic conversion. All conversions
and continuations shall be made pro rata according to the
respective outstanding principal amounts of the Loans with respect
to which the notice was given.
(e) During the continuation
of any Material Event of Default, the Borrower may not elect to
have any Loan converted into or continued as a Eurodollar Loan.
(f) Notwithstanding any other
provisions contained in this Agreement, after giving effect to any
conversion or continuation of any Loans, there shall not be more
than ten (10) different Interest Periods in effect in respect
of all Loans which are Eurodollar Loans.
2.5. Reduction and
Termination of Commitments . (a) Each of the Revolving
Commitments shall in any event automatically and permanently
terminate in full on the Maturity Date. The Borrower may, upon not
less than three (3) Business Days’ prior written notice
to the Administrative Agent, permanently terminate the Aggregate
Revolving Commitment (including the Letter of Credit Commitment) or
permanently reduce the Aggregate Revolving Commitment (including
the Letter of Credit Commitment), without premium or penalty, by a
minimum aggregate amount of $1,000,000 or any multiple of $500,000
in excess thereof; provided , however , that no such
reduction or termination shall be permitted if, immediately after
giving effect thereto and to any prepayment of Revolving Loans made
on the effective date thereof, (i) the then outstanding
principal amount of the Revolving Loans, plus the
then outstanding Letter of Credit Obligations, will exceed the
Aggregate Revolving Commitment then in effect, or (ii) the
then outstanding Letter of Credit Obligations will exceed the
Letter of Credit Commitment then in effect; and, provided ,
further , that once reduced in accordance with this
Section 2.5 , the Aggregate Revolving Commitment
(including the Letter of Credit Commitment) may not be
increased.
(b) The Letter of Credit
Commitment shall be automatically and permanently terminated in
full upon termination of the Aggregate Revolving Commitment. If the
Letter of Credit Commitment shall at any time exceed the Aggregate
Revolving Commitment then in effect, then the Letter of Credit
Commitment shall immediately be automatically and permanently
reduced to the amount of the Aggregate Revolving Commitment then in
effect.
(c) Each reduction of the
Aggregate Revolving Commitment pursuant to this
Section 2.5 shall be applied pro rata to each
Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment in accordance with
such Lender’s proportionate share of such Commitments. The
amount of any
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reduction of the Aggregate Revolving Commitment shall not be
applied to the Letter of Credit Commitment unless otherwise
specified by the Borrower or unless otherwise required by the terms
of Section 2.5(b) . All accrued Fees to the effective
date of each reduction or termination of the Aggregate Revolving
Commitment shall be paid on the effective date of each such
reduction or termination. The Administrative Agent shall promptly
notify the Revolving Lenders of each reduction or termination of
the Aggregate Revolving Commitment.
(d) The Aggregate Term B
Commitment shall terminate in full on the Closing Date, upon making
of the Term B Loans on such date. Each of the Term B Commitments
shall in any event automatically and permanently terminate in full
at 5:00 p.m. on December 31, 2006 if the Term B Loans have not
been made to the Borrower on or prior to that date.
(e) The Aggregate Delayed
Draw Commitment shall terminate in full upon the making of the
Delayed Draw Term Loans. Each of the Delayed Draw Commitments shall
in any event automatically and permanently terminate in full at
5:00 p.m. on the Delayed Draw Commitment Termination Date if the
Delayed Draw Term Loans have not been made on or prior to such
date. The Borrower may, upon not less than three (3) Business
Days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent,
permanently terminate the Aggregate Delayed Draw Commitment or
permanently reduce the Aggregate Delayed Draw Commitment, without
premium or penalty, by a minimum aggregate amount of $1,000,000 or
any multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof; provided ,
however , that once reduced in accordance with this
Section 2.5 , the Aggregate Delayed Draw Commitment may
not be increased.
2.6. Voluntary
Prepayments . (a) The Borrower may, upon at least
three (3) Business Days’ prior written notice by the
Borrower to the Administrative Agent in the case of Eurodollar
Loans, and upon at least one (1) Business Day’s prior
written notice by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent in the
case of Base Rate Loans, ratably prepay any Class or Classes of
Loans, as the Borrower may elect, in whole or in part, in amounts
of $500,000 or an integral multiple of $500,000 in excess
thereof.
(b) Any notice of prepayment
delivered pursuant to this Section 2.6 shall be
irrevocable and shall specify the date and amount of such
prepayment and the Classes and types of Loans to be prepaid,
including whether such prepayment is of Base Rate Loans or
Eurodollar Loans or any combination thereof. The Administrative
Agent will promptly notify each Lender thereof and of such
Lender’s applicable percentage of such prepayment. If any
such notice is given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall be
absolutely and unconditionally obligated to make such prepayment,
and the prepayment amount specified in such notice shall become and
be due and payable on the date specified therein, together with
accrued interest to such date on the amount prepaid and the
amounts, if any, required to be paid by the Borrower pursuant to
Section 4.4 .
(c) Each prepayment of Term B
Loans pursuant to this Section 2.6 shall be applied to
the remaining scheduled installments of the Term B Loans pursuant
to Section 2.8(b) , in each case pro rata (based
on the principal amount then remaining unpaid of each of the
scheduled installments of the Term B Loans). Each prepayment of
Delayed Draw Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.6
shall be applied to the remaining scheduled installments of the
Delayed Draw
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Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.8(c) , in each case
pro rata (based on the principal amount then remaining
unpaid of each of the scheduled installments of the Delayed Draw
Term Loans).
2.7. Mandatory
Prepayments . (a) If, on any date, the
sum of (i) the aggregate unpaid principal amount
of all Revolving Loans then outstanding, plus
(ii) all of the Letter of Credit Obligations then outstanding
(to the extent not Cash Collateralized pursuant to the next
sentence below or as provided for in Section 3.7 )
shall exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitment then in effect, the
Borrower shall immediately prepay principal of the Revolving Loans
in the amount of such excess. If, on any date, the aggregate amount
of all Letter of Credit Obligations then outstanding shall exceed
the Letter of Credit Commitment then in effect, the Borrower shall
Cash Collateralize on such date such Letter of Credit Obligations
in an amount equal to such excess.
(b) (i) If on any date
the Parent Company, the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries shall
receive Net Cash Proceeds from any Asset Sale or Recovery Event,
then an amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds from such
Asset Sale or Recovery Event shall be applied upon receipt to
prepay principal of the outstanding Loans, all as provided by
Section 2.7(e) ; provided , however ,
that the Parent Company, the Borrower and their Subsidiaries shall
be required to apply Net Cash Proceeds received from any Asset Sale
or Recovery Event towards prepayment of principal as provided above
only (A) if any Event of Default shall be continuing at the
time of the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds, or (B) if and
to the extent that such Net Cash Proceeds, when added to the
aggregate amount of all other Net Cash Proceeds received from Asset
Sales or Recovery Events in the same Fiscal Year, shall exceed
$10,000,000; and provided , further , that the
requirements for mandatory prepayment set forth above in this
clause (i) shall be reduced if and to the extent that either
or both of the Principal Companies elect, as hereinafter provided,
to cause all or part of such Net Cash Proceeds to be reinvested by
the Parent Company or the Borrower or by one or more of their
Subsidiaries in Reinvestment Assets on or prior to the end of the
applicable Reinvestment Period (herein called a "
Reinvestment Election " ). The Principal Companies may
exercise the Reinvestment Election with respect to any Asset Sale
or Recovery Event only if ( 1 ) no Event of Default
shall be continuing at the time of such Asset Sale or Recovery
Event, and ( 2 ) either or both of the Principal Companies
deliver a Reinvestment Notice with respect to such Asset Sale or
Recovery Event to the Administrative Agent not later than ninety
(90) days following the date of such Reinvestment Event.
(ii) If
the Parent Company, the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries shall
at any time receive Net Issuance Proceeds from any Financing Event,
then an amount equal to 100% of the Net Issuance Proceeds from such
Financing Event shall be applied upon receipt to prepay principal
of the outstanding Loans, all as provided by
Section 2.7(e) ; provided , however ,
that the Parent Company, the Borrower and their Subsidiaries shall
be required to apply all or any part of any such Net Issuance
Proceeds towards prepayment of principal as provided above only if
and to the extent that such Net Issuance Proceeds, when added to
the aggregate amount of all other such Net Issuance Proceeds
received from time to time after the Effective Date shall exceed
$10,000,000; and provided , further , that the
requirements for mandatory prepayment set forth above in this
clause (ii) shall be reduced: (A) if and to the extent
that either or both of the Principal Companies make an election
(herein called a " Reinvestment Election " ), as
hereinafter provided, to cause all or any part of such Net Issuance
Proceeds to be reinvested by the Parent
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Company, the Borrower or one or more of their Subsidiaries in
Reinvestment Assets on or prior to the end of the applicable
Reinvestment Period; and (B) if and to the extent that the
aggregate amount of the Net Issuance Proceeds not covered by any
such Reinvestment Election exceeds the aggregate principal amount
(if any) of the outstanding Loans that would need to be prepaid in
order to cause the Consolidated Leverage Ratio, determined as of
the most recent Covenant Determination Date on a Pro Forma Basis
after giving effect to any such Financing Event and any such
prepayment, to be not greater than 4.00:1.00. Either or both of the
Principal Companies may exercise the Reinvestment Election with
respect to such Net Issuance Proceeds from any such Financing Event
only if ( 1 ) no Event of Default shall be continuing
at the time of such Financing Event, and ( 2 ) either or
both of the Principal Companies deliver a Reinvestment Notice with
respect to the Net Issuance Proceeds from such Financing Event to
the Administrative Agent not later than ninety (90) days
following the date of such Reinvestment Event. Anything in the
foregoing provisions of this clause (ii) to the contrary
notwithstanding, if and so long as the Consolidated Leverage Ratio,
determined as of the then most recent Covenant Determination Date
on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to any such Financing
Event and any related prepayment of principal of outstanding Loans,
is greater than 6.00:1.00, then the aggregate amount of Net
Issuance Proceeds not covered by any such Reinvestment Election
shall be applied upon receipt thereof to prepay principal of the
outstanding Loans, all as provided by Section 2.7(e) ,
until the Consolidated Leverage Ratio (determined in a Pro Forma
Basis as provided above in this sentence) is not greater than
6.00:1.00.
(iii) Nothing
in this paragraph (b) shall be construed as a consent for,
or be deemed to permit, any Asset Sale or Financing Event not
otherwise permitted by this Agreement.
(iv) On
the Reinvestment Prepayment Date with respect to any Reinvestment
Election made pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) , an
amount equal to the Reinvestment Prepayment Amount, if any, for
such Reinvestment Election shall be applied as a mandatory
prepayment of principal of the outstanding Loans, all as provided
by Section 2.7(e) .
(c) On each Excess Cash Flow
Application Date (commencing with the Excess Cash Flow Application
Date falling on April 30, 2008), an amount equal to 75% of the
Consolidated Excess Cash Flow for the Fiscal Year last ended shall
be applied as a mandatory prepayment of principal of the
outstanding Loans, all as provided by Section 2.7(e) ;
provided , however , that (i) if the
Consolidated Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such Fiscal Year
is less than 6.75:1.00, but equal to or greater than 5.00:1.00,
then an amount equal to 50% of the Consolidated Excess Cash Flow
for such Fiscal Year shall instead be applied as a mandatory
prepayment of principal of the outstanding Loans; and (ii) if
the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such Fiscal
Year is less than 5.00:1.00, then no payment in respect of the
Consolidated Excess Cash Flow for such Fiscal Year shall be
required pursuant to this Section 2.7(c) .
(d) The Borrower shall pay,
together with each principal prepayment under this Section
2.7 , accrued interest on the amount prepaid and any amounts
required pursuant to Section 4.4 . Any prepayments pursuant
to this Section 2.7 made on any day other than an
Interest Payment Date for any Loan shall be applied:
first , to any Base Rate Loans then outstanding; and,
then , to Eurodollar Loans with the shortest Interest
Periods remaining; provided , however , that, so long
as no Event of Default shall then be continuing, the Administrative
Agent shall, upon the request of the Borrower, apply any such
prepayments to
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Eurodollar Loans only on the last day of each of the respective
Interest Periods relating thereto, and, until such application of
any such prepayments, the Administrative Agent shall hold the
amount thereof as cash Collateral for the Obligations upon the
terms contained in the Collateral Documents.
(e) Each prepayment of
principal of the outstanding Loans required pursuant to Section
2.7(b) or 2.7(c) shall be applied to principal of the
Loans of each of the Classes on a pro rata basis in accordance with
the respective aggregate principal amounts thereof outstanding at
the time of prepayment. No prepayment of Revolving Loans pursuant
to this paragraph (e) shall result in a reduction of the
Aggregate Revolving Commitment.
(f) Each prepayment of
principal of the outstanding Term B Loans required pursuant to
Section 2.7(b) , 2.7(c) , 2.7(e) ,
7.14(d) or 7.14(e) shall be applied to the remaining
scheduled installments of the Term B Loans pursuant to Section
2.8(b) , in each case pro rata (based on the
principal amount then remaining unpaid of each of the scheduled
installments of the Term B Loans). Each prepayment of principal of
the outstanding Delayed Draw Term Loans required pursuant to
Section 2.7(b) , 2.7(c) or 2.7(e) shall
be applied to the remaining scheduled installments of the Delayed
Draw Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.8(c) , in each
case pro rata (based on the principal amount then remaining unpaid
of each of the scheduled installments of the Delayed Draw Term
Loans).
(g) Anything in this
Agreement express or implied to the contrary notwithstanding, the
entire Net Cash Proceeds from the Pending Disposition shall be
applied upon receipt thereof to prepay principal of outstanding
Revolving Loans. The Aggregate Revolving Commitment shall not be
reduced as a result of any such prepayment.
2.8. Repayments of
Principal .
(a) Revolving
Loans . The Borrower shall repay to the Lenders in full on
the Maturity Date the entire unpaid principal amount of each of the
Revolving Loans outstanding on the Maturity Date.
(b) Term B Loans
. The Borrower shall repay the Term B Loans in twenty-eight
(28) installments, payable on the principal payment dates specified
in the table below, in an amount for each such scheduled
installment equal to the amount set forth opposite the scheduled
principal payment date for such scheduled installment in the table
below:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal Payment
Date
|
|
Amount
|
|
03/31/07
|
|
$
|
287,500
|
|
|
06/30/07
|
|
$
|
287,500
|
|
|
09/30/07
|
|
$
|
287,500
|
|
|
12/31/07
|
|
$
|
287,500
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
03/31/08
|
|
$
|
287,500
|
|
|
06/30/08
|
|
$
|
287,500
|
|
|
09/30/08
|
|
$
|
287,500
|
|
|
12/31/08
|
|
$
|
287,500
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal Payment
Date
|
|
Amount
|
|
03/31/09
|
|
$
|
287,500
|
|
|
06/30/09
|
|
$
|
287,500
|
|
|
09/30/09
|
|
$
|
287,500
|
|
|
12/31/09
|
|
$
|
287,500
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
03/31/10
|
|
$
|
287,500
|
|
|
06/30/10
|
|
$
|
287,500
|
|
|
09/30/10
|
|
$
|
287,500
|
|
|
12/31/10
|
|
$
|
287,500
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
03/31/11
|
|
$
|
287,500
|
|
|
06/30/11
|
|
$
|
287,500
|
|
|
09/30/11
|
|
$
|
287,500
|
|
|
12/31/11
|
|
$
|
287,500
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
03/31/12
|
|
$
|
287,500
|
|
|
06/30/12
|
|
$
|
287,500
|
|
|
09/30/12
|
|
$
|
287,500
|
|
|
12/31/12
|
|
$
|
287,500
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
03/31/13
|
|
$
|
287,500
|
|
|
06/30/13
|
|
$
|
287,500
|
|
|
09/30/13
|
|
$
|
287,500
|
|
|
11/21/13
|
|
$
|
107,237,500
|
|
(c)
Delayed Draw Term Loans . The Borrower shall repay
the Delayed Draw Outstanding Amount in twenty-four
(24) installments of principal, payable on the principal
payment dates specified in the table below, in an amount for each
such scheduled installment equal to the percentage of the Delayed
Draw Outstanding Amount set forth opposite the scheduled principal
payment date in the table below:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal Payment
Date
|
|
Percentage
|
|
03/31/08
|
|
|
1.25
|
%
|
|
06/30/08
|
|
|
1.25
|
%
|
|
09/30/08
|
|
|
1.25
|
%
|
|
12/31/08
|
|
|
1.25
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
03/31/09
|
|
|
2.50
|
%
|
|
06/30/09
|
|
|
2.50
|
%
|
|
09/30/09
|
|
|
2.50
|
%
|
|
12/31/09
|
|
|
2.50
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
03/31/10
|
|
|
3.75
|
%
|
|
06/30/10
|
|
|
3.75
|
%
|
|
09/30/10
|
|
|
3.75
|
%
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal Payment
Date
|
|
Percentage
|
|
12/31/10
|
|
|
3.75
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
03/31/11
|
|
|
5.00
|
%
|
|
06/30/11
|
|
|
5.00
|
%
|
|
09/30/11
|
|
|
5.00
|
%
|
|
12/31/11
|
|
|
5.00
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
03/31/12
|
|
|
6.25
|
%
|
|
06/30/12
|
|
|
6.25
|
%
|
|
09/30/12
|
|
|
6.25
|
%
|
|
12/31/12
|
|
|
6.25
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
03/31/13
|
|
|
6.25
|
%
|
|
06/30/13
|
|
|
6.25
|
%
|
|
09/30/13
|
|
|
6.25
|
%
|
|
11/21/13
|
|
Entire principal
balance then
remaining unpaid
|
(d)
Maturity Date . Anything herein express or implied to
the contrary notwithstanding, there shall become and be absolutely
and unconditionally due and payable on the Maturity Date, and the
Borrower hereby promises to pay on the Maturity Date, the entire
principal of each of the Term B Loans, Revolving Loans and Delayed
Draw Term Loans then remaining unpaid, all of the unpaid interest
accrued thereon, all of the unpaid Fees accrued thereon and all
other unpaid sums and other Obligations owing under this Agreement
or any of the other Loan Documents with respect to the Term B
Loans, the Delayed Draw Term Loans, the Revolving Commitments and
the Revolving Loans.
2.9. Fees . In
addition to the fees described in Section 3.8 :
(a) Revolving
Commitment Fees . The Borrower shall pay to the
Administrative Agent for the ratable account of each Revolving
Lender, on the last day of each March, June, September and December
in each year and on the earlier of the Maturity Date or the date on
which the Aggregate Revolving Commitment shall terminate in full,
commitment fees ( " Revolving Commitment Fees " )
equal to the product of (i) the average of the daily
excess of the Aggregate Revolving Commitment from
time to time in effect from and after the Effective Date,
over the Total Revolver Utilization from time to time
outstanding from and after the Effective Date, times
(ii) the Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage for the
Aggregate Revolving Commitment. The Revolving Commitment Fees shall
begin to accrue on the Effective Date and shall cease to accrue on
the earlier of the Maturity Date or the date on which the Aggregate
Revolving Commitment shall terminate in full.
(b) Delayed Draw
Commitment Fees . The Borrower shall pay to the
Administrative Agent for the ratable account of each Delayed Draw
Lender, on the last day of each March, June, September and December
in each year and on the earlier of the Delayed Draw Commitment
Termination Date or the date on which the Aggregate Delayed Draw
Commitment shall terminate in full, commitment fees ( "
Delayed Draw Commitment Fees ") equal to the
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product of (i) the Aggregate Delayed Draw Commitment
from time to time in effect during the Delayed Draw Availability
Period, times (ii) the Applicable Commitment Fee
Percentage for the Aggregate Delayed Draw Commitment. The Delayed
Draw Commitment Fees shall begin to accrue on the Effective Date
and shall cease to accrue on the earlier of the Delayed Draw
Commitment Termination Date or the date on which the Aggregate
Delayed Draw Commitment shall terminate in full.
(c) Other
Fees. The Principal Companies shall pay to the Arranger and
the Administrative Agent such fees, in such amounts and on such
dates as have been agreed or may be agreed among the Parent
Company, the Borrower, the Arranger and the Administrative Agent
from time to time, including the fees payable to the Arranger and
the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Fee Letter, dated as of
September 22, 2006, among the Principal Companies, the
Arranger and the Administrative Agent (the " Agent Fee
Letter " ).
2.10. Computation of Fees
and Interest . (a) All computations of interest
payable in respect of Base Rate Loans shall be made on the basis of
a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days
elapsed. All other computations of fees and interest under this
Agreement shall be made on the basis of a 360 day year and
actual days elapsed. Interest and fees shall accrue during each
period during which interest or fees are computed from the first
day thereof to the last day thereof.
(b) The Administrative Agent
will promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of each
determination of the Eurodollar Rate; provided ,
however , that any failure to do so shall not relieve the
Borrower of any liability hereunder. Any change in the interest
rate or any fees resulting from a change in the Applicable Margin
or (as the case may be) in the Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage
shall become effective as of the opening of business on the
relevant date of such change. The Administrative Agent will
promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the effective date
and the amount of each such change; provided ,
however , that any failure to do so shall not relieve the
Borrower of any liability hereunder.
(c) Each determination of
interest rates or fees by the Administrative Agent shall be
conclusive and binding on the Parent Company, the Borrower and the
Lenders in the absence of manifest error.
2.11. Interest .
(a) Except as and to the extent otherwise expressly provided
by this Agreement, each Loan of each Class shall bear interest on
the unpaid principal amount thereof from the date made through
maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise) thereof as
follows:
(i) if
a Base Rate Loan, at the Base Rate plus the
Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans of such Class; or
(ii) if
a Eurodollar Loan, at the Eurodollar Rate plus the
Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Loans of such Class.
(b) Interest on each Loan
shall be paid in arrears on each Interest Payment Date. Interest
shall also be paid on the date of any prepayment of any principal
of Loans for the principal of such Loans so prepaid. During the
continuation of any Events of Default, interest shall be paid on
demand.
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(c) So long as any one or
more of the Events of Default shall be continuing, the Borrower
shall, if and to the extent that Required Lenders shall so request,
pay interest (after as well as before judgment) (i) on the
entire unpaid principal amount of all of the Loans from time to
time outstanding at the applicable rate per annum provided in
paragraph (a) of this Section 2.11 plus 2%,
and (ii) on all other unpaid amounts (including interest) from
time to time overdue, at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate
plus the Applicable Margin for Revolving Loans that are Base
Rate Loans plus 2%.
2.12. Payments
Generally .
(a) General .
All payments required to be made by the Borrower under this
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents shall be made without
condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or
setoff. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments
by the Borrower hereunder shall be made to the Administrative
Agent, for the pro rata account of the Lenders or (as the case may
be) the Administrative Agent to which such payment is owed, at the
Administrative Agent’s Office in Dollars and in immediately
available funds not later than 12:00 p.m. on the date specified
herein. The Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each
Lender its pro rata share of such payment, in like funds as
received, by wire transfer to such Lender’s Lending Office.
All payments received by the Administrative Agent after
12:00 p.m. shall be deemed received on the next succeeding
Business Day and any applicable interest or fees shall continue to
accrue.
(b) Funding by
Lenders; Presumption by Administrative Agent . Unless the
Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior
to the proposed date of any Borrowing of Eurodollar Rate Loans (or,
in the case of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, prior to 12:00
noon on the date of such Borrowing) that such Lender will not make
available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of
such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such
Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance
with Section 2.3 (or, in the case of a Borrowing of
Base Rate Loans, that such Lender has made such share available in
accordance with and at the time required by Section 2.3
) and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the
Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not
in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the
Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower
severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on
demand such corresponding amount in immediately available funds
with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date
such amount is made available to the Borrower to, but excluding,
the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the
case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the greater of the
Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative
Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank
compensation, plus any administrative, processing or similar
fees customarily charged by the Administrative Agent in connection
with the foregoing, and (ii) in the case of a payment to be
made by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Revolving
Loans that are Base Rate Loans. If the Borrower and such Lender
shall pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or
an overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly
remit to the Borrower the amount of such interest paid by the
Borrower for such period. If such Lender pays its share of the
applicable Borrowing to the Administrative Agent, then the amount
so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such
Borrowing. Any payment by the Borrower shall be without prejudice
to any claim the Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have
failed
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to make such payment to the Administrative Agent. Nothing in
this paragraph (b) shall be deemed to relieve any Lender of
its obligation to the Borrower to fulfill its Commitments hereunder
or to prejudice any rights that the Borrower may have against any
Lender as a result of any default by such Lender with respect to
its Commitments hereunder.
(c) Payments by
Borrower; Presumptions by Administrative Agent . Unless the
Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower
prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative
Agent for the account of the Lenders, the Issuing Lender or the
Administrative Agent hereunder that the Borrower will not make such
payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has
made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in
reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or (as the
case may be) the Issuing Lender the amount due. In such event, if
the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the
Lenders or the Issuing Lender (as the case may be) severally agrees
to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount
so distributed to such Lender or the Issuing Lender in immediately
available funds with interest thereon for each day from and
including the d
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