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Exhibit
10.12
CREDIT
AGREEMENT
among
FLOW INTERNATIONAL
CORPORATION
as Borrower,
and
BANK OF AMERICA,
N.A.
and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
as Lenders,
and
BANK OF AMERICA,
N.A.
as Agent for
Lenders
April 28, 2005
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS
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Section 1.1
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Certain Defined Terms
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Section 1.2
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General Principles Applicable to
Definitions
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Section 1.3
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Accounting Terms
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ARTICLE 2 THE LOANS
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Section 2.1
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Amounts and Terms of
Commitments
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(a)
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The Revolving Credit
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(b)
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Reductions in Total Revolving
Commitment
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(c)
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Overdrafts
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Section 2.2
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Manner of Borrowing
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(a)
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Revolving Loans
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(b)
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Overdrafts
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Section 2.3
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Agent’s Right to Fund
Loans
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Section 2.4
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Repayment of Principal
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Section 2.5
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Interest on Loans
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Section 2.6
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Prepayments
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Section 2.7
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Notes
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Section 2.8
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Manner of Payments
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Section 2.9
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Fees
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Section 2.10
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Sharing of Payments, Etc.
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Section 2.11
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Application of Payments
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Section 2.12
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Additional LIBOR Rate
Provisions
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ARTICLE 3 LETTERS OF CREDIT
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Section 3.1
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Letters of Credit
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Section 3.2
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Manner of Requesting Letters of
Credit
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Section 3.3
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Indemnification; Increased
Costs
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Section 3.4
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Payment by Borrower
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Section 3.5
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Cash Collateralize
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ARTICLE 4 CONDITIONS
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Section 4.1
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Conditions to Effectiveness of
Agreement
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(a)
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Loan Documents
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(b)
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Borrower Authority
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(c)
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Guarantor Authority
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(d)
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Opinion of Counsel
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(e)
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Guarantor Consent
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(f)
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Simultaneous Events
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Section 4.2
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Conditions to All Loans and Issuances of
Letters of Credit
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(a)
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Prior Conditions
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(b)
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Notice of Borrowing
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(c)
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No Default
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(d)
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Guarantors
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(e)
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Other Information
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Section 4.3
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Post-Effective Date
Conditions
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ARTICLE 5 REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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Section 5.1
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Corporate Existence and Power
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Section 5.2
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Corporate Authorization
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Section 5.3
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Government Approvals, Etc.
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Section 5.4
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Binding Obligations, Etc.
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Section 5.5
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Litigation
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Section 5.6
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Lien Priority
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Section 5.7
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Financial Condition
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Section 5.8
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Title and Liens
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Section 5.9
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Taxes
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Section 5.10
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Laws, Orders, Other
Agreements
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Section 5.11
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Federal Reserve Regulations
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Section 5.12
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ERISA.
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Section 5.13
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Security Offerings
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Section 5.14
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Investment Company; Public Utility
Holding Company
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Section 5.15
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Environmental Compliance
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Section 5.16
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Insurance
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Section 5.17
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Disclosure
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Section 5.18
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Intellectual Property, Licenses,
Etc.
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Section 5.19
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PIPE Proceeds
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Section 5.20
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Representations as a Whole
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ARTICLE 6 AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
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Section 6.1
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Use of Proceeds
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Section 6.2
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Preservation of Corporate Existence,
Etc.
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Section 6.3
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Visitation Rights
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Section 6.4
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Keeping of Books and Records
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Section 6.5
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Maintenance of Property, Etc.
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Section 6.6
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Compliance with Laws, Etc.
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Section 6.7
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Other Obligations
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Section 6.8
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Insurance
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Section 6.9
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Financial Information
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(a)
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Annual Audited Financial
Statements
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(b)
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Quarterly Unaudited Financial
Statements
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(c)
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Annual Financial Projections
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(d)
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Accounts Receivable Summary
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(e)
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SEC Filings
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(f)
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Compliance Certificates
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(g)
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Monthly Reporting
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(h)
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Other
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Section 6.10
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Notification
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Section 6.11
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Additional Payments; Additional
Acts
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Section 6.12
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EBITDA
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Section 6.13
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Minimum Collateral
Requirements
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Section 6.14
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Loan Documents from Domestic
Subsidiaries
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Section 6.15
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Update of Collateral
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Section 6.16
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Security Interest in Foreign Guarantor
Collateral
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Section 6.17
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Deposit Accounts
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Section 6.18
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Lease and Landlord Consents
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Section 6.19
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Delivery of Information Regarding Omax
Case
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ARTICLE 7 NEGATIVE COVENANTS
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Section 7.1
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Dividends, Purchase of Stock,
Etc.
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Section 7.2
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Liquidation, Merger, Sale of
Assets
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Section 7.3
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Indebtedness
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Section 7.4
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Guaranties, Etc.
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Section 7.5
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Liens
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Section 7.6
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Investments
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Section 7.7
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Operations
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Section 7.8
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ERISA Compliance
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Section 7.9
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Capital Expenditures
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Section 7.10
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New Product Development
Expenditures
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Section 7.11
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Transactions with Affiliates
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Section 7.12
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Burdensome Agreements
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Section 7.13
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Margin Stock
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ARTICLE 8 EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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Section 8.1
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Events of Default
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(a)
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Payment Default
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(b)
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Breach of Warranty
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(c)
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Breach of Certain Covenants
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(d)
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Breach of Other Covenant
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(e)
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Cross-default
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(f)
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Voluntary Bankruptcy, Etc.
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(g)
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Involuntary Bankruptcy, Etc.
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(h)
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Insolvency, Etc.
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(i)
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Judgment
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(j)
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Government Approvals
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(k)
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Other Government Action
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(l)
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ERISA
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(m)
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Going Concern Qualification
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(n)
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Failure to Issue Financials
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(o)
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Guarantor Default; Invalidity of
Guaranty
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(p)
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Impairment of Security
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(q)
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Change of Control
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(r)
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Material Adverse Change
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(s)
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Invalidity of Loan Documents
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Section 8.2
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Consequences of Default
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ARTICLE 9 AGENT
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Section 9.1
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Appointment and Authorization of
Agent
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Section 9.2
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Delegation of Duties
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Section 9.3
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Liability of Agent
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Section 9.4
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Reliance by Agent
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Section 9.5
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Notice of Default
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Section 9.6
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Credit Decision; Disclosure of
Information by Agent.
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Section 9.7
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Indemnification of Agent
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Section 9.8
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Agent in its Individual
Capacity
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Section 9.9
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Successor Agent
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Section 9.10
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Agent May File Proofs of
Claim
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ARTICLE 10 LETTER OF CREDIT RISK
PARTICIPATIONS
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Section 10.1
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Sale of Risk Participations
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Section 10.2
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Notice to Lenders
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Section 10.3
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Payment Obligations
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(a)
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Reimbursements to Agent
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(b)
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Payments to Lenders
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(c)
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Reimbursements to Lenders
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ARTICLE 11 MISCELLANEOUS
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Section 11.1
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No Waiver; Remedies
Cumulative
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Section 11.2
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Governing Law
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Section 11.3
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Mandatory Arbitration
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Section 11.4
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Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of
Immunities
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Section 11.5
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Notices
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Section 11.6
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Assignment and Participations
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Section 11.7
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Severability
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Section 11.8
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Survival
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Section 11.9
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Executed in Counterparts
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Section 11.10
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Entire Agreement; Amendment,
Etc.
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Section 11.11
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Headings
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Section 11.12
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Oral Agreements Not
Enforceable
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Section 11.13
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Attorney Costs, Expenses and
Taxes
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Section 11.14
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Indemnification by the
Borrower
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Section 11.15
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Payments Set Aside
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Section 11.16
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Set-off
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Section 11.17
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Interest Rate Limitations
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Section 11.18
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Waiver of Right to Trial by
Jury
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Section 11.19
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Confidential Information
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Section 11.20
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USA Patriot Act Notice
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SCHEDULES
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Schedule 5.5 –
Litigation
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Schedule 5.6 – Lien
Priority
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Schedule 6.14 –
Subsidiaries
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Schedule 7.5 – Liens
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EXHIBITS
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Exhibit A – Form of Revolving
Note
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Exhibit B – Form of Compliance
Certificate
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Exhibit C – Form of Legal
Opinion
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CREDIT
AGREEMENT
THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT (the
“ Agreement ”) is made as of the 28th day of
April, 2005, by and among BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a national banking
association, and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking
association (“ U.S. Bank ”) (each individually a
“ Lender ” and collectively the “
Lenders ”), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a national banking
association, as agent for Lenders (the “ Agent
”) and FLOW INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, a Washington
corporation (the “ Borrower ”).
WHEREAS, Borrower has
requested that Agent and Lenders enter into this Agreement, which
Agent and Lenders are willing to do, subject to the terms and
conditions contained herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual agreements, provisions and covenants
contained herein, the parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Certain
Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms
have the following meanings:
“ Affiliate
” means, with respect to any Person, another Person that
directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries,
Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the
Person specified. “ Control ” means the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause
the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether
through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or
otherwise. “ Controlling ” and “
Controlled ” have meanings correlative
thereto.
“ Agent ”
means Bank of America, N.A. and any successor agent selected
pursuant to Section 9.9 hereof.
“ Agent-Related
Persons ” means the Agent, together with its Affiliates
and the officers, directors, employees, agents and
attorneys-in-fact of such Persons and Affiliates.
“ Applicable
Interest Period ” means, with respect to any Revolving
Loan, the period commencing on the date such Revolving Loan was
made or converted or continued pursuant to Section 2.2(a)
and ending (a) at maturity in the case of a Base Rate Loan; or (b)
one (1) or two (2) months thereafter in the case of a LIBOR Loan as
specified in the Notice of Borrowing given by Borrower in respect
of such Loan; provided , however , that no Applicable
Interest Period may end later than the Revolving Maturity
Date.
“ Applicable
Interest Rate ” means, for the Revolving Loan or a
portion thereof, the Base Rate or the LIBOR Rate; provided ,
however , the Borrower’s ability to select a LIBOR
Rate as the Applicable Interest Rate shall be subject to the number
and dollar amount limitations set forth in Section
2.2(a)(ii) .
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“ Asset Sale Net
Proceeds ” shall mean the gross proceeds attributable to
the sale of any assets (other than the sale of assets in the
ordinary course of business) owned by Borrower or any Guarantor
minus (i) the expenses associated with such sale including, without
limitation, investment banking, legal, accounting and any other
broker fees associated with the sale of such asset, (ii) the
satisfaction of any encumbrances secured by a lien senior to that
of the Agent and Lenders, (iii) the satisfaction of any other
contractual or legal liability required to be satisfied as a result
of such sale, and (iv) a reserve for estimated taxes due associated
with the sale of such asset.
“ ATAB ”
means Avure Technologies AB, a limited liability company organized
under the laws of Sweden, and an indirect subsidiary of
Borrower.
“ Attorney Costs
” means and includes all reasonable fees, expenses and
disbursements of any law firm or other external counsel and,
without duplication, the reasonable allocated cost of internal
legal services and all expenses and disbursements of internal
counsel.
“ Bank of
America ” means Bank of America, N.A., a national banking
association, in its capacity as Lender, and any
Successor.
“ Base Rate
” means the sum of (i) the Prime Rate, plus (ii) 0.50% (50
basis points).
“ Base Rate Loan
” means any portion of the Revolving Loans bearing interest
at the Base Rate.
“ Borrower
” means Flow International Corporation, a Washington
corporation, and any Successor.
“ Borrower
Accounts ” means any and all checking accounts held by
Borrower at Bank of America.
“ Business Day
” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or another day on
which commercial banks are authorized or obligated to close in
Seattle, Washington.
“ Change of
Control ” means, with respect to any Person, an event or
series of events by which:
(a) any “person”
or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d)
and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but excluding any
employee benefit plan of such person or its subsidiaries, and any
person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other
fiduciary or administrator of any such plan) becomes the
“beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except that a person or
group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of
all securities that such person or group has the right to acquire
(such right, an “ option right ”), whether such
right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of
time), directly or indirectly, of 40% or more of the equity
securities of such Person entitled to vote for members of the board
of directors or equivalent governing body of
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such Person on a
fully-diluted basis (and taking into account all such securities
that such person or group has the right to acquire pursuant to any
option right); or
(b) during any period of 12
consecutive months, a majority of the members of the board of
directors or other equivalent governing body of such Person cease
to be composed of individuals (i) who were members of that board or
equivalent governing body on the first day of such period, (ii)
whose election or nomination to that board or equivalent governing
body was approved by individuals referred to in clause (i) above
constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a
majority of that board or equivalent governing body or (iii) whose
election or nomination to that board or other equivalent governing
body was approved by individuals referred to in clauses (i) and
(ii) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination
at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body
(excluding, in the case of both clause (ii) and clause (iii), any
individual whose initial nomination for, or assumption of office
as, a member of that board or equivalent governing body occurs as a
result of an actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or
consents for the election or removal of one or more directors by
any person or group other than a solicitation for the election of
one or more directors by or on behalf of the board of
directors).
“ Chiao Tung
Loans ” has the meaning given that term in Section
7.3 .
“ Code ”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time.
“ Collateral
” means all personal or real property in which any of the
Loan Documents now or hereafter create or purport to create a
Lien.
“ Collateral
Differential ” means, as of any Collateral Measurement
Date, the amount (if any) by which the Minimum Collateral Amount as
of such date exceeds the net book value of the
Collateral.
“ Collateral
Measurement Date ” means the applicable date designated
as a Collateral Measurement Date in Section 6.13
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“ Commitment
” shall mean (a) with respect to each Lender, (i) its
obligation to extend Revolving Loans under this Agreement, or (ii)
its obligation to purchase Letter of Credit Risk Participations
pursuant to Article 10 hereof; and (b) with respect to
Agent, its obligation to issue Letters of Credit under this
Agreement.
“ Contractual
Obligation ” means, as to any Person, any provision of
any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument
or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it
or any of its property is bound.
“ Controlled
Group ” means all members of a controlled group of
corporations and all trades or businesses (whether or not
incorporated) under common control which, together with Borrower,
are treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or 414(c) of
the Code.
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“ Debtor Relief
Laws ” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States,
and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment
for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement,
receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief
laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from
time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors
generally.
“ Default
” means any event which but for the passage of time or the
giving of notice or both would be an Event of Default.
“ Default Rate
” means a per annum rate equal to the then-current Base Rate
plus three percent (3%).
“ Dollars
”, “ dollars ” and “ $
” each mean lawful money of the United States.
“ Domestic
Guarantors ” means Avure Technologies, Inc., CIS
Acquisition Corp. and Flow Waterjet Florida Corporation and any
other Subsidiary that from time to time executes and delivers a
supplement in the form attached to, or otherwise becomes bound by,
the Domestic Guaranty.
“ Domestic Guarantor
Security Agreement ” means that certain Security
Agreement dated as of the date hereof, executed by the Domestic
Guarantors in favor of Agent, and all additions, supplements,
renewals or amendments thereto.
“ Domestic
Guaranty ” means that certain Guaranty Agreement dated as
of the date hereof executed by the Domestic Guarantors in favor of
Agent and Lenders, and any additions, supplements, renewals or
amendments thereto.
“ Domestic
Subsidiary ” means a Subsidiary of Borrower incorporated
and organized under the laws of any state of the United States and
the District of Columbia.
“ EBITDA ”
means operating income, plus the sum of (i) depreciation expense,
(ii) depletion expense, (iii) amortization expense, (iv)
restructuring expenses not to exceed $1,500,000 in fiscal year
2005, (v) fees paid to legal and financial advisors associated with
Borrower’s refinancing efforts and negotiations with its
existing creditors, (vi) one-time, non-cash charges related to
write-downs of intangibles or goodwill, and (vii) non-cash
compensation.
“ EBITDA Measurement
Period ” has the meaning given in Section 6.12
.
“ Environmental
Laws ” means all federal, state or local laws, statutes,
common law duties, rules, regulations, ordinances and codes,
together with all administrative orders, directed duties, requests,
licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any
Governmental Authorities, in each case relating to environmental,
health, safety and land use matters; including the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980
(“CERCLA”), the Clean Air Act, the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act of 1972, the Solid Waste Disposal Act, the
Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Toxic
Substances
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Control Act, the Emergency Planning and
Community Right-to-Know Act, and any applicable state
law.
“ Environmental
Liability ” means any liability, contingent or otherwise
(including any liability for damages, costs of environmental
remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower or
any Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries directly or
indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any
Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling,
transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous
Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release
or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the
environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual
arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with
respect to any of the foregoing.
“ ERISA ”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time.
“ ERISA
Affiliate ” means any trade or business (whether or not
incorporated) under common control with the Borrower within the
meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m)
and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section
412 of the Code).
“ Event of
Default ” has the meaning given in Section 8.1
.
“ Existing Letters
of Credit ” means the following standby letters of credit
issued by Bank of America pursuant to the Prior Credit
Agreement:
(1) Irrevocable Standby
Letter of Credit Number 3064768 dated August 4, 2004 naming
International Advanced Research Centre for Powder, Metallurgy and
New Materials as beneficiary and Flow Autoclave Systems, Inc. as
applicant in a face amount not to exceed $706,817.10;
(2) Irrevocable Standby
Letter of Credit Number 3073456 dated February 16, 2005 naming
International Advanced Research Centre for Powder, Metallurgy and
New Materials as beneficiary and Flow Autoclave Systems, Inc. as
applicant in a face amount not to exceed $706,817.10;
(3) Irrevocable Standby
Letter of Credit Number 3072934 dated January 20, 2005 naming
Itochu Mechatronics Corp. as beneficiary and Flow International
Corporation as applicant in a face amount not to exceed
$1,818,150;
(4) Irrevocable Standby
Letter of Credit Number 3066311 dated October 22, 2004 naming
Itochu Mechatronics Corp. as beneficiary and Flow International
Corporation as applicant in a face amount not to exceed $500,000;
and
(5) Irrevocable Standby
Letter of Credit Number 3066310 dated October 22, 2004 naming
Itochu Mechatronics Corp. as beneficiary and Flow International
Corporation
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as applicant, as amended on
December 20, 2004, in a face amount not to exceed $3,852,489 (as
amended).
“ FAC ”
means Flow Asia Corporation, a corporation formed under the laws of
Taiwan, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Borrower.
“ Federal Funds
Rate ” means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate
per annum equal for each day during such period to the weighted
average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with
members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds
brokers, as published for such day (or, if such day is not a
Business Day, for the next preceding Business Day) by the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for
any day which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for
such day on transactions received by Agent from three federal funds
brokers of recognized standing selected by Agent.
“ Financial
Transactions Obligations ” means all indebtedness,
liabilities and obligations of Borrower to Bank of America or any
Affiliate of Bank of America now or hereafter existing, whether
joint or several, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent or due
or to become due, arising under or in connection with any agreement
(including all schedules thereto, confirmations of transactions
thereunder, and documents, definitions, and agreements incorporated
therein by reference or relating thereto) pursuant to which Bank of
America has agreed to permit daylight overdrafts to occur on
accounts maintained by Borrower with Bank of America, provide
remote disbursement services for Borrower, process automated
clearing house (ACH) transactions for the account of Borrower or
extend credit to Borrower, in the form of credit card accounts,
including, without limitation, any interest due thereon, all fees,
costs, and expenses incurred by Bank of America in connection
therewith, and termination payments and indemnifications relating
thereto.
“ First Commercial
Loans ” has the meaning given in Section 7.3(h)
.
“ Flow Europe
” means Flow Europe GmbH, a corporation organized under the
laws of Germany and a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Borrower.
“ Foreign
Guarantors ” means FAC, Flow Europe, ATAB, Flow
International FPS AB and Flow Holdings Sagl, and any other
Subsidiary that from time to time executes and delivers a
supplement in the form attached to, or otherwise becomes bound by,
the Foreign Guaranty, and “ Foreign Guarantor ”
means any one of them.
“ Foreign Guarantor
Security Agreement ” means that certain Security
Agreement dated as of the date hereof, executed by the Foreign
Guarantors in favor of Agent, and all additions, supplements,
renewals or amendments thereto.
“ Foreign
Guaranty ” means that certain Guaranty Agreement dated as
of the date hereof, executed by the Foreign Guarantors in favor of
Agent and Lenders, and any additions, supplements, renewals or
amendments thereto.
“ GAAP ”
has the meaning given in Section 1.3 .
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“ Government
Approval ” means an approval, permit, license,
authorization, certificate, or consent of any Governmental
Authority.
“ Governmental
Authority ” means the government of the United States or
any State or any foreign country or any political subdivision of
any thereof or any branch, department, agency, instrumentality,
court, tribunal or regulatory authority which constitutes a part or
exercises any sovereign power of any of the foregoing.
“ Guarantors
” means the Domestic Guarantors, the Foreign Guarantors, and
any other Subsidiary that from time to time executes and delivers a
supplement in the form attached to, or otherwise becomes bound by,
the Domestic Guaranty or Foreign Guaranty, and “
Guarantor ” means any one of them.
“ Handelsbanken
Loans ” has the meaning given that term in Section
7.3 .
“ Hazardous
Materials ” means all explosive or radioactive substances
or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other
pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos
or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon
gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or
wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental
Law.
“ Indebtedness
” means for any person (a) all items of indebtedness or
liability (except capital, surplus, deferred credits and reserves,
as such) which would be included in determining total liabilities
as shown on the liability side of a balance sheet as of the date as
of which indebtedness is determined, (b) indebtedness secured by
any Lien, whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed,
(c) any other indebtedness or liability for borrowed money or for
the deferred purchase price of property or services for which such
person is directly or contingently liable as obligor, guarantor, or
otherwise, or in respect of which such person otherwise assures a
creditor against loss, (d) any other obligations of such person
under leases which shall have been or should be recorded as capital
leases, and (e) guarantees or other contingent
obligations.
“ Indemnified
Liabilities ” has the meaning given to it in Section
11.14 .
“ Letter of
Credit ” means any standby letter of credit issued by
Agent pursuant to the terms of Article 3 hereof together
with the Existing Letters of Credit.
“ Letter of Credit
Risk Participation ” means, with respect to each Lender,
a risk participation purchased by such Lender pursuant to
Article 10 hereof with respect to a Letter of Credit,
including, without limitation, the Existing Letters of Credit
(including risk participations deemed purchased from Agent by Bank
of America in its capacity as Lender).
“ Letter of Credit
Usage ” means, as of any date of determination, the sum
of (i) the aggregate face amount of all outstanding unmatured
Letters of Credit, plus (ii) the aggregate amount of all payments
made by Agent under Letters of Credit, no longer outstanding, but
not yet reimbursed by Borrower pursuant to Section 3.4
.
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“ LIBOR Loan
” means any portion of the Revolving Loans bearing interest
at the LIBOR Rate.
“ LIBOR Rate
” means for any Applicable Interest Period with respect to a
LIBOR Loan, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if
necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to the sum of (i) 2.50%
(250 basis points), and (ii) 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 Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00
a.m. (London time) two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement
of such Applicable Interest Period, for United States Dollar
deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Applicable Interest
Period) with a term equivalent to such Applicable Interest Period.
If such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the
“LIBOR Rate” for such Applicable Interest Period shall
be the rate per annum determined by the Agent to be the rate at
which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the first day of such
Applicable Interest Period in same day funds in the approximate
amount of the LIBOR Loan being made, continued or converted by the
Agent and with a term equivalent to such Applicable Interest Period
would be offered by the Lender’s London Branch to major banks
in the London interbank eurodollar market at their request at
approximately 4:00 p.m. (London time) two (2) Business Days prior
to the commencement of such Applicable Interest Period.
“ Lien ”
means, for any person, any security interest, pledge, mortgage,
charge, assignment, hypothecation, encumbrance, attachment,
garnishment, execution or other voluntary or involuntary lien upon
or affecting the revenues of such person or any real or personal
property in which such person has or hereafter acquires any
interest, except (a) liens for Taxes which are not delinquent or
which remain payable without penalty or the validity or amount of
which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
upon stay of execution of the enforcement thereof; (b) liens
imposed by law (such as mechanics’ liens) incurred in good
faith in the ordinary course of business which are not delinquent
or which remain payable without penalty or the validity or amount
of which is being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings upon stay of execution of the enforcement thereof with,
in the case of liens on property of Borrower, provision having been
made to the satisfaction of Agent for the payment thereof in the
event the contest is determined adversely to Borrower; and (c)
deposits or pledges under worker’s compensation, unemployment
insurance, social security or other similar laws or made to secure
the performance of bids, tenders, contracts (except for repayment
of borrowed money), or leases, or to secure statutory obligations
or surety or appeal bonds or to secure indemnity, performance,
customs or other similar bonds given in the ordinary course of
business.
“ Loan Documents
” means this Agreement, the Notes, the Domestic Guaranty, the
Foreign Guaranty, the Security Agreement, the Pledge Agreement, the
Domestic Guarantor Security Agreement, the Foreign Guarantor
Security Agreement, any Reimbursement Agreements relating to
Letters of Credit and Existing Letters of Credit, letter of credit
applications relating to the Letters of Credit and the Existing
Letters of Credit, any deposit account control agreements,
mortgages, deeds of trust, environmental indemnity agreements, and
all other agreements, documents, instruments, powers of attorney,
resolutions, certificates, financing statements, financing
statement amendments, stock powers or notices executed by or on
behalf of Borrower or its Affiliates or any Guarantor in connection
with this Agreement or
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any Loan Document, the transactions
contemplated hereby, or otherwise in favor of Agent or any Lender,
in any case, either prior to or after the date hereof or thereof,
in each case, as the same may be amended, restated, extended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“ Loans ”
means the Revolving Loans and overdraft advances pursuant to
Section 2.1(b) and includes Base Rate Loans and LIBOR
Loans.
“ LTM ”
means last twelve months.
“ Majority
Lenders ” means all Lenders.
“ Mandatory
Reductions ” has the meaning given in Section
2.1(b)(i) .
“ Material Adverse
Effect ” means (a) a material adverse change in, or a
material adverse effect upon, the operations, business, properties,
liabilities (actual or contingent) or condition (financial or
otherwise) of the Borrower or the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
taken as a whole; (b) a material impairment of the ability of
Borrower or any Guarantor to perform its obligations under any Loan
Document to which it is a party; or (c) a material adverse effect
upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability
against Borrower or any Guarantor of any Loan Document to which it
is a party.
“ Minimum Collateral
Amount ” means the applicable amount designated as a
Minimum Collateral Amount in Section 6.13 .
“ Minimum EBITDA
Amount ” has the meaning given in Section 6.12
.
“ Notes ”
has the meaning given in Section 2.7 .
“ Notice of
Borrowing ” means a written or oral request for a Loan
from Borrower delivered to Agent in the manner, at the time, and
containing the information required under Section 2.2
.
“ Obligations
” means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations,
covenants and duties of Borrower or any Guarantor arising under any
Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan, Letter of
Credit or Financial Transactions Obligations, whether direct or
indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or
contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising
and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement
by or against Borrower or any Guarantor or any Affiliate thereof of
any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as
the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest
and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding.
“ Officer’s
Certificate ” means a certificate executed and delivered
on behalf of Borrower by its Chairman, President or Chief Financial
Officer.
“ Optional
Reductions ” has the meaning given in Section
2.1(b)(ii) .
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“ PBGC ”
means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any entity
succeeding to any or all of its functions under ERISA.
“ Pension Plan
” means an “employee pension benefit plan” (as
such term is defined in ERISA) from time to time maintained by
Borrower or a member of the Controlled Group.
“ Performance
Premium ” has the meaning given in Section 6.12
.
“ Person ”
or “ person ” means any natural person,
corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture,
association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other
entity.
“ Plan ”
means, at any time, an employee pension benefit plan which is
covered by Title IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding
standards under Section 412 of the Code and is either (a)
maintained by Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group for
employees of Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group or (b)
maintained pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement or any
other arrangement under which more than one employer makes
contributions and to which Borrower or any member of the Controlled
Group is then making or accruing an obligation to make
contributions or has within the preceding five (5) plan years made
contributions.
“ Pledge
Agreement ” means that certain Pledge Agreement dated as
of the date hereof, executed by the Borrower in favor of Agent, and
all additions, supplements, renewals or amendments
thereto.
“ Prime Rate
” means the rate publicly announced from time to time by Bank
of America at 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 the prime 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.
“ Prior Credit
Agreement ” means that certain Second Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement by and between Bank of America, N.A. and
General Electric Capital Corporation, as lenders, and Bank of
America, N.A. as administrative agent, dated as of July 28, 2003,
as amended from time to time.
“ Pro Rata Share
” means a fraction whose numerator (a) with respect to Bank
of America, is Bank of America’s Commitment, and (b) with
respect to U.S. Bank, is U.S. Bank’s Commitment, and whose
denominator is the sum of all Lenders’ Commitments, as set
forth in Section 2.1(a) .
“ Reimbursement
Agreements ” has the meaning given in Section
3.2(d) .
“ Restricted
Payment ” means any dividend or other distribution
(whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any
capital stock or other equity interest of the
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Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any
payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including
any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase,
redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of
any such capital stock or other equity interest or of any option
(other than options under the Borrower’s stock option plan),
warrant or other right to acquire any such capital stock or other
equity interest.
“ Revolving
Commitment Period ” has the meaning given in Section
2.1(a) .
“ Revolving
Commitment ” has the meaning given in Section
2.1(a) .
“ Revolving
Loans ” has the meaning given in Section 2.1(a) and
includes Base Rate Loans and LIBOR Loans.
“ Revolving Maturity
Date ” means August 1, 2005.
“ Security
Agreement ” means that certain Security Agreement dated
as of the date hereof, executed by the Borrower in favor of Agent,
and all additions, supplements, renewals or amendments
thereto.
“ Stock Sale Net
Proceeds ” shall mean the gross cash proceeds
attributable to any public or private offering by the Borrower or
other sale by Borrower after the date of this Agreement of its
common or preferred stock or warrants, options, rights or other
equity interests minus all fees and expenses associated with such
sale including, without limitation, investment banking, legal,
accounting, printing, transfer agent and broker fees associated
with such sale.
“ Subordinated Note
Purchase Agreement ” means, collectively, the agreements
providing for the purchase of an aggregate original principal
amount of $35,000,000 of the Borrower’s 13% Subordinated
Notes due April 30, 2008 and Warrants to Purchase Common Stock
between Borrower and the “Purchasers” identified
therein, as amended from time to time.
“ Subordinated
Notes ” means the notes issued in connection with, and as
defined in, the Subordinated Note Purchase Agreement.
“ Subsidiary
” shall mean any person, corporation, association or other
business entity directly or indirectly controlled by Borrower. For
the purposes of this definition, “controlled by” shall
mean the possession, directly or indirectly of the power to direct
or cause the direction of the management and policies of such
Subsidiary, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by
contract or otherwise.
“ Successor
” means, for any corporation or banking association, any
successor by merger or consolidation, or by acquisition of
substantially all of the assets of the predecessor.
“ Tax ”
means, for any person, any tax, assessment, duty, levy, impost or
other charge imposed by any Governmental Authority on such person
or on any property, revenue, income, or franchise of such person
and any interest or penalty with respect to any of the
foregoing.
“ Total Revolving
Commitment ” means Thirty Million Dollars
($30,000,000).
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“ Total
Utilization ” means, as of any date of determination, the
sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding
Revolving Loans, (ii) any amounts outstanding under Section
2.1(c) , and (iii) the Letter of Credit Usage.
“ Unfunded Vested
Liabilities ” means, with respect to any Plan at any
time, the amount (if any) by which (a) the present value of all
vested nonforfeitable benefits under such Plan exceeds (b) the fair
market value of all Plan assets allocable to such benefits, all
determined as of the then most recent evaluation date for such
Plan, but only to the extent that such excess represents a
potential liability of Borrower or any member of the Controlled
Group to the PBGC or the Plan under Title IV of ERISA.
Section 1.2 General
Principles Applicable to Definitions. Definitions given herein
shall be equally applicable to both singular and plural forms of
the terms therein defined and references herein to “he”
or “it” shall be applicable to persons whether
masculine, feminine or neuter. References herein to any document
including, but without limitation, this Agreement shall be deemed a
reference to such document as it now exists, and as, from time to
time hereafter, the same may be amended. References herein to any
section, subsection, schedule or exhibit shall, unless otherwise
indicated, be deemed a reference to sections and subsections within
and schedules and exhibits to this Agreement.
Section 1.3 Accounting
Terms. Except as otherwise provided herein, accounting terms
not specifically defined shall be construed, and all accounting
procedures shall be performed, in accordance with generally
accepted United States accounting principles consistently applied
(“ GAAP ”) and as in effect on the date of
application.
ARTICLE 2
THE LOANS
Section 2.1 Amounts and
Terms of Commitments.
(a) The Revolving
Credit. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
each Lender severally agrees to make loans (“ Revolving
Loans ”) to Borrower from time to time on Business Days
until the Revolving Maturity Date (the “ Revolving
Commitment Period ”) in amounts equal to such
Lender’s Pro Rata Share (as set forth below) of each
requested Loan; provided that , after giving effect
to any requested Loan (i) the aggregate of all Revolving Loans from
such Lender will not exceed at any one time outstanding the Total
Revolving Commitment, multiplied by such Lender’s Pro Rata
Share (such Lender’s “ Revolving Commitment
”), and (ii) the Total Utilization will not exceed the Total
Revolving Commitment. Each Lender’s Revolving Commitment is
set forth opposite its name below. The Revolving Loans described in
this Section 2.1(a) constitute a revolving credit and within
the amount and time specified, Borrower may pay, prepay and
reborrow.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lender
|
|
Revolving
Commitment
|
|
Pro Rata Share
|
|
|
Bank of America, N.A.
|
|
$ |
17,000,000.00 |
|
56.66666 |
% |
|
U.S. Bank National
Association
|
|
$ |
13,000,000.00 |
|
43.33334 |
% |
|
Total Revolving Commitment
|
|
$ |
30,000,000.00 |
|
100.0000000 |
% |
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(b) Reductions in Total
Revolving Commitment.
(i) Mandatory
Reductions. The Total Revolving Commitment shall be permanently
reduced on the following dates and in the following
amounts:
(A) on any date when Borrower
receives (or becomes entitled immediately to receive) any Asset
Sale Net Proceeds, the Total Revolving Commitment shall be
permanently reduced by an amount equal to one hundred percent
(100%) of such Asset Sale Net Proceeds;
(B) on any date when Borrower
receives (or becomes entitled to receive) any Stock Sale Net
Proceeds, the Total Revolving Commitment shall be permanently
reduced by an amount equal to thirty percent (30%) of such Stock
Sale Net Proceeds; and
(C) if there is a Collateral
Differential on any Collateral Measurement Date, the Total
Revolving Commitment shall be permanently reduced by the amount of
such Collateral Differential in accordance with Section 6.13
.
Any reduction in the Total Revolving
Commitment under this Section 2.1(b)(i) shall be referred to
as a “ Mandatory Reduction ” and shall be in
addition to any Optional Reduction.
(ii) Optional
Reductions. Borrower may, at its option, reduce the Total
Revolving Commitment from time to time upon at least two (2)
Business Days’ prior written notice to Agent; provided
that each such reduction (an “ Optional
Reduction ”) must be in an amount not less than $250,000.
Each notice of an Optional Reduction shall be irrevocable and shall
specify the effective date of such reduction, which date may not be
earlier than the next Business Day after receipt by Agent of such
notice.
(c) Overdrafts.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including
without limitation, Section 4.2 , Bank of America, as part
of its Commitment hereunder, hereby severally agrees to make loans,
not to exceed the lesser of (i) Total Revolving Commitment
minus the Total Utilization, and (ii) $3,000,000, to cover
overdrafts on Borrower Accounts.
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Section 2.2 Manner of
Borrowing.
(a) Revolving
Loans.
(i) For each requested
Revolving Loan, Borrower shall deliver to Agent a Notice of
Borrowing. Each Notice of Borrowing (whether oral or written) shall
specify: (A) whether the Borrower is requesting a new Revolving
Loan, a conversion of a Revolving Loan from one type to another, or
a continuation of a LIBOR Loan, (B) the requested date of the
borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which
shall be a Business Day), (C) the principal amount of the Revolving
Loan to be borrowed, converted or continued, (D) the Applicable
Interest Rate for the requested borrowing, and (E) the Applicable
Interest Period, if the requested borrowing is to be a LIBOR Loan.
If the Borrower fails to specify a type of loan in the Notice of
Borrowing or if the Borrower fails to give a timely notice
requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable
Revolving Loan shall be made as, or converted to, a Base Rate Loan.
Any such automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be effective
as of the last day of the Applicable Interest Period then in effect
with respect to the applicable LIBOR Loan. If the Borrower requests
a borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of a LIBOR Loan in
any such Notice of Borrowing, but fails to specify an Applicable
Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Applicable
Interest Period of one (1) month.
(ii) Each such Notice of
Borrowing (whether oral or written) shall be received by the Agent
not later than 11:00 a.m. (Seattle time) (A) three (3) Business
Days prior to the requested date of any borrowing of, conversion to
or continuation of a LIBOR Loan or of any conversion of LIBOR Loans
to Base Rate Loans, and (B) on the requested date of any borrowing
of a Base Rate Loan. Any oral Notice of Borrowing must be confirmed
promptly by delivery to the Agent of a written Notice of Borrowing,
appropriately completed and signed by an authorized officer of
Borrower. Each borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of LIBOR
Loans shall be in a principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole
multiple of $250,000 in excess thereof. Requests for borrowings,
conversions or continuations of any Revolving Loan shall be
irrevocable and shall be deemed to constitute a representation and
warranty by Borrower that as of the date of such notice, the
statements set forth in Article 5 hereof are true and
correct and that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing. On receipt of a Notice of Borrowing, Agent shall
promptly notify each Lender by telephone, telex or telefax of the
date of the requested borrowing and the amount thereof. Each Lender
shall before 1:00 p.m. (Seattle time) on the date of the requested
borrowing, pay such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the aggregate
principal amount of the requested borrowing in immediately
available funds to Agent at its Commercial Loan Processing Center,
Seattle, Washington. Upon fulfillment to Agent’s satisfaction
of the applicable conditions set forth in Article 4 , and
after receipt by Agent of such funds, Agent will promptly make such
funds available to Borrower by depositing them to the ordinary
checking account maintained by Borrower at Agent’s Commercial
Accounts Service Center. If no timely notice of a conversion or
continuation is provided by the Borrower, the Agent shall notify
each Lender of the details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate
Loans described in the preceding subsection.
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(iii) Except as otherwise
provided herein, a LIBOR Loan may be continued or converted only on
the last date of an Applicable Interest Period for such LIBOR Loan.
During the existence of a Default, no Loan may be requested as,
converted to or continued as LIBOR Loans without the consent of the
Majority Lenders.
(iv) The Agent shall promptly
notify the Borrower and the Lenders of an interest rate applicable
to any Applicable Interest Period for LIBOR Loans upon
determination of such interest rate. At any time the Base Rate
Loans are outstanding, the Agent shall notify the Borrower and the
Lenders of any change in Bank of America’s prime rate used in
determining the Base Rate promptly following the public
announcement of such change.
(v) After giving effect to
all borrowings, all conversion of Revolving Loans from one type to
the other and all continuations of Revolving Loans as the same
type, there shall not be more than five (5) Applicable Interest
Periods in effect with respect to the Revolving Loans.
(b) Overdrafts. Bank
of America may, at its option, notify Agent that any overdraft
covered by Section 2.1(c) shall be deemed a Notice of
Borrowing requesting a Loan. If Bank of America so notifies Agent,
then all parties hereto agree that, for all purposes under this
Agreement, Borrower will be deemed to have delivered a Notice of
Borrowing to Agent pursuant to Section 2.2(a) requesting a
Revolving Loan on the date and in the amount of such overdraft. Any
such Revolving Loan made under Section 2.1(c) and this
Section 2.2(b) shall accrue interest at the Base Rate only
and not at a LIBOR Rate. Borrower shall, if requested by Agent,
provide a written Notice of Borrowing to Agent as additional
evidence of its request for such Revolving Loan.
Section 2.3 Agent’s
Right to Fund Loans. Unless Agent shall have received notice
from a Lender prior to 12:00 Noon (Seattle time) on the date of any
requested borrowing that such Lender will not make available to
Agent its share of the requested borrowing, Agent may assume that
such Lender has made such funds available to Agent on the date such
Loan is to be made in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof and
Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to
Borrower on such date a corresponding amount. If and to the extent
that such Lender shall not have so made such portion available to
Agent, such Lender and Borrower jointly and severally agree to pay
to Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount, together
with interest thereon for each day from the date such amount is
made available to Borrower until the date such amount is repaid to
Agent, at (a) in the case of Borrower, the Base Rate and (b) in the
case of such Lender, the Federal Funds Rate. Any such repayment by
Borrower shall be without prejudice to any rights it may have
against Lender that has failed to make available its funds for any
requested borrowing.
Section 2.4 Repayment of
Principal.
(a) Borrower shall
repay to Lenders from time to time such amounts of principal as may
be necessary to ensure that at all times, the Total Utilization is
equal to or less than the Total Revolving Commitment then in
effect.
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(b) On each Business
Day that there is an outstanding balance in any of the Borrower
Accounts at 5:00 p.m. (Seattle time), Borrower shall repay to
Agent, no later than 10:00 a.m. (Seattle time) on the following
Business Day, an amount equal to such balance.
(c) On any date when
Borrower receives (or becomes entitled immediately to receive) any
Asset Sale Net Proceeds, Borrower shall pay to Lenders an amount
equal to one hundred percent (100%) of such Asset Sale Net
Proceeds.
(d) On any date when
Borrower receives (or becomes entitled immediately to receive) any
Stock Sale Net Proceeds, Borrower shall pay to the Lenders an
amount equal to thirty percent (30%) of such Stock Sale Net
Proceeds.
(e) Borrower shall
repay the principal amount of the Revolving Loans on or before the
Revolving Maturity Date.
Section 2.5 Interest on
Loans.
(a) General
Provisions. The Borrower agrees to pay interest on the
outstanding principal amount of each Loan, including overdrafts
made pursuant to Section 2.1(c) , from the date of such Loan
until the Loan shall be due and payable at a per annum rate equal
to the Applicable Interest Rate. If a default shall occur in the
payment when due of any Loan (whether at maturity, upon
acceleration or otherwise), interest shall accrue at a per annum
rate equal to the Default Rate. Accrued but unpaid interest on each
Base Rate Loan shall be paid on the first day of each calendar
month, on any prepayment of the Loan and on the Revolving Maturity
Date. Accrued but unpaid interest on each LIBOR Loan shall be paid
at the end of each Applicable Interest Period, on any prepayment of
the Loan and on the Revolving Maturity Date. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, accrued interest on any Loan shall be payable on demand
after the occurrence of an Event of Default.
(b) Applicable Days for
Computation of Interest. Computations of interest described in
Section 2.5 shall be made on the basis of a year of 360 days, for
the actual number of days (including the first day but excluding
the last day) occurring in the period for which such interest is
payable.
(c) Unavailable LIBOR
Rate. In the event, and on each occasion, that the Agent shall
have determined (which determination shall be conclusive and
binding) that the LIBOR Rate cannot be ascertained for any reason
or the Agent shall determine that, due to a change in any
applicable law, rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority or
in the application of such law, rule or regulation to either Lender
or due to a change in the financial markets not specifically
related to the funding capabilities of either Lender, the LIBOR
Rate will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to the Lenders
of making or maintaining the principal amount of a LIBOR Loan
during the Applicable Interest Period for such LIBOR Loan, the
Agent shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, give notice of such
determination to Borrower and any request for conversion to or
continuation of a LIBOR Loan pursuant to Section 2.2 shall
be deemed to be a request for a Base Rate Loan.
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Section 2.6
Prepayments.
(a) Any portion of the
principal of a Loan may be paid prior to its maturity (herein a
“ prepayment ”), except that nonmandatory
prepayments of LIBOR Loans must occur at the end of an Applicable
Interest Period. Any prepayment of principal shall be accompanied
by all accrued but unpaid interest on the principal amount prepaid.
Unless otherwise agreed by the Lenders, prepayments shall be
applied to the principal installments required to be paid pursuant
to Section 2.2 in the inverse order of maturity.
(b) No fee shall be
assessed in connection with the prepayment of a Base Rate Loan. If
a LIBOR Loan is paid prior to the end of the Applicable Interest
Period, Borrower shall, on the date of such payment, pay an amount
required pursuant to Section 2.12 . Such additional amount
shall be paid in all circumstances where principal on a LIBOR Loan
is paid prior to the end of the Applicable Interest Period,
regardless of whether such payment is voluntary or mandatory or the
result of Agent’s collection efforts. Notwithstanding the
foregoing to the contrary, Borrower shall not be required to pay
any prepayment fees associated with the prepayment of any LIBOR
Loans prior to the end of an Applicable Interest Period if such
prepayment is associated with the pay down and termination of this
Agreement and the simultaneous execution and delivery of a new
credit agreement with Bank of America, U.S. Bank and any other
banks (if any), as lenders, and Bank of America, as administrative
agent.
Section 2.7 Notes. The
Loans made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more
accounts or records maintained by such Lender and by the Agent in
the ordinary course of business. The accounts or records maintained
by the Agent and each Lender shall be conclusive proof of the
amount of the Loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower and the
principal and interest payments made thereon, absent a showing of
manifest error. In the event of any conflict between the accounts
and records maintained by any Lender and the accounts and records
of the Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records
of the Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error. Any
failure to maintain accounts or records or any error in doing so
shall not, however, limit or affect the obligation of the Borrower
hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations.
Upon the request of any Lender made through the Agent, the Borrower
shall execute one or more notes (the “ Notes ”)
substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, as
applicable, which shall evidence such Lender’s Loans in
addition to such accounts or records. Each Lender is hereby
authorized to record the date and amount of the Loans it makes and
the date and amount of each payment of principal and interest
thereon on a schedule annexed to and constituting part of the
appropriate Note, account or record. Any such recordation shall
constitute prima facie evidence of the accuracy of the information
so recorded; provided , however , the failure to make
any such recordation shall not affect the obligations of Borrower
hereunder or under the Notes.
Section 2.8 Manner of
Payments.
(a) All payments and
prepayments of principal and interest on any Loan and all other
amounts payable hereunder by Borrower to Agent or any Lender shall
be made by paying the same in Dollars and in immediately available
funds to Agent at its Commercial Loan
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Processing Center, Seattle,
Washington not later than 12:00 Noon (Seattle time) on the date on
which such payment or prepayment shall become due.
(b) Borrower hereby
authorizes Agent and each Lender, if and to the extent any payment
is not promptly made pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, to charge from time to time against any or all of the
accounts of Borrower with Agent or any Lender or any affiliate of
any Lender any amount due hereunder or under such other Loan
Document.
(c) Whenever any
payment hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be stated
to be due would otherwise occur on a day other than a Business Day,
such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business
Day.
(d) Unless Borrower
has notified Agent prior to the date any payment to be made by it
is due, that it does not intend to remit such payment, Agent may,
in its sole and absolute discretion, assume that Borrower has
timely remitted such payment and may, in its sole and absolute
discretion and in reliance thereon, make available such payment to
the Lender entitled thereto. If such payment was not in fact
remitted to Agent in immediately available funds, then each Lender
shall forthwith on demand repay to Agent the amount of such assumed
payment made available to such Lender, together with interest
thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such
amount was made available by Agent to such Lender to the date such
amount is repaid to Agent at the Federal Funds Rate.
Section 2.9 Fees. In
addition to certain fees described in Section 3.2(b), Borrower
shall pay to the Agent for the account of the Lenders in accordance
with each Lender’s Pro Rata Share, a quarterly commitment fee
in an amount equal to the product of (i) 0.50% (50 basis points)
and (ii) the Total Revolving Commitment. Such fee shall be prorated
from the closing date of this Agreement and shall be paid on April
30, 2005 and on July 31, 2005. Such fees shall be deemed fully
earned when due and non-refundable, in whole or in part, when paid.
For the avoidance of doubt, the commitment fee payable on April 30,
2005 (which shall be charged to Borrower on May 2, 2005) shall be
an amount equal to $3,370.79. If this Agreement is terminated by
all of the parties hereto and replaced with another credit facility
prior to July 31, 2005, then Borrower acknowledges and agrees that
it shall pay to Agent for the benefit of the Lenders the accrued
quarterly commitment fee prorated from April 30 through the date of
termination.
Section 2.10 Sharing of
Payments, Etc. If any Lender shall obtain any payment in
respect of Borrower’s obligations under the Loan Documents
(whether voluntary or involuntary, through the exercise of any
right of setoff or otherwise) in excess of the amount it would have
received if all payments had been made directly to Agent and
apportioned in accordance with the terms hereof, such Lender shall
hold such excess payment in trust for Agent and Lenders and shall
forthwith remit the same to Agent for Lenders’ accounts as
herein provided.
Section 2.11 Application
of Payments. Any payment by Borrower hereunder shall be applied
first , against fees, expenses and indemnities due
hereunder; second , against interest then due in respect of
any Loan; third , against amounts due under Section
3.4 hereof; fourth , against
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any Financial Transaction Obligations;
and thereafter , ratably against amounts owing for the Loan
principal. After the applicable maturity date for any Loan,
payments to be applied to Loan principal shall be applied first to
principal installments then due and thereafter to principal
installments in the inverse order of maturity. Agent shall
distribute any payment by Borrower in respect of Revolving Loans in
accordance with each Lender’s Pro Rata Share. After any of
the Loans become due (by maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise),
any amounts recovered from Borrower, including, without limitation,
through realization on any Collateral, shall be applied, and
distributed by Agent to Lenders, in accordance with each
Lender’s Pro Rata Share.
Section 2.12 Additional
LIBOR Rate Provisions.
(a) Illegality. If any
Lender determines that any law has made it unlawful, or that any
Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful for any
Lender or its applicable lending office to make, maintain or fund
LIBOR Loans, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon
the LIBOR Rate, or any Governmental Authority has imposed material
restrictions on the authority of such Lender to purchase or sell,
or to take deposits of, Dollars in the London interbank market,
then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower through the
Agent, any obligation of such Lender to make or continue LIBOR
Loans or to convert Base Rate Loans to LIBOR Loans shall be
suspended until such Lender notifies the Agent and the Borrower
that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer
exist. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower shall, upon demand
from such Lender (with a copy to the Agent), prepay or, if
applicable, convert all LIBOR Loans of such Lender to Base Rate
Loans, either on the last day of the Applicable Interest Period
therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such
LIBOR Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not
lawfully continue to maintain such LIBOR Loans. Upon any such
prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued
interest on the amount so prepaid or converted.
(b) Inability to Determine
Rates. If the Majority Lenders determine that for any reason in
connection with any request for a LIBOR Loan or a conversion to or
continuation thereof that (a) Dollar deposits are not being offered
to banks in the London interbank eurodollar market for the
applicable amount and Applicable Interest Period of such LIBOR
Loan, (b) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for
determining the LIBOR Rate for any requested Applicable Interest
Period with respect to a proposed LIBOR Loan, or (c) the LIBOR Rate
for any requested Applicable Interest Period with respect to a
proposed LIBOR Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost
to such Lenders of funding such Loan, the Agent will promptly so
notify the Borrower and each Lender. Thereafter, the obligation of
the Lenders to make or maintain LIBOR Loans shall be suspended
until the Agent (upon the instruction of the Majority Lenders)
revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower may
revoke any pending request for a borrowing of, conversion to or
continuation of LIBOR Loans or, failing that, will be deemed to
have converted such request into a request for a borrowing of Base
Rate Loans in the amount specified therein.
(c) Increased Costs
Generally. If any change in law shall (i) impose, modify or
deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan,
insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits
with or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in
by, any Lender, (ii) subject any Lender to any tax of any kind
whatsoever with
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respect to this Agreement, or
any LIBOR Loan made by it, or change the basis of taxation of
payments to such Lender in respect thereof, or (iii) impose on any
Lender or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or
expense affecting this Agreement or LIBOR Loans made by such
Lender, and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase
the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any LIBOR Loan (or
of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan), or to
increase the cost to such Lender or to reduce the amount of any sum
received or receivable by such Lender hereunder (whether of
principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of such
Lender, the Borrower will pay to such Lender, as the case may be,
such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender
for such additional costs incurred or reduction
suffered.
(d) Compensation for
Losses. Upon demand of any Lender (with a copy to the Agent)
from time to time, the Borrower shall promptly compensate such
Lender for and hold such Lender harmless from any loss, cost or
expense incurred by it as a result of: (i) any continuation,
conversion, payment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a Base
Rate Loan) on a day other than the last day of the Applicable
Interest Period for such Loan (whether voluntary, mandatory,
automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise), or (ii) any
failure by the Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of
such Lender to make a Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert
any Loan (other than a Base Rate Loan) on the date or in the amount
notified by the Borrower, including any loss of anticipated profits
and any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or
reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan or from
fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were
obtained. The Borrower shall also pay any customary administrative
fees charged by such Lender in connection with the foregoing. For
purposes of calculating amounts payable by the Borrower to the
Lenders under this Section, each Lender shall be deemed to have
funded each LIBOR Loan made by it at the LIBOR Rate for such Loan
by a matching deposit or other borrowing in the London interbank
eurodollar market for a comparable amount and for a comparable
period, whether or not such LIBOR Loan was in fact so
funded.
ARTICLE 3
LETTERS OF
CREDIT
Section 3.1 Letters of
Credit. Borrower may request that Agent issue letters of credit
for Borrower’s account in accordance with the terms and
conditions of this Article 3 .
Section 3.2 Manner of
Requesting Letters of Credit.
(a) From time to time,
Borrower may request that Agent issue a standby letter of credit
for Borrower’s account or extend or renew any existing
Letters of Credit; provided however , the intended
beneficiary of the Letter of Credit is a customer of Borrower. Such
request will be made by delivering a written request or making an
oral request for the issuance, extension or renewal of such a
letter of credit to Agent not later than 9:00 a.m. (Seattle time)
on the date a new letter of credit is to be issued or an existing
letter of credit is scheduled to expire, provided that, any
request given orally shall be confirmed by Borrower in a
writing
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delivered to Agent not later
than 10:00 a.m. (Seattle time) on the date such oral request is
made. Each such request shall be deemed to constitute a
representation and warranty by Borrower that as of the date of such
request, statements set forth in Article 5 hereof are true
and correct and that no Default or Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing. Each such request shall specify the face amount
of the requested Letter of Credit, the proposed date of expiration,
the name of the intended beneficiary thereof, and whether such
Letter of Credit is a new letter of credit or an extension or
renewal thereof. Borrower, Lenders and Agent acknowledges that the
Existing Letters of Credit shall be subject to and governed by the
terms of this Agreement and that the Lenders shall, in accordance
with Section 4.1(b) , pay to Agent at closing their portion
of the Letter of Credit Risk Participation pursuant to the terms of
Article 10.
(b) Borrower shall pay
to Agent for the account of each Lender in accordance with its Pro
Rata Share, a letter of credit fee equal to the maximum amount
available to be drawn on the outstanding standby Letters of Credit
multiplied by (i) 2.50% (250 basis points) per annum, which
fee shall not be less than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250). Such
letter of credit fees shall be computed on a quarterly basis in
arrears. Such letter of credit fees shall be due and payable on the
first Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and
December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the
issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Revolving Maturity Date
and thereafter on demand. In addition, Borrower shall pay directly
to Agent for its own account the customary issuance, presentation,
amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and
charges, of Agent relating to letters of credit as from time to
time in effect. Such customary fees and standard costs and charges
are due and payable on demand and are nonrefundable.
(c) Each letter of
credit requested hereunder: (i) shall be in a face amount such that
after issuance of such letter of credit (A) the Total Utilization
will not exceed the Total Revolving Commitment then in effect, and
(B) the Letter of Credit Usage would not exceed $13,000,000; and
(ii) shall have an expiration date not later than the Revolving
Maturity Date.
(d) At the request of
Agent, Borrower shall execute a letter of credit application and
reimbursement agreement, in the standard form then used by Agent,
in respect of each Letter of Credit requested hereunder. The letter
of credit applications and reimbursement agreements now in effect
with respect to each existing Letter of Credit shall remain in full
force and effect except that, if such existing Letter of Credit is
extended or renewed, Agent may, at its option, require Borrower to
execute a new letter of credit application and reimbursement
agreement (all reimbursement agreements relating to any of the
Letters of Credit shall, as such agreements may be amended from
time to time, be collectively referred to herein as the “
Reimbursement Agreements ”).
(e) Subject to the
satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Article
4 and Borrower’s compliance with the terms of this
Section 3.2 , Agent shall issue and deliver its letter of
credit to Borrower or to the designated beneficiary at such address
as Borrower may specify. New Letters of Credit and extensions or
renewals of any existing Letters of Credit shall contain terms and
conditions customarily included in Agent’s letters of credit
and shall otherwise be in a form acceptable to Agent.
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In the event of any conflict
between the terms of any Reimbursement Agreement and the terms of
this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall control, unless
Agent has otherwise agreed in a writing.
Section 3.3
Indemnification; Increased Costs.
(a) Borrower agrees to
indemnify Agent and each Lender on demand for any and all
additional costs, expenses, or damages incurred by Agent or such
Lender, directly or indirectly, arising out of the issuance of any
Letter of Credit or the purchase of any Letter of Credit Risk
Participation, including, without limitation, any costs of
maintaining reserves in respect thereof and any premium rates
imposed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in connection
therewith. A certificate as to such additional amounts submitted to
Borrower by Agent or such Lender shall be final, conclusive, and
binding, absent manifest error.
(b) If at any time
after the date hereof the introduction of or any change in
applicable law, rule, or regulation or in the interpretation or the
administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with
the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by
Agent or Lender with any requests directed by any such Governmental
Authority (whether or not having the force of law) shall, with
respect to any Letter of Credit or Letter of Credit Risk
Participation subject Agent or such Lender to any Tax or impose,
modify, or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, or similar
requirements against assets of, deposits with or for the account
of, credit extended by Agent or such Lender or shall impose on
Agent or such Lender any other conditions affecting the Letters of
Credit or Letter of Credit Risk Participations and the result of
any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to Agent or such
Lender of issuing a Letter of Credit or holding a Letter of Credit
Risk Participation or to reduce the amount of any sum received or
receivable by Agent or such Lender hereunder with respect to the
Letters of Credit or Letter of Credit Risk Participations, then,
upon demand by Agent or such Lender, Borrower shall pay to Agent or
such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate
Agent or such Lender for such increased cost or reduction. A
certificate submitted to Borrower by Agent or such Lender setting
forth the basis for the determination of such additional amount or
amounts shall be final, conclusive, and binding, absent manifest
error.
(c) Borrower agrees to
indemnify and hold Agent and each Lender (an “
Indemnitee ”) harmless from and against any and all
(a) Taxes (exclusive of Taxes measured by net income and gross
receipts) and other fees payable in connection with Letters of
Credit, Letter of Credit Risk Participations or the provisions of
this Agreement relating thereto, and (b) any and all actions,
claims, damages, losses, liabilities, fines, penalties, costs, and
expenses of every nature, including Attorney Costs, suffered or
incurred by the Indemnitee otherwise arising out of or relating to
this Article 3 , any Letter of Credit, or any Letter of
Credit Risk Participations; provided , however , said
indemnification shall not apply to the extent that any such action,
claim, damage, loss, liability, fine, penalty, cost, or expense
arises out of or is based solely upon the Indemnitee’s
willful misconduct or negligence.
Section 3.4 Payment by
Borrower. Borrower agrees to fully reimburse Agent for all
amounts paid by Agent under any Letter of Credit and to pay
interest thereon at the Base Rate from the date Agent makes such
payment until the date of any demand for reimbursement
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Agent. Such payment shall be made in
immediately available funds at Agent’s Commercial Loan
Processing Center not later than 11:00 a.m. (Seattle time) on the
date Borrower is first notified by Agent that Agent has made
payment under the Letter of Credit; provided Agent has
notified Borrower by 9:00 a.m. on such date and provided
further , that, if Agent so elects pursuant to the terms of
Section 8.2 , following the occurrence of an Event of
Default, the face amount of each Letter of Credit shall become
immediately due and payable. If Borrower shall default in its
obligations to reimburse Agent or make any other payment required
hereunder, interest shall accrue on the unpaid amount thereof at a
per annum rate equal to the Default Rate from the date such amount
becomes due and payable until payment in full by Borrower. Interest
on such unpaid amounts shall be calculated on the basis of a year
of 360 days and shall be payable on demand.
Section 3.5 Cash
Collateralize. Upon the request of the Agent, (i) upon a
Default or an Event of Default, (ii) if the Agent has honored any
full or partial drawing request under any Letter of Credit and such
drawing has resulted in a borrowing, or (iii) if, as of the date of
expiration of any Letter of Credit, any Letter of Credit may for
any reason remain outstanding and partially or wholly undrawn, in
addition to any other remedies the Agent may have pursuant to this
Agreement, any Loan Document or applicable law, Borrower shall
immediately Cash Collateralize the then outstanding amount of all
Letters of Credit (in an amount equal to such outstanding amount
determined as of the date of the Default, Event of Default, such
borrowing or the Letter of Credit expiration date, as the case may
be). For purposes hereof, “ Cash Collateralize ”
means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Agent as
collateral for the Letter of Credit obligations, cash or deposit
account balances pursuant to documentation in form and substance
satisfactory to the Agent. The Borrower hereby grants to the Agent
for the benefit of the Lenders and the Agent, a security interest
in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein and all
proceeds of the foregoing. Cash collateral shall be maintained in a
blocked, non-interest bearing deposit account at Bank of America,
N.A.
ARTICLE 4
CONDITIONS
Section 4.1 Conditions to
Effectiveness of Agreement. Up
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