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CREDIT AGREEMENT

Loan Agreement

CREDIT AGREEMENT | Document Parties: Administrative Agent and Issuing Bank | BANK OF AMERICA COMPANY | BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI TRUST COMPANY | CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC | CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC | CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON, MERRILL LYNCH CAPITAL CORPORATION | DEUTSCHE BANK AG | FLEET NATIONAL BANK | HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK | JP MORGAN SECURITIES INC | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NA | KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | SUNTRUST BANK | UBS LOAN FINANCE LLC | WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | WELLS FARGO BANK, NA | WRIGHT EXPRESS CORPORATION You are currently viewing:
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Administrative Agent and Issuing Bank | BANK OF AMERICA COMPANY | BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI TRUST COMPANY | CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC | CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC | CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON, MERRILL LYNCH CAPITAL CORPORATION | DEUTSCHE BANK AG | FLEET NATIONAL BANK | HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK | JP MORGAN SECURITIES INC | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NA | KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | SUNTRUST BANK | UBS LOAN FINANCE LLC | WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | WELLS FARGO BANK, NA | WRIGHT EXPRESS CORPORATION

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Title: CREDIT AGREEMENT
Governing Law: New York     Date: 3/1/2005
Industry: Business Services     Law Firm: Skadden Arps;Simpson Thacher     Sector: Services

CREDIT AGREEMENT, Parties: administrative agent and issuing bank , bank of america company , bank of tokyo-mitsubishi trust company , citicorp north america  inc , citigroup global markets inc , credit suisse first boston  merrill lynch capital corporation , deutsche bank ag , fleet national bank , harris trust and savings bank , jp morgan securities inc , jpmorgan chase bank  na , keybank national association , suntrust bank , ubs loan finance llc , wachovia bank  national association , wells fargo bank  na , wright express corporation
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Exhibit 10.5

 

 


 

CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

dated as of

 

February 22, 2005

 

among

 

WRIGHT EXPRESS CORPORATION,

as Borrower,

 

THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,

 

CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON,

MERRILL LYNCH CAPITAL CORPORATION

and

SUNTRUST BANK,

as Co-Documentation Agents,

 

CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC.,

as Syndication Agent,

 

and

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent

 


 

Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners

 

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.    CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.

 


 

 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          Page

ARTICLE I     
Definitions     

Section 1.01

   Defined Terms    1

Section 1.02

   Classification of Loans and Borrowings    16

Section 1.03

   Terms Generally    16

Section 1.04

   Accounting Terms; GAAP    17
ARTICLE II     
The Credits     

Section 2.01

   Term Commitments    17

Section 2.02

   Procedure for Term Loan Borrowing    17

Section 2.03

   Repayment of Term Loans    17

Section 2.04

   Revolving Commitments    18

Section 2.05

   Revolving Loans and Borrowings    18

Section 2.06

   Requests for Revolving Borrowings    19

Section 2.07

   Letters of Credit    19

Section 2.08

   Funding of Borrowings    23

Section 2.09

   Interest Elections    23

Section 2.10

   Termination and Reduction of Revolving Commitments    24

Section 2.11

   Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt    25

Section 2.12

   Optional Prepayment of Loans    25

Section 2.13

   Mandatory Prepayment of Loans    26

Section 2.14

   Fees    26

Section 2.15

   Interest    27

Section 2.16

   Alternate Rate of Interest    27

Section 2.17

   Increased Costs    28

Section 2.18

   Break Funding Payments    29

Section 2.19

   Taxes    29

Section 2.20

   Pro Rata Treatment; Payments Generally; Sharing of Set-offs    31

Section 2.21

   Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders    32
ARTICLE III     
Representations and Warranties     

Section 3.01

   Organization; Powers    33

Section 3.02

   Authorization; Enforceability    33

Section 3.03

   Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts    33

Section 3.04

   Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change    34

Section 3.05

   Properties    34

Section 3.06

   Litigation and Environmental Matters    34

Section 3.07

   Compliance with Laws and Agreements; No Default    34

Section 3.08

   Investment and Holding Company Status    34

 

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Section 3.09

   Taxes    35

Section 3.10

   ERISA    35

Section 3.11

   Solvency    35

Section 3.12

   Use of Proceeds    35

Section 3.13

   Margin Regulations    35

Section 3.14

   Disclosure    35
ARTICLE IV     
Conditions     

Section 4.01

   Effective Date    36

Section 4.02

   Each Credit Event    37
ARTICLE V     
Affirmative Covenants     

Section 5.01

   Financial Statements; Ratings Change and Other Information    38

Section 5.02

   Notices of Material Events    40

Section 5.03

   Existence; Conduct of Business    40

Section 5.04

   Payment of Obligations    41

Section 5.05

   Maintenance of Properties; Insurance    41

Section 5.06

   Books and Records; Inspection Rights    41

Section 5.07

   Compliance with Laws and Contracts    41

Section 5.08

   Compliance with Environmental Laws    41

Section 5.09

   Use of Proceeds    41

Section 5.10

   New Material Subsidiaries    41

Section 5.11

   Compliance with Regulatory Requirements    42
ARTICLE VI     
Negative Covenants     

Section 6.01

   Maximum Consolidated Leverage Ratio    42

Section 6.02

   Minimum Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio    42

Section 6.03

   Indebtedness    43

Section 6.04

   Liens    44

Section 6.05

   Fundamental Changes.    45

Section 6.06

   Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions    45

Section 6.07

   Hedging Agreements    47

Section 6.08

   Restricted Payments    47

Section 6.09

   Transactions with Affiliates    47

Section 6.10

   Restrictive Agreements    47

Section 6.11

   Sale and Leasebacks    48

Section 6.12

   Accounting Changes    48

Section 6.13

   Tax Receivable Agreement    48

 

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ARTICLE VII     
Events of Default     
ARTICLE VIII     
The Administrative Agent     
ARTICLE IX     
Miscellaneous     

Section 9.01

   Notices    52

Section 9.02

   Waivers; Amendments    53

Section 9.03

   Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver    54

Section 9.04

   Successors and Assigns    55

Section 9.05

   Survival    58

Section 9.06

   Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness    58

Section 9.07

   Severability    59

Section 9.08

   Right of Setoff    59

Section 9.09

   Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process    59

Section 9.10

   WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL    59

Section 9.11

   Headings    60

Section 9.12

   Confidentiality    60

Section 9.13

   Interest Rate Limitation    61

Section 9.14

   USA Patriot Act    61

 

SCHEDULES:

Schedule 1.01 — Commitments

Schedule 6.03 — Existing Indebtedness

Schedule 6.04 — Existing Liens

Schedule 6.06 — Existing Investments

Schedule 6.09 — Transactions with Affiliates

Schedule 6.10 — Existing Restrictions

 

EXHIBITS:

Exhibit A

      Form of Assignment and Assumption

Exhibit B

      Form of Subsidiary Guaranty

Exhibit C-1

      Form of Opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Exhibit C-2

      Form of Wright Express Corporation In-House Opinion

Exhibit D

      Form of Solvency Certificate

Exhibit E

      Form of Borrowing Request

 

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CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of February 22, 2005 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, this “ Agreement ”), among WRIGHT EXPRESS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “ Borrower ”), the LENDERS from time to time party hereto (the “ Lenders ”), CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON, MERRILL LYNCH CAPITAL CORPORATION and SUNTRUST BANK, as co-documentation agents, CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., as syndication agent, and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as administrative agent. The parties hereto agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

Definitions

 

Section 1.01 Defined Terms .

 

As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:

 

ABR ”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.

 

Acquisition ” means (a) an investment (through the acquisition of Equity Interests or otherwise) by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in any other Person pursuant to which such Person shall become a Subsidiary or shall be merged with or into the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or (b) the acquisition (by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the assets of any Person which constitute all or substantially all of the assets of such Person or any division or line of business of such Person.

 

Act ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.14.

 

Adjusted LIBO Rate ” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to (a) the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate.

 

Administrative Agent ” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder.

 

Administrative Questionnaire ” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.

 

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person which, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person. A Person shall be deemed to be “controlled by” any other Person if such other Person possesses, directly or indirectly, power (a) to vote 10% or more of the securities (on a fully diluted basis) of such Person having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or managing general partners; or (b) to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise. It is understood and agreed that no officer or director of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in such capacity shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of the Borrower or any Subsidiary.

 

Alternate Base Rate ” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus ½ of 1%. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively.

 

 


Applicable Rate ” means, for any day, with respect to any Eurodollar Loan or ABR Loan, or with respect to the commitment fees payable hereunder, as the case may be, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption “Eurodollar Spread”, “ABR Spread” or “Commitment Fee Rate”, as the case may be, based upon the Leverage Ratio applicable on such date:

 

    

Consolidated Leverage Ratio


  

Eurodollar

Spread


   

ABR

Spread


   

Commitment

Fee Rate


 
Category 1    Greater than or equal to 2.75 to 1    1.750 %   0.750 %   0.375 %
Category 2    Greater than or equal to 2.25 to 1 but less than 2.75 to 1    1.500 %   0.500 %   0.300 %
Category 3    Greater than or equal to 1.75 to 1 but less than 2.25 to 1    1.375 %   0.375 %   0.250 %
Category 4    Greater than or equal to 1.25 to 1 but less than 1.75 to 1    1.250 %   0.250 %   0.200 %
Category 5    Less than 1.25 to 1    1.000 %   0.000 %   0.175 %

 

For purposes of the foregoing, (a) the Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall be determined as of the end of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower based upon the financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b); and (b) each change in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall be effective during the period commencing on and including the date of delivery to the Administrative Agent of such financial statements indicating such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next change in the Applicable Rate; provided that the Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall be deemed to be in Category 1 if the Borrower fails to deliver the consolidated financial statements required to be delivered by it pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b), during the period from the expiration of the time for delivery thereof until such financial statements are delivered.

 

Approved Fund ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04.

 

Assignment and Assumption ” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 9.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit A or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

 

Board ” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.

 

Borrower ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble of this Agreement.

 

Borrowing ” means Loans of the same Class and Type, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.

 

Borrowing Request ” means a request by the Borrower for a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.02 or 2.06, substantially in the form of Exhibit E .

 

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Business Day ” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided that, when used in connection with a Eurodollar Loan, the term “ Business Day ” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in dollar deposits in the London interbank market.

 

Calculation Date ” means the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower.

 

Capital Expenditures ” of any Person means the aggregate of all expenditures incurred by such Person and its subsidiaries for the acquisition or leasing (pursuant to a capital lease) of fixed or capital assets or additions to equipment (including replacements, capitalized repairs and improvements during such period) that, in accordance with GAAP are or should be included in “additions to property, plant or equipment” on a consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its subsidiaries; provided that Capital Expenditures for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall not include:

 

(a) expenditures of proceeds of insurance settlements, condemnation awards and other settlements in respect of lost, destroyed, damaged or condemned assets, equipment or other property to the extent such expenditures are made to replace or repair such lost, destroyed, damaged or condemned assets, equipment or other property or otherwise to acquire, maintain, develop, construct, improve, upgrade or repair assets or properties useful in the business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries within 12 months of receipt of such proceeds,

 

(b) Consolidated Interest Expense,

 

(c) the book value of any asset owned by such Person prior to or during such period to the extent that such book value is included as a capital expenditure during such period as a result of such Person reusing or beginning to reuse such asset during such period without a corresponding expenditure actually having been made in such period,

 

(d) Investments in respect of a Permitted Acquisition, or

 

(e) the purchase price of equipment that is purchased substantially contemporaneously with the trade-in of existing equipment to the extent that the gross amount of such purchase price is reduced by the credit granted by the seller of such equipment for the equipment being traded in at such time.

 

Capital Lease Obligations ” of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and for the purposes hereof, the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

Cendant Special Dividend ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.09(f).

 

Change in Control ” means (a) the acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any Person or group (within the meaning of the Exchange Act and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder as in effect on the date hereof), of Equity Interests representing more than 30% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower; or (b) occupation of a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of the Borrower by Persons who were neither (i) nominated by the board of directors of the Borrower nor (ii) appointed by directors so nominated.

 

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Change in Law ” means (a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after the date of this Agreement, (b) any change in any law, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the date of this Agreement or (c) compliance by any Lender or the Issuing Bank (or, for purposes of Section 2.17(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the date of this Agreement.

 

Class ” means, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Term Loans or Revolving Loans.

 

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

 

Co-Documentation Agents ” means Credit Suisse First Boston, Merrill Lynch Capital Corporation and SunTrust Bank.

 

Commitment ” means, with respect to each Lender, the Term Commitment and the Revolving Commitment of such Lender.

 

Confidential Information ” means information concerning each of the Borrower, its Subsidiaries or its Affiliates which is non-public, confidential or proprietary in nature, or any information that is marked or designated confidential by or on behalf of the Borrower, its Subsidiaries or any of its Affiliates, which is furnished to any Lender by the Borrower, its Subsidiaries or any of its Affiliates directly or through the Administrative Agent in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (at any time on, before or after the date hereof) together with all analyses, compilations or other materials prepared by any Lender or its respective directors, officers, employees, agents, auditors, consultants or advisors which contain or otherwise reflect such information.

 

Consolidated EBITDA ” means, for any period, Consolidated Net Income after eliminating extraordinary gains and losses, and unusual items, plus, without duplication, (a) income tax expense, (b) depreciation and amortization expense, (c) Consolidated Interest Expense and (d) other non-cash charges, but excluding any cash payments made in such period with respect to any non-recurring item to the extent deducted in the computation of Consolidated Net Income for such period; provided that for purposes of determining “Consolidated EBITDA” any unrealized non-cash gains (and losses) arising in connection with any Hedging Agreements shall be excluded (or included) to the extent such unrealized non-cash gains (or losses) were included (or excluded) in the computation of Consolidated Net Income.

 

In addition to, and without limitation of, the foregoing, for purposes of this definition, “Consolidated EBITDA” shall be calculated on each Calculation Date after giving effect on a pro forma basis for the period of such calculation to any EBITDA attributable to the assets which are the subject of an Acquisition during the Four Quarter Period, as if such Acquisition occurred on the first day of such Four Quarter Period.

 

Consolidated Fixed Charges ” means, for any period, the sum (without duplication) of (a) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period, (b) regular quarterly dividends paid during such period in respect of the Borrower’s common stock (c) the aggregate amount actually paid by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such period on account of Capital Expenditures (excluding the principal amount of Indebtedness (other than any Loans) incurred in connection with such expenditures) and (d) payments scheduled to be made (whether or not actually paid) during such period on account of principal of Indebtedness (other than Operating Indebtedness) of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, including, without limitation, scheduled principal payments in respect of the Term Loans (after giving effect to any

 

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pro rata reduction pursuant to Section 2.20(b)) and the principal component of any payments in respect of Capital Lease Obligations; provided that for purposes of this definition Consolidated Interest Expense shall not include any Operating Interest Expense. On any Calculation Date, the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio will be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis for the applicable Four Quarter Period to the incurrence of any Consolidated Indebtedness in connection with any Acquisition. For purposes of determining “Consolidated Fixed Charges,” (1) interest on outstanding Consolidated Indebtedness determined on a fluctuating basis as of any Calculation Date and which will continue to be so determined thereafter shall be deemed to have accrued at a fixed rate per annum equal to the rate of interest on such Consolidated Indebtedness in effect on such Calculation Date; (2) if interest on any Consolidated Indebtedness outstanding on any Calculation Date may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rates, then the interest rate in effect on such Calculation Date shall be deemed to have been in effect during the Four Quarter Period; and (3) notwithstanding clause (1) above, interest on Consolidated Indebtedness determined on a fluctuating basis, to the extent such interest is covered by interest rate protection agreements, shall be deemed to accrue at the rate per annum resulting after giving effect to the operation of such agreement.

 

Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio ” means, for a Four Quarter Period, the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA for such Four Quarter Period to Consolidated Fixed Charges for such Four Quarter Period.

 

Consolidated Indebtedness ” means, as of any date of determination, all Indebtedness, which is includable as a liability on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such date, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, provided that for the purposes of this definition, Consolidated Indebtedness shall not include Operating Indebtedness.

 

Consolidated Interest Expense ” means, for any period, the sum, for the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries (determined in accordance with GAAP), of all interest in respect of Consolidated Indebtedness (including, without limitation, the interest component of any payments in respect of Capital Lease obligations but excluding any capitalized financing costs) accrued during such period (whether or not actually paid during such period).

 

Consolidated Leverage Ratio ” means, at any Calculation Date, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Indebtedness as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the Four Quarter Period ending as of such Calculation Date.

 

Consolidated Net Income ” shall mean, for any period, the net income (or loss) of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

 

Consolidated Net Worth ” means, as of any date of determination, all items which in conformity with GAAP would be included under stockholders’ equity on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such date.

 

Consolidated Total Assets ” means, as of any date of determination, the total assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

 

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.

 

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Credit Documents ” means the Credit Agreement, any Subsidiary Guaranty, any Notes issued hereunder and any amendment, waiver or extension of such documents or any other documents which are mutually agreed by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to constitute “Credit Documents.”

 

Credit Parties ” means the Borrower and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors.

 

Default ” means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.

 

Defaulting Lender ” means any Lender which fails to make any Loan required to be made or issued by it in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

Disclosed Matters ” means public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission made by the Borrower or any other Credit Party as filed on or prior to the Effective Date.

 

dollars ” or “ $ ” refers to lawful money of the United States of America.

 

Effective Date ” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.01 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02).

 

Environmental Laws ” means all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions or binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the management, release or threatened release of any Hazardous Material or to health and safety matters.

 

Environmental Liability ” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower or any Subsidiary directly, or, to the reasonable knowledge of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, indirectly, resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

Equity Interests ” means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any such equity interest.

 

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) that, together with the Borrower, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

 

ERISA Event ” means (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day

 

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notice period is waived); (b) the existence with respect to any Plan of an “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (d) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan; (e) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (f) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.

 

Eurodollar ”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate.

 

Event of Default ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VII.

 

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Excluded Taxes ” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the Issuing Bank or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (a) income or franchise taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income by the United States of America, or by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States of America or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located and (c) in the case of any Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 2.21(b)), any withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Lender at the time such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office) or is attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with Section 2.19(e); provided , however , that Excluded Taxes shall not include in the case of the designation of a new lending office or an assignment, withholding taxes solely to the extent that the Lender effecting such assignment or designating such new lending office was entitled, immediately prior to the time of such assignment or designation of such new lending office, to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to the applicable withholding tax imposed on such Lender (or such assignee) pursuant to Section 2.19(a) as a result of such assignment or designation.

 

FDIC ” means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

 

Federal Funds Effective Rate ” means, for any day, the weighted average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for such day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.

 

Financial Officer ” means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of the Borrower.

 

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Financing ” means the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, as applicable, of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, the borrowing of Loans, the use of the proceeds thereof and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder.

 

Foreign Lender ” means any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is located. For purposes of this definition, the United States of America, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.

 

Form S-1 ” means the Form S-1 Registration Statement under the Exchange Act filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Borrower on November 23, 2004, as amended through Amendment 5, filed by the Borrower on February 14, 2005, including information deemed to be a part of the registration statement at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430A of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act.

 

Four Quarter Period ” means, as of any Calculation Date, the period of four complete consecutive fiscal quarters ended on such Calculation Date.

 

GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, subject to the provisions of Section 1.04.

 

Governmental Authority ” means the government of the United States of America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any governmental agency, authority, instrumentality or regulatory body or any court or central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.

 

Guarantee ” of or by any Person (the “ guarantor ”) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person (the “ primary obligor ”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation or (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guarantee issued to support such Indebtedness or obligation; provided , that the term Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations entered into in connection with any acquisition or disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement.

 

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.

 

Hedging Agreement ” means any interest rate protection agreement, foreign currency exchange agreement, commodity price protection agreement or other interest rate, currency exchange rate or commodity price hedging arrangement.

 

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Indebtedness ” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person, (d) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding to the extent the payment thereof is contingent, the deferred purchase price of property acquired by such Person), (e) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed, (f) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others, (g) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (h) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an applicant or account party in respect of letters of credit and letters of guarantee and (i) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of acceptance facilities; provided that, in each of the foregoing clauses (a) through (i), trade liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business and maturing within 365 days after the incurrence thereof which are not overdue for a period of more than 180 days or, if overdue for more than 180 days, as to which a dispute exists and adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP have been established on the books of such Person, shall be excluded. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor.

 

Indemnified Taxes ” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes.

 

Information Memorandum ” means the Confidential Information Memorandum dated January 2005 relating to the Borrower and the Financing.

 

Initial Public Offering ” means the registered public offering on the Effective Date by Cendant Corporation of its entire common stock ownership in the Borrower.

 

Interest Election Request ” means a request by the Borrower to convert or continue a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.09.

 

Interest Payment Date ” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan, the last day of each March, June, September and December, and (b) with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period.

 

Interest Period ” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, two, three or six months thereafter, as the Borrower may elect; provided , that (i) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day and (ii) any Interest Period that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.

 

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ISP 98 ” means the International Standby Practices, referred to as ISP 98 and published by the International Chamber of Commerce, as amended and restated from time to time.

 

Issuing Bank ” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Section 2.07(i) and/or such other of the Lenders as may be designated in writing by the Borrower and which agrees in writing to act as such in accordance with the terms hereof. Any Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of such Issuing Bank. The term “Issuing Bank” shall include (i) each Issuing Bank and (ii) any Affiliate designated by an Issuing Bank with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate.

 

Joint Lead Arrangers ” means JPMorgan Securities Inc. and Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

 

Key Bank LC ” means Letter of Credit No. S301937 issued by Key Bank National Association for the account of the Borrower in a face amount of $2,100,000 (which face amount may not be increased without the consent of the Required Lenders).

 

LC Disbursement ” means a payment made by the Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit.

 

LC Exposure ” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time plus (b) the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower at such time. The LC Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be its Revolving Commitment Percentage of the total LC Exposure at such time.

 

Lenders ” means the Persons listed on Schedule 1.01 and any other Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption.

 

Letter of Credit ” means any letter of credit issued pursuant to this Agreement.

 

LIBO Rate ” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period, the rate appearing on Page 3750 of the Dow Jones Market Service (or on any successor or substitute page of such Service, or any successor to or substitute for such Service, providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on such page of such Service, as determined by the Administrative Agent from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates applicable to dollar deposits in the London interbank market) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, as the rate for dollar deposits with a maturity comparable to such Interest Period. In the event that such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the “ LIBO Rate ” with respect to such Eurodollar Borrowing for such Interest Period shall be the rate (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) at which dollar deposits of $5,000,000 and for a maturity comparable to such Interest Period are offered by the principal London office of the Person serving as the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.

 

Lien ” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such

 

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asset and (c) in the case of securities (other than securities representing an interest in a joint venture that is not a Subsidiary), any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities.

 

Loans ” means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Majority Revolving Lenders ” means, at any time, Revolving Lenders having more than 50% of the total Revolving Credit Exposure plus the unused Revolving Commitments at such time.

 

Material Adverse Effect ” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, operations, property, or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole to perform their obligations under the Credit Documents or (c) the validity or enforceability of any of the Credit Documents or the rights or remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders thereunder.

 

Material Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Letters of Credit), or obligations in respect of one or more Hedging Agreements, of any one or more of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $5,000,000. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the “principal amount” of the obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of any Hedging Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that the Borrower or such Subsidiary would be required to pay if such Hedging Agreement were terminated at such time.

 

Material Subsidiary ” means each Subsidiary other than any Subsidiary that, together with its subsidiaries as of the date of determination, accounts for no more than 5% of Consolidated Total Assets, 5% of Consolidated Net Worth or 5% of the consolidated revenues of the Borrower for the Four Quarter Period immediately preceding the date of determination; provided that for purposes of Sections 6.03, 6.04 and 6.06, WEX Bank shall not be deemed a Material Subsidiary.

 

Maturity Date ” means the fifth anniversary of the Effective Date.

 

Multiemployer Plan ” means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.

 

Net Cash Proceeds ” means, in connection with any issuance or incurrence of Indebtedness, the cash proceeds received from such issuance or incurrence, net of attorneys’ fees, investment banking fees, accountants’ fees, underwriting discounts and commissions and other customary fees and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith and net of any Taxes paid or reasonably estimated by the Borrower to be payable by the Borrower or any Subsidiary as a result thereof (after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements).

 

Notes ”: the collective reference to any promissory note evidencing Loans.

 

Operating Indebtedness ” means, as of any date of determination, all Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of the banking operations of WEX Bank, which is includable as a liability on the consolidated balance sheet of WEX Bank and its consolidated subsidiaries at such date, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

 

Operating Interest Expense ” means, for any period, the sum for WEX Bank and its consolidated subsidiaries (determined in accordance with GAAP), of all interest in respect of Operating Indebtedness (including, without limitation, the interest component of any payments in respect of Capital

 

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Lease obligations but excluding any capitalized financing costs) accrued during such period (whether or not actually paid during such period).

 

Other Taxes ” means any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or under the Notes or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or the Notes.

 

Participant ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04.

 

PBGC ” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.

 

Permitted Acquisition ” means any Acquisition by the Borrower or any Subsidiary; provided , that immediately after giving effect to such Acquisition, the Borrower shall be in pro forma compliance with Section 5.10, Section 6.01, Section 6.02 and Section 6.05(b) and either (i) if such Acquisition is pursuant to clause (a) of the definition of “Acquisition,” then, immediately following such Acquisition, such Person is a consolidated Subsidiary or (ii) if such acquisition is pursuant to clause (b) of the definition of “Acquisition,” then, immediately following such Acquisition, such assets, division or line of business are owned by the Borrower or a consolidated Subsidiary.

 

Permitted Encumbrances ” means:

 

(a) Liens imposed by law for taxes that are not yet due or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.04;

 

(b) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s and other like Liens imposed by law, arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than 60 days or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.04;

 

(c) pledges and deposits made in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations;

 

(d) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

 

(e) judgment liens in respect of judgments that do not constitute an Event of Default under clause (k) of Article VII;

 

(f) easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that do not secure any monetary obligations and do not materially detract from the value of the affected property or interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Borrower or a Subsidiary;

 

(g) customary rights of set-off upon deposit accounts and securities accounts of cash in favor of banks or other depositary institutions and other securities intermediaries; and

 

(h) Liens in the nature of licenses that arise in the ordinary course of business;

 

provided that the term “Permitted Encumbrances” shall not include any Lien securing Indebtedness.

 

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Permitted Investments ” means:

 

(a) direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America (or by any agency thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America), in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof;

 

(b) investments in commercial paper maturing within 270 days from the date of acquisition thereof and having, at such date of acquisition, a credit rating from S&P or from Moody’s of at least A-1 or P-1, as applicable;

 

(c) investments in certificates of deposit, banker’s acceptances and time deposits maturing within 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof issued or guaranteed by or placed with, and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by, any domestic office of any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof which has a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000;

 

(d) fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than 30 days for securities described in clause (a) above and entered into with a financial institution satisfying the criteria described in clause (c) above; and

 

(e) money market funds that (i) (A) comply with the criteria set forth in Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or (B) are rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by Moody’s and (ii) have portfolio assets of at least $5,000,000,000.

 

Person ” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.

 

Plan ” means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.

 

Prime Rate ” means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City; each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being effective.

 

Register ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04.

 

Related Parties ” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.

 

Required Lenders ” means, at any time, Lenders having more than 50% of (a) until the Effective Date, the Commitments then in effect and (b) thereafter, the sum of (i) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Term Loans then outstanding and (ii) the total Revolving Credit Exposures plus the unused Revolving Commitments at such time.

 

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Responsible Officer ” means the chief executive officer, any vice president, or any financial officer of the Borrower.

 

Restricted Payment ” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interests in the 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 Equity Interests in the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such Equity Interests in the Borrower or any Subsidiary.

 

Revolving Commitment ” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Revolving Loans and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.10 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04. The initial amount of each Lender’s Revolving Commitment is set forth on Schedule 1.01, or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Revolving Commitment, as applicable. The initial aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Revolving Commitments is $130,000,000.

 

Revolving Commitment Percentage ” means, with respect to any Lender, the percentage of the total Revolving Commitments represented by such Lender’s Revolving Commitment. If the Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, the Revolving Commitment Percentages shall be determined based upon the Revolving Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments.

 

Revolving Commitment Period ” means the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the earlier of the Maturity Date and the date of termination of the Revolving Commitments.

 

Revolving Credit Exposure ” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loans and its LC Exposure at such time.

 

Revolving Lenders ” means the Persons listed on Schedule 1.01 under the heading “Revolving Lenders” and any other Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance.

 

Revolving Loan ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.07(a).

 

Solvency Certificate ” means a certificate of a financial officer in the form attached as Exhibit D hereto.

 

Solvent ” means, with respect to any Person as of any date of determination, that, as of such date, (a) the fair value of the assets of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities (including contingent and unliquidated liabilities) of such Person, (b) such Person is able to pay all liabilities of such Person as such liabilities mature and (c) such Person does not have unreasonably small capital. In computing the amount of contingent or unliquidated liabilities at any time, such liabilities shall be computed at the amount that, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability (in each case as

 

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interpreted in accordance with fraudulent conveyance, bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws and other applicable requirements of law.)

 

Statutory Reserve Rate ” means a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board to which the Person serving as the Administrative Agent is subject (a) with respect to the Base CD Rate, for new negotiable nonpersonal time deposits in dollars of over $100,000 with maturities approximately equal to three months and (b) with respect to the Adjusted LIBO Rate, for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board). Such reserve percentages shall include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D. Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D or any comparable regulation. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.

 

subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person (the “ parent ”) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held, or (b) that is, as of such date, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.

 

Subsidiary ” means any subsidiary of the Borrower.

 

Subsidiary Guaranty ” means a guarantee by a Subsidiary Guarantor of the obligations of the Borrower under the Credit Documents to which the Borrower is a party in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B .

 

Subsidiary Guarantor ” means any Material Subsidiary (other than WEX Bank) that is a “United States Person” (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) and is required to become party to a Subsidiary Guaranty pursuant to Section 5.10.

 

Syndication Agent ” means Citicorp North America, Inc.

 

Taxes ” means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority.

 

Tax Receivable Agreement ” means that certain Tax Receivable Agreement dated February 22, 2005, between the Borrower and Cendant Corporation.

 

Term Commitment ” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make a Term Loan in an amount not to exceed the amount set forth under the heading “Term Commitment” opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.01. The initial aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Term Commitments is $220,000,000.

 

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Term Lenders ” means the Persons listed on Schedule 1.01 and any other Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance.

 

Term Loan ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01.

 

Term Percentage ” means, with respect to any Term Lender, (i) at any time prior to the Effective Date, the percentage of the total Term Commitments represented by such Lender’s Term Commitment and (ii) at any time after the Effective Date, the percentage of the aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Term Loans represented by the aggregate principal amount of such Lender’s then outstanding Term Loans.

 

Transaction ” means the Initial Public Offering, the Cendant Special Dividend and the payment of related fees and expenses.

 

Type ”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the Alternate Base Rate.

 

WEX Bank ” means Wright Express Financial Services Corporation.

 

WEX Bank Event ” means any regulatory or enforcement action taken by the FDIC under Section 8(a), (b), (c), (d) or (w) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. ss 1818(a), 1818(b), 1818(c), 1818(d) or 1818(w)), or by the Utah Commissioner of Financial Institutions under Sections 7-1-307, 7-1-313, 7-1-320, 7-1-322 or 7-2-1 et seq. of the Utah Code, if such action (i) will or is reasonably likely to substantially affect WEX Bank’s ability to conduct its business (including the ability to offer brokered deposits and make credit card loans) and (ii) is continuing for three (3) Business Days.

 

Withdrawal Liability ” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.

 

Section 1.02 Classification of Loans and Borrowings . For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Type ( e.g. , a “Eurodollar Loan”). Borrowings may be classified and referred to by Class ( e.g. , a “Revolving Borrowing”) or Type ( e.g. , a “Eurodollar Borrowing”).

 

Section 1.03 Terms Generally . The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and (e) the words “asset” and

 

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“property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.

 

Section 1.04 Accounting Terms; GAAP . Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided that, if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith.

 

ARTICLE II

 

The Credits

 

Section 2.01 Term Commitments . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Term Lender severally agrees to make a term loan (a “ Term Loan ”) in dollars to the Borrower on the Effective Date in an amount not to exceed the amount of the Term Commitment of such Lender. The Term Loans may from time to time be Eurodollar Loans or ABR Loans, as determined by the Borrower and notified to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Sections 2.02 and 2.09.

 

Section 2.02 Procedure for Term Loan Borrowing . The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice (which notice must be received by (a) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 12:00 Noon, New York City time, three Business Days prior to the Effective Date or (b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the Effective Date) requesting that the Term Lenders make the Term Loans on the Effective Date and specifying the amount to be borrowed and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto. Upon receipt of such Borrowing Request the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Term Lender thereof. Not later than 1:00 P.M., New York City time, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing or 2:00 P.M., New York City time, in the case of an ABR Borrowing, on the Effective Date each Term Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent an amount in immediately available funds equal to the Term Loan or Term Loans to be made by such Lender. The Administrative Agent shall credit the account of the Borrower on the books of such office of the Administrative Agent with the aggregate of the amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by the Term Lenders in immediately available funds.

 

Section 2.03 Repayment of Term Loans . The Term Loan of each Term Loan Lender shall mature in 20 consecutive quarterly installments, each of which shall be in an amount equal to such Lender’s Term Percentage multiplied by the amount set forth below opposite such installment:

 

Installment


   Principal Amount

June 30, 2005

   $ 5,500,000

September 30, 2005

   $ 5,500,000

December 31, 2005

   $ 5,500,000

March 31, 2006

   $ 5,500,000

June 30, 2006

   $ 11,000,000

 

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September 30, 2006

   $ 11,000,000

December 31, 2006

   $ 11,000,000

March 31, 2007

   $ 11,000,000

June 30, 2007

   $ 11,000,000

September 30, 2007

   $ 11,000,000

December 31, 2007

   $ 11,000,000

March 31, 2008

   $ 11,000,000

June 30, 2008

   $ 11,000,000

September 30, 2008

   $ 11,000,000

December 31, 2008

   $ 11,000,000

March 31, 2009

   $ 11,000,000

June 30, 2009

   $ 16,500,000

September 30, 2009

   $ 16,500,000

December 31, 2009

   $ 16,500,000

Maturity Date

   $ 16,500,000

 

Section 2.04 Revolving Commitments . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Revolving Lender agrees to make revolving credit loans (“ Revolving Loans ”) in dollars to the Borrower from time to time during the Revolving Commitment Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in (a) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Revolving Commitment or (b) the total Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the total Revolving Commitments. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay or repay and reborrow Revolving Loans.

 

Section 2.05 Revolving Loans and Borrowings .

 

(a) Each Revolving Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Revolving Loans made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Revolving Commitments. The failure of any Lender to make any Revolving Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Revolving Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Revolving Loans as required.

 

(b) Subject to Section 2.17, each Revolving Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith. Each Lender at its option may make any Eurodollar Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

(c) At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurodollar Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $3,000,000. At the time that each ABR Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $3,000,000; provided that an ABR Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the total Revolving Commitments or that is required to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.07(e). Borrowings of more than one Type may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at any time be more than a total of ten (10) Eurodollar Borrowings outstanding.

 

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(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Eurodollar Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date.

 

Section 2.06 Requests for Revolving Borrowings . To request a Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (a) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 12:00 Noon, New York City time, three (3) Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing or (b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each such telephonic Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower. Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.05:

 

(i) the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;

 

(ii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;

 

(iii) whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing;

 

(iv) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”; and

 

(v) the location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.08.

 

If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified, then the requested Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurodollar Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section (or a deemed Borrowing Request pursuant to Section 2.07(e)), the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested (or deemed requested) Borrowing.

 

Section 2.07 Letters of Credit .

 

(a) General . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may request the issuance of Letters of Credit in dollars for its own account, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank, at any time and from time to time during the Revolving Commitment Period. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit application or other agreement submitted by the Borrower to, or entered into by the Borrower with, the Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control.

 

(b) Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain Conditions . To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment, renewal or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the Borrower shall hand deliver or telecopy (or transmit by electronic communication, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the Issuing Bank) to the Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent (reasonably in advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension) a notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended, renewed or extended, and specifying the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or

 

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extension (which shall be a Business Day), the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall comply with paragraph (c) of this Section), the amount of such Letter of Credit, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof and such other information as shall be necessary to prepare, amend, renew or extend such Letter of Credit. If requested by the Issuing Bank, the Borrower also shall submit a letter of credit application on the Issuing Bank’s standard form in connection with any request for a Letter of Credit. Each Letter of Credit shall be subject to ISP 98. A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended, renewed or extended only if (and upon issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of each Letter of Credit the Borrower shall be deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (i) the LC Exposure shall not exceed $50,000,000 and (ii) the total Revolving Credit Exposures shall not exceed the total Revolving Commitments.

 

(c) Expiration Date . Each Letter of Credit shall expire at or prior to the close of business on the earlier of (i) the date one year after the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any renewal or extension thereof, one year after such renewal or extension); provided that any Letter of Credit with a one-year term may provide for the renewal thereof for additional one-year periods (which shall in no event extend beyond the date referred to in this paragraph (c)) and (ii) the date that is five Business Days prior to the Maturity Date.

 

(d) Participations . By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof) and without any further action on the part of the Issuing Bank or the Revolving Lenders, the Issuing Bank hereby grants to each Revolving Lender, and each Revolving Lender hereby acquires from the Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Lender’s Revolving Commitment Percentage of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Revolving Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Issuing Bank, such Lender’s Revolving Commitment Percentage of each LC Disbursement made by the Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by the Borrower on the date due as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section, or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason. Each Revolving Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this paragraph in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or Event of Default or reduction or termination of the Revolving Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.

 

(e) Reimbursement . In the case of any draft presented under a Letter of Credit which is required to be paid at any time on or before the Maturity Date and provided that the conditions specified in Section 4.02 are then satisfied, and subject to the limitations as to the aggregate principal amount of ABR Loans set forth in Section 2.04(a), but notwithstanding the limitations as to the time of funding of a Borrowing set forth in Section 2.08(a) and as to the time of notice of a proposed Borrowing set forth in Section 2.06, payment by the Issuing Bank of such draft shall be deemed to constitute a Borrowing Request by the Borrower for an ABR Loan hereunder (and Section 2.08 shall apply, mutatis mutandis , to the payment obligations of the Lenders), and interest shall accrue from the date the Issuing Bank makes such payment, which ABR Loan, upon and to the extent that a Lender shall have funded its Revolving Commitment Percentage thereof, shall constitute such Lender’s ABR Loan hereunder. If any draft is presented under a Letter of Credit and (i) the conditions specified in Section 4.02 are not satisfied or (ii) if the Revolving Commitments have been terminated, then the Borrower will, upon demand by the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank, pay to the Issuing Bank, in immediately available funds, the full amount of such draft. If the Borrower fails to make such payment when due, the Administrative

 

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Agent shall notify each Revolving Lender of the applicable LC Disbursement, the payment then due from the Borrower in respect thereof and such Lender’s Revolving Commitment Percentage thereof. Promptly following receipt of such notice, each Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent its Revolving Commitment Percentage of the payment then due from the Borrower, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.08 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.08 shall apply, mutatis mutandis , to the payment obligations of the Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the Lenders. Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment from the Borrower pursuant to this paragraph, the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the Issuing Bank or, to the extent that Lenders have made payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Bank, then to such Lenders and the Issuing Bank as their interests may appear. Any payment made by a Lender pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Bank for any LC Disbursement (other than the funding of ABR Loans as contemplated above) shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such LC Disbursement.

 

(f) Obligations Absolute . The Borrower’s obligation to reimburse LC Disbursements as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, or any term or provision therein, (ii) any draft or other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, (iii) payment by the Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit (unless such draft or other document fails to substantially comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), or (iv) any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, the Borrower’s obligations hereunder. Neither the Administrative Agent, the Lenders nor the Issuing Bank, nor any of their Related Parties, shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or in connection with the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit or any payment or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including any document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of technical terms or any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of the Issuing Bank; provided that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse the Issuing Bank from liability to the Borrower to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to consequential damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by the Borrower that are caused by the Issuing Bank’s failure to exercise care when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof. The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Issuing Bank (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction), the Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have exercised care in each such determination. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to documents presented which appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, the Issuing Bank may either accept and make payment upon such documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.

 

(g) Disbursement Procedures . The Issuing Bank shall, promptly following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit. The Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower by telephone

 

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(confirmed by telecopy) of such demand for payment and whether the Issuing Bank has made or will make an LC Disbursement thereunder; provided that any failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse the Issuing Bank and the Revolving Lenders with respect to any such LC Disbursement.

 

(h) Interim Interest . If the Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement the payment by the Issuing Bank of which does not constitute an ABR Loan pursuant to Section 2.07(e), then the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date such LC Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the Borrower reimburses such LC Disbursement, at the rate per annum equal to 2% per annum plus the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate. Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be for the account of the Issuing Bank, except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Lender pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section to reimburse the Issuing Bank shall be for the account of such Lender to the extent of such payment.

 

(i) Replacement of the Issuing Bank . The Issuing Bank may be replaced at any time by written agreement among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the replaced Issuing Bank and the successor Issuing Bank. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Revolving Lenders of any such replacement of the Issuing Bank. At the time any such replacement shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.14(b). From and after the effective date of any such replacement, (i) the successor Issuing Bank shall have all the rights and obligations of the Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit to be issued thereafter and (ii) references herein to the term “Issuing Bank” shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous Issuing Bank, or to such successor and all previous Issuing Banks, as the context shall require. After the replacement of an Issuing Bank hereunder, the replaced Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such replacement, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit.

 

(j) Cash Collateralization . If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, on the Business Day that the Borrower receives notice from the Administrative Agent or the Majority Revolving Lenders demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph, the Borrower shall deposit in an account with the Administrative Agent, in the name of the Administrative Agent and for the benefit of the Revolving Lenders, an amount in Permitted Investments equal to the LC Exposure as of such date plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon; provided that the obligation to deposit such cash collateral shall become effective immediately, and such deposit shall become immediately due and payable, without demand or other notice of any kind, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of Article VII. Such deposit shall be held by the Administrative Agent as collateral for the payment and performance of the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account. Other than any interest earned on the investment of such deposits, which investments shall be made in Permitted Investments and at the option and sole discretion of the Administrative Agent and at the Borrower’s risk and expense, such deposits shall not bear interest. Interest or profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in such account. Moneys in such account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to reimburse the Issuing Bank for LC Disbursements for which it has not been reimbursed and, to the extent not so applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Borrower for the LC Exposure at such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated, be applied to satisfy other obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement. If the Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default, such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower within three Business Days after all Events of Default have been cured or waived.

 

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Section 2.08 Funding of Borrowings .

 

(a) Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 2:00 p.m., New York City time, to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account of the Borrower maintained with the Administrative Agent in New York City and designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request; provided that ABR Loans made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section 2.07(e) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Issuing Bank.

 

(b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in the case of the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to the relevant Loans. If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing as of the date of such Borrowing.

 

Section 2.09 Interest Elections .

 

(a) Each Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request. Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section. The Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing.

 

(b) To make an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election by telephone by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.02 or 2.06, as the case may be, if the Borrower were requesting a Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election. Each such telephonic Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower.

 

(c) Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall specify the following information (and in the case of Revolving Borrowings, in compliance with Section 2.05):

 

(i) the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be

 

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specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);

 

(ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;

 

(iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing; and

 

(iv) if the resulting Borrowing is a Eurodollar Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”.

 

If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.

 

(d) Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.

 

(e) If the Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Eurodollar Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, so notifies the Borrower, then, so long as a Default or an Event of Default is continuing (i) no outstanding Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each Eurodollar Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto.

 

(f) No Eurodollar Loan shall be continued prior to the last Business Day of the Interest Period applicable thereto or converted, except upon payment of all amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.18, prior to the last Business Day of the Interest Period applicable thereto.

 

Section 2.10 Termination and Reduction of Revolving Commitments .

 

(a) Unless previously terminated, the Revolving Commitments shall terminate on the Maturity Date.

 

(b) The Borrower may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Revolving Commitments; provided that (i) each reduction of the Revolving Commitments shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $5,000,000 and (ii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Revolving Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Revolving Loans in accordance with Section 2.12, the Revolving Credit Exposures would exceed the total Revolving Commitments.

 

(c) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the Revolving Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section at least three Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination of the Revolving Commitments delivered by the Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or receipt of proceeds from

 

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other sources, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Any termination or reduction of the Revolving Commitments shall be permanent. Each reduction of the Revolving Commitments shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Revolving Commitments.

 

Section 2.11 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt .

 

(a) The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Loan on the Maturity Date.

 

(b) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and


 
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