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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
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| J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC. |
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CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. |
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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| ARTICLE I |
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| Definitions |
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Section 1.01
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Defined
Terms |
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Section 1.02
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Classification of Loans and Borrowings |
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Section 1.03
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Terms
Generally |
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Section 1.04
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Accounting Terms; GAAP |
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| ARTICLE II |
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| The Credits |
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Section 2.01
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Term
Commitments |
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Section 2.02
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Procedure
for Term Loan Borrowing |
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Section 2.03
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Repayment
of Term Loans |
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Section 2.04
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Revolving
Commitments |
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Section 2.05
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Revolving
Loans and Borrowings |
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Section 2.06
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Requests
for Revolving Borrowings |
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Section 2.07
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Letters
of Credit |
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Section 2.08
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Funding
of Borrowings |
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Section 2.09
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Interest
Elections |
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Section 2.10
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Termination and Reduction of Revolving Commitments |
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Section 2.11
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Repayment
of Loans; Evidence of Debt |
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Section 2.12
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Optional
Prepayment of Loans |
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Section 2.13
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Mandatory
Prepayment of Loans |
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Section 2.14
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Fees |
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Section 2.15
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Interest |
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Section 2.16
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Alternate
Rate of Interest |
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Section 2.17
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Increased
Costs |
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Section 2.18
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Break
Funding Payments |
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Section 2.19
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Taxes |
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Section 2.20
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Pro Rata
Treatment; Payments Generally; Sharing of Set-offs |
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Section 2.21
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Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders |
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| ARTICLE III |
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| Representations and
Warranties |
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Section 3.01
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Organization; Powers |
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Section 3.02
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Authorization; Enforceability |
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Section 3.03
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Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts |
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Section 3.04
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Financial
Condition; No Material Adverse Change |
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Section 3.05
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Properties |
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Section 3.06
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Litigation and Environmental Matters |
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Section 3.07
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Compliance with Laws and Agreements; No Default |
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Section 3.08
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Investment and Holding Company Status |
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Section 3.09
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Taxes |
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Section 3.10
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ERISA |
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Section 3.11
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Solvency |
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Section 3.12
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Use of
Proceeds |
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Section 3.13
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Margin
Regulations |
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Section 3.14
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Disclosure |
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| ARTICLE IV |
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| Conditions |
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Section 4.01
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Effective
Date |
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Section 4.02
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Each
Credit Event |
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| ARTICLE V |
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| Affirmative Covenants |
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Section 5.01
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Financial
Statements; Ratings Change and Other Information |
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Section 5.02
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Notices
of Material Events |
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Section 5.03
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Existence; Conduct of Business |
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Section 5.04
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Payment
of Obligations |
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Section 5.05
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Maintenance of Properties; Insurance |
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Section 5.06
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Books and
Records; Inspection Rights |
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Section 5.07
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Compliance with Laws and Contracts |
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Section 5.08
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Compliance with Environmental Laws |
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Section 5.09
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Use of
Proceeds |
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Section 5.10
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New
Material Subsidiaries |
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Section 5.11
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Compliance with Regulatory Requirements |
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| ARTICLE VI |
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| Negative Covenants |
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Section 6.01
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Maximum
Consolidated Leverage Ratio |
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Section 6.02
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Minimum
Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio |
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Section 6.03
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Indebtedness |
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Section 6.04
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Liens |
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Section 6.05
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Fundamental Changes. |
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Section 6.06
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Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and
Acquisitions |
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Section 6.07
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Hedging
Agreements |
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Section 6.08
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Restricted Payments |
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Section 6.09
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Transactions with Affiliates |
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Section 6.10
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Restrictive Agreements |
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Section 6.11
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Sale and
Leasebacks |
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Section 6.12
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Accounting Changes |
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Section 6.13
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Tax
Receivable Agreement |
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| ARTICLE VII |
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| Events of Default |
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| ARTICLE VIII |
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| The Administrative Agent |
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| ARTICLE IX |
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| Miscellaneous |
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Section 9.01
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Notices |
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Section 9.02
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Waivers;
Amendments |
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Section 9.03
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Expenses;
Indemnity; Damage Waiver |
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Section 9.04
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Successors and Assigns |
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Section 9.05
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Survival |
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Section 9.06
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Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness |
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Section 9.07
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Severability |
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Section 9.08
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Right of
Setoff |
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Section 9.09
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Governing
Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process |
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Section 9.10
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WAIVER OF
JURY TRIAL |
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Section 9.11
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Headings |
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Section 9.12
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Confidentiality |
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Section 9.13
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Interest
Rate Limitation |
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Section 9.14
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USA
Patriot Act |
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SCHEDULES:
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Schedule 1.01 —
Commitments
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Schedule 6.03 — Existing
Indebtedness
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Schedule 6.04 — Existing
Liens
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Schedule 6.06 — Existing
Investments
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Schedule 6.09 — Transactions with
Affiliates
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Schedule 6.10 — Existing
Restrictions
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EXHIBITS:
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Exhibit A
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Form of
Assignment and Assumption |
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Exhibit B
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Form of
Subsidiary Guaranty |
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Exhibit C-1
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Form of
Opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP |
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Exhibit C-2
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Form of
Wright Express Corporation In-House Opinion |
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Exhibit D
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Form of
Solvency Certificate |
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Exhibit E
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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:
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Consolidated Leverage
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Eurodollar
Spread
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ABR
Spread
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Commitment
Fee Rate
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Greater
than or equal to 2.75 to 1 |
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1.750 |
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0.750 |
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0.375 |
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Greater
than or equal to 2.25 to 1 but less than 2.75 to 1 |
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1.500 |
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0.500 |
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0.300 |
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Greater
than or equal to 1.75 to 1 but less than 2.25 to 1 |
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1.375 |
% |
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0.375 |
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0.250 |
% |
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Greater
than or equal to 1.25 to 1 but less than 1.75 to 1 |
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1.250 |
% |
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0.250 |
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0.200 |
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Less than
1.25 to 1 |
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1.000 |
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0.000 |
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0.175 |
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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:
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Installment
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Principal Amount
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June 30, 2005
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$ |
5,500,000 |
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September 30, 2005
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$ |
5,500,000 |
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December 31, 2005
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$ |
5,500,000 |
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March 31, 2006
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$ |
5,500,000 |
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June 30, 2006
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$ |
11,000,000 |
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September 30, 2006
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$ |
11,000,000 |
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December 31, 2006
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$ |
11,000,000 |
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March 31, 2007
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$ |
11,000,000 |
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June 30, 2007
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$ |
11,000,000 |
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September 30, 2007
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$ |
11,000,000 |
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December 31, 2007
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$ |
11,000,000 |
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March 31, 2008
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$ |
11,000,000 |
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June 30, 2008
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$ |
11,000,000 |
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September 30, 2008
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$ |
11,000,000 |
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December 31, 2008
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$ |
11,000,000 |
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March 31, 2009
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$ |
11,000,000 |
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June 30, 2009
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$ |
16,500,000 |
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September 30, 2009
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$ |
16,500,000 |
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December 31, 2009
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$ |
16,500,000 |
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Maturity Date
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$ |
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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