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Exhibit
10.1
Execution Copy
$282,000,000
CREDIT
AGREEMENT
among
SYNIVERSE HOLDINGS,
INC.,
SYNIVERSE TECHNOLOGIES,
INC.
as
Borrower,
The Several
Lenders
from Time to Time Parties
Hereto,
LEHMAN BROTHERS
INC.,
as Lead Arranger and Book
Manager,
LASALLE BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
as Syndication
Agent
and
LEHMAN COMMERCIAL PAPER
INC.,
as Administrative
Agent
Dated as of February 15,
2005
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS
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1.1
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Defined
Terms |
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1.2
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Other
Definitional Provisions |
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SECTION 2. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF
COMMITMENTS
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2.1
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Tranche B
Term Loan Commitments |
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2.2
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Procedure
for Term Loan Borrowing |
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2.3
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Repayment
of Tranche B Term Loans |
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2.4
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Revolving
Credit Commitments |
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2.5
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Procedure
for Revolving Credit Borrowing |
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2.6
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Swing
Line Commitment |
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2.7
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Procedure
for Swing Line Borrowing; Refunding of Swing Line Loans |
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2.8
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Repayment
of Loans; Evidence of Indebtedness |
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2.9
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Commitment Fees, etc. |
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2.10
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Termination or Reduction of Revolving Credit
Commitments |
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2.11
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Optional
Prepayments |
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2.12
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Mandatory
Prepayments |
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2.13
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Conversion and Continuation Options (a) |
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2.14
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Minimum
Amounts and Maximum Number of Eurodollar Tranches |
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2.15
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Interest
Rates and Payment Dates |
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2.16
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Computation of Interest and Fees |
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2.17
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Inability
to Determine Interest Rate |
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38 |
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2.18
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Pro Rata
Treatment and Payments |
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2.19
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Requirements of Law |
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2.20
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Taxes |
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2.21
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Indemnity |
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2.22
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Illegality |
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2.23
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Change of
Lending Office |
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2.24
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Replacement of Lenders under Certain Circumstances |
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2.25
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Limitation on Additional Amounts, etc. |
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45 |
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SECTION 3 LETTERS OF CREDIT
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48 |
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3.1
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L/C
Commitment |
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48 |
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3.2
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Procedure
for Issuance of Letter of Credit |
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48 |
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3.3
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Fees and
Other Charges |
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48 |
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3.4
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L/C
Participations |
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3.5
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Reimbursement Obligation of the Borrower |
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3.6
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Obligations Absolute |
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3.7
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Letter of
Credit Payments |
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3.8
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Applications |
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SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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4.1
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Financial
Condition |
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4.2
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No
Change |
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4.3
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Corporate
Existence; Compliance with Law |
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4.4
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Corporate
Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations |
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4.5
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No Legal
Bar |
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4.6
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No
Material Litigation |
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4.7
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No
Default |
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4.8
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Ownership
of Property; Liens |
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4.9
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Intellectual Property |
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4.10
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Taxes |
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4.11
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Federal
Regulations |
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4.12
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Labor
Matters |
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4.13
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ERISA |
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4.14
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Investment Company Act; Other Regulations |
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4.15
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Subsidiaries |
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4.16
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Use of
Proceeds and Revolving Credit Loans |
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4.17
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Environmental Matters |
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4.18
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Accuracy
of Information, etc. |
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4.19
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Security
Documents |
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4.20
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Solvency |
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4.21
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Senior
Indebtedness |
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4.22
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Insurance |
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4.23
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Real
Property |
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4.24
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Permits |
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SECTION 5. CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
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5.1
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Conditions to Initial Extension of Credit |
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5.2
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Conditions to Each Extension of Credit |
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SECTION 6. AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
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6.1
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Financial
Statements |
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6.2
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Certificates; Other Information |
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6.3
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Payment
of Obligations |
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6.4
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Conduct
of Business and Maintenance of Existence, etc. |
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6.5
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Maintenance of Property; Insurance |
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6.6
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Inspection of Property; Books and Records;
Discussions |
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6.7
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Notices |
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6.8
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Environmental Laws |
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6.9
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Interest
Rate Protection |
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6.10
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Additional Collateral, etc. |
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6.11
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Use of
Proceeds of the Loans and the IPO |
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6.12
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ERISA
Documents |
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6.13
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Further
Assurances |
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6.14
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Post
Closing Matters |
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SECTION 7. NEGATIVE COVENANTS
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7.1
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Financial
Condition Covenants |
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7.2
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Limitation on Indebtedness |
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7.3
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Limitation on Liens |
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7.4
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Limitation on Fundamental Changes |
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7.5
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Limitation on Disposition of Property |
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7.6
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Limitation on Restricted Payments |
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7.7
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Limitation on Capital Expenditures |
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7.8
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Limitation on Investments |
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7.9
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Limitation on Optional Payments and Modifications of
Indebtedness |
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7.10
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Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates |
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7.11
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Limitation on Sales and Leasebacks |
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7.12
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Limitation on Changes in Fiscal Periods |
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7.13
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Limitation on Negative Pledge Clauses |
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7.14
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Limitation on Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions,
etc. |
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7.15
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Limitation on Lines of Business |
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7.16
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Limitation on Hedge Agreements |
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7.17
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Partnerships and Joint Ventures |
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7.18
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Limitations on Activities of the Parent |
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SECTION 8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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SECTION 9. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT; THE
ARRANGER
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9.1
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Appointment |
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9.2
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Delegation of Duties |
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9.3
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Exculpatory Provisions |
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9.4
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Reliance
by Administrative Agent |
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90 |
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9.5
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Notice of
Default |
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9.6
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Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other
Lenders |
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90 |
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9.7
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Indemnification |
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9.8
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Arranger
and Administrative Agent in Their Individual Capacities |
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9.9
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Successor
Administrative Agents |
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9.10
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Authorization to Release Liens |
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9.11
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The
Arranger and the Syndication Agent |
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9.12
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Withholding Tax |
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SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS
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10.1
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Amendments and Waivers |
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10.2
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Notices |
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10.3
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No
Waiver; Cumulative Remedies |
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10.4
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Survival
of Representations and Warranties |
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10.5
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Payment
of Expenses; Indemnification |
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10.6
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Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments.
(a) |
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10.7
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Adjustments; Set-off. (a) |
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100 |
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10.8
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Counterparts |
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101 |
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10.9
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Severability |
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10.10
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Integration |
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10.11
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GOVERNING LAW |
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101 |
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10.12
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Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers |
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101 |
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10.13
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Acknowledgments |
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102 |
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Confidentiality |
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102 |
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10.15
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Release
of Collateral and Guarantee Obligations |
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103 |
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1016
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Accounting Changes |
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103 |
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10.17
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Delivery
of Lender Addenda |
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104 |
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1018
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Construction |
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10.19
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Confirmation |
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10.20
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WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL |
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104 |
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10.21
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Customer
Identification - USA PATRIOT Act Notice |
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ANNEXES:
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A
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Pricing
Grid |
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SCHEDULES:
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4.1(b)
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Material
Obligations not disclosed on Financial Statements |
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4.6
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Litigation |
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4.9(b)
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Trademarks, Service Marks and Trade Names |
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4.9(c)
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Patents |
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4.9(d)
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Copyrights |
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4.9(e)
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Intellectual Property Licenses |
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4.15(a)
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Corporate
Structure on the Closing Date |
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4.15(b)
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Outstanding Subscriptions, Etc. |
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4.19(a)-1
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UCC
Filing Jurisdictions – Collateral |
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4.19(a)-2
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UCC
Financing Statements to Remain on File |
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4.19(a)-3
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UCC
Financing Statements to be Terminated |
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4.19(b)
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UCC
Filing Jurisdictions – Intellectual Property
Collateral |
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4.23
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Leased
Real Property |
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7.2(d)
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Existing
Indebtedness |
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7.3(f)
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Existing
Liens |
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7.10
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Affiliate
Transactions |
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EXHIBITS:
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A
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Form of
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement |
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B
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Form of
Compliance Certificate |
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C
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Form of
Closing Certificate |
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D
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Form of
Assignment and Acceptance |
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E
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Form of
Legal Opinion of Kirkland & Ellis |
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F-1
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Form of
Term Note |
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F-2
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Form of
Revolving Credit Note |
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F-3
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Form of
Swing Line Note |
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Form of
Exemption Certificate |
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Form of
Lender Addendum |
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Form of
Solvency Certificate |
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Form of
Intercompany Subordinated Demand Promissory Note |
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Form of
Notice of Borrowing |
v
CREDIT AGREEMENT ,
dated as of February 15, 2005, among SYNIVERSE HOLDINGS,
INC. , a Delaware corporation (the “ Parent
”), SYNIVERSE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. , a Delaware
corporation (the “ Borrower ”), the several
banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to
time parties to this Agreement (the “ Lenders
”), LEHMAN BROTHERS INC. (“ LBI ”),
as lead arranger and book manager (in such capacity, the “
Arranger ”), LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
, as Syndication Agent (in such capacity, the “
Syndication Agent ”), and LEHMAN COMMERCIAL PAPER
INC. (“ LCPI ”), as administrative agent (in
such capacity, the “ Administrative Agent
”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the
Parent, SYNIVERSE HOLDINGS, LLC , a Delaware limited
liability company (the “ Ultimate Parent ”), the
several banks and other financial institutions or entities from
time to time parties thereto (the “ Lenders ”),
LBI, as advisor, lead arranger and book manager, and LCPI., as
administrative agent, are parties to that certain credit agreement
dated as of February 14, 2002 (as amended, supplemented, modified
or restated through the date hereof, the “ Existing Credit
Agreement ”).
WHEREAS, the Parent will
consummate an initial public offering of its common equity
securities, the proceeds of which shall be in an amount of least
$200,000,000 and which shall occur on terms and pursuant to
documentation reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent
(the “ IPO ”);
WHEREAS, the Borrower is a
wholly owned subsidiary of the Parent, an entity formed by certain
Control Investment Affiliates of the Principal, the Other Equity
Investors and Management Investors;
WHEREAS, the Borrower has
requested that the Lenders make certain credit facilities available
to the Borrower for the purposes set forth herein;
WHEREAS, to the extent not
used to redeem the preferred stock of the Parent, the Parent will
contribute the proceeds of the IPO to the Borrower (the “
Contribution ”);
WHEREAS, the Borrower will
use the proceeds of the Tranche B Term Loans (as defined herein)
and the Contribution to consummate the Redemption (as defined
herein) and the Repayment (as defined herein) (such Redemption and
the Repayment and the initial borrowings under this agreement,
together with the IPO, the “ Transactions
”);
WHEREAS, the Lenders are
willing to make such credit facilities available upon and subject
to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth;
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the premises and the agreements hereinafter set
forth, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1.
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Defined Terms . As
used in this Agreement, the terms listed in this Section 1.1 shall
have the respective meanings set forth in this Section
1.1.
“ Acknowledgement
and Consent ”: the Acknowledgement and Consent of each
Issuer (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) that
is not also a Grantor (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement), substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the Guarantee
and Collateral Agreement.
“ Acquisition
”: as defined in the recitals hereto.
“ Act ”:
as defined in Section 10.21.
“ Adjustment
Date ”: as defined in the Pricing Grid.
“ Administrative
Agent ”: as defined in the preamble hereto.
“ Affiliate
”: as to any Person, any other Person which directly or
indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common
control with, such Person. For purposes of this definition,
“control” of a Person means the power, directly or
indirectly, either to (a) vote 10% or more of the securities having
ordinary voting power for the election of directors (or persons
performing similar functions) of such Person or (b) direct or cause
the direction of the management and policies of such Person,
whether by contract or otherwise.
“ Affiliated
Fund ”: with respect to any Lender that is a fund that
invests (in whole or in part) in commercial loans, any other fund
that invests (in whole or in part) in commercial loans and is
managed by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an
Affiliate of such investment advisor:
“ Aggregate
Exposure ”: with respect to any Lender at any time, an
amount equal to (a) until the Closing Date, the aggregate amount of
such Lender’s Commitments at such time and (b) thereafter,
the sum of (i) the aggregate then unpaid principal amount of such
Lender’s Term Loans and (ii) the amount of such
Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment then in effect or, if
the Revolving Credit Commitments have been terminated, the amount
of such Lender’s Revolving Extensions of Credit then
outstanding.
“ Aggregate Exposure
Percentage ” with respect to any Lender at any time, the
ratio (expressed as a percentage) of such Lender’s Aggregate
Exposure at such time to the Aggregate Exposure of all Lenders at
such time.
“ Aggregate
Quarterly Shortfall ” as defined in Section 3(a)(iv) of
the Guaranty of Wireless Revenue.
“ Agreement
”: this Credit Agreement, as amended, supplemented, replaced
or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with this
Agreement.
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“ Annual
Shortfall ”: as defined in Section 4(a)(iii) of the
Guaranty of Wireless Revenue.
“ Applicable
Margin ”: for each Type of Loan, the rate per annum set
forth under the relevant column heading below:
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Base Rate
Loans
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Eurodollar
Loans
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Revolving Credit Loans and
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Swing Line Loans
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0.75 |
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1.75 |
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Tranche B Term Loans
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1.00 |
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2.00 |
% |
provided , that on and after the
first Adjustment Date occurring after the completion of two full
fiscal quarters of the Borrower after the Closing Date, the
Applicable Margin with respect to Tranche B Term Loans, Revolving
Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans will be determined pursuant to
the Pricing Grid.
“ Application
”: an application, in such form as the Issuing Lender may
specify from time to time, requesting the Issuing Lender to open a
Letter of Credit.
“ Arranger
”: as defined in the preamble hereto.
“ Asset Sale
”: any Disposition of Property or series of related
Dispositions of Property (excluding any such Disposition permitted
by clause (f) of Section 7.8 or clause (a), (b), (c), (d) (solely
to the extent set forth therein) , (f), (g), (h) or (i) of
Section 7.5) which yields gross proceeds to any Loan Party (valued
at the initial principal amount thereof in the case of non-cash
proceeds consisting of notes or other debt securities and valued at
fair market value (as determined by the Administrative Agent in its
reasonable business judgment) in the case of other non-cash
proceeds) in excess of $15,000,000.
“ Assignee
”: as defined in Section 10.6(c).
“ Assignment and
Acceptance ”: as defined in Section 10.6(c)
“ Assignor
”: as defined in Section 10.6(c).
“ Available
Revolving Credit Commitment ”: as to any Revolving Credit
Lender at any time, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a)
such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment
then in effect over (b) such Revolving Credit Lender’s
Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding; provided ,
that in calculating any Lender’s Revolving Extensions of
Credit for the purpose of determining such Lender’s (other
than the Swing Line Lender) Available Revolving Credit Commitment
pursuant to Section 2.9(a), the aggregate principal amount of Swing
Line Loans then outstanding shall be deemed to be zero.
“ Base Rate
”: for any day, a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if
necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) 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%. For
purposes hereof: “ Prime Rate ”
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shall mean the prime lending rate as set
forth on the British Banking Association Telerate Page 5 (or such
other comparable page as may, in the opinion of the Administrative
Agent, replace such page for purpose of displaying such rate), as
in effect from time to time. The Prime Rate is a reference rate and
does not necessarily represent the lowest or best rate actually
available. Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime
Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective as of
the opening of business on the effective day of such change in the
Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate,
respectively.
“ Base Rate
Loans ”: Loans for which the applicable rate of interest
is based upon the Base Rate.
“ Beneficial
Owner ”: has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule
13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that in
calculating the beneficial ownership of any particular
“person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of
the Exchange Act), such “person” will be deemed to have
beneficial ownership of all securities that such
“person” has the right to acquire by conversion or
exercise of other securities, whether such right is currently
exercisable or is exercisable only upon the occurrence of a
subsequent condition. The terms “Beneficially Owns” and
“Beneficially Owned” have a corresponding
meaning.
“ Benefited
Lender ”: as defined in Section 10.7 (a).
“ Board ”:
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United
States (or any successor).
“ Borrower
”: as defined in the preamble hereto.
“ Borrowing Date
”: any Business Day specified by the Borrower as a date on
which the Borrower requests the relevant Lender(s) to make Loans
hereunder.
“ Business Day
”: (i) for all purposes other than as covered by clause (ii)
below, a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law
to close and (ii) with respect to all notices and determinations in
connection with, and payments of principal and interest on,
Eurodollar Loans, any day which is a Business Day described in
clause (i) and which is also a day for trading by and between banks
in Dollar deposits in the interbank eurodollar market.
“ Capital
Expenditures ”: for any period, with respect to any
Person, the aggregate of all expenditures 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) which should be capitalized under GAAP on a
consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its Subsidiaries
provided that, for purposes of calculating compliance with
Section 7.7, the following expenditures shall be excluded, without
duplication: (i) expenditures made to restore or replace Property
to the condition of such Property immediately prior to any damage,
loss, or destruction or condemnation of such Property, to the
extent such expenditure is made with, or subsequently reimbursed
out of the proceeds received from any Recovery Event and (ii)
expenditures made by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
constituting an Investment permitted by Sections 7.8(g),
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(m), (iii) expenditures made by the
Borrower of any of its Subsidiaries as a tenant in leasehold
improvements, to the extent reimbursed by the landlord and (iv)
expenditures made with the proceeds of any Reinvestment Deferred
Amount or proceeds of Dispositions of Property permitted by clause
(f) of Section 7.8 and clauses (a), (b), (c), (d), (f), (g), (h) or
(i) of Section 7.5.
“ Capital Lease
Obligations ”: as to any Person, 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 of this Agreement,
the amount of such obligations at any time shall be the capitalized
amount thereof at such time determined in accordance with
GAAP.
“ Capital Stock
”: any and all shares, interests, participations or other
equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation,
any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than
a corporation) and any and all warrants, rights or options to
purchase any of the foregoing.
“ Cash
Equivalents ”: (a) United States dollars; (b) securities
issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United
States government or any agency or instrumentality of the United
States government ( provided that the full faith and credit
of the United States is pledged in support of those securities),
having maturities of not more than 12 months from the date of
acquisition; (c) certificates of deposit and eurodollar time
deposits with maturities of six months or less from the date of
acquisition, bankers’ acceptances (or in the case of foreign
Subsidiaries, the foreign equivalent) with maturities not exceeding
six months and overnight bank deposits, in each case, with any
lender party to the Credit Agreement or with any domestic
commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of
$500,000,000 and a Thomson Bank Watch Rating of “B” or
better or in the case of foreign Subsidiaries, any local office of
any commercial bank organized under the laws of the relevant
jurisdiction or any political subdivision thereof which has a
combined capital and surplus and undivided profits in excess of
$500,000,000; (d) marketable direct obligations issued by any state
of the United States of America or any political subdivision of any
such state or any public instrumentality thereof maturing within
one year from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of
acquisition, having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from
either Standard & Poor’s Rating Services or Moody’s
Investors Services, Inc.; (e) repurchase obligations with a term of
not more than seven days for underlying securities of the types
described in clauses (b), (c) and (d) above entered into with any
financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in
clause (c) or (d) above or with any Lender; (f) commercial paper
having the highest rating obtainable from Moody’s Investors
Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor’s Rating Services and in
each case maturing within 12 months after the date of acquisition;
or (g) shares of money market mutual or similar funds which invest
exclusively in assets satisfying the requirements of clauses (a)
through (f) of this definition.
“ Closing Date
”: the date on which the conditions precedent set forth in
Section 5.1 shall have been satisfied or waived, which date shall
be not later than March 31, 2005.
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“ Code ”:
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time.
“ Collateral
”: all Property of the Loan Parties, now owned or hereafter
acquired, upon which a Lien is purported to be created by any
Security Document, including, without limitation, the Intellectual
Property Collateral.
“ Commitment
”: as to any Lender, the sum of the Term Loan Commitment and
the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender.
“ Commitment Fee
Rate ”: (i) 1/2 of 1% per annum for any fiscal quarter in
which the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such
fiscal quarter is greater than 2.50 to 1.0 and (ii) 3/8 of 1% per
annum for any fiscal quarter in which the Consolidated Leverage
Ratio as of the last day of such fiscal quarter is equal to or less
than 2.50 to 1.00.
“ Commonly
Controlled Entity ”: an entity, whether or not
incorporated, which is under common control with the Borrower
within the meaning of Section 4001 of ERISA or is part of a group
that includes the Borrower and that is treated as a single employer
under Section 414 of the Code or of which the Borrower is a general
partner.
“ Compliance
Certificate ”: a certificate duly executed by a
Responsible Officer substantially in the form of Exhibit
B.
“ Confidential
Information Memorandum ”: the Confidential Information
Memorandum dated January, 2005 and furnished to the initial
Lenders.
“ Consolidated Cash
Interest Expense ”: for any period, Consolidated Interest
Expense for such period, excluding, without duplication, (i) any
amounts not payable in cash, (ii) amortization of debt and debt
issuance fees, (ii) any fees or expenses paid in connection with a
Permitted Acquisition, (iii) payments made or expenses incurred to
obtain Hedge Agreements, (iv) any fees or expenses paid or required
to be paid pursuant to any Loan Documents, and (v) any call
premiums and one-time fees or reasonable and customary expenses
incurred in connection with the Redemption or any other redemption,
repayment or repurchase of the Senior Subordinated
Notes.
“ Consolidated
Current Assets ”: at any date, all amounts (other than
cash and Cash Equivalents) which would, in conformity with GAAP, be
set forth opposite the caption “total current assets”
(or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Parent
and its Subsidiaries at such date.
“ Consolidated
Current Liabilities ”: at any date, all amounts that
would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption
“total current liabilities” (or any like caption) on a
consolidated balance sheet of the Parent and its Subsidiaries at
such date, but excluding (a) the current portion of any Funded Debt
of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, (b) without duplication of
clause (a) above, all Indebtedness consisting of Revolving Credit
Loans or Swing Line Loans to the extent otherwise included therein
and (c) deferred revenues.
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“ Consolidated
EBITDA ”: of any Person for any period, Consolidated Net
Income of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period
plus , without duplication and to the extent reflected as a
charge in the statement of such Consolidated Net Income for such
period, the sum of (a) income tax expense (including, without
duplication, franchise and foreign withholding taxes and any state
single business unitary or similar tax), (b) Consolidated Interest
Expense of such Person and its Subsidiaries, amortization or
write-off of debt discount and debt issuance costs and commissions,
discounts and other fees and charges associated with Indebtedness
(including, in the case of the Borrower, the Loans, Letters of
Credit and the Senior Subordinated Notes (including the exchange
thereof pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement)), (c)
depreciation and amortization expense, (d) amortization of
intangibles (including, but not limited to, goodwill) and
organization costs, (e) any extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring
expenses or losses (including, whether or not otherwise includable
as a separate item in the statement of such Consolidated Net Income
for such period, reasonable and customary fees and expenses
incurred in connection with the IPO or the Transactions, reasonable
and customary fees and expenses incurred in connection with a
public offering of equity of the Parent, any call premiums paid in
connection with the Redemption or any other redemption, prepayment
or repurchase of the Senior Subordinated Notes, non-cash purchase
accounting adjustments, losses on sales of assets outside of the
ordinary course of business, indemnification expenditures to the
extent reimbursable by third parties, transition expenses incurred
in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 pursuant to the acquisition of
Interoperator Services North America in an amount not to exceed
$2,000,000 for fiscal year 2004 and $6,000,000 in fiscal year 2005,
investment banking and legal fees and similar expenses and
transition expenses in an amount not to exceed $15,000,000 in any
fiscal year incurred in connection with any Permitted Acquisition
, any Investment permitted pursuant to Sections 7.8(m), or
severance or relocation costs) (f) any other non-cash charges
(including unrealized losses on Hedge Agreements permitted
hereunder and losses recognized in respect of post-retirement
benefits as a result of the application of FASB 106 and non-cash
foreign currency translation adjustments as a result of the
application of FASB 52 and losses on ownership of minority
interests in any Person), (g) proceeds received from business
interruption insurance, (h) Synthetic Lease Obligations, to the
extent deducted as an expense in such period and (i) up to
$10,000,000 of expenses related to the relocation of certain
facilities (provided such costs were incurred in fiscal year 2004,
2005 and 2006 and expensed on the income statements of the Parent
or its Subsidiaries) and minus , to the extent included in
the statement of such Consolidated Net Income for such period, the
sum of (a) interest income, (b) any extraordinary, unusual or
non-recurring income or gains (including, whether or not otherwise
includable as a separate item in the statement of such Consolidated
Net Income for such period, gains on the sales of assets or
Investments outside of the ordinary course of business and
indemnification payments received from third parties to the extent
amounts paid with respect to such claims were added to Consolidated
Net Income; provided however that in no case shall any
income included in Consolidated Net Income from the Guaranty of
Wireless Revenue be excluded pursuant to this clause (b)) and (c)
any other non-cash income (including unrealized gains on Hedge
Agreements, gains recognized in respect of post-retirement benefits
as a result of the application of FASB 106, gains with respect to
foreign currency translation as a result of the application of FASB
52 and gains on ownership of minority interests in any Person), all
as determined on a consolidated basis; provided that for
purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for any period, (i) the Consolidated EBITDA of any
Person or business acquired by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries
during such period shall be
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included on a pro forma basis for such
period (assuming the consummation of such acquisition and the
incurrence or assumption of any Indebtedness in connection
therewith occurred on the first day of such period) if the
consolidated balance sheet of such acquired Person or business and
its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of the period preceding
the acquisition of such Person and the related consolidated
statements of income and of cash flows for the period in respect of
which Consolidated EBITDA is to be calculated (x) have been
previously provided to the Administrative Agent and (y) either (1)
have been reported on without a qualification arising out of the
scope of the audit by independent certified public accountants of
nationally recognized standing or (2) have been found reasonably
acceptable by the Administrative Agent and (ii) the Consolidated
EBITDA of any Person or business Disposed of by the Borrower or its
Subsidiaries during such period shall be excluded for such period
(assuming the consummation of such Disposition and the repayment of
any Indebtedness in connection therewith occurred on the first day
of such period). Consolidated EBITDA may be determined to give pro
forma effect to expense and cost reductions, provided that
such calculations are done on a basis that is permitted by
Regulation S-X under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
“ Consolidated
Interest Coverage Ratio ”: for any period, the ratio of
(a) Consolidated EBITDA of the Parent and its Subsidiaries for such
period to (b) Consolidated Cash Interest Expense of the Parent and
its Subsidiaries payable in cash for such period.
“ Consolidated
Interest Expense ”: of any Person for any period, total
interest expense (including that attributable to Capital Lease
Obligations) of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period
with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of such Person and its
Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, all commissions,
discounts and other fees and charges owed by such Person with
respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance
financing and net costs of such Person under Hedge Agreements in
respect of interest rates to the extent such net costs are
allocable to such period in accordance with GAAP, but excluding any
fees and expenses payable within 90 days of the Closing Date
related to the Transactions).
“ Consolidated
Leverage Ratio ”: as at the last day of any period of
four consecutive fiscal quarters, the ratio of (a) Consolidated
Total Debt on such day to (b) Consolidated EBITDA of the Parent and
its Subsidiaries for such period.
“ Consolidated Net
Income ”: of any Person for any period, the consolidated
net income (or loss) of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such
period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP;
provided , that in calculating Consolidated Net Income of
the Parent and its Subsidiaries for any period, there shall be
included, without duplication, (a) with respect to the Borrower, if
such period ends on one of the first three fiscal quarters of the
fiscal year of the Borrower, an amount equal to the product of (i)
the Aggregate Quarterly Shortfall occurring during such period,
multiplied by (ii) 0.61875 and (b) with respect to any Loan Party,
if such period is the fourth fiscal quarter of a fiscal year of the
Borrower, an amount equal to the product of (i) the Annual
Shortfall occurring during such period, multiplied by (ii) 0.825
(each of clause (a) or (b) above, the “ Guaranteed
Amount ”); provided that if the actual amount paid
to the Borrower with respect to such period pursuant to the
Guaranty of Wireless Revenue is less than the applicable Guaranteed
Amount with respect to such period, the Consolidated Net Income for
such period shall be promptly restated to effect the actual
amount
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paid to the Borrower in such period and
there shall be excluded (a) the income (or deficit) of any Person
accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower
or is merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries, (b) the income (or deficit) of any Person (other than
a Subsidiary of the Borrower) in which the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries has an ownership interest, except to the extent that
any such income is actually received by the Borrower or such
Subsidiary in the form of dividends or similar distributions, and
(c) the undistributed earnings of any Subsidiary of the Borrower to
the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar
distributions by such Subsidiary is not at the time permitted by
the terms of any Contractual Obligation (other than under any Loan
Document) or Requirement of Law applicable to such
Subsidiary.
“ Consolidated Total
Debt ”: at any date, the accreted value of all Funded
Debt of the Parent and its Subsidiaries at such date, determined on
a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“ Consolidated
Working Capital ”: at any date, the excess of
Consolidated Current Assets on such date over Consolidated Current
Liabilities on such date.
“ Continuing
Directors ”: as to any Person, the directors of such
Person on the Closing Date, after giving effect to the transactions
contemplated hereby, and each other director, if, in each case,
such other director’s nomination for election to the board of
directors of such Person is recommended by at least a majority of
the then Continuing Directors or such other director receives the
vote of each of the shareholders of such Person (other than, in the
case of the Parent, any shareholders who are Management Investors)
on the Closing Date in his or her election by the shareholders of
such Person.
“ Contractual
Obligation ”: as to any Person, any provision of any
security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or
other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or
any of its Property is bound.
“ Contribution
”: as defined in the recitals.
“ Control
Agreement ”: each Control Agreement to be executed and
delivered by each Loan Party party thereto pursuant to the
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, as the same may be amended,
supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time in
accordance with this Agreement.
“ Control Investment
Affiliate ”: as to any Person, any other Person that (a)
directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is
under common control with, such Person and (b) is organized by such
Person primarily for the purpose of making equity or debt
investments in one or more companies. For purposes of this
definition, “control” of a Person means the power,
directly or indirectly, to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of such Person whether by contract or
otherwise.
“ Default
”: any of the events specified in Section 8, whether or not
any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or
both, has been satisfied.
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“ Defaulting
Lender ”: as defined in Section 2.24.
“ Derivatives
Counterparty ”: as defined in Section 7.6.
“ Disposition
”: with respect to any Property, any sale, lease, sale and
leaseback, assignment, conveyance, transfer or other disposition
thereof; and the terms “ Dispose ” and “
Disposed of ” shall have correlative
meanings.
“ Disqualified
Stock ”: any Capital Stock or other ownership or profit
interest of any Loan Party that by its terms any Loan Party is or,
upon the passage of time or the occurrence of any event, may at any
time prior to six months after the final scheduled maturity of the
Tranche B Term Loans become obligated to redeem, purchase, retire,
defease or otherwise make any payment in respect of in
consideration other than Capital Stock (other than Disqualified
Stock); provided that Capital Stock that would constitute
Disqualified Stock solely because the holders of such Capital Stock
have the right to require the issuer thereof to repurchase such
Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a “change of
control” shall not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms
of such Capital Stock provide that the repurchase obligation is
subject to the agreements of the Loan Parties herein and that the
issuer of such Capital Stock shall have no obligation to repurchase
such Capital Stock until all the Obligations have been paid in
full.
“ Dollars
” and “ $ ”: dollars in lawful currency of
the United States of America.
“ Domestic
Subsidiary ”: any Subsidiary of the Parent organized
under the laws of any jurisdiction within the United States of
America.
“ Eligible
Assignee ”: as defined in Section 10.6(c).
“ Environmental
Laws ”: any and all laws, rules, orders, regulations,
statutes, ordinances, codes, decrees, or other legally enforceable
requirements (including, without limitation, common law) of any
international authority, foreign government, the United States, or
any state, local, municipal or other Governmental Authority,
regulating, relating to or imposing liability or standards of
conduct concerning protection of the environment or of human
health, or employee health and safety, as has been, is now, or may
at any time hereafter be, in effect.
“ Environmental
Permits ”: any and all permits, licenses, approvals,
registrations, notifications, exemptions and any other
authorization required under any Environmental Law.
“ Equity
Investors ”: The Control Investment Affiliates of the
Principal, the Other Equity Investors and the Management
Investors.
“ ERISA ”:
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
from time to time.
“ Eurocurrency
Reserve Requirements ”: for any day as applied to a
Eurodollar Loan, the aggregate (without duplication) of the maximum
rates (expressed as a decimal fraction) of reserve requirements in
effect on such day (including, without limitation, basic,
supplemental, marginal and emergency reserves under any regulations
of the Board or other
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Governmental Authority having
jurisdiction with respect thereto) dealing with reserve
requirements prescribed for eurocurrency funding (currently
referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation
D of the Board) maintained by a member bank of the Federal Reserve
System. Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to constitute Eurocurrency
Liabilities and to be subject to such reserve requirements without
benefit or credit for proration, exceptions or offsets which may be
available from time to time to any Lender under Regulation
D.
“ Eurodollar Base
Rate ”: with respect to each day during each Interest
Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Loan, the rate per annum
determined on the basis of the rate for deposits in Dollars for a
period equal to such Interest Period commencing on the first day of
such Interest Period appearing on Page 3750 of the Dow Jones
Telerate screen as of 11:00 A.M., London time, two Business Days
prior to the beginning of such Interest Period. In the event that
such rate does not appear on Page 3750 of the Dow Jones Telerate
screen (or otherwise on such screen), the “ Eurodollar
Base Rate ” for purposes of this definition shall be
determined by the Administrative Agent as the average of the rate
of interest at which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the first
day of such Interest Period in same day funds in the approximate
amount of the Eurodollar Loan and with an equivalent period that
would be offered by Toronto Dominion (New York), Inc., UBS AG,
Stamford Branch and Barclays Bank PLC to first-tier major banks in
the offshore Dollar market at their request at approximately 11:00
A.M., London time, two Business Days prior to the beginning of such
Interest Period.
“ Eurodollar
Loans ”: Loans the rate of interest applicable to which
is based upon the Eurodollar Rate.
“ Eurodollar
Rate ”: with respect to each day during each Interest
Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Loan, a rate per annum determined
for such day in accordance with the following formula (rounded
upward to the nearest 1/100th of 1%):
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“ Eurodollar
Tranche ”: the collective reference to Eurodollar Loans
with current Interest Periods which begin on the same date and end
on the same later date (whether or not such Loans shall originally
have been made on the same day).
“ Event of
Default ”: any of the events specified in Section 8,
provided that any requirement for the giving of notice, the
lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied.
“ Excess Cash
Flow ”: for any fiscal year of the Borrower, the excess,
if any, of (a) the sum, without duplication, of (i) Consolidated
Net Income of the Loan Parties for such fiscal year, (ii) an amount
equal to the amount of all non-cash charges (including depreciation
and amortization) deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net
Income, (iii) decreases in Consolidated Working Capital of the Loan
Parties for such fiscal year, (iv) an amount equal to the aggregate
net non-cash loss on the Disposition of Property by the Loan
Parties during such fiscal year (other than sales of inventory in
the ordinary course of business), to the extent deducted in
arriving at such Consolidated Net Income and (v) the net increase
during such fiscal year (if any) in long-term deferred tax accounts
of the Borrower minus (b) the sum, without
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duplication, of (i) an amount equal to
the amount of all non-cash credits included in arriving at such
Consolidated Net Income, (ii) the aggregate amount actually paid by
any Loan Party in cash during such fiscal year on account of
Capital Expenditures, (3) any such expenditures financed with the
proceeds of any Reinvestment Deferred Amount and (4) any such
expenditures financed with any amount carried over from the
previous fiscal year pursuant to Section 7.7, (iii) the aggregate
amount of all prepayments of Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line
Loans during such fiscal year to the extent accompanying permanent
optional reductions of the Revolving Credit Commitments and all
optional prepayments of Indebtedness, including the Tranche B Term
Loans during such fiscal year, (iv) the aggregate amount of all
regularly scheduled principal payments of Indebtedness (including,
without limitation, the Tranche B Term Loans) of any Loan Party
made during such fiscal year (other than in respect of any
revolving credit facility to the extent there is not an equivalent
permanent reduction in commitments thereunder such that after
giving effect to such commitment reduction the applicable Loan
Party would not be able to reborrow all or any of the amount so
prepaid), (v) increases in Consolidated Working Capital of the Loan
Parties for such fiscal year, (vi) an amount equal to the aggregate
net non-cash gain on the Disposition of Property (including
Dispositions consisting of Asset Sales or Recovery Events) by any
Loan Party during such fiscal year (other than sales of inventory
in the ordinary course of business), to the extent included in
arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, (vii) the net decrease
during such fiscal year (if any) in long-term deferred tax accounts
of the Borrower, (viii) cash payments made during such period in
satisfaction of non-current liabilities of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries to the extent such amounts were included as non-cash
charges and added back in a previous period pursuant to clause
(a)(ii) above and (ix) cash payments made by the Borrower during
such period permitted under Section 7.6. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any effects of the Guaranty of Wireless Revenue on the
consolidated income statements or balance sheets of the Loan
Parties shall not be double-counted for the purpose of calculating
Excess Cash Flow
“ Exchange Act
”: the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
“ Excluded Foreign
Subsidiary ”: any Foreign Subsidiary in respect of which
either (i) the pledge of all of the Capital Stock of such
Subsidiary as Collateral or (ii) the guaranteeing by such
Subsidiary of the Obligations, would, in the good faith judgment of
the Borrower, result in adverse tax consequences to the Loan
Parties, taken as a whole; provided , however , that
a Foreign Subsidiary that (1) is not directly or indirectly owned
in whole or in part by a Foreign Subsidiary (unless each such
Foreign Subsidiary is a pass-through entity for United States
federal income tax purposes) and (2) is treated as a pass-through
entity for United States federal income tax purposes shall not be
an Excluded Foreign Subsidiary while so treated.
“ Existing Credit
Agreement ”: as defined in the recitals
hereto.
“ Facility
”: each of (a) the Tranche B Term Loan Commitments and the
Tranche B Term Loans made hereunder (the “ Tranche B Term
Loan Facility ”), (b) the Revolving Credit Commitments
(including any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments) and the
extensions of credit made hereunder (the “ Revolving
Credit Facility ”) and (c) each Incremental Term Loan
made hereunder.
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“ Federal Funds
Effective Rate ”: for any day, the weighted average of
the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of
the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers, as
published 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 which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for
the day of such transactions received by the Administrative Agent
from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by
it.
“ Fee Letter
”: the Fee Letter, dated January 4, 2005, among the Ultimate
Parent, the Parent, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the
Arranger, as the same may be amended, supplemented, replaced or
otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with this
Agreement.
“ Foreign
Subsidiary ”: any Subsidiary of the Parent that is not a
Domestic Subsidiary.
“ FQ1 ”,
“ FQ2 ”, “ FQ3 ”, and “
FQ4 ”: when used with a numerical year designation,
means the first, second, third or fourth fiscal quarters,
respectively, of such fiscal year of the Borrower (e.g., FQ1 2005
means the first fiscal quarter of the Borrower’s 2005 fiscal
year, which ends December 31, 2005).
“ Funded Debt
”: as to any Person, all Indebtedness of such Person of the
types described in clauses (a) through (e) of the definition of
“Indebtedness” in this Section; provided that
Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.2(g) shall be excluded
from the definition of Funded Debt.
“ Funding Office
”: the office specified from time to time by the
Administrative Agent as its funding office by notice to the
Borrower and the Lenders.
“ GAAP ”:
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of
America as in effect from time to time, except that for purposes of
Section 7.1, GAAP shall be determined on the basis of such
principles in effect on the date hereof and consistent with those
used in the preparation of the most recent audited financial
statements delivered pursuant to Section 4.1(b).
“ Governing
Documents ”: collectively, as to any Person, the articles
or certificate of incorporation and bylaws, any shareholders
agreement, certificate of formation, limited liability company
agreement, partnership agreement or other formation or constituent
documents of such Person.
“ Governmental
Authority ”: any nation or government, any state or other
political subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or
pertaining to government.
“ Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement ”: the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement to be executed and delivered by the Parent, the Borrower
and each Subsidiary Guarantor, substantially in the form of Exhibit
A, as the same may be amended, supplemented, replaced or otherwise
modified from time to time in accordance with this
Agreement.
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“ Guarantee
Obligation ”: as to any Person (the “
guaranteeing person ”), any obligation of (a) the
guaranteeing person or (b) another Person (including, without
limitation, any bank under any letter of credit) to induce the
creation of which the guaranteeing person has issued a
reimbursement, counterindemnity or similar obligation, in either
case guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any Indebtedness,
leases, dividends or other obligations (the “ primary
obligations ”) of any other third Person (the “
primary obligor ”) in any manner, whether directly or
indirectly, including, without limitation, any obligation of the
guaranteeing person, whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any
such primary obligation or any Property constituting direct or
indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (1) for
the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (2) to
maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor
or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary
obligor, (iii) to purchase Property, securities or services
primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary
obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of
such primary obligation or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold
harmless the owner of any such primary obligation against loss in
respect thereof; provided , however , that the term
Guarantee Obligation shall not include endorsements of instruments
for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business. The
amount of any Guarantee Obligation of any guaranteeing person shall
be deemed to be the lower of (a) an amount equal to the stated or
determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which
such Guarantee Obligation is made and (b) the maximum amount for
which such guaranteeing person may be liable pursuant to the terms
of the instrument embodying such Guarantee Obligation, unless such
primary obligation and the maximum amount for which such
guaranteeing person may be liable are not stated or determinable,
in which case the amount of such Guarantee Obligation shall be such
guaranteeing person’s maximum reasonably anticipated
liability in respect thereof as determined by the Borrower in good
faith.
“ Guarantors
”: the collective reference to the Parent and the Subsidiary
Guarantors.
“ Guaranty of
Wireless Revenue ”: the Guaranty of Wireless Revenue
dated February 14, 2002 by and between Verizon Information Services
Inc. and the Borrower, and all exhibits and annexes thereto, as the
same may be amended, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified
from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.
“ Hedge
Agreements ”: all interest rate swaps, caps or collar
agreements or similar arrangements entered into by the Parent or
any of its Subsidiaries providing for protection against
fluctuations in interest rates or currency exchange rates or the
exchange of nominal interest obligations, either generally or under
specific contingencies.
“ Incremental
Effective Date ”: as defined in Section 2.26.
“ Incremental Lender
Addendum ”: as defined in Section 2.26.
“ Incremental
Revolving Credit Commitment ”: as defined in Section
2.26.
“ Incremental
Revolving Credit Lender ”: as defined in Section
2.26.
“ Incremental
Revolving Credit Loans ”: as defined in Section
2.26.
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“ Incremental Term
Loan ” as defined in Section 2.26.
“ Incremental Term
Loan Lender ”: as defined in Section 2.26.
“ Incremental Term
Loan Maturity Date ”: the date that the Incremental Term
Loan of a Series shall become due and payable in full hereunder, as
specified in the applicable Lender Addendum, including by
acceleration or otherwise.
“ Incremental Term
Loan Percentage ”: with respect to each Series of
Incremental Term Loans, the percentage which the aggregate
principal amount of such Lender’s Incremental Term Loans
under such Series then outstanding constitutes of the aggregate
principal amount of the Incremental Term Loans under such Series
then outstanding.
“ Indebtedness
”: of any Person at any date, without duplication, (a) all
indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations
of such Person for the deferred purchase price of Property or
services (other than trade payables and accrued expenses incurred
in the ordinary course of such Person’s business), (c) all
obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or
other similar instruments and, with respect to the Borrower, all
obligations arising under the Guaranty of Wireless Revenue
regardless of whether evidenced by a note or similar instrument,
(d) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale
or other title retention agreement with respect to Property
acquired by such Person (even though the rights and remedies of the
seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are
limited to repossession or sale of such Property), (e) all Capital
Lease Obligations or Synthetic Lease Obligations of such Person,
(f) all obligations of such Person, contingent or otherwise, as an
account party under acceptance, letter of credit or similar
facilities, (g) all obligations of such Person, contingent or
otherwise, to purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire for
value any Capital Stock of such Person, (h) all Guarantee
Obligations of such Person in respect of obligations of the kind
referred to in clauses (a) through (g) above; (i) all obligations
of the kind referred to in clauses (a) through (h) above secured by
(or for which the holder of such obligation has an existing right,
contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on Property
(including, without limitation, accounts and contract rights) owned
by such Person, whether or not such Person has assumed or become
liable for the payment of such obligation, (j) for the purposes of
Section 8(e) only, all obligations of such Person in respect of
Hedge Agreements and (k) the liquidation value of any Disqualified
Stock of such Person or its Subsidiaries held by any Person other
than such Person and its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries; provided
that (i) Indebtedness shall not include any earn-out obligations
and (ii) the amount of any Indebtedness (or portion thereof) which
is Non-Recourse Indebtedness or limited to the obligor thereunder
and for which recourse is limited to an identified asset, shall be
equal to the lesser of (A) the limited amount of such
obligor’s obligation and (B) the fair market value of such
asset. The amount of any Indebtedness under clause (j) shall be the
net amount, including any net termination payments, that would be
required to be paid to a counterparty on such date if a termination
of the applicable Hedge Agreement were to occur on such date,
rather than the notational amount of the applicable Hedge
Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,
“Indebtedness” shall not include the any of the
preferred stock of the Parent issued on the Closing Date or
permitted to be issued hereunder.
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“ Indemnified
Liabilities ”: as defined in Section 10.5.
“ Indemnitee
”: as defined in Section 10.5.
“ Insolvency
”: with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that
such Plan is insolvent within the meaning of Section 4245 of
ERISA.
“ Insolvent
”: pertaining to a condition of Insolvency.
“ Intellectual
Property ”: the collective reference to all rights,
priorities and privileges relating to intellectual property,
whether arising under United States, state, multinational or
foreign laws or otherwise, including, without limitation,
copyrights, patents, trademarks (and related goodwill),
service-marks (and related goodwill), trade names, technology,
know-how and processes, recipes, formulas, trade secrets, or
licenses (under which the applicable Person is licensor or
licensee) relating to any of the foregoing and all rights to sue at
law or in equity for any infringement or other impairment thereof,
including the right to receive all proceeds and damages
therefrom.
“ Intellectual
Property Agreement ”: the Intellectual Property Agreement
dated February 14, 2002 by and among Verizon Information Services
Inc., Verizon Communications Inc. and the Borrower, and all
schedules thereto, as the same may be amended, supplemented
replaced or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with
this Agreement.
“ Intellectual
Property Collateral ”: all Intellectual Property of the
Loan Parties, now owned or hereafter acquired, upon which a Lien is
purported to be created by the Intellectual Property Security
Agreement or the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.
“ Intellectual
Property Security Agreement ”: Each Intellectual Property
Security Agreement to be executed and delivered by a Loan Party and
any After Acquired Intellectual Property Security Agreement
executed by a Loan Party, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1
or B-2, respectively, to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, as
the same may be amended, supplemented, replaced or otherwise
modified from time to time in accordance with this
Agreement.
“ Interest Payment
Date ” (a) as to any Base Rate Loan, the last day of each
March, June, September and December to occur while such Loan is
outstanding and the final maturity date of such Loan, (b) as to any
Eurodollar Loan having an Interest Period of three months or less,
the last day of such Interest Period, (c) as to any Eurodollar Loan
having an Interest Period longer than three months, each day which
is three months, or a whole multiple thereof, after the first day
of such Interest Period and the last day of such Interest Period
and (d) as to any Loan (other than any Loan that is a Base Rate
Loan (unless all Revolving Credit Loans are being repaid in full in
immediately available funds and the Revolving Credit Commitments
terminated) and any Swing Line Loan), the date of any repayment or
prepayment made in respect thereof.
“ Interest
Period ”: as to any Eurodollar Loan, (a) initially, the
period commencing on the borrowing or conversion date, as the case
may be, with respect to such Eurodollar Loan
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and ending one, two, three, six or nine
or (if available to all Lenders under the relevant Facility) twelve
months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in its Notice of
Borrowing or notice of conversion, as the case may be, given with
respect thereto; and (b) thereafter, each period commencing on the
last day of the next preceding Interest Period applicable to such
Eurodollar Loan and ending one, two, three, six or nine or (if
available to all Lenders under the relevant Facility) twelve months
thereafter, as selected by the Borrower by irrevocable notice to
the Administrative Agent not less than three Business Days prior to
the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect
thereto; provided that, all of the foregoing provisions
relating to Interest Periods are subject to the
following:
(i) if any Interest Period
would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day, such
Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business
Day unless the result of such extension would be to carry such
Interest Period into another calendar month in which event such
Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business
Day;
(ii) any Interest Period that
would otherwise extend beyond the Scheduled Revolving Credit
Termination Date or beyond the date final payment is due on the
Term Loans, as the case may be, shall end on the Revolving Credit
Termination Date or such due date, as applicable; and
(iii) any Interest Period
that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a
day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the
calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the
last Business Day of a calendar month.
“ Investments
”: as defined in Section 7.8.
“ IPO ”:
as defined in the recitals.
“ Issuing Lender
”: a bank to be chosen by the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent, in its capacity as issuer of any Letter of
Credit.
“ L/C Commitment
”: $15,000,000.
“ L/C Fee Payment
Date ”: the last day of each March, June, September and
December and the last day of the Revolving Credit Commitment
Period.
“ L/C
Obligations ”: at any time, an amount equal to the sum
of, without duplication, (a) the aggregate then undrawn and
unexpired amount of the then outstanding Letters of Credit and (b)
the aggregate amount of drawings under Letters of Credit that have
not then been reimbursed pursuant to Section 3.5.
“ L/C
Participants ”: the collective reference to all the
Revolving Credit Lenders other than the Issuing Lender.
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“ Lehman Entity
”: any of Lehman Commercial Paper Inc. or any of its
affiliates (including, without limitation, Syndicated Loan Funding
Trust).
“ Lender
Addendum ”: with respect to any Lender, a Lender
Addendum, substantially in the form of Exhibit H.
“ Lenders
”: as defined in the preamble hereto and includes the Issuing
Lender.
“ Letters of
Credit ”: as defined in Section 3.1(a).
“ Lien ”:
any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, security deposit
arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge or
other security interest or any preference, priority or other
security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or
nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, any conditional
sale or other title retention agreement and any capital lease
having substantially the same economic effect as any of the
foregoing).
“ Loan ”:
any loan made by any Lender pursuant to this Agreement (including,
without limitation, any Incremental Term Loan and any Incremental
Revolving Credit Loan).
“ Loan Documents
”: this Agreement, the Security Documents, the Applications,
the Post Closing Letter Agreement and the Notes.
“ Loan Parties
”: the Parent, the Borrower and each Subsidiary of the Parent
which is a party to a Loan Document (including pursuant to Section
6.10).
“ Majority Facility
Lenders ”: with respect to any Facility, the holders of
more than 50% of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Term
Loans or the Total Revolving Extensions of Credit, as the case may
be, outstanding under such Facility (or, in the case of the
Revolving Credit Facility, prior to any termination of the
Revolving Credit Commitments, the holders of more than 50% of the
Total Revolving Credit Commitments).
“ Majority Revolving
Credit Facility Lenders ”: the Majority Facility Lenders
in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility.
“ Management
Investors ”: Edward Evans, Raymond Lawless, Mike
O’Brien, Robert Garcia, and all other individuals who hold
Capital Stock on the Closing Date.
“ Material Adverse
Effect ”: a material adverse condition or a material
adverse change in or affecting (a) the condition (financial or
otherwise), results of operations, assets liabilities or prospects
of the Loan Parties taken as a whole, (b) the validity or
enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Loan
Documents, (c) the validity, enforceability or priority of the
Liens purported to be created by the Security Documents or (d) the
rights or remedies of any Secured Party hereunder or under any of
the other Loan Documents.
“ Material
Software ”: the “Business Software” as
defined in the Intellectual Property Agreement.
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“ Materials of
Environmental Concern ”: any gasoline or petroleum
(including crude oil or any fraction thereof) or petroleum
products, polychlorinated biphenyls, urea-formaldehyde insulation,
asbestos, pollutants, contaminants, radioactivity, and any other
toxic or hazardous substances of any kind, that is regulated
pursuant to or could give rise to liability under any Environmental
Law.
“ Mortgages
”: any and all mortgages and/or deeds of trust made by any
Loan Party in favor of, or for the benefit of, the Administrative
Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in a form as may be
reasonably agreed to by the Administrative Agent and the Loan
Parties party thereto, as the same may be amended, supplemented,
replaced or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with
this Agreement.
“ Multiemployer
Plan ”: a Plan that is a multiemployer plan as defined in
Section 3(37) or 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
“ Net Cash
Proceeds ”: (a) in connection with any Asset Sale or any
Recovery Event, the proceeds thereof in the form of cash and Cash
Equivalents (including any such proceeds received by way of
deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment
receivable or purchase price adjustment receivable or otherwise,
but only as and when received) of such Asset Sale or Recovery
Event, net of reasonable and customary attorneys’ fees,
accountants’ fees, investment banking fees, amounts required
to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness (together with any
accrued and unpaid interest thereon, premium or penalty or other
amount payable with respect thereto) secured by a Lien expressly
permitted hereunder on any asset which is the subject of such Asset
Sale or Recovery Event (other than any Lien pursuant to a Security
Document) and other reasonable and customary fees and expenses, in
each case, to the extent actually incurred in connection therewith
and net of (i) taxes paid or reasonably estimated to be payable as
a result thereof (after taking into account any available tax
credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements) and (ii)
solely in connection with any such Asset Sale, any reserve
established in accordance with GAAP or amounts deposited in escrow
for adjustment in respect of the sale price of such asset or assets
or for indemnities with respect to any Asset Sale, provided
that any such reserved or escrowed amounts shall be Net Cash
Proceeds to the extent and at the time released to a Loan Party or
not required to be so used and (b) in connection with any issuance
or sale of equity securities or debt securities or instruments or
the incurrence of loans, the cash proceeds received from such
issuance or incurrence, net of reasonable and customary
attorneys’ fees, investment banking fees, accountants’
fees, underwriting discounts and commissions and other reasonable
and customary fees and expenses, in each case, to the extent
actually incurred in connection therewith.
“ Non-Excluded
Taxes ”: as defined in Section 2.20(a).
“ Non-Recourse
Indebtedness ”: Indebtedness as to which neither the
Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries: (1)(a) provides credit support
of any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument
that would constitute Indebtedness or the pledge of any
collateral), (b) is directly or indirectly liable as a guarantor or
otherwise, or (c) constitutes the lender; (2) no default with
respect to which (including any rights that the holders thereof may
have to take enforcement action against a Subsidiary) would permit
upon notice, lapse of time or both any
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holder of any other Indebtedness (other
than the Indebtedness incurred hereunder) of the Parent or any of
its Subsidiaries to declare a default on such other Indebtedness or
cause the payment thereof to be accelerated or payable prior to its
stated maturity; and (3) as to which the lenders thereof have been
notified in writing that they will not have any recourse to the
stock or assets of the Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries.
“ Non-U.S.
Lender ”: as defined in Section 2.20(f).
“ Notes ”:
the collective reference to the Revolving Credit Notes, the Term
Notes and the Swing Line Notes, if any, evidencing
Loans.
“ Notice of
Borrowing ”: a certificate duly executed by a Responsible
Officer of the Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit
K.
“ Obligations
”: the unpaid principal of and interest on (including,
without limitation, interest accruing after the maturity of the
Loans and Reimbursement Obligations and interest accruing after the
filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any
insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to any Loan
Party, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition
interest is allowed in such proceeding) the Loans and all other
obligations and liabilities of the Loan Parties to the Arranger, to
the Administrative Agent or to any Lender (or, in the case of
Specified Hedge Agreements, any affiliate of any Lender), whether
direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due,
or now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out
of, or in connection with, this Agreement, any other Loan Document,
the Letters of Credit, any Specified Hedge Agreement or any other
document made, delivered or given in connection herewith or
therewith, whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement
obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses (including, without
limitation, all fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the
Arranger, to the Administrative Agent or to any Lender that are
required to be paid by any Loan Party pursuant hereto or to any
other Loan Document) or otherwise; provided , that (i)
Obligations of any Loan Party under any Specified Hedge Agreement
shall be secured and guaranteed pursuant to the Security Documents
only to the extent that, and for so long as, the other Obligations
are so secured and guaranteed and (ii) any release of Collateral or
Guarantors effected in the manner permitted by this Agreement shall
not require the consent of holders of obligations under Specified
Hedge Agreements.
“ OID ”:
as defined in Section 2.26.
“ Other Equity
Investors ”: investors in the Parent, other than certain
Control Investment Affiliates of the Principal and the Management
Investors, selected by the Principal and reasonably acceptable to
the Administrative Agent, including Snowlake Investment Pte
Ltd.
“ Other Taxes
”: 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 from the execution,
delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this
Agreement or any other Loan Document.
“ Parent
”: as defined in the preamble hereto.
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“ Parent
”: as defined in the preamble hereto.
“ Participant
”: as defined in Section 10.6(b).
“ Payment Amount
”: as defined in Section 3.5.
“ Payment Office
”: the office of the Administrative Agent specified in
Section 10.2 or as otherwise specified from time to time by the
Administrative Agent as its payment office by notice to the
Borrower and the Lenders.
“ PBGC ”:
the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to
Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA (or any successor).
“ Permits
”: the collective reference to any and all franchises,
licenses, leases, permits, approvals, notifications,
certifications, registrations, authorizations, exemptions,
qualifications, easements, rights of way, Liens and other rights,
privileges and approvals required under any Requirement of Law
other than Environmental Permits.
“ Permitted
Acquisition ”: as defined in Section 7.8(g).
“ Permitted Capital
Expenditure Amount ”: $35,000,000; provided ,
that, following any Permitted Acquisition, such amount shall be
increased by an amount equal to the amount permitted prior to such
Permitted Acquisition (including all prior such increases)
multiplied by the quotient of the total revenues of the acquired
entity for the previous fiscal year divided by the total revenues
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the previous fiscal
year.
“ Permitted
Liens ”: the collective reference to (i) in the case of
Collateral other than Pledged Stock, Liens permitted by Section 7.3
and (ii) in the case of Collateral consisting of Pledged Stock,
non-consensual Liens permitted by Section 7.3 to the extent arising
by operation of law.
“ Person
”: an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability
company, business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated
association, joint venture, Governmental Authority or other entity
of whatever nature.
“ Plan ”:
at a particular time, any employee benefit plan that is covered by
ERISA and which the Borrower (or, with respect to any Single
Employer Plan or Multiemployer Plan, any Commonly Controlled
Entity) maintains, administers, contributes to or is required to
contribute to or under which the Borrower (or, with respect to any
Single Employer Plan or Multiemployer Plan, any Commonly Controlled
Entity) could incur any liability.
“ Pledged Stock
”: as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement.
“ Post Closing
Letter Agreement ”: the Post Closing Letter Agreement
dated as of the date hereof by the Borrower in favor of the
Administrative Agent, as the same may be amended, supplemented,
replaced or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with
this Agreement.
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“ Pricing Grid
”: the pricing grid attached hereto as Annex A.
“ Principal
”: GTCR Golder Rauner, L.L.C.
“ Professional
Services Agreement ”: the Professional Services Agreement
between the Principal and the Borrower dated as of February 14,
2002, as the same may be amended, replaced or otherwise modified
from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.
“ Pro Forma Balance
Sheet ”: as defined in Section 4.1(a).
“ Projections
”: as defined in Section 6.2(c).
“ Property
”: any right or interest in or to property of any kind
whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or
intangible, including, without limitation, Capital
Stock.
“ Purchase
Agreement ”: the Purchase Agreement, dated February 5,
2002, between the Parent and its subsidiaries and Lehman Brothers
Inc.
“ Recovery Event
”: any settlement of or payment in respect of any property or
casualty insurance claim or any condemnation proceeding relating to
any asset of any Loan Party.
“ Redemption
”: the prepayment of a portion of the Senior Subordinated
Notes.
“ Redemption
Shortfall ”: $85,750,000 less the amount by which the
Parent has prepaid of a portion of the Senior Subordinated Notes on
or prior to the forty-fifth (45 th ) day following the
Closing Date.
“ Refunded Swing
Line Loans ”: as defined in Section 2.7(b).
“ Refunding Date
”: as defined in Section 2.7(c).
“ Register
”: as defined in Section 10.6(d).
“ Registration
Rights Agreement ”: the Registration Rights Agreement,
dated February 14, 2002, between the Borrower and Lehman Brothers
Inc.
“ Regulation D
”: Regulation D of the Board as in effect from time to time
(and any successor to all or a portion thereof).
“ Regulation T
”: Regulation T of the Board as in effect from time to time
(and any successor to all or a portion thereof).
“ Regulation U
”: Regulation U of the Board as in effect from time to time
(and any successor to all or a portion thereof).
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“ Regulation X
”: Regulation X of the Board as in effect from time to time
(and any successor to all or a portion thereof).
“ Reimbursement
Obligation ”: the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse
the Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 3.5 for amounts drawn under
Letters of Credit.
“ Reinvestment
Deferred Amount ”: with respect to any Reinvestment
Event, the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received by any Loan Party
in connection therewith that are not applied to prepay the Term
Loans or reduce the Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to
Section 2.12(b) as a result of the delivery of a Reinvestment
Notice.
“ Reinvestment
Event ”: any Asset Sale or Recovery Event in respect of
which the Borrower has delivered a Reinvestment Notice.
“ Reinvestment
Notice ”: a written notice executed by a Responsible
Officer of the Borrower stating that no Default or Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing and that the Borrower (directly or
indirectly through a Wholly Owned Subsidiary to the extent
otherwise permitted hereunder) intends and expects to use all or a
specified portion of the Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale or
Recovery Event to acquire assets useful in its or such
Subsidiary’s business; provided that notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Borrower may submit a Reinvestment Notice with
respect to the Net Cash Proceeds of a Recovery Event if a Default
or Event of Default exists, if all such Net Cash Proceeds (or a
specified portion thereof) are held in a cash collateral account,
established with the Administrative Agent pending the acquisition
of such assets.
“ Reinvestment
Prepayment Amount ”: with respect to any Reinvestment
Event, the Reinvestment Deferred Amount relating thereto less any
amount expended prior to the relevant Reinvestment Prepayment Date
to acquire assets useful in the Borrower’s
business.
“ Reinvestment
Prepayment Date ”: with respect to any Reinvestment
Event, the earlier of (a) the date occurring one year after receipt
of the proceeds giving rise to such Reinvestment Event and (b) the
date on which the Borrower shall have determined not to, or shall
have otherwise ceased to, acquire assets useful in the
Borrower’s or the applicable Subsidiary’s business with
all or any portion of the relevant Reinvestment Deferred
Amount.
“ Reorganization
”: with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that
such plan is in reorganization within the meaning of Section 4241
of ERISA.
“ Repayment
”: the repayment in full in cash all loans and other
obligations under the Existing Credit Agreement at the termination
thereof.
“ Reportable
Event ”: any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c)
of ERISA, other than those events as to which the thirty day notice
period is waived under subsections .27, .28, .29, .30, .31, .32,
.34 or .35 of PBGC Reg. Section 4043.
“ Required
Lenders ”: at any time, the holders of more than 50% of
(a) until the Closing Date, the Commitments and (b) thereafter, the
sum of (i) the aggregate unpaid principal
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amount of the Term Loans then
outstanding and (ii) the Total Revolving Credit Commitments then in
effect or, if the Revolving Credit Commitments have been
terminated, the Total Revolving Extensions of Credit then
outstanding.
“ Requirement of
Law ”: as to any Person, the Governing Documents of such
Person, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation or determination of
an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each
case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its
Property or to which such Person or any of its Property is
subject.
“ Responsible
Officer ”: as to any Person, the chief executive officer,
president, vice-president or chief financial officer of such
Person, but in any event, with respect to financial matters, the
chief financial officer or any other executive officer of such
Person having responsibility for the administration of the
obligations in respect of this Agreement of such Person. Unless
otherwise qualified, all references to a “Responsible
Officer” shall refer to a Responsible Officer of the
Borrower.
“ Restricted
Payments ”: as defined in Section 7.6.
“ Revolving Credit
Commitment ”: as to any Lender, the obligation of such
Lender, if any, to make Revolving Credit Loans and/or participate
in Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit, in an aggregate
principal and/or face amount not to exceed the amount set forth
under the heading “Revolving Credit Commitment”
opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1 to the Lender
Addendum delivered by such Lender, or, as the case may be, in the
Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender became a
party hereto, or, as the case may be, in the Incremental Lender
Addendum with respect to an Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment
of such Lender, in each case as the same may be changed from time
to time pursuant to the terms hereof.
“ Revolving Credit
Commitment Period ”: the period from the Closing Date to
the Revolving Credit Termination Date.
“ Revolving Credit
Lender ”: each Lender that has a Revolving Credit
Commitment or that is the holder of Revolving Credit
Loans.
“ Revolving Credit
Loans ”: as defined in Section 2.4, and shall include any
Incremental Revolving Credit Loans.
“ Revolving Credit
Notes ”: as defined in Section 2.8(e).
“ Revolving Credit
Percentage ”: as to any Revolving Credit Lender at any
time, the percentage which such Lender’s Revolving Credit
Commitment then constitutes of the Total Revolving Credit
Commitments (or, at any time after the Revolving Credit Commitments
shall have expired or terminated, the percentage which the
aggregate principal and/or face amount of such Lender’s
Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding constitutes of the
aggregate principal and/or face amount of the Total Revolving
Extensions of Credit then outstanding).
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“ Revolving Credit
Termination Date ”: the Scheduled Revolving Credit
Termination Date.
“ Revolving
Extensions of Credit ”: as to any Revolving Credit Lender
at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate
principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans made by such Lender
then outstanding, (b) such Lender’s Revolving Credit
Percentage of the L/C Obligations then outstanding and (c) such
Lender’s Revolving Credit Percentage of the aggregate
principal amount of Swing Line Loans then outstanding.
“ Scheduled
Revolving Credit Termination Date ”: the sixth
anniversary of the Closing Date.
“ SEC ”:
the Securities and Exchange Commission (or successors thereto or an
analogous Governmental Authority).
“ Secured
Parties ”: collectively, the Arranger, the Administrative
Agent, the Lenders and, with respect to any Specified Hedge
Agreement, any affiliate of any Lender (or any Person that was a
Lender or affiliate thereof when such Hedge Agreement was entered
into) party thereto that has agreed to be bound by the provisions
of Section 7.2 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as if it
were a party thereto and by the provisions of Section 9 hereof as
if it were a Lender party hereto.
“ Security
Documents ”: the collective reference to the Guarantee
and Collateral Agreement, the Intellectual Property Security
Agreements, the Control Agreements, the Mortgages and all other
pledge and security documents hereafter delivered to the
Administrative Agent granting a Lien on any Property of any Person
to secure the obligations and liabilities of any Loan Party under
any Loan Document.
“ Senior
Subordinated Note Documentation ”: the Senior
Subordinated Note Indenture, the Purchase Agreement, the
Registration Rights Agreement, together with any other instruments
and agreements entered into by any Loan Party in connection
therewith (other than the Loan Documents), as the same may be
amended, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to
time in accordance with this Agreement.
“ Senior
Subordinated Note Indenture ”: the Indenture, dated as of
February 14, 2002, entered into by the Parent, the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries in connection with the issuance of the Senior
Subordinated Notes, as the same may be amended, supplemented,
replaced or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with
this Agreement.
“ Senior
Subordinated Notes ”: the subordinated notes of the
Borrower due 2012, issued from time to time pursuant to the Senior
Subordinated Note Indenture.
“ Series
”: as defined in Section 2.26.
“ Services
Agreement ”: the collective reference to (i) the
Distributed Processing Services Agreement and the Mainframe
Computing Services Agreement, each as between TSI and Verizon
Information Technologies Inc. and dated as of February 14, 2002 and
(ii) the
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Information Technologies Services
Agreement between TSI and Lockheed Martin Global
Telecommunications, dated as of December 19, 2001 as each of the
same may be amended from time to time in accordance with this
Agreement.
“ Single Employer
Plan ”: any Plan that is covered by Title IV of ERISA,
but which is not a Multiemployer Plan.
“ Solvency
Certificate ”: the Solvency Certificate to be executed
and delivered by the chief financial officer of each Loan Party,
substantially in the form of Exhibit I, as the same may be amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance
with this Agreement.
“ Solvent
”: when used with respect to any Person, as of any date of
determination, (a) the amount of the “present fair saleable
value” of the assets of such Person will, as of such date,
exceed the amount of all “liabilities of such Person,
contingent or otherwise”, as of such date, as such quoted
terms are determined in accordance with applicable federal and
state laws governing determinations of the insolvency of debtors,
(b) the “present fair saleable value” (as such term is
defined in clause (a)) of the assets of such Person will, as of
such date, be greater than the amount that will be required to pay
the liability of such Person on its debts as such debts become
absolute and matured, (c) such Person will not have, as of such
date, an unreasonably small amount of capital with which to conduct
its business, (d) such Person will be able to pay its debts as they
mature, and (e) such Person is not insolvent within the meaning of
any applicable Requirements of Law. For purposes of this
definition, (i) “debt” means liability on a
“claim”, and (ii) “claim” means any (x)
right to payment, whether or not such a right is reduced to
judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured,
unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or
unsecured or (y) right to an equitable remedy for breach of
performance if such breach gives rise to a right to payment,
whether or not such right to an equitable remedy is reduced to
judgment, fixed, contingent, matured or unmatured, disputed,
undisputed, secured or unsecured; provided that, for
purposes of this definition, in computing the amount of any
contingent, unliquidated, unmatured or disputed claim at any time,
it is intended that such claims will be computed at the amount
which, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such
time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to
become an actual, liquidated or matured claim.
“ Specified Change
of Control ”: a “change of control” or
similar event (howsoever defined) as defined in the Senior
Subordinated Note Indenture.
“ Specified Hedge
Agreement ”: any Hedge Agreement (a) entered into by (i)
any Loan Party and (ii) any Lender or any affiliate thereof, or any
Person that was a Lender or an affiliate thereof when such Hedge
Agreement was entered into, as counterparty and (b) which has been
designated by such Lender and the Borrower, by notice to the
Administrative Agent not later than 90 days after the execution and
delivery thereof by any such Loan Party as a Specified Hedge
Agreement; provided that the designation of any Hedge
Agreement as a Specified Hedge Agreement shall not create in favor
of any Lender or affiliate thereof that is a party thereto any
rights in connection with the management or release of any
Collateral or of the obligations of any Guarantor under the
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.
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“ Subordinated
Intercompany Note ”: the Intercompany Subordinated Demand
Promissory Note to be executed and delivered by each Loan Party,
substantially in the form of Exhibit J, as the same may be amended,
supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time in
accordance with this Agreement.
“ Subsidiary
”: as to any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited
liability company or other entity of which shares of stock or other
ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock
or such other ownership interests having such power only by reason
of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board
of directors or other managers of such corporation, partnership or
other entity are at the time owned, or the management of which is
otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise
qualified, all references to a “Subsidiary” or to
“Subsidiaries” in this Agreement shall refer to a
Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
“ Subsidiary
Guarantor ”: each Subsidiary of the Parent other than any
Excluded Foreign Subsidiary and the Borrower.
“ Swing Line
Commitment ”: the obligation of the Swing Line Lender to
make Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section 2.6 in an aggregate
principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed
$5,000,000.
“ Swing Line
Lender ”: such Lender (in its capacity as the lender of
Swing Line Loans) as may be appointed by the Administrative Agent
with the consent of the Borrower.
“ Swing Line
Loans ”: as defined in Section 2.6.
“ Swing Line
Notes ”: as defined in Section 2.8(e).
“ Swing Line
Participation Amount ”: as defined in Section
2.7(c).
“ Syndication
Agent ”: as defined in the recitals.
“ Syndication
Date ”: the date which is 90 days after the Closing Date
or such earlier date that the Administrative Agent determines the
syndication is complete.
“ Synthetic Lease
Obligations ”: all monetary obligations of a Person under
(a) a so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention
lease, or (b) an agreement for the use or possession of property
creating obligations which do not appear on the balance sheet of
such Person but which, upon the insolvency or bankruptcy of such
Person, would be characterized as the Indebtedness of such Person
(without regard to accounting treatment).
“ Term Loans
” the Tranche B Term Loans and any Incremental Term
Loans.
“ Term Notes
”: as defined in Section 2.8(e).
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“ Total Revolving
Credit Commitments ”: at any time, the aggregate amount
of the Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect; provided
, that the amount of the Total Revolving Credit Commitments on the
Closing Date shall be $42,000,000.
“ Total Revolving
Extensions of Credit ”: at any time, the aggregate amount
of the Revolving Extensions of Credit of the Revolving Credit
Lenders outstanding at such time.
“ Tranche B Term
Loan ”: as defined in Section 2.1
“ Tranche B Term
Loan Commitment ”: as to any Tranche B Term Loan Lender,
the obligation of such Lender, if any, to make a Tranche B Term
Loan to the Borrower hereunder in a principal amount not to exceed
the amount set forth under the heading “Tranche B Term Loan
Commitment” opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1
to the Lender Addendum delivered by such Lender, or, as the case
may be, in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such
Lender became a party hereto, as the same may be changed from time
to time pursuant to the terms hereof; provided that the
original aggregate amount of the Tranche B Term Loan Commitments is
$240,000,000.
“ Tranche B Term
Loan Lender ”: each Lender that has a Tranche B Term Loan
Commitment or which is the holder of an Tranche B Term
Loan.
“ Tranche B Term
Loan Maturity Date ”: the seventh anniversary of this
Agreement (or such earlier date as provided in Section
2.3).
“ Tranche B Term
Loan Percentage ”: as to any Tranche B Term Loan Lender
at any time, the percentage which such Lender’s Tranche B
Term Loan Commitment then constitutes of the aggregate Tranche B
Term Loan Commitments (or, at any time after the Closing Date, the
percentage which the aggregate principal amount of such
Lender’s Tranche B Term Loans then outstanding constitutes of
the aggregate principal amount of the Tranche B Term Loans then
outstanding).
“ Transactions
”: as defined in the recitals hereto.
“ Transferee
”: as defined in Section 10.14.
“ Type ”:
as to any Loan, its nature as a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar
Loan.
“ UCC ”:
the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any jurisdiction from
time to time.
“ Ultimate
Parent ”: as defined in the recitals hereto.
“ Wholly Owned
Subsidiary ”: as to any Person, any other Person all of
the Capital Stock of which (other than directors’ qualifying
shares required by law) is owned by such Person directly and/or
through other Wholly Owned Subsidiaries.
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1.2 Other Definitional
Provisions.
(a) Unless otherwise
specified therein, all terms defined in this Agreement shall have
the defined meanings when used in the other Loan Documents or any
certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or
thereto.
(b) As used herein and in the
other Loan Documents, and any certificate or other document made or
delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, accounting terms relating to
any Loan Party not defined in Section 1.1 and accounting terms
partly defined in Section 1.1, to the extent not defined, shall
have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP.
(c) The words
“hereof”, “herein” and
“hereunder” and words of similar import when used in
this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to
any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section, Schedule
and Exhibit references are to this Agreement unless otherwise
specified.
(d) The meanings given to
terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the
singular and plural forms of such terms.
(e) The expressions
“payment in full,” “paid in full” and any
other similar terms or phrases when used herein with respect to the
Borrower Obligations or the Guarantor Obligations shall mean the
unconditional, final and irrevocable payment in full, in
immediately available funds, of all of the Borrower Obligations or
the Guarantor Obligations, as the case may be (other than
Obligations in respect of any Specified Hedge Agreement and
unmatured contingent reimbursement and indemnification
Obligations).
(f) The words
“including” and “includes” and words of
similar import when used in this Agreement shall not be limiting
and shall mean “including without limitation” or
“includes without limitation”, as the case may
be.
SECTION 2. AMOUNT AND TERMS
OF COMMITMENTS
2.1 Tranche B Term Loan
Commitments. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof,
each Tranche B Term Loan Lender severally agrees to make a term
loan (a “Tranche B Term Loan”) to the Borrower on the
Closing Date in an amount not to exceed the amount of the Tranche B
Term Loan Commitment of such Lender. The Tranche B Term Loans may
from time to time be Eurodollar Loans or Base Rate Loans, as
determined by the Borrower and notified to the Administrative Agent
in accordance with Sections 2.2 and 2.13.
2.2 Procedure for Term
Loan Borrowing. The Borrower shall give the Administrative
Agent irrevocable notice (which notice must be received by the
Administrative Agent prior to 12:00 Noon, New York City time, one
Business Day prior to the anticipated Closing Date) requesting that
the Tranche B Term Loan Lenders make the Tranche B Term Loans on
the Closing Date and specifying the amount to be borrowed. The
Tranche B Term Loans made on the Closing Date shall initially be
Base Rate Loans, and no Tranche B Term Loan may be converted into
or continued as a Eurodollar Loan having an Interest Period in
excess of one month prior to the Syndication Date. Upon receipt of
such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each
Tranche B Term Loan Lender thereof. Not later than 12:00 Noon, New
York City time, on the Closing Date each Tranche B Term
Loan
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Lender shall make available to the
Administrative Agent at the Funding Office an amount in immediately
available funds equal to the Tranche B Term Loan to be made by such
Lender. The Administrative Agent shall make available to the
Borrower the aggregate of the amounts made available to the
Administrative Agent by the Tranche B Term Loan Lenders in like
funds.
2.3 Repayment of Tranche B
Term Loans. (a) The Tranche B Term Loan of each Tranche B Term
Loan Lender shall mature in 28 consecutive quarterly installments,
commencing on March 31, 2005, each of which shall be in an amount
equal to such Lender’s Tranche B Term Loan Percentage
multiplied by the amount set forth below opposite such installment;
provided that to the extent that a portion of such Tranche B
Term Loans are prepaid pursuant to Section 2.11 or 2.12, the
amounts set forth below shall be reduced to reflect the actual
application of such prepayments as provided in Section 2.11 or
2.12, as applicable; provided further, that if, on the date that is
91 days prior to the maturity date of the Borrower’s Senior
Subordinated Notes as in effect on the Closing Date (the
“Test Date”), such Senior Subordinated Notes have not
been refinanced or repaid in full, the Tranche B Term Loans will be
immediately due and payable in full the Test Date and the
“Tranche B Term Loan Maturity Date” shall be deemed to
be the test date.
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Installment
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Principal Amount
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March 31, 2005
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$ |
600,000 |
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June 30, 2005
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$ |
600,000 |
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September 30, 2005
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$ |
600,000 |
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December 31, 2005
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$ |
600,000 |
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March 31, 2006
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$ |
600,000 |
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June 30, 2006
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$ |
600,000 |
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September 30, 2006
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$ |
600,000 |
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December 31, 2006
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$ |
600,000 |
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March 31, 2007
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$ |
600,000 |
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June 30, 2007
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$ |
600,000 |
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September 30, 2007
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$ |
600,000 |
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December 31, 2007
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$ |
600,000 |
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March 31, 2008
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$ |
600,000 |
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June 30, 2008
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$ |
600,000 |
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September 30, 2008
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$ |
600,000 |
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December 31, 2008
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$ |
600,000 |
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March 31, 2009
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$ |
600,000 |
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June 30, 2009
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$ |
600,000 |
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September 30, 2009
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$ |
600,000 |
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December 31, 2009
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$ |
600,000 |
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March 31, 2010
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$ |
600,000 |
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June 30, 2010
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$ |
600,000 |
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September 30, 2010
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$ |
600,000 |
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December 31, 2010
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$ |
600,000 |
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March 31, 2011
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$ |
600,000 |
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June 30, 2011
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$ |
600,000 |
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September 30, 2011
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$ |
600,000 |
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December 31, 2011
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$ |
600,000 |
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Tranche B Term Loan Maturity
Date
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All outstanding
Tranche B
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2.4 Revolving Credit
Commitments . (a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof,
each Revolving Credit Lender severally agrees to make revolving
credit loans (“ Revolving Credit Loans ”) to the
Borrower from time to time during the Revolving Credit Commitment
Period in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding
which, when added to such Lender’s Revolving Credit
Percentage of the sum of (i) the L/C Obligations then outstanding
and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of the Swing Line Loans
then outstanding, does not exceed the amount of such Lender’s
Revolving Credit Commitment. During the Revolving Credit Commitment
Period the Borrower may use the Revolving Credit Commitments by
borrowing, prepaying the Revolving Credit Loans in whole or in
part, and reborrowing, all in accordance with the terms and
conditions hereof. The Revolving Credit Loans may from time to time
be Eurodollar Loans or Base Rate Loans, as determined by the
Borrower and notified to the Administrative Agent in accordance
with Sections 2.5 and 2.13, provided that no Revolving
Credit Loan shall be made as a Eurodollar Loan after the day that
is one month prior to the Scheduled Revolving Credit Termination
Date.
(b) The Borrower shall repay
all outstanding Revolving Credit Loans on the Revolving Credit
Termination Date.
2.5 Procedure for
Revolving Credit Borrowing . The Borrower may borrow under the
Revolving Credit Commitments during the Revolving Credit Commitment
Period on any Business Day, provided that the Borrower shall
give the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice in a Notice of
Borrowing (which Notice of Borrowing must be received by the
Administrative Agent prior to 12:00 Noon, New York City time, (a)
three Business Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date, in the
case of Eurodollar Loans, or (b) one Business Day prior to the
requested Borrowing Date, in the case of Base Rate Loans),
specifying (i) the amount and Type of Revolving Credit Loans to be
borrowed, (ii) the requested Borrowing Date and (iii) in the case
of Eurodollar Loans, the length of the initial Interest Period
therefor. Any Revolving Credit Loans made on the first day of the
Revolving Credit Commitment Period shall initially be Base Rate
Loans, and no Revolving Credit Loan may be made as, converted into
or continued as a Eurodollar Loan having an Interest Period in
excess of one month prior to the Syndication Date. Each borrowing
under the Revolving Credit Commitments shall be in an amount equal
to (x) in the case of Base Rate Loans, $1,000,000 or a $250,000
multiple in excess thereof (or, if the then aggregate Available
Revolving Credit Commitments are less than $1,000,000, such lesser
amount) and (y) in the case of Eurodollar Loans, $1,000,000 or a
$500,000 multiple in excess thereof; provided that the Swing
Line Lender may request, on behalf of the Borrower, borrowings
under the Revolving Credit Commitments which are Base Rate Loans in
other amounts pursuant to Section 2.7. Upon receipt of any such
Notice of Borrowing from the Borrower, the Administrative Agent
shall promptly notify each Revolving Credit Lender thereof. Each
Revolving Credit Lender will make the amount of its pro
rata share of each borrowing available to the Administrative
Agent for the account of the Borrower at the Funding Office prior
to 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the Borrowing Date requested
by the Borrower in funds immediately available to the
Administrative Agent. Such borrowing will then be made
available
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to the Borrower by the Administrative
Agent in like funds as received by the Administrative
Agent.
2.6 Swing Line
Commitment . (a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof,
the Swing Line Lender agrees to make a portion of the credit
otherwise available to the Borrower under the Revolving Credit
Commitments from time to time during the Revolving Credit
Commitment Period by making swing line loans (“ Swing Line
Loans ”) to the Borrower; provided that (i) the
aggregate principal amount of Swing Line Loans outstanding at any
time shall not exceed the Swing Line Commitment then in effect
(notwithstanding that the Swing Line Loans outstanding at any time,
when aggregated with the Swing Line Lender’s other
outstanding Revolving Credit Loans hereunder, may exceed the Swing
Line Commitment then in effect) and (ii) the Borrower shall not
request, and the Swing Line Lender shall not make, any Swing Line
Loan if, after giving effect to the making of such Swing Line Loan,
the aggregate amount of the Available Revolving Credit Commitments
would be less than zero. During the Revolving Credit Commitment
Period, the Borrower may use the Swing Line Commitment by
borrowing, repaying and reborrowing, all in accordance with the
terms and conditions hereof. Swing Line Loans shall be Base Rate
Loans only.
(b) The Borrower shall repay
all outstanding Swing Line Loans on the Revolving Credit
Termination Date.
2.7 Procedure for Swing
Line Borrowing; Refunding of Swing Line Loans . (a) Whenever
the Borrower desires that the Swing Line Lender make Swing Line
Loans it shall give the Swing Line Lender irrevocable telephonic
notice confirmed promptly in writing (which telephonic notice must
be received by the Swing Line Lender not later than 1:00 P.M., New
York City time, on the proposed Borrowing Date), specifying (i) the
amount to be borrowed and (ii) the requested Borrowing Date (which
shall be a Business Day during the Revolving Credit Commitment
Period). Each borrowing under the Swing Line Commitment shall be in
an amount equal to $250,000 or a $100,000 multiple of in excess
thereof. Not later than 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the
Borrowing Date specified in a notice in respect of Swing Line
Loans, the Swing Line Lender shall make available to the
Administrative Agent at the Funding Office an amount in immediately
available funds equal to the amount of the Swing Line Loan to be
made by the Swing Line Lender. The Administrative Agent shall make
the proceeds of such Swing Line Loan available to the Borrower on
such Borrowing Date in immediately available funds.
(b) The Swing Line Lender, at
any time and from time to time in its sole and absolute discretion
may, on behalf of the Borrower (which hereby irrevocably directs
the Swing Line Lender to act on its behalf), on one Business
Day’s notice given by the Swing Line Lender no later than
1:00 P.M., New York City time to the Revolving Credit Lenders and
the Borrower, request each Revolving Credit Lender to make, and
each Revolving Credit Lender hereby agrees to make, a Revolving
Credit Loan, in an amount equal to such Revolving Credit
Lender’s Revolving Credit Percentage of the aggregate amount
of the Swing Line Loans (the “ Refunded Swing Line
Loans ”) outstanding on the date of such notice, to repay
the Swing Line Lender. Each Revolving Credit Lender shall make the
amount of such Revolving Credit Loan available to the
Administrative Agent at the Funding Office in immediately available
funds, not later than 10:00 A.M., New York City time, one Business
Day after the date of such notice. The proceeds
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of such Revolving Credit Loans shall be
immediately made available by the Administrative Agent to the Swing
Line Lender for application by the Swing Line Lender to the
repayment of the Refunded Swing Line Loans. The Borrower
irrevocably authorizes the Swing Line Lender to charge the
Borrower’s accounts with the Administrative Agent (up to the
amount available in each such account) in order to immediately pay
the amount of such Refunded Swing Line Loans to the extent amounts
received from the Revolving Credit Lenders are not sufficient to
repay in full such Refunded Swing Line Loans and the Administrative
Agent agrees to promptly notify the Borrower after any such charge,
provided that the failure to give such notice shall not
affect the validity of such charge and payment.
(c) If prior to the time a
Revolving Credit Loan would have otherwise been made pursuant to
Section 2.7(b), one of the events described in Section 8(f) shall
have occurred and be continuing with respect to the Borrower or if
for any other reason, as determined by the Swing Line Lender in its
sole discretion, Revolving Credit Loans may not be made as
contemplated by Section 2.7(b), each Revolving Credit Lender shall,
on the date such Revolving Credit Loan was to have been made
pursuant to the notice referred to in Section 2.7(b) (the “
Refunding Date ”), purchase for cash an undivided
participating interest in the then outstanding Swing Line Loans by
paying to the Swing Line Lender an amount (the “ Swing
Line Participation Amount ”) equal to (i) such Revolving
Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Percentage times (ii)
the sum of the aggregate principal amount of Swing Line Loans then
outstanding which were to have been repaid with such Revolving
Credit Loans.
(d) Whenever, at any time
after the Swing Line Lender has received from any Revolving Credit
Lender such Lender’s Swing Line Participation Amount, the
Swing Line Lender receives any payment on account of the Swing Line
Loans, the Swing Line Lender will distribute to such Revolving
Credit Lender its Swing Line Participation Amount (appropriately
adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period
of time during which such Revolving Credit Lender’s
participating interest was outstanding and funded and, in the case
of principal and interest payments, to reflect such Revolving
Credit Lender’s pro rata portion of such
payment if such payment is not sufficient to pay the principal of
and interest on all Swing Line Loans then due); provided ,
however , that in the event that such payment received by
the Swing Line Lender is required to be returned, such Revolving
Credit Lender will return to the Swing Line Lender any portion
thereof previously distributed to it by the Swing Line
Lender.
(e) Each Revolving Credit
Lender’s obligation to make the Loans referred to in Section
2.7(b) and to purchase participating interests pursuant to Section
2.7(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be
affected by any circumstance, including, without limitation, (i)
any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which
such Revolving Credit Lender or the Borrower may have against the
Swing Line Lender, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason
whatsoever; (ii) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or an
Event of Default or the failure to satisfy any of the other
conditions specified in Section 5; (iii) any adverse change in the
condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower; (iv) any breach
of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by the Borrower, any
other Loan Party or any other Revolving Credit Lender; or (v) any
other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not
similar to any of the foregoing.
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(f) If the Issuing Lender
notifies the Borrower of a draft presented under any Letter of
Credit (and paid by the Issuing Lender) after 1:00 PM on any given
day, the Swing Line Lender will use commercially reasonable efforts
to fund a Swing Line Loan on such day.
2.8 Repayment of Loans;
Evidence of Indebtedness . (a) The Borrower hereby
unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the
account of the appropriate Revolving Credit Lender or Tranche B
Term Loan Lender, as the case may be, (i) the then unpaid principal
amount of each Revolving Credit Loan of such Revolving Credit
Lender on the Revolving Credit Termination Date (or such earlier
date on which the Loans become due and payable pursuant to Section
8), (ii) the then unpaid principal amount of each Swing Line Loan
of such Swing Line Lender on the Revolving Credit Termination Date
(or such earlier date on which the Loans become due and payable
pursuant to Section 8) and (iii) the principal amount of each
Tranche B Term Loan of such Tranche B Term Loan Lender in
installments according to the amortization schedule set forth in
Section 2.3 (or on such earlier date on which the Loans become due
and payable pursuant to Section 8). The Borrower hereby further
agrees to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of the Loans
from time to time outstanding from the date hereof until payment in
full thereof at the rates per annum, and on the dates, set forth in
Section 2.15.
(b) Each Lender shall
maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or
accounts evidencing indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender
resulting from each Loan of such Lender from time to time,
including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to
such Lender from time to time under this Agreement.
(c) The Administrative Agent,
on behalf of the Borrower, shall maintain the Register pursuant to
Section 10.6(d), and a subaccount therein for each Lender, in which
shall be recorded (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder and
any Note evidencing such Loan, the Type thereof and each Interest
Period, if any, applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any
principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable
from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) both the
amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder
from the Borrower and each Lender’s share thereof.
(d) The entries made in the
Register and the accounts of each Lender maintained pursuant to
Section 2.8(b) shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be
prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of
the obligations of the Borrower therein recorded; provided ,
however , that the failure of any Lender or the
Administrative Agent to maintain the Register or any such account,
or any error therein, shall not in any manner affect the obligation
of the Borrower to repay (with applicable interest) the Loans made
to such Borrower by such Lender in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement.
(e) The Borrower agrees that,
upon the request to the Administrative Agent by any Lender, the
Borrower will execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note
of the Borrower evidencing any Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans
or Swing Line Loans, as the case may be, of such Lender,
substantially in the forms of Exhibit F-1, F-2 or F-3,
respectively, with appropriate insertions as to date and principal
amount (such notes, respectively, “ Term Notes
”, “ Revolving Credit Notes ” and “
Swing Line Notes ”).
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2.9 Commitment Fees,
etc . (a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative
Agent for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender (other than
any Defaulting Lender) a commitment fee for the period from and
including the Closing Date to but excluding the last day of the
Revolving Credit Commitment Period, computed at the Commitment Fee
Rate on the average daily amount of the Available Revolving Credit
Commitment of such Lender during the period for which payment is
made, payable quarterly in arrears on the last day of each March,
June, September and December and on the Revolving Credit
Termination Date, commencing on the first of such dates to occur
after the date hereof.
(b) The Borrower agrees to
pay to the Administrative Agent the fees in the amounts and on the
dates from time to time agreed to in writing by the Borrower and
the Administrative Agent including, without limitation, pursuant to
the Fee Letter.
2.10 Termination or
Reduction of Revolving Credit Commitments . The Borrower shall
have the right, upon not less than three Business Days’
notice to the Administrative Agent, to terminate the Revolving
Credit Commitments or, from time to time, to reduce the amount of
the Revolving Credit Commitments; provided that no such
termination or reduction of Revolving Credit Commitments shall be
permitted if, after giving effect thereto and to any prepayments of
the Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans made on the
effective date thereof, the Total Revolving Extensions of Credit
would exceed the Total Revolving Credit Commitments. Any such
reduction shall be in an amount equal to $1,000,000, or a $250,000
multiple in excess thereof, and shall reduce permanently the
Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect.
2.11 Optional
Prepayments . The Borrower may at any time and from time to
time prepay the Loans, in whole or in part, without premium or
penalty, upon irrevocable notice delivered to the Administrative
Agent at least three Business Days prior thereto in the case of
Eurodollar Loans and at least one Business Day prior thereto in the
case of Base Rate Loans, which notice shall (i) designate whether
the Borrower is prepaying Swing Line Loans, Revolving Credit Loans
and/or Term Loans and (ii) specify the date and amount of
prepayment and whether the prepayment is of Eurodollar Loans or
Base Rate Loans; provided , that if a Eurodollar Loan is
prepaid on any day other than the last day of the Interest Period
applicable thereto, the Borrower shall also pay any amounts owing
pursuant to Section 2.21. Upon receipt of any such notice the
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender
thereof. If any such notice is given, the amount specified in such
notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein,
together with (except in the case of Loans (unless all Revolving
Credit Loans are being repaid and the Revolving Credit Commitments
terminated) that are Base Rate Loans and Swing Line Loans) accrued
interest to such date on the amount prepaid. Partial prepayments of
Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans shall be in an aggregate
principal amount of $1,000,000 or a $250,000 multiple in excess
thereof. Partial prepayments of Swing Line Loans shall be in an
aggregate principal amount of $100,000 or a whole multiple
thereof.
2.12 Mandatory
Prepayments . (a) Unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise
agree, if after the Closing Date any Funded Debt shall be incurred,
by any Loan Party (excluding any Funded Debt incurred in accordance
with Section 7.2 as in effect on the date of this Agreement), an
amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be
applied on the
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date of such issuance or incurrence
toward the prepayment of the Term Loans as set forth in Section
2.12(c).
(b) Unless the Required
Lenders shall otherwise agree, if, on any date, any Loan Party
shall receive Net Cash Proceeds from any Asset Sale or Recovery
Event then, unless a Reinvestment Notice shall be delivered in
respect thereof, such Net Cash Proceeds shall be applied on such
date toward the prepayment of the Term Loans as set forth in
Section 2.12(c); provided that, notwithstanding the
foregoing, (i) the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds of Asset Sales and
Recovery Events that may be excluded from the foregoing requirement
pursuant to a Reinvestment Notice shall not exceed $50,000,000 in
any fiscal year of the Borrower and (ii) on each Reinvestment
Prepayment Date, an amount equal to the Reinvestment Prepayment
Amount with respect to the relevant Reinvestment Event shall be
applied toward the prepayment of the Term Loans as set forth in
Section 2.12(c).
(c) Subject to Section 2.18,
amounts to be applied in connection with prepayments made pursuant
to this Section 2.12 shall be applied, first , to the
prepayment of the Term Loans and second , to the Borrower or
such other Person as shall be lawfully entitled thereto. The
application of any prepayment pursuant to Section 2.11 or this
Section 2.12 shall be made, first , to Base Rate Loans and,
second , to Eurodollar Loans, in each case in a manner
which, in the Administrative Agent’s reasonable judgment
(which shall be conclusive) minimizes the amount of any payments
required to be made by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.21. Each
prepayment of the Loans under Section 2.11 and this Section 2.12
(except in the case of Revolving Credit Loans (unless the Revolving
Credit Loans are being repaid in full and the Revolving Credit
Commitments terminated) that are Base Rate Loans and Swing Line
Loans) shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the date of such
prepayment to the applicable Lender on the amount
prepaid.
2.13 Conversion and
Continuation Options . (a) The Borrower may elect from time to
time to convert Eurodollar Loans to Base Rate Loans by giving the
Administrative Agent at least two Business Days’ prior
irrevocable notice of such election, provided that any such
conversion of Eurodollar Loans may only be made on the last day of
an Interest Period with respect thereto. The Borrower may elect
from time to time to convert Base Rate Loans to Eurodollar Loans by
giving the Administrative Agent at least three Business Days’
prior irrevocable notice of such election (which notice shall
specify the length of the initial Interest Period therefor),
provided that no Base Rate Loan under a particular Facility
(i) may be converted into a Eurodollar Loan with an Interest Period
in excess of one month when any Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing and the Administrative Agent or the Majority Facility
Lenders in respect of such Facility have determined in its or their
sole discretion not to permit such conversions or (ii) may be
converted into a Eurodollar Loan after the date that is one month
prior to the final scheduled termination or maturity date of such
Facility. Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent
shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof.
(b) Any Eurodollar Loan may
be continued as such upon the expiration of the then current
Interest Period with respect thereto by the Borrower giving
irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, in accordance with
the applicable provisions of the term “Interest Period”
set forth in Section 1.1, of the length of the next Interest Period
to be applicable to such Loans,
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provided that no Eurodollar Loan
under a particular Facility (i) may be continued as such with an
Interest Period in excess of one month when any Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent or the
Majority Facility Lenders in respect of such Facility have
determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such
continuation or (ii) may be continued as such after the date that
is one month prior to the final scheduled termination or maturity
date of such Facility, and provided , further , that
if the Borrower shall fail to give any required notice as described
above in this paragraph or if such continuation is not permitted
pursuant to the preceding proviso such Loans shall be automatically
converted to Base Rate Loans on the last day of such then expiring
Interest Period. Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative
Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender
thereof.
2.14 Minimum Amounts and
Maximum Number of Eurodollar Tranches . Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement, all borrowings,
conversions, continuations and optional prepayments of Eurodollar
Loans hereunder and all selections of Interest Periods hereunder
shall be in such amounts and be made pursuant to such elections so
that, (a) after giving effect thereto, the aggregate principal
amount of the Eurodollar Loans comprising each Eurodollar Tranche
shall be equal to $1,000,000 or a $500,000 multiple in excess
thereof and (b) no more than ten Eurodollar Tranches shall be
outstanding at any one time.
2.15 Interest Rates and
Payment Dates . (a) Each Eurodollar Loan shall bear interest
for each day during each Interest Period with respect thereto at a
rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate determined for such day
plus the Applicable Margin.
(b) Each Base Rate Loan shall
bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the
Applicable Margin.
(c) (i) If all or a portion
of the principal amount of any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation
shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount shall bear interest
at a rate per annum that is equal to (x) in the case of the Loans,
the rate that would otherwise be applicable thereto pursuant to the
foregoing provisions of this Section plus 2.0% or (y) in the
case of Reimbursement Obligations, the rate applicable to Base Rate
Loans under the Revolving Credit Facility plus 2.0%, and
(ii) if all or a portion of any interest payable on any Loan or
Reimbursement Obligation or any commitment fee or other amount
payable hereunder shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount shall
bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the rate then applicable
to Base Rate Loans under the relevant Facility plus 2.0%
(or, in the case of any such other amounts that do not relate to a
particular Facility, the rate then applicable to Base Rate Loans
under the Revolving Credit Facility plus 2.0%), in each
case, with respect to clauses (i) and (ii) above, from the date of
such non-payment until but excluding the date such overdue amount
is paid in full (after as well as before judgment).
(d) Interest shall be payable
in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, provided that
interest accruing pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall
be payable from time to time on demand.
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2.16 Computation of
Interest and Fees . (a) Interest, fees and commissions payable
pursuant hereto shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year
for the actual days elapsed, except that, with respect to Base Rate
Loans the rate of interest on which is calculated on the basis of
the Prime Rate, the interest thereon shall be calculated on the
basis of a 365-day year for the actual days elapsed. The
Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the
Borrower and the relevant Lenders of each determination of a
Eurodollar Rate. Any change in the interest rate on a Loan
resulting from a change in the Base Rate or the Eurocurrency
Reserve Requirements shall become effective as of the opening of
business on the day on which such change becomes effective. The
Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the
Borrower and the relevant Lenders of the effective date and the
amount of each such change in interest rate.
(b) Each determination of an
interest rate by the Administrative Agent pursuant to any provision
of this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower
and the Lenders in the absence of manifest error. The
Administrative Agent shall, at the request of the Borrower, deliver
to the Borrower a statement showing the quotations used by the
Administrative Agent in determining any interest rate pursuant to
Section 2.15(a).
2.17 Inability to
Determine Interest Rate . If prior to the first day of any
Interest Period:
(a) the Administrative Agent
shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive and
binding upon the Borrower) that, by reason of circumstances
affecting the relevant market, adequate and reasonable means do not
exist for ascertaining the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest
Period, or
(b) the Administrative Agent
shall have received notice from the Majority Facility Lenders in
respect of the relevant Facility that the Eurodollar Rate
determined or to be determined for such Interest Period will not
adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (as
conclusively certified by such Lenders) of making or maintaining
their affected Loans during such Interest Period,
the Administrative Agent shall give
telecopy or telephonic notice thereof to the Borrower and the
relevant Lenders as soon as practicable thereafter. If such notice
is given (x) any Eurodollar Loans under the relevant Facility
requested to be made on the first day of such Interest Period shall
be made as Base Rate Loans, (y) any Loans under the relevant
Facility that were to have been converted on the first day of such
Interest Period to Eurodollar Loans shall be continued as Base Rate
Loans and (z) any outstanding Eurodollar Loans under the relevant
Facility shall be converted, on the last day of the then current
Interest Period with respect thereto, to Base Rate Loans. Until
such notice has been withdrawn by the Administrative Agent, no
further Eurodollar Loans under the relevant Facility shall be made
or continued as such, nor shall the Borrower have the right to
convert Loans under the relevant Facility to Eurodollar
Loans.
2.18 Pro Rata Treatment
and Payments . (a) Each borrowing by the Borrower from the
Lenders hereunder, each payment by the Borrower on account of any
commitment fee and any reduction of the Commitments of the Lenders
shall be made pro rata according to the respective
Tranche B Term Loan Percentages, Incremental Term Loan Percentages
or Revolving
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Credit Percentages, as the case may be,
of the relevant Lenders. Subject to Section 2.18(c), each payment
(other than prepayments as set forth in Sections 2.18 (b) or (c))
in respect of principal or interest in respect of the Loans, and
each payment in respect of fees or expenses payable hereunder shall
be applied to the amounts of such obligations owing to the Lenders
pro rata according to the respective amounts then due
and owing to the Lenders. The application of any prepayment
pursuant to this Section 2.18 shall be made, first , to Base
Rate Loans and, second , to Eurodollar Loans.
(b) Each optional prepayment
of the Term Loans made pursuant to Section 2.11 and each mandatory
prepayment required by Section 2.12 shall be allocated among the
Term Loan Lenders holding such Term Loans pro rata
based on the principal amount of such Term Loans held by such Term
Loan Lenders, and shall be applied to the installments of such Term
Loans pro rata based on the remaining outstanding
principal amount of such installments. Amounts prepaid on account
of the Term Loans may not be reborrowed.
(c) Each payment (including
each prepayment) by the Borrower on account of principal of and
interest on the Revolving Credit Loans shall be made pro
rata according to the respective outstanding principal
amounts of the Revolving Credit Loans then held by the Revolving
Credit Lenders. Each payment in respect of Reimbursement
Obligations in connection with any Letter of Credit shall be made
to the Issuing Lender.
(d) All payments (including
prepayments) to be made by the Borrower hereunder, whether on
account of principal, interest, fees or otherwise, shall be made
without setoff or counterclaim and shall be made prior to 1:00
P.M., New York City time, on the due date thereof to the
Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders, at the
Payment Office, in Dollars and in immediately available funds. The
Administrative Agent shall distribute such payments to the Lenders
promptly upon receipt in like funds as received. If any payment
hereunder (other than payments on the Eurodollar Loans) becomes due
and payable on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall
be extended to the next succeeding Business Day. If any payment on
a Eurodollar Loan becomes due and payable on a day other than a
Business Day, the maturity thereof shall be extended to the next
succeeding Business Day unless the result of such extension would
be to extend such payment into another calendar month, in which
event such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding
Business Day. In the case of any extension of any payment of
principal pursuant to the preceding two sentences, interest thereon
shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such
extension.
(e) Unless the Administrative
Agent shall have been notified in writing by any Lender prior to a
borrowing that such Lender will not make the amount that would
constitute its share of such borrowing available to the
Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that such
Lender is making such amount available to the Administrative Agent,
and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption,
make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. If such
amount is not made available to the Administrative Agent by the
required time on the Borrowing Date therefor, such Lender shall pay
to the Administrative Agent, on demand, such amount with interest
thereon at a rate equal to the daily average Federal Funds
Effective Rate for the period until such Lender makes such amount
immediately available to the Administrative Agent. A certificate of
the Administrative Agent submitted to any Lender
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with respect to any amounts owing under
this paragraph shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest
error. If such Lender’s share of such borrowing is not made
available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender within three
Business Days of such Borrowing Date, the Administrative Agent
shall also be entitled to recover such amount with interest thereon
at the rate per annum applicable to Base Rate Loans under the
relevant Facility, on demand, from the Borrower.
(f) Unless the Administrative
Agent shall have been notified in writing by the Borrower prior to
the date of any payment being made hereunder that the Borrower will
not make such payment to the Administrative Agent, the
Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower is making such
payment, and the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be
required to, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to
the Lenders their respective pro rata shares of a
corresponding amount. If such payment is not made to the
Administrative Agent by the Borrower within three Business Days of
such required date, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to
recover, on demand, from each Lender to which any amount which was
made available pursuant to the preceding sentence, such amount with
interest thereon at the rate per annum equal to the daily average
Federal Funds Effective Rate. Nothing herein shall be deemed to
limit the rights of the Administrative Agent or any Lender against
the Borrower.
2.19 Requirements of
Law . (a) If the adoption of or any change in any Requirement
of Law or in the interpretation or application thereof or
compliance by any Lender with any request or directive (whether or
not having the force of law) from any central bank or other
Governmental Authority made subsequent to the date
hereof:
(i) shall subject any Lender
to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement,
any Letter of Credit, any Application or any Eurodollar Loan made
by it, or change the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender
in respect thereof (except for Non-Excluded Taxes covered by
Section 2.20 and changes in the rate of tax or taxes on the overall
net income of such Lender by the jurisdiction under the laws of
which such Lender is organized or in which such Lender has its
principal office or the applicable lending office);
(ii) shall impose, modify or
hold applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan or
similar requirement against assets held by, deposits or other
liabilities in or for the account of, advances, loans or other
extensions of credit by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any
office of such Lender that is not otherwise included in the
determination of the Eurodollar Rate hereunder; or
(iii) shall impose on such
Lender any other condition;
and the result of any of the foregoing
is to increase the cost to such Lender, by an amount which such
Lender deems to be material, of making, converting into, continuing
or maintaining Eurodollar Loans or issuing or participating in
Letters of Credit, or to reduce any amount receivable by such
Lender hereunder in respect thereof, then, in any such case, the
Borrower shall promptly pay such Lender, upon its written demand
(which shall include the certificate described in Section 2.19(c)),
any additional amounts necessary to compensate such Lender on an
after-tax basis for such increased cost or reduced amount
receivable. If any Lender becomes
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entitled to claim any additional amounts
pursuant to this Section, it shall promptly notify the Borrower
(with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of the event by reason of
which it has become so entitled.
(b) If any Lender shall have
determined that the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of
Law regarding capital adequacy or in the interpretation or
application thereof or compliance by such Lender or any corporation
controlling such Lender with any request or directive regarding
capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) from any
Governmental Authority made subsequent to the date hereof shall
have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such
Lender’s or such corporation’s capital as a consequence
of its obligations hereunder or under or in respect of any Letter
of Credit to a level below that which such Lender or such
corporation could have achieved but for such adoption, change or
compliance (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such
corporation’s policies with respect to capital adequacy) by
an amount deemed by such Lender to be material, then from time to
time, after submission by such Lender to the Borrower (with a copy
to the Administrative Agent) of a written request therefor (which
shall include the certificate described in Section 2.19(c)), the
Borrower shall pay to such Lender within 15 days of receipt of such
notice such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such
Lender on an after-tax basis for such reduction.
(c) A certificate as to any
additional amounts payable pursuant to this Section submitted by
any Lender to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative
Agent) with reasonable detail demonstrating how such amounts were
derived shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. The
obligations of the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall survive
the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and
all other amounts payable hereunder.
2.20 Taxes . (a) All
payments made by the Borrower under this Agreement or any other
Loan Document shall be made free and clear of, and without
deduction or withholding for or on account of, any present or
future income, stamp or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties,
charges, fees, deductions or withholdings, now or hereafter
imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any
Governmental Authority, excluding net income taxes and franchise
taxes (imposed in lieu of net income taxes) imposed on the
Administrative Agent or any Lender as a result of a present or
former connection between the Administrative Agent or such Lender
and the jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority imposing such
tax or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or
therein (other than any such connection arising solely from the
Administrative Agent’s or such Lender’s having
executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received a
payment under, or enforced, this Agreement or any other Loan
Document). If any such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties,
charges, fees, deductions or withholdings (“ Non-Excluded
Taxes ”) are required to be withheld from any amounts
payable to the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder, the
amounts so payable to the Administrative Agent or such Lender shall
be increased to the extent necessary to yield to the Administrative
Agent or such Lender (after payment of all Non-Excluded Taxes)
interest or any such other amounts that would have been received
hereunder had such withholding not been required; provided ,
however , that the Borrower or a Guarantor shall not be
required to increase any such amounts payable to the Administrative
Agent or any Lender with respect to any Non-Excluded Taxes (i) that
are attributable to the Administrative Agent’s or such
Lender’s failure to comply
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with the requirements of paragraph (f)
of this Section, or (ii) that are United States withholding taxes
imposed on amounts payable to the Administrative Agent or such
Lender at the time the Administrative Agent or such Lender becomes
a party to this Agreement, except to the extent that the
Administrative Agent’s or such Lender’s assignor (if
any) was entitled, at the time of assignment, to receive additional
amounts from the Borrower or a Guarantor with respect to such
Non-Excluded Taxes pursuant to this Section 2.20(a). The Borrower
or the applicable Guarantor shall make any required withholding and
pay the full amount withheld to the relevant tax authority or other
Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Requirements
of Law.
(b) The Borrower shall pay
any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in
accordance with applicable Requirements of Law.
(c) The Borrower shall
indemnify the Administrative Agent and any Lender for the full
amount of Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes arising in connection
with payments made under this Agreement (including, without
limitation, any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes imposed by any
jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section 2.20) paid by
the Administrative Agent or Lender or any of their respective
Affiliates and any liability (including penalties, additions to tax
interest) arising therefrom or with respect thereto,
provided that if the Borrower reasonably believes that such
Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes, as the case may be, were not
correctly or legally asserted, the Administrative Agent or Lender,
as the case may be, will use reasonable efforts to cooperate with
the Borrower to obtain a refund of such Non-Excluded Taxes or Other
Taxes so long as such efforts would not result in any additional
costs, expenses or risks or be otherwise disadvantageous to the
Administrative Agent or Lender, as the case may be. Payment under
this indemnification shall be made within ten days from the date
the Administrative Agent or any Lender or any of their respective
Affiliates makes written demand therefor (which demand shall
identify the nature and amount of Non-Excluded Taxes and Other
Taxes for which indemnification is being sought and shall include a
copy of the written assessment from the relevant Governmental
Authority demanding payment for such Non-Excluded Taxes and Other
Taxes).
(d) Whenever any Non-Excluded
Taxes or Other Taxes are payable by the Borrower, as promptly as
possible thereafter the Borrower shall send to the Administrative
Agent for the account of the Administrative Agent or Lender, as the
case may be, a certified copy of an original official receipt, if
any, received by the Borrower of evidence showing payment thereof
or, if such copy is not available, any other evidence of payment
thereof reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent.
(e) The agreements in this
Section 2.20 shall survive th
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