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CREDIT AGREEMENT

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CREDIT AGREEMENT | Document Parties: CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC | DEUTSCHE BANK | GOLDMAN SACHS & CO | Issuing Bank | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA | KOREA EXCHANGE BANK | Latham & Watkins LLP | MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR BV | MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR FINANCE COMPANY | MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED | MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR LLC | MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR SA HOLDINGS LLC | MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR, INC | MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR, LTD | UBS AG | UBS LOAN FINANCE LLC | UBS SECURITIES LLC You are currently viewing:
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Title: CREDIT AGREEMENT
Governing Law: New York     Date: 6/21/2005
Law Firm: Dechert;Latham Watkins    

CREDIT AGREEMENT, Parties: citigroup global markets inc , deutsche bank , goldman sachs & co , issuing bank , jpmorgan chase bank na , korea exchange bank , latham & watkins llp , magnachip semiconductor bv , magnachip semiconductor finance company , magnachip semiconductor limited , magnachip semiconductor llc , magnachip semiconductor sa holdings llc , magnachip semiconductor  inc , magnachip semiconductor  ltd , ubs ag , ubs loan finance llc , ubs securities llc
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Exhibit 10.2

 

Execution Version

 


 

$100,000,000

 

CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

dated as of December 23, 2004,

 

among

 

MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR S.A.

and

MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR FINANCE COMPANY

as Borrowers,

 

MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR LLC

and

THE OTHER GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO,

as Guarantors,

 

THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO

 

and

 

UBS SECURITIES LLC,

as Arranger, Bookmanager, Documentation Agent and Syndication Agent,

 

and

 

KOREA EXCHANGE BANK,

as Issuing Bank

 

and

 

UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH,

as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent,

 

and

 

UBS LOAN FINANCE LLC,

as Swingline Lender

 

Latham & Watkins LLP

Sears Tower, Suite 5800

233 South Wacker Drive

Chicago, Illinois 60606-6401

 


 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Section


        Page

ARTICLE I     
DEFINITIONS     
SECTION 1.01    Defined Terms    1
SECTION 1.02    Classification of Loans and Borrowings    34
SECTION 1.03    Terms Generally    34
SECTION 1.04    Accounting Terms; GAAP    35
SECTION 1.05    Resolution of Drafting Ambiguities    35
ARTICLE II     
THE CREDITS     
SECTION 2.01    Commitments    35
SECTION 2.02    Loans    35
SECTION 2.03    Borrowing Procedure    37
SECTION 2.04    Evidence of Debt; Repayment of Loans    37
SECTION 2.05    Fees    38
SECTION 2.06    Interest on Loans    39
SECTION 2.07    Termination; Reduction and Suspension of Commitments    40
SECTION 2.08    Interest Elections    40
SECTION 2.09    Optional and Mandatory Prepayments of Loans.    41
SECTION 2.10    Alternate Rate of Interest    44
SECTION 2.11    Yield Protection    44
SECTION 2.12    Breakage Payments    45
SECTION 2.13    Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs    46
SECTION 2.14    Taxes    48
SECTION 2.15    Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders    49
SECTION 2.16    Swingline Loans    50
SECTION 2.17    Letters of Credit    51
SECTION 2.18    Increase in Commitments    57
ARTICLE III     
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES     
SECTION 3.01    Organization; Powers    59
SECTION 3.02    Authorization; Enforceability    59
SECTION 3.03    No Conflicts    59
SECTION 3.04    Financial Statements; Projections    60
SECTION 3.05    Properties    61
SECTION 3.06    Intellectual Property    61
SECTION 3.07    Equity Interests and Subsidiaries    62
SECTION 3.08    Litigation; Compliance with Laws    62

 

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Section


        Page

SECTION 3.09    Agreements    63
SECTION 3.10    Federal Reserve Regulations    63
SECTION 3.11    Investment Company Act; Public Utility Holding Company Act    63
SECTION 3.12    Use of Proceeds    63
SECTION 3.13    Taxes    63
SECTION 3.14    No Material Misstatements    63
SECTION 3.15    Labor Matters    64
SECTION 3.16    Solvency    64
SECTION 3.17    Employee Benefit Plans    64
SECTION 3.18    Environmental Matters    65
SECTION 3.19    Insurance    66
SECTION 3.20    Security Documents    66
SECTION 3.21    Anti-Terrorism Law    67
SECTION 3.22    Subordination of Senior Subordinated Notes    68
SECTION 3.23    UK Financial Assistance    68
ARTICLE IV     
CONDITIONS TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS     
SECTION 4.01    Conditions to Initial Credit Extension    68
SECTION 4.02    Conditions to All Credit Extensions    74
ARTICLE V     
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS     
SECTION 5.01    Financial Statements, Reports, etc.    75
SECTION 5.02    Litigation and Other Notices    78
SECTION 5.03    Existence; Businesses and Properties    78
SECTION 5.04    Insurance    79
SECTION 5.05    Obligations and Taxes    80
SECTION 5.06    Employee Benefits    80
SECTION 5.07    Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and Inspections; Annual Meetings    81
SECTION 5.08    Use of Proceeds    81
SECTION 5.09    Compliance with Environmental Laws; Environmental Reports    81
SECTION 5.10    Additional Collateral; Additional Guarantors    82
SECTION 5.11    Security Interests; Further Assurances    83
SECTION 5.12    Information Regarding Collateral    84
SECTION 5.13    Post-Closing Collateral Matters    84
SECTION 5.14    Affirmative Covenants with Respect to Leases    85
ARTICLE VI     
NEGATIVE COVENANTS     
SECTION 6.01    Indebtedness    85
SECTION 6.02    Liens    86

 

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Section


        Page

SECTION 6.03    Sale and Leaseback Transactions    88
SECTION 6.04    Investment, Loan and Advances    88
SECTION 6.05    Mergers and Consolidations    90
SECTION 6.06    Asset Sales    90
SECTION 6.07    Acquisitions    91
SECTION 6.08    Dividends    91
SECTION 6.09    Transactions with Affiliates    92
SECTION 6.10    Financial Covenants.    93
SECTION 6.11    Prepayments of Other Indebtedness; Modifications of Organizational Documents and Other Documents, etc.    94
SECTION 6.12    Limitation on Certain Restrictions on Subsidiaries    94
SECTION 6.13    Limitation on Issuance of Capital Stock    95
SECTION 6.14    Limitation on Creation of Subsidiaries    95
SECTION 6.15    Business    95
SECTION 6.16    Limitation on Accounting Changes    96
SECTION 6.17    Fiscal Year    96
SECTION 6.18    [Intentionally Omitted]    96
SECTION 6.19    No Further Negative Pledge    96
SECTION 6.20    Anti-Terrorism Law; Anti-Money Laundering    96
SECTION 6.21    Embargoed Person    97
SECTION 6.22    Limitation on Finance Subsidiary    97
SECTION 6.23    Preservation of Claims Under the Korean Opco Guarantees    97
SECTION 6.24    Liens on Deposit Accounts and Available Cash    97
ARTICLE VII     
GUARANTEE     
SECTION 7.01    The Guarantee    98
SECTION 7.02    Obligations Unconditional    98
SECTION 7.03    Reinstatement    99
SECTION 7.04    Subrogation    99
SECTION 7.05    Remedies    99
SECTION 7.06    Instrument for the Payment of Money    100
SECTION 7.07    Continuing Guarantee    100
SECTION 7.08    General Limitation on Guarantee Obligations    100
SECTION 7.09    Release of Guarantors    100
SECTION 7.10    Provisions Applicable to Certain Guarantees    100
ARTICLE VIII     
EVENTS OF DEFAULT     
SECTION 8.01    Events of Default    100
SECTION 8.02    Application of Proceeds    103

 

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Section


        Page

ARTICLE IX     
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE COLLATERAL AGENT     
SECTION 9.01    Appointment and Authority    104
SECTION 9.02    Rights as a Lender    104
SECTION 9.03    Exculpatory Provisions    105
SECTION 9.04    Reliance by Agent    105
SECTION 9.05    Delegation of Duties    106
SECTION 9.06    Resignation of Agent    106
SECTION 9.07    Non-Reliance on Agent and Other Lenders    106
SECTION 9.08    No Other Duties, etc    107
ARTICLE X     
MISCELLANEOUS     
SECTION 10.01    Notices    107
SECTION 10.02    Waivers; Amendment    109
SECTION 10.03    Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver    112
SECTION 10.04    Successors and Assigns.    113
SECTION 10.05    Survival of Agreement    116
SECTION 10.06    Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution    116
SECTION 10.07    Severability    116
SECTION 10.08    Right of Setoff    117
SECTION 10.09    Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process    117
SECTION 10.10    Waiver of Jury Trial    118
SECTION 10.11    Obligations Joint and Several    118
SECTION 10.12    Headings    118
SECTION 10.13    Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality    118
SECTION 10.14    USA PATRIOT Act Notice    119
SECTION 10.15    Interest Rate Limitation    119
SECTION 10.16    Lender Addendum    119
SECTION 10.17    Obligations Absolute    119
SECTION 10.18    Judgment Currency    120

 

ANNEX     
Annex I    Applicable Margin
SCHEDULES     
Schedule 1.01(a)    Korean Opco Security Documents
Schedule 1.01(b)    Material Indebtedness
Schedule 1.01(c)    Refinancing Indebtedness to Be Repaid
Schedule 1.01(d)    Subsidiary Guarantors
Schedule 2.17    Existing Letters of Credit
Schedule 3.03    Governmental Approvals; Compliance with Laws

 

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Schedule 3.05(b)    Real Property
Schedule 3.06(b)    Intellectual Property Registrations
Schedule 3.06(c)    Violations or Proceedings
Schedule 3.07(a)    Equity Interests
Schedule 3.07(c)    Corporate Organizational Chart
Schedule 3.18    Environmental Matters
Schedule 3.19    Insurance
Schedule 4.01(g)    Local Counsel
Schedule 4.01(n)    Intercompany Loan Documents
Schedule 4.01(o)(iii)    Title Insurance Amounts
Schedule 4.01(r)(i)    Korean Opco Guarantee
Schedule 5.13    Post-Closing Matters
Schedule 6.01(b)    Existing Indebtedness
Schedule 6.02(c)    Existing Liens
Schedule 6.04(b)    Existing Investments
EXHIBITS     
Exhibit A    Form of Administrative Questionnaire
Exhibit B    Form of Assignment and Assumption
Exhibit C    Form of Borrowing Request
Exhibit D    Form of Compliance Certificate
Exhibit E    Form of Interest Election Request
Exhibit F    Form of Joinder Agreement
Exhibit G    Form of Landlord Access Agreement
Exhibit H    Form of LC Request
Exhibit I    Form of Lender Addendum
Exhibit J    [Intentionally Omitted]
Exhibit K-1    Form of Revolving Note
Exhibit K-2    Form of Swingline Note
Exhibit L-1    Form of Perfection Certificate
Exhibit L-2    Form of Perfection Certificate Supplement
Exhibit M    Form of Security Agreement
Exhibit N    Form of Opinion of Company Counsel
Exhibit O    Form of Solvency Certificate

 

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CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

This CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) dated as of December 23, 2004, among MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR S.A., a société anonyme , organized and existing under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, having its registered office at 10, rue de Vianden, L-2680 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, registered with the Luxembourg Register of commerce and companies under the number B 97,483, MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR FINANCE COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (collectively, “ Borrowers ”), MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Holdings ”), the Subsidiary Guarantors listed on the signature pages hereto (such term and each other capitalized term used but not defined herein having the meaning given to it in Article I ), the Lenders, UBS SECURITIES LLC, as lead arranger (in such capacity, “ Arranger ”), as documentation agent (in such capacity, “ Documentation Agent ”) and as syndication agent (in such capacity, “ Syndication Agent ”), UBS LOAN FINANCE LLC, as swingline lender (in such capacity, “ Swingline Lender ”), and KOREA EXCHANGE BANK, as issuing bank (in such capacity, “ Issuing Bank ”), UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH, as administrative agent (in such capacity, “ Administrative Agent ”) for the Lenders and as collateral agent (in such capacity, “ Collateral Agent ”) for the Secured Parties and the Issuing Bank.

 

WITNESSETH:

 

WHEREAS, Borrowers have requested the Lenders to extend credit in the form of Revolving Loans at any time and from time to time prior to the Revolving Maturity Date, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not in excess of $100,000,000, none of which may be drawn on the Closing Date.

 

WHEREAS, Borrowers have requested the Swingline Lender to make Swingline Loans, at any time and from time to time prior to the Revolving Maturity Date, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not in excess of $10,000,000.

 

WHEREAS, Borrowers have requested the Issuing Bank to issue letters of credit, in an aggregate face amount at any time outstanding not in excess of $40,000,000, to support payment obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business by Borrowers and their Subsidiaries.

 

WHEREAS, the proceeds of the Loans are to be used in accordance with Section 3.12 .

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Lenders are willing to extend such credit to Borrowers and the Issuing Bank is willing to issue letters of credit for the account of Borrowers on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS

 

SECTION 1.01 Defined Terms . As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings specified below:

 

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

 

 


ABR Borrowing ” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of ABR Revolving Loans.

 

ABR Revolving Loan ” shall mean any Revolving Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate in accordance with the provisions of Article II .

 

Acquired Business ” means the System IC division of Hynix Semiconductor acquired by Korean Opco pursuant to the Acquisition.

 

Acquisition ” shall mean the purchase of System IC division from Hynix Semiconductor Inc. by Korean Opco.

 

Acquisition Consideration ” shall mean the purchase consideration for any Permitted Acquisition and all other payments by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries in exchange for, or as part of, or in connection with, any Permitted Acquisition, whether paid in cash or by exchange of Equity Interests or of properties or otherwise and whether payable at or prior to the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition or deferred for payment at any future time, whether or not any such future payment is subject to the occurrence of any contingency, and includes any and all payments representing the purchase price and any assumptions of Indebtedness, “earn-outs” and other agreements to make any payment the amount of which is, or the terms of payment of which are, in any respect subject to or contingent upon the revenues, income, cash flow or profits (or the like) of any person or business; provided that any such future payment that is subject to a contingency shall be considered Acquisition Consideration only to the extent of the reserve, if any, required under GAAP at the time of such sale to be established in respect thereof by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

Adjusted LIBOR Rate ” shall mean, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period, (a) an interest rate per annum (rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) determined by the Administrative Agent to be equal to the LIBOR Rate for such Eurodollar Borrowing in effect for such Interest Period divided by (b) 1 minus the Statutory Reserves (if any) for such Eurodollar Borrowing for such Interest Period.

 

Administrative Agent ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto and includes each other person appointed as the successor pursuant to Article X .

 

Administrative Agent Fees ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(b) .

 

Administrative Questionnaire ” shall mean an Administrative Questionnaire in substantially the form of Exhibit A .

 

Affiliate ” shall mean, when used with respect to a specified person, another person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the person specified; provided, however , that, for purposes of Section 6.09 , the term “Affiliate” shall also include (i) any person that directly or indirectly owns more than 10% of any class of Equity Interests of the person specified or (ii) any person that is an executive officer or director of the person specified.

 

Agents ” shall mean the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent; and “ Agent ” shall mean any of them.

 

Agreement ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.

 

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Alternate Base Rate ” shall mean, for any day, a rate per annum (rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) equal to the greater of (a) the Base Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 0.50%. If the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that it is unable to ascertain the Federal Funds Effective Rate for any reason, including the inability or failure of the Administrative Agent to obtain sufficient quotations in accordance with the terms of the definition thereof, the Alternate Base Rate shall be determined without regard to clause (b) of the preceding sentence until the circumstances giving rise to such inability no longer exist. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Base Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective on the effective date of such change in the Base Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively.

 

Alternative Currency ” shall mean each of Pound Sterling, Euro, Yen, and each other currency (other than Dollars) that is approved by the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank in their sole discretion.

 

Alternative Currency Letter of Credit ” means a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency.

 

Anti-Terrorism Laws ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.21 .

 

Applicable Fee ” shall mean .50% per annum.

 

Applicable Margin ” shall mean, for any day, with respect to any Revolving Loan, the applicable percentage set forth in Annex I under the appropriate caption.

 

Approved Fund ” shall mean any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.

 

Arranger ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.

 

Asset Sale ” shall mean (a) any conveyance, sale, assignment, transfer or other disposition (including by way of merger or consolidation, any lease, sublease, license or sublicense that is in effect a disposition and any Sale and Leaseback Transaction) of any property excluding sales of inventory, dispositions of cash equivalents and Intellectual Property licenses, in each case, in the ordinary course of business, by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries and (b) any issuance or sale of any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary of Holdings, in each case, to any person other than (i) any Borrower or (ii) any Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

Assignment and Assumption ” shall mean an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 10.04(b) ), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit B , or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

 

Attributable Indebtedness ” shall mean, when used with respect to any Sale and Leaseback Transaction, as at the time of determination, the present value (discounted at a rate equivalent to Borrowers’ then-current weighted average cost of funds for borrowed money as at the time of determination, compounded on a semi-annual basis) of the total obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in any such Sale and Leaseback Transaction.

 

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Bailee Letter ” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Security Agreement.

 

Base Rate ” shall mean, for any day, a rate per annum that is equal to the corporate base rate of interest established by the Administrative Agent from time to time; each change in the Base Rate shall be effective on the date such change is effective. The corporate base rate is not necessarily the lowest rate charged by the Administrative Agent to its customers.

 

Board ” shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.

 

Board of Directors ” shall mean, with respect to any person, (i) in the case of any corporation, the board of directors of such person, (ii) in the case of any limited liability company, the board of managers of such person, (iii) in the case of any partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of such person and (iv) in any other case, the functional equivalent of the foregoing.

 

Borrowers ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.

 

Borrowing ” shall mean (a) Loans of the same Class and Type, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect, or (b) a Swingline Loan.

 

Borrowing Request ” shall mean a request by any Borrower in accordance with the terms of Section 2.03 and substantially in the form of Exhibit C , or such other form as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent.

 

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

 

Capital Expenditures ” shall mean, for any period, without duplication, the increase during that period in the gross property, plant or equipment account in the consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, determined in accordance with GAAP, whether such increase is due to purchase of properties for cash or financed by the incurrence of Indebtedness, but excluding (i) expenditures made in connection with the replacement, substitution or restoration of property pursuant to Section 2.09(f) and (ii) any portion of such increase attributable solely to acquisitions of property, plant and equipment in Permitted Acquisitions.

 

Capital Lease Obligations ” of any person shall mean 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 the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

Cash Equivalents ” shall mean, as to any person, (a) Dollars, Korean Won, Pound Sterling, Hong Kong dollars, New Taiwan dollars, Euros and Japanese Yen; (b) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government, Korean government, EU member states with a sovereign credit rating of A or better, the Japanese government, the Taiwan government, the Hong Kong government, or any agency or instrumentality of any such government (provided that the full faith and credit of any such government is pledged in support of those securities) having maturities of not more

 

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than one year from the date of acquisition; (c) Dollar denominated and Korean Won denominated certificates of deposit, eurodollar time deposits and other similar instruments in the United States, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits, in each case, with any Lender or with any domestic commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500.0 million and a Thomson Bank Watch Rating of “B” or better or comparable rating by a comparable rating agency in the relevant jurisdiction if a Moody’s or S&P rating is unavailable, (d) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (b) and (c) above entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (c) above; (e) commercial paper having one of the three highest ratings obtainable from S&P and one of the two highest ratings obtainable from Moody’s or comparable rating by a comparable rating agency in the relevant jurisdiction if a Moody’s or S&P rating is unavailable and, in each case, maturing within one year after the date of acquisition; and (f) money market funds at least 95% of the assets of which constitute Cash Equivalents of the kinds described in clauses (a) through (f) of this definition.

 

Cash Interest Expense ” shall mean, for any period, Consolidated Interest Expense for such period, less the sum of (a) interest on any debt paid by the increase in the principal amount of such debt including by issuance of additional debt of such kind, (b) items described in clause (c) or, other than to the extent paid in cash, clause (g) of the definition of “Consolidated Interest Expense” and (c) gross interest income of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for such period.

 

Casualty Escrow Account ” shall mean an escrow account pledged to the Collateral Agent as additional collateral for the Secured Obligations pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.

 

Casualty Event ” shall mean any loss of title or any loss of or damage to or destruction of, or any condemnation or other taking (including by any Governmental Authority) of, any property of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries. “Casualty Event” shall include but not be limited to any taking of all or any part of any Real Property of any person or any part thereof, in or by condemnation or other eminent domain proceedings pursuant to any Requirement of Law, or by reason of the temporary requisition of the use or occupancy of all or any part of any Real Property of any person or any part thereof by any Governmental Authority, civil or military, or any settlement in lieu thereof.

 

CERCLA ” shall mean the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq and any implementing regulations.

 

A “ Change in Control ” shall be deemed to have occurred if:

 

(a) Holdings at any time ceases to own 99% of the Equity Interests of Lux Borrower, 100% of the Equity Interests of the U.S. Sales Subsidiary or 100% of the Equity Interests of MagnaChip SA Holdings,

 

(b) MagnaChip SA Holdings ceases to own 1 % of the Equity Interests of Lux Borrower;

 

(c) Lux Borrower ceases to own 100% of the Equity Interests of each of Dutch Holdco, MagnaChip Semiconductor Finance Company or any Foreign Sales Subsidiary;

 

(d) Dutch Holdco ceases to own 100% of the Equity Interests of Korean Opco;

 

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(e) at any time a change of control occurs under any Material Indebtedness;

 

(f) prior to an IPO, (i) the Permitted Holders cease to own, or to have the power to vote or direct the voting of, Voting Stock of Holdings representing a majority of the voting power of the total outstanding Voting Stock of Holdings or (ii) the Permitted Holders cease to own Equity Interests representing a majority of the total economic interests of the Equity Interests of Holdings;

 

(g) following an IPO, (i) the Post IPO Permitted Holders shall fail to own, or to have the power to vote or direct the voting of, Voting Stock of Holdings representing more than 25% of the voting power of the total outstanding Voting Stock of Holdings, (ii) the Post IPO Permitted Holders cease to own Equity Interests representing more than 25% of the total economic interests of the Equity Interests of Holdings or (iii) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than one or more Permitted Holders, is or becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that for purposes of this clause such person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all securities that such person or group has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of Voting Stock of Holdings representing more than 25% of the voting power of the total outstanding Voting Stock of Holdings; or

 

(h) following an IPO, during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the Board of Directors of Holdings (together with any new directors whose election to such Board of Directors or whose nomination for election was approved by a vote of a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of Holdings, which members comprising such majority are then still in office and were either directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of Holdings.

 

For purposes of this definition, a person shall not be deemed to have beneficial ownership of Equity Interests subject to a stock purchase agreement, merger agreement or similar agreement until the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such agreement.

 

Change in Law ” shall mean the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking into effect of any law, treaty, order, policy, rule or regulation, (b) any change in any law, treaty, order, policy, rule or regulation or in the administration, interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority.

 

Charges ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.15 .

 

Class ,” when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans, Term Loans or Swingline Loans and, when used in reference to any Commitment, refers to whether such Commitment is a Revolving Commitment, Term Loan Commitment or Swingline Commitment, in each case, under this Agreement, as originally in effect or pursuant to Section 2.18 , of which such Loan, Borrowing or Commitment shall be a part.

 

Clearing House ” shall mean the means the Seoul Clearing House, an institution appointed by the Minster of the Ministry of Justice of Korea pursuant to Article 83 of the Bills of Exchange

 

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and Promissory Notes Law of Korea and Article 69 of the Cheques Law of Korea and operated by the Korea Financial Telecommunications and Clearing Institute for settlement activities by way of exchange of bills of exchange, promissory notes and cheques in Korea.

 

Closing Date ” shall mean the date of the initial Credit Extension hereunder.

 

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

 

Collateral ” shall mean, collectively, all of the Security Agreement Collateral, the Mortgaged Property and all other property wherever situate of whatever kind and nature subject or purported to be subject from time to time to a Lien under any Security Document.

 

Collateral Agent ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.

 

Collateral Trust Agreement ” shall mean that certain Collateral Trust Agreement dated as of the date hereof by and among the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Senior Secured Notes Trustee, Korean Opco and the Collateral Trustee.

 

Collateral Trustee ” shall mean U.S. Bank National Association, its successors and assigns.

 

Collateral Trust Documents ” shall mean the Collateral Trust Agreement and all other documents executed and delivered in connection therewith relating to the granting of liens or the issuance of guarantees by Korean Opco.

 

Commercial Letter of Credit ” shall mean any letter of credit or similar instrument issued for the purpose of providing credit support in connection with the purchase of materials, goods or services by Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of their businesses.

 

Commitment ” shall mean, with respect to any Lender, such Lender’s Revolving Commitment or Swingline Commitment or any Commitment to make Term Loans of a new Class extended by such Lender as provided in Section 2.18 .

 

Commitment Fee ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(a) .

 

Companies ” shall mean Holdings and its Subsidiaries; and “ Company ” shall mean any one of them.

 

Compliance Certificate ” shall mean a certificate of a Financial Officer substantially in the form of Exhibit D .

 

Consolidated Amortization Expense ” shall mean, for any period, the amortization expense of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

 

Consolidated Depreciation Expense ” shall mean, for any period, the depreciation expense of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

 

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Consolidated EBITDA ” shall mean, for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such period, adjusted by (x) adding thereto , in each case only to the extent (and in the same proportion) deducted in determining such Consolidated Net Income (and with respect to the portion of Consolidated Net Income attributable to any Subsidiary of Holdings only if a corresponding amount would be permitted at the date of determination to be distributed to a Borrower by such Subsidiary without prior approval (that has not been obtained), pursuant to the terms of its Organizational Documents and all agreements, instruments and Requirements of Law applicable to such Subsidiary or its equityholders):

 

(a) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period,

 

(b) Consolidated Amortization Expense for such period,

 

(c) Consolidated Depreciation Expense for such period,

 

(d) Consolidated Tax Expense for such period plus the amount of any Permitted Tax Distributions made by Holdings pursuant to Section 6.08(c) ,

 

(e) costs and expenses directly incurred in connection with the Transactions in an aggregate amount not to exceed $26 million, and

 

(f) the aggregate amount of all other non-cash charges reducing Consolidated Net Income (excluding any non-cash charge that results in an accrual of a reserve for cash charges in any future period) for such period, and

 

(y) subtracting therefrom the aggregate amount of all non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income (other than the accrual of revenue or recording of receivables in the ordinary course of business) for such period.

 

Consolidated EBITDA shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis to give effect to any Permitted Acquisition and Asset Sales (other than any dispositions in the ordinary course of business) consummated at any time on or after the first day of the Test Period thereof as if each such Permitted Acquisition had been effected on the first day of such period and as if each such Asset Sale had been consummated on the day prior to the first day of such period.

 

For purposes of determining Consolidated EBITDA for any Test Period that includes the quarterly periods ending June 30, 2004 or September 30, 2004, the Consolidated EBITDA for each such quarterly period shall be deemed to be $99,067,000.

 

Consolidated Indebtedness ” shall mean, as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount of all Indebtedness and all LC Exposure of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

 

Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio ” shall mean, for any Test Period, the ratio of (x) Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period to (y) Consolidated Interest Expense for such Test Period.

 

Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio (Excluding CapEx) ” shall mean, for any Test Period, the ratio of (x) Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period minus Capital Expenditures made during such Test Period to (y) Consolidated Interest Expense for such Test Period. For purposes of determining Capital Expenditures for the Test Periods ending on March 31, 2005, June 30, 2005 and September 30, 2005, Capital Expenditures for such Test Periods shall be computed as follows: (i) for the Test

 

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Period ending March 31, 2005 Capital Expenditures shall equal four times the amount of Capital Expenditures for the period commencing January 1, 2005 and ending March 31, 2005, (ii) for the Test Period Ending June 30, 2005 Capital Expenditures shall equal two times the amount of Capital Expenditures for the period commencing January 1, 2005 and ending June 30, 2005 and (iii) for the Test Period Ending September 30, 2005, Capital Expenditures shall equal one and one-third times the amount of Capital Expenditures for the period commencing January 1, 2005 and ending September 30, 2005

 

Consolidated Interest Expense ” shall mean, for any period, the total consolidated interest expense of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP plus , without duplication:

 

(a) imputed interest on Capital Lease Obligations and Attributable Indebtedness of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for such period;

 

(b) commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to letters of credit securing financial obligations, bankers’ acceptance financing and receivables financings for such period;

 

(c) amortization of debt issuance costs, debt discount or premium and other financing fees and expenses incurred by any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries for such period;

 

(d) cash contributions to any employee stock ownership plan or similar trust made by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries to the extent such contributions are used by such plan or trust to pay interest or fees to any person (other than any Borrower or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary) in connection with Indebtedness incurred by such plan or trust for such period;

 

(e) all interest paid or payable with respect to discontinued operations of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries for such period;

 

(f) the interest portion of any deferred payment obligations of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries for such period;

 

(g) all interest on any Indebtedness of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries of the type described in clause (f) or (k) of the definition of “Indebtedness” for such period ;

 

provided that (a) to the extent directly related to the Transactions, debt issuance costs, debt discount or premium and other financing fees and expenses shall be excluded from the calculation of Consolidated Interest Expense and (b) Consolidated Interest Expense shall be calculated after giving effect to Hedging Agreements (including associated costs), but excluding unrealized gains and losses with respect to Hedging Agreements.

 

Consolidated Interest Expense shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis to give effect to any Indebtedness incurred, assumed or permanently repaid or extinguished during the relevant Test Period in connection with any Permitted Acquisitions and Asset Sales (other than any dispositions in the ordinary course of business) as if such incurrence, assumption, repayment or extinguishing had been effected on the first day of such period.

 

For purposes of determining Consolidated Interest Expense for the Test Periods ending on March 31, 2005, June 30, 2005 and September 30, 2005, Consolidated Interest Expense for such Test Periods shall be computed as follows: (i) for the Test Period ending March 31, 2005 Consolidated Interest

 

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Expense shall equal four times the amount of Consolidated Interest Expense for the period commencing January 1, 2005 and ending March 31, 2005, (ii) for the Test Period Ending June 30, 2005 Consolidated Interest Expense shall equal two times the amount of Consolidated Interest Expense for the period commencing January 1, 2005 and ending June 30, 2005 and (iii) for the Test Period Ending September 30, 2005, Consolidated Interest Expense shall equal one and one-third times the amount of Consolidated Interest Expense for the period commencing January 1, 2005 and ending September 30, 2005.

 

Consolidated Interest Expense for any period shall exclude interest expense for such period with respect to the Korean Opco Cash Collateralized Acquisition Debt to the extent of income earned during such period on the cash collateral posted as security for such Indebtedness.

 

Consolidated Net Income ” shall mean, for any period, the consolidated net income (or loss) of Holdings and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that there shall be excluded from such net income (to the extent otherwise included therein), without duplication:

 

(a) the net income (or loss) of any person (other than a Subsidiary of Holdings) in which any person other than Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries has an ownership interest, except to the extent that cash in an amount equal to any such income has actually been received by such Borrower or (subject to clause (b) below) such Subsidiary during such period;

 

(b) the net income of any Subsidiary of Holdings during such period to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Subsidiary of that income is not permitted by operation of the terms of its Organizational Documents or any agreement, instrument or Requirement of Law applicable to that Subsidiary during such period, except that Borrowers’ equity in net loss of any such Subsidiary for such period shall be included in determining Consolidated Net Income;

 

(c) any gain (or loss), together with any related provisions for taxes on any such gain (or the tax effect of any such loss), realized during such period by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries upon any Asset Sale (other than any dispositions in the ordinary course of business) by any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(d) gains and losses due solely to fluctuations in currency values and the related tax effects determined in accordance with GAAP for such period;

 

(e) unrealized gains and losses with respect to Hedging Obligations for such period; and

 

(f) any extraordinary gain (or extraordinary loss), together with any related provision for taxes on any such gain (or the tax effect of any such loss), recorded or recognized by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries during such period.

 

For purposes of this definition of “Consolidated Net Income,” Consolidated Net Income shall be reduced (to the extent not already reduced thereby) by the amount of any Permitted Tax Distributions made by Holdings pursuant to Section 6.08(c) .

 

Consolidated Tax Expense ” shall mean, for any period, the tax expense of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

 

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Contested Collateral Lien Conditions ” shall mean, with respect to any Permitted Lien of the type described in clauses (a), (b), (e) and (f) of Section 6.02 , the following conditions:

 

(a) Borrowers shall cause any proceeding instituted contesting such Lien to stay the sale or forfeiture of any portion of the Collateral on account of such Lien;

 

(b) at the option and at the request of the Administrative Agent, to the extent such Lien is in an amount in excess of $3,000,000, the appropriate Loan Party shall maintain cash reserves in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge such Lien and the Administrative Agent’s reasonable estimate of all interest and penalties related thereto; and

 

(c) such Lien shall in all respects be subject and subordinate in priority to the Lien and security interest created and evidenced by the Security Documents, except if and to the extent that the Requirement of Law creating, permitting or authorizing such Lien provides that such Lien is or must be superior to the Lien and security interest created and evidenced by the Security Documents.

 

Contingent Obligation ” shall mean, as to any person, any obligation, agreement, understanding or arrangement of such person guaranteeing or intended to guarantee any Indebtedness, leases, dividends or other obligations (“ primary obligations ”) of any other person (the “ primary obligor ”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any obligation of such person, whether or not contingent, (a) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor; (b) to advance or supply funds (i) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (ii) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor; (c) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation; (d) with respect to bankers’ acceptances, letters of credit and similar credit arrangements, until a reimbursement obligation arises (which reimbursement obligation shall constitute Indebtedness); or (e) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the holder of such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof; provided, however , that the term “Contingent Obligation” shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business or any product warranties. The amount of any Contingent Obligation shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Contingent Obligation is made (or, if less, the maximum amount of such primary obligation for which such person may be liable, whether singly or jointly, pursuant to the terms of the instrument evidencing such Contingent Obligation) or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof (assuming such person is required to perform thereunder) as determined by such person in good faith.

 

Control ” shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms “ Controlling ” and “ Controlled ” shall have meanings correlative thereto.

 

Controlled Investment Affiliate ” means, 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 and is organized by such person (or any person Controlling such person) primarily for making equity or debt investments in Holdings or other portfolio companies.

 

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Credit Extension ” shall mean, as the context may require, (i) the making of a Loan by a Lender or (ii) the issuance of any Letter of Credit, or the amendment, extension or renewal of any existing Letter of Credit, by the Issuing Bank.

 

CRPL ” shall mean the Corporate Restructuring Promotion Law of Korea (Law Number 06504 (enacted in 2001)) and all regulations, rules and decrees promulgated under the CRPL and any successor statute or law.

 

Debt Issuance ” shall mean the incurrence by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries of any Indebtedness after the Closing Date (other than as permitted by Section 6.01 ).

 

Debt Service ” shall mean, for any period, Cash Interest Expense for such period plus scheduled principal amortization of all Indebtedness for such period.

 

Default ” shall mean any event, occurrence or condition which is, or upon notice, lapse of time or both would constitute, an Event of Default.

 

Default Rate ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.06(c) .

 

Disqualified Capital Stock ” shall mean any Equity Interest which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event, (a) matures (excluding any maturity as the result of an optional redemption by the issuer thereof) or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the first anniversary of the Revolving Maturity Date, (b) is convertible into or exchangeable (unless at the sole option of the issuer thereof) for (i) debt securities or (ii) any Equity Interests referred to in (a) above, in each case at any time on or prior to the first anniversary of the Revolving Maturity Date, or (c) contains any repurchase obligation which may come into effect prior to payment in full of all Obligations; provided, however , that any Equity Interests that would not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock but for provisions thereof giving holders thereof (or the holders of any security into or for which such Equity Interests is convertible, exchangeable or exercisable) the right to require the issuer thereof to redeem such Equity Interests upon the occurrence of a change in control or an asset sale occurring prior to the first anniversary of the Revolving Maturity Date shall not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock if such Equity Interests provide that the issuer thereof will not redeem any such Equity Interests pursuant to such provisions prior to the repayment in full of the Obligations.

 

Dividend ” with respect to any person shall mean that such person has declared or paid a dividend or returned any equity capital to the holders of its Equity Interests or authorized or made any other distribution, payment or delivery of property (other than Qualified Capital Stock of such person) or cash to the holders of its Equity Interests as such, or redeemed, retired, purchased or otherwise acquired, directly or indirectly, for consideration any of its Equity Interests outstanding (or any options or warrants issued by such person with respect to its Equity Interests), or set aside any funds for any of the foregoing purposes, or shall have permitted any of its Subsidiaries to purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any of the Equity Interests of such person outstanding (or any options or warrants issued by such person with respect to its Equity Interests). Without limiting the foregoing, “Dividends” with respect to any person shall also include all payments made or required to be made by such person with respect to any stock appreciation rights, plans, equity incentive or achievement plans or any similar plans or setting aside of any funds for the foregoing purposes.

 

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Documentation Agent ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.

 

Dutch Holdco ” shall mean MagnaChip Semiconductor B.V., a Dutch privately held limited liability company.

 

Dollars ” or “ $ ” shall mean lawful money of the United States.

 

Dollar Equivalent ” means, at any time, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in any Alternative Currency, the equivalent amount thereof in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date) for the purchase of Dollars with such Alternative Currency.

 

Eligible Assignee ” shall mean (a) if the assignment does not include assignment of a Revolving Commitment, (i) any Lender, (ii) an Affiliate of any Lender, (iii) an Approved Fund and (iv) any other person approved by the Administrative Agent and Borrowers (each such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and (b) if the assignment includes assignment of a Revolving Commitment, (i) any Revolving Lender, (ii) an Affiliate of any Revolving Lender, (iii) an Approved Fund of a Revolving Lender and (iv) any other person approved by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender and Borrowers (each such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii), (x) no approval of any Borrower shall be required during the continuance of a Default and (y) ”Eligible Assignee” shall not include any Borrower or any of its Affiliates or Subsidiaries or any natural person.

 

Embargoed Person ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.21 .

 

Environment ” shall mean ambient air, surface water and groundwater (including potable water, navigable water and wetlands), the land surface and subsurface strata, natural resources, the workplace, and any other area or medium in any Environmental Law.

 

Environmental Claim ” shall mean any claim, notice, demand, order, action, suit, proceeding or other communication alleging liability for an obligation with respect to any investigation, remediation, removal, cleanup, response, corrective action, damages to natural resources, personal injury, property damage, fines, penalties or other costs resulting from, related to or arising out of (i) the presence, Release or threatened Release in or into the Environment of Hazardous Material at any location or (ii) any violation or alleged violation of any Environmental Law, and shall include any claim seeking damages, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation or injunctive relief resulting from, related to or arising out of the presence, Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Material or alleged injury or threat of injury to health, safety or the Environment.

 

Environmental Law ” shall mean any and all applicable present and future treaties, laws, statutes, ordinances, regulations, rules, decrees, orders, judgments, consent orders, consent decrees, code or other binding requirements, and the common law, in any jurisdiction relating to protection of public health or the Environment, the Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Material, natural resources or natural resource damages, or occupational safety or health.

 

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Environmental Permit ” shall mean any permit, license, approval, registration, notification, exemption, consent or other authorization required in any jurisdiction by or from a Governmental Authority under Environmental Law.

 

Equity Interest ” shall mean, with respect to any person, any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents, including membership interests (however designated, whether voting or nonvoting), of equity of such person, including, if such person is a partnership, partnership interests (whether general or limited) and any other interest or participation that confers on a person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of property of, such partnership, whether outstanding on the date hereof or issued after the Closing Date, but excluding debt securities convertible or exchangeable into such equity.

 

Equity Issuance ” shall mean, without duplication, (i) any issuance or sale by Holdings after the Closing Date of any Equity Interests in Holdings (including any Equity Interests issued upon exercise of any warrant or option) or any warrants or options to purchase Equity Interests or (ii) any contribution to the capital of Holdings.

 

ERISA ” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as the same may be amended from time to time.

 

ERISA Affiliate ” shall mean, with respect to any person, any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with such person, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

 

ERISA Event ” shall mean (a) any “reportable event,” as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived by regulation); (b) the existence with respect to any Plan of an “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (c) the failure to make by its due date a required installment under Section 412(m) of the Code with respect to any Plan or the failure to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (d) the filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (e) the incurrence by any Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan; (f) the receipt by any Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to the intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan, or the occurrence of any event or condition which could reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan; (g) the incurrence by any Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (h) the receipt by any Company or its ERISA Affiliates of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA; (i) the “substantial cessation of operations” within the meaning of Section 4062(e) of ERISA with respect to a Plan; (j) the making of any amendment to any Plan which could result in the imposition of a lien or the posting of a bond or other security; and (k) the occurrence of a nonexempt prohibited transaction (within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code or Section 406 of ERISA) which could reasonably be expected to result in liability to any Company.

 

Eurodollar Borrowing ” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Eurodollar Revolving Loans.

 

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Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing ” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Eurodollar Revolving Loans.

 

Eurodollar Revolving Loan ” shall mean any Revolving Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBOR Rate in accordance with the provisions of Article II .

 

Event of Default ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.01 .

 

Excess Amount ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.09(h) .

 

Exchange Act ” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Excluded Taxes ” shall mean, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the Issuing Bank or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of any Borrower hereunder, (a) taxes imposed on or measured by its overall net income (however denominated), franchise taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income taxes) and branch profits taxes imposed on it, by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located and (b) any Luxembourg federal withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to any Lender at the time such Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a new lending office) or is attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with Section 2.14(e) , except to the extent that such Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from Borrower with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 2.14(a) ; provided that this clause (b) shall not apply to any Tax imposed on a Lender in connection with an interest or participation in any Loan or other obligation that such Lender was required to acquire pursuant to Section 2.13(c) .

 

Executive Order ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.22 .

 

Existing Letters of Credit ” shall mean the letters of credit issued prior to the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 2.17.

 

Existing Lien ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.02(c) .

 

Federal Funds Effective Rate ” shall mean, for any day, the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System of the United States arranged by federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for the day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.

 

Fee Letter ” shall mean the confidential Fee Letter, dated December 23, 2004, among Holdings, UBS Loan Finance LLC and UBS Securities LLC.

 

Fees ” shall mean the Commitment Fees, the Administrative Agent Fees, the LC Participation Fees and the Fronting Fees.

 

Finance Subsidiary ” shall mean MagnaChip Semiconductor Finance Company, a Delaware limited liability company.

 

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Financial Officer ” of any person shall mean the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of such person.

 

FIRREA ” shall mean the Federal Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989, as amended.

 

Foreign Plan ” shall mean any employee benefit plan, program, policy, arrangement or agreement maintained or contributed to by any Company with respect to employees employed outside the United States.

 

Foreign Sales Subsidiaries ” means each of the Sales Subsidiaries other than the US Sales Subsidiary.

 

Foreign Subsidiary ” shall mean a Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia.

 

Fronting Fee ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(c) .

 

Fund ” shall mean any person that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business.

 

GAAP ” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a consistent basis.

 

Governmental Authority ” shall mean the government of the United States of America or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state, provincial or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank) in any jurisdiction.

 

Governmental Real Property Disclosure Requirements ” shall mean any Requirement of Law of any Governmental Authority requiring notification of the buyer, lessee, mortgagee, assignee or other transferee of any Real Property, facility, establishment or business, or notification, registration or filing to or with any Governmental Authority, in connection with the sale, lease, mortgage, assignment or other transfer (including any transfer of control) of any Real Property, facility, establishment or business, of the actual or threatened presence or Release in or into the Environment, or the use, disposal or handling of Hazardous Material on, at, under or near the Real Property, facility, establishment or business to be sold, leased, mortgaged, assigned or transferred.

 

Guaranteed Obligations ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.01 .

 

Guarantees ” shall mean the guarantees issued pursuant to Article VII by Holdings and the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Korean Opco Bank Guarantee.

 

Guarantors ” shall mean Holdings and the Subsidiary Guarantors.

 

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Hazardous Materials ” shall mean the following: hazardous substances; hazardous wastes; polychlorinated biphenyls (“ PCBs ”) or any substance or compound containing PCBs; asbestos or any asbestos-containing materials in any form or condition; radon or any other radioactive materials including any source, special nuclear or by-product material; petroleum, crude oil or any fraction thereof; and any other pollutant or contaminant or chemicals, wastes, materials, compounds, constituents or substances, subject to regulation or which can give rise to liability under any Environmental Laws.

 

Hedging Agreement ” shall mean any swap, cap, collar, forward purchase or similar agreements or arrangements dealing with interest rates, currency exchange rates or commodity prices, either generally or under specific contingencies.

 

Hedging Obligations ” shall mean obligations under or with respect to Hedging Agreements.

 

Holdings ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.

 

Hynix Related Account Debtors ” means Hynix Semiconductor Inc. and each of its Subsidiaries that is an account debtor with respect to any Hynix Related Receivable.

 

Hynix Related Receivables ” means any “accounts” as defined in the New York UCC owing to any of the Companies by and Hynix Related Account Debtors,

 

Increase Effective Date ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.18(a) .

 

Increase Joinder ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.18(c) .

 

Indebtedness ” of any person shall mean, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such person for borrowed money or advances; (b) all obligations of such person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments; (c) all obligations of such person upon which interest charges are customarily paid or accrued; (d) all obligations of such person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property purchased by such person; (e) all obligations of such person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding trade accounts payable and accrued obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business on normal trade terms and, unless subject to a good faith dispute, not overdue by more than 90 days; (f) all Indebtedness of others secured by any Lien on property owned or acquired by such person, whether or not the obligations secured thereby have been assumed, but limited to the fair market value of such property; (g) all Capital Lease Obligations, Purchase Money Obligations and synthetic lease obligations of such person; (h) all Hedging Obligations to the extent required to be reflected on a balance sheet of such person; (i) all Attributable Indebtedness of such person; (j) all obligations of such person for the reimbursement of any obligor in respect of letters of credit, letters of guaranty, bankers’ acceptances and similar credit transactions; and (k) all Contingent Obligations of such person in respect of Indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (a) through (j) above. The Indebtedness of any person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such person is a general partner) to the extent such person is liable therefor as a result of such person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except (other than in the case of general partner liability) to the extent that terms of such Indebtedness expressly provide that such person is not liable therefor.

 

Indemnified Taxes ” shall mean all Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.

 

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Indemnitee ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.03(b) .

 

Information ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.13 .

 

Insurance Policies ” shall mean the insurance policies and coverages required to be maintained by each Loan Party which is an owner of Mortgaged Property with respect to the applicable Mortgaged Property pursuant to Section 5.04 and all renewals and extensions thereof.

 

Insurance Requirements ” shall mean, collectively, all provisions of the Insurance Policies, all requirements of the issuer of any of the Insurance Policies and all orders, rules, regulations and any other requirements of the National Board of Fire Underwriters (or any other body exercising similar functions) binding upon each Loan Party which is an owner of Mortgaged Property and applicable to the Mortgaged Property or any use or condition thereof.

 

Intellectual Property ” shall mean collectively, all rights, privileges relating to intellectual property, whether arising under United States, state, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including, without limitation, copyrights, patents, trademarks, service-marks, trade names, domain names, technology, proprietary information, know-how and processes, recipes, formulas, trade secrets, all applications for registration or issuance of any of the foregoing, and all rights to sue at law or in equity for any past, present or future infringement or other impairment thereof, including the right to receive all proceeds and damages therefrom.

 

Intercompany Loan Document ” shall mean each of the intercompany loan agreements existing as of the Closing Date (after giving effect to the repayments thereof contemplated in connection with the Transactions), and listed on Schedule 4.01(n) hereto, together with any future intercompany loan agreement, note or other instrument evidencing, or governing the terms of, any extension of credit by any Loan Party to Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

Intercreditor Agreement ” shall mean the Intercreditor Agreement dated as of the date hereof by and among the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Trustee, the Senior Secured Noted Collateral Trustee, the Senior Secured Notes Trustee and each of the Companies.

 

Interest Election Request ” shall mean a request by any Borrower to convert or continue a Revolving Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.08(b) , substantially in the form of Exhibit E .

 

Interest Payment Date ” shall mean (a) with respect to any ABR Revolving Loan (including Swingline Loans), the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December to occur during any period in which such Loan is outstanding, (b) with respect to any Eurodollar Revolving Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurodollar Revolving Loan with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period, and (c) with respect to any Revolving Loan or Swingline Loan, the Revolving Maturity Date or such earlier date on which the Revolving Commitments are terminated, as the case may be.

 

Interest Period ” shall mean, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, two, three or six months (or, if each affected Lender so agrees, nine months) thereafter, as any Borrower may elect; provided that (a) if any Interest Period would end on a day other

 

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than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day, and (b) any Interest Period that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing; provided, however , that an Interest Period shall be limited to the extent required under Section 2.02(e) .

 

Investments ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.04 .

 

IPO ” shall mean the first underwritten public offering by Holdings of its Equity Interests after the Closing Date pursuant to a registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with the Securities Act.

 

Issuing Bank ” shall mean, as the context may require, (a) Korea Exchange Bank, in its capacity as issuer of Letters of Credit issued by it, including, without limitation, each of the Existing Letters of Credit; (b) any other Lender that may become an Issuing Bank pursuant to Sections 2.17(j) and (k) in its capacity as issuer of Letters of Credit issued by such Lender; or (c) collectively, all of the foregoing.

 

Joinder Agreement ” shall mean a joinder agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit F .

 

Judgment Currency ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.18(a) .

 

Judgment Currency Conversion Date ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.18(a) .

 

Korean Opco ” shall mean MagnaChip Semiconductor Ltd., a Korean yuhan hoesa .

 

Korean Opco Bank Guarantee ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.01(r)(i) .

 

Korean Opco Cash Collateralized Acquisition Debt ” means the portion of Indebtedness incurred by Korean Opco in connection with the Acquisition originally owing to non-Korean lenders which has been purchased from such lenders by Korea Exchange Bank and which shall remain outstanding and be cash collateralized in full promptly after the Closing Date with proceeds of the Senior Secured Notes.

 

Korean Opco Loan Documents ” shall mean the Korean Opco Bank Guarantee, the Korean Opco Security Documents, and all other documents executed and delivered with respect thereto.

 

Korean Opco Security Documents ” shall mean each of the documents executed by Korean Opco granting liens and/or security interests in each of its assets in favor of the Collateral Trustee as security for the obligations of Korean Opco under the Korean Opco Guarantee and all documents and other instruments related, directly or indirectly, thereto (including, without limitation, such documents and instruments set forth on Schedule 1.01(a) ).

 

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Korean Opco Senior Secured Notes Guarantee ” shall mean the guarantee contained in the Senior Secured Notes Indenture by Korean Opco in favor of the Senior Secured Notes Trustee guaranteeing the repayment of the Senior Secured Notes.

 

Landlord Access Agreement ” shall mean a Landlord Access Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit G , or such other form as may reasonably be acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

 

LC Commitment ” shall mean the commitment of the Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 2.17 . The amount of the LC Commitment shall initially be $40,000,000, but in no event exceed the Revolving Commitment.

 

LC Disbursement ” shall mean a payment or disbursement made by the Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit.

 

LC Exposure ” shall mean at any time the sum of (a) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time plus (b) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate principal amount of all Reimbursement Obligations outstanding at such time. The LC Exposure of any Revolving Lender at any time shall mean its Pro Rata Percentage of the aggregate LC Exposure at such time.

 

LC Participation Fee ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(c) .

 

LC Request ” shall mean a request by any Borrower in accordance with the terms of Section 2.17(b) and substantially in the form of Exhibit H , or such other form as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent.

 

Leases ” shall mean any and all leases, subleases, tenancies, options, concession agreements, rental agreements, occupancy agreements, franchise agreements, access agreements and any other agreements (including all amendments, extensions, replacements, renewals, modifications and/or guarantees thereof), whether or not of record and whether now in existence or hereafter entered into, affecting the use or occupancy of all or any portion of any Real Property.

 

Lender Addendum ” shall mean with respect to any Lender on the Closing Date, a lender addendum in the form of Exhibit I , to be executed and delivered by such Lender on the Closing Date as provided in Section 10.16 .

 

Lenders ” shall mean (a) the financial institutions that have become a party hereto pursuant to a Lender Addendum and (b) any financial institution that has become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, other than, in each case, any such financial institution that has ceased to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the term “Lenders” shall include the Swingline Lender.

 

Letter of Credit ” shall mean any (i) Standby Letter of Credit and (ii) Commercial Letter of Credit, in each case, issued or to be issued by an Issuing Bank for the account of any Borrower pursuant to Section 2.17 , including, without limitation, each Existing Letter of Credit.

 

Letter of Credit Expiration Date ” shall mean the date which is fifteen days prior to the Revolving Maturity Date.

 

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LIBOR Rate ” shall mean, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the arithmetic mean (rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) of the offered rates for deposits in dollars with a term comparable to such Interest Period that appears on the Telerate British Bankers Assoc. Interest Settlement Rates Page (as defined below) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London, England time, on the second full Business Day preceding the first day of such Interest Period; provided, however , that (i) if no comparable term for an Interest Period is available, the LIBOR Rate shall be determined using the weighted average of the offered rates for the two terms most nearly corresponding to such Interest Period and (ii) if there shall at any time no longer exist a Telerate British Bankers Assoc. Interest Settlement Rates Page, “LIBOR Rate” shall mean, with respect to each day during each Interest Period pertaining to Eurodollar Borrowings comprising part of the same Borrowing, the rate per annum equal to the rate at which the Administrative Agent is offered deposits in dollars at approximately 11:00 a.m., London, England time, two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period in the London interbank market for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period for the number of days comprised therein and in an amount comparable to its portion of the amount of such Eurodollar Borrowing to be outstanding during such Interest Period. “ Telerate British Bankers Assoc. Interest Settlement Rates Page ” shall mean the display designated as Page 3750 on the Telerate System Incorporated Service (or such other page as may replace such page on such service for the purpose of displaying the rates at which dollar deposits are offered by leading banks in the London interbank deposit market).

 

Lien ” shall mean, with respect to any property, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, encumbrance, claim, charge, assignment, hypothecation, security interest or encumbrance of any kind or any arrangement to provide priority or preference or any filing of any financing statement under the UCC or any other similar notice of lien under any similar notice or recording statute of any Governmental Authority, including any easement, right-of-way or other encumbrance on title to Real Property, in each of the foregoing cases whether voluntary or imposed by law, and any agreement to give any of the foregoing; (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such property; and (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities.

 

Loan Documents ” shall mean this Agreement, the Letters of Credit, the Notes (if any), the Security Documents, the Collateral Trust Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Korean Opco Loan Documents and, solely for purposes of paragraph (e) of Section 8.01 , the Fee Letter.

 

Loan Parties ” shall mean Holdings, Borrowers and the Subsidiary Guarantors.

 

Loans ” shall mean, as the context may require, a Revolving Loan, a Swingline Loan for a Term Loan.

 

Lux Borrower ” shall mean MagnaChip Semiconductor S.A., a Luxembourg corporation.

 

MagnaChip SA Holdings ” shall mean MagnaChip Semiconductor SA Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

 

Management Services Agreements ” shall mean, collectively (i) that certain Advisory Agreement dated October 6, 2004 by and between Holdings, MagnaChip Semiconductor, Ltd. and CVC Management LLC; (ii) that certain Advisory Agreement dated October 6, 2004 by and between Holdings,

 

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MagnaChip Semiconductor, Ltd. and CVC Capital Partners Asia Limited and (iii) that certain Advisory Agreement dated October 6, 2004 by and between Holdings, MagnaChip Semiconductor, Ltd. and Francisco Partners Management, LLC.

 

Margin Stock ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Regulation U.

 

Material Adverse Effect ” shall mean (a) a material adverse effect on the business, property, results of operations, prospects or condition, financial or otherwise, of Borrowers and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or Holdings and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (b) material impairment of the ability of the Loan Parties to perform any of their obligations under any Loan Document; (c) material impairment of the rights of or benefits or remedies available to the Lenders or the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document; or (d) a material adverse effect on the Collateral or the Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent (for its benefit and for the benefit of the other Secured Parties) on the Collateral or the priority of such Liens.

 

Material Indebtedness ” shall mean (a) the Indebtedness set forth on Schedule 1.01(b) and (b) any other Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Letters of Credit) or Hedging Obligations of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries in an aggregate outstanding principal amount exceeding $3.0 million. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the “principal amount” in respect of any Hedging Obligations of any Loan Party at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that such Loan Party would be required to pay if the related Hedging Agreement were terminated at such time.

 

Maximum Rate ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.15 .

 

Mortgage ” shall mean an agreement, including, but not limited to, a mortgage, deed of trust or any other document, creating and evidencing a Lien on a Mortgaged Property, which shall reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and include such provisions as shall be necessary to conform such document to applicable local or foreign law or as shall be customary under applicable local or foreign law.

 

Mortgaged Property ” shall mean (a) all Real Property securing all or any portion of the Secured Obligations or any obligations of Korean Opco under the Korean Opco Loan Documents and (b) each Real Property, if any, which shall be subject to a Mortgage delivered after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 5.10(c) .

 

Multiemployer Plan ” shall mean a multiemployer plan within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) or Section 3(37) of ERISA (a) to which any Company or any ERISA Affiliate is then making or accruing an obligation to make contributions; (b) to which any Company or any ERISA Affiliate has within the preceding five plan years made contributions; or (c) with respect to which any Company could incur liability.

 

Net Cash Proceeds ” shall mean:

 

(d) with respect to any Asset Sale (other than any issuance or sale of Equity Interests), the cash proceeds received by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries (including cash proceeds subsequently received (as and when received by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries) in respect of non-cash consideration initially received) net of (i) selling expenses (including reasonable brokers’ fees or commissions, legal, accounting and other professional and transactional fees, transfer

 

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and similar taxes and Borrowers’ good faith estimate of income taxes paid or payable in connection with such sale); (ii) amounts provided as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against (x) any liabilities under any indemnification obligations associated with such Asset Sale or (y) any other liabilities retained by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries associated with the properties sold in such Asset Sale ( provided that, to the extent and at the time any such amounts are released from such reserve, such amounts shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds); (iii) Borrowers’ good faith estimate of payments required to be made with respect to unassumed liabilities relating to the properties sold within 90 days of such Asset Sale ( provided that, to the extent such cash proceeds are not used to make payments in respect of such unassumed liabilities within 90 days of such Asset Sale, such cash proceeds shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds); and (iv) the principal amount, premium or penalty, if any, interest and other amounts on any Indebtedness for borrowed money which is secured by a Lien on the properties sold in such Asset Sale (so long as such Lien was permitted to encumber such properties under the Loan Documents at the time of such sale) and which is repaid with such proceeds (other than any such Indebtedness assumed by the purchaser of such properties);

 

(e) with respect to any Debt Issuance, any Equity Issuance or any other issuance or sale of Equity Interests by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, the cash proceeds thereof, net of customary fees, commissions, costs and other expenses incurred in connection therewith; and

 

(f) with respect to any Casualty Event, the cash insurance proceeds, condemnation awards and other compensation received in respect thereof, net of all reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with the collection of such proceeds, awards or other compensation in respect of such Casualty Event.

 

Non Guarantor Subsidiaries ” means each Subsidiary of Holdings that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

Non-Reinvested Asset Sale Proceeds ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.09(c).

 

Non-Reinvested Casualty Proceeds ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.09(f) .

 

Non-Reinvested Proceeds ” shall mean, collectively, the Non-Reinvested Asset Sale Proceeds and the Non-Reinvested Casualty Proceeds.

 

Notes ” shall mean any notes evidencing the Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans issued pursuant to this Agreement, if any, substantially in the form of Exhibit K-1 or K-2 .

 

Notes Offering Memorandum ” shall mean that certain Offering Memorandum dated as of December 16, 2004, relating to the issuance of the Senior Secured Notes and the Senior Subordinated Notes.

 

Obligation Currency ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.18(a) .

 

Obligations ” shall mean (a) obligations of Borrowers and the other Loan Parties from time to time arising under or in respect of the due and punctual payment of (i) the principal of and premium, if any, and interest (including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency,

 

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receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the Loans, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise, (ii) each payment required to be made by Borrowers and the other Loan Parties under this Agreement in respect of any Letter of Credit, when and as due, including payments in respect of Reimbursement Obligations, interest thereon and obligations to provide cash collateral and (iii) all other monetary obligations, including fees, costs, expenses and indemnities, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), of Borrowers and the other Loan Parties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (b) the due and punctual performance of all covenants, agreements, obligations and liabilities of Borrowers and the other Loan Parties under or pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (c) the due and punctual payment and performance of all obligations in respect of overdrafts and related liabilities owed to any Lender, any Affiliate of a Lender, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent arising from treasury, depositary and cash management services or in connection with any automated clearinghouse transfer of funds.

 

OFAC ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.21 .

 

Officers’ Certificate ” shall mean a certificate executed by the chairman of the Board of Directors (if an officer), the chief executive officer or the president and one of the Financial Officers, each in his or her official (and not individual) capacity.

 

Organizational Documents ” shall mean, with respect to any person, (i) in the case of any corporation, the certificate of incorporation and by-laws (or similar documents) of such person, (ii) in the case of any limited liability company, the certificate of formation and operating agreement (or similar documents) of such person, (iii) in the case of any limited partnership, the certificate of formation and limited partnership agreement (or similar documents) of such person, (iv) in the case of any general partnership, the partnership agreement (or similar document) of such person and (v) in any other case, the functional equivalent of the foregoing.

 

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

 

Participant ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.04(d) .

 

PBGC ” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA.

 

Perfection Certificate ” shall mean a certificate in the form of Exhibit L-1 or any other form approved by the Collateral Agent, as the same shall be supplemented from time to time by a Perfection Certificate Supplement or otherwise.

 

Perfection Certificate Supplement ” shall mean a certificate supplement in the form of Exhibit L-2 or any other form approved by the Collateral Agent.

 

Permitted Acquisition ” shall mean any transaction or series of related transactions for the direct or indirect (a) acquisition of all or substantially all of the property of any person, or of any business

 

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or division of any person; (b) acquisition of in excess of 50% of the Equity Interests of any person, and otherwise causing such person to become a Subsidiary of such person; or (c) merger or consolidation or any other combination with any person, if each of the following conditions is met:

 

(i) no Default then exists or would result therefrom;

 

(ii) after giving effect to such transaction on a Pro Forma Basis, Borrowers shall be in compliance with all covenants set forth in Section 6.10 as of the most recent Test Period (assuming, for purposes of Section 6.10 , that such transaction, and all other Permitted Acquisitions consummated since the first day of the relevant Test Period for each of the financial covenants set forth in Section 6.10 ending on or prior to the date of such transaction, had occurred on the first day of such relevant Test Period),

 

(iii) no Company shall, in connection with any such transaction, assume or remain liable with respect to any Indebtedness or other liability (including any material tax or ERISA liability) of the related seller or the business, person or properties acquired, except (A) to the extent permitted under Section 6.01 and (B) obligations not constituting Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business and necessary or desirable to the continued operation of the underlying properties, and any other such liabilities or obligations not permitted to be assumed or otherwise supported by any Company hereunder shall be paid in full or released as to the business, persons or properties being so acquired on or before the consummation of such acquisition;

 

(iv) the person or business to be acquired shall be, or shall be engaged in, a business of the type that Borrowers and their Subsidiaries are permitted to be engaged in under Section 6.15 and the property acquired in connection with any such transaction shall be made subject to the Lien of the Security Documents (to the extent permitted by applicable law) and shall be free and clear of any Liens, other than Permitted Collateral Liens;

 

(v) the Board of Directors of the person to be acquired shall not have indicated publicly its opposition to the consummation of such acquisition (which opposition has not been publicly withdrawn);

 

(vi) all transactions in connection therewith shall be consummated in accordance with all applicable Requirements of Law;

 

(vii) with respect to any transaction involving Acquisition Consideration of more than $25.0 million, unless the Administrative Agent shall otherwise agree, Borrowers shall have provided the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with (A) historical financial statements for the last three fiscal years (or, if less, the number of years since formation) of the person or business to be acquired (audited if available without undue cost or delay) and unaudited financial statements thereof for the most recent interim period which are available, (B) reasonably detailed projections for the succeeding five years pertaining to the person or business to be acquired and updated projections for Borrowers after giving effect to such transaction, (C) a reasonably detailed description of all material information relating thereto and copies of all material documentation pertaining to such transaction, and (D) all such other information and data relating to such transaction or the person or business to be acquired as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders;

 

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(viii) at least 10 Business Days prior to the proposed date of consummation of the transaction, Borrowers shall have delivered to the Agents and the Lenders an Officers’ Certificate certifying that (A) such transaction complies with this definition (which shall have attached thereto reasonably detailed backup data and calculations showing such compliance), and (B) such transaction could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and

 

(ix) the Acquisition Consideration for such acquisition shall not exceed $25.0 million, and the aggregate amount of the Acquisition Consideration for all Permitted Acquisitions since the Closing Date shall not exceed $100.0 million; provided that any Equity Interests constituting all or a portion of such Acquisition Consideration shall not have a cash dividend requirement on or prior to the Revolving Maturity Date.

 

Permitted Collateral Liens ” means (i) Contested Liens (as defined in the Security Agreement), (ii) the Liens described in clauses (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (j), (k), (l), (m) and (n) of Section 6.02 and (iii) in the case of Mortgaged Property, “Permitted Collateral Liens” shall mean the Liens described in clauses (a), (b), (d), (e), (g) and (l) of Section 6.02 , and (iii) for the first ten (10) Business Days after the Closing Date, Liens in existence on the Closing Date securing the Korean Opco Cash Collateralized Acquisition Debt.

 

Permitted Holders ” shall mean (a) each Sponsor, (b) its Controlled Investment Affiliates and (c) and such person’s Related Parties.

 

Permitted Liens ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.02 .

 

Permitted Tax Distributions ” means, for so long as Holdings is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, payments in respect of tax liabilities of Holdings’ investors arising from direct or indirect ownership of Holdings’ equity interests. Permitted Tax Distributions shall be calculated by reference to the amount of Holdings’ and its Subsidiaries’ income determined to be an amount required to be included in income under section 951 of the Code times 35%. A nationally recognized accounting firm chosen by Holdings shall determine the amount of Permitted Tax Distributions.

 

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

 

Plan ” shall mean any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA which is maintained or contributed to by any Company or its ERISA Affiliate or with respect to which any Company could incur liability (including under Section 4069 of ERISA).

 

Post IPO Permitted Holders ” shall mean (a) each Sponsor, (b) its Controlled Investment Affiliates and (c) and such person’s Post IPO Related Parties.

 

Post IPO Principals ” shall mean:

 

(1) (A) Francisco Partners, L.P. (“FP”), any FP fund or co-investment partnership, (B) any general partner of any FP fund or co-investment partnership (collectively, an “FP Partner”), and any corporation, partnership or other entity that is an Affiliate of any FP Partner (collectively “FP Affiliates”), (C) any managing director, general partner, director, officer or employee of an FP fund, and FP Partner or any FP Affiliate, or any spouse, lineal descendant, sibling, parent, heir, executor, administrator, testamentary

 

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trustee, legatee or beneficiary of any of the foregoing persons described in this clause (C) (collectively, “FP Associates”) and (D) any trust, the beneficiaries of which, any charitable trust, the grantor of which, or any corporation, limited liability company or partnership, the stockholders, members or general or limited partners of which include only FP, FP Partners, FP Affiliates, FP Associates, their spouses or their lineal descendants;

 

(2) (A) Citigroup Venture Capital Equity Partners, L.P. (“CVC”), CVC/SSB Employee Fund, L.P., CVC Executive Fund LLC, Natasha Foundation, Citigroup Venture Capital Ltd., any CVC fund or co-investment partnership, Citigroup, any affiliate of Citigroup or any general partner of any CVC fund or co-investment partnership (collectively, a “CVC Partner”), and any corporation, partnership or other entity that is an Affiliate of Citigroup or any CVC Partner (collectively “CVC Affiliates”), (B) any managing director, general partner, director, officer or employee of any CVC fund, any CVC Partner or any CVC Affiliate, or any spouse, lineal descendant, sibling, parent, heir, executor, administrator, testamentary trustee, legatee or beneficiary of any of the foregoing persons described in this clause (B) (collectively, “CVC Associates”) and (C) any trust, the beneficiaries of which, any charitable trust, the grantor of which, or any corporation, limited liability company or partnership, the stockholders, members or general or limited partners of which include only CVC, CVC Partners, CVC Affiliates, CVC Associates, their spouses or their lineal descendants;

 

(3) (A) CVC Capital Partners Asia II Limited ( “CVC Asia Pacific”), CVC Capital Partners Asia Pacific LP, Asia Investors LLC, any CVC Asia Pacific fund or co-investment partnership, or any general partner of any CVC Asia Pacific fund or co-investment partnership (collectively, a “CVC Asia Pacific Partner”), and any corporation, partnership or other entity that is an Affiliate of any CVC Asia Pacific Partner (collectively “CVC Asia Pacific Affiliates”), (B) any managing director, general partner, director, officer or employee of any CVC Asia Pacific fund, any CVC Asia Pacific Partner or any CVC Asia Pacific Affiliate, or any spouse, lineal descendant, sibling, parent, heir, executor, administrator, testamentary trustee, legatee or beneficiary of any of the foregoing persons described in this clause (B) (collectively, “CVC Asia Pacific Associates”) and (C) any trust, the beneficiaries of which, any charitable trust, the grantor of which, or any corporation, limited liability company or partnership, the stockholders, members of general or limited partners of which include only CVC Asia Pacific, CVC Asia Pacific Partners, CVC Asia Pacific Affiliates, CVC Asia Pacific Associates, their spouses or their lineal descendants; and

 

(4) officers and directors of Holdings or its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date.

 

Post IPO Related Parties ” shall mean with respect to any person (i) any controlling stockholder, 80% (or more) Subsidiary, or immediate family member (in the case of an individual) or any Post IPO Principal; or (ii) any trust corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity, the beneficiaries, stockholders, partners, members, owners or persons beneficially holding an 80% or more controlling interest of which any one or more Post IPO Principals and/or such other persons referred to in the immediately preceding clause (i).

 

Preferred Stock ” shall mean, with respect to any person, any and all preferred or preference Equity Interests (however designated) of such person whether now outstanding or issued after the Closing Date.

 

Preferred Stock Issuance ” shall mean the issuance or sale by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries of any Preferred Stock after the Closing Date (other than as permitted by Section 6.01 ).

 

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Premises ” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the applicable Mortgage.

 

Pro Forma Basis ” shall mean on a basis in accordance with GAAP and Regulation S-X and otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

Pro Rata Percentage ” of any Revolving Lender at any time shall mean the percentage of the total Revolving Commitments of all Revolving Lenders represented by such Lender’s Revolving Commitment.

 

property ” shall mean any right, title or interest in or to property, undertaking or assets of any kind whatsoever, wherever situate, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible and including Equity Interests or other ownership interests of any person and whether now in existence or owned or hereafter entered into or acquired, including all Real Property.

 

Property Material Adverse Effect ” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Mortgage.

 

Purchase Money Obligation ” shall mean, for any person, the obligations of such person in respect of Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations) incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price of any property (including Equity Interests of any person) or the cost of installation, construction or improvement of any property and any refinancing thereof; provided, however , that (i) such Indebtedness is incurred within one year after such acquisition of such property by such person and (ii) the amount of such Indebtedness does not exceed 100% of the cost of such acquisition, installation, construction or improvement, as the case may be.

 

Qualified Capital Stock ” of any person shall mean any Equity Interests of such person that are not Disqualified Capital Stock.

 

Real Property ” shall mean, collectively, all right, title and interest (including any leasehold, mineral or other estate) in and to any and all parcels of or interests in real property owned, leased or operated by any person, whether by lease, license or other means, together with, in each case, all easements, hereditaments and appurtenances relating thereto, all improvements and appurtenant fixtures and equipment, all general intangibles and contract rights and other property and rights incidental to the ownership, lease or operation thereof.

 

Refinancing ” shall mean the repayment in full and the termination of any commitment to make extensions of credit under all of the outstanding indebtedness of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 1.01(c) .

 

Register ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.04(c) .

 

Regulation D ” shall mean Regulation D of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.

 

Regulation S-X ” shall mean Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

Regulation T ” shall mean Regulation T of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.

 

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Regulation U ” shall mean Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.

 

Regulation X ” shall mean Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.

 

Reimbursement Obligations ” shall mean Borrowers’ obligations under Section 2.17(e) to reimburse LC Disbursements.

 

Related Parties ” shall mean, with respect to any person, such person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such person and of such person’s Affiliates.

 

Release ” shall mean any spilling, leaking, seepage, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, disposing, depositing, dispersing, emanating or migrating of any Hazardous Material in, into, onto or through the Environment.

 

Required Lenders ” shall mean (i) at any time that any one Lender has more than 33 1/3% of the sum of all Loans, outstanding LC Exposure and unused Revolving Commitments and there are three or more Lenders, three or more Lenders who in the aggregate have more than 50% of the sum of all Loans outstanding, LC Exposure and unused Revolving Commitments and (ii) at all other times, Lenders having more than 50% of the sum of all Loans outstanding, LC Exposure and unused Revolving Commitments.

 

Requirements of Law ” shall mean, collectively, any and all requirements of any Governmental Authority including any and all laws, judgments, orders, decrees, ordinances, rules, regulations, statutes or case law in any jurisdiction.

 

Response ” shall mean (a) ”response” as such term is defined in CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. § 9601(24), and (b) all other actions required by any Governmental Authority or voluntarily undertaken to (i) clean up, remove, treat, abate or in any other way address any Hazardous Material in the Environment; (ii) prevent the Release or threat of Release, or minimize the further Release, of any Hazardous Material; or (iii) perform studies and investigations in connection with, or as a precondition to, or to determine the necessity of the activities described in, clause (i) or (ii) above.

 

Responsible Officer ” of any person shall mean any executive officer or Financial Officer of such person and any other officer or similar official thereof with responsibility for the administration of the obligations of such person in respect of this Agreement.

 

Revolving Availability Period ” shall mean the period from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the earlier of (i) the Business Day preceding the Revolving Maturity Date and (ii) the date of termination of the Revolving Commitments.

 

Revolving Borrowing ” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Revolving Loans.

 

Revolving Commitment ” shall mean, with respect to each Lender, the commitment, if any, of such Lender to make Revolving Loans hereunder up to the amount set forth on Schedule I to the Lender Addendum executed and delivered by such Lender or by an Increase Joinder, or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender assumed its Revolving Commitment, as applicable, as the same may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.07 and (b) reduced or increased

 

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from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 10.04 . The aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Revolving Commitments on the Closing Date is $100 million.

 

Revolving Exposure ” shall mean, with respect to any Lender at any time, the aggregate principal amount at such time of all outstanding Revolving Loans of such Lender, plus the aggregate amount at such time of such Lender’s LC Exposure, plus the aggregate amount at such of such Lender’s Swingline Exposure.

 

Revolving Lender ” shall mean a Lender with a Revolving Commitment.

 

Revolving Loan ” shall mean a Loan made by the Lenders to Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.02(b) . Each Revolving Loan shall either be an ABR Revolving Loan or a Eurodollar Revolving Loan.

 

Revolving Maturity Date ” shall mean December 22, 2009.

 

Sale and Leaseback Transaction ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.03 .

 

Sales Subsidiaries ” shall mean, collectively, (i) MagnaChip Semiconductor, Inc., a Delaware corporation, (ii) MagnaChip Semiconductor Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales with registered number 05232381, (iii) MagnaChip Semiconductor Ltd., a Japan company, (iv) MagnaChip Semiconductor Ltd. a Hong Kong company and (v) MagnaChip Semiconductor Ltd., a Taiwan company.

 

Sarbanes-Oxley Act ” shall mean the United States Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Secured Obligations ” shall mean the Obligations and the due and punctual payment and performance of all obligations of Borrowers and the other Loan Parties under each Hedging Agreement entered into with any counterparty that is a Secured Party.

 

Secured Parties ” shall mean, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Trustee, each other Agent, the Lenders and each party to a Hedging Agreement relating to the Loans if at the date of entering into such Hedging Agreement such person was a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender and such person executes and delivers to the Administrative Agent a letter agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent pursuant to which such person (i) appoints the Collateral Agent as its agent under the applicable Loan Documents and (ii) agrees to be bound by the provisions of Sections 10.03 and 10.09 .

 

Securities Act ” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933.

 

Securities Collateral ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Security Agreement, together with all other certificated Equity Interests, note or other instruments pledged pursuant to any of the Security Documents.

 

Security Agreement ” shall mean a Security Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit M among certain of the Loan Parties and Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

 

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Security Agreement Collateral ” shall mean all property pledged or granted as collateral pursuant to the Security Agreement delivered (a) on the Closing Date or (b) thereafter pursuant to Section 5.11 .

 

Security Documents ” shall mean the Security Agreement, the Mortgages, the Korean Opco Security Documents and each other security document or pledge agreement delivered in accordance with applicable local or foreign law to grant a valid, perfected security interest in any property as collateral for the Secured Obligations and/or Guaranteed Obligations, and all UCC or other financing statements or instruments of perfection required by this Agreement, the Security Agreement, any Mortgage, the Korean Opco Security Documents or any other such security document or pledge agreement to be filed with respect to the security interests in property and fixtures created pursuant to the Security Agreement, any Mortgage or the Korean Opco Security Documents and any other document or instrument utilized to pledge, assign, charge or grant or purport to pledge, assign, charge or grant a security interest or lien under the laws of any jurisdiction on any property as collateral for the Secured Obligations.

 

Senior Secured Fixed Rate Notes ” shall mean Borrowers’ 6 7/8% Second Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2011 issued pursuant to the Senior Secured Notes Indenture in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $200,000,000, and any registered notes issued by Borrowers in exchange for, and as contemplated by, such notes with substantially identical terms as such notes.

 

Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes ” shall mean Borrowers’ Floating Rate Second Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2011 issued pursuant to the Senior Secured Notes Indenture in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $300,000,000 and any registered notes issued by Borrowers in exchange for, and as contemplated by, such notes with substantially identical terms as such notes.

 

Senior Secured Note Documents ” shall mean the Senior Secured Notes, the Senior Secured Notes Indenture, the Senior Secured Note Guarantees and all other documents executed and delivered with respect to the Senior Secured Notes or the Senior Secured Notes Indenture.

 

Senior Secured Note Guarantees ” shall mean the guarantees of Holdings and certain of the Subsidiary Guarantors pursuant to the Senior Secured Notes Indenture and the Korean Opco Senior Secured Notes Guarantee.

 

Senior Secured Notes ” shall mean the Senior Secured Fixed Rate Notes and the Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes.

 

Senior Secured Notes Indenture ” shall mean any indenture, note purchase agreement or other agreement pursuant to which the Senior Secured Notes are issued as in effect on the date hereof and thereafter amended from time to time subject to the requirements of this Agreement.

 

Senior Secured Notes Trustee ” shall mean The Bank of New York, as trustee, and its successors and assigns.

 

Senior Subordinated Note Documents ” shall mean the Senior Subordinated Notes, the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture, the Senior Subordinated Note Guarantees and all other documents executed and delivered with respect to the Senior Subordinated Notes or the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture.

 

Senior Subordinated Note Guarantees ” shall mean the guarantees of Holdings and certain of the Subsidiary Guarantors pursuant to the Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture.

 

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Senior Subordinated Notes ” shall mean Borrower’s 8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 issued pursuant to the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $250,000,000 and any registered notes issued by Borrower in exchange for, and as contemplated by, such notes with substantially identical terms as such notes.

 

Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture ” shall mean any indenture, note purchase agreement or other agreement pursuant to which the Senior Subordinated Notes are issued as in effect on the date hereof and thereafter amended from time to time subject to the requirements of this Agreement.

 

Sponsors ” shall mean, collectively (i) CVC Management LLC; (ii) CVC Capital Partners Asia Limited; and (iii) Francisco Partners Management, LLC.

 

Spot Rate ” for a currency means the rate determined by the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank, as applicable, to be the rate quoted by the Person acting in such capacity as the spot rate for the purchase by such Person of such currency with another currency through its principal foreign exchange trading office at approximately 10:00 a.m. on the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made; provided that the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank may obtain such spot rate from another financial institution designated by the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank if the Person acting in such capacity does not have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate for any such currency.

 

Standby Letter of Credit ” shall mean any standby letter of credit or similar instrument issued for general corporate purposes.

 

Statutory Reserves ” shall mean for any Interest Period for any Eurodollar Borrowing, the average maximum rate at which reserves (including any marginal, supplemental or emergency reserves) are required to be maintained during such Interest Period under Regulation D by member banks of the United States Federal Reserve System in New York City with deposits exceeding one billion dollars against “Eurocurrency liabilities” (as such term is used in Regulation D).

 

Subordinated Indebtedness ” shall mean Indebtedness of any Borrower or any Guarantor that is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations of such Borrower and such Guarantor, as applicable, including, without limitation, the Senior Subordinated Notes.

 

Subsidiary ” shall mean, with respect to any person (the “ parent ”) at any date, (i) any person the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, (ii) any other corporation, limited liability company, association or other business entity of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the voting power of all Equity Interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of the Board of Directors thereof are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held by the parent and/or one or more subsidiaries of the parent, (iii) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or the managing general partner of which is the parent and/or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or (b) the only general partners of which are the parent and/or one or more subsidiaries of the parent and (iv) any other person that is otherwise Controlled by the parent and/or one or more subsidiaries of the parent. Unless the context requires otherwise, “Subsidiary” refers to a Subsidiary of any Borrower.

 

Subsidiary Guarantor ” shall mean each Subsidiary listed on Schedule 1.01(d) , Korean Opco, and each other Subsidiary that is or becomes a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 5.11 .

 

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Survey ” shall mean a survey of any Mortgaged Property (and all improvements thereon) which is (a) (i) prepared by a surveyor or engineer licensed to perform surveys in the jurisdiction where such Mortgaged Property is located, (ii) dated (or redated) not earlier than six months prior to the date of delivery thereof and (b) otherwise in form and substance substantially satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.

 

Swingline Commitment ” shall mean the commitment of the Swingline Lender to make loans pursuant to Section 2.16 , as the same may be reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.07 or Section 2.16 . The amount of the Swingline Commitment shall initially be $10.0 million, but in no event exceed the Revolving Commitment.

 

Swingline Exposure ” shall mean at any time the aggregate principal amount at such time of all outstanding Swingline Loans. The Swingline Exposure of any Revolving Lender at any time shall equal its Pro Rata Percentage of the aggregate Swingline Exposure at such time.

 

Swingline Lender ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.

 

Swingline Loan ” shall mean any loan made by the Swingline Lender pursuant to Section 2.16 .

 

Syndication Agent ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.

 

Tax Return ” shall mean all returns, statements, filings, attachments and other documents or certifications required to be filed in respect of Taxes.

 

Taxes ” shall mean all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, registration or stamp duties, deductions, withholdings, assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

 

Term Loan ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.18(c)(i) .

 

Term Loan Commitments ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.18(a) .

 

Test Period ” shall mean, at any time, the four consecutive fiscal quarters of Borrowers (or its predecessor) then last ended.

 

Title Company ” shall mean any title insurance company as shall be retained by Borrowers and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

 

Title Policy ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.01(o)(iii) .

 

Total Assets ” shall mean the total amount of all assets of a person, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP as shown on such person’s most recent balance sheet.

 

Total Leverage Ratio ” shall mean, at any date of determination, the ratio of Consolidated Indebtedness on such date to Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period then most recently ended.

 

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Transaction Documents ” shall mean the Loan Documents, Senior Secured Note Documents, the Senior Subordinated Note Documents, Collateral Trust Documents and the Korean Opco Loan Documents.

 

Transactions ” shall mean, collectively, the transactions to occur on or prior to the Closing Date pursuant to the Transaction Documents, including (a) the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents and the initial borrowings hereunder; (b) the Refinancing; (c) the execution, delivery and performance of the Senior Secured Note Documents and the issuance of the Senior Secured Notes thereunder; (d) the execution, delivery and performance of the Collateral Trust Documents; (e) the execution, delivery and performance of the Korean Opco Loan Documents; and (f) the payment of all fees and expenses to be paid on or prior to the Closing Date and owing in connection with the foregoing.

 

Transferred Guarantor ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.09 .

 

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

 

UCC ” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time (except as otherwise specified) in any applicable state or jurisdiction.

 

UK Sales Subsidiary ” shall mean MagnaChip Semiconductor Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales with registered number 05232381.

 

United States ” shall mean the United States of America.

 

U.S. Sales Subsidiary ” shall mean MagnaChip Semiconductor, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

 

Voting Stock ” shall mean, with respect to any person, any class or classes of Equity Interests pursuant to which the holders thereof have the general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect at least a majority of the Board of Directors of such person.

 

Wholly Owned Subsidiary ” shall mean, as to any person, (a) any corporation 100% of whose capital stock (other than directors’ qualifying shares) is at the time owned by such person and/or one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such person and (b) any partnership, association, joint venture, limited liability company or other entity in which such person and/or one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such person have a 100% equity interest at such time.

 

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

 

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

 

SECTION 1.03 Terms Generally . The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any

 

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pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.” Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any Loan Document, agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any person shall be construed to include such person’s successors and assigns, (c) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,” and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement, (e) any reference to any law or regulation herein shall refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (f) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights and (g) “on,” when used with respect to the Mortgaged Property or any property adjacent to the Mortgaged Property, means “on, in, under, above or about.”

 

SECTION 1.04 Accounting Terms; GAAP . Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all financial statements to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP as in effect from time to time and all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with GAAP, as in effect on the date hereof unless otherwise agreed to by Borrowers and the Required Lenders.

 

SECTION 1.05 Resolution of Drafting Ambiguities . Each Loan Party acknowledges and agrees that it was represented by counsel in connection with the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, that it and its counsel reviewed and participated in the preparation and negotiation hereof and thereof and that any rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation hereof or thereof.

 

ARTICLE II

 

THE CREDITS

 

SECTION 2.01 Commitments . Subject to the terms and conditions and relying upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, each Lender agrees, severally and not jointly, to make Revolving Loans to Borrowers, at any time and from time to time on or after the Closing Date until the earlier of the Revolving Maturity Date and the termination of the Revolving Commitment of such Lender in accordance with the terms hereof, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result in such Lender’s Revolving Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Revolving Commitment. Within the limits set forth above and subject to the terms, conditions and limitations set forth herein, Borrowers may borrow, pay or prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans.

 

SECTION 2.02 Loans .

 

(a) Each Loan (other than Swingline Loans) shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their applicable Commitments; provided that the failure of any Lender to make its Loan shall not in itself relieve any other Lender of its obligation

 

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to lend hereunder (it being understood, however, that no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make any Loan required to be made by such other Lender). Except for Loans deemed made pursuant to Section 2.17(e)(ii) , (x) ABR Revolving Loans comprising any Borrowing shall be in an aggregate principal amount that is (i) an integral multiple of $1.0 million and not less than $5.0 million or (ii) equal to the remaining available balance of the applicable Commitments and (y) the Eurodollar Revolving Loans comprising any Borrowing shall be in an aggregate principal amount that is (i) an integral multiple of $1.0 million and not less than $5.0 million or (ii) equal to the remaining available balance of the Commitments.

 

(b) Subject to Sections 2.11 and 2.12 , each Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of ABR Revolving Loans or Eurodollar Revolving Loans as any Borrower may request pursuant to Section 2.03 . Each Lender may at its option make any Eurodollar Revolving Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of Borrowers to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Borrowings of more than one Type may be outstanding at the same time; provided that Borrowers shall not be entitled to request any Borrowing that, if made, would result in more than five Eurodollar Borrowings outstanding hereunder at any one time. For purposes of the foregoing, Borrowings having different Interest Periods, regardless of whether they commence on the same date, shall be considered separate Borrowings.

 

(c) Except with respect to Loans deemed made pursuant to Section 2.17(e)(ii) , each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds to such account in New York City as the Administrative Agent may designate not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, and the Administrative Agent shall promptly credit the amounts so received to an account as directed by any Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request maintained with the Administrative Agent or, if a Borrowing shall not occur on such date because any condition precedent herein specified shall not have been met, return the amounts so received to the respective Lenders.

 

(d) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s portion of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such portion available to the Administrative Agent on the date of such Borrowing in accordance with paragraph (c) above, and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to Borrowers on such date a corresponding amount. If the Administrative Agent shall have so made funds available, then, to the extent that such Lender shall not have made such portion available to the Administrative Agent, each of such Lender and Borrowers severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is made available to Borrowers until the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent at (i) in the case of Borrowers, the interest rate applicable at the time to the Loans comprising such Borrowing and (ii) in the case of such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation. If such Lender shall repay to the Administrative Agent such corresponding amount, such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan as part of such Borrowing for purposes of this Agreement, and Borrowers’ obligation to repay the Administrative Agent such corresponding amount pursuant to this Section 2.02(d) shall cease.

 

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(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, none of the Borrowers shall be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Revolving Maturity Date.

 

SECTION 2.03 Borrowing Procedure . To request a Revolving Borrowing a Borrower shall deliver, by hand delivery or telecopier, a duly completed and executed Borrowing Request to the Administrative Agent (i) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing or (ii) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02 :

 

(a) the aggregate amount of such Borrowing;

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(e) the location and number of such Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.02(c) ; and

 

(f) that the conditions set forth in Sections 4.02(b)-(d) have been satisfied as of the date of the notice.

 

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

 

SECTION 2.04 Evidence of Debt; Repayment of Loans .

 

(a) Promise to Repay . Each Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender, the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan of such Revolving Lender on the Revolving Maturity Date and (ii) to the Swingline Lender, the then unpaid principal amount of each Swingline Loan on the earlier of the Revolving Maturity Date and the first date after such Swingline Loan is made that is the 15th or last day of a calendar month and is at least two Business Days after such Swingline Loan is made; provided that on each date that a Revolving Borrowing is made, Borrowers shall repay all Swingline Loans that were outstanding on the date such Borrowing was requested.

 

(b) Lender and Administrative Agent Records . Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of Borrowers to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by 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. The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it will record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder,

 

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the Type and Class thereof and the Interest Period applicable thereto; (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from Borrowers to each Lender hereunder; and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof. The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to this paragraph shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations therein recorded; provided that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligations of Borrowers to repay the Loans in accordance with their terms.

 

(c) Promissory Notes . Any Lender by written notice to Borrowers (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) may request that Loans of any Class made by it be evidenced by a promissory note. In such event, Borrowers shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to the order of such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) in the form of Exhibit K-1 or K-2 , as the case may be. Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 10.04 ) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the order of the payee named therein (or, if such promissory note is a registered note, to such payee and its registered assigns).

 

SECTION 2.05 Fees .

 

(a) Commitment Fee . Borrowers agree to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a commitment fee (a “ Commitment Fee ”) equal to the Applicable Fee per annum on the average daily unused amount of each Commitment of such Lender during the period from and including the date hereof to but excluding the date on which such Commitment terminates. Accrued Commitment Fees shall be payable in arrears (A) on the last Business Day of March, June, September and December of each year, commencing on the first such date to occur after the date hereof, and (B) on the date on which such Commitment terminates. Commitment Fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). For purposes of computing Commitment Fees with respect to Revolving Commitments, a Revolving Commitment of a Lender shall be deemed to be used to the extent of the outstanding Revolving Loans and LC Exposure of such Lender (and the Swingline Exposure of such Lender shall be disregarded for such purpose). For purposes of computing the Commitment Fee under this clause (a) , the portion of the average daily amount of the LC Exposure with respect to Alternative Currency Letters of Credit, shall be calculated by multiplying (i) the average daily balance of each Alternative Currency Letter of Credit (expressed in the currency in which such Alternative Currency Letter of Credit is denominated) by (ii) the Spot Rate for each such Alternative Currency in effect on the last Business Day of such period or by such other reasonable method that the Administrative deems appropriate.

 

(b) Administrative Agent Fees . Borrowers agree to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, the administrative fees set forth in the Fee Letter or such other fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between Borrowers and the Administrative Agent (the “ Administrative Agent Fees ”).

 

(c) LC and Fronting Fees . Borrower agrees to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender a participation fee (“ LC Participation Fee ”) with respect to its participations in Letters of Credit, which shall accrue at a rate equal to the Applicable Margin from time to time used to determine the interest rate on Eurodollar Revolving Loans pursuant to Section 2.06 on the average daily amount of such Lender’s LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to Reimbursement Obligations) during the period from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the later

 

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of the date on which such Lender’s Revolving Commitment terminates and the date on which such Lender ceases to have any LC Exposure, and (ii) to the Issuing Bank a fronting fee (“ Fronting Fee ”), which shall accrue at the rate of 0.25% per annum on the average daily amount of the LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to Reimbursement Obligations) during the period from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the later of the date of termination of the Revolving Commitments and the date on which there ceases to be any LC Exposure, as well as the Issuing Bank’s customary fees with respect to the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or processing of drawings thereunder. Accrued LC Participation Fees and Fronting Fees shall be payable in arrears (i) on the last Business Day of March, June, September and December of each year, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, and (ii) on the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate. Any such fees accruing after the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand. Any other fees payable to the Issuing Bank pursuant to this paragraph shall be payable within 10 days after demand therefor. All LC Participation Fees and Fronting Fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). For purposes of computing the LC Participation Fee and the LC Fronting Fee under this clause (c) , the portion of the average daily amount of the LC Exposure with respect to Alternative Currency Letters of Credit, shall be calculated by multiplying (i) the average daily balance of each Alternative Currency Letter of Credit (expressed in the currency in which such Alternative Currency Letter of Credit is denominated) by (ii) the Spot Rate for each such Alternative Currency in effect on the last Business Day of such period or by such other reasonable method that the Administrative deems appropriate.

 

(d) All Fees shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent for distribution, if and as appropriate, among the Lenders, except that Borrower shall pay the Fronting Fees directly to the Issuing Bank. Once paid, none of the Fees shall be refundable under any circumstances.

 

SECTION 2.06 Interest on Loans .

 

(a) ABR Revolving Loans . Subject to the provisions of Section 2.06(c) , the Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing, including each Swingline Loan, shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time.

 

(b) Eurodollar Revolving Loans . Subject to the provisions of Section 2.06(c) , the Loans comprising each Eurodollar Borrowing shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Adjusted LIBOR Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time.

 

(c) Default Rate . Notwithstanding the foregoing, during the continuance of an Event of Default, all Obligations shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a per annum rate equal to 2% plus the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin (the “ Default Rate ”).

 

(d) Interest Payment Dates . Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to Section 2.06(c) shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of an ABR Revolving Loan or a Swingline Loan), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in

 

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the event of any conversion of any Eurodollar Revolving Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.

 

(e) Interest Calculation . All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that interest computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). The applicable Alternate Base Rate or Adjusted LIBOR Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

SECTION 2.07 Termination; Reduction and Suspension of Commitments .

 

(a) Termination of Commitments . The Revolving Commitments, the Swingline Commitment and the LC Commitment shall automatically terminate on the Revolving Maturity Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all the Commitments shall automatically terminate at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on December 31, 2004, if the initial Credit Extension shall not have occurred by such time.

 

(b) Optional Terminations and Reductions . At its option, Borrowers may at any time terminate, or from time to time permanently reduce, the Commitments of any Class; provided that (i) each reduction of the Commitments of any Class shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $1.0 million and not less than $5.0 million and (ii) the Revolving Commitments shall not be terminated or reduced if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Revolving Loans in accordance with Section 2.09 , the aggregate amount of Revolving Exposures would exceed the aggregate amount of Revolving Commitments.

 

(c) Borrowers Notice . Borrowers shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing of any election to terminate or reduce the Commitments under Section 2.07(b) at least three Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by Borrowers pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable. Any termination or reduction of the Commitments of any Class shall be permanent. Each reduction of the Commitments of any Class shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments of such Class.

 

SECTION 2.08 Interest Elections .

 

(a) Generally . Each Revolving Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request. Thereafter, any Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section. Any Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, none of the Borrowers shall be entitled to request any conversion or continuation that, if made, would result in more than five Eurodollar Borrowings outstanding hereunder at any one time. This Section shall not apply to Swingline Borrowings, which may not be converted or continued.

 

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(b) Interest Election Notice . To make an election pursuant to this Section, a Borrower shall deliver, by hand delivery or telecopier, a duly completed and executed Interest Election Request to the Administrative Agent not later than the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if such Borrower were requesting a Revolving Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election. Each Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable. Each Interest Election Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.03 :

 

(i) the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, or if outstanding Borrowings are being combined, allocation to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(c) Automatic Conversion to ABR Borrowing . If an Interest Election Request with respect to a Eurodollar Borrowing is not timely delivered prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may require, by notice to Borrowers, that (i) no outstanding Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each Eurodollar Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto.

 

SECTION 2.09 Optional and Mandatory Prepayments of Loans .

 

(a) Optional Prepayments . Borrowers shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing, in whole or in part, subject to the requirements of this Section 2.09 ; provided that each partial prepayment shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $1.0 million and not less than $5.0 million.

 

(b) Revolving Loan Prepayments .

 

(i) In the event of the termination of all the Revolving Commitments, Borrowers shall, on the date of such termination, repay or prepay all its outstanding Revolving Borrowings

 

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and all outstanding Swingline Loans and replace all outstanding Letters of Credit or cash collateralize all outstanding Letters of Credit in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.17(i) .

 

(ii) In the event of any partial reduction of the Revolving Commitments, then (x) at or prior to the effective date of such reduction, the Administrative Agent shall notify Borrowers and the Revolving Lenders of the sum of the Revolving Exposures after giving effect thereto and (y) if the sum of the Revolving Exposures would exceed the aggregate amount of Revolving Commitments after giving effect to such reduction, then Borrowers shall, on the date of such reduction, first , repay or prepay Swingline Loans, second , repay or prepay Revolving Borrowings and third , replace outstanding Letters of Credit or cash collateralize outstanding Letters of Credit in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.17(i) , in an aggregate amount sufficient to eliminate such excess.

 

(iii) In the event that the sum of all Lenders’ Revolving Exposures exceeds the Revolving Commitments then in effect, Borrowers shall, without notice or demand, immediately first , repay or prepay Revolving Borrowings, and second , replace outstanding Letters of Credit or cash collateralize outstanding Letters of Credit in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.17(i) , in an aggregate amount sufficient to eliminate such excess.

 

(iv) In the event that the aggregate LC Exposure exceeds the LC Commitment then in effect, Borrowers shall, without notice or demand, immediately replace outstanding Letters of Credit or cash collateralize outstanding Letters of Credit in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.17(i) , in an aggregate amount sufficient to eliminate such excess.

 

(c) Asset Sales . Not later than three (3) Business Day following the receipt of any Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, Borrowers shall make prepayments in accordance with Sections 2.09(h) and (i) in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds; provided that:

 

(i) no such prepayment shall be required under this Section 2.09(c)(i) with respect to (A) any Asset Sale permitted by Section 6.06(a) , (B) the disposition of property which constitutes a Casualty Event, or (C) Asset Sales for fair market value resulting in less than $3.0 million in Net Cash Proceeds in any fiscal year; provided that clause (C) shall not apply in the case of any Asset Sale described in clause (b) of the definition thereof; and

 

(ii) so long as no Default shall then exist or would arise therefrom, such proceeds shall not be required to be so applied on such date to the extent that Borrowers shall have delivered an Officers’ Certificate to the Administrative Agent on or prior to such date stating that such Net Cash Proceeds are expected to be reinvested in fixed or capital assets within 360 days following the date of such Asset Sale (which Officers’ Certificate shall set forth the estimates of the proceeds to be so expended); provided that if all or any portion of such Net Cash Proceeds is not so reinvested within such 360-day period, such unused portion ( the “ Non-Reinvested Asset Sale Proceeds ”) shall be applied on the last day of such period as a mandatory prepayment as provided in this Section 2.09(c) ; provided, further , that if the property subject to such Asset Sale constituted Collateral, then all property purchased with the Net Cash Proceeds thereof pursuant to this subsection shall be made subject to the Lien of the applicable Security Documents in favor of the Collateral Agent, for its benefit and for the benefit of the other Secured Parties in accordance with Sections 5.11 and 5.12 .

 

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(d) [Intentionally Omitted.]

 

(e) [Intentionally Omitted.]

 

(f) Casualty Events . Not later than three (3) Business Day following the receipt of any Net Cash Proceeds from a Casualty Event by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of $3.0 million, Borrowers shall do one or more of the following with the full amount of such Net Cash Proceeds: (i) make prepayments of the outstanding Loans or (ii) so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing, deliver an Officers’ Certificate to the Administrative Agent stating that such proceeds are expected to be used to repair, replace or restore the property in respect of which such Net Cash Proceeds were paid or to reinvest in other fixed or capital assets no later than 360 days following the date of receipt thereof. To the extent any property subject to a Casualty Event generating Net Cash Proceeds in excess of $250,000 constituted Collateral under the Security Documents, the property so purchased with such Net Cash Proceeds shall be made subject to the Lien of the applicable Security Documents in accordance with Sections 5.11 and 5.12 . Any portion of the Net Cash Proceeds that is not used to so repair, replace or restore the property in respect of which such Net Cash Proceeds were paid within 360 days after receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds (the “ Non-Reinvested Casualty Proceeds ”) shall be applied as a repayment of the outstanding Loans and a reduction of the Revolving Commitments pursuant to Section 2.09(h). Repayments of Loans pursuant to clause (i) shall also reduce the Revolving Commitments.

 

(g) [Intentionally Omitted.]

 

(h) Application of Prepayments . In the event of any optional or mandatory prepayment hereunder, the aggregate amount of such prepayment shall be applied to the Revolving Loans. In addition, any mandatory prepayments made from or with respect to any Non-Reinvested Proceeds shall permanently reduce the Revolving Commitments ratably among the Revolving Lenders in accordance with their applicable Revolving Commitments.

 

Amounts to be applied pursuant to this Section 2.09 to the prepayment of Revolving Loans shall be applied, as applicable, first to reduce outstanding ABR Revolving Loans, respectively. Any amounts remaining after each such application shall be applied to prepay Eurodollar Revolving Loans, as applicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the amount of any prepayment of Loans required under this Section 2.09 shall be in excess of the amount of the ABR Revolving Loans at the time outstanding (an “ Excess Amount ”), only the portion of the amount of such prepayment as is equal to the amount of such outstanding ABR Revolving Loans shall be immediately prepaid and, at the election of Borrowers, the Excess Amount shall be either (A) deposited in an escrow account on terms satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and applied to the prepayment of Eurodollar Revolving Loans on the last day of the then next-expiring Interest Period for Eurodollar Revolving Loans; provided that (i) interest in respect of such Excess Amount shall continue to accrue thereon at the rate provided hereunder for the Loans which such Excess Amount is intended to repay until such Excess Amount shall have been used in full to repay such Loans and (ii) at any time while an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Administrative Agent may, and upon written direction from the Required Lenders shall, apply any or all proceeds then on deposit to the payment of such Loans in an amount equal to such Excess Amount or (B) prepaid immediately, together with any amounts owing to the Lenders under Section 2.12 .

 

(i) Notice of Prepayment . Borrowers shall notify the Administrative Agent (and, in the case of prepayment of a Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender) by written notice of any prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of prepayment of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the date of prepayment, (ii) in the case of prepayment of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, one Business Day before the date of prepayment

 

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and (iii) in the case of prepayment of a Swingline Loan, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date of prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable; provided that, if a notice of prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of the Commitments as contemplated by Section 2.07 , then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such termination is revoked in accordance with Section 2.07 . Each such notice shall specify the prepayment date, the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid and, in the case of a mandatory prepayment, a reasonably detailed calculation of the amount of such prepayment. Promptly following receipt of any such notice (other than a notice relating solely to Swingline Loans), the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each partial prepayment of any Borrowing shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of a Credit Extension of the same Type as provided in Section 2.02 , except as necessary to apply fully the required amount of a mandatory prepayment. Each prepayment of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing and otherwise in accordance with this Section 2.09 . Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.06 .

 

SECTION 2.10 Alternate Rate of Interest . If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Borrowing:

 

(a) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be final and conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBOR Rate for such Interest Period; or

 

(b) the Administrative Agent is advised in writing by the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBOR Rate for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period;

 

then the Administrative Agent shall give written notice thereof to Borrowers and the Lenders as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative Agent notifies Borrowers and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (i) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Eurodollar Borrowing shall be ineffective and (ii) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing.

 

SECTION 2.11 Yield Protection .

 

(a) Increased Costs Generally . If any Change in Law shall:

 

(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in, by any Lender (except any reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBOR Rate) or the Issuing Bank;

 

(ii) subject any Lender or the Issuing Bank to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, any participation in a Letter of Credit or any Eurodollar Revolving Loan made by it, or change the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender or the Issuing Bank in respect thereof (except for Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes covered by Section 2.14 and the imposition of, or any change in the rate of, any Excluded Tax payable by such Lender or the Issuing Bank); or

 

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(iii) impose on any Lender or the Issuing Bank or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement or Eurodollar Revolving Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;

 

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any Eurodollar Revolving Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan), or to increase the cost to such Lender, the Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of Credit), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or the Issuing Bank hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount), then, upon request of such Lender or the Issuing Bank, Borrowers will pay to such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

 

(b) Capital Requirements . If any Lender or the Issuing Bank determines (in good faith, but in its sole absolute discretion) that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or the Issuing Bank or any lending office of such Lender or such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, regarding capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by the Issuing Bank, to a level below that which such Lender or the Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time Borrowers will pay to such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

 

(c) Certificates for Reimbursement . A certificate of a Lender or the Issuing Bank setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 2.11 and delivered to Borrowers shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Borrowers shall pay such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.

 

(d) Delay in Requests . Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or the Issuing Bank to demand compensation pursuant to this Section 2.11 shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s right to demand such compensation; provided that Borrowers shall not be required to compensate a Lender or the Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than six months prior to the date that such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, notifies Borrowers of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the six-month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof) .

 

SECTION 2.12 Breakage Payments . In the event of (a) the payment or prepayment, whether optional or mandatory, of any principal of any Eurodollar Revolving Loan earlier than the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the

 

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conversion of any Eurodollar Revolving Loan earlier than the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Revolving Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto or (d) the assignment of any Eurodollar Revolving Loan earlier than the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by any Borrower pursuant to Section 2.15(b) , then, in any such event, Borrowers shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. In the case of a Eurodollar Revolving Loan, such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest which would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted LIBOR Rate that would have been applicable to such Loan, for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest which would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for dollar deposits of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the Eurodollar market. A certificate of any Lender setting forth in reasonable detail any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 2.12 shall be delivered to Borrowers (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) and shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error. Borrowers shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 5 days after receipt thereof.

 

SECTION 2.13 Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs .

 

(a) Payments Generally . Borrowers shall make each payment required to be made by them hereunder or under any other Loan Document (whether of principal, interest, fees or Reimbursement Obligations, or of amounts payable under Section 2.11 , 2.12 , 2.14 or 10.03 , or otherwise) on or before the time expressly required hereunder or under such other Loan Document for such payment (or, if no such time is expressly required, prior to 2:00 p.m., New York City time), on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without setoff, deduction or counterclaim. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent at its offices at 677 Washington Boulevard, Stamford, Connecticut, except payments to be made directly to the Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender as expressly provided herein and except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.11 , 2.12 , 2.14 and 10.03 shall be made directly to the persons entitled thereto and payments pursuant to other Loan Documents shall be made to the persons specified therein. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment under any Loan Document shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, unless specified otherwise, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. All payments under each Loan Document shall be made in dollars, except as expressly specified otherwise.

 

(b) Insufficient Funds . If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, Reimbursement Obligations, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first , toward payment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second , toward payment of principal and Reimbursement Obligations then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal and Reimbursement Obligations then due to such parties.

 

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(c) Sharing of Set-Off . Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, if any Lender (and/or the Issuing Bank, which shall be deemed a “Lender” for purposes of this Section 2.13(c) ) shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans or other Obligations resulting in such Lender’s receiving payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and accrued interest thereon or other Obligations greater than its pro rata share thereof as provided herein, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans and such other obligations of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans and other amounts owing them, provided that:

 

(i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest; and

 

(ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to (x) any payment made by any Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or (y) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements to any assignee or participant, other than to any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply).

 

Each Loan Party consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable Requirements of Law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against such Loan Party rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Loan Party in the amount of such participation. If under applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or any similar law any Secured Party receives a secured claim in lieu of a setoff or counterclaim to which this Section 2.13(c) applies, such Secured Party shall to the extent practicable, exercise its rights in respect of such secured claim in a manner consistent with the rights to which the Secured Party is entitled under this Section 2.13(c ) to share in the benefits of the recovery of such secured claim.

 

(d) Borrowers Default . Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from any Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the Issuing Bank hereunder that such Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if such Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or the Issuing Bank with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.

 

(e) Lender Default . If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.02(c) , 2.13(d) , 2.16(d) , 2.17(d) , 2.17(e) or 10.03(c) , then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), apply any amounts

 

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thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations under such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid.

 

SECTION 2.14 Taxes .

 

(a) Payments Free of Taxes . Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without reduction or withholding for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes; provided that if such Borrower shall be required by applicable Requirements of Law to deduct any Indemnified Taxes (including any Other Taxes) from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the Administrative Agent, Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) such Borrower shall make such deductions and (iii) such Borrower shall timely pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Requirements of Law.

 

(b) Payment of Other Taxes by Borrowers . Without limiting the provisions of paragraph (a) above, Borrowers shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Requirements of Law.

 

(c) Indemnification by Borrowers . Borrowers shall, jointly and severally, indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Issuing Bank, within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) paid by the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to Borrowers by a Lender or the Issuing Bank (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender or the Issuing Bank, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

(d) Evidence of Payments . As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by any Borrower to a Governmental Authority, such Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

(e) Status of Lenders . Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which any Borrower is resident for tax purposes, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall, to the extent it may lawfully do so, deliver to such Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable Requirements of Law or reasonably requested by such Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable Requirements of Law as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if requested by any Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable Requirements of Law or reasonably requested by such Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable such Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the above

 

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two sentences, in the case of non-U.S. withholding taxes the completion, execution and submission of non-U.S. forms shall not be required if in the Lender’s judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would be otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender in any material respect.

 

(f) Treatment of Certain Refunds . If the Administrative Agent, a Lender or the Issuing Bank determines, in its reasonable discretion, that it has received a refund of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by any Borrower or with respect to which any Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section, it shall pay to such Borrower an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by such Borrower under this Section with respect to the Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided that such Borrower, upon the request of the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the Issuing Bank, agrees to repay the amount paid over to such Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the Issuing Bank in the event the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the Issuing Bank is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This paragraph shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Bank to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes that it deems confidential) to any Borrower or any other person. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in no event will any Lender be required to pay any amount to any Borrower the payment


 
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