Exhibit 10.1
CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated
as of November 14, 2007
among
ABM
INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer,
JP
MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
and
KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ,
as Co-Syndication Agents,
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
and
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ,
as Co-Documentation Agents,
and
The
Other Lenders Party Hereto
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC,
Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Book Manager
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
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DEFINITIONS AND
ACCOUNTING TERMS
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1.1 Defined
Terms
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1.2 Other
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1.3 Accounting
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1.4 Rounding
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1.5 References to
Agreements and Laws
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1.6 Times of
Day
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1.7 Letter of Credit
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ARTICLE II
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The COMMITMENTS and
Credit Extensions
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2.1 Revolving
Loans
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2.2 Procedure for
Borrowing, Conversion and Continuation of Revolving Loans
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2.3 Letters of
Credit
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2.4 Swing Line
Loans
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2.5
Prepayments
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2.6 Termination or
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2.7 Repayment of
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2.8 Interest
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2.9 Fees
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2.10 Computation of
Interest and Fees
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2.11 Evidence of
Debt
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2.12 Payments
Generally
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2.13 Sharing of
Payments
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2.14 Increase in
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ARTICLE III
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TAXES, YIELD
PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
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3.1 Taxes
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3.2 Illegality
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3.3 Increased Cost
and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy; Reserves on Eurodollar Rate
Loans
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3.4 Funding
Losses
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3.5 Inability to
Determine Rates
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3.6 Matters
Applicable to all Requests for Compensation
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3.7 Survival
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ARTICLE IV
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CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
TO Credit Extensions
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4.1 Conditions of
Initial Credit Extension
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4.2 Conditions to
all Credit Extensions
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ARTICLE V
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REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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5.1 Existence,
Qualification and Power; Compliance with Laws
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5.2 Authorization;
No Contravention
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5.3 Third Party
Authorization; Other Consents
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5.4 Binding
Effect
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5.5 Litigation
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5.6 No Default
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5.7 ERISA
Compliance
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5.8 Ownership of
Property; Liens
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5.9 Taxes
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5.10 Financial
Statements; No Material Adverse Effect
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5.11 OneSource
Acquisition
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5.12 Environmental
Compliance
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5.13 Insurance
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5.14
Subsidiaries
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5.15 Margin
Regulations; Investment Company Act
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5.16 Full
Disclosure
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5.17 Compliance with
Laws
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5.18 Intellectual
Property; Licenses, Etc
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ARTICLE VI
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AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
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6.1 Financial
Statements
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6.2 Certificates;
Other Information
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6.3 Notices
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6.4 Payment of
Obligations
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6.5 Preservation of
Existence, Etc
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6.6 Maintenance of
Properties
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6.7 Maintenance of
Insurance
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6.8 Compliance with
Laws
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6.9 Books and
Records
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6.10 Inspection
Rights
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6.11 Use of
Proceeds
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6.12 Further
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ARTICLE VII
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NEGATIVE
COVENANTS
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7.1 Liens
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7.2
Dispositions
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7.3 Fundamental
Changes
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7.4
Investments
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7.5
Indebtedness
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7.6 Use of
Proceeds
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7.7 Restricted
Payments
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7.8 Change in Nature
of Business
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7.9 Transactions
with Affiliates
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7.10 Subsidiary
Dividends
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7.11 Financial
Covenants
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7.12 Amendments to
OneSource Merger Agreement
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ARTICLE VIII
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EVENTS OF DEFAULT
AND REMEDIES
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8.1 Events of
Default
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8.2 Remedies Upon
Event of Default
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ARTICLE IX
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ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT
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9.1 Appointment and
Authorization of Administrative Agent
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9.2 Delegation of
Duties
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9.3 Exculpatory
Provisions
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9.4 Reliance by
Administrative Agent
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9.5 Notice of
Default
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9.6 Credit Decision;
Disclosure of Information by Administrative Agent
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9.7 Administrative
Agent in its Individual Capacity
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9.8 Successor
Administrative Agent
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9.9 Administrative
Agent May File Proofs of Claim
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9.10 Guaranty
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9.11 Other
Agents
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ARTICLE X
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MISCELLANEOUS
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10.1 Amendments,
Etc
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10.2 Notices and
Other Communications; Facsimile Copies
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10.3 No Waiver;
Cumulative Remedies
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10.4 USA Patriot Act
Notice
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10.5 Expenses;
Indemnity; Damage Waiver
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10.6 Payments Set
Aside
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10.7 Successors and
Assigns
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10.8
Confidentiality
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10.9 Set-off
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10.10 Interest Rate
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10.11
Integration
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10.12 Survival of
Representations and Warranties
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10.13 Tax
Forms
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10.14
Counterparts
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10.15
Severability
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10.16 Automatic
Debits of Fees
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10.17 Governing
Law
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10.18 Waiver of
Right to Trial by Jury; Judicial Reference
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10.19 Termination of
Existing Credit Agreement
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SCHEDULES
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Existing Letters of Credit
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2.1 Commitments
and Pro Rata Shares
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7.10 Restrictions
on Subsidiary Dividends
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10.2 Certain
Eurodollar and Domestic Lending Offices, Addresses for
Notices
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EXHIBITS
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Form
of
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A Revolving
Loan Notice
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B Swing
Line Loan Notice
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C Note
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D Compliance
Certificate
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E Assignment
and Assumption
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F Guaranty
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G Opinion
of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
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H Opinion
of Linda S. Auwers
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I Form
of Increase Request
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v
CREDIT AGREEMENT
This CREDIT AGREEMENT (the “
Agreement ”) dated as of November 14, 2007 is
among ABM INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation (the
“ Company ”), each lender from time to time
party hereto (collectively, the “ Lenders ” and
individually, each a “ Lender ”) and BANK OF
AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C
Issuer.
The Company has requested that the
Lenders provide a revolving credit facility, and the Lenders are
willing to do so on the terms and conditions set forth
herein.
In consideration of the mutual
agreements contained herein the parties hereto agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
1.1 Defined Terms . As
used in this Agreement, the following terms have the respective
meanings set forth below:
“ Acquisition ”
means any transaction or series of related transactions for the
purpose of or resulting, directly or indirectly, in (a) the
acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets of a Person,
or of any business or division of a Person, (b) the
acquisition of in excess of 50% of the capital stock, partnership
interests, membership interests or equity of any Person or
otherwise causing any Person to become a Subsidiary or (c) a
merger or consolidation or any other combination with another
Person (other than a Person that is a Subsidiary); provided that
the Company or a Subsidiary is the surviving entity.
“ Adjusted Consolidated
EBITDA ” means, for any period, Consolidated EBITDA for
such period; provided that in calculating Adjusted
Consolidated EBITDA,
(a) if the Company or any Subsidiary
makes a Permitted Acquisition during such period for aggregate
consideration in excess of $10,000,000, the EBITDA of the Person or
assets acquired (and, solely for the purpose of determining pro
forma compliance with financial covenants pursuant to
Section 7.11 , any Person or assets to be acquired)
shall be included on a pro forma basis for such period (assuming
the consummation of such Acquisition and the incurrence or
assumption of any Indebtedness in connection therewith occurred on
the first day of such period, but adjusted to add back certain
non-recurring expenses to the extent disclosed to and reasonably
approved by the Required Lenders) based upon (i) to the extent
available, (x) the audited consolidated financial statements
of such acquired Person (or with respect to such acquired assets)
as at the end of the fiscal year of such Person (or of the seller
of such assets) preceding such Acquisition and (y) any
subsequent unaudited financial statements for such Person (or with
respect to such acquired assets) for the period prior to such
Acquisition so long as such statements were prepared on a basis
consistent with the audited financial statements
referred to
above or (ii) to the extent the items listed in clause
(i) are not available, such historical financial statements and
other information is disclosed to, and to the extent requested by
any Lender reasonably approved by, the Required Lenders; and
(b) if the Company or any Subsidiary
makes a Disposition (or a series of related Dispositions) during
such period for aggregate consideration in excess of $10,000,000,
the EBITDA of any Person (or division or similar business unit)
disposed of by the Company or any Subsidiary during such period
shall be excluded on a pro forma basis for such period (assuming
the consummation of such Disposition occurred on the first day of
such period).
“ Adjusted Consolidated
EBITDAR ” means, for any period, the sum of
(a) Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA for such period plus
(b) Adjusted Rental Expense for such period.
“ Adjusted Rental
Expense ” means, for any period, rental expense for such
period, adjusted and calculated in the same manner as Adjusted
Consolidated EBITDA for such period.
“ Administrative Agent
” means Bank of America in its capacity as administrative
agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor
administrative agent.
“ Administrative
Agent’s Office ” means the Administrative
Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on
Schedule 10.2 , or such other address or account as the
Administrative Agent may from time to time notify the Company and
the Lenders.
“ Administrative
Questionnaire ” means an Administrative Questionnaire in
a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
“ Affiliate ”
means, with respect to any Person, another Person that directly, or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is
Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
“ Control ” means the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to
exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “
Controlling ” and “ Controlled ”
have meanings correlative thereto.
“ Agent-Related Persons
” means the Administrative Agent together with its Affiliates
(including, in the case of Bank of America in its capacity as the
Administrative Agent, the Arranger), and the Related Parties of
such Persons and Affiliates.
“ Aggregate Commitments
” means the Commitments of all the Lenders. The Aggregate
Commitments at the Effective Time are $450,000,000.
“ Agreement ” has
the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“ Applicable Rate
” means, from time to time, the following percentages per
annum, based upon the Leverage Ratio as set forth below:
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< 0.75 to 1.0 |
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0.625% |
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0.000% |
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0.125% |
Initially, the Pricing Level shall be
Pricing Level 1. The Pricing Level shall be adjusted, to the extent
applicable, 60 days (or, in the case of the last fiscal
quarter of any fiscal year, 90 days) after the end of each
fiscal quarter (beginning with the fiscal quarter ending
January 31, 2008) based on the Leverage Ratio as of the last
day of such fiscal quarter; provided that if the Company
fails to deliver the financial statements required by
Section 6.1(a) or (b) , as applicable, and the
related Compliance Certificate required by Section 6.2(b) by
the 60th day (or, if applicable, the 90th day) after any fiscal
quarter, Pricing Level 1 shall apply until such financial
statements are delivered. If, as a result of any restatement of or
other adjustment to the financial statements of the Company or for
any other reason (excluding any restatement or other adjustment
resulting from a retrospective change in GAAP), the Lenders
determine that (a) the Leverage Ratio as calculated by the
Company as of any applicable date was inaccurate and (b) a
proper calculation of the Leverage Ratio would have resulted in
different pricing for any period, then (i) if the proper
calculation of the Leverage Ratio would have resulted in higher
pricing for such period, the Company shall automatically and
retroactively be obligated to pay to the Administrative Agent for
the benefit of the applicable Lenders, promptly on demand by the
Administrative Agent, an amount equal to the excess of the amount
of interest and fees that should have been paid for such period
over the amount of interest and fees actually paid for such period;
and (ii) if the proper calculation of the Leverage Ratio would
have resulted in lower pricing for such period, the Lenders shall
have no obligation to repay any interest or fees to the Company;
provided that if, as a result of any restatement or other
event a proper calculation of the Leverage Ratio would have
resulted in higher pricing for one or more periods and lower
pricing for one or more other periods (due to the shifting of
income or expenses from one period to another period or any similar
reason), then the amount payable by the Company pursuant to
clause (i) above shall be based upon the excess, if any, of
the amount of interest and fees that should have been paid for all
applicable periods over the amount of interest and fees paid for
all such periods.
“ Arranger ” means
Banc of America Securities LLC, in its capacity as sole lead
arranger and sole book manager.
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“ Assignment and
Assumption ” means an Assignment and Assumption
substantially in the form of Exhibit E .
“ Attorney Costs ”
means (a) all reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of
any law firm or other external counsel and (b) without
duplication, the allocated cost of internal legal services and all
expenses and disbursements of internal counsel to the extent, in
the case of this clause (b) , related to the enforcement or
protection of rights and remedies hereunder or under the other Loan
Documents during the existence of an Event of Default.
“ Attributable
Indebtedness ” means, on any date, (a) in respect of
any capital lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof
that appears on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such
date in accordance with GAAP, and (b) in respect of any
Synthetic Lease Obligation, the capitalized amount of the remaining
lease payments under the relevant lease that would appear on a
balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance
with GAAP if such lease were accounted for as a capital
lease.
“ Audited Financial
Statements ” means the audited consolidated balance sheet
of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended
October 31, 2006, and the related consolidated statements of
income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for
such fiscal year, including the notes thereto.
“ Availability Period
” means the period from the Effective Time to the earliest of
(a) the Maturity Date, (b) the date of termination of the
Aggregate Commitments pursuant to Section 2.6 , and
(c) the date of termination of the commitment of each Lender
to make Loans and of the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C
Credit Extensions pursuant to Section 8.2 .
“ Bank of America
” means Bank of America, N.A. and its successors.
“ Base Rate ”
means, for any day, a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the
higher of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1% and
(b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly
announced from time to time by Bank of America as its “prime
rate.” The “prime rate” is a rate set by Bank of
America based upon various factors including Bank of
America’s costs and desired return, general economic
conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for
pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such
announced rate. Any change in such rate announced by Bank of
America shall take effect at the opening of business on the day
specified in the public announcement of such change.
“ Base Rate Loan ”
means a Revolving Loan or a Swing Line Loan, as the context
requires, that bears interest by reference to the Base Rate.
“ Borrowing ”
means a Revolving Borrowing or a Swing Line Borrowing, as the
context may require.
“ Business Day ”
means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are
in fact closed in, San Francisco and the state where the
Administrative Agent’s Office is located and, if such day
relates to any Eurodollar Rate Loan or IBOR Rate Loan, means any
such day on which dealings
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in
Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London
interbank eurodollar market.
“ Cash Collateralize
” has the meaning specified in Section 2.3(g)
.
“ Change of Control
” means, with respect to any Person, an event or series of
events by which any “person” or “group” (as
such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, but excluding the Rosenberg Family, any
employee benefit plan of such person or its subsidiaries, and any
Person acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary
or administrator of any such plan) becomes the “beneficial
owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except that a person or group
shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all
securities that such person or group has the right to acquire (such
right, an “ option right ”), whether such right
is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time),
directly or indirectly, of 25% or more of the equity securities of
such Person entitled to vote for members of the board of directors
or equivalent governing body of such Person on a fully-diluted
basis (and taking into account all such securities that such person
or group has the right to acquire pursuant to any option
right).
“ Code ” means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
“ Commitment ”
means, as to each Lender, its obligation to (a) make Revolving
Loans to the Company pursuant to Section 2.1 ,
(b) purchase participations in L/C Obligations, and
(c) purchase participations in Swing Line Loans, in an
aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to
exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on
Schedule 2.1 or in the Assignment and Assumption
pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as
applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in
accordance with this Agreement.
“ Company ” has
the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“ Compliance Certificate
” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit
D .
“ Consolidated EBITDA
” means, for any period, an amount equal to Consolidated Net
Income for such period plus , to the extent deducted in
calculating such Consolidated Net Income, (i) Consolidated
Interest Charges, (ii) provisions for federal, state, local
and foreign income taxes payable by the Company and its
Subsidiaries, (iii) depreciation and amortization expense,
(iv) all non-cash, non-recurring and extraordinary charges
(including charges resulting from the application of Financial
Accounting Standard No. 142) and (v) stock based
compensation expense and (vi) for the periods ending
January 31, 2008, April 30, 2008, July 31, 2008, and
October 31, 2008, $30,000,000, minus , to the extent
included in such Consolidated Net Income, all non-recurring and
extraordinary gains or income.
“ Consolidated Interest
Charges ” means, for any period, for the Company and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the sum, without duplication,
of (a) all interest, premium payments, debt discount, fees,
charges and related expenses of the Company and its Subsidiaries in
connection with borrowed money (including capitalized interest) or
the deferred purchase price of assets, in each case to the extent
treated as interest in accordance with GAAP, and (b) the
portion of rent expense of the Company and its Subsidiaries with
respect to such period under
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capital
leases or with respect to Synthetic Lease Obligations that, in each
case, is treated as interest in accordance with GAAP.
“ Consolidated Net
Income ” means, for any period, the consolidated net
income of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period.
“ Consolidated Net Worth
” means, as of any date of determination, Shareholders’
Equity on such date.
“ Contractual Obligation
” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security
issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other
undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any
of its property is bound.
“ Control ” has
the meaning specified in the definition of
“Affiliate.”
“ Credit Extension
” means each of the following: (a) a Borrowing and
(b) an L/C Credit Extension.
“ Debtor Relief Laws
” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all
other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the
benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership,
insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the
United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time
in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.
“ Default ” means
any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or
that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both,
would (if not cured or otherwise remedied during such time) be an
Event of Default.
“ Default Rate ”
means (a) with respect to Base Rate Loans, an interest rate
equal to (i) the Base Rate plus (ii) 2% per annum;
(b) with respect to Eurodollar Rate Loans, an interest rate
equal to (i) the Eurodollar Rate plus (ii) the
Applicable Rate plus (iii) 2% per annum; and
(c) with respect to IBOR Rate Loans, an interest rate equal to
(i) the IBOR Rate plus (ii) the Applicable Rate
plus (iii) 2% per annum, in each case to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable Laws.
“ Defaulting Lender
” means any Lender that (a) has failed to fund any
portion of the Revolving Loans, participations in L/C Obligations
or participations in Swing Line Loans required to be funded by it
hereunder within one Business Day of the date required to be funded
by it hereunder, (b) has otherwise failed to pay over to the
Administrative Agent or any Lender any other amount required to be
paid by it hereunder within one Business Day of the date when due,
unless the subject of a good faith dispute, or (c) has been
deemed insolvent or become the subject of a bankruptcy or
insolvency proceeding or any other proceeding under any Debtor
Relief Law.
“ Disclosure Certificate
” means the certificate dated November 14, 2007
delivered by the Company to the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders.
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“ Disposition ” or
“ Dispose ” means the sale, transfer, license,
lease or other disposition (including any sale and leaseback
transaction) of any property by any Person, including any sale,
assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse,
of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims
associated therewith.
“ Dollar ” and
“ $ ” mean lawful money of the United
States.
“ Earn-out ”
means, with respect to any Person, any payment that may be required
to be made by such Person in connection with an Acquisition, where
the obligation of such Person to make such payment (or the amount
thereof) is contingent upon the financial or other performance of
the Person or asset acquired. The amount of any Earn-out shall
equal the anticipated amount thereof as reasonably determined in
good faith by the Company.
“ EBITDA ” means,
for any Person for any period, the consolidated net income of such
Person for such period plus, to the extent deducted in determining
such consolidated net income, interest expense, income tax expense,
depreciation and amortization of such Person.
“ Effective Time ”
means the time at which all the conditions precedent in Section
4.1 are satisfied or waived in accordance with
Section 4.1 (or, in the case of
Section 4.1(b) , waived by the Person entitled to
receive the applicable payment).
“ Eligible Assignee
” has the meaning specified in Section 10.7(g)
.
“ Environmental Claims
” means all claims, however asserted, by any Governmental
Authority or other Person alleging potential liability or
responsibility for violation of any Environmental Law, or for
release or injury to the environment.
“ Environmental Laws
” means any and all Federal, state, local, and foreign
statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders,
decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses,
agreements or governmental restrictions relating to pollution and
the protection of the environment or the release of any materials
into the environment, including those related to hazardous
substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or
public systems.
“ ERISA ” means
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
“ ERISA Affiliate
” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated)
under common control with the Company within the meaning of Section
414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of
the Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of
the Code).
“ ERISA Event ”
means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan;
(b) a withdrawal by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate from a
Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan
year in which it was a substantial employer (as defined in
Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations that
is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA;
(c) a complete or partial withdrawal by the Company or any
ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a
Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization; (d) the filing of a
notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Plan
amendment
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as a
termination under Sections 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the
commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan
or Multiemployer Plan; (e) an event or condition which
constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the
termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any
Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (f) the imposition of
any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums
due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon the
Company or any ERISA Affiliate.
“ Eurodollar Interest
Period ” means, as to each Eurodollar Rate Loan, the
period commencing on the date such Eurodollar Rate Loan is
disbursed or converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Rate Loan
and ending on the date one or two weeks or one, two, three or six
months thereafter (or on such other date as all Lenders shall
agree), as selected by the Company in a Revolving Loan Notice;
provided that:
(a) any Eurodollar Interest Period
that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall
be extended to the following Business Day unless such following
Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such
Eurodollar Interest Period shall end on the preceding Business
Day;
(b) except as otherwise agreed by all
Lenders, any Eurodollar Interest Period that begins on the last
Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no
numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of
such Eurodollar Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day
of the calendar month at the end of such Eurodollar Interest
Period; and
(c) no Eurodollar Interest Period
shall extend beyond the scheduled Maturity Date.
“ Eurodollar Rate
” means for any Interest Period with respect to any
Eurodollar Rate Loan, the rate per annum equal to the British
Bankers Association LIBOR Rate (“ BBA LIBOR ”),
as published by Reuters (or another commercially available source
providing quotations of BBA LIBOR as designated by the
Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately
11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the
commencement of such Interest Period, for Dollar deposits (for
delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term
equivalent to such Interest Period. If such rate is not available
at such time for any reason, then the “Eurodollar Rate”
for such Interest Period shall be the rate per annum determined by
the Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits in
Dollars for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in
same day funds in the approximate amount of the Eurodollar Rate
Loan being made, continued or converted by Bank of America and with
a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by Bank
of America’s London Branch to major banks in the London
interbank eurodollar market at their request at approximately
11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the
commencement of such Interest Period.
“ Eurodollar Rate Loan
” means a Revolving Loan that bears interest at a rate based
on the Eurodollar Rate.
“ Event of Default
” has the meaning specified in Section 8.1
.
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“ Existing Credit
Agreement ” means the Credit Agreement dated as of
May 25, 2005 among the Company, Bank of America, as
administrative agent, and a syndicate of lenders.
“ Existing Letters of
Credit ” means the letters of credit listed on
Schedule 1 that were issued under the Existing Credit
Agreement or the OneSource Credit Agreement.
“ Federal Funds Rate
” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the
weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds
transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by
Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such
day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business
Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such
transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on
the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is
so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal
Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate (rounded upward,
if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to Bank
of America on such day on such transactions as determined by the
Administrative Agent.
“ Fee Letter ”
means the letter agreement dated October 17, 2007 among the
Company, the Administrative Agent and the Arranger.
“ Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio ” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio
of (a) Adjusted Consolidated EBITDAR for the period of the
four prior fiscal quarters ending on such date to (b) the sum,
without duplication, of (i) Consolidated Interest Charges for
such period plus (ii) Adjusted Rental Expense for such period
plus (iii) scheduled principal payments of long-term
Indebtedness required to be made during such period.
“ Foreign Lender ”
has the meaning specified in Section 10.13(a) .
“ FRB ” means the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United
States.
“ Funded Indebtedness
” means all Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries,
excluding (i) contingent obligations in respect of commercial
letters of credit and Guarantees (except, in each case, to the
extent constituting Guarantees in respect of Indebtedness of a
Person other than the Company or any Subsidiary),
(ii) obligations under Swap Contracts and (iii) Indebtedness
of the Company to Subsidiaries and Indebtedness of Subsidiaries to
the Company or to other Subsidiaries.
“ GAAP ” means
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set
forth from time to time in the opinions and pronouncements of the
Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the
Financial Accounting Standards Board or such other principles as
may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting
profession in the United States, that are applicable to the
circumstances as of the date of determination, consistently
applied.
“ Governmental Authority
” means any nation or government, any state or other
political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority,
instrumentality, regulatory body, court,
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administrative tribunal, central bank or other entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or
administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to
government.
“ Guarantee ”
means, as to any Person, (a) any obligation, contingent or
otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic
effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation payable
or performable by another Person (the “primary
obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and
including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect,
(i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the
purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation,
(ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for
the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness
or other obligation of the payment or performance of such
Indebtedness or other obligation, (iii) to maintain working
capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition
or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor
so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or
other obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of
assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such
Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance
thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof
(in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of such
Person securing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other
Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is
assumed by such Person. The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed
to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the
related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which
such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the
maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as
determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term
“Guarantee” as a verb has a corresponding
meaning.
“ Guarantors ”
means all Subsidiaries of the Company that have executed a
counterpart of the Guaranty.
“ Guaranty ” means
the Guaranty made by the Guarantors in favor of the Administrative
Agent on behalf of the Lenders, substantially in the form of
Exhibit F .
“ Hazardous Materials
” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and
all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants,
including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or
asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon
gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or
wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental
Law.
“ Honor Notice Date
” has the meaning specified in Section 2.3(c)(i)
.
“ IBOR Interest Period
” means, with respect to any IBOR Rate Loan, each period
commencing on the date such Loan is made or continued or converted
from a Base Rate Loan to an IBOR Rate Loan or the last day of the
next preceding IBOR Interest Period with respect to such IBOR Rate
Loan, and ending one, two, three, four, five, six or seven days
thereafter, as the Company may select as provided in
Section 2.4(b) . Notwithstanding the foregoing:
(a) each IBOR Interest Period shall end on a Business Day;
(b) no IBOR Interest Period may extend beyond the scheduled
Maturity Date; and (c) no more than six IBOR Interest Periods
shall be in effect at the same time.
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“ IBOR Rate ”
means the interest rate at which Bank of America’s Grand
Cayman Banking Center, Grand Cayman, British West Indies, would
offer Dollar deposits for the applicable Interest Period to other
major banks in the offshore Dollar interbank market.
“ IBOR Rate Loan ”
means a Swing Line Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the
IBOR Rate.
“ Indebtedness ”
means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication,
all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or
liabilities in accordance with GAAP:
(i) all obligations of such Person
for borrowed money and all obligations of such Person evidenced by
bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar
instruments;
(ii) all obligations of such Person
to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (other
than (i) trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of
business and (ii) Earn-outs owed by such Person with respect to any
Acquisition);
(iii) all Attributable Indebtedness
of such Person under capital leases and with respect to Synthetic
Lease Obligations;
(iv) all direct or contingent
obligations of such Person arising under letters of credit
(including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances,
bank guaranties and similar instruments;
(v) net obligations of such Person
under any Swap Contract;
(vi) indebtedness (excluding prepaid
interest thereon) secured by a Lien on property owned or being
purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under
conditional sales or other title retention agreements), whether or
not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is
limited in recourse; and
(vii) all Guarantees of such Person
in respect of any of the foregoing.
For all purposes hereof, the
Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any
partnership or similar entity in which such Person is a general
partner or with respect to which such Person has liability under
applicable laws for the obligations of such entity, except to the
extent that such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to
such Person. The amount of any net obligation under any Swap
Contract on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination
Value thereof as of such date. The amount of any capital lease or
Synthetic Lease Obligation as of any date shall be deemed to be the
amount of Attributable Indebtedness in respect thereof as of such
date.
“ Indemnitee ” has
the meaning set forth in Section 10.5 .
“ Information ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 10.8 .
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“ Interest Payment Date
” means (a) as to any Eurodollar Rate Loan or IBOR Rate
Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan
and the Maturity Date; provided that if any Interest Period
for a Eurodollar Rate Loan exceeds three months, the respective
dates that fall every three months after the beginning of such
Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates; and
(b) as to any Base Rate Loan, the last Business Day of each
March, June, September and December and the Maturity Date.
“ Interest Period
” means a Eurodollar Interest Period or an IBOR Interest
Period, as the context requires.
“ Investment ”
means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or
investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the
purchase or other acquisition of capital stock or other securities
of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution
to, Guarantee or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other
acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest
in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture
interest in such other Person, or (c) the purchase or other
acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of
assets of another Person that constitute a business unit. For
purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall
be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent
increases or decreases in the value of such Investment.
“ IP Rights ” has
the meaning set forth in Section 5.18 .
“ IRS ” means the
United States Internal Revenue Service.
“ ISP ” means
“International Standby Practices 1998” published by the
Institute of International Banking Law & Practice (or such
later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of
issuance).
“ Joint Venture ”
means a partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or
other similar legal arrangement (whether created by contract or
conducted through a separate legal entity) now or hereafter formed
by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with another Person in
order to conduct a common venture or enterprise with such
Person.
“ Laws ” means,
collectively, all international, foreign, Federal, state and local
statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances,
codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities,
including the interpretation or administration thereof by any
Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation
or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative
orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and
permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in
each case whether or not having the force of law.
“ L/C Advance ”
means, with respect to each Lender, such Lender’s funding of
its participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Pro
Rata Share.
“ L/C Borrowing ”
means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any
Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when
made or refinanced as a Revolving Borrowing.
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“ L/C Credit Extension
” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance
thereof, the extension of the expiry date thereof or the increase
of the amount thereof.
“ L/C Issuer ”
means Bank of America in its capacity as issuer of Letters of
Credit hereunder, or any successor issuer of Letters of Credit
hereunder.
“ L/C Obligations
” means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate
undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the
aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C
Borrowings. For the purposes of computing the amount available to
be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of
Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.7 .
For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination
a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may
still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of
Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to
be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available
to be drawn.
“ Lender ” has the
meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto and, as the
context requires, includes the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line
Lender.
“ Lending Office ”
means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender
described as such in such Lender’s Administrative
Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from
time to time notify the Company and the Administrative Agent.
“ Letter of Credit
” has the meaning specified in Section 2.3(a)(i)
.
“ Letter of Credit
Application ” means an application and agreement for the
issuance or Modification of a Letter of Credit in the form from
time to time in use by the L/C Issuer.
“ Leverage Ratio ”
means, as of any date of determination, for the Company and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the ratio of (a) Funded
Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of such date to
(b) Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the four
fiscal quarters ending on such date.
“ Lien ” means any
mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement,
encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference,
priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement of
any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or
other title retention agreement, and any financing lease having
substantially the same economic effect as any of the
foregoing).
“ Loan ” means an
extension of credit by a Lender to the Company under Article
II in the form of a Revolving Loan or a Swing Line Loan.
“ Loan Documents ”
means this Agreement, each Note, the Fee Letter, and the
Guaranty.
“ Loan Parties ”
means, collectively, the Company and each Guarantor, it being
understood that “Loan Parties” shall not include any
Subsidiary that has been released as a Guarantor pursuant to
Section 9.10 .
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“ Material Adverse
Effect ” means (a) a material adverse change in, or
a material adverse effect upon, the operations, business,
properties, liabilities (actual or contingent) or condition
(financial or otherwise) of the Company or the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (b) a material impairment of
the ability of any Loan Party to perform its obligations under any
Loan Document to which it is a party; or (c) a material
adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or
enforceability against any Loan Party of any Loan Document to which
it is a party.
“ Material Financial
Amount ” means, at any time, 7.5% of Consolidated Net
Worth as shown in the most recent financial statements delivered
pursuant to Section 6.1 .
“ Maturity Date ”
means (a) November 14, 2012 or (b) such earlier date
upon which the Loans and other Obligations become due in accordance
with the terms hereof.
“ Modification ”
means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, any amendment to such
Letter of Credit to amend or otherwise modify such Letter of Credit
(including any extension of the expiry date therefor or increase in
the amount thereof). The term “Modify” has a
correlative meaning.
“ Multiemployer Plan
” means any employee benefit plan of the type described in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the Company or any ERISA
Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during
the preceding five plan years, has made or been obligated to make
contributions.
“ Note ” means a
promissory note made by the Company in favor of a Lender evidencing
Loans made by such Lender, substantially in the form of
Exhibit C .
“ Obligations ”
means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations,
covenants and duties of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan
Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit,
whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by
assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now
existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that
accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party of any
proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the
debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and
fees are allowed claims in such proceeding.
“ OneSource ”
means OneSource Services Inc., a company organized under the laws
of Belize.
“ OneSource Acquisition
” means the acquisition of OneSource by the Company pursuant
to the OneSource Merger Agreement.
“ OneSource Credit
Agreement ” means the Credit Agreement dated as of
December 22, 2005 among OneSource Holdings Inc., various
Subsidiaries thereof, various financial institutions and Bank of
America, as agent.
“ OneSource Merger
Agreement ” means the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated
as of October 7, 2007 among OneSource, the Company and OCo
Merger Sub LLC, including all schedules, annexes and exhibits
thereto.
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“ Organization Documents
” means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the
certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or
equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any
non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited
liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or
organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to
any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business
entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable
agreement of formation or organization and any agreement,
instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in
connection with its formation or organization with the applicable
Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or
organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of
formation or organization of such entity.
“ Outstanding Amount
” means (a) with respect to Revolving Loans and Swing
Line Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount
thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and repayments
occurring on such date; and (b) with respect to any L/C
Obligations on any date, the amount of such L/C Obligations on such
date after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension occurring on
such date and any other change in the aggregate amount of the L/C
Obligations as of such date, including as a result of reimbursement
of any outstanding unpaid drawing under any Letter of Credit or any
reduction in the maximum amount available for drawing under any
Letter of Credit taking effect on such date.
“ Participant ”
has the meaning specified in Section 10.7(d) .
“ PBGC ” means the
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
“ Pension Plan ”
means any “employee pension benefit plan” (as such term
is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), other than a
Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and is
sponsored or maintained by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate or to
which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate contributes or has an
obligation to contribute, or in the case of a multiple employer or
other plan described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA, has made
contributions at any time during the immediately preceding five
plan years.
“ Permitted Acquisition
” means (a) the OneSource Acquisition and (b) any
other Acquisition that meets each of the following requirements:
(i) the Person to be acquired is, or the assets to be acquired
are for use in, in the same or similar line of business as the
Company or a line of business that is complementary thereto,
(ii) in the case of the Acquisition of a Person, such
Acquisition has been approved by the board of directors or similar
governing body and, if applicable, the shareholders of the Person
to be acquired, (iii) the Company is and will be in pro forma
compliance with each of the financial covenants contained in
Section 7.11 before and after giving effect to such
Acquisition, (iv) the aggregate consideration (other than
consideration to be paid in common stock of the Company, but
including Earn-outs, cash and assumed debt) to be paid by the
Company in connection with such Acquisition (or any series of
related Acquisitions) does not exceed Consolidated EBITDA for the
most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters for which
the Company has delivered financial statements pursuant to
Section 6.1 , (v) no Default shall exist at the
time of, or shall result from, such Acquisition and (vi) if
the aggregate consideration (including consideration to be paid in
common stock of the Company, Earn-outs, cash and assumed debt) to
be paid by the Company in connection with such Acquisition (or a
series of related Acquisitions) is equal to or greater than
$50,000,000, the
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Company
has delivered to the Administrative Agent at least 10 days
prior to the consummation of such Acquisition a pro forma
Compliance Certificate for the fiscal quarter most recently ended
(calculated as if such Acquisition had occurred on the first day of
the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on the last
day of such fiscal quarter).
“ Permitted Investments
” means (a) direct obligations of, or obligations fully
guaranteed by, the United States or any agency thereof;
(b) direct obligations of, or obligations fully guaranteed by,
any State, territory or possession of the United States (including
the District of Columbia) or any agency thereof which have a
short-term rating of at least SP-1 by S&P (as defined below) or
MIG-1 by Moody’s (as defined below) or a long-term rating of
at least A by S&P or A1 by Moody’s (or, in each case, the
equivalent thereof by another Rating Agency (as defined below));
(c) commercial paper issued by corporations or financial
institutions which have the highest short-term or long-term rating,
as applicable, of at least one Rating Agency and at least the
second highest short-term or long-term rating, as applicable, of
another Rating Agency; (d) unsecured promissory notes (other than
commercial paper) issued by corporations or financial institutions
which have a short-term debt rating of at least A-1 from S&P
and P-1 from Moody’s (or the equivalent thereof by another
Rating Agency) and a long-term debt rating of at least A from
S&P and A-1 from Moody’s (or the equivalent thereof by
another Rating Agency); (e) time deposits with, and
certificates of deposit, acceptances and similar instruments issued
by, (i) any Lender or (ii) any office of any bank or trust
company whose certificates of deposit are rated in one of the two
highest grades by at least one Rating Agency; (f) repurchase
agreements entered into with a bank or trust company described in
clause (e) (or with securities broker-dealers of nationally
recognized standing) with respect to obligations described in
clause (a) ; (g) obligations of United States or
foreign commercial banks having a minimum short-term debt rating of
F1 from Fitch; and (h) shares of open-ended investment
companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940;
provided that each such investment company complies with
Rule 2a-7 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, maintains a
constant net asset value, offers daily liquidity and has a weighted
average maturity of not more than 90 days. For purposes of the
foregoing, “Rating Agency” means S&P,
Moody’s, Fitch or any other nationally-recognized credit
rating agency; “Fitch” means Fitch, Inc., doing
business as Fitch Ratings; “Moody’s means Moody’s
Investors Service, Inc.; and “S&P” means Standard
& Poor’s Rating Services.
“ Permitted Long-Term
Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness of the Company or a
Guarantor which (a) requires no payments of principal until
the date which is 91 days after the scheduled Maturity Date or
(b) is incurred to finance an Acquisition and is intended to
be replaced, and is in fact replaced, by Indebtedness described in
the preceding clause (a) within six months after the
incurrence thereof.
“ Permitted Stock
Repurchases ” means repurchases or redemptions by the
Company of its capital stock for fair and reasonable consideration
not exceeding $75,000,000 in aggregate amount during any fiscal
year; provided that the Company may add up to $10,000,000 of
the unused portion of such limit for any fiscal year to the limit
for the immediately succeeding fiscal year.
“ Person ” means
any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust,
joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental
Authority or other entity.
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“ Plan ” means any
“employee benefit plan” (as such term is defined in
Section 3(3) of ERISA) established by the Company or, with
respect to any such plan that is subject to Section 412 of the
Code or Title IV of ERISA, any ERISA Affiliate.
“ Platform ” has
the meaning set forth in Section 6.2 .
“ Pro Rata Share ”
means, with respect to each Lender at any time, a fraction
(expressed as a percentage, carried out to the ninth decimal
place), the numerator of which is the amount of the Commitment of
such Lender at such time and the denominator of which is the amount
of the Aggregate Commitments at such time; provided that if
the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and the obligation of
the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated
pursuant to Section 8.2 , then the Pro Rata Share of
each Lender shall be determined based on the Pro Rata Share of such
Lender immediately prior to such termination and after giving
effect to any subsequent assignments made pursuant to the terms
hereof. The initial Pro Rata Share of each Lender is set forth
opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 2.1 or in
the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes
a party hereto, as applicable.
“ Register ” has
the meaning set forth in Section 10.7(c) .
“ Related Parties
” means, 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.
“ Reportable Event
” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of
ERISA, other than events for which the 30 day notice period
has been waived.
“ Request for Credit
Extension ” means (a) with respect to a Borrowing,
conversion or continuation of Revolving Loans, a Revolving Loan
Notice, (b) with respect to an L/C Credit Extension, a Letter
of Credit Application, and (c) with respect to a Swing Line
Loan, a Swing Line Loan Notice.
“ Required Lenders
” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders having more
than 50% of the Aggregate Commitments or, if the commitment of each
Lender to make Loans and the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make
L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to
Section 8.2 , Lenders holding in the aggregate more
than 50% of the Total Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of
each Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in
L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans being deemed
“held” by such Lender for purposes of this definition);
provided that the Commitment of, and the portion of the
Total Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender
shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of
Required Lenders.
“ Responsible Officer
” means the chief executive officer, president, chief
financial officer, treasurer or assistant treasurer of a Loan
Party. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a
Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed
to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership
and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such
Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on
behalf of such Loan Party.
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“ Restricted Payment
” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash,
securities or other property) with respect to any capital stock or
other equity interest of the Company or any Subsidiary, or any
payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including
any sinking fund or similar deposit on account of the purchase,
redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of
any such capital stock or other equity interest or of any option,
warrant or other right to acquire any such capital stock or other
equity interest.
“ Revolving Borrowing
” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Revolving
Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans,
having the same Interest Period made by each of the Lenders
pursuant to Section 2.1 .
“ Revolving Loan ”
has the meaning specified in Section 2.1 .
“ Revolving Loan Notice
” means a notice of (a) a Revolving Borrowing,
(b) a conversion of Revolving Loans from one Type to the other
or (c) a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, pursuant to
Section 2.2(a) , which, if in writing, shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit A .
“ Rosenberg Family
” means the lineal descendants of Morris Rosenberg, their
respective spouses, any trust for the benefit of the foregoing and
any other Person more than 50% of the equity of which is owned by
any of the foregoing.
“ SEC ” means the
Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority
succeeding to any of its principal functions.
“ Shareholders’
Equity ” means, as of any date of determination,
consolidated shareholders’ equity of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as of that date determined in accordance with
GAAP.
“ SPC ” has the
meaning specified in Section 10.7(h) .
“ Subsidiary ” of
a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited
liability company or other business entity of which a majority of
the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting
power for the election of directors or other governing body (other
than securities or interests having such power only by reason of
the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned,
or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such
Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a
“Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall
refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Company.
“ Surety Bond ”
means, with respect to any Person, a bid bond, performance bond,
payment bond, maintenance bond, license bond, permit bond or
similar bond issued on behalf of such Person by a bonding company
or other surety.
“ Swap Contract ”
means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps,
credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions,
commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts,
equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond
index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or
forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward
foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor
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transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions,
cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot
contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of
any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of
the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by
or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all
transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are
subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of
master agreement published by the International Swaps and
Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange
Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master
agreement, together with any related schedules, a “ Master
Agreement ”), including any such obligations or
liabilities under any Master Agreement.
“ Swap Termination Value
” means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after
taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting
agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on
or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and
termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such
termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date
referenced in subsection (a) , the amount(s) determined as
the mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined
based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available
quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts
(which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).
“ Swing Line ”
means the revolving credit facility made available by the Swing
Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.4 .
“ Swing Line Borrowing
” means a borrowing of a Swing Line Loan pursuant to
Section 2.4 .
“ Swing Line Lender
” means Bank of America in its capacity as provider of Swing
Line Loans, or any successor swing line lender hereunder.
“ Swing Line Loan
” has the meaning specified in Section 2.4(a)
.
“ Swing Line Loan Notice
” means a notice of (a) a Swing Line Borrowing,
(b) a conversion of Swing Line Loans from one Type to the
other or (c) a continuation of Swing Line Loans, pursuant to
Section 2.4(b) , which, if in writing, shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit B .
“ Swing Line Sublimit
” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $25,000,000 and
(b) the Aggregate Commitments. The Swing Line Sublimit is part of,
and not in addition to, the Aggregate Commitments.
“ Synthetic Lease
Obligation ” means the monetary obligation of a Person
under (a) a so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax
retention lease, or (b) an agreement for the use or possession
of property creating obligations that do not appear on the balance
sheet of such Person but which, upon the insolvency or bankruptcy
of such Person, would be characterized as the indebtedness of such
Person (without regard to accounting treatment).
“ Total Outstandings
” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Loans and all
L/C Obligations.
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“ Type ” means,
(a) with respect to a Revolving Loan, its character as a Base
Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Rate Loan and (b) with respect to a
Swing Line Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan or an IBOR Rate
Loan.
“ Unfunded Pension
Liability ” means the excess of a Pension Plan’s
benefit liabilities under Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA, over
the current value of that Pension Plan’s assets, determined
in accordance with the assumptions used for funding the Pension
Plan pursuant to Section 412 of the Code for the applicable plan
year.
“United States” and
“U.S.” mean the United States of America.
“Unreimbursed Amount” has
the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(c)(i).
1.2 Other Interpretive
Provisions .
With reference to this Agreement and
each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in
such other Loan Document:
(a) The meanings of defined
terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of
the defined terms.
(b) (i) The words “
herein ,” “ hereto ,” “
hereof ” and “ hereunder ” and
words of similar import when used in any Loan Document shall refer
to such Loan Document as a whole and not to any particular
provision thereof.
(ii) Article,
Section, Exhibit and Schedule references are to the Loan Document
in which such reference appears.
(iii) The
term “ including ” is by way of example and not
limitation.
(iv) The
term “ documents ” includes any and all
instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports,
financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether
in physical or electronic form.
(c) In the computation of
periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date,
the word “ from ” means “ from and
including ;” the words “ to ” and
“ until ” each mean “ to but
excluding ;” and the word “ through ”
means “ to and including .”
(d) Section headings herein and
in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of
reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document.
(e) Except to the extent
otherwise specified, references herein to “fiscal
quarter” and “fiscal year” mean such fiscal
periods of the Company.
1.3 Accounting Terms
.
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(a) All accounting terms not
specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in
conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios
and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant
to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP
applied on a consistent basis, as in effect from time to time,
applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the
Audited Financial Statements, except as otherwise
specifically prescribed herein.
(b) If at any time any change in
GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or
requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Company
or the Required Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent,
the Lenders and the Company shall negotiate in good faith to amend
such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof
in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the
Required Lenders); provided that, until so amended,
(i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in
accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the
Company shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
financial statements and other documents required under this
Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a
reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement
made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.
1.4 Rounding . Any
financial ratios required to be maintained by the Company pursuant
to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate
component by the other component, carrying the result to one place
more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed
herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number
(with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).
1.5 References to Agreements
and Laws . Unless otherwise expressly provided herein,
(a) references to Organization Documents, agreements
(including the Loan Documents) and other contractual instruments
shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements,
extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only
to the extent that such amendments, restatements, extensions,
supplements and other modifications are not prohibited by any Loan
Document; and (b) references to any Law shall include all
statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending,
replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Law.
1.6 Times of Day .
Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day
shall be references to Pacific time (daylight or standard, as
applicable).
1.7 Letter of Credit
Amounts . Unless otherwise specified herein, the
amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the
stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time;
provided that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by
its terms or the terms of any Letter of Credit Application or any
document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic
increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter
of Credit shall be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such
Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether
or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.
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ARTICLE II
THE
COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS
2.1 Revolving Loans
.
Subject to the terms and conditions
set forth herein, each Lender severally agrees to make loans (each
such loan, a “ Revolving Loan ”) to the Company
from time to time on any Business Day during the Availability
Period, in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time
outstanding the amount of such Lender’s Commitment;
provided that after giving effect to any Revolving
Borrowing, (i) the Total Outstandings shall not exceed the
Aggregate Commitments, and (ii) the aggregate Outstanding
Amount of the Revolving Loans of any Lender, plus such
Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C
Obligations, plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the
Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed the
amount of such Lender’s Commitment. Within the limits of each
Lender’s Commitment, and subject to the other terms and
conditions hereof, the Company may borrow under this
Section 2.1 , prepay under Section 2.5 ,
and reborrow under this Section 2.1 . Revolving Loans
may be Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans, as further
provided herein.
2.2 Procedure for Borrowing,
Conversion and Continuation of Revolving Loans .
(a) Each Revolving Borrowing,
each conversion of Revolving Loans from one Type to the other, and
each continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be made upon the
Company’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent,
which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received
by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m.
(i) three Business Days prior to the requested date of any
borrowing of, conversion of or to or continuation of Eurodollar
Rate Loans and (ii) on the requested date of any borrowing of
Base Rate Loans. Each telephonic notice by the Company pursuant to
this Section 2.2(a) must be confirmed promptly by
delivery to the Administrative Agent of a written Revolving Loan
Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer
of the Company. Each borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of
Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $2,000,000
or a higher integral multiple of $1,000,000. Except as provided in
Sections 2.3(c) and 2.4(c) , each borrowing of
or conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of
$500,000 or a higher integral multiple of $100,000. Each Revolving
Loan Notice (whether telephonic or written) shall specify (i)
whether the Company is requesting a Revolving Borrowing, a
conversion of Revolving Loans from one Type to the other, or a
continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, (ii) the requested date
of the borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the case may be
(which shall be a Business Day), (iii) the principal amount of
Revolving Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued,
(iv) the Type of Revolving Loans to be borrowed or to which
existing Revolving Loans are to be converted, and (v) if
applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect
thereto. If the Company fails to specify a Type of Revolving Loan
in a Revolving Loan Notice or if the Company fails to give a timely
notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable
Revolving Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans.
Any such automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be effective
as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with
respect to the applicable Eurodollar Rate Loans. If the Company
requests a borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of
Eurodollar Rate Loans in any such Revolving Loan Notice, but fails
to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified
an Interest Period of one month.
(b) Following receipt of a
Revolving Loan Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly
notify each Lender of the amount of its Pro Rata Share of the
applicable Revolving
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Loans,
and if no timely notice of a continuation is provided by the
Company, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the
details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans described in
the preceding subsection. In the case of a Revolving Borrowing,
each Lender shall make the amount of its Revolving Loan available
to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the
Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 1:00 p.m. on the
Business Day specified in the applicable Revolving Loan Notice.
Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in
Section 4.2 (and, if such Borrowing is the initial
Credit Extension, Section 4.1 ), the Administrative
Agent shall make all funds so received available to the Company in
like funds as received by the Administrative Agent by crediting the
account of the Company on the books of Bank of America with the
amount of such funds in accordance with instructions provided by
the Company to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative
Agent.
(c) During the existence of a
Default, no Loans may be requested as, converted to or continued as
Eurodollar Rate Loans without the consent of the Required
Lenders.
(d) The Administrative Agent
shall promptly notify the Company and the Lenders of the interest
rate applicable to any Interest Period for Eurodollar Rate Loans
upon determination of such interest rate. Each determination of an
applicable Eurodollar Rate by the Administrative Agent shall be
conclusive in the absence of manifest error. At any time that Base
Rate Loans are outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall notify
the Company and the Lenders of any change in Bank of
America’s prime rate used in determining the Base Rate
promptly following the public announcement of such change.
(e) After giving effect to all
Revolving Borrowings, all conversions of Revolving Loans from one
Type to the other, and all continuations of Revolving Loans as the
same Type, there shall not be more than 10 Interest Periods in
effect with respect to Revolving Loans.
2.3 Letters of Credit
.
(a) The Letter of Credit
Commitment .
(i) Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) the L/C
Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Lenders
set forth in this Section 2.3 , (1) from time to
time on any Business Day during the Availability Period, to issue
standby letters of credit (together with the Existing Letters of
Credit, each a “ Letter of Credit ”) for the
account of the Company, and to Modify Letters of Credit previously
issued by it, in accordance with subsection (b) below, and
(2) to honor drafts under the Letters of Credit; and
(B) the Lenders severally agree to participate in Letters of
Credit issued for the account of the Company; provided that
the L/C Issuer shall not be obligated to make any L/C Credit
Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, and no Lender shall
be obligated to participate in, any Letter of Credit (or, if
applicable, the relevant Modification thereof) if as of the date of
such L/C Credit Extension, (x) the Total Outstandings would
exceed the Aggregate Commitments, (y) the aggregate
Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Loans of any Lender,
plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding
Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such Lender’s Pro
Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans would
exceed the amount of such Lender’s Commitment or (z) the
Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations would exceed
$300,000,000. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms
and conditions hereof, the Company’s ability to obtain
Letters of
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Credit
shall be fully revolving and, accordingly, the Company may, during
the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters
of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and
reimbursed. All Existing Letters of Credit shall be deemed to have
been issued pursuant hereto, and from and after the Effective Time
shall be subject to and governed by the terms and conditions
hereof. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company agrees that at
the Effective Time (and without any further action by any Person),
all Existing Letters of Credit issued under the OneSource Credit
Agreement shall be deemed to have been issued jointly for the
account of the Company and the applicable Subsidiary as if the
Company had signed the original Letter of Credit Application for
each such Letter of Credit.
(ii) The
L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to issue any Letter of
Credit if:
(A) any
order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or
arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain the L/C
Issuer from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any Law applicable to
the L/C Issuer or any request or directive (whether or not having
the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction
over the L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or request that the L/C Issuer
refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such
Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer
with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or
capital requirement (for which the L/C Issuer is not otherwise
compensated hereunder) not in effect at the Effective Time, or
shall impose upon the L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or
expense which was not applicable at the Effective Time and which
the L/C Issuer in good faith deems material to it;
(B) subject
to Section 2.3(b)(iii) , the expiry date of such
requested Letter of Credit would occur more than twelve months
after the date of issuance or last extension, unless the Required
Lenders have approved such expiry date;
(C) the
expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur more
than one year after the scheduled Maturity Date, unless all Lenders
have approved such expiry date;
(D) the
issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more
policies of the L/C Issuer;
(E) such
Letter of Credit is in an initial amount less than $250,000 or is
to be denominated in a currency other than Dollars; or
(F) such
Letter of Credit is not payable at sight.
(iii) The
L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to Modify any Letter of
Credit if (A) the L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such
time to issue such Letter of Credit in its Modified form under the
terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit
does not accept the proposed Modification to such Letter of
Credit.
(b) Procedures for Issuance
and Modification of Letters of Credit; Auto-Extension of Letters of
Credit .
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(i) Each
Letter of Credit shall be issued or Modified, as the case may be,
upon the request of the Company delivered to the L/C Issuer (with a
copy to the Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit
Application, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible
Officer of the Company. Such Letter of Credit Application must be
received by the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent not later
than 12:00 noon at least two Business Days (or such later date and
time as the L/C Issuer may agree in a particular instance in its
sole discretion) prior to the proposed issuance date or date of
Modification, as the case may be. In the case of a request for the
initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit
Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the
L/C Issuer: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested
Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the
amount thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof; (D) the name and
address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be
presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder;
(F) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such
beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; and (G) such
other matters as the L/C Issuer may require. In the case of a
request for a Modification of any outstanding Letter of Credit,
such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail
satisfactory to the L/C Issuer (1) the Letter of Credit to be
Modified; (2) the proposed date of Modification (which shall
be a Business Day); (3) the nature of the proposed
Modification; and (4) such other matters as the L/C Issuer may
require. Additionally, the Company shall furnish to the L/C Issuer
and the Administrative Agent such other documents and information
pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance or
Modification as the L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent may
reasonably require.
(ii) Promptly
after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the L/C Issuer
will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in
writing) that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such
Letter of Credit Application from the Company and, if not, the L/C
Issuer will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof.
Upon receipt by the L/C Issuer of confirmation from the
Administrative Agent that the requested issuance or Modification is
permitted in accordance with the terms hereof, then, subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, the L/C Issuer shall, on the requested
date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the Company or
enter into the applicable Modification, as the case may be, in each
case in accordance with the L/C Issuer’s usual and customary
business practices. Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of
Credit, each Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the L/C Issuer a risk
participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the
product of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share times the
amount of such Letter of Credit.
(iii) If
the Company so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit
Application, the L/C Issuer may, in its sole and absolute
discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic
extension provisions (each, an “ Auto-Extension Letter of
Credit ”); provided that any such Auto-Extension
Letter of Credit must permit the L/C Issuer to prevent any such
extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing
with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior
notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the “
Nonextension Notice Date ”) in each such twelve-month
period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is
issued. Unless otherwise directed by the L/C Issuer, the Company
shall not be required to make a specific request to the L/C Issuer
for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has
been issued, the Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but
may not require) the L/C Issuer to permit the extension of such
Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry
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date not
later than one year following the Maturity Date; provided
that the L/C Issuer shall not permit any such extension if
(A) the L/C Issuer has determined that it would have no
obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its
extended form under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions
of Section 2.3(a)(ii) or otherwise), or (B) it has
received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or
before the day that is five Business Days before the Nonextension
Notice Date (1) from the Administrative Agent that the
Required Lenders have elected not to permit such extension or
(2) from the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Company
that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in
Section 4.2 is not then satisfied.
(iv) Promptly
after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any Modification to a
Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the
beneficiary thereof, the L/C Issuer will also deliver to the
Company and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of
such Letter of Credit or Modification.
(c) Drawings and
Reimbursements; Funding of Participations .
(i) Upon
receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice
of a drawing under such Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer shall
notify the Company and the Administrative Agent of its receipt of
such notice and the amount of the requested drawing. Not later than
11:00 a.m. on the date of any notice by the L/C Issuer of a
payment by the L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit (each such date,
an “ Honor Notice Date ”), the Company shall
reimburse the L/C Issuer through the Administrative Agent in an
amount equal to the amount of such drawing. If the Company fails to
so reimburse the L/C Issuer by such time, the Administrative Agent
shall promptly notify each Lender of the Honor Notice Date, the
amount of the unreimbursed drawing (the “ Unreimbursed
Amount ”), and the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata
Share thereof. In such event, the Company shall be deemed to have
requested a Revolving Borrowing of Base Rate Loans to be disbursed
on the Honor Notice Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed
Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in
Section 2.2 for the principal amount of Base Rate
Loans, but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the
Aggregate Commitments and the conditions set forth in
Section 4.2 (other than the delivery of a Revolving
Loan Notice). Any notice given by the L/C Issuer or the
Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.3(c)(i)
may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing;
provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation
shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such
notice.
(ii) Each
Lender (including the Lender acting as L/C Issuer) shall upon any
notice pursuant to Section 2.3(c)(i) make funds
available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C
Issuer at the Administrative Agent’s Office in an amount
equal to its Pro Rata Share of the Unreimbursed Amount not later
than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in such notice by the
Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of
Section 2.3(c)(iii) , each Lender that so makes funds
available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the
Company in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the
funds so received to the L/C Issuer.
(iii) With
respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by
a Revolving Borrowing of Base Rate Loans because the conditions set
forth in Section 4.2
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cannot
be satisfied or for any other reason, the Company shall be deemed
to have incurred from the L/C Issuer on the date of the applicable
payment by the L/C Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the
Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing
shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and
shall bear interest at (x) prior to the Honor Notice Date, the
Base Rate, and (y) thereafter, the Default Rate. In such
event, each Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for
the account of the L/C Issuer pursuant to
Section 2.3(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in respect
of its participation in such L/C Borrowing and shall constitute an
L/C Advance from such Lender in satisfaction of its participation
obligation under this Section 2.3 .
(iv) Until
each Lender funds its Revolving Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to
this Section 2.3(c) to reimburse the L/C Issuer for any
amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of
such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such amount shall be solely
for the account of the L/C Issuer.
(v) Each
Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans or L/C Advances
to reimburse the L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of
Credit, as contemplated by this Section 2.3(c) , shall
be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any
circumstance, including (A) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment,
defense or other right which such Lender may have against the L/C
Issuer, the Company or any other Person for any reason whatsoever;
(B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or
(C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not
similar to any of the foregoing; provided that each
Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans pursuant to this
Section 2.3(c) is subject to the conditions set forth
in Section 4.2 (other than delivery by the Company of a
Revolving Loan Notice). No such making of an L/C Advance shall
relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Company to
reimburse the L/C Issuer for the amount of any payment made by the
L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as
provided herein.
(vi) If
any Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for
the account of the L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by
such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this
Section 2.3(c) by the time specified in
Section 2.3(c)(ii) , the L/C Issuer shall be entitled
to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative
Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period
from the date such payment is required to the date on which such
payment is immediately available to the L/C Issuer at a rate per
annum equal to the greater of (x) the Federal Funds Rate from
time to time in effect and (y) a rate determined by the L/C
Issuer in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank
compensation. A certificate of the L/C Issuer submitted to any
Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any
amounts owing under this clause (vi) shall be conclusive
absent manifest error.
(d) Repayment of
Participations .
(i) At
any time after the L/C Issuer has made a payment under any Letter
of Credit and has received from any Lender such Lender’s L/C
Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with
Section 2.3(c) , if the Administrative Agent receives
for the account of the L/C Issuer any payment in respect of the
related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly
from the Company or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash
Collateral applied
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thereto
by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent will
distribute to such Lender its Pro Rata Share thereof (appropriately
adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period
of time during which such Lender’s L/C Advance was
outstanding) in the same funds as those received by the
Administrative Agent.
(ii) If
any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of
the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.3(c)(i) is
required to be returned under any of the circumstances described in
Section 10.6 (including pursuant to any settlement
entered into by the L/C Issuer in its discretion), each Lender
shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C
Issuer its Pro Rata Share thereof on demand of the Administrative
Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the
date such amount is returned by such Lender, at a rate per annum
equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect.
(e) Role of L/C Issuer .
Each Lender and the Company agree that, in paying any drawing under
a Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer shall not have any
responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft,
certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of
Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy
of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or
delivering any such document. None of the L/C Issuer, any
Agent-Related Person nor any of the respective correspondents,
participants or assignees of the L/C Issuer shall be liable to any
Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection
herewith at the request or with the approval of the Lenders or the
Required Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or
omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct;
or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or
enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter
of Credit or Letter of Credit Application. The Company hereby
assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or
transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit;
provided that this assumption is not intended to, and shall
not, preclude the Company’s pursuing such rights and remedies
as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or
under any other agreement, whether before or after any drawing by
such beneficiary or transferee. None of the L/C Issuer, any
Agent-Related Person, or any of the respective correspondents,
participants or assignees of the L/C Issuer, shall be liable or
responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i)
through (v) of Section 2.3(e) ; provided
that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Company may have a claim against the L/C Issuer, and the L/C Issuer
may be liable to the Company, to the extent, but only to the
extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary,
damages suffered by the Company which the Company proves were
caused by the L/C Issuer’s willful misconduct or gross
negligence or the L/C Issuer’s willful failure to pay under
any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the
beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly complying
with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit. In furtherance
and not in limitation of the foregoing, the L/C Issuer may accept
documents that appear on their face to be in order, without
responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice
or information to the contrary, and the L/C Issuer shall not be
responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument
transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a
Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds
thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or
ineffective for any reason.
(f) Obligations Absolute
. The obligation of the Company to reimburse the L/C Issuer for
each drawing under each Letter of Credit and to repay each L/C
Borrowing shall be
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absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all
circumstances, including the following:
(i) any
lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this
Agreement, or any other agreement or instrument relating
thereto;
(ii) the
existence of any claim, counterclaim, set-off, defense or other
right that the Company may have at any time against any beneficiary
or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom
any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the L/C
Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with this
Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter
of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any
unrelated transaction;
(iii) any
draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such
Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or
insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue
or inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or delay in the
transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make
a drawing under such Letter of Credit;
(iv) any
payment by the L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit against
presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly
comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made
by the L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit to any Person
purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession,
assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or
other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any
transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in
connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law;
or
(v) any
other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar
to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that
might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge
of, the Company.
The Company shall promptly examine a
copy of each Letter of Credit and each Modification thereto that is
delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance
with the Company’s instructions or other irregularity, the
Company will immediately notify the L/C Issuer. The Company shall
be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against the
L/C Issuer and its correspondents unless such notice is given as
aforesaid.
(g) Cash Collateral .
Upon the request of the Administrative Agent, (i) if the L/C
Issuer has honored any full or partial drawing request under any
Letter of Credit and such drawing has resulted in an L/C Borrowing,
or (ii) if, as of the Maturity Date, any L/C Obligation for
any reason remains outstanding, the Company shall, in each case,
immediately Cash Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount of all
L/C Obligations. Sections 2.5 and 8.2(c) set
forth certain additional requirements to deliver Cash Collateral
hereunder. For purposes of this Section 2.3 ,
Section 2.5 and Section 8.2(c) ,
“Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with
or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the L/C
Issuer and the Lenders, as collateral for the L/C Obligations, cash
or deposit account balances pursuant to documentation in form and
substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the L/C
Issuer (which
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documents are hereby consented to by the Lenders). Derivatives of
such term have corresponding meanings. The Company hereby grants to
the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuer and the
Lenders, a security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and
all balances therein and all proceeds of the foregoing. Cash
Collateral shall be maintained in blocked, non-interest bearing
deposit accounts at Bank of America.
(h) Letter of Credit
Fees . The Company shall pay to the Administrative Agent for
the account of each Lender in accordance with its Pro Rata Share a
letter of credit fee for each Letter of Credit equal to the
Applicable Rate times the daily maximum amount available to
be drawn under such Letter of Credit; provided that, upon
the request of the Required Lenders while any Event of Default
exists, the rate per annum at which all Letter of Credit fees are
calculated shall be increased by 2%. Such letter of credit fees
shall be computed on a quarterly basis in arrears. Such letter of
credit fees shall be due and payable (x) on the first Business
Day of each January, April, July and October, commencing
January 2, 2008 (or, if later, on the first such date to occur
after the issuance of such Letter of Credit), (y) on the
earlier of (i) the scheduled Maturity Date and (ii) the
date on which the Obligations are accelerated pursuant to
Section 8.2 , and (z) thereafter on demand. If there is
any change in the Applicable Rate during any quarter, the daily
maximum amount of each standby Letter of Credit shall be computed
and multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period
during such quarter that such Applicable Rate was in effect.
(i) Fronting Fee and
Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to L/C Issuer . The
Company shall pay directly to the L/C Issuer for its own account
such fronting fees with respect to Letters of Credit as specified
in a separate fee letter between the Company and the L/C Issuer. In
addition, the Company shall pay directly to the L/C Issuer for its
own account the customary issuance, presentation, amendment,
extension and other processing fees, and other standard costs and
charges, of the L/C Issuer relating to letters of credit as from
time to time in effect. Such customary fees and standard costs and
charges are due and payable on demand and are nonrefundable.
(j) Applicability of ISP98
and UCP . Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the L/C Issuer
and the Company when a Letter of Credit is issued (including any
such agreement applicable to an Existing Letter of Credit),
(i) the rules of the Uniform Customs and Practice for
Documentary Credits, as most recently published by the
International Chamber of Commerce at the time of issuance shall
apply to each Existing Letter of Credit that is a commercial letter
of credit and (ii) the rules of the ISP shall apply to each
other Letter of Credit.
(k) Conflict with Letter of
Credit Application . In the event of any conflict between the
terms hereof and the terms of any Letter of Credit Application, the
terms hereof shall control.
2.4 Swing Line Loans
.
(a) The Swing Line .
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swing
Line Lender may (in its sole and absolute discretion) make a
portion of the credit otherwise available to the Company under the
Aggregate Commitments by making swing line loans (each such loan, a
“ Swing Line Loan ”) to the Company from time to
time on any Business Day during the Availability Period in an
aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the
amount
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of the
Swing Line Sublimit, notwithstanding the fact that such Swing Line
Loans, when aggregated with the Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding
Amount of Revolving Loans and L/C Obligations of the Lender acting
as Swing Line Lender may exceed the amount of such Lender’s
Commitment; provided that after giving effect to any Swing
Line Loan, (i) the Total Outstandings shall not exceed the
Aggregate Commitments, and (ii) the aggregate Outstanding
Amount of the Revolving Loans of any Lender, plus such
Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C
Obligations, plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the
Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such
Lender’s Commitment, and provided , further ,
that the Company shall not use the proceeds of any Swing Line Loan
to refinance any outstanding Swing Line Loan. Within the foregoing
limits, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the
Company may, subject to the agreement of the Swing Line Lender,
borrow under this Section 2.4 , prepay under
Section 2.5 , and reborrow under this Section
2.4 . Immediately upon the making of a Swing Line Loan, each
Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Swing Line Lender a
risk participation in such Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to
the product of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share times the
amount of such Swing Line Loan.
(b) Borrowing Procedures
. Each Swing Line Loan, each conversion of a Swing Line Loan from
one Type to the other, and each continuation of a Swing Line Loan
as an IBOR Rate Loan shall be made upon the Company’s
irrevocable notice to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative
Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be
received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not
later than 1:00 p.m. on the requested borrowing date, and shall
specify (i) the amount to be borrowed, converted or continued,
which shall be an integral multiple of $500,000, (ii) the Type
of Swing Line Loan to be borrowed or which an existing Swing Line
Loan is to be converted or continued, (iii) the requested
borrowing, continuation or conversion date, which shall be a
Business Day, and (iv) if applicable, the duration of the
Interest Period with respect thereto. Each such telephonic notice
must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Swing Line Lender and
the Administrative Agent of a written Swing Line Loan Notice,
appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the
Company. Promptly after receipt by the Swing Line Lender of any
telephonic Swing Line Loan Notice, the Swing Line Lender will
confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing)
that the Administrative Agent has also received such Swing Line
Loan Notice and, if not, the Swing Line Lender will notify the
Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) of the contents
thereof. If the Company fails to specify a Type of Swing Line Loan
in a Swing Line Loan Notice or if the Company fails to give a
timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the
applicable Swing Line Loan shall be made as, or converted to, a
Base Rate Loan. Any such automatic conversion to a Base Rate Loan
shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then
in effect with respect to the applicable IBOR Rate Loan. If the
Company requests a borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of
IBOR Rate Loans in any such Swing Line Loan Notice, but fails to
specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an
Interest Period ending on the Business Day immediately following
the first day of such Interest Period. Unless the Swing Line Lender
has received notice (by telephone or in writing) from the
Administrative Agent (including at the request of any Lender) prior
to 11:00 a.m. on the date of a proposed Swing Line Borrowing
(A) directing the Swing Line Lender not to make the requested
Swing Line Loan as a result of the limitations set forth in the
proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.4(a) , or
(B) that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in
Article IV is not then satisfied, then, subject to the
terms and conditions
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hereof,
the Swing Line Lender may (in its sole and absolute discretion),
not later than 12:00 noon on the borrowing date specified in the
applicable Swing Line Loan Notice, make the amount of its Swing
Line Loan available to the Company at its office by crediting the
account of the Company on the books of the Swing Line Lender in
immediately available funds.
(c) Refinancing of Swing Line
Loans.
(i) The
Swing Line Lender at any time in its sole and absolute discretion
may request, on behalf of the Company (which hereby irrevocably
authorizes the Swing Line Lender to so request on its behalf), that
each Lender make a Base Rate Loan in an amount equal to such
Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the amount of Swing Line Loans
then outstanding. Such request shall be made in writing (which
written request shall be deemed to be a Revolving Loan Notice for
purposes hereof) and in accordance with the requirements of
Section 2.2 , without regard to the minimum and
multiples specified therein for the principal amount of Base Rate
Loans, but subject to the unutilized portion of the Aggregate
Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.2 .
The Swing Line Lender shall furnish the Company with a copy of the
applicable Revolving Loan Notice promptly after delivering such
notice to the Administrative Agent. Each Lender shall make an
amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of the amount specified in such
Revolving Loan Notice available to the Administrative Agent in
immediately available funds for the account of the Swing Line
Lender at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than
10:00 a.m. on the day specified in such Revolving Loan Notice,
whereupon, subject to Section 2.4(c)(ii) , each Lender
that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a
Revolving Loan that is a Base Rate Loan to the Company in such
amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received
to the Swing Line Lender.
(ii) If
for any reason any Swing Line Loan cannot be refinanced by such a
Revolving Borrowing, in accordance with
Section 2.4(c)(i) , the request for Base Rate Loans
submitted by the Swing Line Lender as set forth herein shall be
deemed to be a request by the Swing Line Lender that each of the
Lenders fund its risk participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan
and each Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the
account of the Swing Line Lender pursuant to
Section 2.4(c)(i) shall be deemed payment in respect of
such participation.
(iii) If
any Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for
the account of the Swing Line Lender any amount required to be paid
by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this
Section 2.4(c) by the time specified in
Section 2.4(c)(i) , the Swing Line Lender shall be
entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the
Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon
for the period from the date such payment is required to the date
on which such payment is immediately available to the Swing Line
Lender at a rate per annum equal to the greater of (x) the
Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect and (y) a rate
determined by the Swing Line Lender in accordance with banking
industry rules on interbank compensation. A certificate of the
Swing Line Lender submitted to any Lender (through the
Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this
clause (iii) shall be conclusive absent manifest
error.
(iv) Each
Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans or to purchase
and fund risk participations in Swing Line Loans pursuant to this
Section 2.4(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and
shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any
set-off,
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counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender
may have against the Swing Line Lender, the Company or any other
Person for any reason whatsoever, (B) the occurrence or
continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event
or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing;
provided that each Lender’s obligation to make
Revolving Loans pursuant to this Section 2.4(c) is
subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.2 . No such
funding of risk participations shall relieve or otherwise impair
the obligation of the Company to repay Swing Line Loans, together
with interest as provided herein.
(d) Repayment of
Participations .
(i) At
any time after any Lender has purchased and funded a risk
participation in a Swing Line Loan, if the Swing Line Lender
receives any payment on account of such Swing Line Loan, the Swing
Line Lender will distribute to such Lender its Pro Rata Share of
such payment (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest
payments, to reflect the period of time during which such
Lender’s risk participation was funded) in the same funds as
those received by the Swing Line Lender.
(ii) If
any payment received by the Swing Line Lender in respect of
principal or interest on any Swing Line Loan is required to be
returned by the Swing Line Lender under any of the circumstances
described in Section 10.6 (including pursuant to any
settlement entered into by the Swing Line Lender in its
discretion), each Lender shall pay to the Swing Line Lender its Pro
Rata Share thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus
interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such
amount is returned, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds
Rate. The Administrative Agent will make such demand upon the
request of the Swing Line Lender.
(e) Interest for Account of
Swing Line Lender . The Swing Line Lender shall be responsible
for invoicing the Company for interest on the Swing Line Loans.
Until each Lender funds its Base Rate Loan or risk participation
pursuant to this Section 2.4 to refinance such
Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any Swing Line Loan, interest in
respect of such Pro Rata Share shall be solely for the account of
the Swing Line Lender.
(f) Payments Directly to
Swing Line Lender . The Company shall make all payments of
principal and interest in respect of the Swing Line Loans directly
to the Swing Line Lender.
2.5 Prepayments .
(a) The Company may, upon notice
to the Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to time
voluntarily prepay Revolving Loans in whole or in part without
premium or penalty; provided that (i) such notice must
be received by the Administrative Agent not later than
10:00 a.m. (A) one Business Day prior to any date of
prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans and (B) on the date of
prepayment of Base Rate Loans; (ii) any prepayment of
Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $2,000,000
or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof; and
(iii) any prepayment of Base Rate Loans shall be in a
principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in
excess thereof or, in each case, if less, the entire principal
amount thereof then outstanding. Each such notice shall specify the
date and amount of such prepayment and the Type(s) of Revolving
Loans to be prepaid. The Administrative Agent will promptly
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notify
each Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount
of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such prepayment. If such
notice is given by the Company, the Company shall make such
prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be
due and payable on the date specified therein. Any prepayment of a
Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest
thereon, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to
Section 3.4 . Each such prepayment shall be applied to
the Revolving Loans of the Lenders in accordance with their
respective Pro Rata Shares.
(b) The Company may, upon notice
to the Swing Line Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent),
at any time or from time to time, voluntarily prepay Swing Line
Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty;
provided that (i) such notice must be received by the
Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than
10:00 a.m. on the date of the prepayment, and (ii) any
such prepayment shall be in a minimum principal amount of $100,000.
Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such
prepayment. If such notice is given by the Company, the Company
shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such
notice shall be due and payable on the date specified
therein.
(c) If for any reason the Total
Outstandings at any time exceed the Aggregate Commitments then in
effect, the Company shall immediately prepay Loans and/or Cash
Collateralize the L/C Obligations in an aggregate amount equal to
such excess; provided that the Company shall not be required
to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations pursuant to this
Section 2.5(c) unless after the prepayment in full of
the Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans the Total Outstandings
exceed the Aggregate Commitments then in effect.
2.6 Termination or Reduction of
Commitments . The Company may, upon notice to the
Administrative Agent, terminate the Aggregate Commitments, or from
time to time permanently reduce the Aggregate Commitments;
provided that (i) any such notice shall be received by
the Administrative Agent not later than 10:00 a.m. five
Business Days prior to the date of termination or reduction,
(ii) any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate
amount of $10,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess
thereof, (iii) the Company shall not terminate or reduce the
Aggregate Commitments if, after giving effect thereto and to any
concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Total Outstandings would
exceed the Aggregate Commitments, and (iv) if, after giving
effect to any reduction of the Aggregate Commitments, the Swing
Line Sublimit exceeds the amount of the Aggregate Commitments, the
Swing Line Sublimit shall be automatically reduced by the amount of
such excess. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the
Lenders of any such notice of termination or reduction of the
Aggregate Commitments. Any reduction of the Aggregate Commitments
shall be applied to the Commitment of each Lender according to its
Pro Rata Share. All commitment fees accrued until the effective
date of any termination of the Aggregate Commitments shall be paid
on the effective date of such termination.
2.7 Repayment of Loans
.
(a) The Company shall repay to
the Lenders on the Maturity Date the aggregate principal amount of
Revolving Loans outstanding on such date.
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(b) The Company shall repay each
Swing Line Loan on the earlier of (i) one Business Day after
demand by the Swing Line Lender and (ii) the Maturity
Date.
2.8 Interest .
(a) Subject to the provisions of
subsection (b) below, (i) each Eurodollar Rate Loan
shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for
each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar
Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Rate;
(ii) each Base Rate Loan (including each applicable Swing Line
Loan) shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount
thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum
equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate and
(iii) each IBOR Rate Loan shall bear interest on the
outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing
date at a rate per annum equal to the IBOR Rate plus the
Applicable Rate; provided that if the Swing Line Lender is
deemed to have requested that each Lender fund its risk
participation in any Swing Line Loan pursuant to
Section 2.4(c)(ii) , then commencing on the date of
such deemed request, such Swing Line Loan shall bear interest at
the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.
(b) If any amount payable by the
Company under any Loan Document is not paid when due (without
regard to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, such amount shall
thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum
at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable Laws. Furthermore, upon the request of the
Required Lenders while any Event of Default exists, the Company
shall pay interest on the principal amount of all outstanding
Obligations hereunder at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at
all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted
by applicable Laws. Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts
(including interest on past due interest) shall be due and payable
upon demand.
(c) Interest on each Loan shall
be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date
applicable thereto and at such other times as may be specified
herein. Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance
with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and
after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief
Law.
2.9 Fees .
In addition to certain fees described
in subsections (h) and (i) of Section 2.3
:
(a) Non-Use Fee . The
Company shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of
each Lender in accordance with its Pro Rata Share, a non-use fee
equal to the Applicable Rate times the actual daily amount
by which the Aggregate Commitments (as reduced in accordance with
Section 2.6 or increased in accordance with
Section 2.14 ) exceed the sum of (i) the
Outstanding Amount of Revolving Loans and (ii) the Outstanding
Amount of L/C Obligations. The non-use fee shall accrue at all
times during the Availability Period, including at any time during
which one or more of the conditions in Article IV is not met,
and shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the first
Business Day of each January, April, July and October, commencing
on January 2, 2008, and on the Maturity Date. The non-use fee
shall be calculated quarterly in arrears, and (i) if there is
any change in the Applicable Rate during any
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quarter,
the actual daily amount shall be computed and multiplied by the
Applicable Rate separately for each period during such quarter that
such Applicable Rate was in effect and (ii) if there is an
increase or a reduction in the Aggregate Commitments in accordance
with Section 2.6 , the actual daily amount shall be computed
and multiplied by the Aggregate Commitments separately for each
period during such quarter that the Aggregate Commitments were
available.
(b) Other Fees .
(i) The Company shall pay to the Arranger and the
Administrative Agent for their own respective accounts fees in the
amounts and at the times specified in the Fee Letter. Such fees
shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any
reason whatsoever.
(ii) The Company shall pay to the
Lenders such fees as shall have been separately agreed upon in
writing in the amounts and at the times so specified. Such fees
shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any
reason whatsoever.
2.10 Computation of Interest
and Fees . All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans
when the Base Rate is determined by Bank of America’s
“prime rate” shall be made on the basis of a year of
365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed.
All other computations of fees and interest shall be made on the
basis of a 360 day year and actual days elapsed (which results
in more fees or interest, as applicable, being paid than if
computed on the basis of a 365 day year). Interest shall accrue on
each Loan for the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not
accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the
Loan or such portion is paid, provided that any Loan that is
repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to
Section 2.12(a) , bear interest for one day.
2.11 Evidence of Debt
.
(a) The Credit Extensions made
by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or
records maintained by such Lender and by the Administrative Agent
in the ordinary course of business. The accounts or records
maintained by the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be
conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of the Credit
Extensions made by the Lenders to the Company and the interest and
payments thereon. Any failure to so record or any error in doing so
shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the
Company hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the
Obligations. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and
records maintained by any Lender and the accounts and records of
the Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts
and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the
absence of manifest error. Upon the request of any Lender made
through the Administrative Agent, the Company shall execute and
deliver to such Lender (through the Administrative Agent) a Note,
which shall evidence such Lender’s Loans in addition to such
accounts or records. Each Lender may attach schedules to its Note
and endorse thereon the date, Type (if applicable), amount and
maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.
(b) In addition to the accounts
and records referred to in subsection (a) , each Lender and
the Administrative Agent shall maintain in accordance with its
usual practice accounts or records evidencing the purchases and
sales by such Lender of participations in Letters of Credit and
Swing Line Loans. In the event of any conflict between the accounts
and records maintained
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by the
Administrative Agent and the accounts and records of any Lender in
respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the
Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest
error.
2.12 Payments Generally
.
(a) All payments to be made by
the Company shall be made without condition or deduction for any
counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. Except as otherwise
expressly provided herein, all payments by the Company hereunder
shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the
respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the
Administrative Agent’s Office in Dollars and in immediately
available funds not later than 12:00 noon on the date specified
herein. The Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each
Lender its Pro Rata Share (or other applicable share as provided
herein) of such payment in like funds as received by wire transfer
to such Lender’s Lending Office. All payments received by the
Administrative Agent after 12:00 noon shall be deemed received on
the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee
shall continue to accrue.
(b) If any payment to be made by
the Company shall come due on a day other than a Business Day,
payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such
extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees,
as the case may be.
(c) Unless the Company or any
Lender has notified the Administrative Agent prior to the date any
payment is required to be made by it to the Administrative Agent
hereunder, that the Company or such Lender, as the case may be,
will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume
that the Company or such Lender, as the case may be, has timely
made such payment and may (but shall not be so required to), in
reliance thereon, make available a corresponding amount to the
Person entitled thereto. If and to the extent that such payment was
not in fact made to the Administrative Agent in immediately
available funds, then:
(i) if
the Company failed to make such payment, each Lender shall
forthwith on demand repay to the Administrative Agent the portion
of such assumed payment that was made available to such Lender in
immediately available funds, together with interest thereon in
respect of each day from the date such amount was made available by
the Administrative Agent to such Lender to the date such amount is
repaid to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds,
at the greater of (x) the Federal Funds Rate from time to time
in effect and (y) a rate determined by the Administrative
Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank
compensation; and
(ii) if
any Lender failed to make such payment, such Lender shall forthwith
on demand pay to the Administrative Agent the amount thereof in
immediately available funds, together with interest thereon for the
period from the date such amount was made available by the
Administrative Agent to the Company to the date such amount is
recovered by the Administrative Agent (the “ Compensation
Period ”) at a rate per annum equal to the greater of
(x) the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect and
(y) a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in
accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then
such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Revolving Loan
included in the applicable Borrowing. If such Lender does not
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pay such
amount forthwith upon the Administrative Agent’s demand
therefor, the Administrative Agent may make a demand therefor upon
the Company, and the Company shall pay such amount to the
Administrative Agent, together with interest thereon for the
Compensation Period at a rate per annum equal to the rate of
interest applicable to the applicable Borrowing. Nothing herein
shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to
fulfill its Commitment or to prejudice any rights which the
Administrative Agent or the Company may have against any Lender as
a result of any default by such Lender hereunder.
A notice of the Administrative Agent
to any Lender or the Company with respect to any amount owing under
this subsection (c) shall be conclusive, absent manifest
error.
(d) If any Lender makes
available to the Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made
by such Lender as provided in the foregoing provisions of this
Article II , and such funds are not made available to
the Company by the Administrative Agent because the conditions to
the applicable Credit Extension set forth in Article IV
are not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof,
the Administrative Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as
received from such Lender) to such Lender, without interest.
(e) The obligations of the
Lenders hereunder to make Revolving Loans and to fund
participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans are
several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any
Revolving Loan or to fund any such participation on any date
required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its
corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall
be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its
Revolving Loan or purchase its participation.
(f) Nothing herein shall be
deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan in
any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by
any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any
Loan in any particular place or manner.
2.13 Sharing of
Payments . If, other than as expressly provided elsewhere
herein, any Lender shall obtain on account of the Revolving Loans
made by it, or the participations in L/C Obligations or in Swing
Line Loans held by it, any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary,
through the exercise of any right of set-off, or otherwise) in
excess of its ratable share (or other share contemplated hereunder)
thereof, such Lender shall immediately (a) notify the
Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase from the
other Lenders such participations in the Revolving Loans made by
them and/or such subparticipations in the participations in L/C
Obligations or Swing Line Loans held by them, as the case may be,
as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the
excess payment in respect of such Revolving Loans or such
participations, as the case may be, pro rata with each of them;
provided that if all or any portion of such excess payment
is thereafter recovered from the purchasing Lender under any of the
circumstances described in Section 10.6 (including
pursuant to any settlement entered into by the purchasing Lender in
its discretion), such purchase shall to that extent be rescinded
and each other Lender shall repay to the purchasing Lender the
purchase price paid therefor, together with an amount equal to such
paying Lender’s ratable share (according to the proportion of
(i) the amount of such paying Lender’s required
repayment to (ii) the total amount so recovered from the
purchasing Lender) of any interest or other amount paid or payable
by the purchasing Lender in respect of the total amount so
recovered, without further interest thereon. The Company
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agrees
that any Lender so purchasing a participation from another Lender
may
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