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EXHIBIT 10.1
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of
April 3, 2008
among
ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
The Lenders Party Hereto
WACHOVIA BANK, N.A.
as Documentation Agent
RBS CITIZENS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Syndication Agent
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
as Administrative Agent
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J.P. MORGAN
SECURITIES INC.
as Sole Bookrunner and Sole Lead Arranger
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CH1 4092643v.8
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ARTICLE I Definitions
SECTION 1.01. Defined
Terms
SECTION 1.02. Classification of Loans and Borrowings
SECTION 1.03. Terms Generally
SECTION 1.04. Accounting Terms; GAAP
ARTICLE II The
Credits
SECTION 2.01.
Commitments
SECTION 2.02. Loans and Borrowings
SECTION 2.03. Requests for Revolving Borrowings
SECTION 2.04. Determination of Dollar Amounts
SECTION 2.05. Swingline Loans
SECTION 2.06. Letters of Credit
SECTION 2.07. Funding of Borrowings
SECTION 2.08. Interest Elections
SECTION 2.09. Termination and Reduction of Commitments
SECTION 2.10. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt
SECTION 2.11. Prepayment of Loans.
SECTION 2.12. Fees
SECTION 2.13. Interest
SECTION 2.14. Alternate Rate of Interest
SECTION 2.15. Increased Costs
SECTION 2.16. Break Funding Payments
SECTION 2.17. Taxes
SECTION 2.18. Payments Generally; Allocations of Proceeds; Pro Rata
Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs.
SECTION 2.19. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders
SECTION 2.20. Expansion Option
SECTION 2.21. Market Disruption
SECTION 2.22. Judgment Currency
SECTION 2.23. Senior Debt
ARTICLE III
Representations and Warranties
SECTION 3.01. Organization;
Powers; Subsidiaries
SECTION 3.02. Authorization; Enforceability
SECTION 3.03. Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts
SECTION 3.04. Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change
SECTION 3.05. Properties
SECTION 3.06. Litigation and Environmental Matters
SECTION 3.07. Compliance with Laws and Agreements
SECTION 3.08. Investment Company Status
SECTION 3.09. Taxes
SECTION 3.10. ERISA
SECTION 3.11. Disclosure
SECTION 3.12. Federal Reserve Regulations
SECTION 3.13. Liens
SECTION 3.14. No Default
SECTION 3.15. No Burdensome Restrictions
SECTION 3.16. Insurance
SECTION 3.17. Security Interest in Collateral
ARTICLE IV Conditions
SECTION 4.01. Effective
Date
SECTION 4.02. Each Credit Event
ARTICLE V Affirmative
Covenants
SECTION 5.01. Financial
Statements and Other Information
SECTION 5.02. Notices of Material Events
SECTION 5.03. Existence; Conduct of Business
SECTION 5.04. Payment of Obligations
SECTION 5.05. Maintenance of Properties; Insurance
SECTION 5.06. Books and Records; Inspection Rights
SECTION 5.07. Compliance with Laws and Material Contractual
Obligations
SECTION 5.08. Use of Proceeds
SECTION 5.09. Subsidiary Guarantors; Pledges; Additional
Collateral; Further Assurances.
ARTICLE VI Negative
Covenants
SECTION 6.01.
Indebtedness
SECTION 6.02. Liens
SECTION 6.03. Fundamental Changes and Asset Sales
SECTION 6.04. Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and
Acquisitions
SECTION 6.05. Swap Agreements
SECTION 6.06. Transactions with Affiliates
SECTION 6.07. Restricted Payments
SECTION 6.08. Restrictive Agreements
SECTION 6.09. Subordinated Indebtedness and Amendments to
Subordinated Indebtedness Documents
SECTION 6.10. Sale and Leaseback Transactions
SECTION 6.11. Capital Expenditures
SECTION 6.12. Financial Covenants.
ARTICLE VII Events of
Default
ARTICLE VIII The
Administrative Agent
ARTICLE IX
Miscellaneous
SECTION 9.01. Notices
SECTION 9.02. Waivers; Amendments
SECTION 9.03. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver
SECTION 9.04. Successors and Assigns
SECTION 9.05. Survival
SECTION 9.06. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness
SECTION 9.07. Severability
SECTION 9.08. Right of Setoff
SECTION 9.09. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of
Process
SECTION 9.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
SECTION 9.11. Headings
SECTION 9.12. Confidentiality
SECTION 9.13. USA PATRIOT Act
SECTION 9.14. Appointment for Perfection
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SCHEDULES: |
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Schedule 2.01
– Commitments
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Schedule 2.02
– Mandatory Cost
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Schedule 3.01
– Subsidiaries
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Schedule 6.01
– Existing Indebtedness
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Schedule 6.02
– Existing Liens
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Schedule 6.04
– Existing Intercompany Investments, Loans and Advances
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EXHIBITS:
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Exhibit A
– Form of Assignment and Assumption
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Exhibit B-1
– Form of Opinion of Loan Parties’ Special U.S.
Counsel
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Exhibit B-2
– Form of Opinion of Loan Parties’ Special Mexican
Counsel
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Exhibit C
– Form of Increasing Lender Supplement
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Exhibit D
– Form of Augmenting Lender Supplement
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Exhibit E
– List of Closing Documents
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CREDIT AGREEMENT (this
“ Agreement ”) dated as of April 3, 2008
among ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC., the LENDERS from time to time
party hereto, WACHOVIA BANK, N.A., as Documentation Agent, RBS
CITIZENS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Syndication Agent and JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent.
The
parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION
1.01. Defined Terms . As used in this Agreement, the
following terms have the meanings specified below:
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ABR ”, when used in reference to any Loan or
Borrowing, refers to a Loan, or the Loans comprising such
Borrowing, bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to
the Alternate Base Rate.
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Adjusted LIBO Rate ” means, with respect to any
Eurocurrency Borrowing for any Interest Period, an interest rate
per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%)
equal to the sum of (i) (a) the LIBO Rate for such Interest
Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate plus,
without duplication, (ii) in the case of Loans by a Lender
from its office or branch in the United Kingdom, the Mandatory
Cost.
“
Administrative Agent ” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
(including its branches and affiliates), in its capacity as
administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder.
“
Administrative Questionnaire ” means an Administrative
Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
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Affected Foreign Subsidiary ” means any Foreign
Subsidiary to the extent such Foreign Subsidiary acting as a
Subsidiary Guarantor would cause a Deemed Dividend Problem.
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Affiliate ” means, with respect to a specified Person,
another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common
Control with the Person specified.
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Aggregate Commitment ” means the aggregate of the
Commitments of all of the Lenders, as reduced or increased from
time to time pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof. As of the
Effective Date, the Aggregate Commitment is $200,000,000.
“
Agreed Currencies ” means (i) Dollars,
(ii) euro, (iii) Pounds Sterling and (iv) any other
Foreign Currency agreed to by the Administrative Agent and each of
the Lenders.
“
Alternate Base Rate ” means, for any day, a rate per
annum equal to the greater of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such
day and (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such
day plus 1/2 of 1%. Any change
in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the
Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective from and including
the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal
Funds Effective Rate, respectively.
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Applicable Percentage ” means, with respect to any
Lender, the percentage of the Aggregate Commitment represented by
such Lender’s Commitment. If the Commitments have terminated
or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based
upon the Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any
assignments.
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Applicable Pledge Percentage ” means 100% but 65% in
the case of a pledge by the Borrower or any Domestic Subsidiary of
its Equity Interests in an Affected Foreign Subsidiary.
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Applicable Rate ” means, for any day, with respect to
any Revolving Loan, or with respect to the commitment fees payable
hereunder, as the case may be, the applicable rate per annum set
forth below under the caption “Eurocurrency Spread”,
“ABR Spread” or “Commitment Fee Rate”, as
the case may be, based upon the Total Leverage Ratio applicable on
such date:
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Total Leverage Ratio: |
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Commitment Fee
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Spread |
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Category 1:
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< 1.50 to 1.00 |
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0.75 |
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0.15 |
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> 1.50 to 1.00 but |
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Category 2:
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< 2.00 to 1.00 |
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> 2.00 to 1.00 but |
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Category 3:
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Category 5:
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For
purposes of the foregoing,
(i) if at
any time the Borrower fails to deliver the Financials on or before
the date the Financials are due pursuant to Section 5.01,
Category 7 shall be deemed applicable for the period commencing
three (3) Business Days after the required date of delivery
and ending on the date which is three (3) Business Days after
the Financials are actually delivered, after which the Category
shall be determined in accordance with the table above as
applicable;
(ii) adjustments, if any, to the Category then in effect shall
be effective three (3) Business Days after the Administrative Agent
has received the applicable Financials (it being understood and
agreed that each change in Category shall apply during the period
commencing on the effective date of such change and ending on the
date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such
change); and
(iii) notwithstanding the foregoing, Category 7 shall be
deemed to be applicable until the Administrative Agent’s
receipt of the applicable Financials for the Borrower’s first
fiscal quarter ending after the Effective Date and adjustments to
the Category then in effect shall thereafter be effected in
accordance with the preceding paragraphs.
“
Approved Fund ” has the meaning assigned to such term
in Section 9.04.
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Approximate Equivalent Amount ” of any currency with
respect to any amount of Dollars shall mean the Equivalent Amount
of such currency with respect to such amount of Dollars on or as of
such date, rounded up to the nearest amount of such currency as
determined by the Administrative Agent from time to time.
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Assignment and Assumption ” means an assignment and
assumption agreement entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with
the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section
9.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of
Exhibit A or any other form approved by the
Administrative Agent.
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Attributable Receivables Indebtedness ” at any time
shall mean the principal amount of Indebtedness which (i) if a
transaction effecting the sale of accounts receivable is structured
as a secured lending agreement, constitutes the principal amount of
such Indebtedness or (ii) if such transaction is structured as
a purchase agreement, would be outstanding at such time under the
such transaction if the same were structured as a secured lending
agreement rather than a purchase agreement.
“
Augmenting Lender ” has the meaning assigned to such
term in Section 2.20.
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Availability Period ” means the period from and
including the Effective Date to but excluding the earlier of the
Maturity Date and the date of termination of the Commitments.
“
Available Revolving Commitment ” means, at any time,
the Aggregate Commitment then in effect minus the Revolving Credit
Exposure of all the Lenders at such time; it being understood and
agreed that any Lender’s Swingline Exposure (other than the
Swingline Exposure of the Swingline Lender) shall not be deemed to
be a component of the Revolving Credit Exposure for purposes of
calculating the commitment fee under Section 2.12(a).
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Banking Services ” means each and any of the following
bank services provided to the Borrower or any Subsidiary by any
Lender or any of its Affiliates: (a) commercial credit cards,
(b) stored value cards and (c) treasury management services
(including, without limitation, controlled disbursement, automated
clearinghouse transactions, return items, overdrafts and interstate
depository network services).
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Banking Services Agreement ” means any agreement
entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with
Banking Services.
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Banking Services Obligations ” means any and all
obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, whether absolute or
contingent and howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced
or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and modifications
thereof and substitutions therefor) in connection with Banking
Services.
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Board ” means the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System of the United States of America.
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Borrower ” means ADC Telecommunications, Inc., a
Minnesota corporation.
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Borrowing ” means (a) Revolving Loans of the same
Type, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the
case of Eurocurrency Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is
in effect or (b) a Swingline Loan.
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Borrowing Request ” means a request by the Borrower
for a Revolving Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03.
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Burdensome Restrictions ” means any consensual
encumbrance or restriction of the type described in clause
(a) or (b) of Section 6.08 (without giving effect to
any exceptions described in clauses (i) through (iv) of
such Section 6.08).
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Business Day ” means any day that is not a Saturday,
Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are
authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided
that, when used in connection with a Eurocurrency Loan, the term
“ Business Day ” shall also exclude any day on
which banks are not open for dealings in Agreed Currencies in the
London interbank market or the principal financial center of the
country in which payment or purchase of such Agreed Currency can be
made (and, if the Borrowings or LC Disbursements which are the
subject of a borrowing, drawing, payment, reimbursement or rate
selection are denominated in euro, the term “Business
Day” shall also exclude any day on which the TARGET payment
system is not open for the settlement of payments in euro).
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Capital Expenditures ” means, without duplication, any
expenditures for any purchase or other acquisition of any asset
which would be classified as a fixed or capital asset on a
consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
prepared in accordance with GAAP.
“
Capital Lease Obligations ” of any Person means the
obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any
lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or
personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are
required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a
balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such
obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in
accordance with GAAP.
“
Change in Control ” means (a) the acquisition of
ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by
any Person or group (within the meaning of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission
thereunder as in effect on the date hereof), of Equity Interests
representing more than 35% of the aggregate ordinary voting power
represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the
Borrower; (b) occupation of a majority of the seats (other
than vacant seats) on the board of directors of the Borrower by
Persons who were neither (i) nominated by the board of
directors of the Borrower nor (ii) appointed by directors so
nominated; or (c) the occurrence of a change in control, or
other similar provision, as defined in any agreement or instrument
evidencing any Material Indebtedness (triggering a default or
mandatory prepayment, which default or mandatory prepayment has not
been waived in writing).
“
Change in Law ” means (a) the adoption of any
law, rule or regulation after the date of this Agreement,
(b) any change in any law, rule or regulation or in the
interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority
after the date of this Agreement or (c) compliance by any Lender or
the Issuing Bank (or, for purposes of Section 2.15(b), by any
lending office of such Lender or by such Lender’s or the
Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any) with any request,
guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of
any Governmental Authority made or issued after the date of this
Agreement.
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Class ”, when used in reference to any Loan or
Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising
such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans.
“
Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended from time to time.
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Documentation Agent ” means Wachovia Bank, N.A. in its
capacity as documentation agent for the credit facility evidenced
by this Agreement.
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Collateral ” means any and all property owned, leased
or operated by a Person covered by the Collateral Documents and any
and all other property of any Loan Party, now existing or hereafter
acquired, that may at any time be or become subject to a security
interest or Lien in favor of Administrative Agent, on behalf of
itself and the Holders of Secured Obligations, to secure the
Secured Obligations; it being understood and agreed that Collateral
does not include the Excluded Assets.
“
Collateral Documents ” means, collectively, the
Security Agreement and all other agreements, instruments and
documents executed in connection with this Agreement that are
intended to create or evidence Liens to secure the Secured
Obligations, including, without limitation, all other security
agreements, pledge agreements, mortgages, deeds of trust, loan
agreements, notes, guarantees, subordination agreements, pledges,
powers of attorney, consents, assignments, contracts, fee letters,
notices, leases, financing statements and all other written matter
whether heretofore, now, or hereafter executed by the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries and delivered to the Administrative Agent
that are intended to create or evidence Liens to secure the Secured
Obligations.
“
Commitment ” means, with respect to each Lender, the
commitment of such Lender to make Revolving Loans and to acquire
participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans hereunder,
expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate amount of
such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure hereunder, as such
commitment may be (a) reduced or terminated from time to time
pursuant to Section 2.09, (b) increased from time to time
pursuant to Section 2.20 and (c) reduced or increased
from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender
pursuant to Section 9.04. The initial amount of each
Lender’s Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01
, or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender
shall have assumed its Commitment, as applicable.
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Computation Date ” is defined in
Section 2.04.
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Consolidated EBITDA ” means Consolidated Net Income
plus , to the extent deducted from revenues in determining
Consolidated Net Income, (i) Consolidated Interest Expense,
(ii) expense for taxes paid or accrued,
(iii) depreciation, (iv) amortization,
(v) extraordinary or non-recurring non-cash expenses, losses
or charges (including extraordinary or non-recurring non-cash
restructuring and impairment charges (including any such impairment
charges related to auction rate securities)) incurred other than in
the ordinary course of business, (vi) non-cash expenses
related to stock based compensation minus , to the extent
included in Consolidated Net Income, (vii) interest income,
(viii) income tax credits and refunds (to the extent not
netted from tax expense), (ix) any cash payments made during
such period in respect of items described in clauses (v) or
(vi) above subsequent to the fiscal quarter in which the
relevant non-cash expenses or losses were incurred and
(x) extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring income or gains
realized other than in the ordinary course of business, all
calculated for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with
GAAP on a consolidated basis. For the purposes of calculating
Consolidated EBITDA for any period of four consecutive fiscal
quarters (each, a “ Reference Period ”), (i) if
at any time during such Reference Period the Borrower or any
Subsidiary shall have made any Material Disposition, the
Consolidated EBITDA for such Reference Period shall be reduced by
an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if positive)
attributable to the property that is the subject of such Material
Disposition for such Reference Period or increased by an amount
equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if negative) attributable thereto
for such Reference Period, and (ii) if during such Reference
Period the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall have made a Material
Acquisition, Consolidated EBITDA for such Reference Period shall be
calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such
Material Acquisition occurred on the first day of such Reference
Period. As used in this definition, “Material
Acquisition” means any acquisition of property or series of
related acquisitions of property (excluding the Borrower’s
acquisitions prior to the Effective Date of Century Man
Communication and LGC Wireless) that (a) constitutes
(i) assets comprising all or substantially all or any
significant portion of a business or operating unit of a business,
or (ii) all or substantially all of the common stock or other
Equity Interests of a Person, and (b) involves the payment of
consideration by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in excess of
$150,000,000; and “Material Disposition” means any
sale, transfer or disposition of property or series of related
sales, transfers, or dispositions of property that
(a) constitutes (i) assets comprising all or
substantially all or any significant portion of a business or
operating unit of a business, or (ii) all or substantially all
of the common stock or other Equity Interests of a Person and
(b) yields gross proceeds to the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries in excess of $150,000,000.
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Consolidated Interest Expense ” means, with reference
to any period, the interest expense (including without limitation
interest expense under Capital Lease Obligations that is treated as
interest in accordance with GAAP) of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis for such period
with respect to (a) all outstanding Indebtedness of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries allocable to such period in
accordance with GAAP (including, without limitation, all
commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect
to letters of credit (excluding letters of credit that have been
secured by cash) and bankers acceptance financing and net costs
under interest rate Swap Agreements to the extent such net costs
are allocable to such period in accordance with GAAP) and
(b) the interest component of all Attributable Receivable
Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such
period.
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Consolidated Net Income ” means, with reference to any
period, the net income (or loss) of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries calculated in accordance with GAAP on a consolidated
basis (without duplication) for such period.
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Consolidated Senior Indebtedness ” means Consolidated
Total Indebtedness minus Consolidated Subordinated
Indebtedness.
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Consolidated Subordinated Indebtedness ” means the
aggregate Subordinated Indebtedness of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries calculated as of such time in accordance with
GAAP.
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Consolidated Total Assets ” means, as of the date of
any determination thereof, total assets of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries calculated in accordance with GAAP on a consolidated
basis as of such date.
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Consolidated Total Indebtedness ” means at any time
(i) the sum, without duplication, of (a) the aggregate
Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries calculated on a
consolidated basis as of such time in accordance with GAAP,
(b) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries relating to the maximum drawing amount of all
letters of credit outstanding and bankers acceptances and
(c) Indebtedness of the type referred to in clauses
(a) or (b) hereof of another Person guaranteed by the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries minus (ii) the aggregate
Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries which has been
defeased in accordance with applicable laws, rules and regulations
and accounting standards minus (iii) obligations in respect of
letters of credit, letters of guaranty or bankers’
acceptances which have been secured by cash minus (iv) pension
obligations of the Subsidiaries. For the avoidance of doubt,
Consolidated Total Indebtedness includes all Attributable
Receivables Indebtedness.
“
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.
“
Convertible Subordinated Documents ” means the
Convertible Subordinated Note Agreement, the Convertible
Subordinated Notes, and any other agreement entered into or
delivered in connection therewith.
“
Convertible Subordinated Indebtedness ” means
(i) the Indebtedness under or in respect of the Convertible
Subordinated Notes, in the original principal amount of up to
$850,000,000 and (ii) any other similar Indebtedness issued
under convertible subordinated notes.
“
Convertible Subordinated Note Agreement ” means,
collectively, (i) the Indenture dated as of June 4, 2003
between the Borrower and U.S. Bank National Association and
(ii) the Indenture dated as of December 26, 2007 between
the Borrower and U.S. Bank National Association, in each case as
the same may from time to time be amended, restated or otherwise
modified as permitted herein.
“
Convertible Subordinated Noteholders ” means any
Noteholder or Holder, as defined in a Convertible Subordinated Note
Agreement, of the Convertible Subordinated Notes.
“
Convertible Subordinated 1% Notes ” means those
certain 1% Convertible Subordinated Notes, in the original
principal amount of $200,000,000, due June 15, 2008 issued by
the Borrower, as the same may from time to time be amended,
restated or otherwise modified as permitted herein.
“
Convertible Subordinated Floating Rate Notes ” means
those certain Floating Rate Convertible Subordinated Notes, in the
original principal amount of $200,000,000, due June 15, 2013
issued by the Borrower, as the same may from time to time be
amended, restated or otherwise modified as permitted herein.
“
Convertible Subordinated Notes ” means, collectively,
the Convertible Subordinated 1% Notes, the Convertible Subordinated
Floating Rate Notes and the Convertible Subordinated 3.50%
Notes.
“
Convertible Subordinated 3.50% Notes ” means,
collectively, (i) those certain 3.50% Convertible Subordinated
Notes, in the original principal amount of $225,000,000, due
July 15, 2015 issued by the Borrower and (ii) those
certain 3.50% Convertible Subordinated Notes, in the original
principal amount of $225,000,000, due July 15, 2017 issued by
the Borrower, in each case as the same may from time to time be
amended, restated or otherwise modified as permitted herein.
“
Country Risk Event ” means:
(i) any law, action or failure to act by any Governmental
Authority in the Borrower’s or Letter of Credit
beneficiary’s country which has the effect of:
(a) changing the obligations under the relevant Letter of
Credit, the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents as
originally agreed or otherwise creating any additional liability,
cost or expense to the Issuing Bank, the Lenders or the
Administrative Agent,
(b) changing the ownership or control by the Borrower or
Letter of Credit beneficiary of its business, or
(c) preventing or restricting the conversion into or transfer
of the applicable Agreed Currency;
(ii) force majeure; or
(iii) any similar event
which, in
relation to (i), (ii) and (iii), directly or indirectly,
prevents or restricts the payment or transfer of any amounts owing
under the relevant Letter of Credit in the applicable Agreed
Currency into an account designated by the Administrative Agent or
the Issuing Bank and freely available to the Administrative Agent
or the Issuing Bank.
“
Credit Event ” means a Borrowing, the issuance of a
Letter of Credit, an LC Disbursement or any of the foregoing.
“
Deemed Dividend Problem ” means, with respect to any
Foreign Subsidiary, such Foreign Subsidiary’s accumulated and
undistributed earnings and profits being deemed to be repatriated
to the Borrower or the applicable parent Domestic Subsidiary under
Section 956 of the Code and the effect of such repatriation
causing materially adverse tax consequences to the Borrower or such
parent Domestic Subsidiary, in each case as determined by the
Borrower in its commercially reasonable judgment acting in good
faith and in consultation with its legal and tax advisors.
“
Default ” means any event or condition which
constitutes an Event of Default or which upon notice, lapse of time
or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of
Default.
“
Dollar Amount ” of any currency at any date shall mean
(i) the amount of such currency if such currency is Dollars or
(ii) the equivalent in such currency of Dollars if such
currency is a Foreign Currency, calculated on the basis of the
Exchange Rate for such currency, on or as of the most recent
Computation Date provided for in Section 2.04.
“
Dollars ” or “ $ ” refers to lawful
money of the United States of America.
“
Domestic Subsidiary ” means a Subsidiary organized
under the laws of a jurisdiction located in the United States of
America.
“
Effective Date ” means the date on which the
conditions specified in Section 4.01 are satisfied (or waived
in accordance with Section 9.02).
“
Environmental Laws ” means all laws, rules,
regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments,
injunctions, notices or binding agreements issued, promulgated or
entered into by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to
the environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources,
the management, release or threatened release of any Hazardous
Material or to health and safety matters.
“
Environmental Liability ” means any liability,
contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs
of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of
the Borrower or any Subsidiary directly or indirectly resulting
from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law,
(b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage,
treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure
to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened
release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or
(e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement
pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to
any of the foregoing.
“
Equity Interests ” means shares of capital stock,
partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability
company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership
interests in a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights
entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any such equity
interest.
“
Equivalent Amount ” of any currency with respect to
any amount of Dollars at any date shall mean the equivalent in such
currency of such amount of Dollars, calculated on the basis of the
arithmetical mean of the buy and sell spot rates of exchange of the
Administrative Agent for such other currency at 11:00 a.m.,
London time, on the date on or as of which such amount is to be
determined.
“
ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
“
ERISA Affiliate ” means any trade or business (whether
or not incorporated) that, together with the Borrower, is treated
as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code
or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and
Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under
Section 414 of the Code.
“
ERISA Event ” means (a) any “reportable
event”, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the
regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an
event for which the 30-day notice period is waived); (b) the
existence with respect to any Plan of an “accumulated funding
deficiency” (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or
Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (c) the
filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Code or Section 303(d) of
ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding
standard with respect to any Plan; (d) the incurrence by the
Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under
Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan;
(e) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from
the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an
intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to
administer any Plan; (f) the incurrence by the Borrower or any
of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the
withdrawal or partial withdrawal of the Borrower or any of its
ERISA Affiliates from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or
(g) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any
notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Borrower
or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition
upon the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of Withdrawal
Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is
expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning
of Title IV of ERISA.
“
EU ” means the European Union.
“
euro ” and/or “ EUR ” means the
single currency of the participating member states of the EU.
“
Eurocurrency ”, when used in reference to a currency
means an Agreed Currency and when used in reference to any Loan or
Borrowing, means that such Loan, or the Loans comprising such
Borrowing, bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the
Adjusted LIBO Rate.
“
Eurocurrency Payment Office ” of the Administrative
Agent shall mean, for each Foreign Currency, the office, branch,
affiliate or correspondent bank of the Administrative Agent for
such currency as specified from time to time by the Administrative
Agent to the Borrower and each Lender.
“
Event of Default ” has the meaning assigned to such
term in Article VII.
“
Exchange Rate ” means, on any day, with respect to any
Foreign Currency, the rate at which such Foreign Currency may be
exchanged into Dollars, as set forth at approximately 11:00 a.m.,
Local Time, on such date on the Reuters World Currency Page for
such Foreign Currency. In the event that such rate does not appear
on any Reuters World Currency Page, the Exchange Rate with respect
to such Foreign Currency shall be determined by reference to such
other publicly available service for displaying exchange rates as
may be reasonably selected by the Administrative Agent or, in the
event no such service is selected, such Exchange Rate shall instead
be calculated on the basis of the arithmetical mean of the buy and
sell spot rates of exchange of the Administrative Agent for such
Foreign Currency on the London market at 11:00 a.m., Local
Time, on such date for the purchase of Dollars with such Foreign
Currency, for delivery two Business Days later; provided ,
that if at the time of any such determination, for any reason, no
such spot rate is being quoted, the Administrative Agent, after
consultation with the Borrower, may use any reasonable method it
deems appropriate to determine such rate, and such determination
shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
“
Excluded Assets ” means (i) any fee owned real
property and all leasehold real property interests; (ii) cash
(to the extent not constituting proceeds of Collateral);
(iii) motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates
of title; (iv) pledges and security interests prohibited by
law and agreements permitted hereunder (including liens, leases and
licenses permitted hereunder); (v) assets specifically
requiring perfection through control agreements (e.g., deposit
accounts and securities accounts); (vi) assets to the extent a
security interest in such assets would result in material adverse
tax consequences; and (vii) those assets as to which the
Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower reasonably
determines that the burden or cost of obtaining such a security
interest, pledge or perfection thereof outweighs the benefit to the
Lenders of the security to be afforded thereby.
“
Excluded Taxes ” means, with respect to the
Administrative Agent, any Lender, the Issuing Bank or any other
recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any
obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (a) income or franchise
taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income by the United
States of America, or by the jurisdiction under the laws of which
such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is
located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable
lending office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes
imposed by the United States of America or any similar tax imposed
by any other jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located and
(c) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee
pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 2.19(b)),
any withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such
Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to
this Agreement (or designates a new lending office) or is
attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure to comply with
Section 2.17(e), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender
(or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation
of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional
amounts from the Borrower with respect to such withholding tax
pursuant to Section 2.17(a).
“
Extended Letter of Credit ” is defined in
Section 2.06(c).
“
Federal Funds Effective Rate ” means, for any day, the
weighted average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100
of 1%) of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with
members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds
brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so
published for any day that is a Business Day, the average (rounded
upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations
for such day for such transactions received by the Administrative
Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing
selected by it.
“
Financial Officer ” means the chief financial officer,
principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of the
Borrower.
“
Financials ” means the annual or quarterly financial
statements, and accompanying certificates and other documents, of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries required to be delivered pursuant
to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b).
“
First Tier Foreign Subsidiary ” means each Foreign
Subsidiary with respect to which any one or more of the Borrower
and its Domestic Subsidiaries directly owns or controls more than
50% of such Foreign Subsidiary’s issued and outstanding
Equity Interests.
“
Foreign Currencies ” means Agreed Currencies other
than Dollars.
“
Foreign Currency LC Exposure ” means, at any time, the
sum of (a) the Dollar Amount of the aggregate undrawn and
unexpired amount of all outstanding Foreign Currency Letters of
Credit at such time plus (b) the aggregate principal Dollar
Amount of all LC Disbursements in respect of Foreign Currency
Letters of Credit that have not yet been reimbursed at such
time.
“
Foreign Currency Letter of Credit ” means a Letter of
Credit denominated in a Foreign Currency.
“
Foreign Currency Sublimit ” means $100,000,000.
“
Foreign Lender ” means any Lender that is organized
under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the
Borrower is located. For purposes of this definition, the United
States of America, each State thereof and the District of Columbia
shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.
“
Foreign Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary which is not
a Domestic Subsidiary.
“
GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles
in the United States of America.
“
Governmental Authority ” means the government of the
United States of America, any other nation or any political
subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency,
authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or
other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing,
regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining
to government.
“
Guarantee ” of or by any Person (the “
guarantor ”) means any obligation, contingent or
otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic
effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any
other Person (the “ primary obligor ”) in any
manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any
obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to
purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or
payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase
(or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security
for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property,
securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of
such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof,
(c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other
financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor
so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or
other obligation or (d) as an account party in respect of any
letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such
Indebtedness or obligation; provided , that the term
Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit
in the ordinary course of business.
“
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.
“
Holders of Secured Obligations ” means the holders of
the Secured Obligations from time to time and shall include
(i) each Lender and the Issuing Bank in respect of its Loans
and LC Exposure respectively, (ii) the Administrative Agent,
the Issuing Bank and the Lenders in respect of all other present
and future obligations and liabilities of the Borrower and each
Subsidiary of every type and description arising under or in
connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document,
(iii) each Lender and affiliate of such Lender in respect of
Swap Agreements and Banking Services Agreements entered into with
such Person by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (iv) each
indemnified party under Section 9.03 in respect of the
obligations and liabilities of the Borrower to such Person
hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and (v) their
respective successors and (in the case of a Lender, permitted)
transferees and assigns.
“
Increasing Lender ” has the meaning assigned to such
term in Section 2.20.
“
Incremental Term Loan ” has the meaning assigned to
such term in Section 2.20.
“
Incremental Term Loan Amendment ” has the meaning
assigned to such term in Section 2.20.
“
Indebtedness ” of any Person means, without
duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed
money or with respect to deposits or advances of any kind,
(b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations
of such Person upon which interest charges are customarily paid,
(d) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or
other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by
such Person, (e) all obligations of such Person in respect of
the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding
current accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of
business), (f) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for
which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right,
contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property
owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness
secured thereby has been assumed, (g) all Guarantees by such
Person of Indebtedness of others, (h) all Capital Lease
Obligations of such Person, (i) all obligations, contingent or
otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of letters
of credit and letters of guaranty, (j) all obligations,
contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of
bankers’ acceptances, (k) all Attributable Receivables
Indebtedness of such Person and (l) obligations of such Person
under Sale and Leaseback Transactions. The Indebtedness of any
Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity
(including any partnership in which such Person is a general
partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result
of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship
with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such
Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor.
“
Indemnified Taxes ” means Taxes other than Excluded
Taxes and Other Taxes.
“
Information Memorandum ” means the Confidential
Information Memorandum dated March, 2008 relating to the Borrower
and the Transactions.
“
Interest Coverage Ratio ” has the meaning assigned to
such term in Section 6.12(c).
“
Interest Election Request ” means a request by the
Borrower to convert or continue a Revolving Borrowing in accordance
with Section 2.08.
“
Interest Payment Date ” means (a) with respect to
any ABR Loan (other than a Swingline Loan), the last day of each
March, June, September and December and the Maturity Date,
(b) with respect to any Eurocurrency Loan, the last day of the
Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a
part and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing with an Interest
Period of more than three months’ duration, each day prior to
the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of
three months’ duration after the first day of such Interest
Period and the Maturity Date and (c) with respect to any
Swingline Loan, the day that such Loan is required to be repaid and
the Maturity Date.
“
Interest Period ” means with respect to any
Eurocurrency Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such
Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the
calendar month that is one, two, three or six months (or nine or
twelve months if acceptable to each Lender) thereafter, as the
Borrower may elect; provided , that (i) if any Interest
Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest
Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day
unless, in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing only, such next
succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in
which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding
Business Day and (ii) any Interest Period pertaining to a
Eurocurrency Borrowing that commences on the last Business Day of a
calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically
corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest
Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar
month of such Interest Period. For purposes hereof, the date of a
Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is
made and, in the case of a Revolving Borrowing, thereafter shall be
the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of
such Borrowing.
“
Issuing Bank ” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its
capacity as the issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, and its
successors in such capacity as provided in Section 2.06(i).
The Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more
Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of the Issuing Bank,
in which case the term “Issuing Bank” shall include any
such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such
Affiliate.
“
LC Collateral Account ” has the meaning assigned to
such term in Section 2.06(j).
“
LC Disbursement ” means a payment made by the Issuing
Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit.
“
LC Exposure ” means, at any time, the sum of
(a) the aggregate undrawn Dollar Amount of all outstanding
Letters of Credit at such time plus (b) the aggregate Dollar
Amount of all LC Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed by
or on behalf of the Borrower at such time. The LC Exposure of any
Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total
LC Exposure at such time.
“
Lenders ” means the Persons listed on
Schedule 2.01 and any other Person that shall have
become a Lender hereunder pursuant to Section 2.20 or pursuant
to an Assignment and Assumption, other than any such Person that
ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and
Assumption. Unless the context otherwise requires, the term
“Lenders” includes the Swingline Lender.
“
Letter of Credit ” means any letter of credit issued
pursuant to this Agreement.
“
LIBO Rate ” means, with respect to any Eurocurrency
Borrowing for any Interest Period, the rate appearing on, in the
case of Dollars, Reuters BBA Libor Rates Page 3750 and, in the case
of any Foreign Currency, the appropriate page of such service which
displays British Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rates for
deposits in such Foreign Currency (or, in each case, on any
successor or substitute page of such service, or any successor to
or substitute for such service, providing rate quotations
comparable to those currently provided on such page of such
service, as determined by the Administrative Agent from time to
time for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates
applicable to deposits in the relevant Agreed Currency in the
London interbank market) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London
time, two (2) Business Days prior to (or, in the case of Loans
denominated in Pounds Sterling, on the day of) the commencement of
such Interest Period, as the rate for deposits in the relevant
Agreed Currency with a maturity comparable to such Interest Period.
In the event that such rate is not available at such time for any
reason, then the “ LIBO Rate ” with respect to
such Eurocurrency Borrowing for such Interest Period shall be the
rate at which deposits in the relevant Agreed Currency in an
Equivalent Amount of $5,000,000 and for a maturity comparable to
such Interest Period are offered by the principal London office of
the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds in the
London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London
time, two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such
Interest Period.
“
Lien ” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any
mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance,
charge or security interest in, on or of such asset, (b) the
interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale
agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any
financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as
any of the foregoing) relating to such asset and (c) in the
case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a
third party with respect to such securities.
“
Loan Documents ” means this Agreement, any promissory
notes issued pursuant to Section 2.10(e) of this Agreement, any
Letter of Credit applications, the Collateral Documents, the
Subsidiary Guaranty, and all other agreements, instruments,
documents and certificates identified in Section 4.01 executed
and delivered to, or in favor of, the Administrative Agent or any
Lenders and including all other pledges, powers of attorney,
consents, assignments, contracts, notices, letter of credit
agreements and all other written matter whether heretofore, now or
hereafter executed by or on behalf of any Loan Party, or any
employee of any Loan Party, and delivered to the Administrative
Agent or any Lender in connection with the Agreement or the
transactions contemplated thereby. Any reference in the Agreement
or any other Loan Document to a Loan Document shall include all
appendices, exhibits or schedules thereto, and all amendments,
restatements, supplements or other modifications thereto, and shall
refer to the Agreement or such Loan Document as the same may be in
effect at any and all times such reference becomes operative.
“
Loan Parties ” means, collectively, the Borrower and
the Subsidiary Guarantors.
“
Loans ” means the loans made by the Lenders to the
Borrower pursuant to this Agreement.
“
Local Time ” means (i) New York City time in the
case of a Loan, Borrowing or LC Disbursement denominated in Dollars
to, or for the account of, the Borrower and (ii) local time at
the place of the relevant Loan, Borrowing or LC Disbursement (or
such earlier local time as is necessary for the relevant funds to
be received and transferred to the Administrative Agent for same
day value on the date the relevant reimbursement obligation is due)
in the case of a Loan, Borrowing or LC Disbursement which is
denominated in a Foreign Currency.
“
Mandatory Cost ” is described in
Schedule 2.02 .
“
Material Adverse Effect ” means a material adverse
effect on (a) the business, assets, property, condition
(financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Borrower and the
Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (b) the validity or
enforceability of this Agreement or any and all other Loan
Documents or the rights or remedies of the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders thereunder.
“
Material Subsidiary ” means each Subsidiary which, as
of the most recent fiscal quarter of the Borrower, for the period
of four consecutive fiscal quarters then ended, for which financial
statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01,
contributed greater than ten percent (10%) of the Borrower’s
Consolidated EBITDA for such period; provided that, if at
any time the aggregate amount of the EBITDA of all Subsidiaries
that are not Material Subsidiaries exceeds twenty percent (20%) of
the Borrower’s Consolidated EBITDA for any such period, the
Borrower shall designate sufficient Subsidiaries as “Material
Subsidiaries” to eliminate such excess, and such designated
Subsidiaries shall for all purposes of this Agreement constitute
Material Subsidiaries.
“
Material Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness (other than
the Loans and Letters of Credit), or obligations in respect of one
or more Swap Agreements, of any one or more of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding
$40,000,000. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the
“principal amount” of the obligations of the Borrower
or any Subsidiary in respect of any Swap Agreement at any time
shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting
agreements) that the Borrower or such Subsidiary would be required
to pay if such Swap Agreement were terminated at such time.
“
Maturity Date ” means April 3, 2013.
“
Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service,
Inc.
“
Multiemployer Plan ” means a multiemployer plan as
defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
“
New Money Credit Event ” means with respect to the
Issuing Bank, any increase (directly or indirectly) in the Issuing
Bank’s exposure (whether by way of additional credit or
banking facilities or otherwise, including as part of a
restructuring) to the Borrower or any Governmental Authority in the
Borrower’s or any applicable Letter of Credit
beneficiary’s country occurring by reason of (i) any
law, action or requirement of any Governmental Authority in the
Borrower’s or such Letter of Credit beneficiary’s
country, or (ii) any request of a Governmental Authority in
respect of external indebtedness of borrowers in the
Borrower’s or such Letter of Credit beneficiary’s
country applicable to banks generally which conduct business with
such borrowers, or (iii) any agreement in relation to clause
(i) or (ii), in each case to the extent calculated by
reference to the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures outstanding
prior to such increase.
“
Obligations ” means all unpaid principal of and
accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans, all LC Exposure, all
accrued and unpaid fees and all expenses, reimbursements,
indemnities and other obligations and indebtedness (including
interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy,
insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of
whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), obligations and
liabilities of any of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to any of
the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any
indemnified party, individually or collectively, existing on the
Effective Date or arising thereafter, direct or indirect, joint or
several, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, liquidated
or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, arising by contract,
operation of law or otherwise, arising or incurred under this
Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or in respect
of any of the Loans made or reimbursement or other obligations
incurred or any of the Letters of Credit or other instruments at
any time evidencing any thereof.
“
Other Taxes ” means any and all present or future
stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes,
charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder
or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise
with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
“
Overnight Foreign Currency Rate ” means, for any
amount payable in a Foreign Currency, the rate of interest per
annum as determined by the Administrative Agent at which overnight
or weekend deposits in the relevant currency (or if such amount due
remains unpaid for more than three (3) Business Days, then for
such other period of time as the Administrative Agent may elect)
for delivery in immediately available and freely transferable funds
would be offered by the Administrative Agent to major banks in the
interbank market upon request of such major banks for the relevant
currency as determined above and in an amount comparable to the
unpaid principal amount of the related Credit Event, plus any
taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, charges or withholdings
imposed upon, or charged to, the Administrative Agent by any
relevant correspondent bank in respect of such amount in such
relevant currency.
“
Participant ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 9.04.
“
PBGC ” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity
performing similar functions.
“
Permitted Acquisition ” means any acquisition (whether
by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) or series of
related acquisitions by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of
(i) all or substantially all the assets of or (ii) all or
substantially all the Equity Interests in, a Person or division or
line of business of a Person, if, at the time of and immediately
after giving effect thereto, (a) no Default has occurred and
is continuing or would arise after giving effect thereto,
(b) such Person or division or line of business is engaged in
the same or a similar line of business as the Borrower and the
Subsidiaries or business reasonably related thereto, (c) all
actions required to be taken with respect to such acquired or newly
formed Subsidiary under Section 5.09 shall have been taken,
(d) the Borrower and the Subsidiaries are in compliance, on a
pro forma basis after giving effect to such acquisition (but
without giving effect to any synergies or cost savings), with the
covenants contained in Section 6.12 recomputed as of the last
day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower for
which financial statements are available, as if such acquisition
(and any related incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness, with any
new Indebtedness being deemed to be amortized over the applicable
testing period in accordance with its terms) had occurred on the
first day of each relevant period for testing such compliance and,
if the aggregate consideration paid in respect of such acquisition
exceeds $150,000,000, the Borrower shall have delivered to the
Administrative Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer of the
Borrower to such effect, together with all relevant financial
information, statements and projections requested by the
Administrative Agent, (e) in the case of an acquisition or
merger involving the Borrower or a Subsidiary, the Borrower or such
Subsidiary is the surviving entity of such merger and/or
consolidation and (f) the aggregate consideration paid in
respect of such acquisition, when taken together with the aggregate
consideration paid in respect of all other acquisitions during any
fiscal year of the Borrower, does not exceed $250,000,000 during
such fiscal year (provided that acquisitions completed prior to the
Effective Date shall not be counted as part of such limitation for
the fiscal year of the Borrower ending October 31, 2008).
“
Permitted Encumbrances ” means:
(a) Liens imposed by law for taxes, assessments or
governmental charges or levies that are not yet due or are being
contested in compliance with Section 5.04;
(b) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’,
materialmen’s, repairmen’s and other like Liens imposed
by law, arising in the ordinary course of business and securing
obligations that are not overdue by more than thirty (30) days
or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.04;
(c) pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of
business in compliance with workers’ compensation,
unemployment insurance and other social security or similar laws or
regulations;
(d) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade
contracts, leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds,
performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, in each
case in the ordinary course of business;
(e) judgment liens in respect of judgments that do not
constitute an Event of Default under clause (k) of
Article VII;
(f) easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar
encumbrances on real property imposed by law or arising in the
ordinary course of business or generally existing with respect to
similar properties that do not secure any monetary obligations and
do not materially detract from the value of the affected property
or interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Borrower
or any Subsidiary; and
(g) liens created under Sale and Leaseback Transactions
permitted under Section 6.10 and encumbering real property
subject thereto.
provided that the
term “Permitted Encumbrances” shall not include any
Lien securing Indebtedness.
“
Permitted Investments ” means:
(a) direct
obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on
which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of
America (or by any agency thereof to the extent such obligations
are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of
America), in each case maturing within one year from the date of
acquisition thereof;
(b) investments in commercial paper maturing within
270 days from the date of acquisition thereof and having, at
such date of acquisition, a credit rating of A-1 or P-1, or better,
as applicable, from S&P or from Moody’s;
(c) investments in certificates of deposit, banker’s
acceptances and time deposits maturing within 180 days from
the date of acquisition thereof issued or guaranteed by or placed
with, and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by, any
domestic office of any commercial bank organized under the laws of
the United States of America or any State thereof which has a
combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than
$500,000,000;
(d) fully
collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than
thirty (30) days for securities described in clause
(a) above and entered into with a “Primary
Dealer”, as defined by the Federal Reserve Bank of New
York;
(e) money
market funds that (i) comply with the criteria set forth in
Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 2a-7 under the
Investment Company Act of 1940 and (ii) have portfolio assets
of at least $1,000,000,000; and
(f) obligations of government sponsored enterprises, including
Federal National Mortgage Association and Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation (or any agency thereof), in each case maturing
within one year from the date of acquisition thereof.
“
Person ” means any natural person, corporation,
limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association,
company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
“
Plan ” means any employee pension benefit plan (other
than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of
ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA,
and in respect of which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is (or,
if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of
ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in
Section 3(5) of ERISA.
“
Pledge Subsidiary ” means (i) each Domestic
Subsidiary which is a Material Subsidiary and (ii) each First
Tier Foreign Subsidiary which is a Material Subsidiary.
“
Pounds Sterling ” means the lawful currency of the
United Kingdom.
“
Prime Rate ” means the rate of interest per annum
publicly announced from time to time by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York
City; each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and
including the date such change is publicly announced as being
effective.
“
Register ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 9.04.
“
Related Parties ” means, with respect to any specified
Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective
directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person
and such Person’s Affiliates.
“
Required Lenders ” means, at any time, Lenders having
Revolving Credit Exposures and unused Commitments representing more
than 50% of the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures and
unused Commitments at such time.
“
Restricted Payment ” means any dividend or other
distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with
respect to any Equity Interests in the Borrower or any Subsidiary,
or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property),
including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the
purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or
termination of any such Equity Interests in the Borrower or any
option, warrant or other right to acquire any such Equity Interests
in the Borrower.
“
Revolving Credit Exposure ” means, with respect to any
Lender at any time, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of
such Lender’s Revolving Loans and its LC Exposure and
Swingline Exposure at such time.
“
Revolving Loan ” means a Loan made pursuant to
Section 2.01.
“
S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s.
“
Sale and Leaseback Transaction ” means any sale or
other transfer of any property or asset by any Person with the
intent to lease such property or asset as lessee.
“
Secured Obligations ” means all Obligations, together
with all Swap Obligations and Banking Services Obligations owing to
one or more Lenders or their respective Affiliates.
“
Security Agreement ” means that certain Pledge and
Security Agreement (including any and all supplements thereto),
dated as of the date hereof, between the Loan Parties and the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent
and the other Holders of Secured Obligations, and any other pledge
or security agreement entered into, after the date of this
Agreement by any other Loan Party (as required by this Agreement or
any other Loan Document), or any other Person, as the same may be
amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
“
Senior Leverage Ratio ” has the meaning assigned to
such term in Section 6.12(b).
“
Statutory Reserve Rate ” means, with respect to any
currency, a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of
which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number
one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve, liquid asset, fees
or similar requirements (including any marginal, special, emergency
or supplemental reserves or other requirements) established by any
central bank, monetary authority, the Board, the Financial Services
Authority, the European Central Bank or other Governmental
Authority for any category of deposits or liabilities customarily
used to fund loans in such currency, expressed in the case of each
such requirement as a decimal. Such reserve, liquid asset, fees or
similar requirements shall, in the case of Dollar denominated
Loans, include those imposed pursuant to Regulation D of the
Board. Eurocurrency Loans shall be deemed to be subject to such
reserve, liquid asset, fee or similar requirements without benefit
of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be
available from time to time to any Lender under any applicable law,
rule or regulation, including Regulation D of the Board. The
Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of
the effective date of any change in any reserve, liquid asset or
similar requirement.
“
Subordinated Indebtedness ” means (i) the
Convertible Subordinated Indebtedness (ii) any Indebtedness of the
Borrower or any Subsidiary the payment of which is contractually
subordinated to payment of the Secured Obligations.
“
Subordinated Indebtedness Documents ” means any
document, agreement or instrument evidencing any Subordinated
Indebtedness or entered into in connection with any Subordinated
Indebtedness.
“
subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person (the
“ parent ”) at any date, any corporation,
limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity
the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the
parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if
such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as
of such date, as well as any other corporation, limited liability
company, partnership, association or other entity (a) of which
securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50%
of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in
the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership
interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held, or
(b) that is, as of such date, otherwise Controlled, by the
parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent
and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.
“
Subsidiary ” means any subsidiary of the Borrower.
“
Subsidiary Guarantor ” means each Material Subsidiary
that is required to become a party to the Subsidiary Guaranty
(including pursuant to a joinder or supplement thereto). The
Subsidiary Guarantors on the Effective Date are identified as such
in Schedule 3.01 hereto.
“
Subsidiary Guaranty ” means that certain Guaranty
dated as of the Effective Date (including any and all supplements
thereto) and executed by each Subsidiary Guarantor party thereto,
and, in the case of any guaranty by a Foreign Subsidiary that is or
becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor, any other guaranty agreements as
are requested by the Administrative Agent and its counsel, in each
case as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time.
“
Swap Agreement ” means any agreement with respect to
any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or
similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or
more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or
securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures
of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar
transaction or any combination of these transactions;
provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for
payments only on account of services provided by current or former
directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Borrower or
the Subsidiaries shall be a Swap Agreement.
“
Swap Obligations ” means any and all obligations of
the Borrower or any Subsidiary, whether absolute or contingent and
howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced or acquired
(including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and
substitutions therefor), under (a) any and all Swap Agreements
permitted hereunder with a Lender or an affiliate of a Lender, and
(b) any and all cancellations, buy backs, reversals,
terminations or assignments of any such Swap Agreement
transaction.
“
Swingline Exposure ” means, at any time, the aggregate
principal amount of all Swingline Loans outstanding at such time.
The Swingline Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be its
Applicable Percentage of the total Swingline Exposure at such
time.
“
Swingline Lender ” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in
its capacity as lender of Swingline Loans hereunder.
“
Swingline Loan ” means a Loan made pursuant to
Section 2.05.
“
Syndication Agent ” means RBS Citizens, National
Association in its capacity as syndication agent for the credit
facility evidenced by this Agreement.
“
TARGET ” means the Trans-European Automated Real-time
Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET) payment system (or,
if such payment system ceases to be operative, such other payment
system (if any) reasonably determined by the Administrative
Agent to be a suitable replacement) for the settlement of payments
in euro.
“
Taxes ” means any and all present or future taxes,
levies, imposts, duties, deductions, charges or withholdings
imposed by any Governmental Authority.
“
Total Leverage Ratio ” has the meaning assigned to
such term in Section 6.12(a).
“
Transactions ” means the execution, delivery and
performance by the Loan Parties of this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents, the borrowing of Loans and other credit extensions,
the use of the proceeds thereof and the issuance of Letters of
Credit hereunder.
“
Type ”, when used in reference to any Loan or
Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or
on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference
to the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the Alternate Base Rate.
“
UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect
from time to time in the State of New York or any other state the
laws of which are required to be applied in connection with the
issue of perfection of security interests.
“
Unliquidated Obligations ” means, at any time, any
Secured Obligations (or portion thereof) that are contingent in
nature or unliquidated at such time, including any Secured
Obligation that is: (i) an obligation to reimburse a bank for
drawings not yet made under a letter of credit issued by it;
(ii) any other obligation (including any guarantee) that is
contingent in nature at such time; or (iii) an obligation to
provide collateral to secure any of the foregoing types of
obligations.
“
Withdrawal Liability ” means liability to a
Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal
from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in
Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
SECTION
1.02. Classification of Loans and Borrowings . For purposes
of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class
( e.g. , a “Revolving Loan”) or by Type (
e.g. , a “Eurocurrency Loan”) or by Class and
Type ( e.g. , a “Eurocurrency Revolving Loan”).
Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (
e.g. , a “Revolving Borrowing”) or by Type (
e.g. , a “Eurocurrency Borrowing”) or by Class
and Type ( e.g. , a “Eurocurrency Revolving
Borrowing”).
SECTION
1.03. Terms Generally . The definitions of terms herein
shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms
defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall
include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The
words “include”, “includes” and
“including” shall be deemed to be followed by the
phrase “without limitation”. The word
“will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and
effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires
otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement,
instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring
to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to
time amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject
to any restrictions on such amendments, restatements supplements or
modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any
Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors
and assigns, (c) the words “herein”,
“hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of
similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in
its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof,
(d) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and
Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of,
and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and (e) the
words “asset” and “property” shall be
construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any
and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including
cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
SECTION
1.04. Accounting Terms; GAAP . Except as otherwise expressly
provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature
shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time
to time; provided that, if the Borrower notifies the
Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any
provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring
after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the
operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent
notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an
amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of
whether any such notice is given before or after such change in
GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be
interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied
immediately before such change shall have become effective until
such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in
accordance herewith.
ARTICLE II
The Credits
SECTION
2.01. Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions set
forth herein, each Lender agrees to make Revolving Loans to the
Borrower in Agreed Currencies from time to time during the
Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not
result in (a) the Dollar Amount of such Lender’s
Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Commitment,
(b) subject to Section 2.04, the sum of the Dollar Amount
of the total Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the Aggregate
Commitment or (c) subject to Section 2.04, the Dollar
Amount of the total outstanding Revolving Loans and LC Exposure, in
each case denominated in Foreign Currencies, exceeding the Foreign
Currency Sublimit. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the
terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow,
prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans.
SECTION
2.02. Loans and Borrowings . (a) Each Revolving Loan
(other than a Swingline Loan) shall be made as part of a Borrowing
consisting of Revolving Loans made by the Lenders ratably in
accordance with their respective Commitments. The failure of any
Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve
any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that
the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be
responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as
required. Any Swingline Loan shall be made in accordance with the
procedures set forth in Section 2.05.
(b) Subject to Section 2.14, each Revolving Borrowing
shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or Eurocurrency Loans as
the Borrower may request in accordance herewith; provided that each
ABR Loan shall only be made in Dollars. Each Swingline Loan shall
be an ABR Loan or bear interest at an alternate rate separately
agreed upon between the Borrower and the Swingline Lender. Each
Lender at its option may make any Eurocurrency Loan by causing any
domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such
Loan (and in the case of an Affiliate, the provisions of
Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 2.17 shall apply to such
Affiliate to the same extent as to such Lender); provided
that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of
the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement.
(c) At the commencement of each Interest Period for any
Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an
aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not
less than $3,000,000 (or the Approximate Equivalent Amount of each
such amount if such Borrowing is denominated in a Foreign
Currency). At the time that each ABR Revolving Borrowing is made,
such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral
multiple of $500,000 and not less than $1,000,000; provided
that an ABR Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that
is equal to the entire unused balance of the Aggregate Commitment
or that is required to finance the reimbursement of an LC
Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.06(e). Each
Swingline Loan shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple
of $500,000 and not less than $1,000,000. Borrowings of more than
one Type and Class may be outstanding at the same time;
provided that there shall not at any time be more than a
total of ten (10) Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowings
outstanding.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the
Borrower shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert
or continue, any Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with
respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date.
SECTION
2.03. Requests for Revolving Borrowings . To request a
Revolving Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative
Agent of such request (a) by telephone in the case of a
Eurocurrency Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., Local Time,
three (3) Business Days (in the case of a Eurocurrency
Borrowing denominated in Dollars) or by irrevocable written notice
(via a written Borrowing Request in a form approved by the
Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower) not later than
four (4) Business Days (in the case of a Eurocurrency
Borrowing denominated in a Foreign Currency), in each case before
the date of the proposed Borrowing or (b) by telephone in the case
of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City
time, one (1) Business Day before the date of the proposed
Borrowing; provided that any such notice of an ABR Revolving
Borrowing to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as
contemplated by Section 2.06(e) may be given not later than
10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date of the proposed
Borrowing. Each such telephonic Borrowing Request shall be
irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or
telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request
in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the
Borrower. Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall
specify the following information in compliance with
Section 2.02:
(i) the
aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;
(ii) the
date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a
Eurocurrency Borrowing;
(iv) in the
case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, the Agreed Currency and initial
Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period
contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest
Period”; and
(v) the
location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds
are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of
Section 2.07.
If no election as to the
Type of Revolving Borrowing is specified, then, in the case of a
Borrowing denominated in Dollars, the requested Revolving Borrowing
shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with
respect to any requested Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, then the
Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one
month’s duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing
Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent
shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount
of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested
Borrowing.
SECTION
2.04. Determination of Dollar Amounts . The Administrative
Agent will determine the Dollar Amount of:
(a) each Eurocurrency Borrowing as of the date of a Borrowing
Request or, if applicable, the date of an Interest Election
Request,
(b) the LC Exposure as of the date of each request for the
issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit,
and
(c) all outstanding Credit Events on and as of the last
Business Day of each calendar quarter and, during the continuation
of an Event of Default, on any other Business Day elected by the
Administrative Agent in its discretion or upon instruction by the
Required Lenders.
Each day upon or as of
which the Administrative Agent determines Dollar Amounts as
described in the preceding clauses (a), (b) and (c) is
herein described as a “Computation Date” with respect
to each Credit Event for which a Dollar Amount is determined on or
as of such day.
SECTION
2.05. Swingline Loans . (a) Subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein, the Swingline Lender agrees to make
Swingline Loans in Dollars to the Borrower from time to time during
the Availability Period, in an aggregate principal amount at any
time outstanding that will not result in (i) the aggregate
principal amount of outstanding Swingline Loans exceeding
$20,000,000 or (ii) the Dollar Amount of the total Revolving
Credit Exposures exceeding the Aggregate Commitment;
provided that the Swingline Lender shall not be required to
make a Swingline Loan to refinance an outstanding Swingline Loan.
Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions
set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow
Swingline Loans.
(b) To request a Swingline Loan, the Borrower shall notify the
Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (confirmed by
telecopy), not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the day
of a proposed Swingline Loan. Each such notice shall be irrevocable
and shall specify the requested date (which shall be a Business
Day) and amount of the requested Swingline Loan. The Administrative
Agent will promptly advise the Swingline Lender of any such notice
received from the Borrower. The Swingline Lender shall make each
Swingline Loan available to the Borrower by means of a credit to
the general deposit account of the Borrower with the Swingline
Lender (or, in the case of a Swingline Loan made to finance the
reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in
Section 2.06(e), by remittance to the Issuing Bank) by 3:30
p.m., New York City time, on the requested date of such Swingline
Loan.
(c) The Swingline Lender may by written notice given to the
Administrative Agent not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City
time, on any Business Day require the Lenders to acquire
participations on such Business Day in all or a portion of the
Swingline Loans outstanding. Such notice shall specify the
aggregate amount of Swingline Loans in which Lenders will
participate. Promptly upon receipt of such notice, the
Administrative Agent will give notice thereof to each Lender,
specifying in such notice such Lender’s Applicable Percentage
of such Swingline Loan or Loans. Each Lender hereby absolutely and
unconditionally agrees, upon receipt of notice as provided above,
to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the
Swingline Lender, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such
Swingline Loan or Loans. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that
its obligation to acquire participations in Swingline Loans
pursuant to this paragraph is absolute and unconditional and shall
not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including the
occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination
of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made
without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.
Each Lender shall comply with its obligation under this paragraph
by wire transfer of immediately available funds, in the same manner
as provided in Section 2.07 with respect to Loans made by such
Lender (and Section 2.07 shall apply, mutatis
mutandis , to the payment obligations of the Lenders), and
the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Swingline Lender
the amounts so received by it from the Lenders. The Administrative
Agent shall notify the Borrower of any participations in any
Swingline Loan acquired pursuant to this paragraph, and thereafter
payments in respect of such Swingline Loan shall be made to the
Administrative Agent and not to the Swingline Lender. Any amounts
received by the Swingline Lender from the Borrower (or other party
on behalf of the Borrower) in respect of a Swingline Loan after
receipt by the Swingline Lender of the proceeds of a sale of
participations therein shall be promptly remitted to the
Administrative Agent; any such amounts received by the
Administrative Agent shall be promptly remitted by the
Administrative Agent to the Lenders that shall have made their
payments pursuant to this paragraph and to the Swingline Lender, as
their interests may appear; provided that any such payment
so remitted shall be repaid to the Swingline Lender or to the
Administrative Agent, as applicable, if and to the extent such
payment is required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason.
The purchase of participations in a Swingline Loan pursuant to this
paragraph shall not relieve the Borrower of any default in the
payment thereof.
SECTION
2.06. Letters of Credit . (a) General . Subject to
the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may request
the issuance of Letters of Credit denominated in Agreed Currencies
for its own account, in a form reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank, at any time and from
time to time during the Availability Period. In the event of any
inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement
and the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit
application or other agreement submitted by the Borrower to, or
entered into by the Borrower with, the Issuing Bank relating to any
Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall
control; provided , however, if the Issuing Bank is
requested to issue Letters of Credit with respect to a jurisdiction
the Issuing Bank deems, in its reasonable judgment, may at any time
subject it to a New Money Credit Event or a Country Risk Event, the
Borrower shall, at the request of the Issuing Bank, guaranty and
indemnify the Issuing Bank against any and all costs, liabilities
and losses resulting from such New Money Credit Event or Country
Risk Event, in each case in a form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Issuing Bank.
(b)
Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain
Conditions . To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or
the amendment, renewal or extension of an outstanding Letter of
Credit), the Borrower shall hand deliver or telecopy (or transmit
by electronic communication, if arrangements for doing so have been
approved by the Issuing Bank) to the Issuing Bank and the
Administrative Agent (reasonably in advance of the requested date
of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension) a notice requesting
the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or identifying the Letter of
Credit to be amended, renewed or extended, and specifying the date
of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (which shall be a
Business Day), the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire
(which shall comply with paragraph (c) of this Section), the
amount of such Letter of Credit, the Agreed Currency applicable
thereto, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof and such
other information as shall be necessary to prepare, amend, renew or
extend such Letter of Credit. If requested by the Issuing Bank, the
Borrower also shall submit a letter of credit application on the
Issuing Bank’s standard form in connection with any request
for a Letter of Credit. A Letter of Credit shall be issued,
amended, renewed or extended only if (and upon issuance, amendment,
renewal or extension of each Letter of Credit the Borrower shall be
deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving effect to such
issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (i) the Dollar
Amount of the LC Exposure shall not exceed $20,000,000,
(ii) subject to Section 2.04, the sum of the Dollar
Amount of the total Revolving Credit Exposures shall not exceed the
Aggregate Commitment and (iii) subject to Section 2.04, the
Dollar Amount of the total outstanding Revolving Loans and LC
Exposure, in each case denominated in Foreign Currencies, shall not
exceed the Foreign Currency Sublimit.
(c)
Expiration Date . Each Letter of Credit shall expire at or
prior to the close of business on the earlier of (i) the date
one year after the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit
(or, in the case of any renewal or extension thereof, one year
after such renewal or extension) and (ii) the date that is
five (5) Business Days prior to the Maturity Date;
provided that, upon the Borrower’s request, any such
Letter of Credit which expires in the final year prior to the
Maturity Date may have an expiry date which is no later than the
date which is one year after the Maturity Date if cash
collateralized in compliance with Section 2.06(j) below (each
such Letter of Credit, an “ Extended Letter of Credit
”).
(d)
Participations . By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or
an amendment to a Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof)
and without any further action on the part of the Issuing Bank or
the Lenders, the Issuing Bank hereby grants to each Lender, and
each Lender hereby acquires from the Issuing Bank, a participation
in such Letter of Credit equal to such Lender’s Applicable
Percentage of the aggregate Dollar Amount available to be drawn
under such Letter of Credit. In consideration and in furtherance of
the foregoing, each Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally
agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the
Issuing Bank, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of each LC
Disbursement made by the Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by the
Borrower on the date due as provided in paragraph (e) of this
Section, or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to
the Borrower for any reason. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees
that its obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this
paragraph in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and
unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance
whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any
Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or
reduction or termination of the Commitments, and that each such
payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or
reduction whatsoever.
(e)
Reimbursement . If the Issuing Bank shall make any LC
Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall
reimburse such LC Disbursement by paying to the Administrative
Agent in Dollars the Dollar Amount equal to such LC Disbursement,
calculated as of the date the Issuing Bank made such LC
Disbursement (or if the Issuing Bank shall so elect in its
reasonable discretion by notice to the Borrower, in such other
Agreed Currency which was paid by the Issuing Bank pursuant to such
LC Disbursement in an amount equal to such LC Disbursement) not
later than 12:00 noon, Local Time, on the Business Day immediately
following the day that the Borrower receives such notice;
provided that, if such LC Disbursement is not less than the
Dollar Amount of $1,000,000, the Borrower may, subject to the
conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request in accordance
with Section 2.03 or 2.05 that such payment be financed with
an ABR Revolving Borrowing or Swingline Loan in an equivalent
Dollar Amount of such LC Disbursement and, to the extent so
financed, the Borrower’s obligation to make such payment
shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting ABR Revolving
Borrowing or Swingline Loan. If the Borrower fails to make such
payment when due, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender
of the applicable LC Disbursement, the payment then due from the
Borrower in respect thereof and such Lender’s Applicable
Percentage thereof. Promptly following receipt of such notice, each
Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent its Applicable
Percentage of the payment then due from the Borrower, in the same
manner as provided in Section 2.07 with respect to Loans made
by such Lender (and Section 2.07 shall apply, mutatis
mutandis , to the payment obligations of the Lenders), and
the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Issuing Bank the
amounts so received by it from the Lenders. Promptly following
receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment from the
Borrower pursuant to this paragraph, the Administrative Agent shall
distribute such payment to the Issuing Bank or, to the extent that
Lenders have made payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse
the Issuing Bank, then to such Lenders and the Issuing Bank as
their interests may appear. Any payment made by a Lender pursuant
to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Bank for any LC
Disbursement (other than the funding of ABR Revolving Loans or a
Swingline Loan as contemplated above) shall not constitute a Loan
and shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse
such LC Disbursement. If the Borrower’s reimbursement of, or
obligation to reimburse, any amounts in any Foreign Currency would
subject the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender to
any stamp duty, ad valorem charge or similar tax that would not be
payable if such reimbursement were made or required to be made in
Dollars, the Borrower shall, at its option, either (x) pay the
amount of any such tax requested by the Administrative Agent, the
Issuing Bank or the relevant Lender or (y) reimburse each LC
Disbursement made in such Foreign Currency in Dollars, in an amount
equal to the Equivalent Amount, calculated using the applicable
exchange rates, on the date such LC Disbursement is made, of such
LC Disbursement.
(f)
Obligations Absolute . The Borrower’s obligation to
reimburse LC Disbursements as provided in paragraph (e) of
this Section shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and
shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever and
irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of
any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, or any term or provision
therein, (ii) any draft or other document presented under a
Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any
respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any
respect, (iii) payment by the Issuing Bank under a Letter of
Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does
not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit, or
(iv) any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or
not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the
provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable
discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, the
Borrower’s obligations hereunder. Neither the Administrative
Agent, the Lenders nor the Issuing Bank, nor any of their Related
Parties, shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or
in connection with the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit
or any payment or failure to make any payment thereunder
(irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in the
preceding sentence), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or
delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other
communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including
any document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in
interpretation of technical terms or any consequence arising from
causes beyond the control of the Issuing Bank; provided that
the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse the Issuing Bank
from liability to the Borrower to the extent of any direct damages
(as opposed to consequential damages, claims in respect of which
are hereby waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by
applicable law) suffered by the Borrower that are caused by the
Issuing Bank’s failure to exercise care when determining
whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of
Credit comply with the terms thereof. The parties hereto expressly
agree that, in the absence of gross negligence or willful
misconduct on the part of the Issuing Bank (as finally determined
by a court of competent jurisdiction), the Issuing Bank shall be
deemed to have exercised care in each such determination. In
furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality
thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to documents
presented which appear on their face to be in substantial
compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, the Issuing Bank
may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment upon
such documents without responsibility for further investigation,
regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, or refuse
to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents
are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of
Credit.
(g)
Disbursement Procedures . The Issuing Bank shall, promptly
following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to
represent a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit. The
Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the
Borrower by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of such demand for
payment and whether the Issuing Bank has made or will make an LC
Disbursement thereunder; provided that any failure to give
or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the Borrower of
its obligation to reimburse the Issuing Bank and the Lenders with
respect to any such LC Disbursement.
(h)
Interim Interest . If the Issuing Bank shall make any LC
Disbursement, then, unless the Borrower shall reimburse such LC
Disbursement in full on the date such LC Disbursement is made, the
unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and
including the date such LC Disbursement is made to but excluding
the date that the Borrower reimburses such LC Disbursement, at the
rate per annum then applicable to ABR Revolving Loans (or in the
case such LC Disbursement is denominated in a Foreign Currency, at
the Overnight Foreign Currency Rate for such Agreed Currency
plus the then effective Applicable Rate with respect to
Eurocurrency Revolving Loans); provided that, if the
Borrower fails to reimburse such LC Disbursement when due pursuant
to paragraph (e) of this Section, then Section 2.13(c)
shall apply. Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be
for the account of the Issuing Bank, except that interest accrued
on and after the date of payment by any Lender pursuant to
paragraph (e) of this Section to reimburse the Issuing Bank
shall be for the account of such Lender to the extent of such
payment.
(i)
Replacement of Issuing Bank . The Issuing Bank may be
replaced at any time by written agreement among the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent, the replaced Issuing Bank and the successor
Issuing Bank. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of
any such replacement of the Issuing Bank. At the time any such
replacement shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay all
unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced Issuing Bank
pursuant to Section 2.12(b). From and after the effective date of
any such replacement, (i) the successor Issuing Bank shall
have all the rights and obligations of the Issuing Bank under this
Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit to be issued thereafter
and (ii) references herein to the term “Issuing
Bank” shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any
previous Issuing Bank, or to such successor and all previous
Issuing Banks, as the context shall require. After the replacement
of an Issuing Bank hereunder, the replaced Issuing Bank shall
remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and
obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to
Letters of Credit then outstanding and issued by it prior to such
replacement, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters
of Credit.
(j)
Cash Collateralization . If (x) any Event of Default
shall occur and be continuing, on the Business Day that the
Borrower receives notice from the Administrative Agent or the
Required Lenders (or, if the maturity of the Loans has been
accelerated, Lenders with LC Exposure representing greater than 50%
of the total LC Exposure) demanding the deposit of cash collateral
pursuant to this paragraph or (y) the Borrower requests the
issuance of an Extended Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall
deposit in an account with the Administrative Agent, in the name of
the Administrative Agent and for the benefit of the Lenders (the
“ LC Collateral Account ”), an amount in cash
equal to 105% of the Dollar Amount of the LC Exposure in respect of
such Extended Letter of Credit (in the case of the foregoing clause
(y)) or in the aggregate (in the case of the foregoing clause (x))
as of such date plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon;
provided that (i) the portions of such amount
attributable to undrawn Foreign Currency Letters of Credit or LC
Disbursements in a Foreign Currency that the Borrower is not late
in reimbursing shall be deposited in the applicable Foreign
Currencies in the actual amounts of such undrawn Letters of Credit
and LC Disbursements and (ii) the obligation to deposit such
cash collateral shall become effective immediately, and such
deposit shall become immediately due and payable, without demand or
other notice of any kind, upon the occurrence of any Event of
Default with respect to the Borrower described in clause
(h) or (i) of Article VII. For the purposes of this
paragraph, the Foreign Currency LC Exposure shall be calculated
using the applicable exchange rates of the Administrative Agent on
the date notice demanding cash collateralization is delivered to
the Borrower. The Borrower also shall deposit cash collateral
pursuant to this paragraph as and to the extent required by
Section 2.11(b). Such deposit shall be held by the
Administrative Agent (or another financial institution selected by
the Administrative Agent and (so long as an Event of Default has
not occurred and is then continuing) approved by the Borrower, such
approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, pursuant to
control or blocked account agreements with such financial
institution and in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent) as collateral for the payment and performance
of the Secured Obligations. The Administrative Agent shall have
exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of
withdrawal, over such account and the Borrower hereby grants the
Administrative Agent a security interest in the Collateral Account.
Other than any interest earned on the investment of such deposits,
which investments shall be made at the Borrower’s risk and
expense, such deposits shall not bear interest. Interest or
profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in such
account. Moneys in such account shall be applied by the
Administrative Agent to reimburse the Issuing Bank for LC
Disbursements for which it has not been reimbursed and, to the
extent not so applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the
reimbursement obligations of the Borrower for the LC Exposure at
such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated
(but subject to the consent of Lenders with LC Exposure
representing greater than 50% of the total LC Exposure), be applied
to satisfy other Secured Obligations. If the Borrower is required
to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder as a result of
the occurrence of an Event of Default, such amount (to the extent
not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower within
three (3) Business Days after all Events of Default have been
cured or waived.
(k)
Conversion . In the event that the Loans become immediately
due and payable on any date pursuant to Article VII, all
amounts (i) that the Borrower is at the time or thereafter
becomes required to reimburse or otherwise pay to the
Administrative Agent in respect of LC Disbursements made under any
Foreign Currency Letter of Credit (other than amounts in respect of
which the Borrower has deposited cash collateral pursuant to
paragraph (j) above, if such cash collateral was deposited in
the applicable Foreign Currency to the extent so deposited or
applied), (ii) that the Lenders are at the time or thereafter
become required to pay to the Administrative Agent and the
Administrative Agent is at the time or thereafter becomes required
to distribute to the Issuing Bank pursuant to paragraph (e) of
this Section in respect of unreimbursed LC Disbursements made under
any Foreign Currency Letter of Credit and (iii) of each
Lender’s participation in any Foreign Currency Letter of
Credit under which an LC Disbursement has been made shall,
automatically and with no further action required, be converted
into the Dollar Amount, calculated using the Administrative
Agent’s currency exchange rates on such date (or in the case
of any LC Disbursement made after such date, on the date such LC
Disbursement is made), of such amounts. On and after such
conversion, all amounts accruing and owed to the Administrative
Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender in respect of the obligations
described in this paragraph shall accrue and be payable in Dollars
at the rates otherwise applicable hereunder.
SECTION
2.07. Funding of Borrowings . (a) Each Lender shall
make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date
thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds (i) in
the case of Loans denominated in Dollars, by 10:00 a.m., New
York City time, to the account of the Administrative Agent most
recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders
and (ii) in the case of each Loan denominated in a Foreign
Currency, by 10:00 a.m., Local Time, in the city of the
Administrative Agent’s Eurocurrency Payment Office for such
currency and at such Eurocurrency Payment Office for such currency;
provided that Swingline Loans shall be made as provided in
Section 2.05. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans
available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so
received, in like funds, to an account of the Borrower in the
relevant jurisdiction and designated by the Borrower in the
applicable Borrowing Request; provided that ABR Revolving
Loans made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as
provided in Section 2.06(e) shall be remitted by the
Administrative Agent to the Issuing Bank.
(b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice
from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such
Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such
Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent
may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such
date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may,
in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a
corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact
made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the
Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower
severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on
demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each
day from and including the date such amount is made available to
the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the
Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the
greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined
by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry
rules on interbank compensation (including without limitation the
Overnight Foreign Currency Rate in the case of Loans denominated in
a Foreign Currency) or (ii) in the case of the Borrower, the
interest rate applicable to such Borrowing. If such Lender pays
such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall
constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing.
SECTION
2.08. Interest Elections . (a) Each Revolving Borrowing
initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable
Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving
Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in
such Borrowing Request. Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to
convert such Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such
Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing,
may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this
Section. The Borrower may elect different options with respect to
different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each
such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding
the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each
such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing. This Section
shall not apply to Swingline Borrowings, which may not be converted
or continued.
(b) To make an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower
shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election (by
telephone in the case of a Borrowing denominated in Dollars or by
irrevocable written notice (via an Interest Election Request in a
form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the
Borrower) in the case of a Borrowing denominated in a Foreign
Currency) by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required
under Section 2.03 if the Borrower were requesting a Revolving
Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on
the effective date of such election. Each such telephonic Interest
Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed
promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent
of a written Interest Election Request in a form approved by the
Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower. Notwithstanding
any contrary provision herein, this Section shall not be construed
to permit the Borrower to (i) change the currency of any
Borrowing, (ii) elect an Interest Period for Eurocurrency
Loans that does not comply with Section 2.02(d) or
(iii) convert any Borrowing to a Borrowing of a Type not
available under the Class of Commitments pursuant to which such
Borrowing was made.
(c) Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request
shall specify the following information in compliance with
Section 2.02:
(i) the
Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if
different options are being elected with respect to different
portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each
resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified
pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) b
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