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EXHIBIT 10.1 $10,000,000.00 REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY
$23,000,000.00 TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT by and among
BREEZE-EASTERN CORPORATION and THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO and PNC
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent and PNC CAPITAL
MARKETS, LLC, as Arranger Dated as of August 28, 2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
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1.1 Certain Definitions
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1.2 Construction
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1.3 Accounting Principles
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2. REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY AND SWING LOAN AND LETTER OF CREDIT
SUBFACILITIES
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2.1 Revolving Credit Commitments
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2.2 Nature of Lenders’ Obligations with Respect to
Revolving Credit Loans
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2.3 Commitment Fees
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2.4 Revolving Credit Loan Requests; Swing Loan Requests
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2.5 Making Revolving Credit Loans; Presumptions by the
Administrative Agent; Repayment of Revolving Credit Loans
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2.6 Notes
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2.7 Use of Proceeds
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2.8 Letter of Credit Subfacility
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3. TERM LOANS
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3.1 Term Loan Commitments
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3.2 Nature of Lenders’ Obligations with Respect to Term
Loans; Repayment Terms
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4. INTEREST RATES
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4.1 Interest Rate Options
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4.2 Interest Periods
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4.3 Interest After Default
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4.4 LIBOR Rate Unascertainable; Illegality; Increased Costs;
Deposits Not Available
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4.5 Selection of Interest Rate Options
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5. PAYMENTS
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5.1 Payments
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5.2 Pro Rata Treatment of Lenders
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5.3 Sharing of Payments by Lenders
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5.4 Presumptions by Administrative Agent
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5.5 Interest Payment Dates
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5.6 Voluntary Prepayments and Revolving Credit Commitments
Reduction
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5.7 Mandatory Prepayments
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5.8 Increased Costs
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5.9 Taxes
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5.10 Indemnity
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5.11 Settlement Date Procedures
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6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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6.1 Representations and Warranties
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6.2 Updates to Schedules
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7. CONDITIONS OF LENDING AND ISSUANCE OF LETTERS OF CREDIT
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7.1 First Loans and Letters of Credit
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7.2 Each Loan or Letter of Credit
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8. COVENANTS
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8.1 Affirmative Covenants
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8.2 Negative Covenants
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8.3 Reporting Requirements
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9. DEFAULT
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9.1 Events of Default
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9.2 Consequences of Event of Default
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10. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
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10.1 Appointment and Authority
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10.2 Rights as a Lender
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10.3 Exculpatory Provisions
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10.4 Reliance by Administrative Agent
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10.5 Delegation of Duties
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10.6 Resignation of Administrative Agent
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10.7 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders
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10.8 No Other Duties, etc
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10.9 Administrative Agent’s Fee
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10.10 Authorization to Release Collateral and Guarantors
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10.11 No Reliance on Administrative Agent’s Customer
Identification Program
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11. MISCELLANEOUS
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11.1 Modifications, Amendments or Waivers
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11.2 No Implied Waivers; Cumulative Remedies
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11.3 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver
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11.4 Holidays
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11.5 Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication
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11.6 Severability
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11.7 Duration; Survival
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11.9 Confidentiality
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11.10 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness
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11.11 CHOICE OF LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF
VENUE; SERVICE OF PROCESS; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
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LIST OF SCHEDULES AND EXHIBITS
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SCHEDULES
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SCHEDULE 1.1(A)
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PRICING GRID
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SCHEDULE 1.1(B)
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COMMITMENTS OF LENDERS AND ADDRESSES FOR
NOTICES
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SCHEDULE 1.1(P)
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PERMITTED LIENS
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SCHEDULE 6.1.1
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QUALIFICATIONS TO DO BUSINESS
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SCHEDULE 6.1.2
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SUBSIDIARIES AND EQUITY INTERESTS
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SCHEDULE 6.1.14
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ENVIRONMENTAL DISCLOSURES
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SCHEDULE 6.1.15
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LABOR CONTRACTS
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SCHEDULE 8.1.3
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INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO COLLATERAL
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SCHEDULE 8.1.3A
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ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES
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SCHEDULE 8.2.1
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PERMITTED INDEBTEDNESS
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SCHEDULE 8.2.3
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PERMITTED GUARANTIES
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SCHEDULE 8.2.4
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PERMITTED INVESTMENTS
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PERMITTED DISPOSITIONS
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EXHIBITS
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EXHIBIT 1.1(A)
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ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
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EXHIBIT 1.1(G)
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GUARANTOR JOINDER
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EXHIBIT 1.1(N)(1)
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REVOLVING CREDIT NOTE
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EXHIBIT 1.1(N)(2)
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TERM NOTE
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EXHIBIT 1.1(N)(3)
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SWING LINE NOTE
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EXHIBIT 2.4(1)
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LOAN REQUEST
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EXHIBIT 2.4(2)
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SWING LOAN REQUEST
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EXHIBIT 8.3.3
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QUARTERLY COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
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CREDIT AGREEMENT THIS
CREDIT AGREEMENT (as hereafter amended, the "
Agreement ") is dated as of August 28, 2008 and is
made by and among BREEZE-EASTERN CORPORATION, a Delaware
corporation (the " Borrower "), each of the
GUARANTORS (as hereinafter defined), the LENDERS (as hereinafter
defined), and PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, in its capacity as
administrative agent for the Lenders under this Agreement
(hereinafter referred to in such capacity as the "
Administrative Agent ").
The Borrower has requested the
Lenders to provide (i) a revolving credit facility to the
Borrower in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
$10,000,000.00, including letter of credit and swing line
sub-facilities, and (ii) a $23,000,000.00 term loan facility.
In consideration of their mutual covenants and agreements
hereinafter set forth and intending to be legally bound hereby, the
parties hereto covenant and agree as follows: 1. CERTAIN
DEFINITIONS 1.1 Certain
Definitions . In addition to words and terms defined elsewhere
in this Agreement, the following words and terms shall have the
following meanings, respectively, unless the context hereof clearly
requires otherwise:
Administrative Agent : PNC Bank, National
Association, and its successors and assigns.
Administrative Agent’s Fee : the meaning
specified in Section 10.9 [Administrative Agent’s Fee].
Administrative Agent’s Letter : the meaning
specified in Section 10.9 [Administrative Agent’s Fee].
Affiliate : as to any Person, any other Person
(i) which directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by,
or is under common control with such Person, (ii) which
beneficially owns or holds 5% or more of any class of the voting or
other equity interests of such Person, or (iii) 5% or more of
any class of voting interests or other equity interests of which is
beneficially owned or held, directly or indirectly, by such Person.
Anti-Terrorism Laws : any Laws relating to terrorism
or money laundering, including Executive Order No. 13224, the
USA Patriot Act, the Laws comprising or implementing the Bank
Secrecy Act, and the Laws administered by the United States
Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (as any
of the foregoing Laws may from time to time be amended, renewed,
extended, or replaced).
Applicable Commitment Fee Rate : the percentage rate
per annum based on the Leverage Ratio then in effect according to
the pricing grid on Schedule 1.1(A) below the heading
"Commitment Fee."
Applicable Letter of Credit Fee Rate : the percentage
rate per annum based on the Leverage Ratio then in effect according
to the pricing grid on Schedule 1.1(A) below the
heading "Letter of Credit Fee."
Applicable Margin : as applicable:
(i) the
percentage spread to be added to the Base Rate applicable to
Revolving Credit Loans under the Base Rate Option based on the
Leverage Ratio then in effect according to the pricing grid on
Schedule 1.1(A) below the heading "Revolving Credit
Base Rate Spread",
(ii) the
percentage spread to be added to the Base Rate applicable to Term
Loans under the Base Rate Option based on the Leverage Ratio then
in effect according to the pricing grid on
Schedule 1.1(A) below the heading "Term Loan Base Rate
Spread",
(iii) the
percentage spread to be added to the LIBOR Rate applicable to
Revolving Credit Loans under the LIBOR Rate Option based on the
Leverage Ratio then in effect according to the pricing grid on
Schedule 1.1(A) below the heading "Revolving Credit
LIBOR Rate Spread", or
(iv) the
percentage spread to be added to the LIBOR Rate applicable to Term
Loans under the LIBOR Rate Option based on the Leverage Ratio then
in effect according to the pricing grid on
Schedule 1.1(A) below the heading "Term Loan LIBOR Rate
Spread".
Approved Fund : any fund that is engaged in making,
purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar
extensions of credit in the ordinary course of business and that is
administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate
of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that
administers or manages a Lender.
Assignment and Assumption : an assignment and
assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee permitted under
Section 11.8 [Successors and Assigns], in substantially the
form of Exhibit 1.1(A) .
Authorized Officer : with respect to any Loan Party,
the Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer,
Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer of such Loan Party or such other
individuals, designated by written notice to the Administrative
Agent from the Borrower, authorized to execute notices, reports and
other documents on behalf of the Loan Parties required hereunder.
The Borrower may amend such list of individuals from time to time
by giving written notice of such amendment to the Administrative
Agent.
Base Rate : the greater of (i) the interest rate
per annum announced from time to time by the Administrative Agent
at its Principal Office as its then prime rate, which rate may not
be the lowest rate then being charged commercial borrowers by the
Administrative Agent, or (ii) the Federal Funds Open Rate,
plus 1/2% per annum.
Base Rate Option : the option of the Borrower to have
Loans bear interest at the rate and under the terms set forth in
either Section 4.1.1(i) [Revolving Credit Base Rate Option] or
Section 4.1.2(i) [Term Loan Base Rate Option], as applicable.
Borrower : Breeze-Eastern Corporation, a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware.
Borrowing Date : with respect to any Loan, the date
for the making thereof or the renewal or conversion thereof at or
to the same or a different Interest Rate Option, which shall be a
Business Day.
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Borrowing Tranche : specified portions of Loans
outstanding as follows: (i) any Loans to which a LIBOR Rate
Option applies which become subject to the same Interest Rate
Option under the same Loan Request by the Borrower and which have
the same Interest Period shall constitute one Borrowing Tranche,
and (ii) all Loans to which a Base Rate Option applies shall
constitute one Borrowing Tranche.
Business Day : any day other than a Saturday or
Sunday or a legal holiday on which commercial banks are authorized
or required to be closed for business in New Jersey or Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania and if the applicable Business Day relates to any Loan
to which the LIBOR Rate Option applies, such day must also be a day
on which dealings are carried on in the London interbank market.
Change in Law : the occurrence, after the date of
this Agreement, of any of the following: (i) the adoption or
taking effect of any Law, (ii) any change in any Law or in the
administration, interpretation or application thereof by any
Official Body or (iii) the making or issuance of any request,
guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of Law) by
any Official Body.
Closing Date : the Business Day on which the first
Loans shall be made, which shall be August 28, 2008.
Code : the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as the same
may be amended or supplemented from time to time, and any successor
statute of similar import, and the rules and regulations
thereunder, as from time to time in effect.
Collateral : the collateral under the
(i) Security Agreement, (ii) Pledge Agreement,
(iii) Collateral Assignment, or (iv) Patent, Trademark
and Copyright Assignment.
Collateral Assignment : the Collateral Assignment
dated as of even date herewith from the Loan Parties to
Administrative Agent, for its benefit and the benefit of the
Lenders, as the same may be amended, restated or otherwise
modified.
Commitment : in the case of PNC Bank, its
discretionary Swing Loan Subfacility commitment, and, for the
Lenders, the aggregate of the Revolving Credit Commitments and Term
Loan Commitments of all of the Lenders.
Commitment Fee : the meaning specified in
Section 2.3 [Commitment Fees].
Compliance Certificate : the meaning specified in
Section 8.3.3 [Certificate of the Borrower].
Complying Lender : any Lender which is not a
Non-Complying Lender.
Consolidated EBITDA : for any period of
determination, (i) the sum of net income, depreciation,
amortization, other non-cash charges to net income, interest
expense and income tax expense, minus (ii) charges
related to refinancing of the Borrower’s Indebtedness,
minus (iii) non-cash credits to net income, in each
case of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period
determined and consolidated in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Total Debt : for any period of
determination, the sum of all Indebtedness of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP.
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Dollar, Dollars, U.S. Dollars and the symbol $
: lawful money of the United States of America.
Drawing Date : the meaning specified in
Section 2.8.3 [Disbursements, Reimbursement].
Environmental Laws : all applicable federal, state,
local, tribal, territorial and foreign Laws (including common law)
and any consent decrees, settlement agreements, judgments, orders,
directives, policies or programs issued by or entered into with an
Official Body pertaining or relating to: (i) pollution or
pollution control; (ii) protection of human health from
exposure to regulated substances; (iii) protection of the
environment and/or natural resources; (iv) employee safety in the
workplace (but excluding workers’ compensation and wage and
hour Laws); (v) the presence, use, management, generation,
manufacture, processing, extraction, treatment, recycling,
refining, reclamation, labeling, packaging, sale, transport,
storage, collection, distribution, disposal or release or threat of
release of regulated substances; (vi) the presence of
contamination; (vii) the protection of endangered or
threatened species; and (viii) the protection of
environmentally sensitive areas.
ERISA : the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to
time, and any successor statute of similar import, and the rules
and regulations thereunder, as from time to time in effect.
ERISA Affiliate : at any time, any trades or
businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control with
the Borrower that are treated as a single employer under
Section 414 of the Code.
ERISA Event : (i) a reportable event (under
Section 4043 of ERISA and regulations thereunder) with respect
to a Pension Plan of which the PBGC has not waived the requirement
of notice; (ii) a withdrawal by Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA
during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (as
defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of
operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section
4062(e) of ERISA; (iii) a complete or partial withdrawal by
Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or
notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization;
(iv) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the
treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under
Sections 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of
proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or
Multiemployer Plan; (v) an event or condition which
constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the
termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any
Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (vi) the imposition of
any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums
due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon
Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.
ERISA Group : at any time, the Borrower and all
members of a controlled group of corporations and all trades or
businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control and
all other entities which, together with the Borrower, are treated
as a single employer under Section 414 of the Internal Revenue
Code.
Event of Default : any of the events described in
Section 9.1 [Events of Default] and referred to therein as an
" Event of Default ."
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Excluded Subsidiaries : SSP International Sales,
Inc., a California corporation, TT Minnesota Corporation, a
Minnesota corporation, and TransTechnology International
Corporation, a U.S. Virgin Islands corporation.
Excluded Taxes : with respect to the Administrative
Agent, any Lender, the Issuing Lender or any other recipient of any
payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the
Borrower hereunder, (i) taxes imposed on or measured by its
overall net income (however denominated), and franchise taxes
imposed on it (in lieu of net income taxes), by the jurisdiction
(or any political subdivision thereof) under the Laws of which such
recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located
or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending
office is located, (ii) 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
(iii) in the case of a Foreign Lender, any withholding tax
that is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the
time such Foreign Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a
new lending office) or is attributable to such Foreign
Lender’s failure or inability (other than as a result of a
Change in Law) to comply with Section 5.9.5 [Taxes -Status of
Lenders], 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 5.9.1 [Taxes — Payments Free of Taxes].
Executive Order No. 13224 : the Executive Order
No. 13224 on Terrorist Financing, effective September 24,
2001, as the same has been, or shall hereafter be, renewed,
extended, amended or replaced.
Existing Letters of Credit : those certain standby
letters of credit issued upon the Borrower’s request, more
particularly described in Schedule 8.2.1 hereto.
Expiration Date : August 28, 2013.
Federal Funds Effective Rate : for any day, the rate
per annum (based on a year of 360 days and actual days elapsed and
rounded upward to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) announced by the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York (or any successor) on such day as being
the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds
transactions arranged by federal funds brokers on the previous
trading day, as computed and announced by such Federal Reserve Bank
(or any successor) in substantially the same manner as such Federal
Reserve Bank computes and announces the weighted average it refers
to as the " Federal Funds Effective Rate " as of the
date of this Agreement; provided , if such Federal Reserve
Bank (or its successor) does not announce such rate on any day, the
"Federal Funds Effective Rate" for such day shall be the Federal
Funds Effective Rate for the last day on which such rate was
announced.
Federal Funds Open Rate : for any day, the rate per
annum (based on a year of 360 days and actual days elapsed)
which is the daily federal funds open rate as quoted by ICAP North
America, Inc. (or any successor) as set forth on the Bloomberg
Screen BTMM for that day opposite the caption "OPEN" (or on such
other substitute Bloomberg Screen that displays such rate), or as
set forth on such other recognized electronic source used for the
purpose of displaying such rate as selected by the Administrative
Agent (an "Alternate Source") (or if such rate for such day does
not appear on the Bloomberg Screen BTMM (or any substitute screen)
or on any Alternate Source, or if there shall at any time, for any
reason, no longer
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exist a Bloomberg Screen BTMM (or any substitute screen) or any
Alternate Source, a comparable replacement rate determined by the
Administrative Agent at such time (which determination shall be
conclusive absent manifest error); provided however, that if
such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Open Rate for
such day shall be the "open" rate on the immediately preceding
Business Day. If and when the Federal Funds Open Rate changes, the
rate of interest with respect to any advance to which the Federal
Funds Open Rate applies will change automatically without notice to
the Borrower, effective on the date of any such change.
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio : the ratio of
Consolidated EBITDA to Fixed Charges.
Fixed Charges : for any period of determination, the
sum of cash interest expense, cash income taxes, dividends, cash
environmental costs, scheduled principal installments on
Indebtedness (as adjusted for prepayments), capital expenditures
and payments under capitalized leases, in each case of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries for such period determined and consolidated in
accordance with GAAP; provided, however , that for all
periods of measurement from the Closing Date through June 30,
2009, "Fixed Charges" shall exclude one-time capital expenditures
of up to $2,000,000.00 in the aggregate related to moving
Borrower’s headquarters.
Foreign Lender : any Lender that is organized under
the Laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is
resident for tax purposes. 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 : TransTechnology Germany GmbH, a
German company having limited liability.
GAAP : generally accepted accounting principles as
are in effect from time to time in the United States, subject to
the provisions of Section 1.3 [Accounting Principles], and
applied on a consistent basis both as to classification of items
and amounts.
Guarantor : each of the parties to this Agreement
which is designated as a "Guarantor" on the signature page hereof
and each other Person which joins this Agreement as a Guarantor
after the date hereof.
Guarantor Joinder : a joinder by a Person as a
Guarantor under the Loan Documents in the form of
Exhibit 1.1(G).
Guaranty : of any Person, any obligation of such
Person guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any liability or
obligation of any other Person in any manner, whether directly or
indirectly, including any agreement to indemnify or hold harmless
any other Person, any performance bond or other suretyship
arrangement and any other form of assurance against loss, except
endorsement of negotiable or other instruments for deposit or
collection in the ordinary course of business.
Guaranty Agreement : the Continuing Agreement of
Guaranty and Suretyship dated as of even date herewith delivered by
each of the Guarantors to Administrative Agent, for its benefit and
the benefit of the Lenders, as the same may be amended, restated or
otherwise modified.
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Indebtedness : as to any Person at any time, any and
all indebtedness, obligations or liabilities (whether matured or
unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, direct or indirect, absolute
or contingent, or joint or several) of such Person for or in
respect of: (i) borrowed money, (ii) amounts raised under
or liabilities in respect of any note purchase or acceptance credit
facility, (iii) reimbursement obligations (contingent or
otherwise) under any letter of credit, currency swap agreement,
interest rate swap, cap, collar or floor agreement or other
interest rate management device, (iv) any other transaction
(including forward sale or purchase agreements, capitalized leases
and conditional sales agreements) having the commercial effect of a
borrowing of money entered into by such Person to finance its
operations or capital requirements (but not including trade
payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of
business which are not represented by a promissory note or other
evidence of indebtedness and which are not more than thirty
(30) days past due), or (v) any Guaranty of Indebtedness
for borrowed money.
Indemnified Taxes : Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
Indemnitee : meaning specified in Section 11.3.2
[Indemnification by the Borrower].
Indemnity : the Indemnity Agreement relating to
possible environmental liabilities associated with any of the owned
or leased real property of the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries
dated as of even date herewith from the Loan Parties party thereto
to Agent, for its benefit and the benefit of the Lenders, as the
same may be amended, restated or otherwise modified.
Information : all information received from the Loan
Parties or any of their Subsidiaries relating to the Loan Parties
or any of such Subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses,
other than any such information that is available to the
Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Lender on a
non-confidential basis prior to disclosure by the Loan Parties or
any of their Subsidiaries, including without limitation
confidential information that may be material and non-public in
nature; provided that, in the case of information received
from the Loan Parties or any of their Subsidiaries after the date
of this Agreement, such information is clearly identified at the
time of delivery as confidential.
Insolvency Proceeding : with respect to any Person,
(a) a case, action or proceeding with respect to such Person
(i) before any court or any other Official Body under any
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar Law now or
hereafter in effect, or (ii) for the appointment of a
receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator,
conservator (or similar official) of any Loan Party or otherwise
relating to the liquidation, dissolution, winding-up or relief of
such Person, or (b) any general assignment for the benefit of
creditors, composition, marshaling of assets for creditors, or
other, similar arrangement in respect of such Person’s
creditors generally or any substantial portion of its creditors;
undertaken under any Law.
Interest Period : the period of time selected by the
Borrower in connection with (and to apply to) any election
permitted hereunder by the Borrower to have Revolving Credit Loans
or Term Loans bear interest under the LIBOR Rate Option. Subject to
the last sentence of this definition, such period shall be one,
two, three or six Months. Such Interest Period shall commence on
the effective date of such Interest Rate Option, which shall be
(i) the Borrowing Date if the Borrower is requesting new
Loans, or (ii) the date of renewal of or conversion to the
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LIBOR Rate Option if the Borrower is renewing or converting to
the LIBOR Rate Option applicable to outstanding Loans.
Notwithstanding the second sentence hereof: (A) any Interest
Period which would otherwise end on a date which is not a Business
Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless
such Business Day falls in the next calendar month, in which case
such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day,
and (B) the Borrower shall not select, convert to or renew an
Interest Period for any portion of the Loans that would end after
the Expiration Date.
Interest Rate Hedge : an interest rate exchange,
collar, cap, swap, adjustable strike cap, adjustable strike
corridor or similar agreements entered into by the Loan Parties or
their Subsidiaries in order to provide protection to, or minimize
the impact upon, the Borrower, the Guarantors and/or their
Subsidiaries of increasing floating rates of interest applicable to
Indebtedness.
Interest Rate Option : any LIBOR Rate Option or Base
Rate Option.
IRS : the Internal Revenue Service.
Issuing Lender : PNC Bank, in its individual capacity
as issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder.
Joint Venture : a corporation, partnership, limited
liability company or other entities in which any Person other than
the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries holds, directly or
indirectly, an equity interest.
Law : any law (including common law), constitution,
statute, treaty, regulation, rule, ordinance, opinion, release,
ruling, order, injunction, writ, decree, bond, judgment,
authorization or approval, lien or award by or settlement agreement
with any Official Body.
Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge : an Interest
Rate Hedge which is provided by any Lender or its Affiliate and
with respect to which the Administrative Agent confirms:
(i) is documented in a standard International Swap Dealer
Association Agreement, (ii) provides for the method of
calculating the reimbursable amount of the provider’s credit
exposure in a reasonable and customary manner, and (iii) is
entered into for hedging (rather than speculative) purposes.
Lenders : the financial institutions named on
Schedule 1.1(B) and their respective successors and
assigns as permitted hereunder, each of which is referred to herein
as a Lender. For the purpose of any Loan Document which provides
for the granting of a security interest or other Lien to the
Lenders or to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the
Lenders as security for the Obligations, "Lenders" shall include
any Affiliate of a Lender to which such Obligation is owed.
Letter of Credit : the meaning specified in
Section 2.8.1 [Issuance of Letters of Credit].
Letter of Credit Borrowing : the meaning specified in
Section 2.8.3 [Disbursements, Reimbursement].
Letter of Credit Fee : the meaning specified in
Section 2.8.2 [Letter of Credit Fees].
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Letter of Credit Obligation : as of any date of
determination, the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all
outstanding Letters of Credit on such date (if any Letter of Credit
shall increase in amount automatically in the future, such
aggregate amount available to be drawn shall currently give effect
to any such future increase) plus the aggregate
Reimbursement Obligations and Letter of Credit Borrowings on such
date.
Letter of Credit Sublimit : the meaning specified in
Section 2.8.1 [Issuance of Letters of Credit].
Leverage Ratio : the meaning specified in
Section 8.2.15 [Maximum Leverage Ratio].
LIBOR Rate : with respect to the Loans comprising any
Borrowing Tranche to which the LIBOR Rate Option applies for any
Interest Period, the interest rate per annum determined by the
Administrative Agent by dividing (the resulting quotient rounded
upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of 1% per annum)
(i) the rate which appears on the Bloomberg Page BBAM1 (or on
such other substitute Bloomberg page that displays rates at which
US dollar deposits are offered by leading banks in the London
interbank deposit market), or the rate which is quoted by another
source selected by the Administrative Agent which has been approved
by the British Bankers’ Association as an authorized
information vendor for the purpose of displaying rates at which US
dollar deposits are offered by leading banks in the London
interbank deposit market (an " Alternate Source "),
at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two
(2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest
Period as the London interbank offered rate for U.S. Dollars for an
amount comparable to such Borrowing Tranche and having a borrowing
date and a maturity comparable to such Interest Period (or if there
shall at any time, for any reason, no longer exist a Bloomberg Page
BBAM1 (or any substitute page) or any Alternate Source, a
comparable replacement rate determined by the Administrative Agent
at such time (which determination shall be conclusive absent
manifest error)), by (ii) a number equal to 1.00 minus the
LIBOR Rate Reserve Percentage. LIBOR may also be expressed by the
following formula: Average of London interbank offered rates
quoted
by Bloomberg or appropriate successor as shown on LIBOR
= Bloomberg Page BBAM1 1.00 -
LIBOR Rate Reserve Percentage
The
LIBOR Rate shall be adjusted with respect to any Loan to which the
LIBOR Rate Option applies that is outstanding on the effective date
of any change in the LIBOR Rate Reserve Percentage as of such
effective date. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice
to the Borrower of the LIBOR Rate as determined or adjusted in
accordance herewith, which determination shall be conclusive absent
manifest error.
LIBOR Rate Option : the option of the Borrower to
have Loans bear interest at the rate and under the terms set forth
in Section 4.1.1(ii) [Revolving Credit LIBOR Rate Option] or
Section 4.1.2(ii) [Term Loan LIBOR Rate Option], as
applicable.
LIBOR Rate Reserve Percentage : as of any day the
maximum percentage in effect on such day, as prescribed by the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor)
for determining the reserve requirements (including supplemental,
marginal and
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emergency reserve requirements) with respect to eurocurrency
funding (currently referred to as " Eurocurrency
Liabilities ").
Lien : any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, lien,
security interest, charge or other encumbrance or security
arrangement of any nature whatsoever, whether voluntarily or
involuntarily given, including any conditional sale or title
retention arrangement, and any assignment, deposit arrangement or
lease intended as, or having the effect of, security and any filed
financing statement or other filed notice of any of the foregoing
(whether or not a lien or other encumbrance is created or exists at
the time of the filing).
Loan Documents : this Agreement, the Administrative
Agent’s Letter, the Collateral Assignment, the Guaranty
Agreement, the Indemnity, the Subordination Agreement, the Notes,
the Patent, Trademark and Copyright Assignment, the Pledge
Agreement, the Security Agreement, and any other instruments,
certificates or documents delivered in connection herewith or
therewith.
Loan Parties : the Borrower and the Guarantors.
Loan Request : the meaning specified in
Section 2.4.1 [Revolving Credit Loan Requests].
Loans : all Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Loans and
the Term Loans or any Revolving Credit Loan, Swing Loan or the Term
Loan.
Material Adverse Change : any set of circumstances or
events which (i) has or could reasonably be expected to have
any material adverse effect whatsoever upon the validity or
enforceability of this Agreement or any other Loan Document,
(ii) is or could reasonably be expected to be material and
adverse to the business, properties, assets, financial condition,
results of operations or prospects of the Loan Parties taken as a
whole, (iii) impairs materially or could reasonably be
expected to impair materially the ability of the Loan Parties taken
as a whole to duly and punctually pay or perform its obligations
under the Loan Documents, or (iv) impairs materially or could
reasonably be expected to impair materially the ability of the
Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders, to the extent
permitted, to enforce their legal remedies pursuant to this
Agreement or any other Loan Document.
Month : with respect to an Interest Period under the
LIBOR Rate Option, the interval between the days in consecutive
calendar months numerically corresponding to the first day of such
Interest Period. If any LIBOR Rate Interest Period begins on a day
of a calendar month for which there is no numerically corresponding
day in the month in which such Interest Period is to end, the final
month of such Interest Period shall be deemed to end on the last
Business Day of such final month.
Multiemployer Plan : any employee benefit plan which
is a "multiemployer plan" within the meaning of
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA and to which the Borrower or any
member of the ERISA Group is then making or accruing an obligation
to make contributions or, within the preceding five Plan years, has
made or had an obligation to make such contributions.
Non-Complying Lender : any Lender which has failed to
fund any Loan which it is required to fund, or pay any other amount
which it is required to pay to the Administrative Agent or any
other Lender, within one day of the due date therefor.
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Non-Consenting Lender : the meaning specified in
Section 11.1 [Modifications, Amendments or Waivers].
Notes : collectively, the promissory notes in the
form of Exhibit 1.1(N)(1) evidencing the Revolving
Credit Loans, in the form of Exhibit 1.1(N)(2)
evidencing the Term Loans, and in the form of
Exhibit 1.1(N)(3) evidencing the Swing Line Loan, as
the same may be amended, restated or otherwise modified.
Obligation : any obligation or liability of any of
the Loan Parties, howsoever created, arising or evidenced, whether
direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, now or hereafter
existing, or due or to become due, under or in connection with
(i) this Agreement, the Notes, the Letters of Credit, the
Administrative Agent’s Letter or any other Loan Document
whether to the Administrative Agent, any of the Lenders or their
Affiliates or other persons provided for under such Loan Documents,
(ii) any Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge and
(iii) any Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product.
Official Body : the government of the United States
of America or any other nation, or of 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 (including any supra-national bodies such as the
European Union or the European Central Bank).
Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product :
agreements or other arrangements under which any Lender or
Affiliate of a Lender provides any of the following products or
services to any of the Loan Parties: (i) credit cards,
(ii) credit card processing services, (iii) debit cards,
(iv) purchase cards, (v) ACH Transactions, (vi) cash
management, including controlled disbursement, accounts or
services, or (vii) foreign currency exchange.
Other Taxes : all present or future stamp or
documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or
similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or under any
other Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement
of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan
Document.
Participant : the meaning specified in
Section 11.8.4 [Participations].
Participation Advance : the meaning specified in
Section 2.8.3.3 [Disbursements, Reimbursement].
Patent, Trademark and Copyright Assignment : the
Patent, Trademark and Copyright Collateral Assignment dated as of
even date herewith delivered by each of the Loan Parties party
thereto to Administrative Agent, for its benefit and the benefit of
the Lenders, as the same may be amended, restated or otherwise
modified.
Payment Date : the first day of each calendar quarter
after the date hereof and on the Expiration Date or upon
acceleration of the Notes.
Payment In Full : payment in full in cash of the
Loans and other Obligations hereunder, termination of the
Commitments and expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit.
PBGC : the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
established pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA or any
successor.
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Pension Plan : any "employee pension benefit plan"
(as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), other than a
Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and is
sponsored or maintained by Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate or to
which Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate contributes or has an
obligation to contribute, or in the case of a multiple employer or
other plan described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA, has made
contributions at any times during the immediately preceding five
plan years.
Permitted Investments :
(i) direct
obligations of the United States of America or any agency or
instrumentality thereof or obligations backed by the full faith and
credit of the United States of America maturing in twelve
(12) months or less from the date of acquisition;
(ii) commercial
paper maturing in 180 days or less rated not lower than A-1,
by Standard & Poor’s or P-1 by Moody’s Investors
Service, Inc. on the date of acquisition;
(iii) demand
deposits, time deposits or certificates of deposit maturing within
one year in commercial banks whose obligations are rated A-1, A or
the equivalent or better by Standard & Poor’s on the date
of acquisition;
(iv) money
market or mutual funds whose investments are limited to those types
of investments described in clauses (i)-(iii) above;
(v) investments
in the form of equity received in settlement of amounts due to any
of the Loan Parties effected in the ordinary course of business or
owing to any of the Loan Parties as a result of insolvency
proceedings involving a customer of any Loan Party or upon the
foreclosure of or enforcement of any Lien in favor of a Loan Party;
and
(vi) those
items listed on Schedule 8.2.4 hereto.
Permitted Liens :
(i) Liens
for taxes, assessments, or similar charges, incurred in the
ordinary course of business and which are not yet due and payable;
(ii) Pledges
or deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure
payment of workmen’s compensation, or to participate in any
fund in connection with workmen’s compensation, unemployment
insurance, old-age pensions or other social security programs,
provided that such Lien does not encumber any real property
or the shares of any Subsidiary of any Loan Party;
(iii) Liens
of mechanics, materialmen, warehousemen, carriers, or other like
Liens, securing obligations incurred in the ordinary course of
business that are not yet due and payable and Liens of landlords
securing obligations to pay lease payments that are not yet due and
payable or in default;
(iv) Good-faith
pledges or deposits made in the ordinary course of business to
secure performance of bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the
repayment of borrowed money) or leases, not in excess of the
aggregate amount due thereunder, or to secure statutory
obligations, or surety, appeal, indemnity, performance or other
similar bonds required in the ordinary course of business,
provided that such Lien does not encumber any real property
or the shares of any Loan Party;
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(v) Encumbrances
consisting of zoning restrictions, easements or other restrictions
on the use of real property, none of which materially impairs the
use of such property or the value thereof, and none of which is
violated in any material respect by existing or proposed structures
or land use;
(vi) Liens,
security interests and mortgages in favor of the Administrative
Agent for the benefit of the Lenders and their Affiliates securing
the Obligations including Lender Provided Financial Services
Obligations;
(vii) Liens
on property leased by any Loan Party or Subsidiary of a Loan Party
under capital and operating leases securing obligations of such
Loan Party or Subsidiary to the lessor under such leases;
(viii) Any
Lien existing on the date of this Agreement and described on
Schedule 1.1(P) , provided that to the extent such
Lien secures Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.2 [Negative
Covenants], such Lien may continue to secure any renewals and
extensions of Indebtedness permitted hereunder, and provided
that the principal amount secured thereby is not hereafter
increased, and no additional assets become subject to such Lien,
and provided that such Lien does not encumber any real
property or the shares of any Subsidiary of any Loan Party;
(ix) Purchase
Money Security Interests; provided that the aggregate amount
of loans and deferred payments secured by such Purchase Money
Security Interests shall not exceed $500,000.00 (excluding for the
purpose of this computation any loans or deferred payments secured
by Liens described on Schedule 1.1(P) ), provided
that such Lien does not encumber any real property or the
shares of any Subsidiary of any Loan Party;
(x) The
following, (A) if the validity or amount thereof is being
contested in good faith by appropriate and lawful proceedings
diligently conducted so long as levy and execution thereon have
been stayed and continue to be stayed or (B) if a final
judgment is entered and such judgment is discharged within
forty-five (45) days of entry, and in either case they do not
affect the Collateral or, in the aggregate, materially impair the
ability of any Loan Party to perform its Obligations hereunder or
under the other Loan Documents:
(1) Claims
or Liens for taxes, assessments or charges due and payable and
subject to interest or penalty; provided that the applicable
Loan Party maintains such reserves or other appropriate provisions
as shall be required by GAAP and pays all such taxes, assessments
or charges forthwith upon the commencement of proceedings to
foreclose any such Lien;
(2) Claims,
Liens or encumbrances upon, and defects of title to, real or
personal property other than the Collateral, including any
attachment of personal or real property or other legal process
prior to adjudication of a dispute on the merits;
(3) Claims
or Liens of mechanics, materialmen, warehousemen, carriers, or
other statutory nonconsensual Liens; or
(4) Liens
resulting from final judgments or orders (subject to
Section 9.1.6 [Final Judgments or Orders]); and
(xi) Cash
collateral for the two Existing Letters of Credit issued by Wells
Fargo Bank, N.A. to the National Bank of Abu Dhabi, not to exceed
the aggregate amount of
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$786,609.18, but only so long as necessary to replace such
Existing Letters of Credit with Letters of Credit issued by the
Issuing Lender.
Person : any individual, corporation, partnership,
limited liability company, association, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization, joint venture, government or political
subdivision or agency thereof, or any other entity.
Plan : at any time, an employee pension benefit plan
(including a multiple employer plan, but not a Multiemployer Plan)
which is covered by Title IV of ERISA or is subject to the minimum
funding standards under Section 412 of the Code and either
(i) is maintained by any member of the ERISA Group for
employees of any member of the ERISA Group or (ii) has at any
time within the preceding five years been maintained by any entity
which was at such time a member of the ERISA Group for employees of
any entity which was at such time a member of the ERISA Group.
Pledge Agreement : the Pledge Agreement dated as of
even date herewith delivered by Borrower and each other Loan Party
thereto to Administrative Agent, for its benefit and the benefit of
the Lenders, as the same may be amended, restated or otherwise
modified.
PNC Bank : PNC Bank, National Association, its
successors and assigns.
Potential Default : any event or condition which with
notice or passage of time, or both, would constitute an Event of
Default.
Principal Office : the main banking office of the
Administrative Agent in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Prior Security Interest : a valid and enforceable,
perfected first-priority security interest under the Uniform
Commercial Code in the Collateral which is subject only to
statutory Liens for amounts not yet due and payable, Purchase Money
Security Interests or Permitted Liens described in clause
(viii) of that definition.
Purchase Money Security Interest : Liens upon
tangible personal property securing loans to any Loan Party or
Subsidiary of a Loan Party or deferred payments by such Loan Party
or Subsidiary for the purchase of such tangible personal property.
Ratable Share :
(i) with
respect to a Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit
Loans, participate in Letters of Credit and other Letter of Credit
Obligations, and receive payments, interest and fees related
thereto, the proportion that such Lender’s Revolving Credit
Commitment bears to the Revolving Credit Commitments of all of the
Lenders, provided, however, that if the Revolving Credit
Commitments have terminated or expired, the Ratable Shares for
purposes of this clause shall be determined based upon the
Revolving Credit Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect
to any assignments.
(ii) with
respect to a Lender’s obligation to make Term Loans, and
receive payments, interest and fees related thereto, the proportion
that such Lender’s Term Loans bear to the Term Loans of all
of the Lenders, provided, however, that if the Term Loans have not
yet been funded, the computation in this clause shall be determined
based on the Term Loan Commitments of the Lenders and not the
amount of their Term Loans.
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(iii) with
respect to all other matters as to a particular Lender, the
percentage obtained by dividing (a) such Lender’s
Revolving Credit Commitment plus Term Loan, by (b) the sum of
the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments plus Term
Loans of all Lenders, provided, however, that if the Revolving
Credit Commitments have terminated or expired, the computation in
this clause shall be determined based upon the Revolving Credit
Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any
assignments, and provided further that if the Term Loans have not
yet been funded, the computation in this clause shall be determined
based on the Term Loan Commitments of the Lenders and not the
amount of their Term Loans.
Reimbursement Obligation : the meaning specified in
Section 2.8.3 [Disbursements, Reimbursement].
Related Parties : with respect to any Person, such
Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers,
employees, agents and advisors of such Person and of such
Person’s Affiliates.
Relief Proceeding : any proceeding seeking a decree
or order for relief in respect of any Loan Party or Subsidiary of a
Loan Party in a voluntary or involuntary case under any applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar Law now or
hereafter in effect, or for the appointment of a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator, conservator
(or similar official) of any Loan Party or Subsidiary of a Loan
Party for any substantial part of its property, or for the
winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, or an assignment for the
benefit of its creditors.
Required Interest Rate Hedge : the meaning assigned
to such term in Section 8.1.12 [Required Interest Rate Hedge].
Required Lenders :
(i) If
there exists fewer than three (3) Lenders, all Lenders, and
(ii) If
there exist three (3) or more Lenders, Complying Lenders whose
Ratable Shares equal 66 2/3% or greater, as determined pursuant to
clause (iii) of the definition of "Ratable Share."
Required Share : the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 5.11 [Settlement Date Procedures]
Revolving Credit Commitment : as to any Lender at any
time, the amount initially set forth opposite its name on
Schedule 1.1(B) in the column labeled "Amount of
Commitment for Revolving Credit Loans," as such Commitment is
thereafter assigned or modified and
Revolving Credit Commitments shall mean the aggregate
Revolving Credit Commitments of all of the Lenders.
Revolving Credit Loans , collectively, and
Revolving Credit Loan , separately: all Revolving
Credit Loans or any Revolving Credit Loan made by the Lenders or
one of the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1
[Revolving Credit Commitments] or 2.8.3 [Disbursements,
Reimbursement].
Revolving Facility Usage : at any time the sum of the
outstanding Revolving Credit Loans and the Letter of Credit
Obligations.
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Security Agreement : the Security Agreement dated as
of even date herewith delivered by each of the Loan Parties to
Administrative Agent, for its benefit and the benefit of the
Lenders, as the same may be amended, restated or otherwise
modified.
Settlement Date : the meaning specified in
Section 5.11 [Settlement Date Procedures].
Standard & Poor’s : Standard &
Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill
Companies, Inc.
Statements : the meaning specified in
Section 6.1.6(i) [Historical Statements].
Subordination Agreement : each Subordination
Agreement from a subordinated creditor of a Loan Party to Agent,
for its benefit and the benefit of the Lenders, as the same may be
amended, restated or otherwise modified, required to be delivered
pursuant to the terms hereof.
Subsidiary : of any Person at any time, any
corporation, trust, partnership, any limited liability company or
other business entity (i) of which 50% or more of the
outstanding voting securities or other interests normally entitled
to vote for the election of one or more directors or trustees
(regardless of any contingency which does or may suspend or dilute
the voting rights) is at such time owned directly or indirectly by
such Person or one or more of such Person’s Subsidiaries, or
(ii) which is controlled or capable of being controlled by
such Person or one or more of such Person’s Subsidiaries.
Subsidiary Equity Interests : the meaning specified
in Section 6.1.2 [Subsidiaries and Owners; Investment
Companies].
Swing Loan Note : the Swing Loan Note of the Borrower
in the form of Exhibit 1.1(N)(3) evidencing the Swing Loans,
together with all amendments, extensions, renewals, replacements,
refinancings or refundings thereof in whole or in part.
Swing Loan Request : a request for Swing Loans made
in accordance with Section 2.4.2 [Swing Loan Requests] hereof.
Swing Loan Subfacility : the subfacility for Swing
Loans to be made to the Borrower by PNC Bank under the Revolving
Credit Commitments pursuant to Section 2.1.2 [Swing Loan
Subfacility] hereof in an aggregate principal amount up to
$1,000,000.00.
Swing Loans , collectively, and Swing
Loan , separately: all Swing Loans or any Swing Loan made
by PNC Bank to the Borrower under the Swing Loan Subfacility.
Taxes : all present or future taxes, levies, imposts,
duties, deductions, withholdings, assessments, fees or other
charges imposed by any Official Body on the applicable party,
including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable
thereto.
Term Loan : the meaning specified in Section 3.1
[Term Loan Commitments]; Term Loans shall mean collectively
all of the Term Loans.
Term Loan Commitment : as to any Lender at any time,
the amount initially set forth opposite its name on
Schedule 1.1(B) in the column labeled "Amount of
Commitment for
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Term Loans," as such Commitment is thereafter assigned or
modified and Term Loan Commitments shall mean the
aggregate Term Loan Commitments of all of the Lenders.
USA Patriot Act : the Uniting and Strengthening
America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and
Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA Patriot Act), Public Law
107-56, as the same has been, or shall hereafter be, renewed,
extended, amended or replaced. 1.2
Construction . Unless the context of this Agreement
otherwise clearly requires, the following rules of construction
shall apply to this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents:
(i) references to the plural include the singular, the plural,
the part and the whole and the words "include," "includes" and
"including" shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase "without
limitation"; (ii) the words "hereof," "herein," "hereunder,"
"hereto" and similar terms in this Agreement or any other Loan
Document refer to this Agreement or such other Loan Document as a
whole; (iii) article, section, subsection, clause, schedule
and exhibit references are to this Agreement or other Loan
Document, as the case may be, unless otherwise specified;
(iv) reference to any Person includes such Person’s
successors and assigns; (v) reference to any agreement,
including this Agreement and any other Loan Document together with
the schedules and exhibits hereto or thereto, document or
instrument means such agreement, document or instrument as amended,
modified, replaced, substituted for, superseded or restated;
(vi) relative to the determination of any period of time,
"from" means "from and including," "to" means "to but excluding,"
and "through" means "through and including"; (vii) 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, (viii) section headings herein and in each
other Loan Document are included for convenience and shall not
affect the interpretation of this Agreement or such Loan Document,
and (ix) unless otherwise specified, all references herein to
times of day shall be references to Eastern Standard Time.
1.3 Accounting
Principles. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement,
all computations and determinations as to accounting or financial
matters and all financial statements to be delivered pursuant to
this Agreement shall be made and prepared in accordance with GAAP
(including principles of consolidation where appropriate), and all
accounting or financial terms shall have the meanings ascribed to
such terms by GAAP; provided , however , that all
accounting terms used in Section 8.2 [Negative Covenants] (and
all defined terms used in the definition of any accounting term
used in Section 8.2 [Negative Covenants] shall have the
meaning given to such terms (and defined terms) under GAAP as in
effect on the date hereof applied on a basis consistent with those
used in preparing Statements referred to in Section 6.1.6(i)
[Historical Statements]. In the event of any change after the date
hereof in GAAP, and if such change would affect the computation of
any of the financial covenants set forth in Section 8.2
[Negative Covenants], then the parties hereto agree to endeavor, in
good faith, to agree upon an amendment to this Agreement that would
adjust such financial covenants in a manner that would preserve the
original intent thereof, but would allow compliance therewith to be
determined in accordance with the Borrower’s financial
statements at that time, provided that , until so
amended such financial covenants shall continue to be computed in
accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein.
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2. REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY AND SWING LOAN AND LETTER
OF
CREDIT SUBFACILITIES 2.1
Revolving Credit Commitments.
2.1.1
Revolving Credit Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions
hereof and relying upon the representations and warranties herein
set forth, each Lender severally, and not jointly, agrees to make
Revolving Credit Loans to the Borrower at any time or from time to
time on or after the date hereof to the Expiration Date; provided
that after giving effect to such Revolving Credit Loan (i) the
aggregate amount of Revolving Credit Loans from such Lender shall
not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment minus
such Lender’s Ratable Share of the Letter of Credit
Obligations and (ii) the Revolving Facility Usage shall not
exceed the Revolving Credit Commitments. Within such limits of time
and amount and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement,
the Borrower may borrow, repay and reborrow pursuant to this
Section 2.1.
2.1.2
Swing Loan Subfacility . Subject to the terms and
conditions hereof and relying upon the representations and
warranties herein set forth, and in order to facilitate loans and
repayments between Settlement Dates, PNC Bank may, at its option,
cancelable at any time for any reason whatsoever, make swing loans
(the " Swing Loans ") to the Borrower at any time or from
time to time after the date hereof to, but not including, the
Expiration Date, in an aggregate principal amount up to but not in
excess of $1,000,000.00 (the " Swing Loan Subfacility "),
provided that the aggregate principal amount of PNC Bank’s
Swing Loans and Letter of Credit Obligations and the Revolving
Credit Loans of all the Lenders at any one time outstanding shall
not exceed the Revolving Credit Commitments of all the Lenders.
Within such limits of time and amount and subject to the other
provisions of this Agreement, the Borrower may borrow, repay and
reborrow pursuant to this Section 2.1.2.
2.2 Nature of Lenders’
Obligations with Respect to Revolving Credit Loans . Each
Lender shall be obligated to participate in each request for
Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to Section 2.4.1 [Revolving
Credit Loan Requests] in accordance with its Ratable Share. The
aggregate of each Lender’s Revolving Credit Loans outstanding
hereunder to the Borrower at any time shall never exceed its
Revolving Credit Commitment minus its Ratable Share of the Letter
of Credit Obligations. The obligations of each Lender hereunder are
several. The failure of any Lender to perform its obligations
hereunder shall not affect the Obligations of the Borrower to any
other party nor shall any other party be liable for the failure of
such Lender to perform its obligations hereunder. The Lenders shall
have no obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans hereunder on or
after the Expiration Date. 2.3
Commitment Fees. Accruing from the date hereof until
the Expiration Date, the Borrower agrees to pay to the
Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender according to
its Ratable Share, a nonrefundable commitment fee (the "
Commitment Fee ") equal to the Applicable Commitment
Fee Rate (computed on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days,
as the case may be, and actual days elapsed) times the average
daily difference between the amount of (i) the Revolving
Credit Commitments and the (ii) the Revolving Facility Usage.
All Commitment Fees shall be payable in arrears on each Payment
Date.
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2.4 Revolving Credit Loan
Requests; Swing Loan Requests.
2.4.1
Revolving Credit Loan Requests. Except as otherwise provided
herein, the Borrower may from time to time prior to the Expiration
Date request the Lenders to make Revolving Credit Loans, or renew
or convert the Interest Rate Option applicable to existing
Revolving Credit Loans or Term Loans pursuant to Section 4.2
[Interest Periods], by delivery to the Administrative Agent, not
later than 10:00 a.m., (i) three (3) Business Days
prior to the proposed Borrowing Date with respect to the making of
Revolving Credit Loans to which the LIBOR Rate Option applies or
the conversion to or the renewal of the LIBOR Rate Option for any
Loans; and (ii) and not later than 10:00 a.m. on the
Business Day of the proposed Borrowing Date with respect to the
making of a Revolving Credit Loan to which the Base Rate Option
applies or the last day of the preceding Interest Period with
respect to the conversion to the Base Rate Option for any Loan, of
a duly completed request therefor substantially in the form of
Exhibit 2.4(1) or a request by telephone immediately
confirmed in writing by letter, facsimile or telex in such form
(each, a " Loan Request "), it being understood that
the Administrative Agent may rely on the authority of any
individual making such a telephonic request without the necessity
of receipt of such written confirmation. Each Loan Request shall be
irrevocable and shall specify the aggregate amount of the proposed
Loans comprising each Borrowing Tranche, and, if applicable, the
Interest Period, which amounts shall be in integral multiples of
$300,000.00 and not less than $300,000.00 for each Borrowing
Tranche under the LIBOR Rate Option and in integral multiples of
$100,000.00 and not less than $300,000.00 for each Borrowing
Tranche under the Base Rate Option.
2.4.2
Swing Loan Requests. Except as otherwise provided herein,
the Borrower may from time to time prior the Expiration Date
request PNC Bank to make Swing Loans by delivery to PNC Bank not
later than 12:00 noon, on the proposed Borrowing Date of a duly
completed request therefor substantially in the form of
Exhibit 2.4(2) hereto or a request by telephone
immediately confirmed in writing by letter, facsimile or telex
(each, a " Swing Loan Request "), it being understood that
the Administrative Agent may rely on the authority of any
individual making such a telephonic request without the necessity
of receipt of such written confirmation. Each Swing Loan Request
shall be irrevocable and shall specify the proposed Borrowing Date
and the principal amount of such Swing Loan, which shall be not
less than $100,000.00. 2.5
Making Revolving Credit Loans; Presumptions by the
Administrative Agent; Repayment of Revolving Credit Loans.
2.5.1
Making Revolving Credit Loans. The Administrative Agent
shall, promptly after receipt by it of a Loan Request pursuant to
Section 2.4.1 [Revolving Credit Loan Requests], notify the
Lenders of its receipt of such Loan Request specifying the
information provided by the Borrower and the apportionment among
the Lenders of the requested Revolving Credit Loans as determined
by the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 2.2
[Nature of Lenders’ Obligations with Respect to Revolving
Credit Loans]. Each Lender shall remit the principal amount of each
Revolving Credit Loan to the Administrative Agent such that the
Administrative Agent is able to, and the Administrative Agent
shall, to the extent the Lenders have made funds available to it
for such purpose and subject to Section 7.2 [Each Loan or
Letter of Credit], fund such Revolving Credit Loans to the Borrower
in U.S. Dollars and immediately
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available funds at the Principal Office prior to 2:00 p.m., on
the applicable Borrowing Date; provided that if any Lender
fails to remit such funds to the Administrative Agent in a timely
manner, the Administrative Agent may elect in its sole discretion
to fund with its own funds the Revolving Credit Loans of such
Lender on such Borrowing Date, and such Lender shall be subject to
the repayment obligation in Section 2.5.3 [Presumptions by the
Administrative Agent].
2.5.2
Making Swing Loans. So long as PNC Bank elects to make Swing
Loans, PNC Bank shall, after receipt by it of a Swing Loan Request
pursuant to Section 2.4.2 [Swing Loan Requests], fund such
Swing Loan to the Borrower in U.S. Dollars and immediately
available funds at the Principal Office prior to 2:00 p.m., on the
Borrowing Date.
2.5.3
Presumptions by the Administrative Agent. Unless the
Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior
to the proposed date of any Loan that such Lender will not make
available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of
such Loan, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has
made such share available on such date in accordance with Section
2.5.1 [Making Revolving Credit Loans] 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 Loan 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 a payment to be made by 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 and (ii) in the case of a payment to be
made by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Loans under
the Base Rate Option. If such Lender pays its share of the
applicable Loan to the Administrative Agent, then the amount so
paid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan. Any payment by the
Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim the Borrower may
have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment
to the Administrative Agent.
2.5.4
Repayment of Revolving Credit Loans. The Borrower shall
repay the Revolving Credit Loans together with all outstanding
interest thereon on the Expiration Date.
2.5.5
Borrowings to Repay Swing Loans. PNC Bank may, at its
option, exercisable at any time for any reason whatsoever, demand
repayment of the Swing Loans, and each Lender shall make a
Revolving Credit Loan in an amount equal to such Lender’s
Ratable Share of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding
Swing Loans, plus, if PNC Bank so requests, accrued interest
thereon, provided that no Lender shall be obligated in any event to
make Revolving Credit Loans in excess of its Revolving Credit
Commitment. Revolving Credit Loans made pursuant to the preceding
sentence shall bear interest at the Base Rate Option and shall be
deemed to have been properly requested in accordance with
Section 2.4.1 [Revolving Credit Loan Requests] without regard
to any of the requirements of that provision. PNC Bank shall
provide notice to the Banks (which may be telephonic or written
notice by letter, facsimile or telex) that such Revolving Credit
Loans are to be made under this Section 2.5.5 and of the
apportionment amount the Lenders, and the Lenders shall be
unconditionally obligated to fund such Revolving Credit Loans
(whether or not the conditions specified in Section 2.4.1 are
then satisfied) by the time PNC Bank so requests, which shall not
be earlier than 3:00 p.m., on the Business Day next after the date
the Lenders receive such notice from PNC Bank.
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2.6 Notes. The
Obligation of the Borrower to repay the aggregate unpaid principal
amount of the Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Loans and Term Loans
made to it by each Lender, together with interest thereon, shall be
evidenced by a Revolving Credit Note, a Swing Note and a Term Note,
dated the Closing Date payable to the order of such Lender in a
face amount equal to the Revolving Credit Commitment, the amount of
the Swing Loan Subfacility or Term Loan Commitment, as applicable,
of such Lender. 2.7 Use of
Proceeds. The proceeds of the Loans shall be used to
refinance existing indebtedness, for general corporate purposes,
including working capital financing, Permitted Investments and
distributions permitted under Section 8.2.5 [Dividends and
Related Distributions], and issuance of Letters of Credit.
2.8 Letter of Credit
Subfacility.
2.8.1
Issuance of Letters of Credit. Borrower may at any time
prior to the Expiration Date request the issuance of a standby
and/or trade letters of credit (each, a " Letter of
Credit ") on behalf of itself or another Loan Party, or the
amendment or extension of an existing Letter of Credit, by
delivering or having such other Loan Party deliver to the Issuing
Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) a completed
application and agreement for letters of credit, or request for
such amendment or extension, as applicable, in such form as the
Issuing Lender may specify from time to time by no later than
10:00 a.m. at least five (5) Business Days, or such
shorter period as may be agreed to by the Issuing Lender, in
advance of the proposed date of issuance. Promptly after receipt of
any letter of credit application, the Issuing Lender shall confirm
with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the
Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit
application and if not, such Issuing Lender will provide
Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Unless the Issuing Lender
has received notice from any lender, Administrative Agent or any
Loan party, at least one day prior to the requested date of
issuance, amendment or extension of the applicable Letter of
Credit, that one or more applicable conditions in Section 7
[Conditions of Lending and Issuance of Letters of Credit] is not
satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof and in
reliance on the agreements of the other Lenders set forth in this
Section 2.8, the Issuing Lender or any of the Issuing
Lender’s Affiliates will issue a Letter of Credit or agree to
such amendment or extension, provided that (A) each trade
Letter of Credit shall have a maximum maturity of 180 days
from the date of issuance, and each standby Letter of Credit shall
have a maximum maturity of four (4) years from the date of
issuance, and (B) in no event may any Letter of Credit expire
later than the Business Day immediately preceding the Expiration
Date, and provided further that in no event shall (i) the
Letter of Credit Obligations exceed, at any one time, the sum of up
to $2,000,000.00 for the aggregate face amount of all trade Letters
of Credit plus up to $4,000,000 for the aggregate face amount of
standby Letters of Credit (the " Letter of Credit
Sublimit ") or (ii) the Revolving Facility Usage
exceed, at any one time, the Revolving Credit Commitments. Each
request by the Borrower for the issuance, amendment or extension of
a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a representation by the
Borrower that it shall be in compliance with the preceding sentence
and with Section 7 [Conditions of Lending and Issuance of
Letters of Credit] after giving effect to the requested issuance,
amendment or extension of such Letter of Credit. Promptly after its
delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of
Credit to the beneficiary thereof, the applicable Issuing Lender
will also deliver to Borrower and Administrative Agent a true and
complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.
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2.8.2
Letter of Credit Fees. The Borrower shall pay (i) to
the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Lenders a
fee (the " Letter of Credit Fee ") equal to the
Applicable Letter of Credit Fee Rate, and (ii) to the Issuing
Lender for its own account a fronting fee equal to .125% per annum
(in each case computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and
actual days elapsed), which fees shall be computed on the daily
average Letter of Credit Obligations and shall be payable quarterly
in arrears on each Payment Date following issuance of each Letter
of Credit. The Borrower shall also pay to the Issuing Lender for
the Issuing Lender’s sole account the Issuing Lender’s
then in effect customary fees and administrative expenses payable
with respect to the Letters of Credit as the Issuing Lender may
generally charge or incur from time to time in connection with the
issuance, maintenance, amendment (if any), assignment or transfer
(if any), negotiation, and administration of Letters of Credit.
2.8.3
Disbursements, Reimbursement. Immediately upon the Issuance
of each Letter of Credit, each Lender shall be deemed to, and
hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the
Issuing Lender a participation in such Letter of Credit and each
drawing thereunder in an amount equal to such Lender’s
Ratable Share of the maximum amount available to be drawn under
such Letter of Credit and the amount of such drawing, respectively.
2.8.3.1
In the event of any request for a drawing under a Letter of Credit
by the beneficiary or transferee thereof, the Issuing Lender will
promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof.
Provided that it shall have received such notice, the Borrower
shall reimburse (such obligation to reimburse the Issuing Lender
shall sometimes be referred to as a " Reimbursement
Obligation ") the Issuing Lender prior to 12:00 noon, New
Jersey time on each date that an amount is paid by the Issuing
Lender under any Letter of Credit (each such date, a "
Drawing Date ") by paying to the Administrative Agent
for the account of the Issuing Lender an amount equal to the amount
so paid by the Issuing Lender. In the event the Borrower fails to
reimburse the Issuing Lender (through the Administrative Agent) for
the full amount of any drawing under any Letter of Credit by 12:00
noon, on the Drawing Date, the Administrative Agent will promptly
notify each Lender thereof, and the Borrower shall be deemed to
have requested that Revolving Credit Loans be made by the Lenders
under the Base Rate Option to be disbursed on the Drawing Date
under such Letter of Credit, subject to the amount of the
unutilized portion of the Revolving Credit Commitment and subject
to the conditions set forth in Section 7.2 [Each Loan or
Letter of Credit] other than any notice requirements. Any notice
given by the Administrative Agent or Issuing Lender pursuant to
this Section 2.8.3.1 may be oral if immediately confirmed in
writing; provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation
shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such
notice.
2.8.3.2
Each Lender shall upon any notice pursuant to the second sentence
of Section 2.8.3.1 make available to the Administrative Agent
for the account of the Issuing Lender an amount in immediately
available funds equal to its Ratable Share of the amount of the
drawing, whereupon the participating Lenders shall (subject to
Section 2.8.3 [Disbursement; Reimbursement]) each be deemed
to have made a Revolving Credit Loan under the Base Rate Option to
the Borrower in that amount. If any Lender so notified fails to
make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the
Issuing Lender the amount of such Lender’s Ratable Share of
such amount by no later than 2:00 p.m., New Jersey time on the
Drawing Date, then interest shall accrue on such Lender’s
obligation to make such payment, from the Drawing Date to the date
on which such Lender makes such payment (i) at a rate per
annum equal to the Federal Funds Effective Rate during the first
three (3) days following the
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Drawing Date and (ii) at a rate per annum equal to the rate
applicable to Loans under the Revolving Credit Base Rate Option on
and after the fourth day following the Drawing Date. The
Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lender will promptly give
notice (as described in Section 2.8.3.1 above) of the occurrence of
the Drawing Date, but failure of the Administrative Agent or the
Issuing Lender to give any such notice on the Drawing Date or in
sufficient time to enable any Lender to effect such payment on such
date shall not relieve such Lender from its obligation under this
Section 2.8.3.2.
2.8.3.3
With respect to any unreimbursed drawing that is not converted into
Revolving Credit Loans under the Base Rate Option to the Borrower
in whole or in part as contemplated by Section 2.8.3.1,
because of the Borrower’s failure to satisfy the conditions
set forth in Section 7.2 [Each Loan or Letter of Credit] other
than any notice requirements, or for any other reason, the Borrower
shall be deemed to have incurred from the Issuing Lender a
borrowing (each a " Letter of Credit Borrowing ") in
the amount of such drawing. Such Letter of Credit Borrowing shall
be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall
bear interest at the rate per annum applicable to the Revolving
Credit Loans under the Base Rate Option. Each Lender’s
payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing
Lender pursuant to Section 2.8.3 [Disbursements,
Reimbursement] shall be deemed to be a payment in respect of its
participation in such Letter of Credit Borrowing (each a "
Participation Advance ") from such Lender in
satisfaction of its participation obligation under this
Section 2.8.3.
2.8.4
Repayment of Participation Advances.
2.8.4.1
Upon (and only upon) receipt by the Administrative Agent for the
account of the Issuing Lender of immediately available funds from
the Borrower (i) in reimbursement of any payment made by the
Issuing Lender under the Letter of Credit with respect to which any
Lender has made a Participation Advance to the Administrative
Agent, or (ii) in payment of interest on such a payment made
by the Issuing Lender under such a Letter of Credit, the
Administrative Agent on behalf of the Issuing Lender will pay to
each Lender, in the same funds as those received by the
Administrative Agent, the amount of such Lender’s Ratable
Share of such funds, except the Administrative Agent shall retain
for the account of the Issuing Lender the amount of the Ratable
Share of such funds of any Lender that did not make a Participation
Advance in respect of such payment by the Issuing Lender.
2.8.4.2
If the Administrative Agent is required at any time to return to
any Loan Party, or to a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian,
or any official in any Insolvency Proceeding, any portion of any
payment made by any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent for the
account of the Issuing Lender pursuant to this Section in
reimbursement of a payment made under the Letter of Credit or
interest or fee thereon, each Lender shall, on demand of the
Administrative Agent, forthwith return to the Administrative Agent
for the account of the Issuing Lender the amount of its Ratable
Share of any amounts so returned by the Administrative Agent plus
interest thereon from the date such demand is made to the date such
amounts are returned by such Lender to the Administrative Agent, at
a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Effective Rate in
effect from time to time.
2.8.5
Documentation. Each Loan Party agrees to be bound by the
terms of the Issuing Lender’s application and agreement for
letters of credit and the Issuing Lender’s written
regulations and customary practices relating to letters of credit,
though such regulations and
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practices may be different from such Loan Party’s own. In
the event of a conflict between such application or agreement and
this Agreement, this Agreement shall govern. It is understood and
agreed that, except in the case of gross negligence or willful
misconduct, the Issuing Lender shall not be liable for any error,
negligence and/or mistakes, whether of omission or commission, in
following any Loan Party’s instructions or those contained in
the Letters of Credit or any modifications, amendments or
supplements thereto.
2.8.6
Determinations to Honor Drawing Requests. In determining
whether to honor any request for drawing under any Letter of Credit
by the beneficiary thereof, the Issuing Lender shall be responsible
only to determine that the documents and certificates required to
be delivered under such Letter of Credit have been delivered and
that they comply on their face with the requirements of such Letter
of Credit.
2.8.7
Nature of Participation and Reimbursement Obligations. Each
Lender’s obligation in accordance with this Agreement to make
the Revolving Credit Loans or Participation Advances, as
contemplated by Section 2.8.3 [Disbursements, Reimbursement],
as a result of a drawing under a Letter of Credit, and the
Obligations of the Borrower to reimburse the Issuing Lender upon a
draw under a Letter of Credit, shall be absolute, unconditional and
irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the
terms of this Section 2.8 under all circumstances, including
the following circumstances:
(i) any
set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which
such Lender may have against the Issuing Lender or any of its
Affiliates, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason
whatsoever, or which any Loan Party may have against the Issuing
Lender or any of its Affiliates, any Lender or any other Person for
any reason whatsoever;
(ii) the
failure of any Loan Party or any other Person to comply, in
connection with a Letter of Credit Borrowing, with the conditions
set forth in Section 2.1 [Revolving Credit Commitments], 2.4
[Revolving Credit Loan Requests], 2.5 [Making Revolving Credit
Loans] or 7.2 [Each Loan or Letter of Credit] or as otherwise set
forth in this Agreement for the making of a Revolving Credit Loan,
it being acknowledged that such conditions are not required for the
making of a Letter of Credit Borrowing and the obligation of the
Lenders to make Participation Advances under Section 2.8.3
[Disbursements, Reimbursement];
(iii) any
lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit;
(iv) any
claim of breach of warranty that might be made by any Loan Party or
any Lender against any beneficiary of a Letter of Credit, or the
existence of any claim, set-off, recoupment, counterclaim,
crossclaim, defense or other right which any Loan Party or any
Lender may have at any time against a beneficiary, successor
beneficiary any transferee or assignee of any Letter of Credit or
the proceeds thereof (or any Persons for whom any such transferee
may be acting), the Issuing Lender or its Affiliates or any Lender
or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the
transactions contemplated herein or any unrelated transaction
(including any underlying transaction between any Loan Party or
Subsidiaries of a Loan Party and the beneficiary for which any
Letter of Credit was procured);
(v) the
lack of power or authority of any signer of (or any defect in or
forgery of any signature or endorsement on) or the form of or lack
of validity, sufficiency,
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accuracy, enforceability or genuineness of any draft, demand,
instrument, certificate or other document presented under or in
connection with any Letter of Credit, or any fraud or alleged fraud
in connection with any Letter of Credit, or the transport of any
property or provision of services relating to a Letter of Credit,
in each case even if the Issuing Lender or any of its Affiliates
has been notified thereof;
(vi) payment
by the Issuing Lender or any of its Affiliates under any Letter of
Credit against presentation of a demand, draft or certificate or
other document which does not comply with the terms of such Letter
of Credit;
(vii) the
solvency of, or any acts or omissions by, any beneficiary of any
Letter of Credit, or any other Person having a role in any
transaction or obligation relating to a Letter of Credit, or the
existence, nature, quality, quantity, condition, value or other
characteristic of any property or services relating to a Letter of
Credit;
(viii) any
failure by the Issuing Lender or any of its Affiliates to issue any
Letter of Credit in the form requested by any Loan Party, unless
the Issuing Lender has received written notice from such Loan Party
of such failure within three Business Days after the Issuing Lender
shall have furnished such Loan Party and the Administrative Agent a
copy of such Letter of Credit and such error is material and no
drawing has been made thereon prior to receipt of such notice;
(ix) any
adverse change in the business, operations, properties, assets,
condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of any Loan Party
or Subsidiaries of a Loan Party;
(x) any
breach of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by any party
thereto;
(xi) the
occurrence or continuance of an Insolvency Proceeding with respect
to any Loan Party;
(xii) the
fact that an Event of Default or a Potential Default shall have
occurred and be continuing;
(xiii) the
fact that the Expiration Date shall have passed or this Agreement
or the Commitments hereunder shall have been terminated; and
(xiv) any
other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar
to any of the foregoing.
2.8.8
Indemnity. The Borrower hereby agrees to protect, indemnify,
pay and save harmless the Issuing Lender and any of its Affiliates
that has issued a Letter of Credit from and against any and all
claims, demands, liabilities, damages, taxes, penalties, interest,
judgments, losses, costs, charges and expenses (including
reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of counsel and
allocated costs of internal counsel) which the Issuing Lender or
any of its Affiliates may incur or be subject to as a consequence,
direct or indirect, of the issuance of any Letter of Credit, other
than as a result of (A) the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of the Issuing Lender as determined by a final
non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction or
(B) the wrongful dishonor by the Issuing Lender or any of
Issuing Lender’s Affiliates of a proper demand for payment
made under any Letter of Credit, except if such dishonor resulted
from any act or omission, whether rightful or wrongful, of any
present or future de jure or de facto government or governmental
authority.
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2.8.9
Liability for Acts and Omissions. As between any Loan Party
and the Issuing Lender, or the Issuing Lender’s Affiliates,
such Loan Party assumes all risks of the acts and omissions of, or
misuse of the Letters of Credit by, the respective beneficiaries of
such Letters of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the
foregoing, the Issuing Lender shall not be responsible for any of
the following, including any losses or damages to any Loan Party or
other Person or property relating therefrom: (i) the form,
validity, sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or legal effect of any
document submitted by any party in connection with the application
for an issuance of any such Letter of Credit, even if it should in
fact prove to be in any or all respects invalid, insufficient,
inaccurate, fraudulent or forged (even if the Issuing Lender or its
Affiliates shall have been notified thereof); (ii) the
validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning
or purporting to transfer or assign any such Letter of Credit or
the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or
in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any
reason; (iii) the failure of the beneficiary of any such
Letter of Credit, or any other party to which such Letter of Credit
may be transferred, to comply fully with any conditions required in
order to draw upon such Letter of Credit or any other claim of any
Loan Party against any beneficiary of such Letter of Credit, or any
such transferee, or any dispute between or among any Loan Party and
any beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or any such transferee;
(iv) errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in
transmission or delivery of any messages, by mail, cable,
telegraph, telex or otherwise, whether or not they be in cipher;
(v) errors in interpretation of technical terms; (vi) any
loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document
required in order to make a drawing under any such Letter of Credit
or of the proceeds thereof; (vii) the misapplication by the
beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit of the proceeds of any
drawing under such Letter of Credit; or (viii) any
consequences arising from causes beyond the control of the Issuing
Lender or the its Affiliates, as applicable, including any act or
omission of any governmental authority, and none of the above shall
affect or impair, or prevent the vesting of, any of the Issuing
Lender’s or its Affiliates rights or powers hereunder.
Nothing in the preceding sentence shall relieve the Issuing Lender
from liability for the Issuing Lender’s gross negligence or
willful misconduct in connection with actions or omissions
described in such clauses (i) through (viii) of such
sentence. In no event shall the Issuing Lender or its Affiliates be
liable to any Loan Party for any indirect, consequential,
incidental, punitive, exemplary or special damages or expenses
(including without limitation attorneys’ fees), or for any
damages resulting from any change in the value of any property
relating to a Letter of Credit.
Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Issuing Lender and
each of its Affiliates (i) may rely on any oral or other
communication believed in good faith by the Issuing Lender or such
Affiliate to have been authorized or given by or on behalf of the
applicant for a Letter of Credit, (ii) may honor any
presentation if the documents presented appear on their face
substantially to comply with the terms and conditions of the
relevant Letter of Credit; (iii) may honor a previously
dishonored presentation under a Letter of Credit, whether such
dishonor was pursuant to a court order, to settle or compromise any
claim of wrongful dishonor, or otherwise, and shall be entitled to
reimbursement to the same extent as if such presentation had
initially been honored, together with any interest paid by the
Issuing Lender or its Affiliate; (iv) may honor any drawing
that is payable upon presentation of a statement advising
negotiation or payment, upon receipt of such statement (even if
such statement indicates that a draft or other document is being
delivered separately), and shall not be liable for any failure of
any such draft or other document to arrive, or to conform in any
way with the relevant
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Letter of Credit; (v) may pay any paying or negotiating
bank claiming that it rightfully honored under the laws or
practices of the place where such bank is located; and
(vi) may settle or adjust any claim or demand made on the
Issuing Lender or its Affiliate in any way related to any order
issued at the applicant’s request to an air carrier, a letter
of guarantee or of indemnity issued to a carrier or any similar
document (each an " Order ") and honor any drawing in
connection with any Letter of Credit that is the subject of such
Order, notwithstanding that any drafts or other documents presented
in connection with such Letter of Credit fail to conform in any way
with such Letter of Credit.
In
furtherance and extension and not in limitation of the specific
provisions set forth above, any action taken or omitted by the
Issuing Lender or its Affiliates under or in connection with the
Letters of Credit issued by it or any documents and certificates
delivered thereunder, if taken or omitted in good faith, shall not
put the Issuing Lender or its Affiliates under any resulting
liability to the Borrower or any Lender.
2.8.10
Issuing Lender Reporting Requirements. Each Issuing Lender
shall, on the first business day of each month, provide to
Administrative Agent and Borrower a schedule of the Letters of
Credit issued by it, in form and substance satisfactory to
Administrative Agent, showing the date of issuance of each Letter
of Credit, the account party, the original face amount (if any),
and the expiration date of any Letter of Credit outstanding at any
time during the preceding month, and any other information relating
to such Letter of Credit that the Administrative Agent may request.
3. TERM LOANS 3.1
Term Loan Commitments. Subject to the terms and
conditions hereof, and relying upon the representations and
warranties herein set forth, each Lender severally, and not
jointly, agrees to make a term loan (the " Term Loan
") to the Borrower on the Closing Date in such principal amount as
the Borrower shall request up to, but not exceeding such
Lender’s Term Loan Commitment.
3.2 Nature of Lenders’
Obligations with Respect to Term Loans; Repayment Terms.
The obligations of each Lender to make Term Loans to the Borrower
shall be in the proportion that such Lender’s Term Loan
Commitment bears to the Term Loan Commitments of all Lenders to the
Borrower, but each Lender’s Term Loan to the Borrower shall
never exceed its Term Loan Commitment. The failure of any Lender to
make a Term Loan shall not relieve any other Lender of its
obligations to make a Term Loan nor shall it impose any additional
liability on any other Lender hereunder. The Lenders shall have no
obligation to make Term Loans hereunder after the Closing Date. The
Term Loan Commitments are not revolving credit commitments, and the
Borrower shall not have the right to borrow, repay and reborrow
under Section 3.1 [Term Loan Commitments]. The Term Loans
shall be payable in equal quarterly installments of principal, each
in the amount of $821,428.57, on each Payment Date until the
earlier of the Expiration Date or acceleration of the Notes, when
the entire unpaid balance of the Term Loans and all other amounts
due hereunder and under the Loan Documents shall be paid in full.
4. INTEREST RATES 4.1
Interest Rate Options. The Borrower shall pay
interest in respect of the outstanding unpaid principal amount of
the Loans as selected by it from the Base Rate Option or
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LIBOR Rate Option set forth below applicable to the Loans, it
being understood that, subject to the provisions of this Agreement,
the Borrower may select different Interest Rate Options and
different Interest Periods to apply simultaneously to the Loans
comprising different Borrowing Tranches and may convert to or renew
one or more Interest Rate Options with respect to all or any
portion of the Loans comprising any Borrowing Tranche;
provided that there shall not be at any one time outstanding
more than six (6) Borrowing Tranches in the aggregate among
all of the Loans and provided further that if an Event of
Default or Potential Default exists and is continuing, the Borrower
may not request, convert to, or renew the LIBOR Rate Option for any
Loans and the Required Lenders may demand that all existing
Borrowing Tranches bearing interest under the LIBOR Rate Option
shall be converted immediately to the Base Rate Option, subject to
the obligation of the Borrower to pay any indemnity under
Section 5.10 [Indemnity] in connection with such conversion.
If at any time the designated rate applicable to any Loan made by
any Lender exceeds such Lender’s highest lawful rate, the
rate of interest on such Lender’s Loan shall be limited to
such Lender’s highest lawful rate.
4.1.1
Revolving Credit Interest Rate Options. The Borrower shall
have the right to select from the following Interest Rate Options
applicable to the Revolving Credit Loans:
(i)
Revolving Credit Base Rate Option : A fluctuating rate per
annum (computed on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as
the case may be, and actual days elapsed) equal to the Base Rate
plus the Applicable Margin, such interest rate to change
automatically from time to time effective as of the effective date
of each change in the Base Rate; or
(ii)
Revolving Credit LIBOR Rate Option : A rate per annum
(computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and actual days
elapsed) equal to the LIBOR Rate plus the Applicable Margin.
4.1.2
Term Loan Interest Rate Options. The Borrower shall have the
right to select from the following Interest Rate Options applicable
to the Term Loans:
(i)
Term Loan Base Rate Option : A fluctuating rate per annum
(computed on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the
case may be, and actual days elapsed) equal to the Base Rate plus
the Applicable Margin, such interest rate to change automatically
from time to time effective as of the effective date of each change
in the Base Rate; or
(ii)
Term Loan LIBOR Rate Option : A rate per annum (computed on
the basis of a year of 360 days and actual days elapsed) equal
to the LIBOR Rate plus the Applicable Margin.
4.1.3
Swing Loan Interest Rate Options. Swing Loans shall accrue
interest at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the
Applicable Margin.
4.1.4
Rate Quotations. The Borrower may call the Administrative
Agent on or before the date on which a Loan Request is to be
delivered to receive an indication of the rates then in effect, but
it is acknowledged that such projection shall not be binding on the
Administrative Agent or the Lenders nor affect the rate of interest
which thereafter is actually in effect when the election is
made.
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4.2 Interest
Periods. At any time when the Borrower shall select,
convert to or renew a LIBOR Rate Option, the Borrower shall notify
the Administrative Agent thereof at least three (3) Business Days
prior to the effective date of such LIBOR Rate Option by delivering
a Loan Request. The notice shall specify an Interest Period during
which such Interest Rate Option shall apply. Notwithstanding the
preceding sentence, the following provisions shall apply to any
selection of, renewal of, or conversion to a LIBOR Rate Option:
4.2.1
Amount of Borrowing Tranche. Each Borrowing Tranche of Loans
under the LIBOR Rate Option shall be in integral multiples of
$300,000.00 and not less than $300,000.00; and
4.2.2
Renewals. In the case of the renewal of a LIBOR Rate Option
at the end of an Interest Period, the first day of the new Interest
Period shall be the last day of the preceding Interest Period,
without duplication in payment of interest for such day.
4.3 Interest After
Default. To the extent permitted by Law, upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default and until such time such Event of
Default shall have been cured or waived:
4.3.1
Letter of Credit Fees, Interest Rate. The Letter of Credit
Fees and the rate of interest for each Loan otherwise applicable
pursuant to Section 2.8.2 [Letter of Credit Fees] or
Section 4.1 [Interest Rate Options], respectively, shall be
increased by 2.0% per annum;
4.3.2
Other Obligations. Each other Obligation hereunder, if not
paid or reimbursed (as applicable) when due to be paid or
reimbursed, but without duplication of any default rate of interest
already applicable to such other Obligation by its terms, shall
bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the rate of
interest applicable under the Revolving Credit Base Rate Option
plus the Applicable Margin plus an additional 2.0% per annum from
the time such Obligation becomes due and payable and until it is
paid in full; and
4.3.3
Acknowledgment. The Borrower acknowledges that the increase
in rates referred to in this Section 4.3 reflects, among other
things, the fact that such Loans or other amounts have become a
substantially greater risk given their default status and that the
Lenders are entitled to additional compensation for such risk; and
all such interest shall be payable by Borrower upon demand by
Administrative Agent. 4.4 LIBOR
Rate Unascertainable; Illegality; Increased Costs; Deposits Not
Available.
4.4.1
Unascertainable. If on any date on which a LIBOR Rate would
otherwise be determined, the Administrative Agent shall have
determined that:
(i) adequate
and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining such LIBOR Rate,
or
(ii) a
contingency has occurred which materially and adversely affects the
London interbank eurodollar market relating to the LIBOR Rate, the
Administrative Agent shall have the rights specified in
Section 4.4.3 [Administrative Agent’s and Lender’s
Rights].
4.4.2
Illegality; Increased Costs; Deposits Not Available. If at
any time any Lender shall have determined that:
(i) the
making, maintenance or funding of any Loan to which a LIBOR Rate
Option applies has been made impracticable or unlawful by
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Lender in good faith with any Law or any interpretation or
application thereof by any Official Body or with any request or
directive of any such Official Body (whether or not having the
force of Law), or
(ii) such
LIBOR Rate Option will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost
to such Lender of the establ
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